Plans for a new $84 million College of Business Administration building at the University of NebraskaLincoln have progressed, with one quarter of the privately raised funds committed and architects selected, university officials said.

Last week, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture of Nebraska as architects for the new building.

CBA Dean Donde Plowman said the University of Nebraska Foundation has received a combination of outright gifts, documented gift commitments and verbal gift commitments, which in total represents more than a quarter of the $84 million goal. The entire cost of the new college building, planned for the southeast corner of 14th and Vine streets, is being raised from private donations to the foundation.

Major gifts have been received or committed by:

*Howard and Rhonda Hawks of Omaha. Howard Hawks is a 1957 alumnus of the UNL College of Business Administration and a former NU regent.

*Peter and Nancy Salter of Phoenix, with a gift in honor of Nancy Salter's father, Arthur M. Henrickson, a businessman and 1940 alumnus of the university's College of Arts and Sciences. Nancy Salter graduated from the university in 1968.

*Glenn Korff of Boulder, Colo., and Kenneth Korff of Tucson, Ariz., with a gift in honor of their father, Paul W. Korff, a 1933 alumnus of the college.

*Union Bank & Trust Co. of Lincoln and Nelnet Inc. of Lincoln, led by members of the Dunlap family.

"With these generous gifts, we are off to a tremendous start in achieving our goal of building a state-of-the-art facility to house our nationally recognized college of business that has seen dramatic growth in the last three years," Plowman said in a press release.

Robert A.M. Stern Architects is a leading architecture firm that has developed a portfolio of buildings for business schools, including buildings for Harvard Business School, the University of Virginia, Penn State, Miami University and Rice University, with buildings under construction at Wake Forest University and the University of Notre Dame and in design for the University of Florida and the University of Kentucky.

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Mortenson Construction and Fentress Architects Win National Architecture Award for Virtual Design & Construction Efforts on the Colorado Judicial Center. The Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center earned the team recognition for their virtual design and construction modeling efforts, which contributed to $9 million in project cost savings.

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The teams award submittal highlighted documented metrics, which resulted in a 4.5 percent, or approximately $9 million savings, on this $200 million project. These savings were reinvested back into the project in customer-defined enhancements. The 695,767 gross-square-foot Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center includes a 12-story office tower, two Court of Appeals courtrooms, a courtroom for the Colorado Supreme Court, the Colorado Supreme Court Library, and an educational civics learning center that features interactive exhibits which showcase the role of the American justice system.

The design and construction team credit the integrated project delivery approach and the collaborative team efforts of the architect, construction manager, developer, owner, and State as keys to their success. By using three-dimensional virtual design and construction methods that included a building information model, the team was able to ensure that any conflicts were resolved before field installation.

The success of a BIM based process is heavily dependent on the commitment to collaboration by all team members. This team showed not only what is possible, but what should be expected from all future projects," said Bill Mosher, senior managing director at Trammell Crow Company.

The project team of Mortenson Construction, Fentress Architects, and Trammell Crow Company, including their sub consultants and trade partners, delivered the project two months ahead of schedule in December 2012, allowing early move-in for several of the state judicial and legal agencies.

Construction is nearing final completion as additional state agencies continue to move in. The project will be formally dedicated in a public ceremony scheduled for May 2.

About Mortenson Construction

Mortenson Construction is a U.S.-based, family-owned construction company. Founded in 1954, and recognized as one of the nation's top builders, Mortenson provides a complete range of services, including planning, program management, preconstruction, general contracting, construction management, design-build, and turn-key development. Mortenson has offices in Denver, Minneapolis, Seattle, Milwaukee, Chicago, Phoenix and Portland with international operations in Canada and China.

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Sustainability leader Hunter Lovins once called the building industry "dynamically conservativeit works hard to stay in the same place."

But old habits cannot fully address new challenges. According to 350.org, fossil fuel corporations currently have in their reserves five times the amount of carbon that, if burned too quickly, may raise atmospheric temperatures to a catastrophic level where Hurricane Sandy-scale storms could become the norm. Quicker, deeper progress is imperative.

Architecture is an essential arena for sustainable innovation. Buildings represent about half the annual energy and emissions in the U.S. and three-quarters of its electricity. With the built environment growingthe U.S. building stock increases by about 3 billion square feet every yeararchitects have a historic opportunity to transform its impact for the better.

There are encouraging signs. Since the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system appeared a dozen years ago, more than 10 billion square feet of construction have been certified or registered, according to the USGBC. The average energy savings for certified buildings is around 32 percent, and over the next couple of decades, the tonnage of coal avoided is expected to grow by 16 times, according to estimates.

In 2006, the American Institute of Architects wisely adopted Architecture 2030's "2030 Challenge," an initiative seeking carbon neutrality in the industry by 2030. "[W]e believe we must alter our profession's actions," the AIA 2030 Commitment says, "and encourage our clients and the entire design and construction industry to join with us to change the course of the planet's future."

The AIA, however, recently removed sustainable design from members' annual continuing education requirements: "Recognizing that sustainable design practices have become a mainstream design intention in the architectural community, the board of directors has voted to allow the sustainable design education requirement to sunset at the end of calendar year 2012," the institute reports. Other kinds of continuing education credits remain mandatory.

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, architects and engineers from across the nation were ready to volunteer their expertise by inspecting the more than 19,000 damaged homes in city flood zones.

But they didn't come to Staten Island or volunteer their time because they feared being sued under state tort law if a homeowner disagreed with their assessment.

"There wasn't an organized effort where hundreds of architects from around the country came to lend assistance," said Timothy Boyland, vice president of the New York State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

"The national chapter of AIA, and chapters within the city, were calling and asking how they could help [Staten Island]. But sending architects into a situation where they could be sued, wasn't something they were going to do," added Boyland, who also has a St. George-based firm, Vengoechea + Boyland, Architecture Urban Planning LLC.

For this reason, architects and engineers in the borough support new state legislation -- the Good Samaritan Bill -- recently introduced in the state Assembly. The bill calls for relieving engineers, architects, landscape architects and land surveyors of liability "for personal injury, wrongful death, property damage or other loss" when rendering "voluntary services without compensation" within 90 days of a natural disaster or catastrophe.

With nearly all the states along the East Coast protected under similar laws, local professionals say getting the bill passed is a "must" to avoid lengthy home inspection processes in the aftermath of future disasters.

"There are 24 other states that currently have Good Samaritan protection," said Boyland. He noted that New York and New Jersey are the only East Coast states in Sandy's path that don't have a Good Samaritan law. "And these are the two states that got the worst of Sandy," he said.

In the first few days after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the borough, about a dozen local architects accompanied city Department of Buildings inspectors to job sites, said Boyland.

"We had a group of volunteers who accompanied the DOB for three days to do inspections. But after the third day, it was clear the city wasn't going to be able to provide indemnification. After three days, that program ceased," he said. "Essentially, their [architects'] hands were tied.'"

However, during those three days, 12 Island-based architects conducted more than 400 assessments for storm-damaged homes, said Anselmo Genovese, president of AIA, Staten Island chapter,

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WASHINGTON (AP) An effort in Congress to eliminate funding and scrap the proposed design for a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower drew strong opposition Friday from the American Institute of Architects, which said lawmakers should not censor an architectural work.

Earlier in the week, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop introduced legislation calling for a new design competition for the memorial, citing objections to the current design from Ikes family and the projects cost. Bishop seeks to eliminate $100 million in future funding for the current design by architect Frank Gehry.

The famous architect whose designs include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has proposed a memorial park for Eisenhower. It would include statues of the president and World War II hero, framed by large metal tapestries depicting images of Ikes boyhood home in Kansas. The tapestries, held up by 80-foot-tall columns, would be a first among Washingtons memorials and have drawn objections.

Members of Eisenhowers family have called Gehrys design too extravagant. Others have bemoaned its avant-garde approach with the tapestries. The memorial is projected to cost $142 million, and millions of federal dollars have already been spent in choosing an architect and hiring Gehry.

The American Institute of Architects, representing 83,000 members, said Friday that it will vigorously oppose Bishops legislation mandating an alternate design, saying it would circumvent the yearslong process already completed.

Representative Bishops legislation allows Congress to exercise governmental authority in a wholly arbitrary manner that negates the stated selection process, said the associations CEO, Robert Ivy. It is nothing more than an effort to intimidate the innovative thinking for which our profession is recognized at home and around the globe.

Ivy said the architects association is not passing judgment on whether Gehrys design for the Eisenhower Memorial is good or bad.

In the past, when Ivy was editor-in-chief of Architectural Record magazine, he served on a design panel for the U.S. General Services Administration to advise on the selection of an architect for the memorial.

Bishop has said lawmakers need to re-evaluate the project in hopes of finding consensus on a design. His legislation also would provide a three-year extension of Congressional approval to use a planned site for the memorial at the base of Capitol Hill near the National Air and Space Museum.

Without an extension from Congress, the project is set to expire this year.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The American Institute of Architects is opposing an effort in Congress to eliminate funding and scrap the proposed design for a memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower, saying lawmakers should not censor an architectural work.

On Wednesday, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop introduced legislation calling for a new design competition for the memorial. His office said he would seek to eliminate $100 million in future funding for the current design by architect Frank Gehry.

The American Institute of Architects, representing 83,000 members, said Friday that it will "vigorously oppose" Bishop's legislation.

The association's CEO, Robert Ivy, says Bishop's bill is "an effort to intimidate the innovative thinking for which our profession is recognized." The group says it is not passing judgment on whether the Eisenhower Memorial design is good or bad.

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It takes Ubl Design Group several weeks to make display models of buildings. With a 3-D printer they could do it in a day.

Some local architects are considering using 3-D printed models as a new way to showcase designs to clients.

The printers have made it possible to make functional 3-D objects from car parts to medical supplies by printing them out. Besides the automotive and medical industries, the technology also is being used in aerospace, manufacturing and by the military.

A designer can make a digital 3-D model using design software and send the model to the printer. The material is selected and the printer releases thin layers of the material upon each other to make the object.

Many of the printers, including those made by Minnesota-based Stratasys, can print more than 100 materials to create objects out of rubber, hard plastics, polyurthane and more.

Jeff Ubl of Ubl Design Group said his company was approached about the technology several years ago. The marketer was originally catering to manufacturers. Ubl did not get involved with the technology at the time but said now he would definitely consider it. The issues would be price.

For it to be really valuable to us it would have to be something inexpensive, he said.

These printers are starting to become more accessible, said Eric Johnson, design visualization specialist for JLG Architects. He said the price range varies by how much you need a printer to do: You can spend anywhere from $15,000 to $150,000.

Johnson said JLG has been using 3-D design software for 20 years and the company is looking into getting a printer in the near future. He said being able to use the printer to make models would be a substantial benefit to the company.

For clients its tremendous, he said. Its a great way for them to move around the model.

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This model image, provided by Eisenhower Memorial Commission, shows the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial to be built in Washington. The family of Dwight D. Eisenhower responds to Frank Gehrys design changes to the Eisenhower Memorial but still voices objections to elements of design.

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WASHINGTON An effort in Congress to eliminate funding and scrap the proposed design for a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower drew strong opposition Friday from the American Institute of Architects, which said lawmakers should not censor an architectural work.

Earlier in the week, Utah Rep. Rob Bishop introduced legislation calling for a new design competition for the memorial, citing objections to the current design from Ike's family and the project's cost. Bishop seeks to eliminate $100 million in future funding for the current design by architect Frank Gehry.

The famous architect whose designs include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has proposed a memorial park for Eisenhower. It would include statues of the president and World War II hero, framed by large metal tapestries depicting images of Ike's boyhood home in Kansas. The tapestries, held up by 80-foot-tall columns, would be a first among Washington's memorials and have drawn objections.

Members of Eisenhower's family have called Gehry's design too extravagant. Others have bemoaned its avant-garde approach with the tapestries. The memorial is projected to cost $142 million, and millions of federal dollars have already been spent in choosing an architect and hiring Gehry.

The American Institute of Architects, representing 83,000 members, said Friday that it will "vigorously oppose" Bishop's legislation mandating an alternate design, saying it would circumvent the yearslong process already completed.

"Representative Bishop's legislation allows Congress to exercise governmental authority in a wholly arbitrary manner that negates the stated selection process," said the association's CEO, Robert Ivy. "It is nothing more than an effort to intimidate the innovative thinking for which our profession is recognized at home and around the globe."

Ivy said the architects' association is not passing judgment on whether Gehry's design for the Eisenhower Memorial is good or bad.

In the past, when Ivy was editor-in-chief of Architectural Record magazine, he served on a design panel for the U.S. General Services Administration to advise on the selection of an architect for the memorial.

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