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Technological innovations continue to drive better outcomes for McMillan Pazdan Smith’s clients, especially in relation to BIM. Recently, our architects worked with Autodesk 360 to pilot a new platform at our firm: Collaboration For Revit (C4R). Simultaneously, we’re introducing Navisworks into our standard workflow. Here are 4 quick ways our clients are already seeing the benefits of…
FLS Energy has closed financing and begun construction on 96 megawatts of utility-scale solar facilities across eight locations in North Carolina. The solar energy plants will produce approximately 144,689,000 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year or enough energy to power over 13,400 average U.S. homes. The portfolio of projects is the first phase of…
Smoky Mountain High School, along with the Carolina Panthers, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, May 20th at 11:00 AM, to commemorate the installation of a new, state-of-the-art athletic field from AstroTurf®. The new playing surface is being paid for in part by a $200,000 grant provided by the Panthers. Dr. Michael Murray, Superintendent of…
In honor of Safety Week 2016, 4,500 construction workers on 80+ Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) job sites from Seattle, Washington to Charlotte, North Carolina participated in daily activities designed to promote awareness and safe practices. Safety Week 2016, held May 2-6, was initiated by CEOs and leaders from national and global construction firms representing…
On Friday evening, April 15, 2016, the AIASC Board of Directors conferred the 2016 Firm Award on Liollio Architecture for a legacy of design excellence, contribution to the profession and service to the public over sixty years of practice in Charleston, SC. The AIASC Firm Award was established in 1993 to recognize a firm’s design…
The American Institute of Architects South Carolina Chapter (AIASC) is pleased to announce plans to establish the South Carolina Center for Architecture and the AIASC Foundation at the chapter’s recently purchased storefront location at 1530 Main Street in Columbia. The announcement is the culmination of a blind-juried competition for the design of the Center, open…
The Wooten Company, an engineering consulting firm celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, announced on Monday that it has opened a new Regional Office in the Old Salem Historic District of downtown Winston-Salem, NC. Overseen by Regional Manager John Grey, PE, the office was previously located in Asheboro, NC, from where it served the towns,…
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Deepal S. Eliatamby, P.E., SCCED, President of Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc., has been appointed by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to the Public Infrastructure group. By executive order, Haley has announced the formation of a Local Government Competitiveness Council. The Council’s function will be to analyze factors that influence local governments’ attraction, retention and development of business and…
Integrated delivery is a delivery method that embraced 360 degree collaboration between all the stakeholders on a project; including designers, consultants, general contractor, subcontractor, vendors, and yes the owner. Design-build (DB) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) are two examples of integrated delivery. There are numerous differences between the various contract forms of both DB and…
