DURHAM, N.C. — The Duke University Board of Trustees recently approved a series of upgrades to the school’s 85-year-old Wallace Wade Stadium. The privately funded enhancements will primarily focus on expanding services and improving the fan experience.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan (U-M) Board of Regents granted the athletic department’s wish on Sept. 18, approving $18.7 million in renovations to the Intramural Sports Building and the construction of a $168 million South Campus athletics facility, the university’s largest sports-focused construction project in decades.
HOUGHTON, N.Y. — Houghton College officially dedicated the new $23 million Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 7.
KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA, which produces a full range of crawler excavators, announced the appointment of Matt Csoka as national account sales manager. Csoka brings more than 10 years of experience in diverse management roles. Most recently, he served as KOBELCO’s southeastern sales representative, in which he expanded KOBELCO’s distribution locations through dealer recruitment and development in the region.
AIA Fellow Tom Laging, an emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), has been named the 2014 recipient of the Harry F. Cunningham Gold Medal for Architectural Excellence in Nebraska. The honor is the highest the Nebraska Chapter of the AIA bestows and recognizes distinguished achievement in architecture or service to the profession of architecture in the state.
Nora Systems Inc., a manufacturer of commercial rubber flooring, introduced Noraplan nTx, a sheet flooring that cuts flooring installation time by as much as 50 percent when compared to standard PVC sheet installation. This next generation of flooring features a pre-applied, solvent-free self-adhesive that minimizes prep work and eliminates drying time to simplify the flooring installation process, saving general contractors and flooring contractors valuable time and money. Noraplan nTx is resistant to moisture and has no pH limits.
Sport Court is a leading provider of safe, high-quality, low-maintenance indoor and outdoor sports courts and gym floors. The company offers flooring and surfaces designed specifically for basketball, tennis, volleyball, roller hockey and more. That includes Maple Select, an indoor basketball court flooring product that delivers the look and feel of a suspended hardwood floor, and the multi-patented two-tiered PowerGame outdoor court surface, which reduces the likelihood of concussion from head impact while providing optimal traction and the lowest level of abrasion in the industry.
JOPLIN, Mo. — Leveled by an EF-5 tornado in May 2011, the city of Joplin celebrated a milestone on Oct. 3, 2014 with the completion of the city’s new high school.
DALLAS — Baylor University is completely upgrading its student housing offerings, with a plan to renovate 10 residence halls over the next eight years. South Russell Hall is the first to undergo the transformation and was completed in August at a cost of $8.5 million.
PHOENIX — Los Angeles-based CO Architects continues to receive awards for the $129 million Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB) at Phoenix Biomedical Campus in Phoenix, even two years after its original debut.
