Business View Magazine | December 2019

247 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 Building resiliency has become another growing concern for the commercial real estate industry. Derhake reports, “We have a group of structural engineers that are providing seismic risk assessments and retrofits to make buildings more resilient. We’ve responded to hurricanes, proactively, where we help people understand how to make their real estate more resilient, and reactively after the hurricane, when we try to clear a building of hazards like mold or asbestos so they can go back in.” 4. Be Proud of How You Get There Growing staff and resources spurs Partner’s thriving business, but growing the right way is equally important. While Partner has executed several key and well-timed industry acquisitions, most of their growth has been organic. Ultimately, they would like their growth to be a natural reflection of the initiatives and objectives that originally inspired Partner’s founders to start the company. Partner geotechnical engineer Matthew Marcus, PE, performs resistivity testing on a site Plant wall systems installed at Partner HQ monitor CO2 levels and improve Indoor Air Quality by filtering impurities PARTNER ENGINEER ING AND SC I ENCE , INC .