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Scotsman Media Group leader discusses closure, job losses
SYRACUSE — The Scotsman Press, Inc., which does business as Scotsman Media Group, closed its printing operations in Syracuse and Chenango Bridge on July 3, ending about 60 years of operation in Central New York. The shutdown means the layoff of about 90 employees, the firm said in a statement released June 27. “They’ve just […]
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SYRACUSE — The Scotsman Press, Inc., which does business as Scotsman Media Group, closed its printing operations in Syracuse and Chenango Bridge on July 3, ending about 60 years of operation in Central New York.
The shutdown means the layoff of about 90 employees, the firm said in a statement released June 27.
“They’ve just done a phenomenal job for the Central New York community and it is terribly unfortunate that this has to go this way,” William Veit, president of the Scotsman Media Group, says in an interview.
Veit is among the affected employees but will remain with the firm through mid-August to oversee the liquidation of assets, he says.
“I will be exiting the business,” Veit says, noting that the company will provide all 90 employees a severance package.
The Business Journal News Network interviewed Veit on June 30.
The decision will not affect The Valley News, which the company publishes in Fulton. It currently employs six people, according to Veit.
Badoud Enterprises, Inc., the Virginia–based owner of the Scotsman Press, will continue as owner of The Valley News, Veit added.
Shuttering Scotsman’s printing operations is “not a reflection of the ability or skills of the company’s leadership or employees,” Veit said in the Scotsman news release. “The result is due to unforeseen business circumstances beyond the company’s control.”
Acquisition falls through on financing issues
Veit’s attempt to acquire the business or obtain additional financing was “ultimately unsuccessful,” according to the Scotsman release.
“Back in January … I had the terms and term sheet and everything we needed from the bank and they changed their mind, they changed direction,” Veit says in the interview.
The Business Journal News Network had earlier interviewed Veit on Jan. 20 when the firm first announced he had plans to acquire the Scotsman Media Group.
Badoud Enterprises, Inc. on Dec. 17 signed an agreement to sell the company’s assets to Veit.
The owner, John Badoud, Jr., who has owned the Scotsman Press since 1989, wanted to retire, Veit added in that same interview.
Neither side disclosed financial details of the transaction, which was expected to close on March 31, Veit said during the January interview.
Veit was hoping to finance the acquisition through Des Moines, Iowa–based Principal Financial Group. Principal operates a local office at 200 Salina Meadows Parkway in Salina.
“The third party on the mortgage was … Principal Real Estate Investors and they were serving Union Fidelity Insurance and they changed their mind. They just changed the terms on me to the point that I didn’t have enough time to react,” Veit says now.
When asked why the lender changed the terms at that point, Veit would only say, “I can’t comment on that.”
When the financing issue became known, Veit worked to find another location for the Scotsman’s operations, but he ran “out of time,” he says.
When asked if the building housing Scotsman’s Syracuse headquarters had any environmental problems that may have been a factor in the lender’s denial of financing, Veit again would only say, “I can’t comment on that.”
The Syracuse headquarters of the Scotsman Press operates in a 65,000-square-foot space at 750 W. Genesee St. in a building that Badoud Enterprises owns.
The firm’s operation in Chenango Bridge, which is called Our Press, operates in a 10,000-square-foot office at 41 Kattelville Road.
Incorporated in 1954, Scotsman most recently served hundreds of publishers by providing commercial-printing services throughout Central New York.
The customers include the Business Journal News Network. The Scotsman Press prints The Central New York Business Journal, The Mohawk Valley Business Journal, and The Greater Binghamton Business Journal.
As a publisher, Scotsman produced Today’s CNY Woman, Finger Lakes Vacationer, and the $ In Your Pocket coupon book, and built its business around its former Pennysaver products.
In 2013, Scotsman closed the Pennysaver business, cutting about 60 jobs. The Pennysavers included 16 different publications that covered communities stretching from Fulton to Cortland and Geneva to Fayetteville and Manlius. The papers reached 210,000 homes.
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New York keeps No. 2 spot in maple-syrup production
New York retained its position as the second biggest producer of maple syrup in the U.S. in 2014, behind Vermont, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). New York maple producers generated 546,000 gallons of maple syrup with 2.2 million taps, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The Empire State
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New York retained its position as the second biggest producer of maple syrup in the U.S. in 2014, behind Vermont, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
New York maple producers generated 546,000 gallons of maple syrup with 2.2 million taps, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The Empire State edged out No. 3 maple-syrup producer, Maine, by just 1,000 gallons.
The figures represent the third best year for maple production in New York in the past 20 years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office said in a news release.
The state’s maple-syrup industry had many challenges this year after the “long, cold” months of February and March, which produced several periods with no production, the release stated.
The lack of production was a “concern” for producers who use older technology, such as buckets and gravity tubing. As sap production “ceased” during the winter months, tap holes closed and sap stopped running.
Producers using newer vacuum tubing were able to keep the tap holes healthy and functioning, enabling maple-syrup production over the entire season.
Mother Nature reminds New York maple producers annually that she is in charge and that environmental factors “largely” determine the percentages of maple-syrup colors produced, Dwayne Hill, president of the New York State Maple Producers Association, said in the news release.
“This year, there was a low percentage of light amber syrup, with most of the crop comprising medium and dark colors. This is a good thing for consumers as the most popular flavors of maple are medium and dark amber,” said Hill.
New York maple products, including syrups and creams, are available at Taste NY stores on the New York State.
They are also featured at Taste NY events throughout the state, providing exposure and increased sales for the state’s maple producers.
Many maple producers carry the Pride of NY label on their products, which are available at various grocery stores and farmers’ markets, according to the governor’s office.
Upstate, Fort Drum train for medical-transport situations
SYRACUSE — Upstate University Hospital and the U.S. Army’s Fort Drum near Watertown on June 26 conducted a medical-transport training exercise on the roof of the Syracuse medical facility. The event included a Black Hawk helicopter from Fort Drum landing on the structure’s helipad. The exercise sought to ensure that both Upstate and Fort Drum
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SYRACUSE — Upstate University Hospital and the U.S. Army’s Fort Drum near Watertown on June 26 conducted a medical-transport training exercise on the roof of the Syracuse medical facility.
The event included a Black Hawk helicopter from Fort Drum landing on the structure’s helipad.
The exercise sought to ensure that both Upstate and Fort Drum are “familiar and very comfortable working together” in the event they have to save someone’s life, Captain William Keller, executive officer for the medevac unit at Fort Drum, said while speaking with reporters on Upstate’s helipad.
“Fort Drum is beginning a range medevac mission in that we’re going to be covering soldiers out on the range that are out doing training. We do train very hard and it’s vital that the medevac that is responsible for evacuating our soldiers is not only prepared to pick them up, but [also] to come here to Upstate as well and drop them off,” Keller said.
The training involved getting the pilot familiarized with flying from the range environment at Fort Drum to Upstate and then moving the patient from the helicopter and the facility’s roof into the hands of the medical professionals at Upstate, Keller said.
Besides Upstate, Fort Drum is also beginning similar relationships with Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown and a medical facility serving Burlington, Vt., he added.
It’s part of an ongoing collaborative effort with Fort Drum to do outreach, training and education with them for the combat personnel there, Steve Adkisson, Upstate University Hospital’s pediatric and adult trauma program manager, said in his remarks to reporters on the helipad.
“The training … is just how to safely approach the helicopter when it’s running and when it’s moving, so when someone comes in, no matter what their injuries are, how to get them off the helicopter safely as possible and as quickly as possible, while maintaining safety for both the crew and the patient,” said Adkisson.
Upstate University Hospital has been working with Fort Drum in a training and outreach capacity for almost six years now, he adds, not only with the helicopters, but also with advanced trauma life-support training for combat medics and combat physicians.
The training exercise “streamlines” the actual process when the helicopter lands and turns over a patient, Kristen Halsey, staff sergeant at Fort Drum, said while speaking to reporters.
Halsey serves as a flight medic on the helicopter.
“We practice with them, then when we do land and they come up to the helicopter, they do it in a safe manner and they’re able to have a good handoff with the patient,” said Halsey.
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Syracuse Crunch think big with Frozen Dome Classic
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Crunch is hoping to make a big splash with their planned “Frozen Dome Classic,” the first professional hockey game held in the Carrier Dome, when it takes the ice with the Utica Comets on Nov. 22. “I really believe that Syracuse is … a big-event market,” Howard Dolgon, owner of the
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SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Crunch is hoping to make a big splash with their planned “Frozen Dome Classic,” the first professional hockey game held in the Carrier Dome, when it takes the ice with the Utica Comets on Nov. 22.
“I really believe that Syracuse is … a big-event market,” Howard Dolgon, owner of the Syracuse Crunch, said in his remarks during a June 11 news conference in the Carrier Dome to announce the November contest.
The team on June 25 announced that Toyota will serve as the title sponsor for the Frozen Dome Classic. The same company also served in the same role for the Crunch’s Mirabito Outdoor Classic on Feb. 20, 2010.
Tickets for this November’s Carrier Dome game went on sale to the general public on June 24 and range in price from $20 to $50, the Crunch said.
“We’re going to be using the same configuration as the basketball [court],” James (Jim) Sarosy, COO of the Syracuse Crunch, said in answering a question from the assembled media.
Capacity for the Frozen Dome Classic will in the mid-30,000s, he added.
Besides the matchup between the Crunch and Comets, which both play in the American Hockey League, the daylong hockey showcase will also feature an NCAA Division III matchup between the Utica College Pioneers and the Oswego State Lakers.
The event will also include a law-enforcement charity game involving the Syracuse and Utica police departments prior the Crunch-Comets game.
Conroe, Texas–based Ice Rink Events, which assisted in the production of the outdoor game at the State Fairgrounds, will provide assistance and the rink for the Frozen Dome Classic as well, Sarosy said.
“We’re going to be given access [to the Dome] on a Monday morning as early as possible and hope to have ice Thursday night, so it’ll be a quick, quick turnaround,” he added.
Bringing ice and generators inside the facility, transitioning in “very short order” during football-to-basketball season, and an ice-hockey game is a “tremendous undertaking” for [Carrier Dome Managing Director] Pete [Sala] and his staff, Joe Giansante, executive senior associate athletics director and chief communications officer and external affairs, said during his remarks at the press conference.
“It’ll be one of those things that we’ll always remember about being here in the Dome,” Giansante said.
As Crunch officials fielded questions from the media, the Business Journal News Network asked Dolgon about the cost to stage the Frozen Dome Classic.
“A lot,” Dolgon said in response. “A lot with a few zeros after that.”
“Times 10 a lot,” Sarosy added.
But Dolgon also believes he has a “very fair deal” with Syracuse University for the event.
“We know that the university puts on first-class events. So we’re going into this knowing what the risk is and what the reward could be,” he added.
In his remarks, J. Ryan McMahon II, chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature, discussed the county’s role.
“We run many of things that people enjoy in our community and our downtown in our arts and cultural [activities] on room-occupancy tax, so it’s a great opportunity, it’s a great investment,” said McMahon.
And Saturday won’t be the only day with activities surrounding this event, Dolgon said.
“We plan on [that] Friday to have a celebration of hockey in New York state … to have as many youth hockey players participate and enjoy the comforts of the Carrier Dome and ice hockey in the Dome,” said Dolgon.
The Crunch is also planning a fan festival in the part of the Dome that’s not used for the game.
“That will develop as we come up with more ideas,” Dolgon said.
It’s not the first time the Crunch has hosted a hockey matchup outside the Onondaga County War Memorial, its regular home venue.
The Crunch in 2010 played the Binghamton Senators in the Mirabito Outdoor Classic at the New York State Fairgrounds.
And even though he’s now on the management side of the sport, one of the Comets’ top officials played in a special-event matchup in even colder conditions.
Robert Esche, current general manager of the Utica Comets and a former National Hockey League goaltender, recalled playing in the 2009 Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) All-Star Game outdoors in Moscow’s Red Square
The temperature was 17-below zero and he’ll “never forget it,” Esche said in his comments at the news conference.
“Being able to play inside and setting a record … is something from a historic level for both franchises for Utica and Syracuse,” he says.
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Syracuse Manufacturers Mobilize for Victory in World War II: the Story of Onondaga Pottery
Before the outbreak of World War II, factories located in Syracuse and Onondaga County, N.Y., made shoes, typewriters, air conditioners, washing machines, and many other civilian products. Military preparedness was low on the nation’s list. However, shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, and the U.S. declared war on Japan
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Before the outbreak of World War II, factories located in Syracuse and Onondaga County, N.Y., made shoes, typewriters, air conditioners, washing machines, and many other civilian products. Military preparedness was low on the nation’s list. However, shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, and the U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany a few days later, President Franklin Roosevelt set very challenging goals for many American manufacturers, including producing 125,000 airplanes, 120,000 tanks, and 55,000 anti-aircraft guns by 1943. Several local manufacturers answered the president’s call for making war material between 1941 and 1945.
On July 28, 1944, the “War Workers Cavalcade” paraded along Salina Street in downtown Syracuse. Comprised of many local businesses that had shifted from manufacturing civilian products to war material, the cavalcade displayed these companies’ patriotism via elaborate floats in a procession that took 2 ½ hours to pass 70,000 spectators.
This article is the second in a series (the first one appeared in the March 14 issue of The Business Journal) that will focus on six local manufacturers that participated in the War Workers Cavalcade 70 years ago, and which played vital roles in supplying the Allied military forces with much-needed war items during World War II.
The Art of Ceramic Destruction: Onondaga Pottery goes to war
Prior to World War II, Onondaga Pottery Company (O.P. Co.) had been manufacturing a variety of ceramic products at its Fayette Street and Court Street plants in Syracuse. The company was world-renowned for its fine residential china and commercial hotel and restaurant ware. In 1893, Onondaga Pottery Company won the High Award Medal for its ornate vitreous china known as Imperial Geddo at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and in 1904, the company won the Grand Prize of Clays and Table Ware at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. In 1896, the company installed the ceramic industry’s first in-house lithographic shop for printing decals that decorated the ware. In 1921, the company opened the Court Street plant to make its hotel ware, the first linear, one-story plant in the American china industry. By the late 1930s, O.P.Co. was decorating its ware with Shadowtone, an airbrush design that sprayed colors onto the ware through stencils. Although still in the midst of the Great Depression, the 1930s proved to be one of O.P. Co.’s most successful decades for design, reputation, and even sales.
By the fall of 1939, a new world conflict had begun in Europe, and two years later, the U.S. joined its allies in Europe and the Pacific to fight the Axis powers. At the time, O.P. Co. employed 1,150 people. Once the U.S. declared war on Germany and Japan, local men, and some women, joined the armed forces, and O.P. Co.’s workforce became predominantly women. Wartime production dramatically increased as these women assisted with filling large military orders for bowls, mugs, and plates for the Army Quartermaster and Medical Corps, Navy bases, and the Marine Corps. O.P. Co. also supplied large quantities of ware to the burgeoning wartime government agencies and bureaus, as well as the cafeterias at aeronautical factories and munitions plants throughout the U.S. During the four war years, the women employees contributed to making almost 60 million pieces of china for these military and civilian entities.
However, conceivably the most significant and secretive wartime operation at Onondaga Pottery Company was the development and production of the M-5 anti-tank landmine and the M-7 pocket mine. Working in conjunction with the Army’s ordnance department, Richard Pass, company president, selected specialists from O.P. Co. and Pass & Seymour to develop a non-metallic landmine that the enemy could not detect with electronic mine sweepers. Army specifications stated that the landmine had to work in any type of soil, as well as under water, and it had to remain intact under the feet of infantry soldiers but explode under the slightest weight of moving vehicles. It also had to be effective between 40 and 170 degrees Fahrenheit. The landmine required a specially designed chemical fuse. After seven months of research, the O.P. Co. and Pass & Seymour design team created a non-metallic landmine that would detonate in any weather conditions. Tests were conducted inside Highland Forest Park, south of Syracuse. Electrical workers at Pass & Seymour made the fuses and O.P. Co. employees made and assembled the landmines. The company also produced the M-7 pocket mine, an explosive device carried by soldiers in their pockets and used for demolition purposes, as a booby trap, and as a hand grenade.
Production began in July 1943 and lasted 15 months until Oct. 1, 1944 when the military met its quotas for landmines and fuses. The project was kept secret until the Rochester Ordnance District released information to the public on July 28, 1944. A special section had been carved out of the Court Street plant and converted to landmine production. Several female employees were re-allocated to the Court Street ordnance division, where they often worked seven days a week and produced 1.3 million landmines. On Sept. 30, 1944 about 90 former ordnance employees attended a banquet in their honor at the Eastwood Sports Center.
The Army Ordnance Department recognized Onondaga Pottery Company as being a pioneer in the field of non-metallic ammunition and was commended by military officials for their work. On Oct. 18, 1944, Court Street employees were presented with the Army-Navy “E” Award for excellence in production of war equipment. The company also had the honor of flying the Army-Navy “E” Award pennant outside the Court Street plant. It was quite a tribute; only about 3 percent of all American production firms were qualified to receive the “E” award. President Pass, in his congratulatory speech to the employees stated, “The successful production of the mines here has been made possible only by the faithful, loyal work and support of every member of the Pottery organization. This support has accomplished more in aid of our country’s war effort than you may know.” The non-metallic landmines produced by Onondaga Pottery Company became known as the “Syracuse Secret Weapon of World War II.”
Onondaga Pottery Company had “turned a source of beauty into a force of destruction. One of the finer products, so much a part of the American Way of Life, became a force in the defense and preservation of that American Way.”
Once landmine and fuse production ceased, company officials turned the production space back to making civilian ceramic items. Many of the women who made the landmines and fuses decided to stay on at O.P. Co. From that point in time, more than half of the employee work force consisted of women. After World War II ended in 1945, returning male veterans joined these women in producing some of the finest American china the world has ever known. Later employees followed their parents and grandparents to work at Onondaga Pottery Company, even after the company officially changed its name to Syracuse China Corporation in 1966. Syracuse China continued to produce wares until it closed in 2009. At Syracuse China’s closing, the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) acquired the remnants of the 138-year-old establishment — business records and documents, decals and other designs, tools, and tens of thousands of pieces of ware. Although the company has closed and Syracuse China is no longer made in Syracuse, its legacy continues at OHA. Visitors may still see 138 years of company history and revel in the fact that Syracuse was once home to a company that made the world’s best china, as well as one of World War II’s “secret weapons.”
Thomas Hunter is the curator of museum collections at the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) (www.cnyhistory.org), located at 321 Montgomery St. in Syracuse.
A Change in Leadership at the Chenango Arts Council
NORWICH — The Chenango Arts Council has new leadership. On June 30, Victoria Calvert Kappel, executive director, stepped down from her position after 15 years to explore new opportunities. The Chenango Arts Council (CAC) has been a community anchor for participation, education, and quality of life in Chenango County for the last four decades, Kappel said
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NORWICH — The Chenango Arts Council has new leadership.
On June 30, Victoria Calvert Kappel, executive director, stepped down from her position after 15 years to explore new opportunities.
The Chenango Arts Council (CAC) has been a community anchor for participation, education, and quality of life in Chenango County for the last four decades, Kappel said in an interview with The Business Journal News Network before her departure..
Kappel attributes a lot of the success and stability of the organization to the long-term leadership it has had. For 34 of its 40 years, CAC has had only two executive directors, Kappel and Lucy Funke, who served for 19 years prior to Kappel. In addition to the steady management, Kappel also praises the work of a consistent, strong board of directors who “get the organization and have no hidden agendas.”
Prior to moving to Norwich from Chicago in 1999, Kappel was already familiar with upstate New York from visiting her sister who lives in Greig in Lewis County. In fact, Kappel liked the area so much that she and her husband were married in Constableville, also in Lewis County. Then, when she was ready for a change from Chicago, upstate New York was on her list of places to peruse for a new career.
As much as the position was the right fit for her 15 years ago, Kappel knows that stepping down at this time is also the right move. Wanting the board to have enough time to find her replacement, at the January board meeting, Kappel announced her decision to leave at the end of the fiscal year, June 30. Before the end of January, the selection committee had already met to put in motion the executive search.
Though she is not retiring or planning on leaving the region right away, Kappel says she’s looking forward to the next thing, though she’s not quite sure what that is yet. “All things are possible,” she says.
Kappel recalls her time at CAC fondly, saying “It was a good fit, a happy fit.”
As for the board’s new executive director selection, Kappel says, “I heartily agree with their choice.”
The new leader
On July 1, Diane Batson-Smith joined CAC as the new executive director. She fills the third full-time staff position alongside program director Michelle Connelly and operations manager Joyce Zummo.
Most recently coming from the Martina Arroyo Foundation in New York City as its executive director, Batson-Smith’s background also includes producing movies in Hollywood, managing the Clarksville Arts and Heritage Council in Clarksville, Tenn., and acting as the designated agent for the Tennessee Arts Commission to grant funds throughout Tennessee.
Batson-Smith looks forward to working and living in Norwich, and says she plans on finding a place to live that’s within walking distance to the office.
“People here are seeped into what the arts can do for the community,” Batson-Smith says. “There’s a lot of potential here.”
She hopes to use her background to expand the program repertoire that CAC can offer, potentially including a film series, a theater program for new plays, and more outreach to the schools and communities the council serves. “Of course, one does not do this work alone, so the board would have to agree and the staff as well, as it does often create more work,” says Batson-Smith.
Her career expertise in the arts goes beyond theater, film, and education outreach; she also designs hand-sewn heritage wool quilts. In 2013, Batson-Smith formed a small textile business, NY Textile Company, with her son, which will now be located in Chenango County. The fabric for her quilts is made by Thistle Hill Weavers, a small custom-weaving mill in Cherry Valley, in Otsego County.
Council operations
A focus on earned income will be a big priority for the CAC board moving forward, with facility rentals and online tickets sales as two opportunities Kappel sees for growth in this area. The council’s theater, gallery, conference room, and studio classroom are all available for the public to rent. CAC organizational members can use the William J. Hall Conference Room once a month for meeting purposes at no charge.
Located at 27 West Main St. in downtown Norwich, in a building that used to house Norwich High School, CAC occupies 10,601 square feet on the first floor of what is now called the Norwich Center Office Plaza. The structure is managed by the Chenango Housing Improvement Program. The other half of the former school is occupied by Norwich Senior Housing.
The Chenango Arts Council’s main office used to be the high school principal’s office, the gallery was once the cafeteria, and the former school auditorium is now the 514-seat Martin W. Kappel Theater, named for Kappel’s late husband.
Martin Kappel worked as the technical director for CAC. After he passed away, the board voted to name the theater in his honor.
Expanding the staff is also a goal for the CAC, though Kappel says when it will happen depends on state funding, which the nonprofit will not know about until December. The next hire for the council will concentrate on facility rentals and earned income opportunities.
Kappel says she has also done everything she can operations-wise to make sure that Batson-Smith’s transition is as smooth as possible, including already having the budget and season set for the next fiscal year. “She’s not going to have to play catch-up,” says Kappel.
CAC’s annual budget ranges from $350,000 to $375,000. The budget doesn’t vary much from year to year, says Kappel. Almost $100,000 of the budget represents pass-through funds for the decentralization grants distributed each year.
A program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), decentralization grants support local decision-making in public-arts funding for arts and cultural organization across every county in the state. CAC operates as the decentralization site for Chenango, Broome, and Otsego counties, and has $99,400 allocated for a three-year cycle.
In April, CAC distributed this year’s funds to 54 nonprofit organizations and artists in the three counties. This year, the Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation in Binghamton provided an additional $10,000 for funding in Broome County.
Contact Collins at ncollins@cnybj.com
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Chenango Arts Council
27 West Main St.
Norwich, NY 13815
(607) 336-2787
Chenangoarts.org
Founded: 1975
Employees: 3 full time
Volunteers: 35
Service Area: Chenango, Broome, and Otsego counties
Mission: The Chenango Arts Council says it supports life-enriching art throughout the greater Chenango region.
Programs and Services: Performance series, gallery series, decentralization funding for Chenango, Broome, and Otsego counties, classes and workshops for all ages, special events.
Recent Organizational Highlights: Long-time executive director, Victoria Calvert Kappel, is leaving the council after 15 years service. She will be replaced by Diane Batson-Smith, an arts administrator with career highlights spanning several cultural sectors.
Planning/Fundraising Outlook for 2014: Semi-annual benefit, “Parked Under the Stars,” planned for November 2014, annual 5K Allegro Run for the Arts takes place each May, additional fundraisers and grant-seeking efforts are ongoing.
Key Staff:
Executive Director:
Victoria Calvert Kappel (until 6/30/14)
Diane Batson-Smith (starting 7/1/14)
Executive-director’s compensation from 2013 IRS 990: $55,835
Program Director: Michelle Connelly
Operations Manager: Joyce Zummo
Board of Trustees (Officers)
President: Lisa Natoli, Natoli & Natoli Law
Vice President: Van Mason, retired educator
Treasurer: Joseph Skundrich, NBT Bank
Secretary: Jeff Genung, Chobani, Inc.
Board Members
Sheila Briglin, community volunteer
Donald Brown, II, Chobani
Ann Coe, Norwich Business Improvement District
Stephanie Coggins, community volunteer
Henry Drexler, artist
Mary El Emerson, community volunteer
Alexandra Erath, Voss Group
Emma Golden, Golden Foundation
Geoff Magnani, retired educator
Michael McCormack, Norwich/Sidney Pennysaver
F. Sheldon Prentice, NBT Bank
Edith Revoir, Area Agency on Aging
Dominic Shea, Wells Fargo Advisors
Grayson Stevens, retired educator
Global warming: not an easy idea for scientists to walk away from no matter the evidence
First, please note the plug for my latest play, at the end of this column. I recently read that some science writers claim that NASA and other scientists fiddled with temperature data to show global warming. The writers show us one chart with actual U.S. temperatures — those recorded each year since 1900 or so.
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First, please note the plug for my latest play, at the end of this column.
I recently read that some science writers claim that NASA and other scientists fiddled with temperature data to show global warming. The writers show us one chart with actual U.S. temperatures — those recorded each year since 1900 or so. NASA used to publish this chart. Next to it, they show the chart NASA now publishes, with temperatures changed. Temperatures from the 1930s, recently changed.
If the original temperatures are used, we see cooling. If the new ones are used, we see warming. So, why did scientists change the old temperatures? To make their climate models work. So claim the science writers. Hmm.
Next, I read points made by one of the founders of Greenpeace.
Point 1: Our CO2 concentrations today are not dangerously high. They are low. Lower than through most of the history of life on earth.
Point 2: We fight CO2 emissions. Yet CO2 was 10 times higher during one of the ice ages.
Point 3: The optimum CO2 level for most plants is four times higher than we have today. (Many greenhouse operators feed CO2 to their plants to enhance growth.)
Point 4: If CO2 levels do go up, the earth will be able to grow more food than today. Think Alaskan merlot, Siberian mangos.
Point 5: For most of the time earth’s life has existed, the global climate was warmer than now.
Point 6: There has been no global warming for 18 years. Yet in this time we have added 25 percent of all the CO2 ever emitted by humans.
Do I claim we have no warming? Or no climate change? Nope. Because all I know is what I read. And both sides write compelling stuff. They both trot out mountains of data. They both attack each other’s data. Meantime, I enjoy the debate. It is endlessly entertaining. And free.
However, this thought came to me recently. Suppose scientists prove conclusively, we have no global warming. Suppose they prove CO2 is good for us, good for our planet. Half the population might rise up to slay them. I am serious.
After all, we have so much invested in the story that CO2 is poison. That it destroys our eco-system. That we will soon fry. This is what we teach many millions of children.
We crusade under this banner to destroy industries. And to hamstring others. We punish many millions of families with taxes to fight this good fight. We snuff out campfires. We plant monstrous windmills that slaughter harmless birds. We thwart natural-gas drilling and oil pipelines.
We frighten children with predictions of tsunamis slamming Kansas City. (Welcomed there after no rain for 10 years.) Seriously, we deny modern farming from third-world countries — because of its carbon footprint.
Millions make millions of dollars from all this. They coast into office on it. They build careers upon it. They sell videos and books based on it. They build huge eco-friendly businesses with fat green handouts from politicians.
If CO2 became our friend, all these apple carts would tumble. Various celebrities would rent blowtorches. To melt the layers of egg on their faces. Leaders would have to re-write laws and policies. They would have to end carbon taxes. We would all have to embrace oil drilling, take a coal miner home for dinner. We would declare fracking a national treasure.
Nah. I don’t think we could take it. If any scientist ever proves such a thing, he will find a target as big as Rushmore on his back. He will have to out-hide the writer Salman Rushdie. He will have to change his name, sex, color, nationality, and favorite drink. That’s just for starters.
Advice to scientists: If you challenge climate change, take out lots of life insurance. Advice to insurers: Avoid those guys like the plague.
From Tom…as in Morgan.
Check out my latest play, “Leaving Something Behind.” Funny, poignant, moving — especially for women. It’s at Players of Utica Theater on July 13 at 4 p.m. and on July 14 at 7 p.m.
Tom Morgan writes about political, financial, and other subjects from his home near Oneonta, in addition to his radio shows and TV show. For more information about him, visit his website at www.tomasinmorgan.com
Architecture/Engineering Directory
Welcome to the 2014 edition of The Business Journal News Network’s Architectural and Engineering Directory. In here, you will find the current data and projects from the past year for architectural and engineering firms that are based in Central New York. Charts with industry-specific data are also spread throughout the directory to provide a snapshot
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Welcome to the 2014 edition of The Business Journal News Network’s Architectural and Engineering Directory. In here, you will find the current data and projects from the past year for architectural and engineering firms that are based in Central New York. Charts with industry-specific data are also spread throughout the directory to provide a snapshot of the industry in the CNY region and state.
Note: Not all companies we surveyed submitted information and not all submissions could be printed.
ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS
Alesia & Crewell Architects, P.C.
Four Oxford Crossing, Suite 104
New Hartford, NY 13413
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 735-5163/ 797-4619
– Website: alesiacrewell.com
– Year Established: 1978
– No. of Licensed Architects: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 5
– President: Andrew N. Alesia
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Utica Memorial Auditorium renovation project: converted unused support space into a state-of-the-art team locker and training facility for the Utica Comets, the Vancouver Canucks AHL hockey team
Architecteam
614 James St.
Syracuse, NY 13203
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 474-1007/ 474-3119
– Website: architecteam.com
– Year Established: 1968
– No. of Licensed Architects: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 5
– Partners: Brian R. Hanson, Paul C. Soper
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Geneva Tower, Syracuse
Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C.
500 S. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 425-1811/ 425-0166
– Website: ashleymcgraw.com
– Year Established: 1981
– No. of Licensed Architects: 19
– Total CNY Employees: 40
– CEO & Principal: Edward McGraw
– Markets Served: education, public buildings
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: In October 2013, demolition commenced at the current MacArthur Elementary School in the Binghamton City School District. The building was destroyed by Tropical Storm Lee in 2011. Construction is under way for the upcoming new 130,000-square-foot elementary school. The school will feature elevated columns that will place the building 5 feet above the 500-year floodplain. The building will have 27 classrooms to accommodate 675 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.
Aubertine and Currier Architects, Engineers & Land Surveyors, PLLC
522 Bradley St.
Watertown, NY 13601
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 782-2005/ 782-1472
– Website: aubertinecurrier.com
– Year Established: 2000
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 22
– Managing Partner: Annette M. Mason
– Partners: Michael L. Aubertine, Patrick J. Currier, Brian A. Jones, Matthew R. Morgia, Jayson J. Jones
– Recent Notable Projects: Dayan Street Medical Offices, Lowville; St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Visitors’ Center, Massena; mixed-use building, Clayton; Fort Drum infrastructure upgrades with Vecto Contracting; Fort Drum Chapel renovation/addition; Fort Drum Dental Clinic renovation
BCK-IBI Group, a New York General Partnership
41 Chenango St.
Binghamton, NY 13901
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 772-0007/ 723-4121
– Website: bckibigroup.com
– Year Established: 1976
– No. of Licensed Architects: 8
– Total CNY Employees: 38
– Director: Lee P. Bearsch
– CFO: John S. Knudson
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning
Beardsley Design Associates
64 South St.
Auburn, NY 13021
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 253-7301/ 253-7306
– Website: beardsley.com
– Year Established: 1898
– No. of Licensed Architects: 8
– Total CNY Employees: 55
– President: Richard C. Elliott
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Trumansburg Central School District additions/renovations; St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Center of Excellence for Diabetes Care and Prevention; Secure Storage Hangar and Maintenance Hangar for the 10th Mountain Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade; New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation – multiple projects throughout the Central, Finger Lakes, and Thousand Island Regions
Bell & Spina, P.C.
215 Wyoming St., Suite 201
Syracuse, NY 13204
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 488-0377/ 487-5947
– Website: bellandspina.com
– Year Established: 1987
– No. of Licensed Architects: 7
– Total CNY Employees: 15
– Principal: Dennis C. Spina
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, planning, structural engineering
– Recent Notable Projects: Syracuse University Gebbie Clinic renovations; Syracuse University Sadler Hall bathroom renovations; Syracuse City School District – Fowler High School additions, renovations, and site improvements; Colgate University chimney repair; Onondaga County Justice Center roof replacement; Syracuse University Skytop roof replacement
Bernier, Carr & Associates, Engineers, Architects, and Land Surveyors, P.C.
327 Mullin St.
Watertown, NY 13601
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 782-8130/ 782-7192
– Website: thebcgroup.com
– Year Established: 1970
– No. of Licensed Architects: 12
– Total CNY Employees: 85
– President: Rick W. Tague
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Bernier, Carr & Associates announced that it has won its third $2 million contract with the New York State Office of General Services. The firm also continues to work on the $57 million Ogdensburg City School District Capital Project, the $2 million Skaneateles Central School Capital Project, and the completion of the auditorium and gymnasium at Mexico Central School District.
Bivens Architects
333 West Washington St., Suite 610
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 703-0987/ 703-0989
– Website: bivensarchitects.com
– No. of Licensed Architects: 4
– Total CNY Employees: 7
– President: Timothy R. Bivens
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Little Falls Hospital Surgery Center, Blue Ocean Strategic Capital, Cortland Surgery Center, Afton Central School, 5 Star Urgent Care, Jonesville Fire Station
Bonacci Architects pllc
5710 Commons Park Drive
East Syracuse, NY 13057
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 437-2636/ 463-8038
– Website: bonacci-architects.com
– Year Established: 1957
– No. of Licensed Architects: 4
– Total CNY Employees: 7
– CEO, Managing Partner: David Bonacci
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Oneida County Office Building receiving area relocation & renovation; Saratoga Springs City School District 2013 Capital Project; MVCC Payne Hall restorations; master plan study for Girl Scouts
C&S Companies
499 Col. Eileen Collins Blvd.
Syracuse, NY 13212
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 455-2000/ 455-9667
– Website: cscos.com
– Year Established: 1968
– No. of Licensed Architects: 5
– Total CNY Employees: 290
– Chairman Emeritus: Orrin MacMurray
– Chairman & CEO: Ronald L. Peckham
– President & COO: John Trimble
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings,
religious
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Syracuse Hancock International Airport terminal expansion and renovation, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Endoscopy Suite renovation and expansion, SUNY Canton dormitory renovations
C. Lewis Tomaselli Architects
1432 Genesee St.
Utica, NY 13502
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 724-0583/ 266-1092
– Year Established: 1973
– No. of Licensed Architects: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 7
– Principal Architect: Chuck Tomaselli
– Markets Served: commercial, education, historic preservation, religious, residential– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning, structural engineering
CH2M HILL
430 E. Genesee St., Suite 400
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 401-7104/ 917-858-5810
– Website: ch2m.com
– Year Established: 1946
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 30
– VP: Matthew Marko
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health Care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings,
religious
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, landscape architecture, master planning, planning
Chiang O’Brien Architects, DPC
217 North Aurora St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
– Phone: (607) 241-0244
– Website: chiangobrien.com
– Year Established: 2012
– No. of Licensed Architects: 7
– Total CNY Employees: 12
– Principal: Grace N. Chiang
– Principal: Bob O’Brien
– Markets Served: education, health care
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: University Health Services facility, Cornell University; addition and renovation, Kendal at Ithaca; clinic and administration building in Ithaca, Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes; Christian A. Johnson Hall renovation, Hamilton College; Zabriskie Hall revitalization, Wells College
Chianis + Anderson Architects, PLLC
84 Court St., 7th Floor
Binghamton, NY 13901
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 772-1701/ 772-1129
– Website: chianisanderson.com
– Year Established: 2001
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 14
– Partners: Todd J. Anderson, Gregory A. Chianis, Jeffery T. Smith
– Markets Served: commercial, health care, historic preservation, industrial, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Adaptive reuse of a historic building for a new microbrewery, Galaxy Brewing Company, Binghamton; New Lalor Dental Office, Binghamton
Dalpos Architects & Integrators
101 N. Clinton Square
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 422-0201/ 422-0776
– Website: dalpos.com
– Year Established: 1971
– No. of Licensed Architects: 11
– Total CNY Employees: 20
– Partners: John A. Bartolotti, Taras J. Pawliw, James R. Miller
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, health care, historic preservation, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Aloft Hotel, Creekside Commons Apartments, Santa Fe Place Mall, Swansea Mall, Carmel Richmond Skilled Nursing Facility, Ferncliff Nursing Home
Daniel Manning – Architect, PLLC
225 Wilkinson St., Suite 106
Syracuse, NY 13204
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 424-0141/ 478-8053
– Website: danielmanning-architect.com
– Year Established: 2013
– No. of Licensed Architects: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 4
– Owner: Daniel J. Manning
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Toomey Residential – Independent Living Residence; DHCR window replacements, Oswego and Pulaski; McAuslan Clock Tower historic restoration in town of Mexico
Delta Engineers, Architects, & Land Surveyors, P.C.
860 Hooper Road
Endwell, NY 13760
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 231-6600/ 231-6650
– Website: deltaengineers.com
– Year Established: 1976
– No. of Licensed Architects: 5
– Total CNY Employees: 115
– President & CEO: Anthony R. Paniccia
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, mechanical engineering, planning, structural engineering
– Recent Notable Projects: The Metroplex Center is a new 750-bed, off-campus student housing complex under development in Binghamton. This is a design-build project in conjunction with Newman Development Group, LLC. Delta will provide architectural design and space planning as well as full mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design services for this project. Delta will provide construction administration services to support the on-site construction schedule.
Foor & Associates, Architects
111 North Main St.
Elmira, NY 14901
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 733-4613/ 734-0120
– Website: foorassocs.com
– Year Established: 1893
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 5
– Principal: Larry R. Foor
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
Harmony Architectural Associates
1860 Erie Blvd. E.
Syracuse, NY 13210
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 476-9935/ 218-0030
– Website: harmonyarch.com
– Year Established: 1986
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 7
– Managing Partners: William J. Ferraldo, David P. Colegrove, Thomas E. Kinslow
– Markets Served: commercial, health care, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Bankers Healthcare Group, Xavier Woods, St. Mary’s Mausoleum & Chapel, Upstate Sleep Center & Clinic, Focal Point FCU, medical office renovations, retail and industrial new construction & renovations, residential projects in New York, North Carolina, & Arizona
Holmes King Kallquist & Associates, Architects, LLP
575 N. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13208
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 476-8371/ 476-5420
– Website: hkkarchitects.com
– Year Established: 1981
– No. of Licensed Architects: 8
– Total CNY Employees: 23
– Partners: Bruce C. King, Carlton H. Holmes, Leif G. Kallquist
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: SUNY ESF Academic Research Building, Bright House Networks, SUNY ESF Centennial Hall expansion, Tecumseh Road Senior Housing, Abbott House Guest House, McBride Crossing Affordable Housing, Onondaga County Library main branch, Oneida Public Library
HOLT Architects, P.C.
217 North Aurora St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 273-7600/ 607-273-0475
– Website: holt.com
– Year Established: 1963
– No. of Licensed Architects: 11
– Total CNY Employees: 31
– President: Graham L. Gillespie
– Principals: Steve Hugo, Paul A. Levesque II, A. Quay Thompson
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: SUNY Broome, Natural Science/STEM Center; Binghamton University, Student Union North renovation; Corning Community College, Learning Commons renovation and Student Center renovation; Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services, Breckenridge Place Apartment Building; Cayuga Medical Center, Surgical Services addition & renovation; Cayuga Medical Center, Obstetrics and NICU renovations; Tompkins County, Legislature relocation and renovation; Warren Real Estate / Fall Creek Development of Ithaca, Seneca Way Luxury Apartment Building
Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, PC
100 Hunt Center
Horseheads, NY 14845
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 358-1000/ 358-1800
– Website: hunt-eas.com
– Year Established: 1973
– No. of Licensed Architects: 8
– Total CNY Employees: 90
– President & CEO: Daniel Bower
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Cornell University, Chittenango CSD, Elmira CSD, Horseheads CSD, Ithaca CSD
Keystone Associates Architects, Engineers and Surveyors, LLC
58 Exchange St.
Binghamton, NY 13901
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 722-1100/ 722-2515
– Website: keyscomp.com
– Year Established: 1993
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 33
– Managing Member: Kenneth D. Ellsworth
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings,
religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, mechanical engineering, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Lourdes Primary Care Facility renovation of 35,000-square-foot building Vestal; SUNY Broome Community College renovation of the Darwin R. Wales Administration Building; Houghton College design of the Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex located on Route 19 in Houghton
King + King Architects LLP
358 W. Jefferson St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 682-6180/ 682-7891
– Website: kingarch.com
– Year Established: 1868
– No. of Licensed Architects: 18
– Total CNY Employees: 50
– Managing Partners: Peter King, Jim King, David Johnson, Kirk Narburgh
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, public buildings
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: WCNY Broadcasting Center, East Syracuse-Minoa Pine Grove Middle School, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, SUNY Oswego Funnelle Hall, Scales Hall, Waterbury Hall renovations
Lake Architectural, LLC
24 Maple St.
Marcellus, NY 13108
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 673-9333/ 673-9938
– Website: lakearchitectural.com
– Year Established: 2000
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 8
– Principal: Wayne La France
– Business Manager, Business Development: Susan La France
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: JMA Inc.; Mercy Works; IHOP; BC Surf & Sport; Auburn WWTP; Destiny Hotel; Ulta Beauty; Shoppingtown Mall; St. Camillus Brain Injury Unit; Marshalls Daytona Beach, Fla.; Hood Commons, Derry, N.H.; Goody’s Renovation, Ga.; Kroger Façade, Ga.; Beta Theta PI renovations; 106 Knoll Road renovations; Ice Museum; Verizon Riverside
MacKnight Architects and Planners
225 W. Jefferson St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 424-0018/ 472-3756
– Website: macknightarchitects.com
– Year Established: 1987
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 8
– Principals: Bruce MacKnight, Steve MacKnight
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Jadak Technologies, expansion, North Syracuse; Merchants Commons Loft Apartments & Commercial Offices, Syracuse; BHL/BCG Offices, Franklin Square, Syracuse; RSM Medical Offices, Franklin Square, Syracuse; Hill Medical Center five office renovations, Syracuse; Marcellus Commons, Rural Metro Emergency Services, Loft Apartments, Syracuse; Stevedore Lofts Historic Renovation, Oswego
MARCH Associates
258 Genesee St., Suite 300
Utica, NY 13502
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 733-3344/ 733-3331
– Website: marchassoc.com
– Year Established: 1993
– No. of Licensed Architects: 4
– Total CNY Employees: 10
– Principal: Christopher J. Crolius
– Markets Served: commercial, education, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Hamilton College, additions & alterations to Minor Theatre for student housing; Rome City School District, Denti Elementary School reconstruction; Oneida County Office Building, asbestos abatement & interior alterations to 1st & 3rd floors
Nelson Associates Architectural Engineering
1 North Park Row
Clinton, NY 13323
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 853-5704/ 853-6023
– Website: nelsonae.com
– Year Established: 1995
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 11
– President & CEO: Peter N. Nelson
– Managing Architect & Principal: Ronald E. Stafford
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, mechanical engineering, planning, structural engineering
– Recent Notable Projects: Completed a multi-residential assisted living facility in Carthage; planning and professional services are under way for the conversion of a former elementary school into a multi-use residential complex in Oneida County
Open Atelier Architects
451 S. Warren St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 200-1560
– Website: openatelier.com
– Year Established: 2002
– Principal: Anthony M. Catsimatides
– Project Manager: Gary Hatch
– Office Manager: Alyson Markell
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Butternut Commons, Raymour and Flanigan, Sherwood Inn renovations, Grange Building, Gear Factory, Notleymere Residence
QPK Design, LLP – Architecture Engineering Site & Planning
450 S. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 472-7806/ 472-7800
– Website: qpkdesign.com
– Year Established: 1958
– No. of Licensed Architects: 16
– Total CNY Employees: 60
– Partners: Vincent Nicotra, Eugenia C. Brieva, Michael P. O’Shea, John K. Kelly, David McNeil, David A. Harding
– Partner Emeritus: Nicholas C. Lindabury
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning, structural engineering
– Recent Notable Projects: OGS – Camp Smith Training Site, Combined Support Maintenance Shop; SUNY Oneonta, auxiliary services facility; Cornell University, Barton Hall renovation; Empower Federal Credit Union headquarters; Taunton Fire Department – renovation project; 2014 Fort Drum, Soldier Family Care Clinic; Syracuse Jet Association Hangar Facility; Fort Drum Scott Barracks restoration; Byrne Dairy Cortlandville, Agri-Tourism facility; site improvement Saratoga Bus Maintenance Garage; City of Utica Multi-Modal Transportation Center; Skaneateles Village Hall; Sussman Village Woodland Complex; SUNY ESF – maintenance facility reconstruction; SUNY ESF Thousand Island Biological Station Student-Researcher Building; SU, Shaw Residence Hall renovations, Phase 3A; Fort Drum, Training Support Center; Inficon Two Tech Place addition
Robertson Strong Apgar Architects, P.C.
1054 James St.
Syracuse, NY 13203
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 472-7761/ 472-7280
– Website: rsa-architect.com
– Year Established: 1963
– No. of Licensed Architects: 6
– Total CNY Employees: 15
– CEO: Lawrence C. Apgar
– VP: Jim Oliver
– Markets Served: construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: The design intention was to create a facility that accommodates the educational challenges of the 21st century, stimulating learning, seeking LEED sustainability rating, and providing new community pride. Dr. Weeks School, Syracuse City School District – was recognized by the AIA of CNY for design excellence in 2013. In addition, the project was a recipient of a national design award in the category of renovation by American School and University in 2013.
Stantec
111 Grant Ave.
Endicott, NY 13760
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 321-6100/ 321-6160
– Website: stantec.com
– Year Established: 1954
– No. of Licensed Architects: 7
– Total CNY Employees: 120
– President & CEO: Robert Gomes
– VP: Brian Larson
– Senior Principal: Thomas Walsh
– Senior Associate: Michael Heikkila
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, industrial, public buildings
– Services Available: architectural design, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Binghamton University Center of Excellence, Cornell University Physical Science Building, confidential pharmaceutical manufacturer
SWBR Architecture, Engineering & Landscape Architecture P.C.
309 South Franklin St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 529-5058
– Website: swbr.com
– Year Established: 2004
– No. of Licensed Architects: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 4
– President: David J. Beinetti
– Principal-in-Charge of Central NY Region: Philip W. Wise
– Senior Associate/Syracuse Office Branch Manager: Frederick Koenig
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning, structural engineering
– Recent Notable Projects: Rescue Mission Day Center/Shelter, Auburn Enlarged City School District, Hannibal Central School District, Summit Federal Credit Union, Loretto Apartments at O’Brien Road
Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers
10 Brown Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 277-7100/ 277-1410
– Website: tetratechae.com
– Year Established: 1964
– No. of Licensed Architects: 12
– Total CNY Employees: 59
– President: Brian Sullivan
– Markets Served: education, public buildings
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: 1) Tetra Tech provided landscape architecture, civil engineering and structural engineering services for design of a nature trail and boardwalk access route through the Roy H. Park Preserve in Ithaca. 2) Cazenovia Central School District: currently working with the district to design a new entry-way and infrastructure upgrades. 3) Oriskany Central School District: currently working with the district to expand the weight room at the high school and revitalize the support spaces that serve the high school gymnasium and auditorium. 4) Lansing Central School District: working with the district to design three new septic systems to replace current systems and also replacing fencing, sanitary lines, and adding athletic fields to the school’s campus.
VIP Architectural Associates, PLLC
One Webster’s Landing
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 471-5338/ 471-6222
– Website: viparchitecture.com
– Year Established: 1983
– No. of Licensed Architects: 6
– Total CNY Employees: 11
– CEO: David C. Nutting
– Principal: Katherine N. Hoeft
– Markets Served: commercial, construction review, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Pike Block Apartments & Retail Development, Northwood School, Catskill Recreation Center, John H. Mulroy Civic Center Curtainwall replacement, Mundy Branch Library renovation, Vernon Downs Phase 3 expansion, VA Community Care, Goulds Pumps expansion, Skaneateles Recreation Center
William Taylor Architects, PLLC
6432 Baird Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13206
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 432-0901/ 432-0896
– Website: taylor-architects.com
– Year Established: 1983
– No. of Licensed Architects: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 5
– President: William F. Taylor
– Markets Served: commercial, education, health care, historic preservation, industrial, public buildings, religious
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Emergency boiler replacement, Milford Central School District; sand storage building, Syracuse Hancock International Airport; additions and alterations, Hammondsport CSD; alterations, Morris CSD; St. Joseph’s Family Practice, Raddison emergency flooring replacement, West Canada Valley CSD; renovations, Upstate Medical Center
Wyatt Howard Nelson Architecture, PLLC
522 Elm St.
Syracuse, NY 13203
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 952-2072
– Website: wyattnelson.com
– Year Established: 1987
– No. of Licensed Architects: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 1
– Markets Served: commercial, health care, industrial, public buildings, religious, residential
– Services Available: architectural design, construction management, feasibility studies, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, planning
– Recent Notable Projects: Pediatric Associates, “Interskate 88” skating rink, McCraith Beverage, Tri-Valley Beverage, Ottaviano Laraia Professional Building
ENGINEERING FIRMS
AECOM Technical Services Northeast Inc.
5015 Campuswood Drive
East Syracuse, NY 13057
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 432-0506/ 437-0509
– Website: aecom.com
– Year Established: 1968
– Syracuse Operations Manager: Mark Fiorini
– Western & Central NY Office Manager: Jim Kaczor
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 10
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 6
– Total CNY Employees: 80
– No. of CNY Offices: 3
– Engineering Concentrations: chemical, construction, civil, environmental, geotechnical, inspection, mechanical, planning, protection, sanitary, structural, surveying, transportation
– Markets Served: commercial (40%), industrial (20%), institutional (10%), government/municipal (25%), other (5%)
– Specialties: industrial hygiene, air quality, environmental due-diligence, permitting, remediation /site closure, process engineering, stack testing, transportation.
Argus Engineering, PLLC
251 W. Fayette St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 475-6061/ 475-6071
– Website: argusengineering.com
– Year Established: 1999
– President: Jon M. Guisbond
– Partner: Joseph W. Del Bindo
– Partner: Glen L. LeConte
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 3
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 10
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: electrical, mechanical, plumbing, protection
– Markets Served: commercial (20%), industrial (20%), institutional (50%), government/municipal (10%)
Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C.
290 Elwood Davis Road
Liverpool, NY 13088
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 457-5200/ 451-0052
– Website: bartonandloguidice.com
– Year Established: 1961
– President: Nicholas J. Pinto
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 44
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 13
– Total CNY Employees: 140
– No. of CNY Offices: 2
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, industrial, inspection, mechanical, plumbing, planning, protection, sanitary, structural, transportation
– Specialties: water supply, wastewater, solid-waste mgmt., transportation planning & engineering, environmental investigation & compliance, facilities, land planning & site design, landscape architecture, asset management, dam safety engineering, municipal services
– Markets Served: commercial (6%), industrial (9%), institutional (5%), government/municipal (80%)
– Recent Notable Projects: CNY Regional Site Profile Database; repair and upgrade of seven Oneida Lake-area pump stations; Chenango County Solid Waste Management Plan Update; East Keeney Road Rehabilitation
BCK-IBI Group, a New York General Partnership
41 Chenango St.
Binghamton, NY 13901
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 772-0007/ 723-4121
– Website: bckibigroup.com
– Year Established: 1976
– Director: Lee P. Bearsch
– CFO: John S. Knudson
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 2
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 10
– Total CNY Employees: 38
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, plumbing, planning, commissioning
Beardsley Design Associates
64 South St.
Auburn, NY 13021
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 253-7301/ 253-7306
– Website: beardsley.com
– Year Established: 1898
– President: Richard C. Elliott
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 15
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 17
– Total CNY Employees: 55
– No. of CNY Offices: 3
– Engineering Concentrations: civil, electrical, environmental, inspection, mechanical, plumbing, planning, protection, sanitary, structural
– Specialties: landscape architecture, interior design, sustainable and LEED design, security & force protection, fire protection, environmental & industrial hygiene design, registered communications distribution designer
– Markets Served: commercial (20%), industrial (10%), institutional (20%), government/municipal (50%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Operational Readiness Training Complex, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Diabetes Center, Hogansburg; Trumansburg CSD additions/renovations, Trumansburg; Verona Beach State Park Bathhouse, Verona; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe administration building, Hogansburg; Green Lakes State Park new administration office and police building, Fayetteville
Bernier, Carr & Associates, Engineers, Architects, and Land Surveyors, P.C.
327 Mullin St.
Watertown, NY 13601
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 782-8130/ 782-7192
– Website: thebcgroup.com
– Year Established: 1970
– President: Rick W. Tague
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 17
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 18
– Total CNY Employees: 85
– No. of CNY Offices: 3
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, electrical, environmental, industrial, inspection, mechanical, plumbing, planning, sanitary, structural, surveying, transportation
– Specialties: water treatment, pumping & distribution, wastewater treatment & collection, M/E/P design
– Markets Served: commercial (4%), industrial (2%), institutional (38%), government/municipal (42%), other (14%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Deferiet/Herrings Water Storage Tank, NYSOGS M/E/P Engineering Term Contract, Village of Sackets Harbor Water Treatment Upgrades
C&S Companies
499 Col. Eileen Collins Blvd.
Syracuse, NY 13212
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 455-2000/ 455-9667
– Website: cscos.com
– Year Established: 1968
– Chairman Emeritus: Orrin MacMurray
– Chairman & CEO: Ronald L. Peckham
– President & COO: John Trimble
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 66
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 32
– Total CNY Employees: 290
– No. of CNY Offices: 2
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, industrial, inspection, mechanical, plumbing, planning, protection, sanitary, structural, surveying, transportation
– Specialties: airports, sound attenuation, wireless communication, construction management, life safety, technology solutions, energy, facilities, highways, bridges, traffic
– Markets Served: commercial (5%), industrial (10%), institutional (15%), governmental/municipal (65%), other (5%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Syracuse Hancock International Airport terminal renovation and expansion; Onondaga Community College Academic II building; Syracuse Creekwalk; St. Lawrence Seaway locks renovations
CH2M HILL
430 E. Genesee St., Suite 400
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 401-7104/ (917) 858-5810
– Website: ch2m.com
– Year Established: 1946
– VP: Matthew Marko
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 30
– No. of CNY Offices: 2
– Engineering Concentrations: chemical, construction, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, industrial, inspection, mechanical, plumbing, planning, protection, sanitary, structural, surveying, transportation
– Specialties: full-spectrum strategy, design, design-build, operations and maintenance, and program management services that meet the specific needs of our clients and their communities
– Markets Served: commercial (5%), industrial (37%), institutional (1%), government/municipal (54%), other (3%)
– Recent Notable Projects: City of Syracuse Department of Water UV Treatment System design and construction of three UV disinfection systems at two facilities within the city of Syracuse; Onondaga County Green Infrastructure Program Manager for $80 million construction program to help county incorporate green infrastructure as part of its CSO abatement program.
Dunn & Sgromo Engineers, PLLC
5800 Heritage Landing Drive
East Syracuse, NY 13057
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 449-4940/ 449-4941
– Website: dunnandsgromo.com
– Year Established: 1973
– President & CEO: Gregory Sgromo
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 10
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, environmental, industrial, inspection, planning, sanitary, structural, transportation
– Other Specialties: landscape architecture
– Markets Served: commercial (30%), industrial (10%), institutional (5%), governmental/municipal (50%), other (5%)
Fisher Associates
120 E. Washington St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 422-4822/ 422-4844
– Website: fisherassoc.com
– Year Established: 1984
– CEO: Claire Fisher
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 3
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 5
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: civil, environmental, geotechnical, inspection, planning, protection, sanitary, structural,
surveying, transportation
– Specialties: wetlands, contaminated materials, non-destructive testing, visualization, construction scheduling
– Markets Served: commercial (5%), industrial (5%), institutional (10%), government/municipal (65%), other (15%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Upstate Medical site renovations, South Salina Street Valley Plaza improvements project, Onondaga County traffic and transportation engineering services
FPM Remediations, Inc.
584 Phoenix Drive
Rome, NY 13441
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 336-7721/ 336-7722
– Website: fpm-remediations.com
– Year Established: 1982
– President: Gaby Atik
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 3
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 29
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: architectural, chemical, construction, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, inspection, mechanical, plumbing, planning, sanitary, surveying
– Specialties: environmental remediation services including performance-based remediation or performance-based contracts, design-build, construction services military munitions response program services, geophysical services, enterprise level geospatial and geographic information system services
– Markets Served: commercial (5%), industrial (5%), institutional (5%), government/municipal (85%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Designed fire alarm and card-access systems at Helen Hayes Hospital utilizing state-of-the-art fire alarm controls and devices; retained by the New York State Office of General Services and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to remediate prioritized waste-tire dumpsites across New York state. The sites were located on Long Island and within the Mid-Hudson and Northern New York regions.
Gomez and Sullivan Engineers
288 Genesee St.
Utica, NY 13502
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 724-4860/ 724-4862
– Website: gomezandsullivan.com
– Year Established: 1993
– President & Managing Partner: Jerry A. Gomez
– VP & Managing Partner: Thomas J. Sullivan
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 6
– Total CNY Employees: 14
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: civil, environmental
– Specialties: water resources, hydroelectric power, dams, flood control, stormwater, land development, licensing/permitting, GIS, hydrologic/hydraulic studies
– Markets Served: commercial (45%), industrial (10%), government/municipal (45%)
– Recent Notable Projects: FERC Part 12 Dam Safety Inspection of the Crescent and Vischer Ferry Hydroelectric Projects, Conowingo and Muddy Run Hydroelectric Projects, Beaver River, Gregory B. Jarvis and Niagara Hydroelectric Projects, and West Canada Creek; rehabilitation of Croghan Dam and Little York Lake Dam; West of Hudson Floodplain Mapping for the NYCDEP; subcontractor regarding the licensing of NYPA’s Blenheim-Gilboa Project; Dambreak and EAP at Conklingville Dam, Piney Dam, Pa., Crescent and Visher Ferry Hydroelectric Projects, Salmon River; Dolgeville Dam Repairs; Phase 2 of Niagara Compliance and Implementation Services for the Niagara Power Project
GYMO Architecture, Engineering & Land Surveying P.C.
220 Sterling St.
Watertown, NY 13601
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 788-3900/ 788-0668
– Website: gymopc.com
– Year Established: 1992
– Partner, Director of Environmental: William P. Plante
– Partner, Director of Architecture/Business Development: Edward G. Olley, Jr.
– Partner, Director of Engineering: Patrick J. Scordo
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 24
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: architectural, construction, civil, environmental, geotechnical, inspection, planning, sanitary, surveying
– Markets Served: commercial (40%), industrial (10%), institutional (20%), government/municipal (20%), other (10%)
Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, PC
100 Hunt Center
Horseheads, NY 14845
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 358-1000/ 358-1800
– Website: hunt-eas.com
– Year Established: 1973
– President & CEO: Daniel Bower
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 21
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 16
– Total CNY Employees: 90
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, plumbing, planning, structural, surveying, transportation
– Markets Served: commercial (20%), industrial (10%), institutional (40%), government/municipal (25%), other (5%)
IPD: Engineering
One Webster’s Landing
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 423-0185/ 471-5330
– Website: ipdengineering.com
– Year Established: 2009
– Chairman & CEO: David C. Nutting
– President: James E. Herr
– Controller: William Morrison
– President: Samuel J. Cosamano
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 6
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 17
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: electrical, mechanical, plumbing, protection, sanitary, structural
– Markets Served: commercial (20%), industrial (20%), institutional (30%), government/municipal (30%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Pike Block, Syracuse University, Tessy Plastics, Cortland Regional Medical Center, Syracuse VA Hospital, Lafayette Central School District
John P. Stopen Engineering, LLP
450 S. Salina St., Suite 400
Syracuse, NY 13201
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 472-5238/ 472-8430
– Website: jpsllp.com
– Year Established: 1966
– Managing Partner: James F. Kaplan
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 12
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 3
– Total CNY Employees: 25
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: geotechnical, structural
– Specialties: planning, design, and static/dynamic analyses of steel, precast and cast-in-place concrete, masonry, and wood building structures, analysis/design of parking structures, geotechnical investigations, foundation design, ground improvement and excavation support design, vibration control design, forensic engineering, renovations and restorations
– Markets Served: commercial (35%), industrial (10%), institutional (25%), government/municipal (15%), other (15%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Seneca Way Apartments, Ithaca; Exit 33 Entertainment Venue, Turning Stone Resort; Syracuse University Lawrinson Hall renovation (Phase 5) and Shaw Hall renovation (Phase 2); Colgate University Lathrop Hall renovation
Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt
5710 Commons Park Drive
East Syracuse, NY 13057
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 446-9201/ 446-9205
– Website: khhpc.com
– Year Established: 1950
– President: Richard L. Applebaum
– VP: Gordon P. Hyatt
– Secretary-Treasurer: James A. D’Aloisio
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 7
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 27
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: architectural, inspection, structural
– Specialties: structural engineering for new buildings, and condition assessment and rehabilitation of existing buildings; building envelope services for both historic and contemporary buildings; thermal imaging; forensic investigations; special inspections; parking garage review and rehabilitation; landscape architecture and associated site services
– Markets Served: commercial (25%), industrial (10%), institutional (45%), government/municipal (15%), other (5%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Colgate University and Syracuse University Soccer Fields (structure & site);Syracuse University Sadler Dining Hall additions & alterations; Syracuse University Place of Remembrance; Syracuse University Huntington Hall façade repair; Syracuse University Day Hall façade restoration; SUNY ESF Centennial Hall addition; Fort Drum Soldier Family Care Clinic; Fort Drum Soldier Specialty Care Clinic; First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca roof replacement project; Crouse Hospital Emergency Room Parking Deck replacement project; Ellis Hospital (Schenectady) Emergency Department additions; Colgate University Lathrop Hall façade restoration.
McFarland-Johnson, Inc.
49 Court St., Metrocenter
Binghamton, NY 13902
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 723-9421/ 723-4979
– Website: mjinc.com
– Year Established: 1946
– President & CEO: Richard J. Brauer
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 10
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 5
– Total CNY Employees: 51
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, industrial, inspection, mechanical, plumbing, planning, sanitary, structural, surveying, transportation
– Specialties: planning, engineering and construction administration services for transportation, fire protection, and sustainable design projects, and also provides stormwater management, and hydraulic/ hydrologic services
– Markets Served: commercial (15%), industrial (15%), institutional (20%), government/municipal (48%), other (2%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over Long Creek Bridge Replacement – 2014 ACEC/NY Silver Award Recipient in the Transportation Category (Tioga County); Catatonk Hill Road over Catatonk Creek Bridge Rehabilitation (Tioga County); countywide Bridge Preventative Maintenance program for Tioga County’s 77 Bridges; Flood Mitigation Services for the County Office Building, Courthouse, and Courthouse Annex (Tioga County) Cortland County Airport Runway Grooving & remarking Elmira Corning Regional Airport Dynamic Master Plan (Chemung County); Greater Binghamton Airport Terminal Modifications; Geothermal Apron & HVAC System (Broome County) Syracuse Hancock International Airport Off Airport Obstruction Removal Land Acquisition and Environmental Services
Napierala Consulting Professional Engineer, P.C.
110 Fayette St.
Manlius, NY 13104
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 682-5580/ 682-5544
– Website: napcon.com
– Year Established: 1998
– Managing Engineer/President: Matthew R. Napierala
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 4
– Total CNY Employees: 8
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: civil, planning
– Specialties: site engineering and right-to-build permitting, stormwater analysis, and NYSDEC compliance site, utility infrastructure design
– Recent Notable Projects: Cayuga Milk Ingredients, Auburn; Shaker Pointe @ Carondelet, senior housing, Colonie, NY; Keene Fire Station, Keene, NY
North Point Technology, LLC
530 Columbia Drive, Suite 102
Johnson City, NY 13790
– Phone/ Fax: (866) 885-3377/ (866) 885-3377
– Website: northpointusa.com
– Year Established: 2002
– Principal/Owner: Robert P. Lee
– Principal/Owner: Lisa W. Lee
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 9
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: electrical
– Specialties: industrial automation and control systems integration engineering firm providing engineering consulting, planning, design, and programming of SCADA systems and reporting. Provides commissioning, training, support, and related services to clients worldwide. Wide range of experience in industries. Client base includes municipalities and university systems. Offers proprietary software products to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and reduce cost for client operations. Gold Level Integrator for Ignition by Inductive Automation; certified integrator for Movicon by Progea-1 (only 3 in USA); certified integrator for CoDeSys by 3S.
– Markets Served: industrial (70%), institutional (15%), government/municipal (15%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Ice Rink Chiller Controls for SUNY Potsdam – working with a specialized equipment manufacturer, programmed and commissioned the control system and operator interface for the new ice surface; Stone Quarry Plant Automation Upgrade – provided automation for conveyors and crushers to improve operability and prepare for future enhancements to efficiency; dairy production – worked with an OEM to create new products designed to save labor and material costs associated with running large dairy farm operations; upgrades to Chilled Water Facility for major central New York University.
O’Brien & Gere
333 W. Washington St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 956-6100/ 463-7554
– Website: obg.com
– Year Established: 1945
– CEO: James A. Fox
– President & COO: R. Leland Davis
– CAO: Joseph M. McNulty
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 88
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 25
– Total CNY Employees: 480
– No. of CNY Offices: 4
– Engineering Concentrations: chemical, construction, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, industrial, mechanical, plumbing, planning, sanitary, structural
– Specialties: advanced manufacturing, energy, water
– Markets Served: commercial (2%), industrial (69%), institutional (2%), government/municipal (27%)
Plumley Engineering, P.C.
8232 Loop Road
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 638-8587/ 638-9740
– Website: plumleyeng.com
– Year Established: 1985
– President & CEO: Joel D. Plumley
– Managing Engineer, Environmental Division: Dale R. Vollmer
– Director of Geology & Field Services: Frank A. Karboski
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 5
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 19
– No. of CNY Offices: 2
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, environmental, geotechnical, industrial, inspection, planning, sanitary, structural, transportation
– Markets Served: commercial (30%), industrial (30%), institutional (20%), government/municipal (15%), other (5%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Chobani, Inc. multiple projects; American Alloy Steel plant expansion; Upstate Shredding, multiple projects
Ryan-Biggs Associates, P.C.
4592 Jordan Road
Skaneateles Falls, NY 13153
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 685-4732/ 685-4753
– Website: ryanbiggs.com
– Year Established: 2000
– President: Jamie L. Davis
– CEO: Paul A. Rouis
– VPs: Ann L. Clark, Jack C. Healy
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 5
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 2
– Total CNY Employees: 9
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: civil, structural, surveying
– Specialties: repair and restoration; construction support, inspection, testing; land surveying
– Markets Served: commercial (25%), industrial (5%), institutional (45%), government/municipal (25%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Natural Science Center at Broome Community College; Breckenridge Place, Ithaca; Cayuga Medical Center Surgical Services addition; Kendal at Ithaca; Binghamton University Smart Energy R&D Building
Sack & Associates Consulting Engineers, PLLC
721 E. Genesee St.
Syracuse, NY 13210
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 471-4013/ 471-4044
– Website: sack.pro
– Year Established: 1971
– Principal: Paul C. Sack
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 5
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 4
– Total CNY Employees: 31
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: electrical, mechanical, plumbing, protection, sanitary
– Specialties: energy conservation, building management, fire alarm, security, communications, HVAC, plumbing & medical gas systems, electrical lighting, power distribution, site lighting, fire protection
– Markets Served: commercial (25%), industrial (10%), institutional (60%), government/municipal (2%), other (3%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Westmoreland Ambulatory Surgery Center new 18,000 SF Orthopedic Surgery Center; Manlius Pebble Hill Schools Learning Center, new construction of 9,200-square-feet library and associated spaces; Cornell University Gannett Hall University Health Services, renovations to 30,000 square feet of existing space and addition of a 66,000 square feet while facility remains in operation providing health clinic services.
Shumaker Consulting Engineering & Land Surveying, D.P.C.
143 Court St.
Binghamton, NY 13901
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 798-8081/ 798-8186
– Website: shumakerengineering.com
– Year Established: 1956
– President & Managing Principal: Linda M. Shumaker
– VP & Senior Manager Geomatics/Survey & Mapping: Ammon A. Bush
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 9
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 56
– No. of CNY Offices: 2
– Engineering Concentrations: civil, environmental, inspection, planning, sanitary, structural, surveying, transportation
– Specialties: engineering (roads, bridges, aviation, traffic, stormwater, water, wastewater, civil site); environmental (permitting, brownfields, air & water quality, wetlands, bulk storage, hazardous waste, asbestos, lead); geomatics (land surveying, mapping); and construction observation
– Markets Served: commercial (15%), government/municipal (85%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Projects Started in 2013-2014 include Otsego County Bridge Replacement Design CR 12 over Butternut Creek; City of Binghamton Construction Observation Front Street at Clinton Street; NYSDOT Multi-Year Survey Term Contract; NYSDOT Multi-Year Asbestos Assessment Term Contract; NYSDOT Multi-Year Hazardous Materials Assessment Term Contract; NYSTA Multi-Year Survey Term Contract; Village of Johnson City Reynolds Road Milling and Repaving; Bridgewater Township Speed Limit Study
SRC, Inc.
7502 Round Pond Road
North Syracuse, NY 13212
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 452-8000/ 452-8090
– Website: srcinc.com
– Year Established: 1957
– President, SRC, Inc.: Paul G. Tremont
– President, SRCTec: Drew James
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 3
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 1
– Total CNY Employees: 690
– No. of CNY Offices: 6
– Engineering Concentrations: chemical, electrical, environmental, industrial, mechanical
– Specialties: radar, communications, subsystems, satellite, modeling & simulations, antennas, air & ground surveillance, systems & analysis, electronic warfare
– Markets Served: commercial (0.7%), government/municipal (99.3%)
St. Germain & Aupperle Consulting Engineers, PLLC
6000 W. Genesee St.
Camillus, NY 13031
– Phone/ Fax: (315) 488-3550/ 488-3505
– Website: sa-engineers.com
– Year Established: 1968
– President: Richard P. Aupperle, III
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 4
– Total CNY Employees: 10
– No. of CNY Offices: 1
– Engineering Concentrations: structural
– Markets Served: commercial (70%), industrial (10%), institutional (10%), government/municipal (5%), other (5%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Destiny USA expansion projects; Delaware Academy renovations, Delhi; Crossgates Mall renovations, Albany; Filtertech building addition, Manlius; Moe’s retail building, Utica; Palisades Mall renovations, W. Nyack; Cathedral Candle Office Building, Syracuse; NY Bus Sales Building, Chittenango; Plaza of The Arts renovations, Auburn; Skyler Student Commons, Syracuse; Dairy One Building, Lancing; NY Spine & Wellness Center, Camillus; 46 E. Genesee St. renovations, Skaneateles
Stantec
111 Grant Ave.
Endicott, NY 13760
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 321-6100/ 321-6160
– Website: stantec.com
– Year Established: 1954
– President & CEO: Robert Gomes
– VP: Brian Larson
– Senior Principal: Thomas Walsh
– Senior Associate: Michael Heikkila
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 80
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 20
– Total CNY Employees: 120
– No. of CNY Offices: 3
– Engineering Concentrations: chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, industrial, mechanical, plumbing, planning, protection, structural, surveying, transportation
– Specialties: project management, commissioning, compliance
– Markets Served: industrial (30%), institutional (35%), government/municipal (35%)
Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers
10 Brown Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
– Phone/ Fax: (607) 277-7100/ 277-1410
– Website: tetratechae.com
– Year Established: 1964
– President: Brian Sullivan
– No. of Licensed Engineers: 8
– No. of LEED-Certified Professionals in CNY: 7
– Total CNY Employees: 59
– No. of CNY Offices: 2
– Engineering Concentrations: construction, civil, electrical, environmental, geotechnical, mechanical, plumbing, planning, structural, transportation
– Markets Served: commercial (19.5%), institutional (49.4%), government/municipal (31.1%)
– Recent Notable Projects: Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, more than 45 projects through BOCES in the past 20 years ranging from evaluations to infrastructure upgrades and building renovations. Cortland City School District, finished construction on a district-wide renovations/additions and alterations project with the district which included a TV production studio, green technology lab, music suite, life skills suite, family and consumer sciences room, creative writing lab, senior lounge
Teresa M. Roney has joined Bousquet Holstein PLLC as of counsel in the real-estate practice group. She previously had her own law practice in Skaneateles,
Michael Cotanch has been promoted to senior sales manager at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. He has been with the hotel for 10 years, spending the
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