Our High Bridge office and NYC Engineering Group celebrated the recent NCAA playoffs with our annual Mario Kart Madness tournament. It was an incredible few weeks of intense matchups, nonstop action, and most importantly, lots of fun. Until next year... who’s training in the offseason? 🏀
#MarchMadness #MarioKart #TeamBuilding #AECindustry
Earlier this month, our High Bridge office had a blast growing something special together. 🌿
Taking full advantage of recent warm weather, the team came together for a terrarium-building activity. Each mini garden turned out to be a unique reflection of its builder!
#TeamBuilding #AECindustry
AKRF’s acoustics team recently completed acoustical compliance testing at Sunset Pier 94 Studios on Manhattan's West Side. The team evaluated sound stage elephant doors, partitions, and personnel doors; measured HVAC background noise; and tested reverberation time to confirm an optimal sonic environment for filming.
With testing now finalized across all six sound stages, Pier 94 is fully open for clients with the show "Dexter: Resurrection" already filming its new season!
#SunsetPier94 #Acoustics #AECindustry #ManhattanSoundstages
Swipe to see some team bonding moments of early 2026!
🏆Our site assessment and remediation team held their "Hazzies" awards (a play on "The Office" Dundies) followed by team bowling.
🍴Our IT department went out for a team dinner.
🍪Our Philadelphia office organized a cookie exchange.
🎳The NYC Engineering Group hosted their annual bowling night.
#TeamBuilding #AECindustry
Love was in the air this week during our NYC Office's Valentine's Day Gift Exchange! Thank you to our admin team for hosting a lovely afternoon, where we showed appreciation for secret valentines, created vision boards, and snacked on heart-shaped treats. 🫶
Meandering through Idlewild salt marsh in Queens sits Brookville Boulevard, known locally as “Snake Road.” Due to its design and low-lying nature, the roadway experiences dangerous flooding from regular high tides and storm events.
AKRF is working with @nyc_dot to propose solutions for flood mitigation while minimizing the road’s impact on the surrounding marsh. Aligning concepts with local priorities is crucial and best achieved through detailed input from impacted communities.
Public meetings and workshops, including a public information meeting in Springfield Gardens in December, allow our team to engage with residents, keep stakeholders informed, and receive their ideas as the project advances.
Learn more about AKRF's Flood Mitigation Study to improve Snake Road at the link in our bio.
#FloodResiliency #CommunityEngagement #PublicOutreach #FloodManagement #AECindustry
A curated auditory environment has an invisible but tangible influence on our well-being and sense of place. What better way to understand this impact than hearing it for yourself?
In partnership with @moodsonic , we welcomed guests for an event showcasing “living acoustics,” a design approach that treats sound as the moldable medium it’s always been. With our office space as an example, visitors explored an auditory environment finely tuned to the space, the users, and ever-changing interactions—allowing them to envision what’s possible in their own and client spaces.
🔗Learn more about the event and how you can join next time at the link in our bio.
#acoustics #biophilicdesign #soundscaping
Swipe through to see what our team has been up to lately:
✨Members of our traffic engineering team participated in a traffic trivia contest with the @itemetsection .
✨John Szalus shared his career journey as a GIS analyst during Career Day at Grover Cleveland Middle School in New Jersey, inspiring the next generation.
✨Jordan Shuster presented “New Jersey's Resilient Environment and Landscapes Regulations” with Carolyn Paone at an American Water Resources Association Philadelphia Chapter meeting.
✨Chris Coogan and Serena Cattau participated in the @ashe_national New York Chapter Project Leadership Council event.
✨Our folks in Connecticut accepted a certificate of appreciation at this fall’s @wtsconnecticut Transportation Mini-Series.
We are beyond proud of our team and all the public-facing work they have been doing!
#AECindustry #ITE, #WTS #AWRA #ASHE
The leaves are falling, and costumes and good food are calling at our annual costume parties and Harvest Fest. 🎃 Happy Halloween from our spooky AKRF offices to yours!
#HarvestFest #Halloween #TeamSpooky #OfficeParty
Experience how biophilic acoustical design and soundscaping transform workplaces into inclusive, restorative environments. Join us and @moodsonic for a free, immersive event on November 13th at AKRF’s New York City office and showroom to learn about the innovative science of workplace sound.
Space is limited! RSVP today by clicking the link in our bio.
#workplacedesign #acoustics #interiordesign #architecture #aecindustry
We were thrilled to recently attend and connect with the neighborhood at the East River Park Community Day. AKRF performed neighborhood noise impact modeling and provided acoustic design services for the new park amphitheater shown above.
The event celebrated the opening of East River Park Phase One—an East Side Coastal Resiliency milestone—and featured live music, sports clinics, NYC park rangers leading information sessions on urban ecology, and the opportunity to explore the resilient park.
