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August 21, 2014 - Constructed with heavy-duty steel yoke with adjustable stainless steel hardware, FLL and FXL Floodlights are listed to UL1598 for wet locations and are DLC qualified. Vented housings isolate LED module from driver, maximizing product life. FLL uses 28 LEDs to deliver 8,054 lm at 80.5 lm/W, while FXL utilizes 56 LEDs to deliver 16,358 lm at 82 lm/W. Both offer 5,100 K color temperature with CRI of 67. With NEMA 6 x 6 distribution, fixtures suit general purpose flood and facade lighting. Hubbell Lighting Div. 701 Millenium Blvd Greenville, SC, 29607 USA Press release date: August 20, 2014

Greenville, SC Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today the release of two new LED floodlights from Hubbell Outdoor Lightingthe FLL and FXL. The two high lumen output fixtures round out a versatile floodlight offering for office buildings, facades, safety/ security and other applications.

Delivering excellent uniformity and shielding options, both floodlights feature vented housings designed to isolate the LED module from the driver maximizing product life and performance. Constructed with a heavy-duty steel yoke with adjustable stainless steel hardware, both floodlights are listed to UL1598 for use in wet locations and are DLC qualified. Additionally, the flat surface tempered glass lens protects the LEDs and allows for quick and easy cleaning and debris removal.

The FLL uses 28 high powered LEDs to delivers 8054 lumens at 80.5 lumens per watt, while the FXL utilizes 56 high powered LEDS to delivers 16358 lumens at 82 lumens per watt. Both fixtures offer a 5100K color temperature with a 67 CRI.

Designed using the latest in LED technology, both the FLL and FXL have NEMA 6 x 6 distribution for general purpose flood and facade lighting. The floodlights have just arrived in stock and are available for fast delivery.

The FLL and FXL complement the FSL and FML compact floods completing the F series floodlighting family. For more information on Hubbell Outdoor Lightings new LED decorative floods, visit http://www.hubbelloutdoor.com.

About Hubbell Lighting Hubbell Lighting is one of the largest lighting fixture manufacturers in North America. The company provides a full range of indoor and outdoor lighting products serving the commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential markets. Hubbell Lighting brands include Alera Lighting, Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Columbia Lighting, Compass Products, Devine Lighting, Dual-Lite, HomeStyle Lighting, Hubbell Building Automation, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting, Kim Lighting, Kurt Versen, Litecontrol, Prescolite, Progress Lighting, Security Lighting, Spaulding Lighting, Sportsliter Solutions, Sterner Lighting Systems, Thomasville Lighting, and Whiteway. Hubbell Lighting: one name, distinctive brands, limitless lighting possibilities. For additional information, please visit http://www.hubbelllighting.com and follow Hubbell Lighting on LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.

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Hamilton County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved nearly $3 million in contracts with four architects for design work at four schools.

Chairman Fred Skillern said the commission has worked with the architects before.

The architects are Derthick, Henley & Wilkerson Architects for the new Ganns Middle Valley Elementary School; Franklin Architects for Nolan Elementary School; Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects for an addition to Sale Creek Middle/High School; and Billingsley/Architecture for an addition to Wolftever Elementary School.

Commissioners also approved the dedication of $26 million to the Industrial Development Board for the planned expansion of the Volkswagen site at Enterprise South Industrial Park.

Commissioners also approved the appointment of Richard Youngblood to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority Board of Trustees, and the appointment of Nettie Gerstle as director of administrative services in the Health Services Division.

At the end of the meeting, Commissioner Warren Mackey asked County Mayor Jim Coppinger why Tennessee Highway Patrol officers have been ticketing extensively on state Highway 153, saying they were on a "rampage."

Mackey's complaint was that the money from the patrol tickets ends up in state funds, rather than in funds specifically for the county, like tickets from local police.

He asked Coppinger to encourage "Tennessee Highway Patrol in some fashion to slow down in Hamilton County."

Coppinger said the county does not have the authority to ask the patrol to leave, and also said it's his belief that the patrol was brought in at the request of the city of Chattanooga. However, he said he would look into it.

The Times Free Press reported in late July that the Chattanooga Police Department and the THP were partnering to try to reduce traffic fatalities on city roadways. There have been 29 reported traffic fatalities to date, up eight from the same time last year.

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The 2050 Imperative sets out a roadmap to help individual countries develop customised building sector CO2 emissions reduction targets

Member organisations representing over 1.3 million architects in 124 countries - including the UK's Royal Institute of British Architects - agreed to adopt the 2050 Imperative at the recent International Union of Architects (IUA) World Congress in Durban, South Africa.

The 2050 Imperative states that urban areas are responsible for over 70% of global CO2 emissions, mostly from buildings, and that over the next two decades an area roughly equal to 60% of the world's building stock will be built or rebuilt in urban areas. As such, this provides an opportunity to reduce fossil fuel CO2 emissions to zero by 2050.

By signing up to it, member organisations are charged with promoting the planning and design of carbon neutral cities, towns, urban developments, and new buildings, in order achieve the 2050 target.

In cases where carbon neutral is not feasible or practical, built environments must be designed with the highest efficiency in mind - with the capability to produce, or import, all energy from renewable energy sources in the future.

Under the agreement, member organisations have also pledged to advocate and promote socially responsible architecture for the community, and help develop tools that can deliver low cost on-site renewable energy and natural resources systems such as passive heating and cooling, water catchment and storage, solar hot water and daylighting.

Sustainable design

The 2050 Imperative was drafted by Architecture 2030, a not-for-profit organisation focused on climate impacts of the built environment, and its action items are partly based on its recent study, which sets out a roadmap to zero emissions.

The roadmap is designed to help individual countries develop customised building sector CO2 emissions reduction targets and incorporates a range of 10-year reduction targets. Along with specific country targets for new buildings and renovations, the report also offers strategies for addressing land-use/infrastructure planning and development, and the needs of both developed and developing countries.

According to the American Institute of Architects president Helene Combs Dreiling, sustainable design practices implemented by architects at a global level will help to mitigate climate change.

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Architects pledge to phase out carbon in the built environment by 2050

SOM and HKS Architects could be forced to pay damages to an association of condominium owners in San Francisco.

Architects have something new to worry about. The California Supreme Court ruled that two large firms, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and HKS Architects, could be forced to pay damages to an association of condominium owners who claimed their apartments were too hotyears after the developer rejected the architects recommendation to use low-E glass.

The case has yet to go to trial, but the decision may open the door to lawsuits by property owners who are unhappy about design decisions made at the request of previous owners. The case was considered so important that the American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) filed an amicus brief on the side of SOM and HKS, with support from the AIA in Washington, D.C. And while the ruling applies only in California, that states supreme court influences judges in other states.

The project that led to the lawsuit is the Beacon, a four-building, 595-unit condo complex in the China Basin section of San Francisco. SOM, through its San Francisco office, was design architect; HKS, based in Dallas, was architect of record. (Together, the firms earned fees of more than $5 million, which did not escape the courts attention.) Four years after the building was completed, the Beacon Residential Community Association, unhappy with temperatures in some of the apartments, sued. The glass recommended by SOM would have prevented the problem, but the developer substituted lower-performance glass to reduce costs, says SOM spokesperson Elizabeth Kubany.

In prior cases, California courts had ruled that an architect owes no duty of care to downstream users. This time, the court held that such a duty exists, in part because architects, in the courts view, are uniquely qualified to choose the right building materials. The decision cleared the way for the six-year-old lawsuit to move forward. Says Kubany, I am confident that SOM will be fully vindicated at trial. Perhaps. But the courts ruling will affect many other firms. R. Craig Williams, a principal of HKS (and the firms chief legal officer), says that the decision means that HKS should have known better than do what the client demanded. Kurt Cooknick, the Director of Regulation and Practice of the AIACC, agrees: The architect will be put in a bad position if the current client wants him to do something that will affect the downstream owner.

Of course, not everyone is lamenting the decision. Ann Rankin, an attorney whose firm represents the residents, calls it a big win for property owners throughout California whose buildings suffer from design errors caused by the negligence of architects and engineers. And even some design professionals agree with the decision. Howard I. Littman, a forensic architect in Agoura Hills, California, says that architects should hold themselves to a high ethical standard, and not expect to be relieved of liability because a negligently designed building happened to change hands.

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Lawsuit Suggests New Liability for Architects

August 21 at 12:44 PM

Projects Proposed

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Townhouses and retail space. Palisades Development, Rockville. A preliminary plan of subdivision was submitted to develop 140 townhouses and 4,000 square feet of commercial space on 12 acres in the southeast quadrant of Good Luck and Greenbelt roads, Lanham.

2. Mixed-use project. St. John Properties, Baltimore. A conceptual site plan was submitted to convert an office park into a mixed-use project with 2,500 residential units, including apartments and senior living units, and 320,000 feet of retail and office space. The Melford project will be on 260 acres in the northeast quadrant of routes 50 and 301, Bowie.

3. Self-storage facility. Annapolis Road Self-Storage, Reston. A site plan was submitted to build a 112,560-square-foot mini-storage facility on 4.09 acres in the southwest quadrant of Forbes Boulevard and Annapolis Road, Lanham.

4. Student housing. Manekin Construction, Columbia. A building permit application was filed to construct a $9.2million student housing building for Capitol College, 11301 Springfield Rd., Laurel.

5. Medical office building. FPR Medical Properties Brandywine, Rockville. A site plan was submitted to build a 65,300-square-foot medical office building in the northeast quadrant of the Brandywine Crossing shopping center, Timothy Branch Road and Route 301, Brandywine.

6. Retail center. Broglen, Fort Washington. A preliminary plan of subdivision was submitted for eight retail lots on 10.8 acres in the southwest quadrant of Annapolis and Bell Station roads, Glenn Dale.

7. Urgent care. Adventist Healthcare, Gaithersburg. A site plan was submitted to build a 5,500-square-foot Centra Care urgent care center on slightly more than half an acre in the northeast quadrant of Baltimore Avenue and Magnolia Street, Laurel.

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Prince Georges County development

HARTFORD An advisory panel appointed by the city's development director on Thursday heard presentations from the three bidders seeking to develop land north of Hartford's downtown, a project that would include housing, retail space and a minor league ballpark.

Three developers have bid on the project, though only two have broad plans for the area.

A group led by New York-based LeylandAlliance and Middletown-based Centerplan has proposed building a ballpark, more than 210,000 square feet of municipal office space, more than 600 residential units, and retail space that features a supermarket with covered parking.

JCJ Architecture, Sports Contracting Group, Urban Design Associates, Freeman Companies, BETA, McDowell Jewett, and Greenskies Renewable Energy also are part of the development team. The plan would cost $350 million, city officials said Thursday.

Boston-based CV Properties LLC submitted a plan that includes a new municipal office building, a ballpark and a garage. The company said it would partner with other interested developers "to advance the housing and retail components of the project."

The CV Properties' team also includes Gilbane Inc., Kage Growth Strategies, and HFF Inc. The development would cost $217 million.

A third proposal was submitted by Bloomfield-based Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. The owner, Curt Cameron, has said he intends to build a 40,000-square-foot brewery, restaurant and beer garden on North Main Street, across from the proposed stadium. Cameron's plan would cost $16 million.

Centerplan's bid included letters of intent from two "prominent supermarket operators." City officials on Thursday declined to reveal the operators, but sources with knowledge of the project said ShopRite and Balducci's had submitted the letters.

The proposals from Centerplan and CV Properties both include Hooker Brewery as part of the overall development.

"We want this development to be the catalyst for economic growth and accelerate the creation of a new neighborhood Downtown North," Mayor Pedro Segarra said in a statement Thursday. "We believed that this could be achieved without burdening taxpayers and that opportunity is before us."

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(PRWEB) August 21, 2014

Turner Construction Company is proud to announce the topping out of 7 Bryant Park, a 30-story, 474,000-square-foot office building for developer Hines. Turner upheld an aggressive schedule and achieved this milestone, and the completion of all concrete work, on time through a collaborative, team-oriented approach and effective communication with all stakeholders.

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners visionary architectural design offers 200,000 square feet of striking glass features, including 10-foot glass panels adjacent to two conical incisions carved into the corner of the building. Tenant amenities will include a 10,000 square foot lobby retail space, a fitness center, an exclusive rooftop terrace and direct access direct access to public transportation. Of note, 7 Bryant Park is NYCs first Wired pre-certified Platinum building. This exclusive WiredNYC pre-certification exemplifies Hines commitment to its tenants, said Turner Project Executive, Patrick Murray.

A unique feature of this project, shared by only one other building in New York, is concrete core first construction. The concrete-core-first construction technique creates a stronger, more robust building that can be built more efficiently and cost effectively, said Turner Project Manager, Michael Nolan, P.E., LEED AP. The core serves as the lateral load-resisting structural frame that was built ahead of the connecting steel framing.

The core presented a constructability challenge to build upwards while carefully coordinating vertical collaboration of concrete, iron and elevator subcontractors in such a high-profile location, said Turner Project Engineer, Susan Fusi. She went on to say that the concrete core is composed of a total of 950 tons of rebar and 9,200 cubic yards of concrete for 2.5-foot thick walls, poured at a rate of 4 days per floor. Turner used an innovative climbing form system called Tru-lift, composed of steel grid support and hydraulic jack systems, to embed the previous floors cast placement and safely jump up to the next floor.

Turners safety program recently earned the company OHSAS 18001 certification, which recognizes a commitment to safety and the successful implementation of preemptive safety initiatives such as Ladders Last, an award-winning policy the team implemented on the 7 Bryant Park project. Under the policy, stable alternatives such as scissor lifts, scaffolding, and mobile platforms, replace ladders. Our proactive approach to safety has decreased risk exposure in this complex building project and will potentially save time and money, said Turner Safety Manager, Elijah Aidelogie.

Turner also adhered to strict rules regarding pedestrian and traffic safety during operations, which required communicating effectively with a staff of approximately 250 union workers from the more than 30 companies on site at any given time. Turner coordinated delivery times, designated loading zones, and phased the project to meet a delivery schedule of 15 concrete trucks daily.

We allocated half hour time intervals during morning hours to unload each truck, stated Randy Brzezinski, Turner Project Superintendent. Since 40th Street is a through-street to the Lincoln Tunnel, we scheduled trade flow to alleviate afternoon commuter traffic. He specified that only two trucks at a time were permitted to queue and make deliveries on Sixth Avenue. Additionally, the number of subcontractors allocated to assist with deliveries was limited, and the team enforced time-specific sidewalk closures to allow safer and more efficient direct hoisting of heavy steel and other materials off the trucks.

Turner also used Just-in-Time delivery which limits material deliveries to items ready to be installed, reducing on-site material storage and improving housekeeping and safety to manage the flow of trades and meet the projects fast-track schedule. Developing an electric chain-flow system to facilitate glass deliveries from a locally sourced vendor, Turner arranged for crate-less, nightly deliveries of 40 glass curtainwall panels. Once they were on site, subs arranged the panels for each floor on custom-made dollies and sent them directly to their installation areas via winch and exterior hoist. We developed custom-made dollies to decrease time, labor and wood debris affiliated with traditional crate delivery systems, continued Brzezinski. The team also took this approach for sections of the buildings conical glass structures.

Set on Sixth Avenue between 39th and 40th Streets with expansive views of Bryant Park, 7 Bryant Park offers countless neighborhood retail, dining and lodging amenities and ideal access to several modes of transportation, including immediate building access to five subway lines, with Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station just one subway stop away. 7 Bryant Park is scheduled for completion in 2015.

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Steven Randel, Houzz Contributor

Laundry rooms rule. If you have the luxury of space, laundry rooms can be more than places to clean clothes; they can be welcoming, accessible places for more activities, such as caring for pets, sewing, doing DIY projects, wrapping packages, starting seedlings and more.

As with kitchens, there are a number of considerations and dimensions to be aware of when planning a multipurpose laundry room. Below are several functions and layouts to keep in mind.

How to have a spotless, beautifully organized laundry room

There are four primary areas and functions of laundry rooms:

Entry and prep. Install a laundry sink near the entry so you can sort, apply fabric treatments and soak stains if necessary.

Washing. It is good to have a countertop where you can place your sorted loads before putting them in the washing machine.

Drying. Youll also want another section of countertop for items that need to be line dried, as well as space to fold dried laundry.

Storage and ironing. Make sure you have enough room for a folded ironing board, which measures about 14 inches wide, 60 inches long and 3 inches thick (36 by 152 by 7 centimeters).

Nice extras. Of course, some people with large spaces want to use their laundry room as a craft or sewing area, mudroom or dog washing station. These are very specific to each of us; planning spaces with a little extra room for these functions lets individual habits dictate their use.

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The first part of a $2.6 million window replacement project at New Canaan's South Elementary School has been "successfully completed," Nancy Harris, the district's interim director of finance and operations, told the Board of Education Monday.

Split into two phases, the project will repair or replace some of the windows, replace a failing glass block structure in the upper level of the school and repair the building expansion joint. The glass block structure will be replaced with frosted glass, according to Harris.

Phase one, which lasted about a month and cost $411,700, included the removal of the glass block and abatement of hazardous materials from non-teaching spaces.

The area is now sealed up with weatherproof boards until the second phase, which includes more abatement and the replacement of the windows, begins in summer 2015.

At Monday's meeting, Harris praised the work of Niram, the New Jersey construction company in charge of phase one.

"They were on time, they were neat, they were thorough," she told the board.

Harris said environmental experts and engineers visited the construction site every day "to make sure all containment remained intact" and "that all materials were removed properly."

The finance director said the building committee overseeing the project plans to launch the bidding process for phase two in the fall.

The committee's next meeting is Thursday, Aug. 28, at 10 a.m. in room 102 at South.

noliveira@bcnnew.com, 203-330-6582, @olivnelson

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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) August 21, 2014

Bulls Glass and Screen Center, a San Jose, California company that specializes in windows, doors and more, has just announced that they have hired additional qualified staff and upgraded their inventory. These exciting changes were in response to a recent increase in Bay Area commercial property clients contacting Bulls Glass for help with replacing their windows and other related services.

As a company spokesperson for Bulls Glass and Screen Center explained, during the recent economic downturn, many owners of commercial properties waited to make much-needed upgrades like switching from single pane to double pane windows.

Now, thanks to the red hot Bay Area economy, the rental market is on fire once again, and we are seeing a soaring demand in window upgrade orders as renters expect amenities like double pane windows that reduce energy costs, noise, lower moisture, and increase security, the spokesperson noted, adding that this increase in business is especially centered on the South Bay area.

We are seeing an economic boom with commercial property ownersmainly apartment buildings and multi-family housing units, townhouses and more.

In addition to providing top notch window repair and window replacement services, a Bulls Glass Representative stated, We also offer the following install and repair services on doors, window screens, shower doors, shower tub enclosures, and more!

During the 45-plus years that Bulls Glass and Screen Center has been in business, they have acquired a great deal of knowledge and expertise in retrofitting older style windows to more modern and energy-efficient styles.

Retrofit window and patio door replacements are a no-hassle way of upgrading your home or residential units, the spokesperson said, adding that each can be installed in just a few hours with absolutely no mess or additional work required.

About Bulls Glass and Screen Center:

Bull's Glass and Screen Center has been serving the Saratoga, Cupertino, Los Altos, Monte Sereno, Los Gatos, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and West San Jose communities for over 40 years. The company's technicians are highly trained and professional, each with over 20 years experience in the industry. For more information, please visit http://bullsglass.com/.

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