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December 29, 2009H2M AWARDED 2009 GREEN BUILDING WINNER ON TWO PROJECTS
Perspective New York Magazine awarded two H2M projects the 2009 Green Building Award. The Sayville Library, in Sayville, NY was awarded First Place in the Mixed Use and Industrial Buildings Category. The Circulo de la Hispanidad Center in Hempstead, NY won an Honorable Mention in the same category.
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December 23, 2009
HOLIDAY SEASON DONATIONS FROM H2M
In lieu of holiday cards this year, H2M, a multi-disciplined Architectural, Engineering, Planning and Environmental service firm, made donations on behalf of their clients to the Interfaith Nutrition Network. Each client received notification that these donations were made in their name. The Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) addresses the issues of hunger and homelessness on Long Island by providing food, shelter, long-term housing and supportive services in a dignified and respectful manner.
H2M also held an Employee Holiday Raffle to raise money for 3 charities; Rocking the Road for a Cure Inc , Peer Pals and the Interfaith Food Pantry, Serving Morris County. Each charity will receive a $1000 check from the proceeds of the raffle.
H2M also held an Employee Holiday Raffle to raise money for 3 charities; Rocking the Road for a Cure Inc , Peer Pals and the Interfaith Food Pantry, Serving Morris County. Each charity will receive a $1000 check from the proceeds of the raffle.
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December 16, 2009
H2M COMPLETES NEW FIRE STATION FOR NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD
H2M completed the New Fire Station for New York Air National Guard, 105th Airlift Wing at Stewart Air National Guard Base. The goal of the project was to provide a fire/crash rescue facility, properly sited to adequately support the Air National Guard unit’s aircraft, the commercial operations of an adjacent International Airport, the base, and portions of the surrounding community. The two-story facility addressed the unit’s need for adequate bunk, living, and training areas. The required siting of the building - directly on the flight line, adjacent to the intersection of two active taxiway/runways – presented the primary challenge. The solution needed to address concerns regarding the building’s height, sound controls, and relative remoteness (restricting personnel access between the building and the base proper) and providing utilities to the site.
One key feature of the building is the cantilevered Alarm Center, providing views directly to the aircraft parking areas. Another vital feature is the enclosed, protected courtyard, which provides the 24-hour shift a much desired outdoor recreation area. In addition to the alarm and apparatus spaces, other areas provided in the facility include a training classroom, administrative offices, turnout gear storage, exercise room, laundry room, shared bunk rooms, lounge, day room, recreation room, and dining/kitchen area. The building is constructed of a steel frame with masonry infill and metal wall and roof cladding, masonry and stucco.
H2M Project Team: Robert M. Scheiner, RA, AIA, Senior Vice President; Joseph M. Mottola, RA, Director of Architecture; Ronald B. Lannner, RA, LEED AP, Project Architect; Eric W. Maisch, RA, LEED AP, Project Manager; Linda Chiz, Staff Architect; Michael W. McKeown, PE, Structural Engineer; Jeff Czajka, PE, LEED AP, Director of MEP Engineering; Joseph Manzella, PE, LEED AP, MEP Engineer; Matthew Mohlin, PE, Civil Engineer.
One key feature of the building is the cantilevered Alarm Center, providing views directly to the aircraft parking areas. Another vital feature is the enclosed, protected courtyard, which provides the 24-hour shift a much desired outdoor recreation area. In addition to the alarm and apparatus spaces, other areas provided in the facility include a training classroom, administrative offices, turnout gear storage, exercise room, laundry room, shared bunk rooms, lounge, day room, recreation room, and dining/kitchen area. The building is constructed of a steel frame with masonry infill and metal wall and roof cladding, masonry and stucco.
H2M Project Team: Robert M. Scheiner, RA, AIA, Senior Vice President; Joseph M. Mottola, RA, Director of Architecture; Ronald B. Lannner, RA, LEED AP, Project Architect; Eric W. Maisch, RA, LEED AP, Project Manager; Linda Chiz, Staff Architect; Michael W. McKeown, PE, Structural Engineer; Jeff Czajka, PE, LEED AP, Director of MEP Engineering; Joseph Manzella, PE, LEED AP, MEP Engineer; Matthew Mohlin, PE, Civil Engineer.
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December 14, 2009
H2M FEATURED
H2M was recently featured on Verizon FiOS1 TV Channel on the “Push Pause Program.”
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December 9, 2009
H2M LABS, INC. LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
H2M Labs, Inc., an environmental testing laboratory firm is proud to announce the launching of a new website. The new site is organized in a client oriented manner with specific easy to use service tabs to help the user find answers quickly. Some of the services include are geared for Consulting & Engineering firms; Utilities; Laboratories; Homeowners; Industry and Municipalities.Please visit the new site at www.h2mlabs.com
H2M Labs, Inc. is an employee-owned, full-service environmental testing laboratory dedicated to excellence in data quality, innovation in problem-solving and distinction in customer service. Founded in 1957, H2M Labs has a proud history of employing the highest technical and ethical standards to provide our clients with legally defensible analytical results.
December 1, 2009
ROBERT SCHEINER APPOINTED TO HUNTINGTON COC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce has appointed Robert M. Scheiner, AIA, PP, Senior Vice President at H2M, as their newest member of the Board of Directors. The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of business, industry, financial service, not-for-profit and other professionals within the greater Huntington area. Its mission is the promotion of business, economic development and job creation through the coordinated effort of its membership. Mr. Scheiner is a registered architect and licensed professional planner in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
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November 25, 2009
H2M COMPETED IN THE LONG ISLAND AND NEW JERSEY CANSTRUCTION 2009
Canstruction is a food drive that has been designed as competition amongst local architecture and engineering firms. Its focus is to create structures entirely out of canned food, give out awards for various competition categories and then donate all the cans to food banks.
For the 3rd year in a row, H2M’s NY Office is the proud recipient of one of the Long Island Canstruction Awards: Most Cans (9,200). The NY team led by Christopher Sagistano, an architect at H2M, took 11 ½ hours to build the entry that depicts a mountain climber
For the 3rd year in a row, H2M’s NY Office is the proud recipient of one of the Long Island Canstruction Awards: Most Cans (9,200). The NY team led by Christopher Sagistano, an architect at H2M, took 11 ½ hours to build the entry that depicts a mountain climber
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“Rising Above Hunger” and reaching the top of the mountain. The official NY H2M team consisted of Christopher Sagistano, Captain; Andrea Sobocinski; Jennifer Aracri; Jessica Soskil and Saverio Belfiore. Additional H2M staff that assisted in the design and construction of the entry included Kevin Medler; Robert Bee; Linda Chiz; Patrick Stone; Adam Post; Nicole Crespi; Jenny Mulholland; Michael Bowden; Michael DiSalvo; Al Badsha; Noranne Saager; Corinne Molinet; Jaclyn M. Wukovits; Jeff Czajka; Mike Keffer; and Steve Hyman.
For the NJ office this was the first year competing in New Jersey Canstruction. Their design “Putting Hunger on Ice” represented a Zamboni. The NJ Team was led by Tom Strauser, an architect in the H2M NJ Office. Approximately 5000 cans were needed to construct the Zamboni. The official NJ H2M team consisted of Tom Strauser, Captain; Tara Oliveira; Jen Rusu; Cheryl Isaacs and Kristin Siri. Additional H2M staff that assisted in the design and construction of the entry included Blair Sonzogni; Chuck Martello; Curt Schmidt; Diana Saltel; Emilie Hillebrand; Horace Campbell; Jason Delgrosso; Jeff Hope; Joe Galley; Jessica Giorgianni; Joe McNanna; Greg Davis; Julie Davis; Sui Leong; Omar Minnicks; Stephanie Mack; Stan Puszcz; Vicky Melroy; Victor Villegas and Dan Meehan.
H2M would like to thank the following contributors for their generous donations that helped the H2M team to build their Canstruction entries: Stop & Shop; Best Roofing of New Jersey, Inc.; Web Construction Corp.; The Telcar group; Park East Construction; J. Anthony Enterprises, Inc; S J Hoerning Construction Inc.; Health and Educational Equipment Corp.; Young Equipment Sales; Shoprite; The Landtek Group, Inc; The TLM Group; Prime Environmental & Engineering, LLC; Accutest Laboratories; Aresco, Inc.; Foresight Enviroprobe, Inc; East Coast Drilling Inc.; Canon; Anthony Scardino & Associates, Inc.; Naeva Geophysics; Wuhl Shafman Lieberman Corp.; EMSL Analytical, Inc.; Paul and Karen Devine/Coyne Chemical; Amy S. Greene Environmental Consultants, Inc; Garden State Environmental, Inc.; Subsurface Environmental Technologies; VRD; Stage Door East Deli; Aqua-Aerobic Systems Inc.; James and Kelly Newgarde; JAC Planning Corp.; and Lece Corporation/Nova Geophysical Services.
You can visit www.canstruction.org for additional information and photographs of past competitions.
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November 10, 2009
NAMED AS ONE OF THE ZWEIG WHITE 2009 HOT FIRMS
H2M was named as one of Zweig White’s 2009 Hot Firms. The list is based on gross revenue for fiscal years 2005 thru 2008, as verified by third parties. The list is limited to firms based in the United States and Canada deriving the majority of their revenue from the practice of architecture, engineering, planning, environmental consulting, or allied disciplines.
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November 3, 2009
JOANN SLAVIN HONORED BY CAROL’S CAUSE
Joann M. Slavin, Senior Vice President was honored by Carol’s Cause at the annual Peaches ‘N Cream Gala. Founded in 2001 in memory of Carol Laino, Carol’s Cause is a not-for-profit organization that provides monetary grants to medical professional who continue their education in gynecologic oncology. Mr. Joseph Laino, Carol’s husband, established Carol’s Cause in his wife’s memory to help find a cure for Gynecological Cancer, and help other women affected by this disease. In total four were honored at the Peaches ‘N Cream Gala; Linda Amper, Ph.D.; Honorable Michael Balboni; Patricia Hogan, RN, MA, NEA-BC and Joann M. Slavin, Senior Vice President, and Laboratory Manager for H2M Labs, INC.
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October 30, 2009
PERVIOUS CONCRETE DEMONSTRATION HOSTED BY H2M
H2M in cooperation with the Borough of Pompton Lakes and Eastern Concrete, hosted a demonstration regarding the environmental benefits of utilizing pervious concrete on civil engineering projects. Pervious concrete was recently installed at Hershfield Park to replace some existing deteriorated asphalt walkways. The park is located within an environmentally sensitive area (flood plain and floodway of the Wanaque River), which presented complications regarding the NJDEP permitting process. By utilizing pervious concrete, the permitting process was streamlined, due to this product’s ability to provide storage capacity and reduce runoff, promote groundwater recharge and improve water quality. In coordination with NJDEP and the Borough of Pompton Lakes, H2M prepared the construction documents and provided an environmentally sensitive solution that fell within the parameters of DEP’s general permit No additional applications were required.
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October 7, 2009
H2M NAMED AS ONE OF THE “2009 BEST FIRMS TO WORK FOR"
Stagnito Media, publisher of CE News, in collaboration with ZweigWhite, awarded H2M as one of the “2009 Best multidiscipline A/E services Firms To Work For.” Stagnito Media and ZweigWhite have identified the best multidiscipline A/E services firms in its annual ranking of top industry firms. These outstanding employers were selected based on their commitment to provide a positive work environment, challenging and interesting work opportunities for their employees, and for achieving high levels of employee satisfaction. H2M is nationally ranked No. 10 in the 2009 Best Multidiscipline A/E Services Firms To Work For and No. 5 in the 2009 Best Mid-size Multidiscipline A/E Service Firms To Work For.
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September 9, 2009
H2M NAMED WINNER IN HIA’S GALA BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2009
H2M has been named a winner in the 2009 Business Achievement Awards presented by the Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA). H2M was named in the Large Business category. “HIA's Annual Business Achievement Award competition focuses attention on the accomplishments of the local business community,” states Terri Alessi – Miceli, President of the HIA. “It is a great opportunity to gain the recognition they deserve for their growth, leadership and overall commitment to our region.”
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August 19, 2009
H2M DEVELOPING ONE OF THE FIRST SUSTAINABILITY PLANS IN NEW JERSEY
H2M’s Planning Department developed one of the first Sustainability Plans in the State of New Jersey for the Borough of Lodi. The underlying objective of this ground-breaking Plan was to identify ways the community can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. H2M proposed Seven Strategies for a Sustainable Future in Lodi that covers a diverse range of issues including: Sustainable Land Uses; Green Buildings and Energy Efficient Site Design; Efficient Circulation; Protected Environment; Equitable Community; Responsible People and Good Government.
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