Best for NYC: Best Practices
In the context of the Best for NYC Challenge, I mentioned a few days ago the idea of incrementally improving
Journal
Our work with old buildings has us studying a lot of different topics in addition to structural engineering – for example, architecture, history, and historic preservation – and we like sharing stories about what we’ve found.
Best for NYC: Other Companies
Today’s Best for NYC Challenge post is about another B Corp: Impact Hub NYC. Impact Hub NYC is providing a
Best for NYC: Hello Out There
The Best for NYC Challenge has been getting some press: here and here and here.
Best for NYC: Best Practices
In my last post I talked about paper reduction and recycling. While I’m on that topic, a few words about
Best for NYC: Best Practices
Part of how the Best for NYC Challenge works is that we have to review how our company affects the environment.
Best for NYC: Other Companies
When I mentioned yesterday I’d be writing about the Best For NYC Challenge I forgot to mention an important point:
Best for NYC: Introduction
When I announced that OSE had become a Certified B Corp I promised that I’d be discussing the topic more “in the
Greenwich Village Landmark Judson Memorial Church
The scaffolding has just come down from Judson Memorial Church on the south side of Washington Square Park. The building
“Obsolete”
Because we live in an era of rapid technological change, we are used to (if not necessarily comfortable with) the
Something You Don’t See Every Day
That is a picture (click to enlarge) of a Guastavino vault floor supported on a Guastavino arch “girder.” Guastavino construction
X-Ray
For someone working with old buildings, this picture (click on it for a larger version) tells a sad story: a
Bow Bridge
The construction is done and getting press. The work went well from start to finish, even if it did take four
Fair Warning
This sign is meant to be taken seriously. I’ve been near a lot of unsafe buildings: some of them were
A Completed Project in the Press
Montrose Morris of the Brownstoner blog has provided a detailed history of 951 Prospect Place (also known as 172 Brooklyn
Pay No Attention to the Engineers Behind the Curtain
Once again, our work is publicized without any mention of us: the Bow Bridge repairs we designed a while back
Talking About the Neighbors
And I don’t mean gossip. We’ve had a large number of projects in the last few years where we review
Old Structures is now a Certified B Corporation
Old Structures Engineering became a Certified B Corporation this year. We were certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet
The Glamor Of It All
I was watching a pump empty a test pit below the water table so that we can check on the
Unsubtle
Sometimes it’s easy to see what the problem is. This is the bottom of a reinforced concrete beam. All of
Ransome Bar
We ask for probes on a regular basis, usually to find out what something useful about unknown hidden structure. On
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