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When organizations expand across multiple floors, one design question often takes center stage: should you invest in a feature stair? These architectural focal points can boost movement, spark collaboration, and make a strong brand statement—but they also come with budget, space, and design complexities. Drawing on our experience across industries, we outline the trade-offs and smart alternatives to help you decide if a stair is the right fit for your workplace vision.

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As the concept of circularity becomes increasingly more important in the built environment, the concepts of deconstruction and reuse have met many roadblocks in the commercial sector. The Project Manager’s Guide to Material Reuse in Commercial Buildings highlights how the commercial building sector can shift long held practices to produce more sustainable, circular, and less wasteful construction projects. In this guide, STOBG sustainability manager Michael Orbank contributes construction best practices that are being piloted on jobsites: highlighting material takeback programs, site separation techniques, and reuse pathways for traditionally landfilled products.

With its proximity to New York City and scenery ranging from forests to seacoasts, the state of New Jersey has a lot to offer film and television production. When the state passed its Film and Digital Media Tax Credit in 2018, studio developers noticed, and the state is now seeing more studio facilities underway.