The PENTA Building Group recently paused construction temporarily at the Limelight Mammoth Hotel jobsite in Mammoth Lake, Calif., to conduct a safety stand-down focused on suicide prevention. The event, hosted in partnership with Limelight Hotels/The Little Nell Group, welcomed members of the Mammoth Lakes Police Dept. to discuss traumatic brain injuries (TBI), the higher-than-average rate of suicides in the construction industry and how to recognize warning signs as well as providing resources and support to help prevent suicide. In addition, PENTA representatives spoke about the company's transition to using safety helmets, which offer more protection to help prevent TBIs.

Photo courtesy of C.W. Driver Cos.

C.W. Driver Cos. joined forces with the Afro-American Art Museum in San Diego for the design and construction of an exhibition based on the Freedom Riders protests in 1961 that was on display in August and September. “The Buses are Coming” marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Riders, groups of white and African American civil rights activists who took bus trips through the American South to protest segregated bus terminals. The team at C.W. Driver Cos. volunteered its time and resources in the design and production. The production team included Gafcon, Walter P Moore, ProCal, Crisp Imaging, the city of San Diego, Studio Fink, All One Consulting Group and art director Ben Marshall.

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe recently celebrated the grand opening of the Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht Campus (Kenai River People’s Learning Place), its new education center in Kenai, Alaska. Spanning 67,259 sq ft, the education center includes two wings connected by a central indoor plaza. The center combines core educational components and programs in one state-of-the-art facility with a focus on the Tribal Council’s commitment to building a tribally owned, culturally appropriate education campus. Stantec’s Anchorage office provided architecture, interior design and surveying as well as civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering for the project. Stantec also completed an environmental assessment of the site. Blazy Construction was the general contractor.