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Facilities Conditions Assessments (FCA) are crucial for school districts to effectively plan for construction and maintenance. These comprehensive reports evaluate the state of school buildings, identifying areas in need of repair or replacement. FCAs provide essential data that helps school administrators make informed decisions about budgeting, prioritizing projects and ensuring a safe learning environment for students. A recent FCA report highlights that nearly half of St. Louis Public Schools will need to be replaced in the next decade. This underscores the critical role of FCAs in proactive planning and resource allocation to address aging infrastructure and improve educational facilities. Read more about the impact of this assessment in St. Louis Public Schools:

The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings The rich history of North American higher education institutions are reflected in the peculiar diversity of their campuses. At the center of a campus, are relics of the Gilded Age and pre-war period: charismatic, weathered masses of brick or stone. As we move through the campus, we see the challenging but distinctive results of rapid mid-20th century growth, and finally the large modern buildings of the late 20th and early 21st century, often serving science, athletics, and student-life functions. Read More >>> https://lnkd.in/gMhwAa4r #ShannonConstruction #Construction #ConstructionNews #ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionManagement #DesignBuild #Constructor #GeneralContractor #Contractor #Contractors #LEED #GreenBuilding #Buildings #Architecture #GeneralConstruction #ConstructionSafety #ConstructionCareers #MarylandConstruction #WashingtonDCConstruction #GovernmentConstruction #VirginiaConstruction #VisionforGrowth #PittsburghConstruction #PAConstruction #Education

Q: Hey Re:Vision, what are you doing for Earth Day? A: Hi! Thanks for asking! We’re celebrating the world’s FIRST Core Living Building Certified project at Muhlenberg College and we’re really excited about it! International Living Future Institute created the Core Living Building Certification using 10 non-negotiables from the Living Building Challenge as the baseline to make our communities good for everyone. We’re really proud of the work of the entire team on this project, which met certification requirements after demonstrating 12 months of energy and water use that were above requirements.   We think Core Living Building certification is a game-changer for everyone who owns, designs, or constructs building projects. It’s a holistic look at what our building projects should be doing as an entry to regenerative practice, where our work can exist in balance – or as a benefit – to the natural, built, and social communities around it.   Oh, and most of us biked, carpooled, took transit, or walked to work today.   #AuthenticSustainability #CoreLivingBuildingCertified #EveryDayIsEarthDay #FirstInTheWorld Muhlenberg College The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company BSEG, LLC Thriven Design Keystone Consulting Engineers, Inc. O'Donnell & Naccarato ThinkGreen LLC Cloud Gehshan Design

UC Santa Barbara begins search for alternatives to mostly windowless Munger Hall #dormitory The University of California, Santa Barbara (#UCSB) is accepting applications for a Request for Qualifications (#RFQ) – a screening process to find suitable candidates – for the design of its UCSB #Student #Housing Infill and #Redevelopment Project. This would deliver "at least" 3,500 beds for undergraduate students to the UCSB campus, 3,000 of which would be located in new #residential community #housing. The remaining 500 beds would be part of an East Campus Infill and #Redevelopment effort that would "add additional beds within an existing community of UCSB residence hall," the university said. According to the RFQ, which was signed by campus architect Julie Hendricks, the projected construction budget for phases 1 and 2 of the student housing project is $600 million to $750 million. Source: https://ow.ly/NRt250PvJql #BASTET #CANADA #AUSTRALIA #USA #BRITISHCOLUMBIA #ONTARIO #MANITOBA #ALBERTA #QUEBEC #NEWSOUTHWALES #NEWYORK #WASHINGTON #VANCOUVER #RICHMOND #BURNABY #SURREY #COQUITLAM #TORONTO #MISSISSAUGA #SYDNEY #PARRAMATTA #SEATTLE #ACBIM #ADABIM #ACPBIM #ABA #COORDINATION #VALUEENGINEERING #PEERREVIEW #CONSTRUCTIONPLANNING #PROJECTMANAGMENT #REALESTATE #DEVELOPMENT #CONSTRUCTION #DESIGN #RISK #PROJECTS

Find out how Sheppard Robson is using modern methods of construction for 1480 new student residences at York University, resulting in high-performing buildings. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4biRyUn

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As millions of new college students seek homes each year, it's time to recognize the crucial role small-scale projects play in solving this nationwide challenge. In our latest blog, we dive into: ✅ The current state of student housing demand ✅ 5 key strategies for success in this market ✅ How to design spaces that students actually want Whether you're new to student housing or looking to expand your portfolio, this article is packed with actionable tips and market insights you won't want to miss. Read the full blog post here ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/enzbSsMD... #studenthousing #smallscaledevelopers #realestatedevelopment

PUSHING THE ENVELOPE I would like to pile on the congratulations to the project team, but with a Building Science twist: Not only did they receive the 2024 MCA Choice Award, they also achieved a Whole Building Air Tightness test result of 0.015CFM50/SF!!! For a point of reference, the Phuis airtightness requirement is 0.060 CFM50/SF. - 285,000 square feet building footprint - 423,000 square feet exterior enclosure surface area If you want the equivalent value at 75pascals, the power law conversion would be 0.019CFM75/SF. If you’re stuck in your ways and want to turn this into a less sensible metric, the average building height of 34 feet would give you 0.04ACH50 Multipoint table and chart in the comments below. Cuningham DSGW Architecture Kraus-Anderson #KABuilds #BuildingScience #BuildingEnvelope

Some projects take ironmongery design and specification to the next level and Grantley Hall is just such a project. Em-B Solutions #architecturalironmongery #winnerofwinners #doorhardware #colaboration

We at CWA and CES encourage the perspective that a younger generation of planning professionals and students are bringing to the field. This is why we are pleased to share the following American Planning Association blog entry that effectively summarizes the topic via an interview with a professor, recent graduates and current students at the Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan. Specifically, a course was conceived called "Radical Planning" that was "conceived in the spirit of approaching planning from a community-based, equity-first perspective that strategically challenges the traditional, often top-down system for creating the built environment." Follow this link to review the full blog entry: https://lnkd.in/gerZ5vJa #planning #equity #community #students #culture #talent