New Case Western Facility Connects Campuses, Students
CLEVELAND — Case Western Reserve University introduced its new 89,000-square-foot, sustainably designed university center in style.
September 3, 2014
New Case Western Facility Connects Campuses, Students
CLEVELAND — Case Western Reserve University introduced its new 89,000-square-foot, sustainably designed university center in style.
Berkeley High School Completes Athletic Project
BERKELEY, Calif. — The $25 million Berkeley High School (BHS) South of Bancroft Project was substantially completed on Aug. 15. Minor corrective work and paperwork still need to be finished before the project reaches final completion.
Shippensburg University to Replace Heating, Cooling System
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — In an area where coal has long been the source of energy, Shippensburg University is in the process of upgrading the campus heating and cooling system to a more efficient source of energy — ultimately saving costs upfront and over time.
Construction on the new heating and cooling system began in January. The timing for the new construction project is ideal because whether or not the university replaced the system, it would have had to replace parts of the old system as well as bring it up to code.
Grand Canyon University Arena Exceeds Expectations
PHOENIX — Grand Canyon University (GCU) recently celebrated the completion of its new 135,000-square-foot arena a full month ahead of schedule. To keep pace with the school’s planned growth in enrollment, the project added more than 2,000 seats to the existing arena, bringing its total capacity to more than 7,000.
Energy Management System
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Marilyn Taylor
Marilyn Taylor, renowned architect and dean of the Penn School of Design, will extend her tenure at the university through June 2016. Taylor accepted her position in 2008, and has since seen the department’s study body grow by 13 percent. Taylor is a former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, where she served in the Urban Design and Planning practice.