Thursday’s virtual ACE Ball was a unique celebration that recognized the dedication of our mentors and celebrated the successes of this past season. On this evening, we celebrated our mentors and acknowledged their impact on our students. We kicked off the evening with virtual cocktail making where attendees were treated to a live drink making session. ACE GNY Mentor Committee members Ginnie Demske (Mentor Committee Chair), Chris Scotti (Co-Vice Chair), Amr Mohammed (Co-Vice Chair) and Kathryn Chiarelli (Social Chair) each demonstrated how to prepare a drink. We announced the 2020 ACE GNY Mentor of…
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The ACE Mentor Program of Greater NY is excited to provide webinars throughout summer 2020 from representatives from area universities and industry organizations to keep students focused and engaged on their career path. See below for a calendar of events – links to register for each webinar will be sent directly to ACE GNY students and their parents. JUNE 9: Webinar with representatives from NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Civil Engineering Degree Programs JUNE 16: Preparing for College…
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Looking for opportunities to study design and construction during the summer? See below for programs for high school students that have gone virtual! Fallingwater Virtual Summer Camp – offering different sessions for learning about design and architecture, including one session for ACE students only that comes with a scholarship if the student is accepted. Click here for more information. Click here for the application. Auburn University Construction Management Virtual Modules – free construction management virtual…
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E-J Electric is among the many firms supporting in Coronavirus relief efforts. From the very start, they dedicated their services to support health care institutes. E-J Electric was involved in supporting the creation of the field hospital for New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center‘s COVID-19 patients. More recently E-J Electric has provided meals to health care workers at the Hospital for Special Surgery. This direct aid of food was no doubt appreciated by the hardworking health care workers. E-J Electric has also donated and distributed fresh produce to Catholic Charities at St Michael’s, Brooklyn. This delivery…
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During these tough times, Con Edison has been working diligently to support in covid-19 relief efforts in various ways. From personal protective equipment, to direct support to community-based organizations, Con Edison’s support has reached New Yorkers in the five boroughs and Westchester County. Their local machine shop in the Bronx has supported in manufacturing over 40,000 face shields for health care workers. In addition to this, Con Edison has also donated nearly 100,000 N95 masks. They continue to support health care facilities. In addition to PPE, they have provided electricity to the emergency hospitals located in Central Park, Brooklyn…
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Perkins Eastman has been working closely with local partners and healthcare institutes, providing their 3D printers to create Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). This includes face masks, face shields, and more. Perkins Eastman’s Michael Kane shared more on their efforts with 3D printers and PPE, “various grass-roots efforts to 3D print face masks and other 3D printable components sprang up around the firm…” What started out as individual efforts soon grew bigger as the firm moved forward with arrangements with Blue Edge, the company that provides Perkins Eastman with their 3D printers. Blue Ridge had coordinated efforts to dedicate their printers…
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Lilker Associates has been involved in several projects recently to support healthcare facilities in their fight against Coronavirus. At New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, they have supported in converting 21,800 square feet of psychiatric floor to build sixty new ICU/Critical Care Beds located at the 6th floor of the Carrington Building. Lilker Associates worked to provide new medical gases, temporary exhaust fans, makeup air, normal power and temporary three branches of emergency power distribution circuitry. This entire project- form…
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Roxana Escobar Kariyannis is a veteran ACE GNY mentor and Team Leader. An Architecture Practice Resource Manager / Project Manager at AECOM, Roxana has been part of the firm’s efforts to support healthcare facilities as they fight Coronavirus. For the past several weeks, Roxana has been working countless hours towards the build of an alternate health facility in Westbury NY (Long Island). Previously a Long Island College, it will now be a field hospital that will house 1,020 beds for various patients and help alleviate the burden on the hospital system. This project is not only a professional achievement, but also but also has personal significance. Roxana’s work directly…
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In response to the current situation with Coronavirus, a number of ACE GNY firms have been contributing their expertise in various ways to provide support. We want to highlight some firms that are actively responding to the current situation: These firms are all providing/ creating PPE to help fight Coronavirus: ARUP Is among the firms that have joined the University of Southern California School of Architecture‘s Operation PPE. Link Cannon Design Has created a coalition to help generate masks for healthcare workers.Link HNTB Is among the firms that have joined…
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April 9, 2020 Congratulations to Jeffrey Messinger for being selected as the 2020 ENR Outstanding Mentor of the Year! This is a national honor and we are thrilled that Jeff’s dedication and commitment is recognized. Jeff has been mentoring for over 17 years with ACE GNY. Throughout his years as a Team Leader of ACE GNY Team 11, Jeff has personally impacted between 400-500 students, organizing college visits, to assisting with scholarships and beyond….
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