BBS News

Voters in Florida, NY, approve 2019 Capital Project

Florida, NY – Voters in the Florida Union Free School District approved the 2019 Capital Project on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. The official results of the vote were 187 “yes” and 112 “no” ballots cast. The $7,985,804 million capital improvement project will address necessary building repairs, enhance learning spaces, and make Golden Hill Elementary and […]

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Catskill’s $40.8M project passes

Catskill, NY – Catskill Central School District voters approved a proposed $40.8 million capital project, 308-259, in a referendum held on a snowy and icy Tuesday. The capital project involves several improvements including upgrades to academic programs, classrooms, buildings, security controls, roads, parking lots and athletic fields. … “I personally thank all Catskill CSD community members […]

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Bayport-Blue Point Residents Agree to Convert the St. Ursula Convent into a New Community Library

Blue Point, NY – A $16.85-million bond proposal to purchase and convert the existing St. Ursula Convent into a new public Library was decisively approved by local residents on December 6, 2018 (Y:1,758 – N:835). In September 2018, the Library Board of Trustees reached an agreement to purchase the St. Ursuline Convent for $3.65 million from the Ursuline […]

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Innovative Design Solutions

Albany, NY – BBS is an award-winning education design firm offering architecture, planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and construction administration, all under one roof. Over the past thirty years, BBS has designed more than $3 billion in public and private school construction in New York, and is today one of the top educational design consultants in […]

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Patchogue-Medford passes proposition; plans for greenhouse

Patchogue, NY – Voters approved plans for a greenhouse and playgrounds, among other projects, by 80 percent during the Patchogue-Medford School District’s proposition vote on Oct. 16. The proposition sought authorization to spend $4.6 million of the newly established capital reserve to fund a series of capital projects, including new tracks at Saxton and Oregon […]

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Clients expect special expertise from architects, engineers and builders

When it comes to building projects, clients expect a higher level of specific expertise than ever from their architects, engineers and construction managers. Firms that provide these services have adapted over the years, deepening their areas of specialization by industry as well as by service area. BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers began to specialize […]

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Huntington awards contract for James D. Conte Community Center to BBS

Huntington, NY – The Huntington Town Board has awarded the contract for the James D. Conte Community Center in Huntington Station, NY, to BBS Architects, Landscape Architects & Engineers. In 2016, Town officials budgeted $10 million to construct the center, which is named for the late assemblyman who served the hamlet for 24 years. Plans for adaptive re-use and complete renovation of […]

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Architecture That Bridges Generations

Designing the Built Environment to Bridge the History of the Past with the Promise of the Future by Fostering Connections Between Education, Sustainability and Community Designing or renovating a (K-12) school for an existing community can be as simple as taking the students’ needs into consideration and building a structure that reflects those needs.  But […]

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Babylon Town Hall annex renovation brings in light and smiles

The Town of Babylon is about halfway through a roughly $10.5 million renovation of its Town Hall Annex meant to modernize the aging, heavily trafficked building. Contractors finished work on the facility’s east wing in December, according to Deputy Supervisor Tony Martinez, who said town officials are now preparing to seek bids for construction on […]

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