Michael Stern·15h agoWhat Miami Demanded That New York Never DidThe water and the wind are measured rather than researched, and an order of operations is the part of a practice that does not travel.
Michael Stern·2d agoWhy Use and Envelope Are Two Separate ApprovalsWalker Tower inherited its envelope and changed its use, and a cleared utility site had to establish both from nothing
VerdesBuild·4d agoDeveloper vs General Contractor: Where the Line of Responsibility Actually Falls on a Multi-Unit…Design discrepancies, two kinds of supervision and defects after handover: the three contract mechanisms that decide who pays when…
Michael Stern·5d agoElevator Strategy Decides a Tower Before the Facade DoesThe shaft count is fixed before the plan is, and every floor below the top pays area for cars it will never call.
Michael Stern·Oct 28Why Adaptive Reuse Is Harder Than Building From ScratchThe information a conversion needs arrives after the drawings are finished, and the sequence of the work is what that actually costs.
Michael Stern·Oct 26Why Schedule Is the Expensive Variable on a Hard SiteOn a constrained site the calendar is set by what has to finish before the next thing can start, and labor cannot buy that back
Michael Stern·Oct 23What Setback Rules Do to a Tower SilhouetteThe stepped profile of an older tower is what a rule about light at the sidewalk looks like once it is built out
Metadata Technologies·Oct 21Two Brokers, One Buyer: How Developers Settle Lead Ownership DisputesWhen two agencies claim the same buyer, the commission fight is a symptom. The real problem is a registration process that cannot prove who…
OMEGA TRADE Spzoo·Oct 20General Contractor, Subcontractor, or Separate Packages: Which Contract Model Reduces Risk for a…Three bids, three promises of 18 months, and one question none of them answers: who owns the interfaces?
Michael Stern·Oct 19Why Wind Governs a Slender Tower Before Gravity DoesVertical load on a tall building is a solved problem and the load arriving sideways is what redraws the core, the mat and the facade
