Process is our product
Our process approach is to fill the project room with discipline experts from finance, architecture, construction and set up technical workflows between each to ensure reliable data exchange and faster design cycles - allowing us to realize solutions that not just barely satisfy project constraints, but actually achieve the vision. We are able to facilitate these workflows and conversations because we speak each of the languages required to utilize the appropriate technologies.
Our
capabilities
We embrace big constraints to execute big ideas.
We believe that a process driven by diverse skill sets can provide the quality of built environment we all desire. BLDGWORKS is structured to allow it to perform as;
a real estate developer, architectural design firm and a general contractor.
We offer these services individually and holistically to clients to provide the right value for the right project. But no matter what services are provided, the holistic experience and integrated solutions mindset are always brought to the table.
Design
We are a licensed Architecture practice providing:
Design architect
Architect of record
Programming
Master planning
Consultant management
Direct-to-fabrication modeling & MGMT
Develop
We self develop and partner with other developers by providing:
Program & Concept development
Financial modeling
Development Management
Build
We are licensed and insured General Contractors providing:
Construction management
Pre-construction services
4D schedule integration
5D cost estimation
Mass Timber
We specialize in building with Mass Timber providing:
Design - With our knowledge of codes, detailing, and installation we provide experienced architectural design services in a growing and adapting field
Detailing - we provide Mass Timber Detailing services for owners, general contractors, and mass timber fabricators
Installation - we perform as a speciality installation sub contractor
Founded in 2015, with a belief and a vision that there is a better way to deliver projects. We have built a team that is unwavering in their personal and collective dedication to developing unique and extraordinary solutions for our clients. This is our passion and we have a lot of fun doing it every day.
Our Team
From left to right:
Joe Brennan, Tim Devlin, Cliff Champion, Dana Cohen, Erik Churchill, Anthony Colandra, Mike Kwilos, Allie Tepper
Founder & CEO
Erik is the Founder and CEO of BLDGWORKS. Erik brings his experience in architecture, construction, and technology to push the boundaries of design, sustainability, and traditional project delivery models.
Erik was a founding partner and Chief of Product Design for Vessel Technologies from 2018-2020, a modular housing company seeking holistic solutions to the affordable housing crisis. He managed the integrated in-house A/E and fabrication detailing teams. Before launching BLDGWORKS in 2015, Erik was a Senior Project Manager at SHoP. He specialized in managing the design process and BIM/VDC integration on projects that used advanced construction methods such as prefabrication. As an author Erik has published "Re-negotiating Architects' Relevancy - A U.S. Perspective on IPD and BIM. He has taught integrated design development Studio in the Bedford Progam and in the CASE Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Erik received a BA from Brown University, a M.Arch and MBA from the University of Oregon where he also developed the community design-build program designBridge. He is a registered architect in NY, NJ, PA, and CT.
Chief Design Officer
Before joining BLDGWORKS, Joe was a design technology specialist and project architect, where he focused on implementing workflow strategies into a variety of project types at various scales to deliver successful outcomes for all stakeholders. In the past, Joe has worked on multiple complex, large-scale projects located all over the U.S., ranging from mixed-use to sports to corporate media headquarters. He is a licensed architect with a background in construction, working for his family's general contracting business for close to a decade.
Since graduating from Columbia University's GSAPP, he has pushed to find ways to improve the design and construction process through computational design, emerging visualization techniques, and advanced 3D modeling at firms including SHoP, Populous, his own practice, and Gensler. Joe was Global Art Director for one of Gensler's large, international accounts and is currently an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Columbia University.
Chief Financial Officer & Designer
Following a successful 15-year career in finance, economics, and public policy, Allie pivoted to architectural study and practice in 2015. Concurrent with his studies at Columbia University and subsequent work as a designer at PAU and Garrison Architects, Allie built a consulting practice where he has advised more than 50 architecture and engineering firms on issues from firm valuation to strategic planning to financial management.
Before his architecture studies, Allie was a Senior Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he led the financial market analysis of the European Sovereign Debt Crisis and contributed to the design of a new framework for managing the United States’ foreign exchange reserves. Previously, Allie worked as a policy advisor in the U.S. Senate, rising to become Senator Frank Lautenberg’s senior economic policy aide. In the private sector, Allie has worked at Credit Suisse’s investment bank, assisting companies in special situations to raise money. In addition, for over 20 years, Allie has practiced set design for theater as an avocation, most recently designing an Off-Broadway production of The Drowsy Chaperone.
Chief Construction Officer
Tim has worked in the NYC Construction Industry since 1986. Starting as a mason, Tim worked his way up to management and founding his own company. With 35 years of experience, Tim has managed and built many interior rehab projects and ground up high-rise residential buildings.
Tim has delivered projects in education, multifamily, medical, and high end residential. His experience working with high end design firms such as, Gensler, Jennifer Post Designs, HLW, and prestigious owners such as Howard Hughs Corp, New School University, and the Universal Church allows him to bring a seasoned perspective to our development, design, build model. Tim brings a relationship driven approach to working with vendors and subcontractors that delivers projects on time and budget while respecting the needs of all parties. Tim hails from Northern Ireland, is involved with numerous charities, including Tunnels to Towers, the Rockaway community after Hurricane Sandy and his local parish.