Stephen M. Levin was a physician, noted construction occupational illness researcher and co-director of the pioneering Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine at New York City's Mount Sinai School of Medicine. LevinBut as a carpenter's son, he also could communicate with craft workers and warned of on-site health risks they faced after the 9/11 attack and for decades before. Some 32 years of research and advocacy ended on Feb. 7 with Levin's death from cancer in Rockland County, N.Y. He was 70."To be very honest, I think Dr. Levin was the first one to identify or suspect
Dutch international engineer ARCADIS has named Neil McArthur chairman and CEO, replacing Harrie Noy, who has been in the roles since 2000 and will retire. ARCADIS also named to its executive board Stephanie Hottenhuis, who had been the firm's Europe director. The changes take effect on May 16. McArthur, who joined the firm last year and was an executive board member, also manages the firm's Asia and Middle East strategy and led the integration process after the firm's 2011 acquisition of London-based EC Harris LLP. McArthur is formerly Europe managing director at business consultant Booz & Co. Zachary A. Smith
Photo by Henry Cabala Best Higher Education/Research Project: Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna College Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, Calif. Region ENR California Project Team Owner Claremont McKenna CollegeArchitect Rafael Viñoly Architects PC, New York CityGeneral Contractor Bernards, San Fernando, Calif.Engineers Andreasen Engineering, Pomona, Calif.; Nabih Youssef & Assoc., Los Angeles; IBE Consulting Engineers, Sherman Oaks, Calif.Using a striking design by prominent architect Rafael Viñoly, the $56-million, 169,000-sq-ft academic and administration complex on the campus of a private liberal-arts college in eastern Los Angeles has remastered
Photo courtesy Turner Construction Co. Best Health Care Project: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (exterior) Photo courtesy Turner Construction Co. Best Health Care Project: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (interior) Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, Mich. Region ENR MidwestProject TeamOwner Spectrum Health, Grand RapidsArchitect URS Corp., Southfield, Mich.General Contractor Wolverine Group, Grand Rapids; Turner Construction Co., DetroitMEP Engineer URS, San FranciscoStructural Engineer Zinser Grossman Structural, DallasSpaces within this 11-story, $286-million facility are rooted in sustainable design principles as well as decades of research in creating optimal healing environments for
Photo courtesy Lend Lease Best Interior Design/Tenant Improvement Project: BP Bright Lights Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners BP Bright LightsChicago Region ENR MidwestProject Team Owner BP Products North America, ChicagoArchitect Gensler, ChicagoConstruction Manager Lend Lease, ChicagoStructural Engineer Tylk Gustafson Reckers Wilson Andrews, ChicagoMEP Engineer Environmental Systems Design Inc., ChicagoCost Consultant Faithful+Gould, ChicagoBP Bright Lights calls it the largest LEED-CI project in the Midwest to achieve Platinum status, in part due to the diversion from landfill of some 85% of construction and demolition waste as well as the implementation of an under-floor air-delivery
Photo courtesy of Sasaki Associates Best Landscape/Urban Development Project: Wilmington Waterfront Park Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners Wilmington Waterfront ParkWilmington, Calif. Region ENR CaliforniaProject TeamOwner Port of Los AngelesConstruction Manager Berg & Associates, San Pedro, Calif.Architect Sasaki Associates, Watertown, Mass.General Contractor Griffith Co., Brea, Calif.Engineers Moffatt + Nichol, Long Beach, Calif.; ARUP, San Francisco; TMAD Taylor & Gaines, Pasadena, Calif.Consultants Earth Mechanics, Fountain Valley, Calif.; Dudek, Encinitas, Calif.Built as a buffer between a residential community and an active port, Wilmington Waterfront Park is a 30-acre project that creates space for sports, recreational
Photo courtesy Layton Construction Co. Best Residential/Hospitality Project: Montage Deer Valley Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners Montage Deer ValleyPark City, Utah Region ENR Mountain StatesProject TeamOwner Ohana Real Estate Investments, San DiegoArchitect HKS Hill Glazier Studio, Salt Lake CityGeneral Contractor Layton Construction Co., Sandy, UtahEngineers Alliance Engineering, Park City, Utah; Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle; Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engineers, Lakewood, Colo.Construction Manager The Athens Group, PhoenixBuilt on 16 acres at the Deer Valley Ski Resort, this LEED-Silver luxury lodge was designed in a "mountain craftsman" style, with four wings arranged in a butterfly
Photo Courtesy Clark Construction Best Office Project: United States Institute of Peace Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners United States Institute of PeaceWashington, D.C. Region ENR New YorkProject TeamOwner United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.Lead Design Safdie Architects, BostonGeneral Contractor Clark Construction Group, Bethesda, Md.Construction Manager United States Institute of PeaceOwner's Representative Stranix Associates, Vienna, Va.The United States Institute of Peace, an independent conflict-management center, has its first permanent home in 27 years with construction of this $112-million headquarters and offices for the Global Peacebuilding Center on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall. The
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