There’s good news when it comes to women in the AEC industry: There are more women in the workforce than ever. According to Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG), the number of women in the architecture, engineering, and construction workforce has increased to roughly 30% in the last 15 years. New hires, in particular, rate even higher.
The life sciences sector is one of the fastest growing and most complex areas in construction today. With advancements in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and medical research, the demand for state-of-the-art laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and flexible research spaces continues to surge.
As urban landscapes evolve, cities face a dual challenge: high office vacancy rates and critical housing shortages. One innovative solution is transforming underutilized office buildings into residential spaces. To explore this trend, Brooks McDaniel, Senior Vice President of Building Repositioning at STO Building Group, dives into valuable insights into the complexities and opportunities of these conversion projects.
For six decades, the Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary School was the cornerstone of its neighborhood. However, over time, the aging building’s infrastructure and outdated systems could no longer meet the needs of its students. That’s when Ajax Building Company stepped into help support a new mission: to create a state of-the-art facility to inspire learning and serve the community in new and meaningful ways.
The golden age of Hollywood may be behind us, but the demand for captivating content is higher than ever. A production boom is spreading across the northeast, leading owners, designers, and builders to ask themselves: how do we keep up with it all? Scott Corneby, executive vice president at Structure Tone New York, Jamie Dunn, senior project manager at Pavarini Northeast, and Mike Farrell, regional vice president at Structure Tone New Jersey, share what they’re seeing from their broadcast and media clients and where studio construction may be headed next.
In a time when many organizations are still questioning what to do about office space, one Boston-based company has put their stake in the ground—literally. CarGurus, the most visited car shopping website in the US*, recently opened their new headquarters in Boston’s Back Bay. Spanning 10 floors and over225,000sf, the project is one Structure Tone Boston was poised and ready to tackle.
When Govan Brown partnered with Cactus Club Cafe in 2013 to oversee the build out of their first Edmonton location, who would have known that it would be just a taste of the fruitful partnership that would come?
The largest office-to-residential conversion in the U.S. to date has started leasing.
For SMBC Aviation Capital, one of the world’s leading aircraft leasing companies, the end of their lease represented an opportunity to reimage the future. Together with Structure Tone Dublin and Henry J. Lyons, the company thoughtfully designed, built, and moved into their dream office space—all within 28 weeks.
A safe jobsite is a baseline commitment for any construction jobsite. But when a project team goes above and beyond, how can they show their workers and the rest of the industry that they excel when it comes to keeping their site safe?
The term “net zero” has garnered plenty of buzz around the AEC industry, among policy makers, and within the sustainability community—but what does net zero actually mean? We sat down with STO Building Group’s own VP of Sustainability, Jennifer Taranto, to answer some of the top questions about building, designing, and managing net zero buildings.