NJ Voters Approve School Construction Projects
TRENTON, N.J. — Voters in 11 of 13 New Jersey school districts approved requests for more money towards school construction projects. The 11 approved bond proposals total $116 million in construction costs and are eligible for $50 million in state subsidies, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association. The money will fund projects ranging from roof replacements to energy system upgrades to security improvements.
The following 11 school districts approved projects:
Valerie Greer, AIA, LEED AP, vice president and senior architect at HOK’s St. Louis office was named in this year’s St. Louis Business Journal 40 Under 40 class honoring young professionals. Greer served on the core design team for the $12.5 million, 5.5 million-square-foot King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest LEED Platinum project.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University opened the new 230,000-square-foot Edward P. Evans Hall on Jan. 9 for the School of Management.
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — Construction has begun on the new Agriculture & Business Multipurpose Classroom Building at Prairie View A&M University. Plans were finalized in August 2013, and crews broke ground on the 96,000-square-foot facility shortly after the New Year.
Mark Kranz, AIA, LEED AP is now the design director for the Phoenix, Ariz. office of SmithGroupJJR. Kranz is a member of the firm’s Science & Technology practice, and specializes in highly complex academic teaching and research facilities. Kranz is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies. He later went on to Arizona State University, where he earned a master’s of architecture degree.