ANDOVER, Mass., and MARION, Mass. — South Coast Improvement Company was recently contracted by Atria Senior Living to restore a historic mill building in Andover, Massachusetts. The renovated mill, the former Marland Manufacturing Company building, will become part of Atria’s Marland Place, a senior living community for Andover’s active older adults. The $4-million renovation of the former textile mill will include a complete gut and demo of the entire interior of building, as well as a repointing of the entire brick façade. In addition, the renovated building will feature new electrical, HVAC, plumbing and Life Safety; new framing and reconfiguration … Read more
AIA Announces Awards Submission Deadline
Submission Deadline: 5 p.m., Jan. 26The AIA COTE Top Ten / Top Ten + Awards program recognizes exemplary and innovative, built projects that establish a standard of over-all design excellence creatively integrating sustainable design strategies, demonstrating their benefits while educating and inspiring the profession and the public. In acknowledgement of the increasingly important role architects must play in helping to address the challenges of climate change, and in keeping with the Institute’s core values surrounding this issue, submissions are expected to make every effort to comply with the goals of the AIA 2030 Commitment. Past AIA COTE Top Ten Award … Read more
Big Unveils Plans for Smithsonian South Mall Campus in D.C.
“It’s a great honor and a humbling challenge to reimagine one of the most significant American institutions on the front lawn of the nation’s capital,” said Bjarke Ingels, the founding partner at BIG and the architect of the master plan. “Together with the Smithsonian—with whom we have worked closely over the last year and a half—we have conceived a master plan for the South Mall campus as an example of radical reinterpretation. To resolve the contradictions between old and new, and to find freedom within the boundaries of strict regulation and historical preservation, we have chosen to carefully reinterpret the … Read more
The AIA Releases Eight New Contract Documents
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute of Architects recently announced the addition of eight new documents to the AIA Contract Documents portfolio. Six of these new documents belong to the Conventional (A201) family; the remaining two documents belong to the Construction Manager as Constructor (CMc) family and the Program Manager family, respectively. “Each of these new documents offers a solution for a challenge we have heard about from our customers in the industry,” said Deborah M. DeBernard, AIA, NCARB, architect AIBC, LEED BD&C, senior vice president, global innovation at The American Institute of Architects. “Whether the documents create efficiencies or … Read more
Brasfield & Gorrie Helps Honeywell Complete Airbus Powerhouse, Continues Construction on Airbus Campus
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Brasfield & Gorrie recently announced the completion of a powerhouse that will supply utilities to the new Airbus campus in Mobile, Alabama. The project was led by Honeywell and Brasfield & Gorrie served as the design-build subcontractor. The 15,000-square-foot facility includes electrical distribution equipment and a central plant that will supply potable water, sanitary sewer, hot water, chilled water and compressed air for assembly of the A320 family of aircraft. The facility also will house building management and fire protection systems. In addition to collaborating with Honeywell, Brasfield & Gorrie teamed with Thompson Engineering and Burns & … Read more