ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Guns and intruders are not the only causes for concern when it comes to student safety. Two students at North Junior High School in St. Cloud recently devised an improvement plan that would help increase safety at a busy intersection near the school — and won the approval of the St. Cloud City Council.
North American design firm Stantec has named Derk Jeffrey its new education sector leader for the Mid-Atlantic region. A registered architect, Jeffrey has managed a growing design practice, and led strategic business development initiatives and the successful delivery of innovative design for education clients in the Mid-Atlantic and nationally.
SmithGroupJJR, a national architecture, engineering and planning firm headquartered in Detroit, promoted Craig Passey, AIA, to leader of the health studio at the firm’s Phoenix office. Passey’s past projects include the master plan for the University of Las Vegas Shadow Lane Campus, a proposed 18-acre shared health sciences campus, and the recently completed patient tower expansion and renovations to Banner Estrella Medical Center, located in Phoenix.
Vivotek FD8134 is an easy-to-use fixed dome network camera designed for school and university indoor security applications with a compact, stylish exterior. It supports the industry-standard H.264 compression technology, drastically reducing file sizes and conserving valuable network bandwidth. With MPEG-4 and MJPEG compatibility included, video streams can also be transmitted in any of these formats for versatile applications.
Architectural Lighting Works — an international manufacturer of high-performance, commercial luminaires designed for use in office, retail, hospitality, civic and academic environments — announced the release of its Lightplane 1 Round luminaire. Measuring a mere 1-inch in diameter, Lightplane 1 Round is a sleek and slim luminaire that virtually disappears into the architectural environment.
FITCHBURG, Mass. — Fitchburg State University recently dedicated its new $57 million, LEED Silver Antonucci Science Complex, which provides laboratory, research and classroom facilities in a single location.
The Bonita Unified School District has long wished for a performing arts venue that would stand as a landmark not only for the district’s 13 schools, but also for the community as a whole. That wish came true this past fall.
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — A group of junior and senior high school students at the School of Environmental Studies (SES) in Apple Valley are creating a plan to help their school earn LEED certification. If achieved, this would be the first student-led, LEED-certified project under LEED v4.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A new $20 million facility for the University of Missouri’s College of Business is expected to “take education beyond the lecture hall,” according to an article by the Columbia Tribune. The new Applied Learning Center has received $10 million from donors, which was then matched by the state on May 18 during a news conference with Governor Jay Nixon.
Philip Riedel, AIA, CEFP, LEED BD+C, an architect in NAC|Architecture’s Seattle office who specializes in educational planning and design, has been promoted to principal. Riedel is currently managing the replacement and modernization of Wilson High School for Tacoma Public Schools, bond planning for Sumner School District and the construction of Sierra High School, a new Seattle charter school.
