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Business is booming

Richard Froese for South Peace News

Building and development in High Prairie has exploded with a boom year of new construction in 2014, and the trend continuing this year.

Values of permits totaled just under $130 million in the Town of High Prairie and just over $10 million in the M.D. of Big Lakes.

However, the new High Prairie Health Complex accounts for $120 million.

Last year, the town recorded 31 building permits for $129,940,000. Industrial was valued at $1,450,000, with $120 million for the new High Prairie Hospital and $250,000 for a new lift station building on 49 Street

Values of permits were probably similar to the previous year except for the hospital, says Brian Martinson, director of roads and facilities for the town.

We had more value in commercial projects.

Commercial activity was valued at $9,063,000, including $4.5 million for a new shop for Joe Quartly Trucking on the west side of town and an expansion for Martin Deerline for $3.5 million on the east side.

Shell station roofing renovation with the balance.

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When Ruby Genrich scooped her first bag for a customer, she got paid 25 cents per night and all the popcorn she could eat.

Now 91, a lot has changed since she worked at Traubels Popcorn Stand in downtown Beatrice in the late 1930s, but the Kensington resident got a blast from her past Thursday.

Residents of the Kensington operated the new Traubels Popcorn Stand for the day on Thursday, an experience that brought back great memories for Genrich.

It was across the street then and Mr. Traubel was a very good boss, she explained. When the weather was bad or something, he would pick us up and take us home. We worked until 9 oclock sometimes.

Other things have also changed with the stand, like the modern heater and employees being required to wear gloves.

To provide extra assistance, Genrichs sister, Janice Edeal, stopped by the stand.

Edeal, 71, also worked at the popcorn stand in the late 1950s.

Its cool, because it was quite a novelty back then, she said. It meant a lot to us and I think they did a very good job on the stand. Its been very popular.

The popcorn stand was opened in 1937 by John and Stella Traubel and served the public at the northeast corner of Fifth and Court streets for 50 years until its closing in 1987.

Today, the stand is in a nearby location on North Fifth Street. The stand was one of the final additions to an overhaul of Fifth Street that changed the traffic flow to two way and added a historic clock, brick mural and colored concrete to the street.

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Precision-Paragon [P2] Fixture Is First to Safely Function in Photo-Sensitive Food Processing & Pharmaceutical Facilities

Yorba Linda, California (PRWEB) - The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee has recognized the innovative QHC LED fixture by Precision-Paragon [P2] as a unique and significant advancement to the art and science of lighting.

The award recognizes the ultra-efficient LED fixture as being the first LED high-bay luminaire with TIR-based short wavelength light suppression optics.

Some foods like milk, beer, chocolate and butter are susceptible to photooxidation, a process where exposure to certain wavelengths of light creates off-flavors and can significantly reduce the shelf life of affected foods. The same photooxidation process can also reduce the shelf life of many pharmaceuticals.

Photooxidation primarily occurs at specific wavelengths of light, below 500nm. In the past, food processing plants, dairies and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities were restricted to using less efficient light sources that emitted longer wavelengths in order to prevent photooxidation. These facilities couldnt take advantage of ultra-efficient LED lighting technology without damaging the products they produced.

With the patent-pending QHC, [P2] has developed the first LED high-bay that does not emit light waves below 500nm. This is accomplished by adding a special total internal reflection (TIR) optic to the fixture that absorbs wavelengths of light below 500nm, and retransmits them at longer wavelengths.

As a result, facilities creating products susceptible to photooxidation can benefit from ultra-efficient LED lighting technology for the first time. The QHC is capable of replacing a 465-watt high-pressure sodium fixture with just 139 watts of LED lighting, delivering a 70 percent energy reduction.

Until now, many food processing and pharmaceutical plants had to make do with decades-old lighting technology, said Joe Martin, [P2]s vice president and general manager. Im proud that our engineering team was the first to develop a real solution.

The QHCs award was announced at the IES Annual Conference in November and is profiled in the January issue of LD+A magazine. The TIR version of the QHC will be commercially available from [P2] in February of 2015, in a 135 watt 60 LED chip configuration.

About Precision-Paragon [P2]: For over 20 years, [P2] has made high-quality, indoor-and-outdoor light fixtures for a wide range of applications in retail, commercial and industrial spaces. [P2]s energy-efficient lighting drastically cuts energy consumption, creating big cost savings and significant environmental benefits.

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When students voted to pay an extra $20 fee to update the K-State Student Union, little was known about the new design. Now, students can see designs and photos of the product their dollars benefit.

Representatives from Workshop Architects, Inc., the company in charge of the renovation, were on campus Thursday to speak to faculty and student leaders about their direction.

In schematic design, its a lot about the big picture, Andrew Peters, designer for Workshop Architects, Inc., said.

Peters, along with Bill Smriga, executive director for the Union, and Jan van den Kieboom, designer for Workshop Architects, Inc., presented the proposed design for the Union. While designs arent finalized (due to budgeting with Turner Construction), Workshop Architects was able to show off the basis of the new plan.

The biggest changes will be seen on the buildings ground and first floors; the first floor will be completely gutted to make way for new spaces. The new design will feature a circular layout to change up what Peters called the current cut-through setup.

It doesnt really allow people a place to kind of linger and socialize, Peters said. Were re-creating the circulation of the building.

The $25 million renovation will also remove several exterior walls to bring more natural light into the currently dark space. With an open concept, added seating areas and a fireplace, Workshop is striving to make the Union into a more homey environment.

Weve been the living room of the campus for almost 60 years and just really emphasizing that we are every students building, that every student has a place will be a really big benefit to our student body. Audrey Taggart-Kagdis

You come into the new building and you see social space, you see relational space. Its the family room of campus, Peters said.

While redevelopment of the food service area caused a few hiccups for designers, van den Kieboom said he was confident that they had moved things around in a way to make Union more accessible, useful and comfortable for students. Tenative designs feature a sports bar with a balcony overlooking Old Stadium, a multitude of restaurants, a coffee shop and an ice cream shop that open out onto Bosco Student Plaza.

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By Mark D. Marotta 21st Century Media News Service

The school board voted 8-0 in favor of hiring the Lancaster-based firm. Board member Ben Rayer was absent.

Speaking after the meeting, Superintendent Nancy Hacker explained that Gilbert Architects had offered to provide its services at a range of between $45,000 and $53,000.

The board vote followed a presentation by Thomas Gilbert, principal of the architectural firm, and Danielle Hoffer, its vice president and educational planner.

Additionally, board member James Taylor remarked that the Erdenheim project had been discussed at a property committee meeting on Dec. 19, at which time three architectural firms were present.

Hacker reported to the board that the committee felt strongly that Gilbert Architects had stepped up to the plate.

She recounted that the district had earlier developed plans for Erdenheim, with considerable community input. However, Hacker added, the project was shelved because of severe water infiltration problems at the school, which the board determined needed to be addressed first. Also, the type of project that had been proposed originally was more than the district needed to invest in, she said.

However, Hacker described the elementary schools current six lunch periods as excessive, and she also said that there were crowded conditions in the cafeteria. Those were the primary needs to be addressed, Hacker added.

In his introductory remarks, Gilbert said he had started his firm in 1988 and that it had worked on school construction projects totaling over $2.1 billion.

Hoffer said Gilbert Architects had worked on 44 projects in 11 school districts in Montgomery County, among them Glenside, Cheltenham and Wyncote elementary schools in Cheltenham Township, as well as projects in the Colonial and Upper Moreland school districts and Upper Dublin High School. Continued...

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Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP announced today that it plans to move its corporate headquarters from the far northwest side of the city of Milwaukee to the Fifth Ward area, located just south of the citys Historic Third Ward and near downtown.

The move will bring more than 60 employees into a neighborhood that has attracted several development and redevelopment projects lately.

We think there is a lot more action talent-wise in the downtown area and theres a lot more activities for our staff, said managing partner David Raysich said. Downtown is where it is happening.

Plunkett Raysich will lease a former warehouse space at 209 S. Water St. in the South Water Works complex. Renovation work on the space began recently and is being done by Berghammer Construction. The space was formerly a loading dock that has been vacant for years, Raysich said. Plunkett Raysich designed the new office space for itself.

The firm will occupy a building owned by LCM Funds LLC (which includes Scott Revolinski, David Winograd and Ramesh Kapur), which owns the entire South Water Works complex of buildings.

Plunkett Raysich plans to move to its new headquarters office on May 26.

The firm is currently located at 11000 W. Park Place on the far northwest side of the city and has been located in the Park Place complex for 22 years. The firm also has offices in Madison and Sarasota, Fla.

Plunkett Raysich is celebrating its 80th year as a Milwaukee business.

The move is a great opportunity to continue our legacy in Milwaukee and to showcase our design services in the vibrant, growing Fifth Ward community, Raysich said.

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Work is officially underway on the construction of The Lofta multi-million dollar transit-oriented development project in the heart of Farmingdales Main Streetthat will include 3,100 sq. ft. of retail space on the ground floor and 26 luxury apartments above.

One of two ongoing construction projects being developed by the Staller Associates, a Hauppauge-based company specializing in commercial and retail real estate, The Loft at 231

Main St. will include 17 one-bedroom apartments, 2 two-bedroom flats and 7 two-bedroom lofts for rent. In addition, the new development will feature 12 to 18 feet-high ceilings, LED lighting, custom cabinetry and polished concrete floors. Each of the apartment units will also come with a private balcony and a designated indoor parking space.

[The project] will be world-class construction, raising the bar of architecture in the village and offering luxury rentals, said Farmingdale Mayor Ralph Ekstrand. This project represents a multi-million dollar improvement to Downtown Main Street and we are all excited to see it come to life.

According to developers, the underground utilities and other infrastructure is virtually complete, new drainage has been installed and the parking lots have been regraded. With the first layer of asphalt in place, the lot will be reopen shortly with a final layer of asphalt to be installed when the weather improves.

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