Our level of quality starts and ends with our team. Since 2009, Talisen Construction has employed some of the industry’s brightest, most talented, and most hard-working people. And over the years, we’ve shared stories about Talisen’s company culture and how …
Team Talisen Rides Back to the Beach in 2022
Ride a Bike, Make a Difference New York City – With nearly 600,000 miles biked across seven of the country’s biggest cities, Bike to the Beach returns to New York City for their yearly 100-mile bike ride. Bike to the …
Talisen is Building for the Future with Vendor Data
The construction sector is changing, and with so many processes and management of various vendors, there is no space for guesswork anymore. In fact, managing the vendor relationship is an integral part of operations for construction companies. But what happens …
3 Ways Higher Education Construction Will Evolve After the Pandemic
As the world learned to adapt and change to having the coronavirus a part of daily life, universities and colleges have been working overtime to do the same. Tuition rates and the number of students staying on campus initially dropped …
Higher Education in NYC Area Embraces Renovation in a Post Pandemic World
Before the term “Covid 19” ever existed, colleges and universities had already been contemplating ways to reimagine their current campuses. Though the pandemic will cease to exist eventually, its impact has already made a permanent impression on the approach to …
Filling the Gap: How Coworking Spaces Have Helped the Return to Office Trend
The pandemic has shown that companies can work from home in entirely new ways – from zoom meetings to slack messages, it is almost like in-person interactions have been replaced overnight. However, many teams quickly discovered that web-conferencing software is …
Designing with Intent: Reimagining School Building Design
With the holidays in our rearview mirror, nearly all schools returned from winter break with in-person learning despite record-breaking COVID-19 case counts. Unfortunately, the Omicron variant has been a logistical nightmare and has taken an emotional toll on schools and …
Design-Build in NYC: An Attractive Model for Converting Existing Buildings to Healthcare and Life Sciences Facilities
In recent years, the real estate and construction industries have been deeply affected by the pandemic, supply chain issues, and a new federal infrastructure bill that promises a considerable amount of money to build new projects and rehabilitate the old. …
Building Community: Talisen Gives Back
New York City thrives because of its heroes. From healthcare workers making history on the frontlines to our teachers innovating new ways to emphasize the importance of education during a pandemic, Talisen has sought to be an accomplished partner to …
Change for Good: Overcoming the Challenges Facing NYC Universities
COVID-19 has upended business as usual for NYC Colleges and Universities. It goes beyond public health considerations; these institutions now face myriad challenges that could permanently alter the higher education landscape. Student Enrollment and State Funding is Declining Moving traditional …
Ida Relief Is Available for Building Owners in NYC
For many property and building owners in New York City, Hurricane Ida caused extensive damage due to the sheer amount of rainfall that fell in a relatively short period of time. This has left countless businesses and office buildings in …
Coworking Spaces Are Here to Stay
The impact from the pandemic has created a huge shift in the business industry that is here to stay. Those that commuted to work daily have finally grown accustomed to working remotely, and even companies have found that it may …
Better Together: Celebrating Exceptional Partners & The Projects They Power
No building is the handiwork of a single company. It’s the brainchild of an architect, the passion project of an investor, the achievement of a builder. We share in the triumph of each completed project, both as a development team …
Did Covid Help in Illuminating New Lighting System Possibilities?
With Covid still up in the air (literally), not many people are feeling all that great about needing to go back into the office ‘for real’ soon. True, the worst of it does seem to be over, but news about …
NYC Smart Building Tech for a COVID-19 Free NYC Campus
With New York City’s public and private universities slated to return to in-person schedules for the 2021 fall term, many institutions – including Columbia, NYU, Fordham, and Cornell Tech – have established mandatory vaccination requirements for their student body. Additionally, …
Office Renovation Trends: Air Filtration
As we inch closer to the pandemic’s end, much has been discussed regarding how to return to normal. For office buildings and office renovations this could mean the inclusion of technologies that have become mainstream over the last 15 months. …
NYC’s Proptech Revolution: Benefits & Precautions
The dawn of new and intuitive technologies has led some of NYC’s most vital industries into a digital transformation in recent years (i.e., technological advancements in construction and finance— coined “Contech” and “Fintech,” respectively). Now, as a new industry assumes …
The Construction Tools of Tomorrow: Blockchain & Data Analysis
New Technologies & Potential Future Uses in Construction As Benjamin Franklin once said, “When you are finished changing, you are finished.” After spending a decade as one of NYC’s top construction firms, the one thing we know for certain is …
A Finger on The Pulse of NYC’s Life Sciences Sector
“Manhattan has probably the best talent in the world…In terms of scientists, researchers and medical professionals, between Mount Sinai, NYU, Columbia, Lenox Hill, Rockefeller, Memorial Sloan Kettering, you have the brightest minds in the world right here. This is where …
Increasing Opportunities for Women in Construction
When you think of the word “construction,” what comes to mind? For most, it’s men in hard hats, tool belts, and steel-toe work boots. The false narrative that construction is “men’s work” has plagued the industry for far too long. Keep …
Diversity & Inclusion in The Workplace
Did you know that one out of every three employees have a special need that requires some form of accommodation at work? That means more than 33% percent of employees aren’t reaching peak performance at work, perhaps in part because …
Meet NYC’s New Design-Build Bill: The Public Works Investment Act
Last we spoke of the benefits of the design-build approach to construction (see: “The Tenant of the Future: The Role of Design-Build in Commercial Construction”), there was much collective hesitancy to get on board with the model—specifically in NYC. For …
5 Ways Talisen is Transforming Internal Processes
Here at Talisen, we know that in order to successfully transform our built environment, we must first transform ourselves. And so, we begin internally by pursuing perfection in our company processes. Our pursuit of perfection applies to our internal …
5 Reasons Why We Joined Instagram (And You Should Follow Us)
Here at Talisen, we do more than simply strive to meet our client’s expectations— we perform to exceed them. Our team’s insatiable hunger for perfection is to thank, along with an emphasis on innovation and project agility. But it’s our …
Building for Resiliency: Returning to School with New COVID-19 Considerations
How can schools reopen safely this fall amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic? This question is on everyone’s minds lately in the NY metro area— educators, students, and parents alike. Though it is largely understood that no single action will eliminate …
What we’ve Learned from COVID-19
Learning experiences aren’t always pleasant, and that’s certainly the case with this pandemic. However, the Talisen way is to always look for the positive. Our team sat down to review the situation and identify what stood out to us as …
People, Process & Talisen’s 4 Pillars in Company Culture
Here at Talisen Construction, we seek to achieve perfection in all aspects of our company. As an organization, it has always been our greatest goal to build a company culture that rests upon the same four pillars, or core values, …
Talisen Donated Our N95 Masks to Healthcare Workers: Can You Do the Same?
As you may have seen, we are taking proactive steps and precautions to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). In times like these, it’s important that we all band together and do our part to contribute to the greater …
We’re Seeking Guest-Stars for…
TALISEN TALK NYC’s Commercial Construction Podcast for Architects, Engineers, and Property Managers Talisen Construction is the New York Metropolitan area’s leader in premier construction services—and we need your help. We’re looking for guests to join us on our leading construction …
Every Decision Has Timeline & Budget Implications: The Value of Strong Stakeholder Relationships
One of Talisen’s core values is the pursuit of perfection. And as we all know, perfection can take time, which is the one thing that’s in short supply in a speed-to-market-driven situation. The Lynbrook Medical Office complex for Northwell Health …
Corporate Culture & The Power of What a Company Can Deliver
Our corporate culture is something we’ve valued from day one, and it’s something we’ve continued to put a lot of effort into. While that may have been initially driven by the owners and leadership, we’re now 10 years into it, …
Collaboration & Innovation: What’s the Connection?
Collaboration & Innovation: What’s the Connection? A Conversation with Talisen’s Bob Knox Collaboration on a project isn’t always easy because construction’s not always easy. The projects we do are complex. The conversations we have with clients, vendors and even our own …
Project Spotlight: Black Girls Code Tech Exploration Lab
An Interview with Talisen Construction Corps’ Project Manager Justin Weisman The Black Girls Code Tech Exploration Lab is nestled in Google’s New York corporate headquarters. Designed by Danish Kurani, the United States’ leading expert on physical learning environments, the Black …
Talisen Construction’s Christopher Norris on Optimizing for Profit in New York’s Healthcare Sector
“Overall, the mission for healthcare is clear: provide quality service to a mass population in an efficient and effective manner..” – BISNOW National Healthcare East As a commercial construction firm based in the New York Metropolitan area, Talisen Construction has …
So, We’ve Got a Podcast Now
This is the Story of Talisen Talk If you’re going to build in a big city, you’ve got to be willing to ask big questions. The commercial construction industry is changing in real time. Everything’s evolving – the tools, technology, …
Creating Competitive Advantage: Understanding Integrated Project Delivery
New York City is a challenging construction environment. Costs are high, competition is fierce, and speed to market can directly determine whether a project succeeds or fails. This is especially true in healthcare – with hospitals and treatment facilities being …
LIVE: Bike to the Beach 2019
WATCH TEAM TALISEN RIDE LIVE Watch Team Talisen cycle from NYC to Westhampton in the 2019 Bike To The Beach for Autism. Just click on the “Watch Live” button below! The live stream will start at 5am on June 7th and …
New York’s Bustling Biotech Industry
In 2016, Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo each announced funding initiatives to position New York as an epicenter for life science research, competing with the likes of leading biotech destinations such as Boston and San Francisco. Aided by …
We Decided to Share Some of Our Internal Data with Our Vendor Partners. Here’s What Happened Next.
Data is on everyone’s minds these days. When used correctly, data allows us to better understand our productivity, progress and financials. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg of what data can actually do. Talisen Construction uses data to do …
Philip Scandariato and Stephanie Rudman Join Talisen Construction Corp
Duo to Serve as Business Unit Director, Director of Business Development Phil Scandariato joins the Talisen team with nearly two decades’ experience managing multi-million-dollar commercial construction projects with Skanska. Phil is well-equipped to serve as one of Talisen’s three Business …
The Tenant of the Future: The Role of Design-Build in Commercial Construction
As part of our ongoing discussion of building for the tenant of the future, it’s important to pay attention to a commercial construction model that’s used throughout the world, with the hopes that it will become more widely adopted here …
New Workspaces, New Technologies… Same Old Human Needs
Building for the Tenant of The Future “Workplaces are the operational level in which strategy succeeds or fails,” writes Cushman & Wakefield in their major report, “The Future of the TMT Workplace: How to Future Proof Your Workplace and Real …
Autism Awareness: Team Talisen Needs Your Help
Bike to the Beach Raises Money for Autism Over the course of the past month, we’ve been sharing how generational changes impact the way we design and build workplaces with The Tenant of the Future and When the Old Word …
When the Old World Meets The New
Building for the Tenant of the Future: When the Old World Meets the New When we talk about building for the tenant of the future, the phrase “old meets new” comes up a lot. There’s a reason for this. We’re …
The Tenant of the Future
Jerry Belfiore on What’s Changing Interior Construction “A great building must begin with the unmeasurable,” the great architect Louis Kahn said. It’s a sentiment that certainly impacts the way we design and create functional spaces today. The workplace environment today …