CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — St. Louis-headquartered McCarthy and Richmond, together with Va.-based contractor Donley’s, are currently constructing the new Education Resource Center (ERC) at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) medical campus in Charlottesville.
Monica Ponce de Leon, an educator and award-winning architect, has been selected as the next dean of Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Her appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2016. Ponce de Leon has served as dean of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor since 2008, where she is also the Eliel Saarinen collegiate professor of architecture and urban planning.
The Prevectron system by National Lightning Protection Corporation is a laboratory-tested lighting protection system designed for public buildings such as stadiums, schools and university facilities. The Prevectron’s lower electrodes collect energy from a naturally occurring ambient electrical field, storing it in capacitors. Prior to a lightning strike the atmospheric electrical field increases rapidly, activating a patented triggering device.
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