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Estimating Projects Seeking LEED® Certification - An Update
Nov 01, 2009; Perryman, Joseph J ... "Four years and what have estimators learned?" There is no doubt that, encouragingly, the LEED certification system is here to stay. Construction projects of all different types are now LEED certified and so many projects currently about to start design, and those already in design, are ...
Blast Resistance Without Bulk
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... DensArmor Plus® High-Performance Interior Panels Laminated with Galvanized Steel Provide Resistance Without Bulk Blast resistant construction is a growing mandate from the federal government, as well as many state and local governments that seek to protect building occupants from ...
Trinity River Audubon Center
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Dallas, Texas Architect of Record Brown Reynolds Watford Architects Cost Estimator Hill International, Inc. The Trinity River Audubon Center resides within the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States within a few miles of the nearby urban ...
Rector Science Complex Stuart Hall and James Hall, Dickinson College
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Carlisle, Pennsylvania Construction Manager Reynolds Construction Management Architect Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Dickinson College is a 90-acre, private liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1773, it became the first chartered ...
Bethke Elementary School
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Timnath, Colorado Architect RB+B Architects, Inc. In May of 2000, the Poudre School District (PSD) sponsored a design competition for a Prototype three round K-6 elementary school. Along with traditional Education and Technical Specifications, the three competition ...
States Starting to Require Architects and Contractors to Design and Construct Public Buildings to Achieve LEED Silver Certification
Nov 01, 2009; Stephens, Angela ... While many local jurisdictions and cities across the country have started passing regulations which implement and require sustainable design and construction practices, relatively few states have taken steps to mandate that certain public buildings achieve certain levels of LEED® ...
Construction Cost Trends for 2009
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Source: US Department of Labor, Producer Price Index Contributed By: BNi® Building News After several years, the slide in housing is now joined by commer- cial construction, with the entire industry down approximately 10%. Public works is the only bright spot in the industry with ...
Korte & Luitjohan Office & Shop
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Highland, Illinois General Contractor Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. Architect Durrant Group, Inc. The new headquarters for Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc. includes 9,000 square feet of office space and a separate 16,000-square-foot ...
International Longshoremen's Association, Employer's Welfare Fund Building
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Savannah, Georgia Architect Loft + Barber Award-winning commercial architecture firm Lott + Barber recently completed the new state-of-the-art International Longshoremen's Association Pension and Welfare Building at 10 Mersey Way in Savannah, Georgia. The office building, ...
Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) Administration Building
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Greenville, South Carolina Architect McMillan Pazdan Smith A new administrative building for ReWa consisted of demolishing and recycling the existing administration and engineering buildings and constructing a new two-story 27,700-square-foot Class A office building with ...
Carriage House Children's Center
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Architect Moshier Studio Carriage House Children's Center is a pioneer in the field of early childhood education, with Southwestern Pennsylvania's first infant and toddler program in 1974. The organization's entrepreneurial and risk-taking spirit ...
Nutter Green Home
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Milford, Ohio Architect/Designer Krista Atkins Nutter, ASID, LLC K risia Atkins Nutter, designer and owner of the Nutter Green Home, is a certified interior designer with an MS Architecture degree and is a Professor of Design. She and her husband, Kenneth have built a ...
Fairhope Green Home
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Fairhope, Alabama Architect Chatham Design Group The first NAHB Green Certified home in Alabama under the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) National Green Building Program(TM), the Fairhope Green Home is a stunning home with detached garage. The home is Green ...
Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Providence, Rhode Island Architect Vision 3 Architects Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island is the state's largest and most comprehensive provider of hospice and palliative care, and is the third oldest hospice in the country. In 2006, Home & Hospice purchased 1085 ...
CONSOL Energy Corporation Headquarters
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Southpointe, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Architect Designstream LLC With gestures towards elements of the earth and the energy industry, CONSOL Energy's new CNX Center, headquarters incorporates architecture as a reflection of mining history. Tinted sloping glass and ...
Grand Valley State University Laker Turf Building
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Allendale, Michigan Architect Integrated Architecture The term 'Fast Track' has an entirely different meaning at the Grand Valley State University Laker Turf Building. Offering a six-lane, 300-meter indoor track with nine sprint lanes, the building literally houses a fast ...
Tomball Medical Plaza
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Tomball, Texas Architect Browne Penland McGregor Architects The Tomball Medical Plaza, developed by Tombal) Physicians JnvesJmente, LLC, is the first project in Tomball, Texas, registered for LEED CS Silver Certification. Strategies to obtain this certification included ...
Winton Woods Campground Office and Retail Building
Nov 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Cincinnati, Ohio General Contractor DER Development Company, LLC Architect McGill, Smith, Punshon The intent on this building was to be a practice round for the Hamilton County Park District (Ohio) at building green. They decided to take a shot at ...
