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Syracuse-based Barton & Loguidice, which has an extensive engineering, planning and architecture footprint in New York, has acquired Steinmetz Planning Group. The move will enhance community planning services for Barton & Loguidice, which has 13 offices in the Northeast. Rochester ...

Clark Patterson Lee has acquired Morris Associates, the largest municipal engineering firm in Poughkeepsie. CPL is an architecture, engineering and planning firm based in Rochester. The addition of the Morris Associates’ offices in Poughkeepsie and Hudson gives CPL 15 locations ...

When the first official laughter at the National Comedy Center in Jamestown is unleashed this morning, visitors will experience 30,700 square feet of never-ending humor. From old sitcom clips to a hologram theater to comedy karaoke, the world’s only comedic ...

What has been a desolate parking lot at Eastman Business Park will soon become a 17-building development of mixed-income housing as well as commercial space. Groundbreaking for The Eastman Reserve, an undertaking of PathStone, began Wednesday afternoon along the western ...

Taylor, the regional commercial contractor based in Penfield, has partnered with the Pluta Foundation and Hanlon Architects on the design and construction of a medical office build-out on the second floor of the Pluta Cancer Center. Construction on the 6,000-square-foot ...

Expansion at The Glen at Perinton Hills will begin soon now that the developer has received all regulatory land use approvals for the nearly six-acre site. The current office park will be torn down and five new buildings will be ...

MRB Group, a Rochester-based engineering, architecture and surveying firm, has acquired Chatfield Engineers. The move expands MRB’s municipal services team and is designed to enhance services to clients of both firms. “In order to serve the increasing need clients, we also ...

InSite and SWBR received Honor Awards at the recent Rochester Chapter of the American Institute of Architects 2018 Design Awards. InSite was recognized for the LittleHOUSE project, which impressed judges for its simple design, technicality and successful adaptation of basic ...

Empire State Development is hoping to transform the former Butler Correctional Facility in Wayne County into an entity that will promote economic growth in the region. The ESD issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the purchase and redevelopment of the ...

Charles Bertuch, Stephanie M. Dempsey and David Thurnherr were elected to the board of directors of Bergmann, the Rochester-based architecture, engineering and planning firm. Bertuch has more than 30 years of industry experience, including the past 11 with Bergmann. A ...

LaBella is growing yet again. The Rochester-based architecture and engineering firm has acquired BHNT Architects in Buffalo, a deal that becomes effective June 1. BHNT was founded in 1987 by William Hovey and Richard Nardini and is run by Nardini ...

Sibley Square will be recognized by the Preservation League of New York State for excellence in historic preservation. The preservation league’s awards program honors notable achievements in retaining, promoting and reusing the state’s irreplaceable architectural heritage. The Sibley Square is ...

SWBR’s work on the University of Rochester’s Genesee Hall has been recognized by the Rochester chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute, or CSI. SWBR won the Genesee Award for Construction Management, which acknowledges exceptional teamwork between owner, designer and contractor ...

A breakfast seminar detailing how Building Information Modeling (BIM) can create a more efficient project timeline will be conducted by the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) Upstate Chapter at 7:30 a.m. on April 24 at the Buta Pub in ...

The transformation of Rochester’s Inner Loop has been recognized for design and architectural excellence. Stantec is one of four firms across the state recognized in the transportation category with the Diamond Award, the highest honor from the ACEC. The National ...