6B — September 27 - October 10, 2013 — Owners, Developers & Managers — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
www.marejournal.com O wners , D evelOpers & M anagers Sustainability, and Global trade pwC’s meeting focuses on residential, Resiliency
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Ew yORk, ny — “Clearly, it’s a much better time,” said Er-
leen Hatfield, p.E., aia , partner with Buro Happold , summing up the message of the evening at Meet theArchitects & Engineers, presented by Professional women in Con- struction (pwC) at Club 101 in NYC. Hatfield, one of six speakers, said that new residential unit counts are up over 500% from last year and “We expect to see this market continue to heat up over the next 12 months.” She spoke also of the em-
Shown from left (Front): Robert Eisenstat, PANYNJ; Frank Pampalone, Walmart Realty; Erleen Hatfield, Buro Happold; Julio Ravelo, Thornton Tomasetti; (Back): Rob Fischer, NJ Turnpike Authority; Wm. Haight III and Ni- cole Hunter, The Louis Berger Group; Barbara Armand, Armand Corp.; Dorothy Wasiak, PCGNY Corp.; James Rizzo, Tate Access Floors; Maria Wilpon, AECOM; Lenore Janis, PWC. Credit: Calvin Lee.
phasis on resiliency in the aftermath of Sandy which has spurred Buro Happold , a global engineering firm, to perform numerous site specific structural, MEP and infrastructure design impact assessments for owners and architects. Julio Ravelo, Ra , vice president with thornton tomasetti , said that the en- gineering firm is focusing on hardening and resiliency and historic preservation in Sandy’s aftermath. One build- ing TT is working on is likely to become “the first in the City with building-wide flood design.” Ravelo pointed also to the start of a residential comeback as inspections mandated by Lo- cal Law 11 continue to increase the need for building envelope and roofing projects. The emphasis was on the global frontier with william Haight iii, p.E. , senior pro- grammanager with the lou- is Berger Group, inc. , an international infrastructure and development consulting firm. He noted that the nation’s policy is shifting towards “con- necting trade opportunities to development assistance,” and tying infrastructure needs to opening markets for US goods and services which is “good news for jobs at home.” With a new emphasis on gender programs – i.e. $1.9 billion in USAID has gender as a “main component” - he said, “Engineering companies that can deliver on infrastructure and gender (via role models) will have an advantage.” Robert Eisenstat, aia , chief architect with the engi- neering/architecture design division of the PANYNJ, also spoke to the group. n
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