Peaceful Oasis Built for Stanford University
STANFORD, Calif. — The Windhover Contemplative Center, which was completed in October 2014, stands in stark contrast to the rest of the bustling Stanford University Campus in Stanford, Calif.
March 18, 2015
Q&A: Arkansas University Readies New Visual Arts Building
FORT SMITH, Ark. — A new visual arts building will greet art students at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith this fall when construction on the project is completed.
Yale Building New Residential Colleges
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A $500 million construction project for Yale University’s two new residential colleges is now underway, expanding the New Haven school’s footprint northward. The project is the among the largest construction endeavors in Connecticut’s history.
Austin School Earns Green Building Award
AUSTIN, Texas — The new Sally and Mack Brown Rise School in Austin was recently awarded an Austin Energy Green Building (AEGB) 4-Star rating. The AEGB rates projects on a 1- to 5-star scale, with five stars being the highest rating, and honors exceptional accomplishments in sustainable building and design.
Michael Fleming
Spectronics Corp., which produces a variety of ultraviolet equipment and fluorescent materials for use in university laboratories, announced the promotion of Michael Fleming to director of product management. Fleming first joined the company 19 years ago as a sales application engineer, eventually moving to product manager and national sales manager. Before joining Spectronics, Fleming worked in the research and engineering labs of both Pall Corp. and Knogo North America.
Durable Flooring
Tarkett has announced new product updates to its heterogeneous sheet flooring product, Acczent. The previous collection, including one steel and 18 wood visual flooring designs, will now expand to 25 wood, six concrete, four Zen and four Tisse options. With these additions, Tarkett now offers wood, concrete and linen textural visuals in both sheet and tile formats. An exceptionally hard wearing reinforced polyurethane surface treatment and 32-mil wear layer make it one of the most resistant and durable commercial sheet vinyl products available.