Library Building Consultants

This list was compiled to be useful to librarians planning construction projects. The list is not an endorsement or recommendation for any of the names listed below. All consultants listed have provided the State Library with a list of significant projects that librarians can contact for information or references. The projects listed are building programs and/or construction projects, except where noted otherwise. To be included on the list, please contact Laretha Head,  at 609-278-2640 ext. 127.

Aaron Cohen & Associates, LTD
159 Teatown Rd.
Croton-on-Hudson, NY  10520
914-271-8170  fax# 914-271-2434
aca2009@acohen.com   www.acohen.com

Karen Avenick
204C Warwick Road
Stratford, NJ 08084
856-784-8977
kaveni@comcast.net
Camden County Library: Glassboro branch, Vineland

Capital Project Management, Inc.
350 Passaic Avenue
Fairfield, NJ 07004-2006
973-276-0540
rparisi@cpmiteam.com
Project management: Hamilton Transit Complex, Hamilton, NJ; Byrne Federal Courthouse & Green Federal Office Building Complex, Philadelphia, Pa.

Carow Architects Plus
6 Horizon Road, Suite 711
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
201-995-7762
J.R. Carow, AIA
jay@carow.com
Grosse Point, MI, Oak Brook, IL, Prospect Heights, IL, Racine WI, Richmond, VA, River Forest, IL

Dick Waters
Godfrey¹s Associates, Inc.
an RL Waters Library Consultation Services Co.
50 Sterling Street
Pawtucket RI 02860.5635
T 401.335.3864
M 928.710.7334
F 401.305.5732
rlwaters37@gmail.com

ForeSite Facility Planning
214 Wesr 29th Street
17th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-564-1404
office@foresiteplan.com     www.foresiteplan.com
Paterson Free Public Library, NJ (Master Plan); Dover Public Library, DE (Programming and  Planning); Saint Paul Public Library, MN (Facility Survey and Needs Assessment); Rapid City Public Library/Western Dakota Technical Institute, SD (Joint Use Library Programming and Planning); The East Brunswick Public Library, NJ (Programming and Planning Study).

Globus Design Associates
91 E. Front Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732.530.4121, fax# Fax 732.219.1990
www.globusdesign.com
Interior design: Ocean County, Berkeley Heights, Westfield, Newark, Memorial
Schools, Brearly Academy, N.Y. (moving and space planning)

Irene Goldberg
15 Henry Street
East Brunswick, N.J. 08816
732-422-1752
igoldberg@comcast.net
South River, Ocean County with Ocean County management staff, Monroe Township

Himmel & Wilson
417 E. High Street
Milton, Wisconsin 53563
608-868-1133  fax#608-868-1134
himmel@execpc.com  wilson@libraryconsultant.com
Upper Dublin, Pa, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, West Orange, Boise, Idaho, Anderson County, South Carolina, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. Trademark and Patent Office

Leslie Burger
Library Development Solutions
64 Princeton-Hightstown Road
Princeton Junction, N.J. 08850
609-275-4821 fax# 609-275-4784
lburger@librarydevelopment.com
Somerset County: Hillsborough, Mary Jacobs, Warren Branches, Fairview, Horsham, PA, Parsippany Troy-Hills, Rockville, Ct.

Nina Ladof
261 Linden Street
Moorestown, N.J. 08057
856-235-1570 fax#856-235-1177
nladof261@comcast.net
Woodbury, Gloucester County: Headquarters and Logan Branch, Lakewood, Camden County: Main, Gloucester and Winslow Township Branches

Nolan Lushington
Lushington Associates
11 Asylum Street, Suite 607
Hartford, CT 06103
860,293-1450
nlushington@snet.net
www.lushingtonassociates.com
Springfield, Cherry Hill, Glen Falls, NY, Auburn, ME, Wethersfield, CT.

Laura J. Isenstein
PROVIDENCE Associates LLC
Library Planners Consultants
1530 East Elm Street
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
928-649-0791 fax# 928-649-3325
ljisenstn@aol.com
www.librarybuildingconsultants.com
Atlantic City Public Library, East Brunswick, Newark, West Orange, Somerset County, Yonkers, NY (Central Library)

Bob Smith
Robert Smith & Associates
140 W. Lafayette #10
Medina, OH 44256
330-723-6544 fax#330-764-4643
smith@apk.net
Space Planning: Kirkwood Public Library, Kirkwood, MO; West Caldwell; Cape Girardeau Public Library, MO; Mentor Public Library, Medina County District Library, Milan Public library, Parma Regional Library, Ashtabula County District Library, OH

Soyka-Smith Design Studios
National & NJ Certified WBE
52 Watchung Avenue
Upper Montclair, NJ  07043
973-783-7032  fax # 973-783-1992  cell: 330-416-3236
bridgetsoykasmith@verizon.net
www.soykasmith.com
Interior design: Montclair Public Library, Montville Public Library, Morris County Library, Randolph Public Library, Bloomingdale Public Library,  Robbinsville H.S., Mountain Lakes H.S., Florence H.S, Montclair H.S., Glen Rock Jr/H.S., NJ, Prospect Public Library, CT

WG Project Management
51 Newark Street Suite 500
Hoboken NJ 07030
201-420-4411
201-420-1109 fax
egleason@wg-pm.com
Project management: Parsippany Library, The Delbarton School, Morristown, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, School of Visual Arts, New York

Ruotolo Associates Inc.
29 Broadway, Suite 210
Cresskill, NJ 07626
201-568-3898/1-800-RUOTOLO
fax# 201-568-8783
info@ruotoloassoc.com
www.ruotoloassoc.com
PR and fundraising: Newark Public Library; The Library of the Mendhams; Harvard Public Library, Harvard, MA; Nyack Public Library, Nyack, NY; E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, Madison, CT

Comments and questions to:
Victoria Rosch, Construction Bond Specialist, vrosch@njstatelib.org