USI Uses Local Landmarks, Recycled Materials
California University Builds Eco-Friendly Apartments
Furnishing in the Face of Disaster
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When floods ravaged the Nashville region last May, the face of the disaster became the image of Lighthouse Christian preschool floating down the local highway.
Read More Q&A: Industry Leaders Discuss State of the Market
The first quarter is nearly behind us and 2011 is taking shape. With that in mind, School Construction News recently interviewed executives from industry giants Turner, Gilbane, and McCarthy. We asked each about the industry’s current challenges and trends, and to share news about exciting projects under way.
The panel: Larry Bacher, Vice President for Higher Education at Gilbane Building Co. Bacher, oversees higher education work at each of Gilbane’s 30 offices across the country and currently has $2.6 billion of work under contract.
Read More Facility of the Month: Loma Linda University
It had been 20 years since Loma Linda University had seen a new academic facility on the campus. After funding for a recreation center and a cancer research center was complete, the time finally came to build the school’s Centennial Complex, completed in August 2009.
$217 Million Children’s Hospital Approved in Iowa
URBANDALE, Iowa — The Board of Regents have approved a $271 million Children’s Hospital project, part of a $1.1 billion long-term facilities plan for University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
The Children’s Hospital will be 371,600 square feet in new construction and 56,250 square feet in renovated space for a total of 427,850 square feet.
The university first presented the idea of a new Children’s Hospital and a corresponding long-term building plan to the regents in 2008 and received approval.
Read More Progress Report: Hall Draws on International Principles
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are many similarities between building designs overseas and building in the United States, according to Nels Hall, a design principal at Yost Grube Hall Architecture, with 38 years of experience in the U.S.
Read More PODCAST: $1 Billion in Calif. School Projects
On today’s program, an interview with Kathleen Moore, Director of School Facilities Planning with the California Department of Education. What’s 
happening with projects that have applied for funding in this bad economy? What is the state of projects that have been green-lighted?
Collaboration Key at New U of W Research Center
MADISON, Wis. — Officials from the newly-opened Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Morgridge Institute for Research describe the new structure as very transparent.
“You can basically see through it — you can’t hide in it,” said Janet Kelley, communications director for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the organization funding part of the new public-private twin buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.