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Bowling Green State University located in Bowling Green, Ohio, has announced the opening of the Kuhlin Center, the first facility to be completed aspart of a $200 million master plan set in motion in conjunction with program manager, JLL. Upon completion, the overall project would add two new major residence buildings and two new dining centers, delivering next-generation teaching and learning spaces throughout the universitys revitalized campus.

In line with the academic-focused phase of the long-term initiative, BGSU will be renovating, constructing, demolishing and upgrading more than a dozen buildings across the campus. Such an example is the Kuhlin Center, which accommodates the School of Media and Communication. The facility was renovated to foster innovation and include production and broadcast studios, as well as convergence labs.

The academic-focused improvements follow the student services phase of the plan, which were completed in 2011 when JLL helped BGSU deliver more than 1,300 new beds and complete two new standalone dining centers. The projects enabled BGSU to increase enrollment and also supported the universitys financial goals by eliminating more than $2 million in budget overages.

The way students learn is evolving. It isnt just about sitting in chairs and listening to a lecture. Its about embracing new ideas, technology and collaboration. Our new and renovated studios, laboratories and classrooms are designed to shape learning experiences in hands-on ways. Partnering with JLL has helped us successfully transform our facilities and boost our campuss appeal, without wavering from our core mission of educating students, Steve Krakoff, vice president of Capital Planning and Campus Operations at BGSU, said in prepared remarks.

In line with the academic-focused long-term initiative and with JLLs support, BGSU is upgrading buildings campus-wide with state-of-the-art technology and designs.

Moseley Hall will feature modern flexible biology and chemistry labs within the 100-year-old masonry structure. The facility is set to open this fall. University Hallwill be refurbished in such a way as to preserve its architectural integrity, while providing a new focal point for admissions, student support services and learning. The building is also scheduled to be completed this fall. Hanna Hall will undergo an extensive renovation that will add cutting-edge innovation labs, active learning classrooms, collaboration spaces and high-tech trading lab.

These improvements strengthen the campus community, support a culture of collaborative learning and demonstrate BGSUs passion for enriching the overall student experience. Not only is BGSU giving students an even greater chance to develop critical professional skills, but the master plan puts BGSU ahead in the growing competition to attract the best prospective students and faculty, Jon Kolp, vice president of project and development services group at JLL, said in prepared remarks.

Additionally, BGSU has completed significant infrastructure upgrades, including a new centralized chiller plant that allows for the safe and efficient operations of multiple buildings. A second regional chiller plant is underway, along with major electrical upgrades that will support the growing demands of the infrastructure bought by modern renovations.

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BGSU, JLL Carry Forward $200M Master Plan - Commercial Property Executive

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Homeowners looking to renovate often see room for improvement in their kitchens and bathrooms. The National Association of Home Builder's Remodeling Market Index Survey, which measures conditions in the remodeling market, indicates that, in 2015, the two most common remodeling jobs were bathroom remodels (81 percent) and kitchen remodels (79 percent). According to HGTV and Statistics Brain, a new kitchen remodel for a kitchen measuring 12 by 12 feet may cost homeowners anywhere from $17,000 to $37,000.

Before investing so much into their remodeling projects, homeowners should think carefully about the features that will improve their time spent at home. When planning a kitchen renovation, homeowners may want to consider the following upgrades to make the room more enjoyable while improving its functionality.

Oversized sink

Although high-efficiency dishwashers are popular, deep sinks to soak soup pots or woks are still useful. Deep sinks may be preferable to double sinks, especially for homeowners who use lots of kitchen tools when preparing meals.

Soft-closing hinges

When replacing cabinets (or just the hardware), consider installing soft-closing hinges and slides on doors and drawers. These devices eliminate slamming and caught fingers, reducing noise and injuries in the kitchen.

Foot-pedal water operation

When outfitting a sink, think about foot controls, which are popular in doctors' offices and hospitals. Turning on the water with the tap of a foot can reduce the transfer of pathogens to faucets from hands during food preparation. These pedals also free up hands for other tasks.

Bottom's up

People likely spend more time raiding the refrigerator than the freezer on any given day. Rather than having to bend down to seek out that favorite flavor of Greek yogurt, choose a model with the fridge on top and freezer on the bottom, especially if anyone in the household has mobility issues. When shopping for refrigerators, French-door style units may offer even more access, making it easy for homeowners to slide fruit trays, sheet cakes and other large items into the fridge.

Extra lighting

A kitchen should be a balance of form and function. A combination of overhead lighting, decorative lighting and task lighting can illuminate all areas of the space effectively.

Appliance garages

Architectural and design resource Houzz says that appliance garages are popular kitchen additions, too. Set at countertop level, these cabinets allow people to keep small appliances plugged in but tucked neatly behind closed doors.

Kitchen remodels are a sizable investment, and renovations can be customized to make the kitchen more hospitable for all in residence. FH178195

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The building inspector issued a permit to JK General Contracting for an 8' x 10' addition (bathroom and laundry) to rear of house for owner Michael Morrell at 12 Benham Ave., $20,000. The inspector also issued the following permits:

* Anthony Elice Construction, repair existing front porch for owner Heidi Nightengale at 140 Cottage St., $2,000.

* Auburn Siding, Window & Door, tear off and replace partial roof, siding and one window for owner Richard J. Piccolo at 33 S. Hunter Ave., $7,000.

* Baliva & Sons Construction, seven windows and roof rubber coating for owner David Robbins Heath at 259 E. Genesee St., $3,200.

* Blumber Construction, three windows for owner Emily Rice Herrling at 3 Koenig Court, $1,200.

* C. Michael Exteriors Inc., 12 windows for owner Billy Kirby at 127-129 N. Fulton St., $12,000.

* CentiMark, tear off and replace roof rubber for owner 9274 Group Inc., at 47 E. Genesee St., $0.

* Connie's Deli, commercial remodel of bathroom (plumbing not included) for owner Basketville of Myrtle Beach Inc. at 137-143 State St., $100.

* EA Construction, tear off and replace rear porch roof for owner Anita Stoudymire at 1 Westlake Ave., $2,200.

* Elite Services, 5' x 350' chain link fence for owner Daniel P. Heusler Jr. at 20 Westlake Ave., $6,700.

* Frank Gaglianese, remodel one 8' x 8' room at 2 Alden Ave., $3,000.

* Craig Jacobs, bathroom remodel (plumbing not included) for owner HUD at 3 Charles St., $1,500.

* John Juhl Construction Inc., 430 square foot roof shed addition for owner Frank Lane at 36 Pulaski St., $3,500.

* Mark J. Lawn, 180 square foot deck attached to existing concrete at 1 Cameron St., $600.

* Derek J. Locastro, 6' x 16' wooden ramp, siding and soffit at 16 Elm St., $400.

* Adam J. Long, kitchen remodel at 213 N. Hoopes Ave., $3,000.

* Thomas McCormick, 10' x 24' deck, nine windows and one exterior door at 54 Walnut St., $500.

* Nathan A. Parkman, 294 square foot carport addition (enclose under deck) at 96-98 N. Division St., $0.

* Remodeling Co. of NY, tear off and replace roof for owner Marion T. Sawyer at 9 Cayuga St., $10,200.

* Spahn Construction, chimney removal from roof for owner Alan D. Shellenberger at 52-54 Burt Ave., $300.

* Elizabeth H. Sprague, siding at 19 Kearney Ave., $1,000.

* Sunset Exterior, tear off and replace garage roof for owner Mary S. Ottaviano at 172 Cottage St., $4,800.

* Syracuse Fence Inc., 6' x 175' vinyl privacy fence for owner Neil J. Peryea at 52 Walnut St., $3,000.

* Syracuse Pool Center Inc., 18' above ground pool for owner Iris Koester at 22 Paul St., $8,700.

* Tilson Technology Management, commercial T-Mobile tower for owner City of Auburn at 85 Osborne St., $15,000.

* Rebecca A. Warner, 10' x 12' shed at 60 Walnut St., $800.

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For those who are tired of their existing bathroom layout and feel, bathroom remodel is all that they need to add value to their rooms.

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Staffed with expert professionals, the company has earned a good reputation for its quality service and commitment to excellence. Over the years, the company has grown from strength to strength, delivering to quality customer service. At GJK Building & Remodeling LLC, the experts are factory trained and well equipped with latest advances in technology.

To keep up with the race, they maintain a good relationship with their trusted customers. With minute attention to the details, they strive to pour in everything into the bathroom to take the entire remodel act to another level. With years of experience in the industry, they have been able to make a name for themselves as a full-service provider, delivering the best result possible. Also, they do something special to provide their clients and customers with total confidence in them. They also offer a warranty for an entire to be able to immediately step up to the plate to make any adjustments if required.

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As the first phase of Carson City's waste water treatment plant rehabilitation nears completion, the next portion is well underway.

In June, the Board of Supervisors approved a $1.22 million contract with Keller Associates Inc., to design the $9.72 million second half of the project at the Water Resource Recovery Facility on 5th Street between Butti Way and Fairview Drive.

The next phase of the project will include covering the headworks where waste water enters the plant to reduce odors.

The first progress meeting between designers and the Public Works department staff is scheduled in two weeks, said Jim Morris, project manager for the city.

In September or October, the first phase should reach substantial completion, said Morris, meaning the new construction will be fully operational with just punch list items remaining.

"We'll shut down the old aeration ponds and two old trickling filters," said Morris, and power on the new bioreactors, the construction of which made up the biggest chunk of the $30 million first phase. "It will be a much more stable process."

The initial phase came in a year ahead of schedule and under budget, allowing the city also to add on replacement of the screw pumps at the plant's headworks.

Morris attributes the savings to the city's use of a process called construction manager at risk, or CMAR, in which the project designer and builder are hired at the same time and collaborate before ground is broken.

It's the city's second project using the CMAR process, the first being construction of the Multi-Athletic Center.

The next phase isn't using CMAR, instead going to the lowest responsible bid, but Morris said a lot was already learned from the initial work that can be used during the remainder of the project.

The next phase will take a year to design, which includes approvals from the supervisors at the point when design is 60 percent and 90 percent complete. Construction is scheduled to begin in June.

Construction should take a full 14 months, said Morris, with little room for time savings because the work is done sequentially.

The first stage is the headworks, where a design decision still has to be made between two types of processes to reduce odors.

The headworks will be covered and the odors diverted to one of two filtering methods: an earthen filter or tanks for chemical treatment.

Staff prefers the earthen filter, in which blowers push the odors into a mound of landscaped dirt where bacteria eat away at it, said Randall Gray, wastewater operations manager.

Gray said the process is used successfully at facilities in Dayton, Stead and Truckee, Calif., but may be initially more costly to install.

After that, the facility's two primary clarifiers, in service for more than 40 years, will be drained, cleaned and put back in service, hopefully using the same equipment.

"The secondary clarifiers we know are in bad shape. We're going to have to go in and replace the mechanisms," said Morris. "We can't clean them, we need to replace them."

Some pavement will be repaved and the clay-lined emergency overflow pond, which holds up to 3 million gallons of wastewater, will be relined with a rubberized liner per state law.

The motorized controls will be replaced at the north lift pump station, where wastewater from northwest Carson City is pumped to the headworks, and at the effluent pump station, where the treated water is pumped to its golf course and prison farm users in the summer and to Brunswick Canyon Reservoir in the winter.

If any money is left over, it will go to replacing more of the electrical equipment throughout the plant, said Morris, work that needs to be done over the coming years.

All of the construction will be covered by the existing water and sewer rate increases, begun in 2013, which let the city bond for the entire project.

In the end, the goal is to reduce odors, produce higher quality effluent by removing more nutrients and improve plant reliability, all while maintaining or minimizing operational costs, said Gray.

"We're replacing some very old technologies that were wonderful for their time," said Gray. "But in those decades we've learned a lot about how to treat waste water."

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St. John's started on anti-flooding measures The Telegram An illustration of a proposed weir at Long Pond, at the Allandale Road overpass. Coun. Danny Breen says the weir will be unlikely to get final approval. This shows what the weir could look like in the case of a heavy rain event. A new plan is in the ...

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Rebecca Molinaro, the village clerk, swore in Arthur Graham to the East Hampton Village Board, on Wednesday. Christopher Walsh

This is a brand new day, with a brand new member of the board of trustees, the rookie, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. said at the East Hampton Village Boards organizational meeting yesterday. The so-called rookie is Arthur Graham, who was elected to the East Hampton Village Board last month and took a seat among his colleagues yesterday.

Mr. Graham, who is known as Tiger, defeated Philip OConnell, who had been appointed to complete the term of Elbert Edwards following his death in October. After being sworn in, Mr. Graham paid tribute to Mr. OConnell, who had previously served as a member and then chairman of the planning board. Mr. OConnell has agreed to continue as the villages representative on the towns community preservation fund advisory board. Were happy that hes willing to consider staying on in that capacity, the mayor said.

Directing his remarks to Kathleen Cunningham, executive director of the Village Preservation Society of East Hampton, the mayor said a questionnaire will be mailed to village residents next week concerning deer. It goes without saying that the over-burgeoning population of deer presents a public health hazard, public nuisance, and quality of life issue. Based on the hoped-for response from residents, the village will decide on what its next effort to control deer should be. We certainly want to work in partnership with the V.P.S., he told Ms. Cunningham.

Also at its brief meeting, the board accepted Mr. Grahams resignation from the planning board, of which he was chairman, but did not announce an appointment to take hisplace. The board also reappointed the members of the design review board, zoning board of appeals, and the planning and ethics boards.

On other matters, the board approved a two-year agreement with the United States Geological Survey for extensive water quality monitoring and testing services at Hook Pond, which will cost $97,650. At a meeting last month, Rebecca Hansen, the village administrator, had described the federal agencys plans to monitor six locations in the pond to help identify needed remediation.

The agency will gather data on chlorophyll, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorous in the locations, which it has identified as hot spots, Ms. Hansen said. Agency representatives will meet with village officials on a quarterly basis to share their findings and will deliver a final report at the contracts expiration. The agency will also install a telemetry device that will sample and record the water level and temperature in the pond every 15 minutes, similar to a buoy in Georgica Pond.

The board set two public hearings for its July 31 meeting. One is on a proposed change in the zoning code that would amend the definition of gross floor area; the other would amend the code to prohibit parking at all times on the east side of North Main Street between the intersection of Main Street and the railroad trestle.

Barbara Borsack, a trustee who also is an emergency medical services volunteer, thanked emergency services and Highway Department personnel for their work over the four-day Independence Day weekend. Everybody does a great job over these busy holiday weekends, she said.

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"No matter how well the air conditioning system is maintained, cleaned and repaired, it does have a life span," said Mitch Kenney, owner of Colepepper Services. "It will get to a certain age where it just cannot function effectively to lower humidity levels and keep the home cool and comfortable when it's hot and humid outside."

Homeowners need to be aware of some signs that might indicate that the central air conditioning system is reaching or has reached, the end of its life and it may be time to consider replacing it.

Even if the unit does not need replacement, getting it repaired or serviced can boost its efficiency and save money.

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