Sakata Seed America Unveils its new Woodland Innovation Center
Sacramento, CA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Sakata Seed America celebrated its new Woodland Innovation Center with a grand opening on Thursday, September 13. The innovation center, in the works since 2016, is a culmination of infrastructure and land enabling Sakata Seed America to consolidate and expand both research and development and production in a single campus that is flexible for future expansion. Stantec’s Sacramento office led the architectural design of the project and also provided interior design...
Las Vegas-Based Architecture and Design Firm Punch Architecture Completes Extensive Makeover of High-End Boston Hotel Lounge
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Oct. 4, 2018) — When Boston’s award-winning hotel Kimpton Nine Zero embarked on its bold, top-to-bottom transformation last year, they also wanted to take its on-site bar/restaurant Highball Lounge and undergo an extensive makeover to better reflect the hotel’s traditional-meets-contemporary transformation. Enter up-and-coming Las Vegas-based (with offices in Denver, Los Angeles, and New York City) design and architecture firm Punch Architecture, which was tasked with th...
HDR to Lead Civil Design Improvements at Five South Florida Airports Including MIA
(OMAHA, Nebraska ) — Miami Miami-Dade Aviation Department has selected HDR to provide civil engineering services for its complex five-airport system --- including Miami International, the 12th busiest airport in the country — on a five-year task-order contract to support an estimated $1.5 billion in capital improvements. Among the planned improvements are rehabilitation of runways, and upgrades to aprons, taxiways, and underground utilities. HDR will also design federally-funded airfield safety...
Stantec Tower Officially Opens as Company’s New Global Headquarters
Stantec and ICE District Properties Joint Venture are celebrating the grand opening of Stantec’s new global headquarters, Stantec Tower. At 69-storeys in height (66 functional floors), Stantec Tower will be the tallest building west of Toronto and serves as one of the key pillars in Edmonton’s vibrant ICE District. The structure will house 29 floors of commercial workspace for Stantec’s 1,500 Edmonton-based employees, Dentons Canada LLP, DLA Piper, and PwC Canada, as well as SKY Residences—483 p...
Barossa Cellar Project Builds Momentum
The Barossa Cellar Committee (from left) Louisa Rose, Stefan Ahrens, Michael Francis (Project Manager), James Wark and Peter John. Construction is well underway of a world-class cellar and function centre in Australia’s premier wine region to store and showcase almost 30,000 bottles of premium wine. The Barossa Cellar project in South Australia is expected to be completed in May 2019 and will become the new home for the Barossa Grape and Wine Association (BGWA). It will also be use...
Mjøstårnet: A Sustainable Pilot Project
Constructing tall buildings in timber has great environmental benefits. "Using timber in the load-bearing structures can reduce emissions from material production by up to 85 percent," says environmental advisor and architect Bård S. Solem. He works for Eggen Arkitekter AS, and has extensive experience of sustainable construction projects, greenhouse gas calculations and research. In Moelven's fifth film about the world record breaking project , Solem talks about the benefits of constructing...
San Francisco's New $2 Billion Transit Center Is Shut Down Over Cracked Beam
One month after it opened, the Salesforce Transit Center complex has shut down in downtown San Francisco, as engineers examine a crack in a steel beam. San Francisco officials have temporarily shut down the city's huge new transit center after a crack was spotted in a steel beam in the ceiling. Structural engineers are now inspecting all the beams in the Salesforce Transit Center — which opened just a month ago, at a cost of more than $2.1 billion. The crack was discovered earl...
KAI Design & Build to Construct Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Teen Center of Excellence in Ferguson, MO
(St. Louis, MO) The sun was shining and so were the spirits of all who gathered to break ground on Sept. 13 for the new Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Teen Center of Excellence in Ferguson, MO. The event marked a time of renewal for the area which gained national attention in 2014 for violent protests following the fatal police shooting of teen Michael Brown. The $12.4 million Teen Center of Excellence, under construction at 9200 West Florissant, will offer afterschool and summer pro...
Willis Tower Unveils "Catalog," A Neighborhood Experience Of Dining, Shopping, Fitness And Entertainment, In The Heart Of Downtown Chicago
CHICAGO - EQ Office, the U.S. office portfolio company wholly owned by Blackstone's real estate funds, today unveiled plans for Chicago's newest neighborhood, Catalog, a five-story dining, retail and immersive-entertainment experience, located at the base of Willis Tower. The name is a historical nod to the Sears Roebuck Company, who developed and opened Willis Tower in 1973. The Sears catalog was the retailing disrupter of its age and like the online versions that followed, Catalog offers an...
Al Moosa Group Unveils Plans for New VR-designed Oasis of Rehabilitation and Long-term Care in Al-Ahsa
The final design of the 60,000-square-meter facility, to be located in Al-Ahsa, recently was unveiled by Malek Al Moosa, the CEO of Al Moosa Medical Group as part of the group’s greater mission to expand their reach across the Kingdom to address a need for specialized rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals in the region. This new facility was designed within the virtual environment, employing virtual reality (VR) to design each major space as a means of design iteration, allowing for rea...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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