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|  | |  | | | | Welcome to the new MerrittandHarris.com!
Welcome to the newly designed MerrittandHarris.com, the online home of Merritt & Harris, Inc., providing consultation services to the real estate lending and investment community since 1937.
Some of the website's new features include complete lists of our M&H Sports and M&H Latin America projects, an Employment section where the most recent job openings will be posted, and a comprehensive list of all the services offered by Merritt & Harris, Inc.
Merritt & Harris, Inc. is a firm of architects, engineers, and construction specialists that has provided analysis and monitoring of more than 1,000 real estate properties and projects nationwide in the past five years alone.
For more information about our firm, please follow the links in the About Us tab at the top of the website. Please provide any feedback directly to us by clicking on the Contact Us option in the same section.
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| | | | | | | Merritt & Harris, Inc. Appoints Manny Kratsios to C.O.O., and Promotes James Cockinos to Group Leader of Construction Monitoring.
 The Board of Directors of Merritt & Harris, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of principal Manny P. Kratsios to the newly instituted position of Chief Operating Officer. In addition, Senior Associate James G. Cockinos, AIA has been promoted to the position of Group Leader of Construction Monitoring.
Mr. Kratsios joined Merritt & Harris, Inc. as a Project Manager in 1984, and was named a principal in 1996. His previous title was Principal-in-Charge of Construction Monitoring. He had previously overseen the monitoring of construction on such world-class facilities as the E-Walk and Westin Times Square Hotel in New York City, the Disney Swan & Dolphin Hotels in Orlando, Fl., the Rio Mar Hotel & Golf Course in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, and the New England Aquarium Expansion in Boston.
Mr. Kratsios has been particularly vital to the M&H Sports Group, which has monitored the construction of 28 of the country’s most prestigious sports facilities. Mr. Kratsios has served as the Principal-in-Charge of monitoring on Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Ford Field and Comerica Park in Detroit, Gillette Field in Foxboro, MA, the American Airlines Arena in Miami, and the New Busch Stadium in St. Louis. He is currently the Principal-in-Charge of monitoring work on the new Giants and Jets Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, Citi Field in Flushing, NY, and the new Louisville Arena (NCAA’s Louisville Cardinals).
Mr. Kratsios graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Columbia University, and received a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from St. John’s University. Manny and his wife Ronnie live in Manhasset, Long Island and have 3 children.
 Mr. Cockinos joined Merritt & Harris, Inc. as a Project Manager in 1998, and was named a Senior Associate in 2004. His responsibilities include the on-site monitoring of renovation and new construction projects such as the Borgata Casino & Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ, and Citi Field, the new home of Major League Baseball’s New York Mets in Flushing, NY.
Mr. Cockinos graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois and a degree in Architectual Studies from the City College of New York. Jim and his wife Maria live in Westbury, Long Island and have 2 children.
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| | | | | | | July 18. 2008 | |
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Merritt & Harris Training Institute Launched
 The Management Committee of Merritt & Harris, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of the Merritt & Harris Training Institute for professional employees and full-time support staff. According to Bill McCallion, AIA, Manager of Quality Control and Training, the program, officially launched on July 1, 2008, will focus on the continued education of all full-time staff members.
“Merritt & Harris, Inc. is a leader in construction consultation, and the implementation of this program will ensure that the firm continues to be an industry leader,” he says.
The Training Institute is also meant to assist those staff members who are licensed professionals fulfill their Continuing Education credit requirements. The Merritt & Harris, Inc. support staff will also benefit with parallel training centered on their specific needs.
The professional sessions presented by the Training Institute are generally in line with the AIA requirements for certification, which require 18 CEU’s per year, 8 of which must be in approved health, safety, and welfare topics. The sessions may also fulfill state licensing CEU requirements for Registered Architects and Professional Engineers.
Other employee incentives for participating in the Training Institute include salary increases, provided annual attendance requirements are met, and, perhaps the greatest incentive of all; free lunches following sessions.
Although training has been occurring for some time at Merritt & Harris, Inc., it was formalized during the first session for the Training Institute, held on Monday July 14, 2008, when a representative of the Mid-Atlantic Precast Association spoke about the use of Precast Concrete in Stadium construction. The seminar was particularly relevant since the M&H Sports Group has consulted on nearly 30 professional sports facilities throughout the country.
Future training sessions focusing on topics such as EIFS and innovations in ceramic tiles will be presented in the coming months.
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| | | | | | | July 17, 2008 | |
| | | | | | | Ground Broken on 'Green' Bahia Beach Resort Construction is underway on Puerto Rico’s first 5-star property, the 139-unit St. Regis Bahia Beach Hotel and Golf Club in Rio Grande, that will not only be luxurious, but eco-friendly. The hotel, scheduled to open in November of 2010, is part of the Bahia Beach resort complex. The Bahia Beach Resort is interwoven into the natural forests and lakes of Puerto Rico, and more than 3,500 transplanted trees will populate the 483-acre site. Approximately 65% of the site’s green areas will be preserved during construction. The St. Regis Bahia Beach Hotel will feature a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. 18-hole golf course, fitness center, a Jean-Georges signature restaurant, and 5,000 sq. ft. of ballroom and meeting space. The St. Regis Village will feature a 90-seat St. Regis restaurant, outdoor cafes, bistros, delis, a beach club, sports center, gymnasium, bird-watching area, and natural walking trails. The hotel’s 139 suites are distributed among 12 buildings, all facing the Atlantic Ocean, and a group of additional buildings will make up the 10,000 sq. ft. Remede Spa. In addition to the St. Regis Bahia Beach Hotel, the resort development will include a shopping area, restaurants, and condominiums and wholly-owned villas located along a 2-mile long beach. Merritt & Harris, Inc. is providing consulting, cost and document reviews, and construction monitoring services on the St. Regis Bahia Beach Hotel for the Puerto Rico Tourism Development Fund of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico. The project is the latest for the M&H Latin America Group, which is ideally suited to provide construction consulting and monitoring to U.S. lenders in Spanish-speaking countries. |
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