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(PRWEB) February 25, 2015
Senior leadership at Array Architects - from c-suite to practice area leaders and studio directors to project architects - have made it a priority to earn their green or black lean/six sigma belts. Achieving a belt is a by-product of Array's lean-led process, a unique approach from which each healthcare project benefits.
Anthony Caputo, of Array's design practice area leaders, is the firm's most recent belted leaders. By earning his Lean Six Sigma Green Belt from the University of Michigan, Tony joins his fellow PALs as well as several studio directors and designers who have participated in lean training and completed the requisite lean project to identify a problem which can be corrected by implementing lean thinking.
Array's approach to lean-led design focuses on sustainable business solutions for today's evolving healthcare environment. High value building solutions that support best practice medicine and care strategies are utilized in every planning and design opportunity. Every process and task is evaluated for its effectiveness as part of the overall process flow. The impact of this rigorous thought exercise has incredible results on operational efficiency, effective care delivery and bottom-line value. Each lean belt practitioner is well-versed in the methods of value stream mapping, and employs a host of other tools to rally user group input and reach consensus.
Since 1983, Array Architects has been recognized as one of the nations leaders in the design of healthcare facilities and offers a full complement of knowledge-based services including planning, architecture, interior design and advisory services from our six office locations. Our devotion to a healthcare-exclusive practice springs from our belief in the power of design to improve patient outcomes, maximize operational efficiencies, increase staff satisfaction and provide remarkable results for our clients.
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LAKEVILLE The barns were falling down. The little farmhouse was covered with asbestos siding. The views were gorgeous, but the meadow was impassably thick with brambles and high grasses.
"People were afraid," says Pilar Proffitt.
"We got very lucky," says her husband, Robert Bristow.
The two architects, who are partners in Poesis Design designing buildings, interiors and furniture could see past the challenges at the 11-acre site on Lime Rock Road, in the Lakeville section of Salisbury.
Today they live with their two daughters, 13 and 11, and son, 8, in a serenely modern and sophisticated home that is filled with natural light. The open design flows easily, unified by the pale floors in white oak and punctuated by the stylish and sometimes whimsical furnishings that are also the couple's creations.
"It's really pleasant, and it really works for our family," Bristow says. "We wake up happy every day. We had lived in a lot of low-ceiling, small old houses. The sun lights everything here."
One surprise about their inviting house is that to hold down costs, the couple found "another way to build it," Bristow explains. They approached a factory with their design and had the skeleton of their house prefabricated off-site in several modular shells.
"And then we had to work like dogs to make it the way it is," Bristow recalls.
The custom details throughout are thoughtful and practical choices. A massive double fireplace of granite curbstones from a nearby quarry separates the spacious kitchen from the living and dining room, and is cleverly designed with a slender slot at the side that holds about a week's worth of firewood.
"It's something to root us, ground us," Bristow says of the fireplace. "This is the ruin that will stand after the house blows away."
Chartiers Valley School District Superintendent Brian White was, by a unanimous vote, directed by the board at Tuesdays meeting to engage in preliminary discussion with district architects for renovations to the high school auditorium.
Roughly speaking we guesstimate it would be $3.5 million, for the upgrades, Mr. White told the board.
The district has been working with Downtown-based IKM, Inc and Oregon and Washington-based BLRB Architects to renovate its 486,000-square-foot high school/middle school complex. The scope of the design work thus far has included some attention to the 1,200-seat auditorium - mainly connecting a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system and sprinkler systems.
With its vote the board authorized the districts administration to begin a preliminary design discussion with the architects for further renovations to the auditorium like upgrades to the lighting, sound, stage, seating and backstage area.
We would like them (the architects) to engage the performing arts community for input, Mr. White said.
Greg McCracken of BLRB, who was in attendance at the meeting, said during preliminary design phases on the high school/middle school project there was a discussion with teachers from the music and arts department of the desire for auditorium renovations.
Mr. White said if the board decides to pursue the renovation to the auditorium the district could, when the high school/middle school project goes out to bid, put it in the bid specs as an add-alternate.
If the districts move forward with the auditorium renovation, it would incur a 5 percent design fee from its architects. If the estimate remains at $3.5 million that would mean a $175,000 cost to the district.
Deana Carpenter, freelance writer: suburbanliving@post-gazette.com.
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Job: Landscape architect
Role: Unlike landscapers, with whom they are often confused, landscape architects dont actually put plants or hard landscaping materials into the ground. They are instead involved at the planning level, working with city planners, engineers, private property owners and a variety of government departments to collaborate on projects ranging from developing city parks and roads to flood-water mitigation planning to green space and environmental policy development.
Were working at a very high planning level, developing where green spaces are going to be, where trail networks are happening, considering environmental issues and opportunities, storm water management we have our fingers in a whole bunch of different pies, says Carol Craig, president of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. Once a piece of land has been designated as a park or a street, we go in and help do the design of that particular element, then we get it approved by municipalities, then we tender it out to contractors.
Salary: Landscape architects enjoy a higher-than-average starting salary. Even during the two- to four-year internship period, which most provincial associations require, salaries start between $40,000 and $60,000 thousand a year, depending on the employer and geographical location.
Mid-range is $80,000 to $100,000 a year, and Im guessing thats maybe seven to 10 years [into ones career], and then youd move slowly from $100,000 to $140,000. Depending on the person and where they are working, that will take another five to 10 years, Ms. Craig says. People who are earning $140,000 per year are in the 20 to 30 years of practice range.
By the numbers: According to Service Canada, the average income for landscape architects in 2011 was $46,952, with 60 per cent earning between $20,000 and $49,999 annually, and 32.5 per cent earning above $50,000. The vast majority (96.8 per cent) of landscape architects have earned a bachelors degree, work full-time (92.3 per cent) and are between the ages of 25 and 44 (68.3 per cent). There were fewer than 1,500 landscape architects employed in Canada in 2011, with men comprising just over half the sector, at 52.4 per cent.
Education: In order to become a landscape architect, students need to earn a degree in landscape architecture. There is only one BA in landscape architecture offered in Canada through the University of Guelph, as well as a number of masters programs provided by the University of Guelph, the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and the University of Manitoba.
Canadian landscape architects, however, can earn their degree in the United States, which has a reciprocity agreement for bringing training across the border in that industry.
Our schools can only take a limited number of students at a time. Its a very rigorous program with a small ratio of students to staff, says Ms. Craig, adding that training doesnt end with the completion of the program. We have component associations, and they look after each province or territory, and so you would have to join that association and do an internship in most provinces under a practising landscape architect and get a variety of different experiences [before becoming a full member].
Job prospects: In spite of the higher-than-average salary, limited school capacity and a lack of awareness of the role have left the industry with a talent shortage. We are short of landscape architects in Canada, Ms. Craig says.
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The American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC), has named three Council Awards Program recipients. The recipients for the Firm Award, the Distinguished Practice Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award were announced last week at the board of directors meeting in Los Angeles.
The 2015 Firm Award was presented to Los Angelesbased firm Gruen Associates. The firm is known for supporting and mentoring those who are new to the architecture profession. Their retention of staff speaks well for their value of employees as people, stated a board member.
Krista Becker, FAIA, principal at Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, was honored with the Distinguished Practice Award, which recognizes significant contributions and accomplishments toward a specific building type or practice area. Becker is known for her contribution in embassy design and is also a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles, Professional Practice in Architecture and Construction Management programs.
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, principal of Brooks + Scarpa, for his advancement in the profession and his lasting impact on society. He is a strong candidate who has embraced sustainability and moved the profession forward showing that exceptional and sustainable design do not need to be different, a juror commented.
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A cooling economy, persistently high inflation and tighter credit regulations will maintain pressure on Mongolias retail sector throughout 2015, though demand for shop space in certain segments remains strong.
In its latest update on the Mongolian economy, the World Bank said double-digit inflation and the high current account deficit had affected domestic demand, adding momentum to the pressures on the economy. Without a strong rebound in foreign investment, pressure on the balance of payments will increase vulnerabilities and continue to dampen economic growth next year. Domestic demand will continue to be under pressure, particularly affecting the non-mining sector, the bank said at the end of 2014.
The non-mining segment of the economy was dragged down by weakness in the construction and wholesale/retail sectors last year, with these pressures set to continue. According to the World Bank, the wholesale/retail segment contracted 6.8% in the first nine months of 2014, having experienced a similar rate of negative growth in the same period a year earlier.
As growth in the sector has slowed, there has been a near threefold increase in the level of non-performing and past-due-date loans, which were valued at MNT227bn ($113.5m) at the end of October, accounting for 21.6% of problematic loans across the economy.
Retailers are likely to be affected by tighter lending requirements and higher interest rates introduced by the Bank of Mongolia (BoM) in 2014, which led to a slowdown in private sector credit growth to 22% in October, down from more than 53% a year earlier.
Despite a weaker performance in 2014, new investments are still being rolled out. In mid-December, property management and development firm Mongolian Growth Group (MGG) opened the first stage of the Tuguldur Centre, an 80-year-old building which has been renovated to accommodate a new retail complex in Ulaanbaatar, close to the capitals business hub. The property is 99% leased, according to MGG, with strong interest in its second stage.
In a statement issued to investors at the beginning of 2015, Harris Kupperman, MGGs chairman and CEO, said the company had at least one other retail development in the pipeline, targeting the same market as the Tuguldur Centre. This suggests that prime retail space remains in strong demand in the city centre, despite the economic slowdown.
Local retailers are also looking to increase their profile in secondary urban centres away from the capital, tapping into a growing affluence brought about by higher employment levels and earning power stemming from the development of the mining and industrial sectors in more remote areas. While Ulaanbaatar remains the main population and economic hub, cities in the north and east are expanding, offering retail opportunities.
This expansion was given added impetus in late December when the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced it was extending a MNT23.3bn ($11.63m) loan facility to retailer Nomintav Trade. The company, part of the Nomin Group, specialises in fast-moving consumer goods, apparel and consumer electronics. The funds will be used to support development of six new outlets in various regions, as well as in Ulaanbaatar itself, where it already has a significant presence.
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Real estate looks forward to a good year, buoyed by BPOs and the resurgence of retail, leisure and gaming
BULLISH. Philippine real estate looks set to enjoy another good year. File photo by Rappler
MANILA, Philippines The prospects of the Philippine real estate industry this year are bright, anchored by the continuing growth of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector and supported by the resurgence of the retail, hospitality and gaming sectors.
We just rang in the year of the goat during Chinese New Year, but this certainly wont be a goat year for Philippine real estate. Its going to be another strong year, said Rick Santos, founder, chairman, and CEO of CBRE Philippines.
CBRE Philippine is the local subsidiary of the CBRE group, the largest real estate services company in the world.
The BPO sector remains the top driver for investment in the country due to the countrys cost-effectiveness and demographics dividend, according to CBRE.
The continued expansion of the BPO sector has also significantly accelerated the services sector, which has grown at 3.3 percentage points of the GDP and is the top drawer of economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, he added.
By 2016 BPO revenue is estimated to exceed $25 Billion (P1.10 trillion) and $48 billion (P2.12 trillion) by 2020. With that amount of money coming in, businesses linked to the sector will see great opportunities, Santos said.
The sector continues to be the main source of demand for the office market, according to John Corpus, director of agency and brokerage at CBRE. The Philippines has overtaken India in voice call centers including Western banks and IT firms due to client preference for local English accent. Call center numbers are growing at about 20% per decade, he said.
Corpus added that for every one BPO job, an additional two and a half jobs are created in construction, administration and services and in this way, they build cities.
RACINE The Journal Times Home Expo 2015 will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m Saturday, Feb. 28, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at Festival Hall, 5 Fifth St.
Approximately 70 vendors will be featured at this years expo, which offers a wider variety of home improvement vendors, showing everything from flooring and window options to work-of-art coffee tables, archival photo restoration, solar energy, home Internet service, and medical supply items that can make homes safer and more comfortable for families.
Free, hour-long seminars covering a range of topics will be presented by vendors. The schedule:
Sunday is Kids Day and will offer special activities for youngsters, including a Home Depot Kids Seminar at 2 p.m. Lollipop the clown will also be on hand Sunday, doing face painting and balloon friends.
Both children and senior citizens can also take advantage of the Safe Assured ID program, which will be available both days at no charge. Presented by the Volunteer Center of Racine County, Safe Assured ID provides children and seniors with an all-inclusive ID package that aids in the quick recovery of a missing person. For more about Safe Assured ID, go to http://www.volunteerracine.org.
Prizes and give-aways, including a $250 Home Depot gift card and a Racine Raiders ticket pack, will be issued each day (winner need not be present to win). Food and beverages will be sold by Dannys Meats & Catering.
Admission is $3. There is no charge for ages 16 and younger. For more information, go to http://www.journaltimes.com/app/homeexpo.
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