Case Studies Residential

There’s a kind of “all or nothing” mentality when it comes to green building. Many people think they need LEED certification in order for a building to be green, but because LEED certification is expensive, builders often opt for the conventional route and forego all green building technology. Cole Vickers, founder of Metro Green Construction, […]

In 2011, when Michael J. Parnell decided to start his general contracting company, MP Consulting Services LLC, he was all too aware of the challenges his industry was facing. After spending 10 years as a project engineer and senior project manager for Skanska and Hunter Roberts Construction Group, two of the largest general construction companies […]

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a new developer has just come to town. Milhaus Development, one of the largest developers in the Midwest, began scouting the City of Bridges in 2014, and almost immediately set its sights on Lawrenceville, a neighborhood on the east side of the city. “Here was a neighborhood that has some of the […]

The developer of Spaulding Green, a 400-acre housing community in Clarence, New York, realized target buyers preferred homes built into hillsides with walk-out basements. The land being developed was essentially flat, though. To make the walk-out basements possible, Greenman-Pedersen Inc. (GPI) got creative and turned flat land into varied terrain with ponds, hills and elevated […]

While installing massive refrigeration units known as chillers, for Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama, James B. Donaghey Inc. Mechanical Contractors ran into a roadblock. The firm needed to connect the chillers on one side of a street to the hospital HVAC system on the other—the trouble was, they didn’t want to disrupt traffic and add […]

With every window, there’s an opportunity. An opportunity to save on heat and air conditioning. To enhance the aesthetics of the house, apartment, condo or commercial building. To let the sunshine in or to keep the drafts out. Even to control that window’s covering from afar using an app. And there’s an opportunity for someone […]

It’s not uncommon for ABCO Peerless Sprinkler Corporation (ABCO) to install thousands of fire suppression sprinklers in a single project site. In fact, ABCO’s president, Timothy Bowe, estimates the company has installed close to two million sprinklers since his father and grandfather launched the company in 1958. Today, ABCO specializes in the design and installation […]

When the founder of Arry’s Roofing Services Inc. says his company operates in good faith, he means that literally. As head of a devout Christian family, James “Arry” Housh sees a higher calling to roofing and reroofing mostly high-end houses and commercial buildings in the booming Tampa Bay region of west-central Florida. “My wife Becky […]

Almost 50 years ago, Jack Nicklaus, widely considered one of the best-ever golfers, conceded the final putt in the 1969 Ryder Cup, a biennial men’s golf competition between Europe and the United States, to British competitor Tony Jacklin. The move, known as “the concession,” meant that Jacklin didn’t have to risk the final putt, which […]

In 1963 Josh Wiener’s parents—both dance instructors—bought a fixer-upper, Manhattan townhouse in what was then a bad neighborhood: 91st Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Wiener grew up helping his dad repair that townhouse. At 6 years old, he was sorting nails. At 11, he was mixing plaster and rebuilding walls. Now, 53 years later, […]