Getting to be known in NY is hard work (we had already been warned by our accountants) The competition is fierce. When we request information on a possible project we find out that it has been downloaded a couple of hundred times at least. Impressive. Nothing like a great challenge to keep you awake. We’ll keep you posted.
Finally, we were able to jumpstart our new office in New York City. We held key meetings for our initial setup and now its business as usual. Here’s the view from our office where we were able to spend the first week of January, just as scheduled. We are extremely thrilled with the idea of working again in the greatest city on Earth.
It’s been a struggling year for the Design and Construction Industry, in Puerto Rico as for the rest of the world. We are hopeful we can finish our year with great news from AFI, announcing the inclusion of our Design-Build Group as one of the fortunate consortia that will contribute to the Schools of the 21st Century Government Initiative.
2011 plans include overcoming any loss of work this year, by opening a new branch office in New York City. All’s ready to jumpstart on January 3rd. Just meeting new people will be rewarding in itself!
Finally we signed the lease for our new office. We will be starting our new business in NYC at 140 Broadway. We will continue offering breakthrough architectural services from our new space located on a 52 story building designed by Gordon Bunshaft of SOM. An Isamu Noguchi sculpture sits at the base of the tower sited at the heart of the NYC Financial City. We start operations on January 3, 2011.
My efforts to get registered again as an Architect in New York are on their way. Finally, I completed my CE requirements and submitted my application to the State Education Department. I am anticipating good news, so we are deciding on an address to set up shop (I like Chelsea, personally!) and getting our business papers in order as a MBE. Can’t wait to sign in that first Proposal. We’ll keep you posted!
It’s been a while since we sat around and wrote about what was going on with our praxis. Well, a lot of things have been happening, the most relevant being the fact that our web site is almost up for publishing. It’s not as conceived but technology “costs” so we’ll have to wait for a budgetary NEXT STEP! ha!. We continue with our supervision projects and trying to keep up with dwindling clients and reduced expectations about this year. We concluded the Aguadilla Parking Garage project and is up for bids.
I am sure that with our track record, we will be just fine, but hese are not the days when we would be getting 2 to 3 calls a week for potential projects. It’s just a matter of time. Time.
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The San Juan Chapter of Architecture for Humanity has been chartered. It has been organized by members of our firm and we are extremely proud to have pioneered this effort. To find out more about the Chapter’s goals and values, log in.
It’s been a while since our last post. After the robbery, we have been tight-securing our office, documents and artwork, becoming more aware of our surrounding environment. Not worrying about turning somewhat paranoid, we have taken to knowing every spec of dirt around us, every ray of sun and every breath we take. Life is good.
La Concha Hotel
Beautifully and wonderfully refurbished by Jorge Rosello and the firm of Marvel Marchand and Associates, this icon of modern architecture in San Juan is just spectacular.
Recession 2.0 is just eating away the competition. During “slow” (or “bad” times as you wish to call them), our Clients are turning to dependable break-through service to guarantee their investments. We are experiencing growth, even when our peers are cutting hours and personnel. Repeat clients are the norm, but in recent weeks, we have been turning in Proposals for new projects where prospective Clients have confided that we were referred for consistedly delivering excellent service. We, at this point, expect to sign in three new projects in the next two weeks.
