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• Douglas County sheriff's station blends in with Colorado town

  By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor, February 1, 2010
  Ground has been broken on the Douglas County Sheriff Substation in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The 36,000-sf law enforcement facility features large translucent wall panels that blend the building in with the architectural features of the neighboring Highlands Ranch Town Center. The substation, designed by Pahl Architecture and built by Mark Young Construction, is on track for LEED Silver certificat...  More

• Franklin County courthouse saves $8-10 million on steel

  By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor, February 1, 2010
  The Franklin County Courthouse is getting a new home in the River South District of Columbus, Ohio. Targeting LEED Silver certification, the 350,000-sf facility will be one of the first green-built county courthouses in Ohio when it's finished in 2010. Architect DesignGroup, construction firm Gilbane, and structural engineer Shelley Metz Baumann Hawk were able to overcome a shortage of building...  More

• Baltimore gets new youth detention center

  November 1, 2009
  PSA-Dewberry is designing Baltimore’s $80 million downtown youth detention center. The five-story, 200,000-sf center will house youths who have been criminally charged as adults, and is the first phase of Maryland’s seven-phase plan to completely reconstruct the city’s downtown correctional campus.  More

• New building focuses on public safety

  November 1, 2009
  The $40 million public safety building for the city of El Cajon, Calif., is under construction and slated for completion in June 2011. The five-story, 119,400-sf building will house the city’s administrative offices, a joint police and fire emergency operations center, central data center, indoor firing range, crime lab, and short-term custody facility.  More

• Sustainable Buildings as Teaching Tools: 4 Strategies for Integrating Buildings into Experiential Learning

  Tony Alfieri, AIA, LEED AP, Associate Principal, Perkins+Will, September 24, 2009
  4 Strategies for Integrating Buildings into Experiential Learning  More

• Las Vegas announces Green Building Rebate Program

  Source: City of Las Vegas website, Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine, September 16, 2009
  The city of Las Vegas announced it will begin a Green Building Rebate Program to stimulate new green building construction and provide energy efficiency retrofits to existing buildings. The green building program provides rebates for new construction and existing commercial and residential retrofits for buildings who construct buildings or projects to green building program standards.  More

• PSA-Dewberry designing new Baltimore youth detention center

  August 14, 2009
  A consulting team led by PSA-Dewberry has been selected by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to design the new Baltimore Youth Detention Center in downtown Baltimore, Md. The $80-million facility will accommodate youths who have been criminally charged as adults, and will enable the state to increase its educational, counseling, and healthcare services for youth offenders.  More

• Green consultant guarantees LEED certification or your money back

  August 12, 2009
  With cities mandating LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for public, and even private, buildings in growing numbers, an Atlanta-based sustainability consulting firm is hoping to ease anxieties over meeting those goals with the industry’s first Green Guaranteed.  More

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