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| Weiss/Manfredi selected to reimagine former Dallas jail |
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| Texas-based nonprofit Trinity Park Conservancy has selected Weiss/Manfredi as design architect to inject life into the former Jesse R. Dawson State Jail in Dallas. Dallas-based Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects will serve as the local architect. |
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| Marco Beverage Systems Demo-cast |
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| Marco Beverage Systems |
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| Primary seals are not secondary |
| Failures |
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| A recently completed multistory building was experiencing significant water leakage directly below the interfaces of rising walls at setback roofs during prolonged wind-driven rain events. Read on to find out what was causing the leaks. |
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| Rethinking acoustics |
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Background sound is an intrinsic part of our daily experiences, yet its fundamental role within the built environment can often be overlooked. Revisiting the acoustical lexicon and refining use of terms such as ‘noise,’ ‘sound,’ ‘silence,’ and ‘quiet’ allows for a more nuanced discussion of occupants’ needs and expectations, and fosters opportunities to improve the design of the built environment through a proportional exchange between the measure of attenuation and the control of background sound.
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| Colorado law office uses high-performing ceiling to create a next-gen workplace |
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| To accommodate its growth in Colorado, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, moved to a new 3809-m2 (41,000-sf), two-floor office suite in downtown Denver. The city’s first Class A office tower in more than 30 years and one of its tallest, the 40-story property serves as a hub of innovation and collaboration. To achieve its aesthetics and sustainability goals, this next-generation workspace used high-performance ceiling panels. |
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| Inside CSI |
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| RECEIVING SUBMITTALS AFTER INSTALLATION |
| We are the prime design professional for an industrial building. The project has a GC for the foundation and permit. But, the project is really being managed by the Owner. The project is about 90% complete. For reasons unknown to us, submittals and shops were not submitted to us for review early on in the project. This is the contractors’ responsibility. It turns out that they used doors that do not match what we have on our drawings. They also installed other components (without our initial review) that require a delegated engineer’s details and signature and seal. In order to move to final inspection, the AHJ is now requiring that all outstanding submittals and shop drawings be reviewed and stamped as “Approved with no exceptions taken”. We are reluctant to check off “Approved with no exceptions taken” as we had no say in the selection of the items that were installed. We would rather not place our shop drawing review stamp on any of these submittals. But, movement to final inspection may be at a stand-still if we do not stamp the submittals. What would you do? How would you handle this?
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| 2020 CLASS OF FELLOWS Q&A WITH ROBIN SNYDER |
| The CSI College of Fellows has selected five new members to the 2020 class, including Robin E. Snyder, Esq, CSI, CDT, CCS, SCIP. Snyder will be inducted during the virtual Honors and Awards Ceremony taking place later this fall. Here, she shares what the honor means to her, and how she has contributed to—and benefited from—her membership in CSI.
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