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Bergmann’s waterways experts will provide statewide flood protection services to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Water Program. The state Office of General Services has awarded a five-year contract to Bergmann for assistance with coastal management, ...

Some of the best-preserved historical structures in the Ontario County hamlet of Port Gibson will be featured when The Landmark Society of Western New York conducts a walking tour on May 11. Cynthia Howk, architectural research coordinator for The Landmark ...

During his college days in the 1980s, Mark Maddalina entertained club-goers in Rochester at places like the Ocean Club, Magnolia’s and the Harbor Beach Club by spinning records. He learned a great deal about how to control the mood of ...

SWBR has been named a winner of two Outstanding Project Awards from the Rochester chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). The multidisciplinary design firm from Rochester was recognized for its contributions to DePaul’s Upper Falls Square Apartments and for ...

From an abandoned and dilapidated eyesore to a revitalized and thriving structure, the rebirth of Eastman Gardens is an example of historic preservation at its finest. Vacant since Eastman Dental Dispensary left in 1978, the building was turned into an ...

Former Geneva city manager Matt Horn again has an office in the heart of the community, only this time the sign on the door says MRB Group. Horn, municipal services director for the Rochester-based engineering, architecture and surveying firm, will ...

Stantec and Barton & Loguidice each were honored for a pair of design projects while Bergmann was recognized for excellence in planning and analysis by the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Stantec received ...

As LaBella Associates celebrates a 41st year in business, what has been steady growth continues for the engineering, architecture and planning firm. Another 50 employees were added over the past year, pushing the companywide workforce to around 750. The majority, ...

Bergmann, the Rochester-based architecture, engineering and planning firm, has been awarded a three-year contract to provide design services to the New York State Office of General Services Design & Construction Group (OSG). Bergmann has been providing architectural services to the ...

Two Brighton lodging landmarks will be undergoing major makeovers in the next three months. The Comfort Inn at 2729 Monroe Ave. will become a Clarion Pointe, the new brand being unveiled this year by the Choice Hotels chain. The Brighton ...

As renovation continues at Sibley Square, innovation, education and incubation are driving the occupancy rate for office and retail space in the storied downtown structure. WinnCompanies, a family-owned real estate development and management firm based in Boston, is immersed in ...

Birnbaum Companies has purchased the four-story building at 125 State St. in downtown Rochester and plans to create moderately priced housing in what has been office space. While the creation of upscale apartments has been the rage in recent heart-of-the-city ...

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, housed in Sustainability Institute Hall, lists nine different laboratories. But one that’s not on the list is the biggest of all – the building itself. With power or heat or both produced by a ...

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Rochester architecture, development and management firms piled up the hardware at the recent NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Awards Dinner in the Buffalo suburb of Depew. » SWBR was recognized for a pair of projects, winning the Best Industrial Development award ...

Most of the more than 100 million people watching Sunday’s Super Bowl on CBS will be keenly interested in whether the Los Angeles Rams can defeat quarterback Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. The design team at CPL, however, ...