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A Lens for Design

Traditional school buildings can present themselves as both opportunities and challenges that can either hinder or support the dynamic activity of learning. Planning to update or replace these structures can foster the collision of the thoughtful intention to evolve, with a skeptical unwillingness to change. Like many intangibles, it is difficult to come up with […]

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Podcast: Purposeful Change to the Learning Environment

In 2022, Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) partnered with the Better Learning Podcast (BLP) to help facilitate more conversations with educational leaders and change-makers across the country to help support their mission of improving the places where children learn. The conversations that are held on the podcast are meant to bring educational leaders at all […]

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Florida Schools Energy Performance Contract (EPC)

Florida, NY – As part of its commitment to sustainability and fiscal responsibility, in June 2019 the Florida Public School District solicited energy services in connection to the district-wide energy efficiency improvement plan, or Energy Performance Contract (EPC), proposed and designed by BBS Engineers. The District was able to secure additional New York State Building […]

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Lindenhurst Memorial Library opens its doors

Lindenhurst, NY – Congratulations to the Lindenhurst community! On October 22, 2022, the Board of Trustees, Library Administration, and community representatives held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly updated and expanded Lindenhurst Memorial Library. BBS is proud to have been a part of this key community project, and would like to thank the the Library […]

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Congratulations, Roger!

We would like congratulate to Roger P. Smith, our founding principal, on receiving the 2022 AIA Long Island ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. This award recognizes an individual architect that has produced distinguished architecture consistently for a period of at least 10 years. In addition, Roger received the AIA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Congratulation from Fred, […]

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The Fall 2022 Conference Season is Starting!

The Fall 2022 conference season is starting! First, you’re going to see us later this week at… New York State Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS) Fall Leadership Summit 2022: “Together We Rise!“ September 18-20, 2022Saratoga City Center, Saratoga Springs, NYBOOTH # 35 And later this Fall, you’ll be able to find us at one of […]

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A Dip in the Ocean

There’s always a lot of talk about student engagement and how it is affected by teachers, communities, culture, homelife, one’s sense of self, other students, bias, expectations, and the built environment. It seems to always come back to one main concept though: trust. Interaction with the ocean is a metaphor for trusting what appears to […]

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Fun in the Sun

Starting what we hope to be a new summer tradition, on July 24 BBS hosted a BBQ / Picnic at the Deer Range Pavilion in Heckscher State Park, East Islip. Over (60) BBS employees and their family members came together on the hot Sunday afternoon (thankfully there was a light breeze off the Bay) to […]

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Progress Update: Bay Shore HS Fields

Bay Shore, NY – Two of the Bay Shore High School varsity athletic fields are currently having a new synthetic turf installed. The on-going field construction work will conclude in time for the 2022/2023 athletic season.

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Northeastern Clinton Class of 2022

On June 24, the Northeastern Clinton High School graduation ceremony took place on a brand-new state-of-the-art athletic complex, featuring a new running track with artificial-turf soccer field, new spectator bleachers and sports lighting, (5) tennis courts, natural turf baseball and softball fields, safety and perimeter fencing, site drainage improvements, etc. BBS would like to congratulate […]

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