Idaho’s tallest building replaces the Boise Hole

 

Rising above Boise’s skyline to become the tallest in Idaho, the Eighth and Main building prominently features a unitized glazed curtain wall and sunshades. The $76-million, 18-story mixed-use building opened last February, and is pursuing Silver through the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The project’s architect of record, CTA Architects Engineers, not only designed the superstructure, but also occupies the eighth floor. Babcock Design Group offices, the firm serving as the design architect for the project and the building envelope, has its offices one floor above.

 

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Back to the future of CSI

 

 

Lately, I’ve been giving a great deal of thought to the future. As my year as CSI president approached, I contemplated how we can leverage our past successes to increase our positive impact on the construction industry. Last year, President Bob Simmons charted a course to focus on our educational offerings, and I agreed to carry this forward through my term. Education is one of the foundational principles of CSI’s existence—it is responsible for the word “Institute” in our name and part of our mission statement as “education of project teams.”

 

 

 

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