The Related Companies LP has contributed three new computer labs to Washington Irving High School in Manhattan. The new state-of-the-art facilities will bring more than one hundred computers to the school. Related and its construction partners provided the gift, valued at about $500,000, through the company's involvement with both the Union Square Partnership and Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning, also known as PENCIL.

Jeff Blau, president of the Related Companies, learned of the school's computer shortage when he participated in PENCIL's Principal for a Day program. A long list of contributing companies included Plaza Construction, Zwicker Electric, Pearlgreen Corporation, and Hoboken Floors.

Hearst Corporation and Turner Construction are the inaugural recipients of the Irish American Building Society's green construction awards. The group recognized the two companies for being at the forefront of green practices in the construction industry.