Bulkhead maintenance and replacement can mean big dollar signs for our waterfront facilities, making their design, material selection, construction, and potential repairs a hot topic among port managers. Given the role of the bulkhead in supporting port operations, maintaining these…
With the explosion of the craft beer industry across the United States, cities and towns of all sizes are benefitting socially and economically from the establishment of local breweries. Ocmulgee Brewpub makes its mark in Macon, GA, a city known…
Academic environments in higher education are changing rapidly, reflecting the advent of new technology and shifting educational models that demand new space typologies. As both educators and designers, Chris Brasier, Dennis Stallings, Don Kranbuehl, and Paul Battaglia are immersed in…
In the competition for scientific talent, the science and technology workplace presents a unique playing field – where the tactics range from location, to amenities, to creative freedom. As biotech and pharmaceutical companies seek to appeal to a new generation…
Ports and cities share many common characteristics – and face many shared challenges. The maintenance of critical infrastructure including transit networks, utilities, buildings, and more has led many municipalities to adopt an approach to asset management that is facilitated by…
Laboratories around the world provide the high-tech environments researchers need to uncover groundbreaking medical therapies, make agricultural advancements, and develop innovative approaches to the world’s greatest challenges. Successful laboratories are the result of extensive planning, collaboration, and coordination between the…
The last 20 years have seen trends in student housing materialize, develop, shift, and even reverse. New ideas are tried and either embraced or discarded, or perhaps melded with successful concepts from yesterday. As colleges and universities seek to keep…
Without question, the demand for drone services is exploding across many industries. The opportunity to cost-effectively capture images and video is having a transformative impact on businesses of all types – including the A/E industry. With the boom in drone…
Much has been made of the new Lesner Bridge with its emphasis on multimodal transit and its key role in the Hampton Roads transportation network – and while the new bridge is impressive, the old bridge is getting a new…
As a retired auxiliary police officer and a designer of public safety training facilities, it is incredibly important to me to find ways to give back to my local and national law enforcement community. Public safety personnel play a critical…
Design is changed forever when you can be transported to another environment without leaving your desk or conference room. It opens the door to endless possibilities – VR inherently expands the boundaries of creativity. Virtual reality first touched my life…
Energy modeling is at the forefront of sustainability and high performance building design. A critical tool in the design process, the information it provides has the potential to help designers transform energy performance – but the assumptions that are inherently…