Fran Ferrone in the May National Real Estate Investor

Fran Ferrone, our Director of Workplace Innovation, has a new column in the May National Real Estate Investor. Titled "Give the People What They Want," the column addresses the ways that a responsive workplace can make good business sense. To access a PDF of the article, click here. (Click the following links to access her last two columns, "Benchmarking Is Only a Starting Point" and "Avoid Managing Change at Your Peril.")

A Bike Tour of the City

Earlier this month, Ricardo Nabholz of Mancini•Duffy participated in a bike tour of some of New York City's most fascinating — and private — urban landscapes. Sponsored by FLOS and Contract Magazine, and organized by BDE, the tour visited the future SuperPier site, the National September 11 Memorial, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Ricardo on a catwalk at SuperPier, an ambitious project masterminded by YoungWoo & Associates that will redevelop New York City's long-disused Pier 57 into a 270,000-sf retail and entertainment complex.

SuperPier graffiti commemorating Pan Am, the airline that shut down in late 1991.

The SuperPier site, 70 feet underneath the Hudson River. Once developed, the site will have the only underwater real estate in New York City.

The reflecting pools of the National September 11 Memorial.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard was a site of shipbuilding for 150 years until it was decommissioned in 1966.

One of the rope cleats at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Today, the Brooklyn Navy Yards fall within a M3-1 zone, allowing the site to be used for things like gunpowder manufacture, meat processing, and liquor distillation.

Marc Agger, president of the Agger Fish Corporation, lead the tour through the Brooklyn Navy Yard site.

Mancini•Duffy Attends NYC Haworth Showroom Re-opening

April 23, 2014: Director of Mancini•Duffy's Center for Workplace Innovation Fran Ferrone, and Project Designer Ricardo Nabholz, LEED AP shared a photo-op at Haworth's newly refreshed New York showroom at 125 Park Avenue in New York City.

Fran Ferrone in National Real Estate Investor

Fran Ferrone, our Director of Workplace Innovation, writes a monthly column for National Real Estate Investor about workplace topics that affect real estate decisions. We've put her first two columns online for your perusal. The first, "Benchmarking Is Only a Starting Point" covers the use of pilot projects as a way for large companies to test new workplace concepts; the second, "Avoid Managing Change at Your Peril,", discusses the benefits of a well-executed change management program. Keep watching this blog for her future columns.

Ted Hammer and Fran Ferrone Quoted in Crain's New York

 

Hey there. We're pleased to mention that President Ted Hammer and Director of Workplace Strategy Fran Ferrone were both quoted in a Crain's New York Business arti cle last week noting the evolution of New York City office spaces towards collaborative work environments. You can read the article by clicking on the following link: "Open office spaces create lofty goals".

Mancini•Duffy/TSC Wins 2012-2015 IDP Firm Award

We're thrilled to announce that Mancini•Duffy/TSC is one of eleven firms nationwide to receive the 2012-2015 Intern Development Program Firm Award.

Our firm especially values this award because it demonstrates our commitment to our interns by making their path to licensure an integral part of our firm’s culture – giving our clients a team of professionals “at the top of their game.”

The IDP is a joint effort of the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. To read more about the award, visit the AIA’s website.

We owe a huge thanks to Cassandra Straub, Associate AIA, who assembled our application. 

  

The alarm rang at 4:45 a.m.  Of course we all snoozed and one of us simply slept right through, but here we were, getting up earlier than on any weekday in preparation for a 5K.  To be noted, and of utmost importance, is that this was no ordinary 5K.  Nope, this was a 5K Color Run.  The rules: no time, have fun, and of course, EMBRACE THE COLOR!

The group was made up of eleven MD|TSC participants, and two outside friends.  Some of us ran and for those of us who opted out of the Red Bull provided and simply didn’t have time to properly caffeinate, we were part of the walk/slowly run crew (which looked more pathetic than it reads...hey, by that time it was 8 a.m.).  So back to the Color part of the run.  Located in the far-off Aviator Sports Center on Flatbush Avenue (hence the early wake-up time), the race consisted of a 3.1-mile stretch with color stations located every ¼ of the way (see map below).  Whether you were running or walk/running, each of these stations provided an opportunity for a punch of energy and color embrace, which we certainly participated in!  At one moment I found myself being chased with a bucket of red/fuchsia/pink color and the next coughing up pink!  It was fun!  The finish line welcomed us with water, frozen yogurt treats and a live band and dj show and yet more color, this time in buckets.  Time check: 9 a.m.!

Though the race was a blast, in my opinion the most enjoyable aspect was the pre-race preparation and the group work executed.  Thank you to my teammates for the collaboration!  Be it simply organizing the group, setting up meeting times, picking up registration packets, ensuring we all had matching shades, or arranging the ever-cumbersome How on earth do we get to Flatbush?!, we all executed and collaborated brilliantly!  I’d say it was a testimony to our project management skill set, brought to this year’s Color Run!  Next race:

The Mud Run?!?!

6:15AM   Carpooling out to Brooklyn       

7:45AM   We’ve had our bagels...we’re ready for COLOR!

                                           

   8:00AM       Lining up at the start...      

    

        

8:05AM       ...and we're off!!   

 9:00AM       We made it to the finish!!  

                                          

    

9:30AM       Live Concert & After-Party 

by: Johanna Devia + Layla Safiani

MD|TSC Runners (and run/walkers): Katie Barons

Amanda Colonna

Rui Ye

Nikki Morgenthaler

Mary DeLaurentis

Herby Joseph

Kristi Bernick

Krista Merrill

Missing in Action: Scott Hines