LOS ANGELES — In an effort to clean up winter stormwater — often filled with toxins, trash and health-threatening pollutants — Los Angeles County officials created a proposal to capture runoff closer to where it falls, and the plan calls for funding from a property tax.
WASHINGTON — In light of the recent focus on school security issues following the tragic events in Newtown, Conn., and in an effort to help the school community understand the key issues of school security as it relates to the built environment, the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI) will convene a School Security Summit on Feb. 6, 2013, in Washington, DC.
Brook Louis Meier has joined the Milwaukee office of architecture and experience design firm Kahler Slater as a project leader in the firm’s higher education practice area. In his new role, Meier will be responsible for developing new business opportunities, managing project teams and leading design efforts on a variety of higher education projects across the country.
Guardian 275, Major’s translucent panel daylighting system, has now been joined by high-performance Clima-Tite translucent systems with pultruded fiberglass support and LightBasic wall systems. Offered with various insulation and color options, the skylight and wall solutions are designed to eliminate glare and hot-spots as well as block damaging UV rays, according to the company. Blast and hurricane protection configurations, as well as mixed glazed systems, are also available.
Rich Driggs is now the national director of construction management and design-build at Heery International. Holding over 22 years of construction real estate experience, Driggs comes to the company from Lend Lease Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and head of Integrated Projects—Americas. He was responsible for business in excess of $1 billion annually and served key clients in various industries, including higher education and the K-12 education sector.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Garden City High School recently celebrated the completion of its $10.5 million expansion and renovation project. Those working on the New York high school project gathered for a ribbon cutting and time capsule ceremony, marking the completion and opening of the new space.
NORTHVILLE, Mich. — Construction on Northville Park Place, a retail and mixed-use development project, will begin early this year in Michigan. The construction site is located at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital, a 400-plus acre campus that closed in 2003 and was sold by the state years ago to two different owners.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Jan. 7, StudentsFirst, a nonprofit school reform organization launched by former Washington, DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, released a State Policy Report Card, in which the organization evaluated education laws and policies in each state and gave them an overall “A” through “F” letter grade.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) is in the process of requesting $75 million from state officials towards a new seven-story building at its Kansas City campus. The structure would replace a parking lot at the northeast corner of Rainbow Boulevard and 39th Street and would feature up-to-date teaching facilities for doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Governor Jerry Brown recently released a funding plan for the state’s K-12 educational system that would increase funding throughout the state.
The state provides compulsory instruction and support services to approximately six million students, grades K-12 in more than 10,000 schools, according to the recent report.
