Issued March 9-13

OFFICE BUILDING: 3306 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette; Donald Paul, owner; description, new office building; Knobbie Langlinais, applicant; Thomson Brothers Construction Inc., contractor; $443,500.

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SCHOOL/LIBRARY: 301 Dunand St., Lafayette; Northside High School, owner; description, restroom addition; NMF Architecture LLC, applicant; Bulliard Construction Co. Inc., contractor; $90,000.

OTHER: 3605 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette; Ambassador Row Courtyard Shopping Center, owner; description, canopy remodel; Tamim El Haje, applicant; Thomson Brothers Construction Inc., contractor; $256,545.

DEPARTMENT STORE: 3617 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette; Gulf Coast Commercial Group Inc., owner; description, landlord interior improvements; Samantha Olendorff Arcvision Inc., applicant; Thomson Brothers Construction Inc., contractor; $240,000.

GENERAL RETAIL: 4407 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette; Total Wine & More, owner; Thomas A. Hunbenstricker, applicant: Russco Inc., contractor; $1,270,334.

TENANT BUILD-OUT: 1105 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Suite 2, Lafayette; Ambassador Oaks LLC, owner; Kent Design Build Inc., applicant and contractor; $98,000.

COMMERCIAL: 6925 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Broussard; Fat Pat's, applicant; Chase Commercial Group Construction LLC; $1,350,000.

204 Ridgecroft Drive, Lafayette Parish; Rah Homes LLC; $342,000.

308 Stanwell Ave., Lafayette Parish; DSLD LLC; $184,500.

4837 W. Congress St., Lafayette; Paul Oran Broussard; $423,000.

606 Greyford Drive, Lafayette Parish; BECC Enterprises LLC; $481,500.

110 Tracewood Bend, Lafayette; Shivers Brothers Construction; $270,000.

100 Tasvo Trail, Lafayette; Blue Wing Builders LLC; $459,000.

108 Gentle Crescent Lane, Lafayette; DSLD LLC; $229,500.

200 Amber Pond Lane, Lafayette; Heritage Home Builders Inc.; $319,500.

102 Orchard Park Ave., Lafayette; Home for the Holidays Inc.; $324,000.

724 Rue Des Etoiles, Carencro; HBL Properties LLC; $310,500.

101 Stoney Shadow Drive, Lafayette; Michael Galasso; $387,000.

405 Channel Drive, Broussard; Coastal Custom Builders LLC; $267,730.

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Who's building where in Acadiana? Here are the building permits issued March 9-13 - The Advocate

Builders who have done a series of successful East Dallas projects are headed to north Oak Cliff with a new development.

Larkspur Capital Partners is building an apartment community at 1100 N. Zang Blvd. near Lake Cliff Park.

The five-story rental project at the intersection of Zang and Beckley will have 71 units. The building was designed by Dallas architect Omniplan.

Construction will start in May and take 18 months, Larkspur Capitals Carl Anderson said. It will feature amenities including a pool, coworking space, a gym, a dog wash, a resident bicycle repair shop, a dedicated Uber loading zone and electric vehicle charging.

Additionally, there will be live-work units that front Zang Boulevard, Anderson said. These units are double volume height spaces that feature a work area below with mezzanine bedroom space above.

He said the units are a response to tenant demand for work-at-home spaces.

These will be some of the first true live-work units under the citys new form-based zoning ordinance, Anderson said. Moreover, the project is in a Qualified Opportunity Zone and will be one of the first development projects in Dallas to take advantage of this compelling new program.

Larkspur Capital has built several successful East Dallas townhouse projects. The developer is also renovating the former Faulkner Tower office building in Lakewood.

In addition, Larkspur has other projects in the works, including a 60-unit multifamily project on Henderson Avenue in East Dallas and a 250-unit, seven-story mixed-use project along the Santa Fe Trail on the eastern edge of Dallas Deep Ellum district.

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A Mayfair office building was to be demolished. Instead, it's being converted to an upscale hotel. - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

LANSING, N.Y. Originally, this gallery was going to go up last week. But as most readers are well aware, much has happened in the past several days. So, before these photos become too dated, this is going to go up now.

The Voice is dedicated to providing you all COVID-19 coverage that's fit to print, and in a time where the economy is getting worse by the hour, this gallery might seem frivolous. But we could all use a few minutes' break once in a while to read about other things and briefly take our minds off the Coronavirus.

So, whether you have some time to pass while practicing your social distancing, or just want to spend a few minutes not watching the world going to heck in a handbasket, here's a March update for some of the construction projects going on in the towns of Lansing and Dryden.

There's been a little bit of controversy lately with developer Eric Goetzmann's senior housing project on Oakcrest Drive in the village of Lansing. Goetzmann has approached the village and the Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency for permission to convert the rental project to for-sale senior housing. Physically, the changes would be very limited, as it's mostly the creation of interior lot lines. In terms of concept, though, it's a more substantial change. The IDA went into private Executive Session to discuss the matter because it involved Goetzmann's finances and topics of potential future legal action, and the result was that they objected to making them for-sale. The village is willing to consider lot subdivision if Goetzmann and the IDA can work out their differences. Not to delve into speculation behind the Executive Session, but as proposed, it sounds like a 55+ person could buy the unit and let their college kids occupy it, and hope a future Homeowner's Association handles it. That doesn't sound like the senior housing the county had in mind.

As approved, the residential components consist of two phases. Four one-story triplexes (12 units total) will be ready for occupancy by the end of July 2020. Two more triplexes (6 units) will be built in a second phase to be ready for occupancy in December 2020. One of the triplexes has been roofed and fitted with windows, a second is fully framed, the third was being framed out, and the fourth was just a concrete pad with sub-slab utility hook-ups poking out. Project planning, design, and construction services are being provided by an all-in-one firm, McFarland Johnson of Binghamton.

S.E.E. Associates/Andy Sciarabba's new 9,600 square-foot office building at 3095 North Triphammer Road is coming along. The cast stone veneer has been attached, the doors and windows have been fitted, and interior steel stud walls are being built for its tenants (units can be merged if desired). At last check just after the holidays, Sciarabba passed along a note to give an update on the business end.

"We have signed one office tenant already, 1300 square feet and have a verbal commitment from another tenant, primary and acute care physician. We can accommodate up to seven tenants and we are using air source (electric) heat pumps. The shell should be ready for tenant fit up in January with the first occupancy about March. Our goal is to bring services to this part of Lansing which currently do not exist."

The $500,000 project is expected to be completed by next summer. Local architect George Breuhaus is the creator of the design.

At the Village Solars site off of Warren Road in Lansing, phase five of apartment construction is underway. 24-unit 36 Village Circle North (3 three-bedrooms, 6 two-bedrooms, 3 one-bedrooms and 12 studios), which replaces an older 12,000 square-foot 10-unit structure, is fully framed, sheathed with ZIP Panels, shingled and fitted with doors and windows. The installation of exterior fiber cement trim boards has yet to happen, perhaps because the Lucente family's in-house construction team was waiting for warmer weather.

Building M is a new build on previously vacant land. It is an 18-unit building with 12 studios and 6 two-bedroom units. It too is now fully framed, sheathed, and roofed. The sets of wires dangling from below the eaves are utility lines for the air-source electric heat pumps, as construction continues theyll be bundled together and boxed up into the exterior siding (the heat pumps themselves will be boxed in with a decorative screen in a bump-out). The building just off to the side in the first photo will be torn down later this spring to make way for a larger apartment building.

As previously reported in late February, Rocco Lucente Jr. gave the following timeline for buildout: "We are on time, on budget, the project is going very well. We should have our current two (#36 & #119) completed by June and July. The next two (community center and #117) will come the next summer, and the final two (#2 & 22) will be the summer after that! So by Summer 2022 the current project will be completed."

The NYS DOT county facility plans are moving forward. The state bought its 15 acres from Tompkins County for $840,000 according to a deed filed on April 2019, and on its second try, the state secured a competitive bid from Streeter Associates of Elmira. The building is classified as a sub-residency facility, a step below a primary regional facility (the main office for Region 3 is in Syracuse).

To review, the plans consist of the 30,000 square-foot sub-residency maintenance building, a 5,000 square-foot Cold Storage unit, an 8,200 square-foot salt barn, and a 2,500 square-foot hopper building (covered lean-to). The proposed maintenance building will have vehicle storage for 10 trucks, a loader and tow plow, with one additional double depth mechanical bay and single depth, drive-thru truck washing bay. It also includes an office area (three rooms), lunch/break room (30 people), toilet/shower/locker rooms, storage rooms and mechanical/electrical rooms. The site will also contain stockpile areas for pipe, stone and millings, and ancillary site features include parking for 40 vehicles, and stormwater management facilities. A new access drive will be constructed from Warren Road (more specifically, the address will be 960 Warren Road).

The town has been less than pleased with the project, which is not bound to zoning code because its a public resource facility owned and operated by a government entity. Rather than voice approval, the planning board voted to acknowledge that they simply had no authority to control the project. Some modifications were made to the plans at the towns request, such as the fueling station being moved onto airport property across Warren Road, but neighbors are still unhappy that snowplows and heavy-duty maintenance vehicles are about to be their next-door neighbors.

The facility is expected to be open by the end of the year. Once all staff and equipment have been moved in, the county may pursue a request for proposals/requests for expression of interest for the current DOT property on the shores of the inlet near the Farmers Market. A 2015 feasibility analysis found that the site could conceivably host a $40+ million mixed-use project, and the site has become more amenable towards redevelopment with the enhanced density and use provisions made to the citys waterfront zoning in 2017.

Phil Maguire's latest car dealership seems to be moving along quickly. The new 25,235 square-foot dealership and service center will be the next step in Maguire's plans to modernize and expand their reach within the Tompkins County automotive sales market. In a previous interview, Maguire estimated 20 to 30 jobs would be created after the relocation of current Maguire Nissan staff from their current, smaller location on South Meadow Street in the city of Ithaca. News-wise, there hasn't been much lately, though the project sought approval for a subdivision of the property from the Maguire Cadillac-Chevrolet dealership next door. The Nissan site sits further up the hill on-site, so a concrete retaining wall is being poured to prevent unwanted material runoff.

The building appears to be fully framed with a lightweight steel skeleton and mostly been sheathed with fireproof gypsum panels. The plastic sheets with the wood ribbing keep heat in while interior rough-ins are underway; later on, it'll be replaced with a glass curtain wall (and the two smaller openings to the right/west will be service bay garage doors). A dark blue water-resistive barrier is being applied over the gypsum panels, and atop that will be rail installations for the grey, silver aluminum metal panels (the red "Nissan" bump-out looks to be an accessory installation rather than a true structural component). John Snyder Architects of Ithaca is providing design services (they're also doing the expanded Ford-Lincoln dealership Maguire Nissan shares space with) and Edger Enterprises of Elmira is the general contractor. A grand opening for this new dealership will likely be sometime later this year.

Finger Lakes Dermatology is finishing up their new 3,676 square-foot office building at 2141 Dryden Road in the town of Dryden. Rather unusually for a commercial building, this is a modular structure. Ithaca's Carina Construction, who are better known for their residential builds, put the building together with prefabricated components.Spec Consulting of Groton handled the project design.

The building was built using a Superior Wall precast concrete foundation (Superior Walls are commonly seen with modular builds), and set into the hillside one story from the front, two from the back. Finger Lakes Dermatology will occupy the upper level, and the lower level is speculative space, occupant to be determined. The plans include a roof-mounted solar system (to be installed at the very end of construction), electric heat pumps, and an electric vehicle charging station in one of the three proposed parking areas. 48 parking spaces will be provided, including four that are ADA compliant. A covered bicycle rack and dumpster enclosure will also be provided, along with landscaping, lighting, and the exterior finishes (there is no way they'll be leaving that pillar mount floating by the porch, they just have to finish building out the landing).

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Local craft beer maker and food purveyor Hopshire Farms is doing their second phase addition onto their taproom at 1771 Dryden Road. The first phase in 2017 added about 1,200 square feet to the building, and that 100-person community event space can be seen on the right of the second photo. Phase two, being built now on the east/right side of the photos, is a 1,300 square-foot addition to its brewing and storage space, and will allow the seven-year-old brewer to double its production. The addition was framed, sheathed and wrapped, and fitted with windows and doors when these photos were taken earlier this month.

Quick jump back to the current situation and its restrictions, the brewery will be back open starting Friday and although on-site consumption isn't allowed, you can take a growler or a few bottles home, as with many of our local brewers and vintners.

Last but not least, a quick look at Tompkins-Cortland Habitat for Humanity's three-home build on Slaterville Road. As folks might recall, this involves the renovation of what had been a rundown if venerable 1860s farmhouse, and the construction of two modest three-bedroom homes next to it on subdivided portions of the property.

When complete, the farmhouse will be an owner-occupied four-bedroom home for a lower-income family. Habitat homes are typically sold to families making under 60% of Area Median Income (AMI), or about $36,000/year. The homes are built with a combination of professional contractors and volunteer labor, including 350 hours of sweat equity," where the selected future homeowners actively work as members of the volunteer construction crew, as well as taking a homebuyer education course, financial training, and completing other tasks to help them become knowledgeable, self-sufficient homeowners.

Given the "labor of love" aspect and donated materials from local building suppliers, the new homes still cost about $70,000-$75,000 each, on top of the farmhouse renovation. Habitat raises funds and applied for grants to help cover these expenses - for example, this project received $40,000 from the joint city/county/Cornell/Dryden Community Housing Development Fund (CHDF). Since these photos were taken, TCHFH has begun attaching vinyl siding to the exterior of one of the new homes, and the plan is to have all three homes completed by the end of this year.

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Gallery: Take a break from COVID-19 with a Lansing-Dryden construction update - The Ithaca Voice

Dublin, March 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Philippines Construction Industry Databook Series - Market Size & Forecast by Value and Volume, Opportunities in Top 10 Cities, and Risk Assessment" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The building construction industry in Philippines is expected to record a CAGR of 14.4% to reach PHP 871.1 billion by 2024.

The residential construction industry in value terms increased at a CAGR of 9.7% during 2015-2019. The commercial building construction market in value terms is expected to record a CAGR of 15.3% over the forecast period.

This report provides data and trend analyses on building construction industry in Philippines, with over 80 KPIs. This is a data-centric report and it provides trend analyses with over 120+ charts and 100+ tables. It details market size & forecast, emerging trends, market opportunities, and investment risks in over 30 segments in residential, commercial, industrial and institutional construction sectors.

It provides a comprehensive understanding of construction industry sectors in both value and volume (both by activity and units) terms. The report focuses on combining industry dynamics with macro-economic scenario and changing consumer behavior to offer a 360-degree view of the opportunities and risks.

In addition to country level analysis, this report offers a detailed market opportunity assessment across key cities, helping clients assess key regions to target within the city.

Report Scope

This report provides market size and forecast across 40+ construction segments for a period of 10 years from 2015-2024 in Philippines.

KPIs covered include the following:

Philippines Residential Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by:

Philippines Commercial Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by:

Philippines Industrial Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by:

Philippines Institutional Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by:

Philippines Infrastructure Construction Sectors: 10-year market size & forecast in value terms by:

Cities Covered

Reason to Buy

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For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/gpl77i

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One day after being ordered to halt all construction activity inPennsylvania to curb COVID-19's spread, state contractors are complying. with enforcement set to start on March 21, while remaining hopeful that certain critical projects can be restarted promptly.

Pennsylvaniabecame the first state in the nation on March 19 to order all construction activity to stopas part of a sweeping measureto cease operation of all "non-life sustaining businesses."

[For ENRs latest coverage of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, click here]

The order issued by Gov. Tom Wolf (D-Pa.) immediatelystoppedthousands of construction sites across the state.

Its a whirlwind right now trying to get projects closed up today, Seth Myers, an executive vice president with Allan Myers, a Worcester, Pa., contractor, said in an email on March 20. "Planning and conference calls started last night after the governor made his announcement.

Allan Myers ranked 8th on ENR MidAtlantic's most recent Top Contractors ranking, reporting more than$168 million worth of work in Pennsylvaniain 2018.

"Although very painful and disruptive the shutdown of all construction businesses in Pennsylvania will save lives," says Robert Cottone, president and CEO of IMC Construction Inc., which ranked 18th on the ENR MidAtlantic's most recent Top Contractor list, performing more than$400 million worth of work in Pennsylvania during 2018. The Malvern, Pa. contractor is currently working on 10 projects in Pennsylvania.

While the governor's order haltedall heavy/civil and building projects, along with allspecialty trade work, a chart released by the governors office stated that in extenuating circumstances, special exemptions will be granted to businesses that are supplying or servicing health-care providers. But shortly after the order was given, industry members didn't have a clear picture of how toapply for exemptions and what the criteria will be.

Seven ongoing IMC projects in the state are in thehealthcare sector, includinghospitals andmedical office buildings.

"Healthcare organizations should be able to obtain waivers without delay for ongoing healthcareconstruction projects whose completion can help in the response effort," Cottone said."To avoid any loss of time and bureaucracy, healthcare institutions should be empowered to self-regulate the restarting of projects they feel critical."

IMC does extensive work for theUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System and is the contractor on Penn Med's $200-million facility inRadnor Township. The facility was slated to open this spring to provide comprehensive cancer care.

"Projects that can be completed and opened within 30 to 60 days should get priority" for waivers, Cottone said..

Enforcement gavefirms just one business day to secure and stabilize their construction sites. "Each project is at a different state of completion, requiring different resources," Cottone said.

Joe Castellano, senior vice president &general manager at Walbridge, says his firm "firmly" supports Wolf's "goal to protect our communities. Decisive action, followed by appropriate policy modifications, is responsible given todays dynamic environment and we will continue to follow federal, state, and local guidelines, while adhering to all precautions."

The contractor, ranked 50th on the ENR MidAtlantic Top Contractor list with $91.05 million in revenue.

"The construction industry, with its unique ability to deal with unpredictable events, is prepared to manage through the challenges ahead," Castellano said. "While the physical job site may be shut down, the work continues."

Castellano said Walbridge has been "actively implementing strategies and collaborative online meeting tools with all stakeholders"to keep offsite work moving along.

"We proactively maintain company-wide plans that safeguard our ability to perform construction services when the field work resumes," he said. "With the partnership of the men and women of the skilled trades, we will navigate this unprecedented event together."

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Dublin, March 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Germany Construction Industry Databook Series - Market Size & Forecast by Value and Volume, Opportunities in Top 10 Cities, and Risk Assessment" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The building construction industry in Germany is expected to record a CAGR of 4.2% to reach EUR 405.2 billion by 2024. The residential construction industry in value terms increased at a CAGR of 5% during 2015-2019. The commercial building construction market in value terms is expected to record a CAGR of 3.2% over the forecast period.

Construction of residential facilities has always been the driving factor for the growth of the infrastructure sector in the country. Lesser number of building permits is forcing the reduction in the number of homes built in Germany. This decline is particularly large for residential buildings.

The key reason behind the decreasing number of building permits in the country was a problem with the designation of sufficiently affordable building land by the municipalities.

The residential sector in the country is still in much demand due to the high immigration of refugees, strong urbanization and an increasing number of immigration of professionals. That being said, lesser number of approvals by the government is expected to adversely impact the construction outlook in the country.

Report Coverage

This report provides data and trend analyses on building construction industry in Germany, with over 80 KPIs. This is a data-centric report and it provides trend analyses with over 120+ charts and 100+ tables. It details market size & forecast, emerging trends, market opportunities, and investment risks in over 30 segments in residential, commercial, industrial and institutional construction sectors.

It provides a comprehensive understanding of construction industry sectors in both value and volume (both by activity and units) terms. The report focuses on combining industry dynamics with macro-economic scenario and changing consumer behavior to offer a 360-degree view of the opportunities and risks.

In addition to country level analysis, this report offers a detailed market opportunity assessment across key cities, helping clients assess key regions to target within the city.

Report Scope

This report provides market size and forecast across 40+ construction segments for a period of 10 years from 2015-2024 in Germany.

KPIs covered include the following:

Germany Residential Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by

Germany Commercial Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by

Germany Industrial Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by

Germany Institutional Building Construction Coverage: 10-year market size & forecast in value and volume (area and units) terms by

Germany Infrastructure Construction Sectors: 10-year market size & forecast in value terms by

Cities Covered

Reason to Buy

Companies Mentioned

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/njya3j

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A Newton development company this week filed formal plans to replace WBZ-TV's current Soldiers Field studios and offices with a new building right next door - which would leave open a large piece of land for possible future development.

In a filing with the BPDA, National Development says the proposed 63,000-square-foot, three-story building, which would replace a small office building and part of the current WBZ parking lot, would provide a state-of-the-art TV production facility for a station that now must deal with its current antiquated building.

The new studio will let WBZ stay in Boston and more particularly, in Allston, a neighborhood that National Development says is already bursting with pride at having the TV station in its midst:

The celebrated history of this WBZ-TV/CBS facility as a significant part of the culture and community has been a source of pride for the neighborhood for decades.

National Development adds:

The design of the building faade is intended to express the forward-thinking goals and modernization of WBZs studio operations, with a mix of translucent and opaque glazing types, metal panels, and metal screening elements.

In the rear of the building, according to one rendering, employees would go to work under the stern visage of CBS news legend Walter Cronkite:

The filing does not say anything about the future of a far larger piece of the current WBZ site, which includes a helipad and a radio tower that dates to the 1940s, in addition to the current WBZ building, but National Development is not known for small projects.

Bluish land would be empty after construction of new building:

WBZ project notification form (12.4M PDF).

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How to Build Sustainable, Healthy, and Profitable Office Buildings in 10 Simple Steps

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One of our responsibilities asarchitects is to understand how to implement strategies into our designs that consider the people who inhabit the spaces, our natural resource consumption, and ensuring these projects are profitable. All of this can be achieved through three main goals: Reducing our carbon footprint, creating healthy workplaces, and the design of efficient and profitable buildings.

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Based on my experience with working on office buildings of different scales at TIBA Architect Studio, Budapest, this article reviews ten key actions to improve early design decisions.

A large amount of construction materials are used to build the core and structure of the building itself. Often times, these materials, such as steel and concrete, have a large environmental footprint (3). To immediately solve for ways to reduce the quantity of these materials used, there are different construction techniques that can be explored. For example, opting for cantilevered slabs instead of having columns at the perimeter, results in thinner floor plates, saves edge beams and increases the overall span with the same number of columns. This solution can save as much as 15% of structural material and it also speeds up construction thanks to its simpler geometry. Incorporating a column-free perimeter also offers plenty of design opportunities to form the building envelope's geometry.

Floor slab height ultimatelydetermines abuildings overall height and the material quantity required need for exterior cladding, structure and interior partition walls. Interiors with exposed ceilings easily adapt to tenants needs, and in most of the cases it is possible to add higher clearance at workstations without increasing structural height. Visible MEP systems give the feeling of spaciousness and an industrial, contemporary look. Eliminatingdropped ceiling means immediate material savings in the interior and rationalizing floor height can reduce exterior faade surface by 6-7%. This approach also helps to reduce waste and resources in the future when the interior fit-out changes.

One of the most productive ways to cut down material and embodied carbon is to design a building that can be easily adaptedto different circumstances and future tenant scenarios. By preparing for flexible floor divisions with strategically positioned cores, adequately sized support spaces, and independently accessible tenant areas, building owners will save significant costs and construction time when it comes time to turn over these spaces.

For a high-performance sustainable building, it is critical to understand how to develop a design that reduces a building's energy consumption. One of the first steps in the pre-design phases is to explore the site's solar orientation and develop a building form based on the results of this study. It is also important to explore a building's materiality, and understand how much glazing will beincorporated in order to factor in heat transfer and solar gain.

Sharing parking spots, providing bike and scooter storage,and creating privileged places for car sharing are great strategies that benefit both the design of a building and help the environment. There is currently so much emphasis being put on exploring the reality of using driverless cars, which means that as a whole, cities will eventually need less space for parking. As this idea grows, it will be important for new construction of parking garages to consider the designs of these structures andhow they might someday be outfitted with mechanical and electrical systems and transformed into a new program.

It is fundamental to minimize service areas to save money and avoid unnecessary environmental impact. Lowering energy loads by Simple Box Modelling in early design phase can simplify MEP systems and reduce the area dedicated to them. Optimizing fire compartments andegress routes is also a good strategy that canlower the number of people evacuating in a given direction and reducing the dimensions of corridors and emergency stairs. Service zones are normally not part of the leasable area; therefore, this action will also impact efficiency and the developers profit.

Fire stairs are not typically heavily designed and are often located in the corners of a building to maximize code requirements. We must differentiate vertical circulations by designing simple and small stairs solely for emergency, and creating attractive, spacious stairs for daily use to enhance peoples physical activity. In both cases, it is convenient to move them to the faadeto maximize natural light and ventilation.

One of the most effectivedesign strategies in a workplace is to force building users to move during their regular working activity, sometimes without them even noticing it. By locating internal stairs in a highly visible location and enhancing them with user experience elements such as artwork, lighting effects, and vegetation, employees are more likely to use them to move from floor to floor. Another strategy is to add centralized copy rooms, garbage collection points and drinking fountains that stimulate workers to stand up, interrupt their sitting activities andencouraging them to move around the office.

Well-designed communal spaces are important elements of modern office buildings. These areas helpemployees relax during the busy day, encourage social interactions, increase general well-being, and foster efficiency. These areas should be removed from typical workplace neighborhoods and given some type of design differentiation that indicates that these are socializing zones.

It'simperative to bringthe outside inby adding large windowsthat both bring innatural light and provide quality views.Buildings withdeep floor plates often times separate employees from natural light, which may disrupt their circadian rhythm, and cause other negative health side effects. Designing a variety of elements that incorporate vegetation is also key increating a healthy workplace, since spaces such as green terraces are typically hubs of social activity and reprise.

Design Credits:

RK60 multi-tenant office building, Budapest, invited competition

TIBA Studio, Lead Architects: Balzs Beczner, Zoltn Kirly, Tams Niczki

Design team: Zita Csnyi, ron Fekete, Gyula Vgh, Zoltn Virgh, Mrton Zdori

Startup office in Graphisoft Park, Budapest, invited competition

TIBA Studio, Lead Architect: Tams Niczki

Design team: Buzder-Lantos Zsfia, Kalszi Zoltn, Mester Anita

Kopaszi Tower, Budapest, invited competition

TIBA Studio, Lead Architects: Viktria Honti, Tams Niczki, Jnos Tiba

Headquarters of Magyar Telekom and T-Systems Hungary, Budapest

TIBA Studio, Lead Architects: Jnos Tiba, Viktria Honti, Flra Kszeghy, Melinda Matz (Concept Design), Zoltn Kirly, Balzs Beczner, Viktria Honti, Tams Niczki (Execution Design),

Communal Area interiors: STUDIO URBA and HD Group

Footnotes:

1- Source: International Well Building Institute.

2 - According to the 3-30-300 model, increasing by 1% the building occupants performance has 100 times more impact on the companys revenue that having the same efficiency growth in energy savings.

3 - Concrete accounts for 8%, the steel industry around 5% of total global carbon dioxide emissions.

4 - According to the Harvard Alumni Health Study, daily 3-5 flight-up can reduce by 29% the risk of having stroke or other cardiovascular and heart diseases.

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Rendering of Vox Miami

The Treo Group closed on a $33.25 million construction loan for Vox Miami, a mixed-use project under construction next to the South Miami Metrorail station.

Centennial Bank is providing the senior construction loan to Treo. It closed on Wednesday, amid the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. J.C. de Onda, division president for Centennials Southeast Florida division, and Jay Brito, senior commercial loan officer, arranged the loan.

The financing is for the first phase of Vox Miami, a $125 million development that will include student housing, retail, and Class A office space. Its being built at 5949 South Dixie Highway in South Miami.

The project, designed by Perkins + Will, broke ground in February. The first phase calls for a three-story, 99-unit and 326-bed student housing component above an existing five-story parking garage. It will have 5,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space, an amenity deck with a clubhouse and resort-style pool, a fitness center, study and lounge spaces, a cafe, game room, bike storage and pet grooming area.

The second phase calls for 195,000 square feet of office space.

The project is aiming for an August 2021 delivery date, in time for that academic year.

Treo Group is also building Regatta Harbour, a mixed-use waterfront project at 3385 Pan American Drive in Miami.

Centennial Bank is a regional bank based in Conway, Arkansas, that has become one of the more active construction lenders in South Florida. Its provided loans to Moishe Mana, who is planning to redevelop the historic section of downtown Miami; and Fort Lauderdale developer Dev Motwani.

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