As president of the New York City Revit User Group (NYCRUG), I am proud to be associated with Array Architects and our decision to support NYCRUG with a significant contribution of in-kind services.  I know from many years of firsthand experience the effort and time it takes to run a “local” user group with a […]

Concurrent with completing the largest Ambulatory Surgery Center on the East Coast, I had the opportunity to present our success with Building Information Modeling at the 16th Annual Lean Construction Institute Congress held in October 2014 in San Francisco. Co-presenting with Turner Construction, we set the pace for the conference, kicking off the presentations to […]

I spend my time on site photographing mistakes.  Not really, but that’s how I’m perceived, since much of my time walking through the construction site is spent observing the work-in-progress, and photo-documenting places where it deviates from Array’s construction documents or from best practice. Somebody’s got to do it. It’s interesting to take stock of […]

Featured in Healthcare Global, October 2014. Do you think your architect and contractor could design and construct a 12-story, 280,000 SF Ambulatory Surgery Center with 12 ORs in less than 18 months? What if your site already had foundation and setback approvals in place for office/hotel use and any changes would require you to resubmit […]

I am an avid reader of Daniel Davis’ articles and research, and found his recent article in Architect a great read.  Dr. Davis rightly argues that architects, and possibly the whole AEC industry, has become more productive than Teicholtz’s analysis indicates, and since we pass it on to our clients in the form of better […]

On February 26, 2014, I moderated a panel of experts for the McGraw Hill/Engineering News Record’s ” The Pulse 5 – The Future of Healthcare” in NYC. The conference explored issues currently shaping national and regional healthcare construction markets. The panel focused on

The thorough and systematic evaluation of the interrelated values, goals, facts and needs of a client’s organization, facility users and the surrounding community. A well-conceived program leads to high-quality design.

As designers, we have a tendency to hold on to everything “just in case” we need it. The fast paced profession we live in has taught us to always have options on hand. However, it has become necessary to downsize our spaces in favor of going digital and the time has finally come for the […]