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Clark Nexsen received an Honor Award at the 2019 ACEC Virginia’s Engineering Excellence Awards Gala held February 7 for the Central Vehicle Wash Facility (CVWF) at the Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility Complex at Fort Leonard Wood in Kansas City, Missouri.…

Associate AIA Virginia members Zakiya Wiggins (néeToney) and Ryan Oldach have been selected for AIA Virginia’s Emerging Leaders in Architecture program. Conceived of and led by a passionate steering committee of successful architects, the ELA program is now in its…

Architect Ryan Johnson is serving on the The American Institute of Architects Technology in Architecture Practice (TAP). He was asked to serve on the National Advisory Group in 2017. This AIA Knowledge Community monitors the development of computer technology and…

In a historic moment for the City of Virginia Beach, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held on December 14, 2018 for the Lesner Bridge, marking it officially open to the public. The ceremony was accompanied by remarks from City of…

Clark Nexsen received four 2018 design excellence awards from the American Institute of Architects North Carolina Chapter at an awards ceremony held October 19 in Durham. From 84 entries spanning public, private, and educational design by AIA North Carolina architects, the jury…

President of Clark Nexsen, Terri Hall, was recently honored with a Women in Business Achievement Award from Inside Business, the Hampton Roads Business Journal. Selected by an independent panel of judges, honorees for this award are recognized as businesswomen who…

The magazine of the American Council of Engineering Companies, Engineering, Inc., published an article about the adoption of Lean principles in their November/December issue. In “Getting into the Flow” author Bob Woods explores how engineering firms are adopting flow efficiency…

Kevin Utsey’s napkin sketch was selected as the 2018 Registered Architect Winner in the 2018 Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest. Kevin is a principal in Clark Nexsen’s Charlotte office. Architectural Record’s Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest demonstrates there is still a passion…

AIA Charlotte recently announced the 2016 Design Award recipients, recognizing two Clark Nexsen projects with design awards. Orchard Residence Hall at Penn State Brandywine earned a Merit Award for design excellence and a design competition entry for First Village Housing…

Clark Nexsen has been ranked the No. 20 leading architecture and design firm in the U.S., according to ARCHITECT Magazine, the official publication of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), which annually publishes its Architect 50 list.

Facing rising costs and pressures to reduce attrition in STEM programs, colleges and universities must weigh an understanding of best practices with costs throughout the planning process in order to provide better space that supports improved outcomes. The planning process…

Clark Nexsen received four 2018 design excellence awards from the American Institute of Architects North Carolina Chapter at an awards ceremony held October 19 in Durham.

The Davis Barracks at the U.S. Military Academy has been named a Best Project in New York in the Engineering News Record (ENR) 2018 Best Projects regional competition. Davis Barracks tied for Best Project with Zaha Hadid’s 520 W. 28th St.…

Julia Janaro and Don Kranbeuhl will present “Measured Performance in Integrated Design” at the 2018 I2SL Conference in Raleigh, NC.

The Society for Design Administrators recently elected Nikki Pierce vice president to their National Executive Committee. She will serve as vice president on the six-person committee for 2018-19. Nikki has chaired the SDA National Certification Committee since 2011 and was honored…

Gladding Residence Center opened in mid-August 2018 for the fall semester at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. A first for the university, the residence hall is the result of a public-private-partnership between VCU and private developer, American Campus Communities.…

Building Design + Construction has ranked Clark Nexsen #8 among the Top University Architecture Firms for 2018. This is Clark Nexsen’s seventh consecutive year as a BD+C Top 10 Giant for U.S. higher education work. “We are very proud of…

Stephanie Roten has been elected to the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Research Triangle chapter’s 2018-19 board of directors. The Board consists of leading marketing professionals dedicated to the A/E/C industry. “Stephanie is a marketing leader who is recognized by…

Bob Gunn and Peter Aranyi, principals in our Charlotte, NC office, discuss the dramatic changes occurring in student housing design for Generation Z in the new issue of School Construction News.

Cross OU creates a vibrant, amenity rich residential experience for upperclassmen at the University of Oklahoma. Cross received its certificate of occupancy this week and opens to students later this month. The $194 million project expands the University’s options for…

The Society for Design Administrators (SDA) recently honored Annette Scott with the 2018 Member-at-Large STAR Award for her commitment and service to the organization. She accepted the award at the SDA national conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. STAR Award…

As demand for modernized housing and STEM research facilities persists, this trend is being tempered with an overriding sense of caution. This concern has resulted in more planning and targeted types of student housing, as well as an increase in Public-private partnerships.

Operation Smile, an international medical charity that provides free surgeries for children and young adults with cleft lip, cleft palate, or other facial deformities, has earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for its 75,000 square…