School Safety Commission Report Supports AIA Member Design Recommendations
Report recommends establishing a federal clearinghouse for best practices to include school designs. The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) 2019 President William Bates, FAIA, issued the following statement regarding findings from the Federal Commission on School Safety’s new report: “While the AIA can only evaluate design-related aspects of the commission’s report, the Institute believes its…
AIA Launches Initiatives to Shape School Design Policies
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its members are launching a variety of initiatives to help address violence in schools through design. “Architects have a role to play in addressing school violence,” said 2018 AIA President Carl Elefante, FAIA. “For two decades, architects have worked with school communities racked by tragedy to develop better…
Clemson House Implosion Set for Dec. 3
At 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, a series of small explosions will pulverize columns on the first, third and fifth floors of the Clemson House at Clemson University, and what remains of the building will collapse as it succumbs to gravity. On the morning of the implosion, Clemson University and city of Clemson safety officials…
Rodgers to Start Construction on $53 million Sciences Building at WSSU
Rodgers joined faculty, students, community leaders, and special guests in Winston-Salem, NC, to break ground on the new sciences building at Winston-Salem State University. The building, one of the first funded through the NC Connect Bond approved by voters last year, was first conceived in 2006. “We’ve been waiting for this building for a very…
DPR Construction Selected to Build New Plant Sciences Building at NC State University
DPR Construction, announced its selection by North Carolina State University to build the school’s new Plant Sciences Building in Raleigh, North Carolina. The project includes construction of a five-story, 187,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research building, comprising research laboratories, office space, corporate laboratory and office suites, hearth/atrium space, support space, and shared, flexible conferencing space. The partial fifth…
New College of Health Sciences Building Tops Out at Appalachian State University
More than 100 craftworkers looked upward, many with visible pride, as the final steel beam was lifted by crane to the top of Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Health Sciences (BCHS) facility June 8. The building is slated to open in August of 2018. Subcontractors and craftworkers were applauded at Appalachian State University during…
North Carolina Central University Selects Balfour Beatty US, Holt Brothers and Structure to Build New $36 Million Student Center
North Carolina Central University (NCCU), in Durham, NC, has selected Balfour Beatty US, Holt Brothers and Structure to build a new student center on the university’s main campus. Founded in 1909, North Carolina Central University’s vision is to be known for academic excellence in a diverse cultural and educational environment. North Carolina Central University’s new $36 million…
Clemson University Commits to Site Evaluation Process for Electrical Power Facility
Over the course of the next several weeks, Clemson University will conduct a thorough evaluation of all appropriate campus sites upon which to locate a natural gas combined heat and power (CHP) facility. The new facility will be constructed by Duke Energy Carolinas. Clemson committed to the review in light of concerns from residents near the originally proposed…
East Carolina University Opens New Health Sciences Campus Student Center
East Carolina University celebrated the ribbon-cutting for the new Health Sciences Campus Student Center in Greenville, North Carolina. Rodgers Builder provided construction management services for the 71,000-square-foot facility, which is the first stand-alone student center on a medical campus in North Carolina. Students, faculty, staff and community members attended the ceremony and celebrated the newest addition to…
New Clemson Starbucks Brings People Together
A.D. Carson needed a place to read, write and “get caffeinated.” So Carson, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Clemson’s Rhetorics, Communication and Information design graduate program decided to try the new Starbucks, which recently opened in the Cooper Library. Carson was among the first in line when Starbucks opened. And he loves the layout. A.D….
