Houghton College Completes Athletic Complex
HOUGHTON, N.Y. — Houghton College officially dedicated the new $23 million Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 7.
2014
Matt Csoka
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.
Tom Laging
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.
Sheet Flooring
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.
Sports Surfaces
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.
Destroyed Joplin School Comes Full Circle
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.
Baylor Residence Halls Undergo Transformation
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.
CO Architects Recognized Internationally for Phoenix Building Facade
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.
Clayton State Marks Construction Milestone
MORROW, Ga. — Clayton State University (CSU), a unit of the University System of Georgia, recently celebrated the topping out of the campus’ new Science Building. Once completed, the $19.8 million energy efficient Science Building will provide the school with 64,000 square feet of new high tech instruction and research space.
Lorraine Fleming
The District of Columbia Society of Professional Engineers (DCSPE) recently named Lorraine Fleming Ph.D., interim dean of the Howard University College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences, its 2014 Engineer of the Year. Fleming has led numerous research and intervention initiatives to engage and retain African American talent in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines.