UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas — Randolph Field Independent School District in Universal City recently began site development work to prepare for the installation of a new two-story, 47,400-square-foot school facility. The school district partnered with design-build construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, Texas to complete the project using the firm’s Accelerated Building System (ABS) prefabricated construction method.
DUBLIN, Calif. — A topping out ceremony was held on Sept. 18 for the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin. The ceremony marked 40 percent completion for the building, which broke ground in September 2014 and is on pace to open in early 2017.
LOS ANGELES — The new 100,000-square-foot life sciences building at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles opened in time for the school’s first day of classes on Aug. 31.
HOUSTON — Construction on the $100 million Joint Processing Center in Houston officially began in late October, and is scheduled to last 24 months. Clark/Horizon, a joint venture between the Houston office of Clark Construction Group and Horizon Group International, is overseeing construction.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — California is in the midst of one of its biggest droughts in history and has been looking for creative ways to cut water usage without completely altering daily life. As hospitals are some of the highest water users in most communities, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), they are in a unique position to help fight the drought by focusing on more water-saving operations.
Plazit-Polygal, a producer of polycarbonate building materials, has launched Topgal, a modular range of translucent roofing material, which is attractive, economic, flexible and easy to install. Suitable for any building that requires natural light, the Topgal range can be used everywhere, from sports stadiums and commercial buildings to domestic structures such as pool enclosures.
Sunburst Chemicals offers highly effective and environmentally friendly cleaning solutions. The company has produced DfE/Safer Choice-certified Compass Laundry Detergent since 2001, and several of Sunburst’s laundry and ware-wash products have been recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safer Choice program (previously known as Design for the Environment or DfE). The Safer Choice label helps consumers and commercial buyers identify and select products with safer chemical ingredients without sacrificing quality or performance.
As school funding dwindles, utility costs rise and operating budgets shrink, staff in K-12 schools become ever more resourceful in managing aging mechanical systems. With increasing pressures and workload, preventative maintenance is often low priority.
MARKHAM, Ontario — The Markham Stouffville Hospital has received LEED Silver certification on its new 385,000-square-foot expansion.
BOTHELL, Wash. — The University of Washington (UW) Bothell and Cascadia College (both located in Bothell) celebrated the grand opening of the new 36,000-square-foot Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) on Oct. 7. The $22 million facility was jointly funded using student activity fees from both institutions and is anticipated to become the hub of student life on the institutions’ shared Bothell campus.
