Brickworks North America Corporation, the parent company of Glen-Gery Corporation, through a newly formed subsidiary, today reached a binding agreement to acquire substantially all of Redland Brick Inc.’s assets related to its Cushwa, Harmar, Rocky Ridge, Lawrenceville Brick and Tru-Brix product lines.
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KAI Build and joint venture partner PARIC Corporation broke ground on Oct. 24 to start construction of Ameren Missouri’s new North Metro Operating Center at 4427 Geraldine Avenue. The $21 million facility will replace the adjacent Geraldine Operating Center which has employed hundreds of Ameren employees and provided electric operations to North St. Louis for over 60 years.
Read MoreMcLaren Engineering Group, a full-service engineering firm, announced last week that Richard McGill, P.E., has joined its Baltimore office as Principal, Civil Division, leading a 12-person team comprised of civil engineers, landscape architects, surveyors, and geotechnical and construction service experts.
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The R+D Studio at KTGY Architecture + Planning has expanded the concept of shared living to include the assisted living community with its new Co-Care concept.The Co-Care design solution addresses the growing issue of the affordability of assisted living for seniors. The Census Bureau projects that the population of Americans aged 65 and over will likely surpass 83.7 million in the year 2050. The current average monthly cost of assisted living is $3,700 or higher and the costs are projected to grow as the cost of health care and medical expenses increase.
Read MoreThe U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that TV personality and science communicator Danni Washington will keynote the annual Green Schools Conference & Expo (GSCE), taking place March 2-4, 2020, at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Ore. GSCE is the only national event to bring together people who lead, operate, build and teach in U.S. schools. GSCE will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2020. Registration is currently open.
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Aegis Living Lake Union is set in the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle, Wash., blocks from the Lake Union waterfront. The building is on track to be the first assisted living community to meet the most rigorous global green/sustainability building standards with a Living Building Challenge certification and is participating in the City of Seattle’s Living Building Pilot Program. In addition to a novel emission-free design approach, the organization developed new energy and water consumption benchmarks for the senior living category.
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Studio One Eleven has unveiled its design for a four-story transitional housing development using modular construction in Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood. Watts Works, at 9502 S. Compton Avenue, uses stacked shipping containers to create 24 320-square-foot, studio apartments for low-income residents and one 480-square-foot manager’s apartment. The project also offers bike storage and multiple community spaces.
Read More“Creating healthy, vibrant and resilient communities is the mission of 10,000 Friends,” said Stacie Reidenbaugh, President and CEO of 10,000 Friends. “This celebration brings together leading professionals in real estate development, architecture, engineering, transportation, planning, higher ed, healthcare, municipal government, and community development.”
Read MoreFollowing the release of its first-ever Interior Design Salaries and Benefits General Report in June 2019, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has compiled additional results highlighting how career path, specialty, and firm size impact salary in two reports: the ASID 2019 Salaries & Benefits Specialization Report and Firm Size report.
Read MoreThe American Planning Association (APA) announced September 25, that it has named Governors Island as a Great Public Space on their annual Great Places in America list. West 8 is proud to have worked with The Trust for Governors Island, Matthews Nielsen Landscape Architects and the New York City community to plan and develop a fully accessible green paradise with breathtaking 360-degree views of the Statue of Liberty, the New York Harbor and the dramatic New York City skyline.
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