Barbara A. Res was born Barbara Tahan in Brooklyn, NY and attended John Adams High School in Ozone Park NY. She attended City College of New York and graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1971.
Since 1971 Barbara Res has had a successful career in engineering and construction. She has been in charge of numerous large construction projects.
In 2004, Barbara Res returned to school earning her Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law in 2007. Res is a Licensed Professional Engineer in New York State and a Member of the Bars of New York and New Jersey.
Res is currently providing Mediation and Arbitration services for Construction matters to the American Arbitration Association as well as the NY Supreme Court Commercial Division. ShBarbara A. Res was born Barbara Tahan in Brooklyn, NY and attended John Adams High School in Ozone Park NY. She attended City College of New York and graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1971.
Since 1971 Barbara Res has had a successful career in engineering and construction. She has been in charge of numerous large construction projects.
In 2004, Barbara Res returned to school earning her Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law in 2007. Res is a Licensed Professional Engineer in New York State and a Member of the Bars of New York and New Jersey.
Res is currently providing Mediation and Arbitration services for Construction matters to the American Arbitration Association as well as the NY Supreme Court Commercial Division. She serves as a consultant in legal matters and construction matters to private clients.
Barbara Res was awarded the prestigious Townsend Harris Medal by CCNY in 1991 for her role as a pioneer among women engineers.
Barbara Res received the Emily Roebling leadership award by Professional Women in Construction for her achievements in the Construction Industry.
Barbara Res is the author of All Alone on the 68th Floor: How One Woman Changed the Face of Construction, a memoir of her life and experiences as a woman in the male dominated building business.
Barbara Res has appeared on TV in Smithsonian World, Skyscraper, a documentary about building in New York, Financial News Network; a feature about women in non-traditional occupations on CNN, a CNBC Roundtable discussion and local newscasts in New York and Los Angeles. Res has been featured in numerous radio interviews; Fortune magazine; Engineering News Record; Shopping Center Digest; Savvy Woman; Cosmopolitan Magazine; The New York Times, Daily News, Post, and Newsday; The Newark Star Ledger; The Bergen Record; The Los Angeles Times; The LA Daily News; LA Weekly; The Sacramento Bee and several other local newspapers and trade journals and am a recognized expert in the fields of retail, commercial and residential development and construction. She has lectured on construction, development and women in non-traditional roles at various seminars including ones held for The New School and NYU School of Continuing Education. ...more