Commercial Observer’s Design and Construction Summit is an industry-wide event for leaders from the national real estate, design and construction industries who will share their key insights and strategies for navigating the industry and creating high-quality projects that stand the test of time. This conference will gather the leaders designing and constructing iconic projects as they adapt and explore upcoming trends such as efficient leading-edge building technology, design-build, sustainable building and creating net zero buildings for the future.

Agenda Highlights

  • How industry leaders are dealing with challenges as facilities are constantly faced with the difficulty of deploying new and enhanced features in an existing, active facility while preventing adverse impact to daily operations. 
  • Navigating through the transition to a sustainable net-zero carbon future.
  • Modernizing existing buildings to meet changing expectations.

 

Senior Director Facilities, Construction and Design
St. Peter's Health Partners

Assistant Vice President, Capital Project Management
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

UDO AMMON

PATRICK BURKE III

 

VP and Project Exec 
Lendlease

Vice President, Real Estate Division
Mount Sinai

TOM AHN

RICHARD BENINI

SPEAKERS

 

 

Associate Vice President of Design and Construction
Montefiore Health System

President & CEO
AMA Group

TINA MACICA

ARTHUR METZLER

 

Senior Executive Director, K&L Group
MG Engineering

Senior Director of Real Estate
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

DAVID KONTRA

RICHARD MEILAN

 

Senior Vice President, Construction and Support Services
Hospital for Special Surgery

Director of Construction, Mount Sinai St. Lukes, Planning Design & Construction
Mount Sinai

MICHAEL RAWLINGS

JACOBIE RICARD

 

Senior Project Manager, Facilities Design & Construction
New York Presbyterian Hospital

Partner and Chair of Healthcare and Pharmacy Law Practice
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin

STEVE POLYAKOV

MIKE REILLY JR.

 

Director of Business Development
LF Driscoll

ANDREW WEINBERG

RAHUL TIKEKAR, PE, MS, MBA

Principal and Senior Vice President
Loring Consulting Engineers, Inc.

 

Managing Partner
AKF Group

Group Senior Vice President
New York Presbyterian

DINO DEFEO

JOE IENUSO

 

Executive Director, Design + Construction
Memorial Sloan Kettering

SVP Real Estate & Facilities
Jefferson Health

MITCHELL CLAYTON

SUZEN HEELEY

MOGENS SMED

CEO 
Falkbuilt Ltd.

 

Vice President of Healthcare & Life Sciences
JRM Construction Management

Partner and Chair of Construction Group
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin

PETER MULCAHEY

DAVID PFEFFER

 

Director, Information Technology
Jaros, Baum & Bolles

Associate Principal, Health, New York 
Perkins & Will

LAURA MORRIS

BETH MULLER

 

Managing Principal
TMT Technology

CONSTANTINE ZACHARIADIS

RICHARD LANZARONE

Construction Executive
Turner Construction Company

SPEAKERS 

ETHAN CHERNOFSKY

VP of Marketing 

Placer.ai

SPONSOR

EMILY HEPPEN

Senior Director of Leasing

Finmarc Management INC.

MIKE POLACHEK

EVP& Managing Partner,

SRS Real Estate Partners

 Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 8:00 AM - 12:45 PM ET

CUNY Graduate Center


365 5th Ave, Recital Hall


New York, NY 10016

ABOUT THE SPIRAL

Who Should Attend

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 ● Architects & Engineers ● Owners & Developers ● Contractors ● Facilities Managers ●  Transportation & Agency Representatives ● Urban Planners ● Technology Firms ● Professional Service Firms ● Public Officials

Register

Tuesday, October 24, 2023|

 8:00 AM - 12:45 PM ET

CUNY Graduate Center

365 5th Ave, 

Proshansky Auditorium

 New York, NY 10016

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Building for the Future: 
Uniting Vision, Innovation, and Sustainability for Lasting Excellence

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Why Attend

Learn the top priorities for developers, architects, and contractors as they adapt to shifting paradigms and how they plan to strategize towards an advanced future. This event will help usher in a new standard for development and design and establish your role as a leading authority on creating advanced spaces.

AGENDAVENUE

Standard Registration

$250

Speakers

LAURA BUSH

Director of Operations, 
NYC Metro Region 

Consigli Construction Co., Inc

RYAN DOUGHERTY

President 

Geothermal Exchange Organization 

MODERATOR

BEN RODNEY

Vice President & East Region
ESG Leader

Hines

CONSTANTINE G. ZACHARIADIS

Managing Principal

TM Technology Partners, Inc.

STEVE LEVINE 

President & CEO 

AtmosAir 

JOHN RICE

President & Principal 

Legacy Engineers

JOSHUA RAMKISSOON

Building Automation Controls System Manager

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MICHAEL GIARAMITA

CEO & Managing Principal

Group PMX

TOM D'ERCOLE

Executive Vice President &
Regional Director, Northeast 

Plaza Construction

JOSHUA FRANKEL

Director of Design-Build

Hunter Roberts Construction Group

ARTHUR METZLER

President & CEO

AMA Group

MODERATOR

ALEX GULAGACI 

VP, Head of Engineering 

RXR

CARLO A. SCISSURA

President & CEO

New York Building Congress

ADAM CHERNOW

Sales Manager

Otoos

JONCE WALKER

Principal & the Global Director of Sustainability and wellness 

HLW

MODERATOR

MAXWELL L. HATFIELD- BIONDO

Director, HVAC

JB&B 

MODERATOR

JAMIE TORRES- SPRINGER

President

MTA Construction & Development