People in the News – Sept/Oct 2007
A/E/C Paulsen NelsonWight & Company, an architecture, construction and engineering services firm based in Darien, Ill., promoted Brad Paulsen from director of K-12 services to vice president and K-12 education…
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SCN news ezine – September 2007
September 2007 An Emlen PublicationVisit us at www.schoolconstructionnews.comRead this e-zine on our web site. Please do not reply to this email. A host of green features and an environmentally focused curriculum…
Tandus Enters $83 million Contract with LACCD
LOS ANGELES — California ‘s Los Angeles Community College District awarded an $83 million carpeting supply contract to Tandus of Dalton, Ga., for all future renovations and new construction projects….
Carlisle Acquires Premier Building Systems
CARLISLE, Pa. — Building materials supplier Carlisle Construction Materials acquired Premier Building Systems, a manufacturer of structural insulated panels headquartered in Fife, Wash. Premier’s full line of standard and custom…
Crime Drops With NYPD Hall Monitors
NEW YORK — Crime in the city’s public school system dropped 33 percent since the NYPD assumed responsibility for school security and began patrolling hallways, officials say. Public schools have…
Show-Me State to Show Students, Faculty How to Improve Campus Safety
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Colleges statewide are ramping up security procedures to better prepare students, faculty and staff to handle an emergency situation in the wake of the Virginia Tech…
Gran Kriegel Nets Brooklyn Design Award
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce honored New York firm Gran Kriegel with the 2007 Building Brooklyn Design Award for the PS/IS 395 school and community center. Involving…
New Sports Surface Puts Spring in Step for High School Athletes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new synthetic turf installation at Highland High School is expected to save Albuquerque Public Schools $16,000 per year in maintenance costs. The $1 million project will…
Virginia DOE to Offer Online Resource for School Safety
RICHMOND, Va. — The state Department of Education is offering a new online resource to help parents, teachers and administrators protect students and enhance school security. The online tool, Safe…
VPS Architecture to Design University Art Gallery
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Officials at the University of Southern Indiana plan to break ground this fall on a 5,000-square-foot expansion of the school’s Liberal Arts Center. The new Kenneth ….