Turning a 32-year-old Honolulu courthouse into a sustainable facility required reducing energy consumption by 30% from 2003 regional levels, resulting in approximately a 39,000-kBtu savings.
Completed in October 2014, the certified CALgreen, 22-story, mixed-use tower in downtown Los Angeles has a structural system of reinforced concrete with post-tensioned decks, an all-glass facade and spectacular urban views.
With so many firms competing for available professional staff, successful recruitment often comes down to achieving the right personality fit between employee and company.
The first week of April, Phoenix Motor Company opened the final half of its Mercedes-Benz of Scottsdale facility, 4725 N. Scottsdale Road, in the city’s burgeoning post-recession midtown. On 5.12 infill acres at Highland Avenue, the $30-million adaptive-reuse project has recycled a 1983-vintage three-story office building and adjacent parking structure, Highland Park, into a contemporary green-intensive campus employing 100 sales, service and administrative staff.The dealership comprises a majority of the original 92,500-sq-ft building, its adjacent 64,000-sq-ft two-level parking structure, and adds 20,000 sq ft of floor-to-ceiling glazed showroom space and climate-controlled interior service-drive area.The initial western half of the steel-and-concrete
With an increasingly active construction market on the West Coast and labor shortages looming, it's becoming a top priority again for firms to find and hold onto top talent.
This seven-story tower at the Children's Hospital of Orange County was designed to be one of the safest and most technically advanced facilities of its kind.
This $22.5-million, LEED-Silver project consolidates programs such as English as a second language and disability support into a bright and airy two-story learning center.
Thanks to this $135-million renovation, the 100-year-old Natural History Museum in Los Angeles now celebrates the scientific process and the joy of discovery rather than focusing on traditional displays.
Despite an overall rise in combined revenue among the region's top design firms, executives continue to take a cautious view of the market. The top 75 design firms in Texas and Louisiana saw regional revenue hit a combined $2.97 billion last year, up from $2.57 billion in 2011—a nearly 16% increase. Notably, the top three firms in this year's ranking all performed a significant amount of work in the transportation sector, which has been robust in recent years. Related Links: Power Player Zachry Named Design Firm of the Year Engineering News Record "It's a stable to strong market," says Todd
