REVEALING LOOK AT CHARITY FOR HAITI

Thursday 28 January 2010 at 11:57 pm

  Questions are frequently raised about how reliable charitable organizations are when it comes to making proper use of donated money for disaster relief. Phil Underwood, a writer with the Phoenix Signs of the Times Examiner undertook his own little local investigation into religious charities and makes some interesting observations that we might do well to learn something from.... 

http://www.examiner.com/x-17373-Phoeniigns-of-the-Times-Examiner~y2010m1d26-Helping-Haiti-Give-generously-but-wisely#

SOMETIMES THE TRUTH PREVAILS

Saturday 14 November 2009 at 08:05 am As noted in a previous blog "Looking for Unbiased Information" I hadsome unit owners from a Connecticut condominium community ask me toevaluate the condition of their cedar siding. This request was promptedbecause the community's board of directors had hired an out-of-stateengineering firm to inspect the siding and provide a report that wouldstrongly recommend removing all the cedar siding from 54 units andreplace with vinyl siding. The project had bids ranging from $830,000to over $1,000,000 so this was no little home improvement project. please read on...

NEW SPORTS COMPLEX COMING TO BRASS CITY

Wednesday 23 September 2009 at 3:59 pm

Complex To Be Built In Old Hockey Rink

please read on...

POOL HOUSE DESIGN PUBLISHED IN BLOG

Tuesday 01 September 2009 at 5:12 pm

I was pleased to find that a site called "Unique Unique Design" reposted photos of our pool house design for the DeCaro-Kaplen residence in Chappaqua, New York.

To see the web page go here:

 http://blog.uniqueuniquedesign.com/pool-house-or-not/

To see more photos of the pool house project go here:

 http://picasaweb.google.com/mggrew/PoolHouseChappaquaNY

LOOKING FOR UNBIASED INFORMATION

Tuesday 25 August 2009 at 04:22 am Every once in a while an architect is called upon to research and provide a client with an opinion.  Sometimes it is very hard to find tuly unbiased information on the subject you are researching. In my case I have homeowners in a condominium association looking to me to help settle a controversy. please read on...

LOSS OF HONESTY - EVEN WITH ARCHITECTS

Wednesday 10 June 2009 at 11:46 pm What does the latest discovery of cheating say about our profession or the state of ethics in general? please read on...