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 However, over time, the aging building’s infrastructure and outdated systems could no longer meet the needs of its students.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.
Multifamily luxury housing has been booming in cities across the US. But what exactly does “luxury” mean? It depends on the market, says experts from STO Building Group’s multifamily builders. Here are perspectives from three different US markets.
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.
The urgency to combat climate change in the AEC industry is driving innovative strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One such initiative is EMission Zero, launched by Seattle-based architecture firm Miller Hull.
Seattle’s Lake Union has lived many lives throughout its history. It is the ancestral home of the Duwamish indigenous people and a key part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal that connects Lake Washington to the Puget Sound. The freshwater lake was also the construction site of Boeing’s first aircraft and the location of Tom Hanks’ houseboat in the movie Sleepless in Seattle.
The data center landscape in the U.S., particularly in New Jersey, is experiencing significant growth driven by the evolution of technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Yet there is still a good deal of uncertainty around how to meet this growing need.