Michael Stern·19h agoWhat a Survey Tells You That a Zoning Map CannotA zoning map describes what a lot may hold, and the survey describes the ground, which on an assembled site decides what is real
Michael Stern·3d agoWhat a Skybridge Demands of Two Separate TowersA bridge at the same elevation on two towers is a decision about how much the pair are allowed to move apart
Michael Stern·5d 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·Nov 2Why 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·Oct 31Developer 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·Oct 30Elevator 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…
