Letter from our CEO-Paul Jenkins: This week, I hired an additional four full-timers (that makes ten for the month—so far) to the Bancroft team. I am thrilled to be able to add still more talent to our growing team, and…
The worldwide pandemic crisis has created a variety unexpected challenges, both for the in-house Bancroft team and for our clients. A vital piece of our responses to the challenges is Dr. Mike Millis, Bancroft’s Chief Medical Officer. In addition to…
Spring is in the air, and that means it’s hiring season at Bancroft! This week alone we added seven new, full-time professionals to the Bancroft team. They were all architects and engineers this week, along with a new HR Manager…
This week, Bancroft Architects + Engineers was named an “Essential Business” in the international fight against novel COVID-19. This means that even if the state, federal, or local governments issue mandatory business shut-downs and shelter-in-place orders, Bancroft employees will still…
Thinking of the first week in October as the start of a new year is usually a characteristic of those who are strict followers of the Judaic calendar. While we of course wish them the blessings of the season, the…
This has been arguably the most productive week of the year, and may very well prove to be the most important for several years. This week we were recertified as a disabled-Veteran owned small business. Since our inception, I have…
We welcome Dania Melendez to the team. She’s just completed her Master of Architecture from the School of the Art Institute. She’ll be taking Joe DeRicco’s place here at Bancroft, as Joe takes a leave of absence to go back…
Professional athletic teams face an ongoing personnel challenge: they constantly have to decide between two distinct approaches to fielding a talented team. On the one hand, they can hire talented young players, hoping eventually those players will develop into stars.…
There is an established and accepted school of thought in healthcare design that contends the building itself can help the healing process. At first blush, it is a radical idea: that the facility (if properly designed) can contribute to healing. …
The United States military has spent more than a quarter century engaged in battle in the Middle East. This war, more a series of inter-related combat operations in an especially troubled part of the world, has been an economic burden…