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RBA Pinnacle Award 2018

RBA Pinnacle Award 2018
5/3/18: At the Rockland Business Association’s Annual Recognition Award, we honored the many Rockland business leaders as well as our own Michael Shilale, receiving the coveted Pinnacle Awards. This was a great night to celebrate the present and future efforts of the many businesses in Rockland. The winners of each award are as follows: Pinnacle Award…
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Innovative Kaplan School Project Begins Construction

Innovative Kaplan School Project Begins Construction
01/15/2018: The New Year brings exciting new projects for an important client of ours, Rockland BOCES. Construction has begun on the first phase of an expansion to the BOCES’ Jesse J. Kaplan School in West Nyack, New York.  The Classroom Expansion project is underway and construction for phase two, the Therapeutic Pool addition will start…
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GreenBuild 2017

GreenBuild 2017
12/12/2017 by Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED, CPHC AP In Boston, battling a cold, this writer attended Greenbuild last month.  Each year I attend what is the largest conference on sustainability in the world.   Architects, engineers, contractors,  building owners, educators and many others converge at this conference to share ideas and best practices in the world…
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NYSSBA Expo

NYSSBA Expo
11/15/2017: From October twelfth to the fourteenth, the New York State School Boards Association, (NYSSBA) held its’ 98th Annual Convention and Educational Expo. Held at Lake Placid, at an elevation of around 1,900 feet, NYSSBA’s theme of “Taking Education to New Heights” seemed appropriate. Michael Shilale Architects, LLP (MSA) couldn’t be prouder to have been a…
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2017 Green Council Awards

10/24/2017: Rockland Business Association (RBA) held the 2017 Green Council Awards on October 19th, honoring a few companies who have been outstanding in various categories of green efforts. As chairperson of the Green Council, Michael has been a great influence on the increasing green efforts by Rockland’s businesses. Al Samuels, president and CEO of RBA…
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