CCR Issue 1-2023

FEATURES

24 Up, up and away…

The Four Points by Sheraton hotel is the first hospitality project in Trinidad and Tobago developed in compliance with ESG responsible investment principles

60 Staying in groove

3 tips for successfully executing architectural design mock-ups

64 Together We Excel

5 reasons builders and architects should prioritize collaboration

The groundbreaking for the new 154-room Four Points by Sheraton hotel and conference center at the International Airport Estates at the Piarco International Airport. (L-R) Hayden Newton, GM, Airport Authority, Trinidad and Tobago; Christopher Alcazar, Chairman, Airport Authority of Trinidad and Tobago; Ursula Gutierrez, Area Director Marriott Select Brands, CALA; Senator the Honorable Rohan Sinanan, Minister of Works & Transport; Senator the Honorable Randall Mitchell, Minister of Tourism; Tamarco G. Edwards, Director, Prestige Hotels/Deputy Chairman, STAGES Group; Natale V. Barranco, AIA, Director, Prestige Hotels/Principal, Urban Architects; Hubertus Jan van der Vaart, co-founder/Chief Investment Officer, SEAF.

Photo by Thion Lord, courtesy of Prestige Hotels Ltd.

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Please pull ahead?

It was later than I normally eat. But after a later workout, two dogs who needed to be taken care of and several errands to run, I was hungry. I think it is alright to admit that. Sure, it was 9 p.m., but I burned the calories I needed to burn and one late night meal wasn’t going to make a difference.

So I rolled into one of my “If-I’m-going-to-eat-a-little-late-this-one-meet-mycriteria” spots. I pulled up, powered down the window and checked the menu board.

“Can I get a minute?” I asked No response, so I kept checking the board.

“Good evening, I am ready when you are,” I shouted out. Nothing.

And there it was—a note, placed extremely non-strategically at the bottom of the speaker box that read: “Due to staff shortages, we are temporarily suspending orders at the drive-thru.”

What the @#@#? This is not only one of my daughter’s go-to study places, but I had worked there a lot in those pre-pandemic days. When I went inside, there were four people (four) milling around the counter.

And that is where my story ends. But it is where it ends for the restaurant industry. In a time when the way consumers buy is changing at a rapid pace, that good old fast-food drive-thru window is changing, too. Multiple lanes. Easy-to-navigate digital menu boards. Workers taking orders via iPads. The industry is trying.

Other than having your food delivered (talk about changing the game, right), help is on the way. Several restaurant companies out there are using automated artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help bolster productivity.

Why is that important? Well, other than me having to get out of the car (hey, I heard that), a recent TechCrunch survey found that “68% of consumers aged 18 to 44 years old said they were more likely to go to a drive-thru if it offers a celebrity voice.”

Yeah, I get it, I am not in that age group, nor am I a frequent fast-food visitor now that my daughter is driving. But I am pleased that by trying to keep one of our nation’s favorite pastimes (sorry baseball) intact, we can still have some normalcy before the robots take over everything (kidding folks. But am I?).

By the way, fast casual giants like McDonald’s and KFC already have been using the technology.

So, when I roll into a drive-thru and the robot from The Jetsons strolls out with my food, I will be sure to let you know.

Ain’t technology grand.

A recent TechCrunch survey found that “68% of consumers aged 18 to 44 years old said they were more likely to go to a drive-thru if it offers a celebrity voice.”

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RETAILERS

AARON ANCELLO Facilities Asset Management

Public Storage

DEDRICK KIRKEM Facilities Director Fragracenet.com

BOB MEZA Senior Construction Project Manager Target

JOHN MIOLOGOS Director, Store Standards Store Design and Planning Walgreens Company

LAURA GROSS Retail Facilities Manager American Signature Furniture

RESTAURANTS

RON BIDINOST Vice President of Construction Bubbakoo’s Burritos

DAVID SHOTWELL Construction Manager Atticus Franchise Group

ROB ADKINS, LEED AP CDP Project Development Manager- Licensed Stores- National Accounts Starbucks Coffee Company

RON VOLSKE Development Director Focus brands

HOSPITALITY

JOHN COOPER Principal Executive Vice President

Stormont Hospitality Group LLC

SAMUEL D. BUCKINGHAM, RS

CMCA AMS President & Co-Founder Evergreen Financial Partners LLC

GARY RALL Vice President of Design and Development Holiday Inn Club Vacations

ROBERT RAUCH CEO RAR Hospitality Faculty Assoc. Arizona State University

JOE THOMAS Vice President Engineering Loews Hotels

LU SACHARSKI Vice President of Operations and Project Management Interserv Hospitality

ANDY BRIGGS, CHA Managing Principal A14 Capital Management

REAL ESTATE

MEGAN HAGGERTY Founder Legacy Capital Investment

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

DAVID THOMPSON

Vice President TCB Construction Group LLC.

MATT SCHIMENTI President Schimenti Construction

JOHN STALLMAN Marketing Manager Lakeview Construction

DEVELOPMENT/PROJECT MANAGEMENT

KAY BARRETT NCIDQ, CDP Senior Vice President Cushman & Wakefield

CLINTON “BROOKS” HERMAN, PMP Construction Project Manager Hill International, Inc.

PAM GOODWIN Goodwin Advisors, LLC Goodwin Commercial The Pam Goodwin Show

JIM SHEUCHENKO President Property Management Advisors LLC

CHRIS VARNEY

Principal, Executive Vice President EMG

STEPHEN HEKMAN Executive VP

Kingsmen Retail Services US

KEN DEMSKE

Vice President Jones Lang LaSalle

PERMITTING

VAUN PODLOGAR

CEO, Owner, Founder State Permits, Inc.

CONSULTANT

GINA MARIE ROMEO

Founder Connect Source Consulting Group, LLC.

ARCHITECTS/ENGINEERS

JEFFREY D. MAHLER RCA Advisory Board Member

MICHAEL MAGEE Studio Leader Retail, Store Design Senior Associate Little

FRED MARGULIES

Director of Retail Architecture

Onyx Creative

STEVEN MCKAY

Managing Principal, Global Design Leader DLR Group

STEVEN R. OLSON, AIA President CESO, Inc.

ADA

BRAD GASKINS Principal

The McIntosh Group

ACADEMIA

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BOB WITKEN

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AroundtheIndustry

GROCERS

Whole Foods

Whole Foods Market opened a 42,000-square-foot store in the New York City Financial District skyscraper known as One Wall Street. The store’s art deco-inspired design is meant to mirror the area, as are its product offerings, which will include specially curated locally sourced foods.

Winn-Dixie

Southeastern Grocers has opened a new 41,454-square-foot Winn-Dixie store in St. Johns County, Florida’s Grand Cypress community. It also plans to open two more stores in Jacksonville and Central Florida.

ALDI

Aldi’s 26th regional headquarters will support 100 stores and provide groceries to 8 million of its Gulf Coast shoppers. The distribution center in Loxley, Alabama is part of planned store openings in the region through 2023.

H-E-B

H.E.B. has opened a new store in Cibolo, Texas, which includes a 55,000-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center with automation solutions. The center will join a growing footprint of fulfillment facilities that have brought curbside pickup and home delivery capabilities to more than 270 stores throughout the state.

Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market is embarking on an initiative called “Growing with Purpose,” which lays out a 10-year plan focused on boosting business performance, improving customer experience and fostering team member happiness and growth. The company has set ambitious growth plans that call for entering new global markets and ramping up new store openings to 30 or more locations a year.

DG Market

The new DG Market in Winchester, Illinois, which replaced a traditional Dollar General location about a mile away, will sell an expanded inventory of produce and fresh meats. The move is part of the company’s strategy to carry fresh produce in at least 10,000 stores, especially in food deserts and rural areas.

HOSPITALITY

Choctaw Casino & Resort

A 21-story tower headlines the $600 million expansion of the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma, near the Texas border. The Choctaw Nation’s flagship property features six restaurants, 11 bars, a three-acre swimming area and 1,000 new hotel rooms.

Hard Rock

The gambling, hospitality and entertainment company Hard Rock wants to build a $2 billion casino in New York City and is considering at least three possible sites. Hard Rock is also slated to open a new hotel in Manhattan in April.

Great Wolf Lodge

Plans to open a Great Wolf Lodge waterpark resort at Sequoia Gateway Commerce Center in Visalia, California are underway. The project could begin construction in early 2023 and include an indoor water park, an outdoor pool area, a 700-room hotel and a family entertainment center.

Highgate

Hotels

The select-service properties that predominate in Highgate Hotels’ portfolio have inspired the launch of Highgate Select, a new division focusing on select-service, limited-service and extended-stay modes. The New York City-based company’s 533 hotels include 320 acquired in two deals with partner Cerberus Capital Management.

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Rosewood

In 2025, the City of Miami will reclaim one of its original icons, the Raleigh. Closed since 2017, the landmark art deco hotel aims to reclaim its standing and operate under the umbrella of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, whose luxury portfolio includes New York’s Carlyle and the Crillon in Paris.

Disney World’s Polynesian Village

Disney has announced a new expansion for the popular Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, which will bring more Disney Vacation Club villas to the popular resort. The new villas coming to Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort will be located on the edge of the man-made waterway, Seven Seas Lagoon, and be part of the fan-favorite monorail resorts. This is the same area where Disney’s Contemporary Resort and Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa is located.

Maswik South Lodge

Travelers headed to Grand Canyon now have a new option for in-park accommodations. After its $35 million reconstruction by Xanterra Travel Collection, Maswik South Lodge is the first new lodging inside the park in over 50-years and is just footsteps away from the Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim.

RETAIL Target/Ulta Beauty

The number of Target stores with Ulta Beauty shops-in-shop will grow from 101 to more than 350, as the collaboration’s launch last year has spurred incremental sales in related categories throughout the store. Target aims to grow the partnership to at least 800 stores.

AroundtheIndustry

Uniqlo

Plans are in progress for a Uniqlo in downtown Seattle. The store will fill the ground floor of the historic Bon Marche and former Macy’s building. That space has stood empty for more than two years, since Macy’s closed in February of 2020.

Meta

Meta, formerly Facebook, has opened a brick-and-mortar store on its Burlingame, California campus to introduce consumers to devices including the Quest 2 virtual reality headset and Ray-Ban Stories smart sunglasses. Shoppers will be able to try out the gadgets and learn how they can be used to explore the metaverse, and they’ll be able to make purchases in the store or online.

The Container Store

Home organization retailer The Container Store released a new logo, tagline and campaign on, which it calls “the last most organized day of the century.” The retailer is taking a more emotional approach with these elements as it seeks to “transform lives through the power of organization.”

IKEA

Ikea-owned Ingka Group’s investment arm, Ingka Investments, is spending $373 million to develop nine solar parks in Spain and Germany to make its store and warehouse operations in the two countries carbon neutral. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year.

Burrow

Direct-to-consumer furniture brand Burrow will roll out 10 new brickand-mortar stores over the next couple years, in formats that will work with the brand’s e-commerce platform. Customers will be able to access both virtual and in-person consultations, and stores will showcase new products ahead of their rollout for online sales.

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings will open four new stores this year, one of which will serve as an innovation lab for testing new assortments, product demonstrations and convenience strategies. The innovationfocused store in Warwick, Rhode Island will have a smaller format and go by the name BJ’s Market, while the remaining three clubs, planned for Lady Lake, Florida; Canton, Michigan; and Greenburgh, New York, will be traditional warehouse clubs.

RESTAURANTS

Noodles & Co.

Noodles & Co.’s expansion plans include franchise development and more restaurants in states such as Texas, North Carolina, New Mexico and Alabama.

Freebirds World Burrito

Texas-based fast-casual chain Freebirds World Burrito has partnered with Now Cuisine to create robotic burrito bowl kiosks called Takeout Stations, which will test in Dallas-area office buildings and multifamily spaces. Each machine will be able to serve up to 150 meals before it needs restocking and the companies aim to ultimately expand the kiosks to hotels, airports, college campuses, and other nontraditional spaces.

Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A has launched its “Little Blue Menu” delivery-only operation in Nashville, Tennessee, with three distinct concepts: Flock & Farm, Garden Day, and Outfox Wings. Customers can order from Chick-fil-A’s familiar menu, and input from the one-city rollout will help the chain tweak the program before it debuts in more markets.

HipCityVeg

Philadelphia-based HipCityVeg made its New York City as part of a push to double in size to 15 locations by early this year. The plantbased fast-casual chain’s plans include two more New York City units that will be delivery-only “Go Kitchens,” as well as two new eateries each in Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

Panera Bread

Panera Bread will power half its restaurants with renewable energy sources by 2025, shift to 100% sustainable packaging and boost sales of eco-friendly “Cool Food Meals” as part of the chain’s plan to become “climate positive.” In a step up from carbon-neutrality, Panera’s plans call for its operations to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit by 2050.

Burger King

Burger King will trim some menu items in the US to speed up drive-thru times, which have slowed over the past year amid surging demand for off-premises dining. The chain will also improve menu designs to make ordering easier for customers and simplify food preparation processes for faster order fulfillment.

East Coast Wings + Grill

East Coast Wings + Grill is in growth mode with plans for fast-casual and smaller-format locations that give prospective franchisees more options.

Ghost Kitchen Brands

Canada-based Ghost Kitchen Brands has opened the first of 30 planned US locations in partnership with Walmart. The location at a Walmart store in Rochester, New York enables customers to order takeout or delivery via in-store kiosks or a mobile app from 25 restaurant and packaged food brands, including Quiznos, Saladworks and Kraft.

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It’s an in-store thing

Many retailers are enticing shoppers by using their store experiences to solve common problems and attract repeat customers. Take upscale outerwear brand Canada Goose, which is displaying artwork from indigenous artists and offering opportunities to test coats in cold rooms. Or 7-Eleven, which has introduced a new store format designed to make shoppers feel comfortable and encourage them to linger.

What all the cool kids are doing

What do the kids think—college kids, that is? When Hilton Hotels & Resorts wanted to know, it asked college students from 24 campuses to participate in an Adobe Analytics challenge. The data it uncovered helped identify travel trends in business and leisure travel and develop engagement strategies. The hunt for new ways to target customers was prompted by the pandemic. What it found was that you can get much of the same travel patterns as in the past, but discover new segments to chase.

The numbers game

The percent that hotel room prices have risen compared to pre-pandemic, according to The Family Vacation Guide. Honolulu and New York City had the highest rate increases, with 252% and 226% respectively.

The percent of shoppers who say they plan to shop in store most often during the month, according to Kroger’s 84.51°. Many consumers who prefer to shop in-store do so to save money, taking advantage of in-store sales and promotions, and because they don’t trust (46%) someone else to pick out their groceries.

The percent that retail rents have grown above pre-pandemic levels in the Americas, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The retail recovery has varied around the globe and has perhaps “been strongest in the US, in part the result of supportive fiscal policies and domestic migration patterns.

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Where’s your port-a-potty?

Court reminds contractors to comply with insurance policy conditions

By Scott A. Bowan

ALouisiana appellate court’s recent decision serves as a reminder to policyholders, especially those in the construction industry, of the importance of complying with conditions precedent contained in an insurance policy. Failure to do so may result in an unexpected denial of coverage, as it did in the following case.

The case of Baudoin v. American Glass and Mirror Works, Inc. involved a claim by a contractor’s worker, Mitchell Baudoin, for personal injuries allegedly sustained on a job site. Baudoin sued a number of entities, including the general contractor, Charles Goudeau d/b/a Charles Goudeau General Contractor, and Goudeau’s insurer, Accident Insurance Company (AIC).1

Baudoin alleged that while he was working at Goudeau’s job site installing flooring for Southern Title Company, Inc., he was struck by a vehicle after exiting a portable restroom. He claimed that Goudeau was negligent in its placement of the porta-potty near a vehicular travel lane.

AIC filed a motion for summary judgment in the trial court arguing that there was no coverage for Baudoin’s claim under the Comprehensive General Liability (CGL) policy that AIC issued to Goudeau due to the application of an exclusion and endorsement. The trial court found that there was a disputed issue of material fact concerning the Employees and Contractors exclusion, which precluded summary judgment on that basis.

However, the trial court agreed with AIC that the endorsement barred coverage because Goudeau had failed to comply with that endorsement’s conditions precedent to coverage.

In particular, the AIC policy contained a “Contractors Special Conditions” endorsement, which added the following to the “Conditions” section of the insurance policy: As a condition precedent to coverage for any claim for injury or damage based, in whole or in part, upon work performed by independent contractors, the insured must have, prior to the start of work and the date of the “occurrence” giving rise to the claim or “suit”:

1. Received a written indemnity agreement from the independent contractor holding the insured harmless for all liabilities, including

costs of defense, arising from the work of the independent contractor;

2. Obtained certificates of insurance from the independent contractor indicating that the insured is named as an additional insured and that coverage is maintained with minimum limits of $500,000 per occurrence;

3. Obtained proof that the independent contractor has workers compensation insurance if required by the state in which the job(s) is located; and

4. Obtained proof that all licenses as required by local and/or state statute, regulation, or ordinance are up to date.

contractors on your behalf represented by the certificates of insurance referenced in (2) and (3) above.

AIC argued that there was no coverage under the Contractors Special Conditions endorsement because Goudeau admitted in his deposition that he had not obtained any of the required documents and that he had not provided AIC with any certificates of insurance from subcontractors naming Goudeau as an additional insured. The trial court agreed and granted summary judgment to the insurer.

The insured must maintain the records evidencing compliance with paragraphs (1) through (4) above for a minimum of five years from the expiration date of this policy. If coverage indicated under (2) and (3) above are not maintained, we shall have no obligation to defend or indemnify any insured for work performed by independent

On appeal, Baudoin argued that the Contractors Special Conditions endorsement was unlawful under Louisiana’s Anti-Indemnity Act, La. Rev. Stat. § 9:2780.1, which prohibits certain types of indemnification provisions or agreements in construction contracts. The Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, disagreed, stating that “[w]hile subsection (B) of [the Anti-Indemnity Act] prohibits indemnity agreements, subsection (C) expressly permits additional insured contracts.” Thus, the appellate court found there was no error in the trial court because Baudoin failed to satisfy the conditions for coverage under the AIC policy.

The lesson to be learned from Baudoin is that all parties to a construction project should be careful to ensure that they are satisfying their respective insurance policy’s conditions precedent to coverage—and perhaps should think twice when deciding where to place porta-potties at the jobsite. CCR

Scott Bowan is a litigator with nearly 20 years of experience representing clients in disputes across the country for Eckert Seamans. He concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance recovery, construction litigation, and commercial litigation. He can be reached at sbowan@eckertseamans.com.

The lesson to be learned from Baudoin is that all parties to a construction project should be careful to ensure that they are satisfying their respective insurance policy’s conditions precedent to coverage.

The fight for green

New sustainable construction tech helps reduce CO2

By Tim Sperry

Climate change is the most significant environmental problem our society faces today. The rising temperatures caused by global warming will impact much more than just the weather; climate change could have enormous effects on the environment by wreaking havoc on ecosystems across the globe.

While this could spell doom for societies the world over if it goes unchecked, several innovators are developing new technologies that can help mitigate some of the damages that have contributed to climate change.

Greenhouse gasses are the compounds that contribute to global warming, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. While they occur naturally in the atmosphere in trace amounts, the atmospheric destruction that leads to global warming occurs when they accumulate in the atmosphere at unnaturally high levels.

Several sources can contribute to these gasses accumulating in the atmosphere at excessive levels, from vehicles burning fossil fuels to the exhaust produced by factories.

The importance of decarbonization

But there is a process by which the carbon in the atmosphere can be reduced, called decarbonization. This process entails eventually shifting our economy towards one that has no CO2 emissions whatsoever, but for now, it means slowing down the output of greenhouse gas emissions so that

catastrophic environmental consequences can be avoided, or at least mitigated.

Although some of the environmental consequences that greenhouse emissions have caused are not reversible, decarbonization efforts can help mitigate some of these effects and help prevent them from worsening. By taking these measures, our society can ensure that we preserve the health of our planet for generations to come.

Many environmentalists have pointed toward the ultimate goal of a “net zero future,” but what does a “net zero future” actually mean? To achieve a net zero future,

greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to as close to zero as possible, with the remaining emissions being reabsorbed from the atmosphere.

This ambitious goal requires a commitment from both the public and private sector—i.e., governments and businesses— alike to ensure that each stakeholder is doing their part in protecting the environment and reducing our collective carbon footprint.

The construction industry and greenhouse gas emissions

Although much of the discussion on reducing greenhouse gas emissions surrounds outwardly visible contributors such as motor vehicles and other aerial transportation, the construction industry is one of the most quietly destructive sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

Ultimately, the construction process is the culmination of many other environmentally damaging processes, from manufacturing to transportation.

However, one aspect of construction that the general public might not understand has the potential to lead to a full-on environmental catastrophe is the use of concrete. Concrete is one of the world’s most common building materials thanks to its strength, durability, and relatively inexpensive nature. As a result, the world uses as much as 30 billion tonnes of concrete annually.

Having to produce such a large quantity of materials creates an enormous strain on the manufacturing process. Manufacturers must produce a large amount of concrete to meet the construction needs of every global market relying on it and, as a result, there are thousands of concrete factories around the world.

Each factory causes significant greenhouse gas emissions, causing the concrete manufacturing industry to collectively become one of the world’s highest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.

To combat these issues, innovators have been developing new technologies to help decrease the industry’s carbon footprint and, hopefully, push our society towards a net zero future. Although many of these technologies are imperfect solutions, which do not serve as a one-for-one replacement for the material that has become such a core component of the construction industry. Some have proposed solutions like recycled concrete aggregate (RCA), better known as crushed concrete, as a replacement for traditional concrete because it has much less environmental impact. Yet, even though RCA eliminates the need for further concrete production—since it recycles old concrete that has already been used—it is much less durable than concrete and can cause issues during flooding. While it helps reduce some of the environmental impact of the construction process, it is not viable in the long term as it lacks the properties that make concrete so reliable.

This technology is new and innovative to the point that its long-term implications on the environment are not yet known. Even so, the materials in this new form of concrete act as a magnetic sponge to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The cement absorbs the carbon dioxide and turns it into a solid. This allows the concrete to store the carbon dioxide safely, offsetting a significant portion of carbon dioxide emitted by creating the materials.

However, having this technology available to replace environmentally destructive concrete is only the first step. There needs to be regulation alongside it to ensure that companies are required to uphold their end of their environmental responsibility and reduce emissions. Laws like the Paris Agreement have set the stage to establish strict thresholds and requirements for emissions, but individual states have also introduced much more stringent requirements, such as NY State Senate Bill A2591/S542.

Decarbonizing concrete

One of the more innovative new technologies is a cement substitute that effectively has the same properties as traditional concrete in terms of its durability, but also can sequester carbon dioxide directly from the air. This groundbreaking new technology allows the cement to become a CO2 sponge, capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it permanently via carbonization. Since concrete is not biodegradable and can stay in landfills for as many as 10,000 years, giving it this absorbent quality can significantly benefit the environment for generations to come.

If governments in-state legislation that encourages businesses to invest in and support technology which passively reduces their carbon footprint, the overall ecological impact of our society can be mitigated. The concrete industry is a brilliant starting point for these mitigating efforts because of the enormous reliance construction companies have on concrete and the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from concrete production.

It has been a challenge to find a solution that is a practical, yet less environmentally-destructive replacement for one of the most common building materials in the world, but it has finally been found. CCR

Tim Sperry is a scientist entrepreneur who has founded two climate tech companies; Carbon Limit (where he is CEO) and Smog Armor, where he invented novel Carbon Capture and storage technologies. After losing close family members as a child to lung cancer, he developed a strong passion for protecting nature and solving global CO2 pollution. He has found early success by creating effective yet easily adoptable solutions to solve the biggest problems in industries ready for disruption.

To achieve a net zero future, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to as close to zero as possible, with the remaining emissions being reabsorbed from the atmosphere.

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The new, US$25 million, 154-room Four Points by Sheraton hotel and conference center at the International Airport Estates at the Piarco International Airport, which will be the first hotel to operate within the grounds of one of Trinidad and Tobago’s two main airports. Rendering courtesy of Urbahn Architects

By Peter Wilk

Up, up and away…

Four Points by Sheraton Piarco International Airport hotel is the first hospitality project in Trinidad and Tobago developed in compliance with ESG responsible investment principles

They were all there. Developers and designers STAGES Group and Urbahn Architects – the founders of Prestige Hotels Limited. Investor SEAF Caribbean SME Growth Fund. The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) and political leaders.

Each was on hand when the ground was broken for the new Four Points by Sheraton hotel and conference center at the International Airport Estates at the Piarco International Airport. Piarco, which serves the island of Trinidad, is one of two international airports in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the primary hub and operating base for the country’s national airline, and the Caribbean’s largest airline, Caribbean Airlines.

The hotel is one for the ages. The Four Points by Sheraton will be the first hotel to operate within the grounds of one of Trinidad and Tobago’s two main airports. It also will be the first hospitality project developed in compliance with the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) international ethical business conduct and responsible investment standards.

The project team is unusual, as the New York City-based architect Urbahn and the Trinidad and Tobago-based construction manager and MEP engineer STAGES Group also serve as lead co-investors and co-developers.

Located just 800 feet from the airport terminal, the property offers convenience to business travelers and aircrews. The hotel will serve as the anchor tenant and first component to operate within the new 167-acre International Airport Estates, also known as the North Aviation Business Park—the Caribbean’s first Airport City. The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts— via its agency—Trinidad Tourism Limited (TTL), has granted tax and custom duty incentives for the development.

Upon its opening—which is expected in early 2025—the hotel will predominantly serve business travelers, air crews, transit passengers, tourists and guests of international and local events and conferences. The architecture of the new 154-room, four-story hotel reflects local aesthetic preferences and materials, while complying with the Four Points by Sheraton brand design standards.

“The Caribbean-specific elements will include roof canopies, rosewood exterior panels and locally sourced blue limestone finishes,” says Urbahn Principal Natale V. Baranco, AIA, LEED AP. “An outdoor dining and lounging area will also reference Trinidad and Tobago’s love of outdoor entertaining.”

Lessons Learned: Developers and Designers

Barranco says that it is unusual for the design and construction team members to also take on the role of a developer and

investor. “Working on both sides of the equation has provided valuable lessons to us as both architects and developers about the financing process, project’s objectives, and how they influence the work of the design team.

For example, communicating the financial and investment aspects of a project to architects early on helps tremendously in achieving the developers’ business goals and accelerating the design process. “The obvious, and generally well understood, lesson for the architectural and engineering

The hotel will serve as the anchor tenant and first component to operate within the new 167-acre International Airport Estates, also known as the North Aviation Business Park

The four-story, L-shaped Four Points by Sheraton Piarco International Airport hotel building wraps around the extensive outdoor amenity, dining, and pool area. The resort-like setting of the exterior private courtyard will have a multi-depth level pool and hot tub set within beautifully landscaped surroundings of stonework and plantings. Rendering courtesy of Urbahn Architects

design teams is that the commercial buildings they create have to generate enough revenue to provide both interest payments and profit for investors,” Barranco says.

A thorough local market knowledge is critical to both owners and designers. Barranco’s experience in doing business in the Caribbean and Central America guided the project’s design. As the new hotel owners aim to attract significant local meeting, restaurant and short vacation business, a lot of effort was invested into designing public spaces that would entice the local customers used to dining, socializing and relaxing in a comfortable, luxurious environment. This is reflected in the design of the hotel’s interior public spaces and outdoor dining and bar venues and their surroundings of lush vegetation, a fountain feature and a pool, not typical amenities at an airport hotel.

“True everywhere, but especially in the Caribbean market, the value of a hotel experience to guests is in its public spaces,” Barranco says.

To accommodate the guests’ need for privacy of confidential conversations, Urbahn Architects incorporated a number of dedicated, comfortable private niches in the interior public spaces as well as private outdoor areas defined with landscaping and distanced from the bar and other crowded sections.

“One significant realization for me as both an engineering designer and a developer was how interconnected all elements of the project are and how they all influence the critical financing aspect,” says Tamarco Edwards, Deputy Chairman and Founder of STAGES Group. “AEC teams add value to

projects not only through efficient, attractive and economical design, but also by supporting the developer’s financing goals and efforts in the project’s planning stage.”

Urbahn’s and STAGES’ experience in sustainable design was critical in financing the development. The project was being conceived when the pandemic struck. Hospitality real estate lost its attractiveness and unfavorable Euro exchange rates compounded the difficulties.

However, SEAF advised the team that European institutional investors, including sovereign funds, were searching for investments with significant sustainable and com-

“The FORSA technology provides a uniform, light-weight, and smooth-faced concrete structural system. It also accelerates the construction process.”

— Martinez Montrose, Senior Project Manager, STAGES

On the first floor, a double height space extending the full depth of the building and housing the lobby and restaurant, will be framed with large windows on the east and west building facades to offer open views of the outdoor dining section, pool and main entrance. Rendering courtesy of Urbahn Architects

munity development aspects. The hotel’s developers adopted the ESG principles, while the design team increased the already significant sustainability and energy efficiency of the building. This allowed SEAF to attract European institutional investors to its Caribbean-focused fund and in turn provide additional equity financing for the hotel.

Edwards says another lesson was the need to be prepared for the unexpected as a developer. “While, contingency funds might historically represent 7% to 10% of a project’s budget, the pandemic has taught us that increasing it to 15% or even 20% might be necessary to overcome dramatic, unexpected regional and global events—epidemics,

natural disasters, social unrest or armed conflicts. Being financially conservative and overbudgeting has allowed us to proceed with this development.”

Both Urbahn and STAGES have already applied this knowledge to other projects. STAGES currently is designing highly sustainable MEP infrastructure systems for six new Sandals resorts planned in Jamaica. The firm also incorporated similar engineering solutions to the AC Hotel Marriott in Georgetown, Guyana, which recently broke ground.

Likewise, Urbahn incorporated hospitality-influenced social spaces into new office projects at 345 Adams Street

in Brooklyn, New York, and at One Centre Street in Manhattan. In addition, Barranco currently is working on a potential new multi-family residential development in Barbados that would incorporate expansive social interaction areas as well as features specifically designed to connect the project to the surrounding community.

Design and Construction Methods

The building plan is L-shaped, wrapped around the outdoor amenity and pool areas. On the first floor, a double height space extending the full depth of the building, housing the lobby and restaurant, will be framed with large windows on the east and west building facades to offer open views of the outdoor dining section, pool, and main entrance.

A 4,574-square foot conference facility and a fitness center will both be adjacent to the lobby. The food and beverage facilities will include a full-service restaurant with

The Four Points by Sheraton will be the first hotel to operate within the grounds of one of Trinidad and Tobago’s two main airports.

private and al fresco dining options and two full-service bars, including a 20-seat covered exterior pool bar. The resort-like setting of the exterior private courtyard will have a multi-depth level pool and hot tub set within beautifully landscaped surroundings of stonework and plantings.

On the second floor, a glass-enclosed bridge that will span over the double height space will connect guest rooms on either side of the lobby. “Exterior finishes mirroring the local landscape will be used for the façade, in a combination of sand and bronze toned stucco, silver aluminum composite material (ACM) panels, composite cladding in a rosewood finish, and locally sourced limestone veneer,” says Urbahn Associate Ryan E. Bieber, LEED AP.

In addition, limestone and rosewood will be featured in the lobby and restaurant, as well as at the pool and outdoor dining area.

Aluminum framework, developed by the Columbian manufacturer FORSA SA, will be used to accelerate construction of the lightweight concrete structure. STAGES Project Director Gerald Lodie says that the majority of the building will be constructed utilizing load bearing integral concrete core floor and wall units that will be standardized based on the dimensions of each guest room type. “In addition, concrete beams and columns will be utilized for larger spans and specialized spaces on the first floor.”

Engineers at FORSA used the design documents to produce customized U-shaped tunnel forms, including cutouts for doors and windows, that will enable the floors and walls to be installed as one monolithic pour. The forms can be reused for up to 100 pours, thereby reducing construction cost

and allowing the builders to use them on other projects. The roof structure, as well as the canopies above street level, also will be installed utilizing the aluminum frames. The building will sit on grade, bearing on strip footing foundations.

“The FORSA technology provides a uniform, light-weight, and smooth-faced concrete structural system,” says STAGES Senior Project Manager Martinez Montrose, MCIOB. “It also accelerates the construction process, making it financially and technologically beneficial for multi-story buildings, such as the new Four Points by Sheraton hotel.”

The substantial array of photovoltaic solar panels on the building’s south-facing roof will provide energy for the hotel’s hot water system and onsite electric vehicle charging ports. CCR

Peter Wilk is founder and President of Wilk Marketing Communications, a Brooklyn, NY-based media relations, advertising and photography agency focused on the architecture, construction, and real estate industries.

Architect/Design firms hit the spotlight in annual listing

The look. The feel. The presence. Nothing stands out more in a commercial project than the design. To give you an glimpse at some of the leading architecturial and design firms in the retail, restaurant, hospitality, healthcare (and other) sectors, check out our annual listing. In addition, the report provides the contact information and contact person for each firm. If you didn’t make the list, contact Publisher David Corson at davidc@ccr-mag.com.

Top Ten Totals

RESTAURANT

MULTI-HOUSING

HEALTHCARE

TOTAL BILLINGS

//3877

Annette Strain-Scott, Office Manager

3299 K Street NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007

(202) 350-4244

Fax: (202) 350-4245

info@studio3877.com

www.3877.design

Year Established: 2011, No of Employees: 37

Retail: $125,000 Hospitality: $2,800,000 Restaurants: $3,100,000

Healthcare: $300,000 Multi-Housing: $640,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: $200,000 Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A

Total Billings: $5,500,000 Completed Projects in 2022: 50

Specialize In: Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Healthcare, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery

Leading Clients: OTO Development, RLJ Lodging Trust, DiamondRock Hospitality, Knead Hospitality + Design

3MG, PSC

Manuel Ray Jr., Principal

1649 Ponce de Leon Avenue

De Diego Ward, San Juan, PR 926 (787) 979-9973

Cell: (787) 375-5770

mray@3mg-pr.com

www.3mg-pr.com

Year Established: 2008 No of Employees: 25

Retail: $1,750,000 Hospitality: $450,000 Restaurants: $125,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $1,125,000 Total Billings: $3,450,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 4

Specialize In: Retail, Hotel/Casinos, Other: Waterfront & Piers

Leading Clients: Ritz Carlton Isla Verde PR, Royal Sonesta Isla Verde PR, PR Department of Economic Development, Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, Municipality OF Mayaguez, Municipality of Arecibo, Municipality of Cabo Rojo, Municipality of Guayama

Rob Budetti

Managing Partner

144 N Orange Street Orange, CA 92866 (714) 639-9860

rob@aoarchitects.com

www.aoarchitects.com

Year Established: 1974 No of Employees: 345

Retail: $38,800,000 Hospitality: $10,400,000

Restaurants: $4,600,000 Healthcare: $2,100,000

Multi-Housing: $50,400,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: $300,000 Cannabis: $300,000

Other: $7,300,000 Total Billings: $114,200,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Other: Science+Technology, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Mixed-Use, Parking, Senior Housing, Industrial,

Leading Clients: Alliance Residential, The Irvine Company, Wermers Properties, CenterCal Properties, The Pacific Companies, Simon Property Group, Fairfield Development, Greystar, Anton DevCo

Apconsultingny, Inc.

Nathan, Principal 855 East 7th street, Suite 2s Brooklyn, NY 11230 (718) 782-8549

Cell: (718) 755-8879

Fax: (347) 240-2609

nathan@apconsultingny.com

www.apconsultingny.com

Year Established: 2002 No of Employees: N/A

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: In a process

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: N/A Leading Clients: N/A

api(+)

Juliette Hunsicker, Marketing + Business Development

2709 N Rocky Point Dr. Tampa, FL 33607 (813) 281-9299

jhunsicker@apiplus.com

www.apiplus.com

Year Established: 1990 No of Employees: 20 Retail: $2,027,646

Hospitality: $15,319 Restaurants: $94,495 Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $1,099,137 Total Billings: $3,236,597

Completed Projects in 2022: 80

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Other: Convenience, Big Box Retail

Leading Clients: The Fresh Market, Earl Enterprises, Regency Centers, Mattamy Homes

Architectural Design Guild

Sam Estes, Managing Principal 2710 Sutton Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63143 (314) 644-1234

sestes@adg-stl.com

www.adg-stl.com

Year Established: 1981

No of Employees: 32

Retail: $6,500,000

Hospitality: $250,000 Restaurants: $250,000 Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $7,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 250

Specialize In: Retail, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Other: Industrial

Leading Clients: Floor & Decor, Shoe Carnival , PetSmart, CVS Healthcare, Jiffy Lube, Aaron's

ARE YOU PLANNING A PROJECT IN PUERTO RICO?

Located at the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, the Eco Villas feature an environmental-friendly lodging experience. The site has amazing views to Ensenada Honda and an on-site dock with direct access to Fulladosa Bay. This project aims to enhance its Caribbean context through sustainable tropical design. Photovoltaic panels, rainwater collection, a water pond, cross ventilation, environmental impact reduction are some considerations. A modular concept proposes minimum impact on site, which in turn provides a shortened construction time.

After Hurricane María, the Waterfront Port of Mayagüez Puerto Rico was exposed to high winds, waves, and tidal surge that caused severe damages to the facilities. This forced the US Coast Guard to shut down the pier. Extensive damage and precarious conditions of the Port required significant work to restore it to its pre-event condition and bring it up to code and industry standards. After a broad evaluation, which included multiple studies, the recommendation was to redesign the dock incorporating measures to provide a long-term solution. The objective is to provide protection of essential commercial public services to the Island and reduce the risk of damage in future events.

Culebra, P.R. Eco Resort Proposal

Mayagüez, P.R. Waterfront Proposal

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

ArcVision, Inc.

Janine Buettner, Director of Business Development

1950 Craig Rd., #300 Saint Louis, MO 63146

(314) 415-2400

Cell: (309) 255-2863

Fax: (314) 415-2300

jbuettner@arcv.com

www.arcv.com

Year Established: 1995 No of Employees: 100 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A - Privately Held Company

Completed Projects in 2022: 900

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Healthcare, Commercial Interiors, Other: Automotive, Fitness & Wellness

Leading Clients: Boot Barn, Hot Topic/Box Lunch/Torrid, Lovisa, Tesla, Panera, Yum Brands.

Bittoni Architects

Mark Bittoni, Architect + Principal 4909 W Jefferson Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90016 (310) 841-6857

info@bittoniarchitects.com

www.bittoniarchitects.com

Year Established: N/A No of Employees: N/A Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

BlueStreak Consulting

Rich Knapp, VP, Engineering 25001 Emery Rd, 400 Cleveland, OH 44128 (216) 223-3294

rknapp@bluestreak-consulting.com www.bluestreak-consulting.com

Year Established: 2005 No of Employees: 38 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $9,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

BRR Architecture

Jennifer Lerner, Director of Marketing & Communications

8131 Metcalf Avenue, Suit 300 Overland Park, KS 66204 (913) 262-9095

marketing@brrarch.com

www.brrarch.com

Year Established: 1963

No of Employees: 300 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: Multiple confidential retailers, Walmart, Sam's Club, Whole Foods Market, Kum and Go, Love's Travel Centers, HyVee

Bureau Veritas

Technical Assessments, LLC

Blake Brosa, Executive Vice President

17200 N. Perimeter Drive, Suite 103

Phoenix, AZ 85055

(602) 526-3916

Cell: (602) 526-3916

blake.brosa@bureauveritas.com

www.bvport.com

Year Established: 1986

No of Employees: 800+

Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: N/A Total Billings: $159,300,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Healthcare, Education, Federal Government, Other: Banking, C-Stores, Grocery, EV Charging/Renewables

Leading Clients: Advanced Auto, Chick-fil-A, Wells Fargo, Home Depot, Walgreens, Tractor Supply, 7-Eleven, Electrify America, Cresco Labs

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

CESO, Inc.

Mike Pothast, Business Development Director

3601 Rigby Road, Suite 300 Miamisburg, OH 45342-4981 (937) 435-3734

mike.pothast@cesoinc.com

www.cesoinc.com

Year Established: 1987 No of Employees: 314

Retail: $15,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $3,000,000

Healthcare: $2,700,000 Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A

Total Billings: $76,500,000 Completed Projects in 2022: 1300

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Healthcare

Leading Clients: National E-commerce Retailer, Cotton:On, Valvoline, Walmart, Love's

Chipman Design Architecture

Kate Kerin, CHRO

1350 E. Touhy Ave., First Floor East Des Plaines, IL 60018 (847) 298-6900

kkerin@chipman-design.com

www.chipman-design.com

Year Established: 1979 No of Employees: 140

Retail: $6,000,000 Hospitality: $3,500,000

Restaurants: $16,000,000 Healthcare: N/A Multi-Housing: N/A

Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: N/A Total Billings: $25,500,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 536

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos,

Other: Senior Living, Sustainable Design, Photo accurate renderings

Leading Clients: Ulta Beauty, Chick-fil-A, Tesla, Gap, Inc., Senior Lifestyle Corporation , Noodles and Co. Puttshack, Jollibee, The LaSalle Chicago, Autograph Collection, Glen Oak Country Club, Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream

Coast2Coast Survey Corporation

Tim West, Director, Multi-Site 7704 Basswood Drive

Chattanooga, TN 37416 (423) 710-4714

twest@coast2coast.net

www.coast2coast.net

Year Established: 2000 No of Employees: 80+ Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: Undisclosed

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery

Leading Clients: Ace Hardware, Quest Diagnostics, CVS, Castle Peak Holdings, Cortland Partners ATL, JLL, Little, O""Reilly Auto Parts, Remington Hotels, Veterinary Emergency Group, Benson Integrated Marketing Services

Core States Group

Kevin Behnke, Vice President

201 South Maple Avenue, 300 Ambler, PA 19002 (215) 809-2125

kbehnke@core-states.com

www.core-states.com

Year Established: 1999 No of Employees: 501 Retail: $35,898,710.59 Hospitality: $1,233,283.18

Restaurants: $12,478,064.20 Healthcare: $2,662,775.80

Multi-Housing: $14,652,940.89 Federal: $439,840.87

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $19,126,514.47 Total Billings: $86,492,130

Completed Projects in 2022: 3,108

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors, Other: Corporate, Municipal, Education, Single Family, Energy, Fueling

Leading Clients: 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Chick-fil-A, Circle K, Electrify America, Evgo, Lidl, JPMorgan Chase, KFC, McDonald's, Shell Recharge Solutions, Unison, Walmart

CPH

Nikhel Jindal, GCC, ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA

Chief Strategy and Success Officer

500 West Fulton Street Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 622-6841

njindal@cphcorp.com

www.cphcorp.com

Year Established: 1981 No of Employees: 285

Retail: $18,830,297 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $7,457,071

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $27,225,994 Total Billings: $53,992,035

Completed Projects in 2022: 1731

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers

Leading Clients: Walmart, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Panda Express, Site Centers, CVS, Starbucks, Truist, WaWa, and Publix.

CREATE Architecture Planning & Design, PLLC

Frankie J Campione, Principal / CREATE-ive Director 45 West 34 Street

Penthouse, New York NY 10001 (212) 297-0888

fcampione@createapd.com

www.createworldwide.com

Year Established: 1996 No of Employees: 17 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: 53

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

Darkhorse Lightworks, LLC

Dawn Hollingsworth, Principal

14352 Killion St

Sherman Oaks, CA 91401

(818) 514-2272

Cell: (818) 370-6411

dawnh@darkhorselightworks.com

www.darkhorselightworks.com

Year Established: 2016 No of Employees: 1

Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery

Leading Clients: N/A

FCA

Lisa Charleson, Associate, Manager of Outreach Services

2000 Market Street, Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 360-2845

lcharleson@fcarchitects.com www.fcarchitects.com

Year Established: 1954 No of Employees: 120 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $25,700,000

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $4,700,000 Total Billings: $30,400,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Office, Healthcare, Education, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: GSK, EisnerAmper, Fox Rothschild, Ballard Spahr

Fishbeck

Briana Angell

Public Relations Coordinator

1515 Arboretum Drive SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546 (800) 456-3824

info@fishbeck.com

www.fishbeck.com

Year Established: 1956 No of Employees: 550+

Retail: $11,400,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: $980,000 Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: $500,000

Other: N/A Total Billings: $109,500,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 135

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Healthcare, Education, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery

Leading Clients: Meijer, Inc., Hertz, AMC, Spartan Nash

Fisher Architecture

Haley Echard, Office Manager

542 Riverside Drive

Salisbury, MD 21801 (410) 742-0238

hechard@fisherarchitecture.com

www.fisherarchitecture.com

Year Established: 2009

No of Employees: 13

Retail: $1,200,000

Hospitality: $1,300,000 Restaurants: $205,000

Healthcare: $200,000 Multi-Housing: $900,000

Federal: $200,000 Craft Brewery/Distillery: $150,000

Cannabis: N/A Other: $600,000 Total Billings: $4,700,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 200

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery, Other: Residential

Leading Clients: Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, Holiday Inn, Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, Cambria, La Quinta, Starbucks, Jimmy Johns, Dairy Queen, Harley Davidson, Toyota, Chrysler, Honda, Chevrolet, Kia, Ford, Frito Lay, Shell, Perdue, Dollar Tree, Hebron Savings Bank, Meineke

FitzGerald

Thomas Fennell IV, Director of Marketing

200 West Adams Street, 2100 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 563-9100

tfennell@fitzgeraldassociates.net

www.fitzgeraldassociates.net

Year Established: 1919 No of Employees: 58 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: $7,364,000 Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $4,185,000 Total Billings: $11,549,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 14

Specialize In: Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Other: Mixed-Use

Leading Clients: Chewy, Lendlease, Draper & Kramer, Lincoln Property Company, The Salvation Army, White Oak Realty Partners, The X Companies, Glenstar Properties, M&R, Development, The Bond Companies

FK Architecture

Ken Linehan

Managing Principal 2555 Temple Trail Winter Park, FL 32789 (407) 629-0595

marketing@fkcompanies.com

www.fkcompanies.com

Year Established: 1963

No of Employees: 52 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: $410,000

Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A Multi-Housing: $15,425,000

Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $365,000 Total Billings: $16,200,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Hotel/Casinos, Multi-Housing

Leading Clients: Sparrow Partners, Housing Trust Group LLC, McDowell Housing Partners, Epoch Residential , Bel Canto Asset Growth Fund LLC

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

Flick Mars

Jhonelle Henry, Director of Operations

10440 N Central Expy, No 1210 Dallas, TX 75201

(214) 653-1900

Cell: (320) 224-3305

jhonelle@flickmars.com

www.flickmars.com

Year Established: 2005

No of Employees: 22 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: $4,857,944 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $4,857,944

Completed Projects in 2022: 7

Specialize In: Hotel/Casinos

Leading Clients: White Lodging, Harrell Hospitality, Legacy Hospitality, Mission Hospitality

GPD Group

Steve Turner, National LeaderStrategy & Growth, Multisite Programs

1801 Watermark Drive, Suite 210 Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 588-8081

steve.turner@gpdgroup.com

www.gpdgroup.com

Year Established: 1961 No of Employees: 700+

Retail: $19,000,000 Hospitality: $1,400,000

Restaurants: $9,000,000 Healthcare: $5,300,000

Multi-Housing: $1,500,000 Federal: $3,500,000

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $80,300,000

Total Billings: $120,000,000 Completed Projects in 2022: 2,000+

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: RaceTrac, CVS, Starbucks, Taco Bell/YUM! Brands, PNC Bank, Meijer, 7-Eleven, The Home Depot, JOANN Stores, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, Bloomin' Brands, Jason's Deli, Five Guys, Papa Johns, PetSuites, Maverick, Wyndham Destinations, Dollar General, Darden-Olive Garden.

GreenbergFarrow

Danielle Barr, Senior Marketing Manager

1230 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2900 Atlanta, GA 30309

dbarr@greenbergfarrow.com

www.greenbergfarrow.com

Year Established: 1974

No of Employees: 385

Retail: $23,000,000

Hospitality: $70,000 Restaurants: $14,500,000

Healthcare: $620,000 Multi-Housing: $10,000,000

Federal: $60,000 Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $13,000,000 Total Billings: $61,250,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Other: Mixed-Use

Leading Clients: The Home Depot, Texas Roadhouse, IKEA, Murphy USA, Chiptole

GSB, Inc.

Ronald G. Smith, AIA, NCARB, President 3555 NW 58th Street, Suite 700W

Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (405) 848-9549

Fax: (405) 848-9783

gsb@gsb-inc.com

www.gsb-inc.com

Year Established: 1979,

No of Employees: 38 Retail: $656,000

Hospitality: $7,545,000 Restaurants: $820,000

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Housing: $103,500 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $968,000

Total Billings: $10,092,500 Completed Projects in 2022: 40 Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Education, Multi-Housing, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors, Other: Entertainment

Leading Clients: Autograph Hotels, Marriott, Toll Brothers, Love's Hager Design International, Inc.

Andrea Teresa, Office Manager/ Executive Assistant

1847 West Broadway, Suite 306

Vancouver, BC V6J 1Y6 (604) 683-7553

andreateresa@hagerinc.com

www.hagerinc.com

Year Established: 1984 No of Employees: 18 Retail: $30,000

Hospitality: $1,500,000 Restaurants: $700,000 Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: $200,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A

Total Billings: N/A Completed Projects in 2022: 60

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Cannabis, Multi-Housing, Craft Brewery, Other: Senior Living

Leading Clients: Revera, Amica, Nationwide

Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors

Patricia Heimbrock, Marketing/PR 659 Van Meter Street, Suite 300 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 241-1230

Fax: (513) 241-1287

pheimbrock@hixson-inc.com www.hixson-inc.com

Year Established: 1948 No of Employees: 130 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $24,000,000 Total Billings: $24,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 100+

Specialize In: Office, Commercial Interiors, Other: Industrial (GMP), Science & Technology

Leading Clients: CVS Health, Abbott Nutrition, Maple Leaf Foods, Tyson Foods, T. Marzetti

The Image Partner™

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

HLW

Sarah Batchelor, Senior Associate, Global Communications Manager

5 Penn Plaza, Level 5 New York, NY 10001

(212) 353-4600

Fax: (212) 353-4666

Sbatchelor@hlw.com

www.hlw.design

Year Established: 1885 No of Employees: 296 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: $1,500,000 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: $10,000,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: Office: $42,000,000 Education: $5,000,000

Other: $3,5000,000 Total Billings: $62,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 425

Specialize In: Retail, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Education, MultiHousing, Commercial Interiors, Other: Media & Entertainment

Leading Clients: Everest RE, Global Atlantic Financial Group , Google, Omnicom Group, New York Life, Point72 Asset Management, Prudential Financial , United Nations

Hospitality Design Group

Robert Lee Herbage, Principal/Architect

8620 N New Braunfels Ave Suite 604

San Antonio, TX 78217

(210) 437-3368

Cell: (210) 831-3580

rherbage@hospitalitydesigngroup.com

www.hospitalitydesigngroup.com

Year Established: 1984 No of Employees: 8 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $400,000 Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $400,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 65

Specialize In: Restaurants

Leading Clients: Jack-in-the-Box, Taco Cabana

Hospitality Design Guild

Katherine Cortese, Partner

10505 Royal Club Lane Dallas, TX 75229 (214) 975-0164

katherine@hdesignguild.com

www.hdesignguild.com

Year Established: 2017 No of Employees: 7 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $1,800,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 3

Specialize In: Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: Fairmont, Marriott, Hilton

Interplan

Rachel Reife, Business Development Manager

220 E Central Parkay, Suite 4000 Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 (407) 645-5008

Cell: (321) 246-4043

Fax: (407) 629-9124

rreife@interplanllc.com

www.interplanllc.com

Year Established: 1972 No of Employees: 197

Retail: $4,344,696 Hospitality: $342,979 Restaurants: $14,349,324

Healthcare: $724,753 Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: $54,466

Other: $7,615,480 Total Billings: $27,431,698

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery, Other: Storage, Spa, Dental, Small Medical, Urgent Pet

Leading Clients: N/A

Jencen Architecture

Juleen Russell, Principal 2850 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 781-0131

Cell: (216) 513-4542

Fax: (216) 781-0132

jrussell@jencen.com

www.jencen.com

Year Established: 1971 No of Employees: 18 Retail: $917,800

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $390,800

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $1,308,600

Completed Projects in 2022: 60

Specialize In: Retail, Shopping Centers

Leading Clients: Banter; Alex and Ani; Kay Jewelers; Zales; Jared; Johnston & Murphy; Journeys; Red, Wine & Brew; Seritage Growth Properties; Morgan Companies; CORA Physical Therapy; Restore Hyper Wellness; Refresh Dental; Precision Orthodontics

JZA Architecture

Jeff Zbikowski, Founder and Principal 4043 Irving Pl, Suite B Culver City, CA 90232 (310) 853-5004

jeff@jzarch.la

www.jzarch.la

Year Established: 2017 No of Employees: 10 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: $1,600,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: $500,000

Total Billings: $2,100,000 Completed Projects in 2022: 15

Specialize In: Multi-Housing

Leading Clients: Uncommon Developers, HELIO, California Landmark Group, R2H Development

KW Designs, LLC

Kyle Woudstra, President / Owner

2744 Samuel Gibbs Rd.

Wadmalaw Island, SC 29487

(843)990-1923

Cell: (843) 990-1923

kwoudstra@kwdesigns.net

www.kwdesignsllc.net

Year Established: 2020 No of Employees: 2 Retail: $16,000

Hospitality: $4,000 Restaurants: $47,800 Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: $12,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: $10,000 Cannabis: N/A

Other: $206,200 Total Billings: $296,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 28

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery, Other: Industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, renovation, historical adaptation, churches, renovation, master planning, agricultural, single family residential

Leading Clients: Domino's Pizza, Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott, Preferred Home Services, Reynolds

Little Diversified

Architectural Consulting, Inc.

James Farnell, Partner & Retail Practice Leader

615 S. College Street, Suite 1600 Charlotte, NC 28202

(704)525-6350

melanie.hawley@littleonline.com www.littleonline.com

Year Established: 1964 No of Employees: 405

Retail: $29,398,776 Hospitality: included in retail

Restaurants: included in retail Healthcare: $16,103,100

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $53,961,255 Total Billings: $99,463,131

Completed Projects in 2022: 1043

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Commercial Interiors, Other: Big box Department store, Grocery, Drug Stores, Specialty Stores, Home Improvement Stores, Urgent Care

Leading Clients: CVS Health, Truist Financial Corp, Tesla, United Healthcare Group, First Citizens Bank, H-Mart, Public Storage, Concentra Inc, CenterWell, Safeway, Chick-fil-A, Floor & Decor, Oxford Industries, Tailored Brands, Petco, Seafood City, Lowes, Pandora, Goodwill

Luminaut

Matt Erdman, CEO

1100 Sycamore Street, Suite 200 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513)984-1070

merdman@luminaut.com

www.luminaut.com

Year Established: 1968 No of Employees: 57 Retail: $137,000

Hospitality: $1,800,000 Restaurants: $3,000

Healthcare: $1,937,000 Multi-Housing: $1,417,000

Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: $92,000

Cannabis: $177,000 Other: $4,990,000 Total Billings: $10,553,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 144

Specialize In: Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Education, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

MatchLine Design Group

Lesley H. Wyman, Principal/Partner

12720 Hillcrest Road, Suite 220 Dallas, TX 75230 (972)707-0568

lesley@matchlinedesign.com

www.matchlinedesign.com

Year Established: 2009 No of Employees: 7 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: 7

Specialize In: Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Multi-Housing

Leading Clients: Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Independent Hotel Properties

MBH Architects

Paula DeLiso, VP of Business Development 960 Atlantic Ave Alameda, CA 94501 (510)865-8663 communications@mbharch.com www.mbharch.com

Year Established: 1989 No of Employees: 250

Retail: $38,642,000 Hospitality: $396,000

Restaurants: $1,102,000 Healthcare: $246,000

Multi-Housing: $1,426,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: $2,827,000

Total Billings: $44,597,000 Completed Projects in 2022: 1,590

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery, Other: Life Science Laboratory

Leading Clients: Target, Nike, Levi's

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

MCX Interior

R. Shane McNamara, Co-Founder and Managing Principle

11 Broadway, Suite 615

New York, NY 10004

(202) 215-8288

vanessa.lin@mcxinterior.com

www.mcxinterior.com

Year Established: 2005 No of Employees: 60 Retail: Not applicable

Hospitality: Not applicable Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $15,000,000 Total Billings: $15,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 42 Specialize In: Office

Leading Clients: Thermo Fisher, IPG Media Brands, GSK

MG2

Lauren Muller, Marketing Coordinator

1101 Second Ave, Suite 100

Seattle, WA 98101

(206) 962-6851

lauren.muller@mg2.com

www.MG2.com

Year Established: 1971 No of Employees: 420 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $89,324,166

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery

Leading Clients: N/A

Moda4 Design + Architecture

Jamie Owens, Director of Business Development

35 Wayne Ave

Dayton OH 45402

(513) 800-4531

Cell: (513) 800-4531

jowens@moda4.com

www.moda4.com

Year Established: 2007 No of Employees: 11 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $2,200,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery

Leading Clients: N/A

MRP Design Group

Ken Dalton, President 3450 Acworth Due West Road Building 100, Suite 120 Kennesaw, GA 30144 (770) 917-9172, x104

Cell: (404) 274-9536

Fax: (770) 917-9470

kschrader@mrpdesign.com

www.mrpdesign.com

Year Established: 1989 No of Employees: 11 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: 81

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Multi-Housing

Leading Clients: Whataburger, Culver's, Zaxby's, Christian Brothers Automotive, Yum Brands, Hilton

NELSON Worldwide

Caroline Nelson, Marketing Coordinator

1201 S Marquette Ave, #200 Minneapolis, MN 55403 (651) 261-3832

cnelson@nelsonww.com

www.nelsonworldwide.com

Year Established: 1977 No of Employees: 700

Retail: $6,270,000 Hospitality: $2,760,000 Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A

Total Billings: $120,000,000 Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: Hilton, Macy's, Comcast, Simon Property Group, Prologis, Yum! Brands, Boston Consulting Group, T-Mobile, Emory Healthcare, SAP Fieldglass, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Kroger, Hyatt, Bayer, Target, and many more

Onyx Creative, Inc

Adam Beneke, Marketing Manager 25001 Emery Rd, 400 Cleveland, OH 44128 (216) 223-3208

abeneke@onyxcreative.com www.onyxcreative.com

Year Established: 1976 No of Employees: 160 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $28,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: Tractor Supply Company, BioLife, Burlington, Hannaford, LifeStance

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

Perkins&Will

Katie Simpson, Marketing Manager

1315 Peachtree Street NE

Atlanta, GA 30309

(404) 443-7568

katie.simpson@perkinswill.com

www.perkinswill.com

Year Established: 1935 No of Employees: 2700 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $768,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

PFI Displays, Inc.

Vincent Tricomi, Vice President 40 Industrial Street

Rittman, OH 44270

(330) 925-9015

vtricomi@pfidisplays.com

www.pfidisplays.com

Year Established: 1970 No of Employees: 20 Retail: $3,000,000

Hospitality: $250,000 Restaurants: $150,000

Healthcare: $100,000 Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: $100,000 Cannabis: $100,000

Other: $2,000,000 Total Billings: $5,700,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 40

Specialize In: Retail, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

Prasoon Design Studio

FZ, LLC

Prasoon Shrivastava, Director A 304, Building 05, Dubai Design District, Dubai, UAE Dubai, Dubai 333300 info@prasoon.design

www.prasoon.design

Year Established: 2019 No of Employees: 4 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $2,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Hotel/Casinos, Other: High Rise Residentials

Leading Clients: N/A

Premier

Alyssa Adams, Director of Marketing

14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1400 Dallas, TX 75254 (972) 778-9500

samanthazandanel@upspringpr.com

www.premierpm.com

Year Established: 1994 No of Employees: 110 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $22,200,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 40

Specialize In: Hotel/Casinos, Multi-Housing, Other: Student Housing

Leading Clients: Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Marriott Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, IHG Hotels & Resorts as well as Fairfield Residential, CAPREIT and Veris Residential aka Roseland Residential

Rebel Design+Group

Douglas DeBoer, Founder / CEO 2554 Lincoln Blvd, Suite725

Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 (800) 92-REBEL

Cell: (857) 829-0925

douglas@rebeldesign.com

www.rebeldesign.com

Year Established: 1985

No of Employees: 133

Retail: $1,022,744 Hospitality: $18,299,666

Restaurants: $7,100,901 Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: $2,355,440 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: $1,189,775 Cannabis: $920,277

Other: N/A Total Billings: $30,888,803

Completed Projects in 2022: 26

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Cannabis, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery, Other: Hospitality, Private Yachts & Vessels, Cruise Ships

Leading Clients: Waldorf Astoria, Grupo Martinez-Hermanos, The Festival Group, Van Meter Development, Quiddiya, UAE, Hudson Development, LLC, Bristol Development Group, Oasis Group, Nassau

ARCHITECT/DESIGN FIRMS

Reztark

Barb Beeghly, Director of Client Development

601 Main St., #200 Cincinnati, OH 45202

(513) 233-3333

Cell: (513) 703-7043

bbeeghly@reztark.com

www.reztark.com

Year Established: 2006 No of Employees: 45 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $8,200,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 134

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Office, MultiHousing, Commercial Interiors, Other: Themed Environments

Leading Clients: Tidal Wave, Rivian, North American Properties, Edward Rose, Bloomingdale's Outlets

Rogue Architects

Sarah Payne, Brand Manager

513 Main Street, Suite 300 Fort Worth, TX 76102

(817) 820-0433

Cell: (903) 258-1441

spayne@roguearchitects.com

www.roguearchitects.com

Year Established: 2010 No of Employees: 60 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $5,542,970

Completed Projects in 2022: 600

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: Our leading national clients include McDonald's, T-Mobile, Tesla, TJX Companies, Salad and Go, Burger King, Kim's C-Store, Chipotle, The Halal Guys, Driven Brands, Pet Suites, Sonic, Skechers, Footlocker, Wendy's, and Zaxby's.

SGA

Emmy McGoldrick, Marketing Manager

200 High Street, Floor 2

Boston, MA 2110

emcgoldrick@sga-arch.com

www.sga-arch.com

Year Established: 1991 No of Employees: 130 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $54,326,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Office, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

SLAM (The S/L/A/M Collaborative)

David D. Neal, AIA, ACHA

Principal, Architect 80 Glastonbury Boulevard Glastonbury, CT 6033 (860) 657-8077

DNeal@slamcoll.com www.slamcoll.com

Year Established: 1976 No of Employees: 270 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $61,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 80

Specialize In: Office, Healthcare, Education, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: Healthcare: DCAMM Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center, Orthopedics & Physical Performance Center, Kaiser Permanente (various), Doylestown Hospital, UCHealth Medical Center (various), Yale New Haven Health, Nuvance Norwalk Hospital, Aspen Valley Hospital

Stantec

Darren Burns, Vice President 1100-111 Dunsmuir Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 6A3 (604) 696-8009

Cell: (778) 229-7609

darren.burns@stantec.com www.stantec.com

Year Established: 1954 No of Employees: 26,000

Retail: $12,479,476 Hospitality: $13,650,586

Restaurants: $989,471 Healthcare: $178,278,272

Multi-Housing: $36,375,282 Federal: $22,907,057

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $495,943,327 Total Billings: $760,623,471

Completed Projects in 2022: 6008

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Federal Government, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery, Other: Mixed Use: $46,232,454; Commercial Office: $29,246,475; Airports, Industrial Buildings; Civic; Entertainment

Leading Clients: Boston Properties, Chevron, Google, Great Wolf Resorts, Hines, Intel, JP Morgan Chase, McDonald's, Microsoft, Tesla, The Related Companies, Wells Fargo

Studio Rodrigo Buelvas

Rodrigo Buelvas, IIDA, IDSA, ASID, Creative + Design Director 19589 NE 10th Ave Miami, FL 33179

(305) 912-2020

rb@rodrigobuelvas.com

www.studiorodrigobuelvas.com

Year Established: 2020

No of Employees: 10 Retail: N/A Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A

Healthcare: N/A Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft

Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A

Total Billings: $850,000 Completed Projects in 2022: 3

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

Aspirational design that creates and defines memorable experiences.

Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Environmental Graphics, Branding

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www.onyxcreative.com

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Svigals + Partners

Alex Tow, Marketing Coordinator

84 Orange Street New Haven, CT 6510

(203) 786-5110

atow@svigals.com

www.svigals.com

Year Established: 1983 No of Employees: 31 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: $2,300,000

Multi-Housing: $1,500,000 Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: $5,700,000

Total Billings: $9,500,000 Completed Projects in 2022: 109

Specialize In: Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Other: Life Sciences/Biotech

Leading Clients: Yale University, Arvinas, PepsiCo, Princeton University, Alexion

Ted Moudis Associates

Brent Gollnick, Director of Marketing

79 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010

bgollnick@tedmoudis.com

www.tedmoudis.com

Year Established: 1991 No of Employees: 105 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: $32,500,000 Total Billings: $32,500,000

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Office

Leading Clients: N/A

The Designers Group Inc.

Jillian Villa, Account Manager 170 53rd Street, Suite 327 Brooklyn, NY 11232

(646) 543-7515

office@thedesignersgroup.com

www.thedesignersgroup.com

Year Established: 2017 No of Employees: 20 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $2,206,675

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Office, Healthcare, Education, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

The Dewitt-Tilton Group

Baleigh Kelly, Office Manager

119 Canal St., Suite 106

Pooler, GA 31322

(912) 777-3404

baleigh@dtg-inc.net

www.dewitttiltongroup.com

Year Established: 2014 No of Employees: 5 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $9,151,870

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Shopping Centers, Office

Leading Clients: N/A

The McIntosh Group, LLC

Karen MacCannell, Chief Operating Officer

1850 S Boulder Ave Tulsa, OK 74119 (918) 585-8555

Cell: (918) 638-8428

karen@tmgtransforms.com

www.tmgtransforms.com

Year Established: 1998 No of Employees: 12 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos

Leading Clients: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Wendy's, Darden, Target

The Turett Collaborative

Wayne Turett, President/Founder

277 Broadway Studio 1300

New York, NY 10007

(212) 965-1244

info@turettarch.com

www.turettarch.com

Year Established: 1991

No of Employees: 11 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Hotel/Casinos, Office, MultiHousing, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

Thomas Hamilton & Associates, PC

Dawn Bartlow, Office Manager

3021 West Clay Street Richmond, VA 23230

(804) 266-4853

dbartlow@thomashamiltonassociates.com

www.thomashamiltonassociates.com

Year Established: 1980 No of Employees: 17 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: $1,936,683 Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $1,936,683

Completed Projects in 2022: 96

Specialize In: Hotel/Casinos

Leading Clients: N/A

Tricarico Architecture and Design PC

John A. Czepiel, Vice President, Architecture

502 Valley Road

Wayne, NJ 7470

(973) 692-0222

johncz@tricarico.com

www.tricarico.com

Year Established: 1987 No of Employees: 50 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: N/A Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $14,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 506

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Cannabis, Office, Commercial Interiors, Other: Fitness, Automotive

Leading Clients: Tag Heuer, Ralph Lauren, Brunello Cucinelli, Prada, Coach, Kate Spade, Tory Burch, Warby Parker, Kura Sushi

Trileaf Corporation

William A Bates, Director of A&E 1515 Des Peres Road, Suite 200 Saint Louis, MO 63131 (314) 997-6111

w.bates@trileaf.com

www.trileaf.com

Year Established: 1993 No of Employees: 225

Retail: $3,750,000 Hospitality: $500,000

Restaurants: $125,000 Healthcare: $250,000 Multi-Housing: N/A

Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A

Other: $375,000 Total Billings: $5,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 2,000

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Office, Healthcare, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: N/A

Urban Architectural Group, P.A

John Urban, Principal 1242 Mann Drive, 200 Matthews, NC 28105 (704) 841-1899

johnurban@urbanaia.com

www.Urbanaia.com

Year Established: 1998 No of Employees: 6 Retail: N/A

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: NA Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: N/A

Completed Projects in 2022: 78

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Office, Healthcare, Multi-Housing, Commercial Interiors, Craft Brewery

Leading Clients: N/A

Valerio Architects, Inc.

Meagan Anglero, Office Manager 5858 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 200 Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 954-8996

ap@valerioinc.com

www.valerioinc.com

Year Established: 1995 No of Employees: 50 Retail: $8,000,000

Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $2,000,000 Healthcare: N/A

Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A

Cannabis: N/A Other: N/A Total Billings: $10,000,000

Completed Projects in 2022: 200

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Commercial Interiors

Leading Clients: Bottega Veneta, Dior, Gucci, Celine, Canada Goose

Golden Goose,Marugame, Marni, Zegna, Maison Margiela, Cartier, Bulgari, Nespresso, Bally, Starbucks

WD Partners

Tara Yavorsky, SVP, Marketing

7007 Discovery Blvd

Dublin, OH 43017

(614) 634-7000

Fax: (614) 634-7777

mary.rea@wdpartners.com

www.wdpartners.com

Year Established: 1968 No of Employees: 465

Retail: $41,000,000 Hospitality: N/A Restaurants: $14,200,000

Healthcare: $3,600,000 Multi-Housing: N/A Federal: N/A

Craft Brewery/Distillery: N/A Cannabis: N/A Other: $3,500,000

Total Billings: $62,300,000 Completed Projects in 2022: N/A

Specialize In: Retail, Restaurants, Shopping Centers, Healthcare

Leading Clients: N/A

Does your project have what it takes?

Being the best takes a team effort.

In today's commercial construction industry, the successful new builds and renovated projects are the ones with every part of the team working in unison to deliver on time, under or on budget and in sync. From design, to engineering, to building and management, the best projects feature the best teams.

That's why Commercial Construction & Renovation is looking for your team. Our sixth annual “CCR Project Profile Awards ” will recognize the best-of-the-best construction projects from the top down with awards for New Construction Project and Renovation Project.

To help select these special projects, we’re building a special committee from our Editorial Advisory Board to pour through the nominations. After they select the projects, we'll identify winners in the following sectors:

So, how do you get your project nominated?

Here’s what you need to give us:

Deadline to submit form: March 3, 2023

started:

or Renovation:

date: Why this project should be nominated?

Staying in groove

3 tips for successfully executing architectural design mock-ups

By Bill Slowik

Building a mock-up is a crucial step in the life cycle of a construction project that helps guide work, preserve resources and save time.

Whether putting together a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) or aesthetic review mock-up, the tool grants architects opportunities to verify the integrity and efficacy of a conceptual design. Mock-ups are a key component of the quality management process, offering design teams the opportunity to install scaled-down or sample representations of a structure in a controlled environment that reflects site conditions.

The importance of a mock-up must not be overlooked, and its execution should receive special attention and consideration. To maximize the benefits, architects must have a clear vision and understanding of their objectives, as well as a well-defined project management plan.

What type of mock-up should you use?

If a team determines their project will benefit from building a mock-up, they must decide early on which tool is most appropriate for the job, since different types of mock-ups serve different purposes.

QA/QC

A QA/QC mock-up is used to verify the actual conditions and connections on a building, as well as the efficacy of different design details. These mock-ups are key to quality management as they provide a well-defined and measurable standard. Ideally, every project would use a QA/QC mock-up.

Building a QA/QC mock-up is particularly useful when a project has unique or challenging details, uses materials or connections in an unconventional way or if the available contractor is unfamiliar with the types of construction materials being installed. If a project uses conventional and well-understood construction techniques with commonly understood and defined measurable standards, a QA/QC mock-up may not be required.

It is vital to remember that a QA/QC mock-up does not replace the architect’s responsibilities during construction. They must remain diligent about observations and field reports. If a QA/QC is not employed, observation of the first work-in-place should be thorough and well-documented.

Aesthetic review

An aesthetic review mock-up typically is used for reviewing and approving material selections. They help the design team to understand how certain aspects—such as finishes and paints—will interact with natural daylight, weather and other constructed details. Aesthetic review mock-ups also allow for the review and approval of the total range of aesthetic effect, something that cannot be determined with individual material sample submittals.

3 keys to successful architectural design mock-ups

1. Determining scope early and getting buy-in

From the beginning of the project, the whole design and construction team should understand why they are building a particular mock-up and where it will fit within the project schedule.

As mentioned earlier, defining a clear purpose will help ensure the right tool is being used for the job and will help mitigate unnecessary schedule delays and costs.

For a QA/QC mock-up, determine what conditions need to be represented early in the planning process and communicate expectations clearly to the selected contractor and subcontractor. It will not be possible to represent every condition of the building, but identifying and working towards key priorities from the beginning will improve the overall quality and end result.

Establish a budget and clearly show the scope, even if it is just a preliminary drawing. Doing this will help your team understand the scale and scope before the mock-up is built. It should never be a surprise.

2. Attending mock-up installations

A mock-up is built to help visualize and verify a concept before it is fully installed at a site. It is a working tool and as such it’s imperative your team is present while the mock-up is being installed.

By attending a QA/QC mock-up installation, design teams can ingrain quality expectations and identify potential issues, including installation sequence issues, tolerance stacking and real-world “clash detection.”

The hands-on process can also be used to review materials as they are being arranged, including paint colors and finishes. Therefore, treat the mock-up installation as you would the actual installation: Conduct a pre-construction meeting and ensure all relevant stakeholders across disciplines are present. Ideally, you should work with the actual project subcontractors to install the mock-up. This grants both parties the

opportunity to ask questions and work through the details, ultimately boosting productivity during construction.

Documentation is critical to risk management, establishing expectations and intent, and holding all parties accountable throughout a construction project. So, document everything you see, take as many pictures and notes as possible, and make it a priority to distribute them to the entire team at the end of the day.

While documentation is key in all phases, it is especially important during the construction of a QA/QC mock-up as the team is establishing the baseline that the entire building will be measured against.

3. Managing the mock-up as its own sub-project

The mock-up should not become an afterthought but rather be managed as its own sub-project with a critical path, submittal schedule and material lead times.

Since a mock-up may be used to give final material approvals, it is necessary to understand how those approvals fit into the overall project and submittal schedule, particularly in an aesthetic review mock-up.

Treating a mock-up as a sub-project will help avoid approval delays and budget spikes from material price escalations, as well as manage long lead times.

American architect Frank Lloyd Wright famously said, “You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledgehammer on the construction site.” Mock-ups serve as a critical step in between the eraser and the sledgehammer and are a highly effective strategy for quality management when performed correctly. They enable architects to evaluate and tweak their designs on a smaller scale to avoid potentially costly issues or changes when construction begins in earnest.

Thoughtful execution is the primary key to success for maximizing the benefits of building a mock-up. Architects need only allocate the appropriate time and attention to ensuring their mock-up succeeds—from there, they can watch their projects thrive to completion. CCR

Bill Slowik, AIA, NCARB, is an architect at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture, a regional, studio-based design firm with offices in Spartanburg, Charleston and Greenville, South Carolina; Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta. He can be reached at bslowik@mcmillanpazdansmith.com.

Together We Excel

5 reasons builders and architects should prioritize collaboration

By Wesley J. Palmisano

Builders and architects rely on each other’s expertise to translate early design concepts into new buildings or completed renovations that serve the needs of their owners and occupants.

Yet, despite the built-in synergies between design teams and building teams, the relationship is not always a cohesive and collaborative one.

Too often, this alliance can deteriorate into an adversarial partnership that’s focused more on protecting each team’s self-interests than on meeting the client’s goals and aspirations.

It is a scenario where no one wins.

Thankfully, most architects and builders agree it is time to build more bridges than barriers. According to a recent study conducted by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), nine in 10 contractors say they want to work more closely with architects, and eight in 10 architects want to work more closely with contractors.

Some prefer collaborative delivery methods such as design-build and integrated project delivery (IPD), while others are simply seeking a more collaborative and trusted working relationship across all project types.

This is great news for the construction industry. Here are five reasons why.

1 Early collaboration is a primary factor in project success.

A synergistic relationship among the architect, builder, and owner is key to achieving a healthy project team dynamic that results in a successful project.

The majority of respondents in the AIA/AGC study believe that collaboration drives better project outcomes. More than 70% of them “strongly agree” that the earlier the architect and GC start collaborating, the more likely the client will reap the benefits.

At Impetus, we firmly believe that 90% of a project’s success is determined before ground is broken. That’s why planning and preconstruction services are among our key areas of expertise.

During project kickoff, we convene a project stakeholder alignment session where we ask each person to populate a matrix that defines project goals and individual goals. Then we work together to find alignment and opportunities to create win/ win outcomes for the owner and all other project partners.

With accelerated project schedules, however, the expectation is that those steps will overlap as much as possible to shorten the overall delivery timeline. That’s why a shared commitment to collaboration and accountability among project team partners is paramount.

It is encouraging to see a growing list of owners embracing collaborative delivery methods such as design-build and design-assist, which enable owners and design/construction teams to work together as a cohesive unit.

3

It serves as a model for project-wide collaboration.

Starting a large construction project might be compared to starting a new business because complex projects require hundreds of people to be aligned. To achieve success,

jointly explore—innovative ideas that can positively impact a project’s quality, efficiency and safety. These solutions might include elimination or reductions of waste, off-site fabrication, improvements to critical building systems, and design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA).

Exploring creative ideas early in the project lifecycle (preferably during the concept design phase) is the most efficient way to harness the true value of the idea. Delaying this opportunity can be costly, resulting in delays, design revisions and unrealized savings.

5 To solve the inevitable challenges that will arise.

As a project unfolds, the construction team will inevitably encounter unexpected issues and complications that require design intervention. Enlisting the expertise of architecture and engineering partners that have been actively engaged throughout the project lifecycle is invaluable when it comes time to assessing and addressing these issues.

2 Complex, fast-track projects demand cohesive teams.

As client expectations rise and construction schedules continue to accelerate, cohesive design and construction teams are more important than ever.

Today’s complex, fast track projects force concurrencies in the activities required to successfully deliver each phase of a project—from design work to procurement, sitework and vertical construction. Conventional methods required allocating each step of the project delivery process a specific window of time and a step would not start until the prior step was complete.

the project also needs a vision statement, goals, value alignment and a strong culture. Because the partnership among an architect, a contractor and an owner is foundational to most construction projects, that relationship establishes the project culture that is shared by the entire team. In other words, a partnership built on mutual trust and accountability will influence the mindset and behavior of all project stakeholders, including trade partners, consultants, vendors and other contributors.

4 To jointly explore opportunities for innovation.

Early, ongoing collaboration also enables design and construction teams to develop—and

That’s also why it is beneficial to develop long-term alliances with design partners whose values and work processes align with those of the construction team. The bottom-line benefits of collaboration are difficult to ignore: cost savings, an accelerated schedule, reduced waste, more reliable scheduling and delivery of materials, and an overall culture of communication and transparency.

Most experienced architects, contractors, and owners understand the importance of building close, trusting relationships with their project partners. They welcome diverse perspectives and have the humility to acknowledge that no one knows it all.

By working closely together throughout a project, architects and contractors learn from each other, inspire each other, hold each other accountable and jointly celebrate their successes. CCR

Wesley J. Palmisano founded Impetus in 2013 with the vision to create a new kind of construction company—one designed to foster the next generation of leaders. Based in New Orleans, the rapidly-scaling boutique construction service provider has continued to expand into new market sectors and geographies in the Southeast, including Nashville. He also founded The Palmisano Foundation, a 501c3 focused on supporting education initiatives for the world’s next generation of great thinkers and doers.

Today’s complex, fast track projects force concurrencies in the activities required to successfully deliver each phase of a project—from design work to procurement, sitework and vertical construction.

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Innovative approaches to accessibility

Chicago adaptive reuse project yields new Hilton Hotels

By Ted Jarosh

Carving new hotels out of an antiquated Chicago office building is no small feat. Include unique approaches to accessibility, and the feat grows even more impressive. That is precisely the achievement wrought in Chicago’s Central Loop, where Phoenix Development, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, general contractor Leopardo and Daccord construction management partnered on a trophy project for Hilton Hotels.

So impressive was the result that the project captured the Preservation Excellence Award for adaptive re-use by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks in 2022.

A Fitting Choice

A Frost-and-Granger-designed building boasting Classical Revival styling, the 1904 structure at 226 West Jackson Blvd. once housed Chicago and Northwestern Railroad offices and later headquarters for City Colleges of Chicago. The National Historic Landmark proved to be a fitting choice for an ambitious adaptive reuse project which would see the office building transformed into a 135-room Hilton Garden Hotel on the lower floors, and above it a 215-room Canopy by Hilton Hotel.

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The 248,000-square-foot, 16-story project involved completely razing the interior of the building and constructing 350 rooms and suites within the building shell. The two hotels were given separate firstfloor lobbies preserved from the building’s original design, as well as 2,500 square feet of conference rooms, and one fitness center for each of the hotels.

The project also required the complete removal and rebuilding of the building’s existing 15th floor to create a brand-new 16th floor restaurant and lounge. A half dozen building elevators were renovated, and a seventh added.

The highest floors feature glass and metal enclosures that surround the rooftop dining spaces, taking on classically inspired aesthetics along with modern sensibilities. These floors also incorporate substantial biophilic elements, including landscaping and greenery, that together deliver a fresh vibrancy to the formerly unoccupied rooftop.

Following the conversion of the building from offices to two high-end hotels—each with its own unique personality, selling points and room rates—both hotels welcomed their first guests in September 2021. The independent rooftop lounge and bar was unveiled early in 2022.

Trailblazing accessibility

The conversion of the historic building into hotels is also notable for the number of accessible features built into its Hilton Garden Inn component. In addition to an accessible business center, concierge desk, elevators, fitness facility, restaurant, meeting rooms, parking, entrance, registration desk and routes through the hotel, it provides accessible guest rooms with entry or passage doors offering 32 inches of clear width.

Seeking to create additional space within accessible guest rooms, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture and Phoenix Development chose to install pocket door frame kits from Johnson Hardware to guide the rooms’ pocket doors. Space is at a premium in most hotel rooms, and that’s even more the

An historic office building on the southwest side of Chicago’s Loop business district has been transformed into two brand new Hilton hotels. The Hilton Garden Inn (shown above) features creative approaches to offering accessible hotel rooms.

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case in accessible rooms requiring freedom for wheelchair movement. The pocket door frame kits permitted wider door openings to allow wheelchair and walker movement in and out. The kits also enabled more efficient use of space because doors slide into walls as opposed to opening out.

Heavy-duty pocket door frame kits were chosen on the basis of offering the durability necessary to endure daily use in a commercial setting where guests typically give the doors plenty of use. Even though they are built to hoist heavy solid-core doors weighing up to 400 pounds each, the door kits deliver easy gliding, sliding back and forth with only minimal effort.

No more than 5 pounds of force are required to move the doors. In addition, the Leopardo Companies carpenters found the kits were easy to install, including everything needed to implement their use in a commercial steel stud framing application.

Versatile enough to be adapted for non-standard wall thickness as well as block masonry walls, the kits can also be cut down to accept smaller-sized doors. Nylon-encapsulated ball bearing wheels roll smoothly and quietly, and their tripod rocker design equalizes door weight across all the wheels, helping prevent failure of wheels. The jumpproof hardware design helps ensure doors will not jump off their tracks.

Pocket door frame kits were used in the bathroom areas of the ADA-compliant rooms within Hilton Garden Inn.

An Ideal Location

Much of Chicago’s recent downtown growth, including growth within the white-hot Fulton Market enclave, has been westward from the city’s historic Loop central business district. Therefore, it made sense for Hilton Hotels to seek new hotel locations on the west side of the Central Loop.

The company found just such a location at the corner of Franklin and Jackson Streets, across the street from Willis (formerly Sears) Tower, where officials declared a century-old office building could be turned into 21st Century hotels. From that advantageous corner, travelers would not have a problem strolling to a multitude of Chicago’s Central Loop attractions. They also would be within a 10-minute walk of Millennium Park, the Chicago Riverwalk, State Street shops and a broad selection of award-winning restaurants.

The location also provides outstanding access to many transportation conveniences. The site is just a few blocks west of the Dan Ryan Expressway and north of the Eisenhower Expressway, and is approximately two blocks from Union Station, into

which Amtrak trains from every corner of the nation arrive and depart each and every day.

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Quincy L station is a two-minute walk northeast, offering rides on Brown, Orange, Pink and Purple Lines. And nearly a dozen CTA bus routes crisscross this Loop district on their way to the North, South and West Sides.

This imaginative and dramatic adaptive reuse project results in several critical upsides. A handsome, century-old building will be preserved, in keeping with the belief of many sustainability experts that the greenest new buildings are reborn old ones. As well, visitors to Chicago—including those who benefit from ADA-compliant features—will have two more luxe Loop hotels to serve them for decades to come.

Ted Jarosh leads the self-perform division of Leopardo Companies—a recognized industry leader in construction with the resources to build world-class projects using innovative processes across every major sector. As project executive, he oversaw the drywall, painting, carpentry and labor services completed for the Hilton Garden Inn and Canopy renovation project located at 226 W. Jackson in Chicago.

IS YOUR SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFIED?

Ask your GC if they have a Certified Retail Superintendent on your project.

Being a retail superintendent requires a unique set of skills different from other market segments. While all construction superintendents have responsibilities for schedule, productivity, safety, and quality on the project site, the challenges and constraints of the retail environment mean that a special training focus is needed.

Superintendents must learn how to think like a retailer and a contractor throughout these projects.

RCA’s Retail Superintendent Training Program addresses this need.

Certified Retail Superintendents have:

• At least three years of experience in retail construction

• Completed OSHA 30-hour certification

• Completed RCA's two-day workshop, which includes in-depth training on retail-focused customer service

• Passed the Certified Retail Superintendent exam

Not just for breakfast anymore

How the Cracked Eggery is changing the way people eat that morning meal

You can call the Cracked Eggery an egg-centric restaurant. Just don’t call it a breakfast place. Why? Because they are not just for, you know, that word. The decadent, decked out egg sandwiches feature an array of cheeses, sausage patties, smoked salmon, caper tapenade—you get the picture.

So, when you say eggs, Cracked Eggery wants you to think of eggs any time, all the time.

Oh, and you also can grab some loaded tots and French toast sticks. Or, truth be told, bacon, burgers, bowls, buttery challah buns, etc.

The idea for Cracked started more than 10 years ago with brunch patties from friends Mike Tabb, Ross Brickelmaier and AJ Zarinsky. Going from food stand, to food truck and now restaurant, Cracked Eggery is the toast of the DC area.

To get an inside look at the Cracked Eggery brand, we sat down with co-founder Tabb and David Shove-Brown, Partner at //3877.

Give us a snapshot of your restaurant brand?

Tabb: Cracked Eggery serves delicious and innovative egg sandwiches, bowls and tots made from premium, local ingredients. Our goal was to build a concept that evoked the nostalgia of the comfort food side of breakfast while offered in a fast and reliable fashion.

What type of consumer are you targeting?

Shove-Brown: Cracked Eggery’s Shaw location is designed to meet a variety of consumer needs; whether it’s a family who wants to stop in for a casual breakfast or an individual grabbing a to-go bite on their way to work, the shop’s layout and circulation facilitates an easy experience for diners.

What type of adjustments have you made surrounding the recent state of events?

Shove-Brown: Throughout the spatialplanning process, our team developed a layout that prioritized both back-of-house and front-of-house operations. With the post-pandemic world in mind, space planning for the eatery centered on the kitchen, ordering and pick-up to ensure each was a flawless process for diners, meal delivery personnel and grab-and-go customers.

How does the design of the restaurant cater to what today’s consumers want?

Shove-Brown: Our approach to the design of this location was to maximize

efficiency while finding a way to provide Shaw and its inhabitants with a restaurant that delivers not only the tastiest egg sandwiches, but also celebrates the local neighborhood culture. Customers want a full experience, even if they’re just picking up food to-go. They want to be immersed in the environment, including elements of the surrounding neighborhood.

Is there a location that really shows how the brand interacts with the community and customers?

One of your favorites?

Tabb: Both locations. We wanted both stores to be easy to navigate, customer-friendly and welcoming while paying homage to their

respective neighborhoods, which we will continue with in future stores. From store design to neon accents and posters, we offer an awesome experience before you get the food, and even after.

Walk us through how and why it was designed the way it is?

Shove-Brown: To bring Cracked Eggery’s signature brand experience into the space, we interpreted the ‘egg’ theme by mixing the motif with modern elements and local touch points throughout the entire interior. Playful cracked egg graphics, and a custom graphic wall designed in tandem with the Cracked Eggery team captures the contextuality of the locale—complemented by egg-inspired light fixtures.

Through employing Cracked Eggery’s branded color palette, made up of deep navy, bright yellow, and soft blue, the result is an eatery that reflects the brand’s true vision of celebrating the egg-centric eats.

Take us through your construction and design strategy.

Shove-Brown: The interior architecture achieves balance through lines and shapes, pairing thick linear lines with thin, organic forms. We achieved contrast in the space through reflection of matte and glossy surfaces—and pops of neon pink—creating intentional moments of glimmer that catches the eye of each visitor.

Through thoughtful and purposeful planning, the design scheme prioritizes

sustainable materials that align with the sustainable ingredients found on the menu, an ode to the operations and mission of Cracked Eggery.

Give us a rundown of the market’s layout.

Tabb: We have always viewed this market as wide open for us but crowded at the same time. Customers tend to try and group us in with diners, bagel shops, delis, etc., but in reality, we have been

“We wanted both stores to be easy to navigate, customer-friendly and welcoming while paying homage to their respective neighborhoods, which we will continue with in future stores.”

— Mike Tabb, Co-founder, Cracked Eggery

able to mesh many styles and types of food into a cohesive menu that deviates from anyone else.

For some places, breakfast is an after thought on the menu. For others, it is a focus, but they might not have the burger or the bowls. Our bowls have put us closer to a Cava or Sweet Green, but those establishments do not capture breakfast in the way that we do.

What’s the biggest issue today related to the construction side of the business?

Shove-Brown: We’re still seeing residual challenges posed by supply-chain issues, thus pushing back timelines and delaying projects. However, we’re proud of how our team has been able to adapt and respond to these changes quickly, developing design solutions that bring a client’s dream to life while working around various process challenges.

Talk about sustainability. What are you doing?

Tabb: We source as locally and sustainably as we can, as often as we can. We have personally visited and seen the operations of most of our suppliers and ensure we are always searching for ways to improve in this area.

Are you optimistic about how the marketplace has responded to everything happening today?

Tabb: Absolutely. We are happy with the

stores and look forward to the growth potential of the Cracked Eggery brand.

What’s your growth plan?

What areas are you targeting?

Tabb: Delivery is a major part of our model, so we are looking to build off of our current delivery zones to cover the area––Bethesda and Arlington are next on our list.

What trends are you seeing?

Tabb: Customers want ease of ordering and

“With the post-pandemic world in mind, space planning for the eatery centered on the kitchen, ordering and pick-up to ensure each was a flawless process for diners, meal delivery personnel and grab-and-go customers.”

— David Shove-Brown, Partner, //3877

picking up, delivery options, and elevated food quality. For the industry as a whole, we are seeing more brands focus on making their items the way they want and discouraging customers from altering or changing items so they can offer dishes they can stand behind.

What’s the secret to creating a “must visit” restaurant environment in today’s competitive landscape?

Shove-Brown: It’s all about authenticity. Consumers want a genuine, immersive experience no matter the occasion. Creating purposeful touchpoints, such as bringing elements of the community into the design, establish a connection with customers that make certain restaurants standout in the market.

Supplementing great operations with thoughtful design and efficient circulation are key to ensuring a positive experience for every visitor.

One-onOne with... Cracked Eggery co-founder Mike Tabb

What’s the most rewarding part of your job?

What’s today’s consumer looking for?

Tabb: Speed, quality, effortless enjoyment.

What’s the biggest item on your to-do list?

Tabb: Grow this brand without sacrificing quality or losing character.

Describe a typical day.

Tabb: At this point, we spend our time bouncing between the two locations. Making repairs, improvements, checking food quality and ensuring things continue to go smoothly.

Tell us what makes your brand so unique?

Tabb: A mesh of nostalgic comfort food that pushes the envelope on innovation and elevates customer expectations while being fast and consistent––all packaged in a fun retro ’80’s environment. CCR

Seeing the happiness of our customers try us for the first time and when they return time after time.

What was the best advice you ever received?

Good ideas can come from anywhere.

What’s the best thing a client ever said to you?

There is nothing better than when a customer understands what we are trying to do with the brand–—from the sandwich names to decor and music. When they get it they love it.

A‘Whole-You’ approach

Inside ACPNY’s Elmhurst Medical Office’s commitment to providing greater healthcare access to patients in NYC’s five boroughs

A ‘Whole-You’ approach

Inside ACPNY’s Elmhurst Medical Office’s commitment to providing greater healthcare access to patients in NYC’s five boroughs

The premise is simple: AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY) is dedicated to elevating the quality and accessibility of care in the communities it serves by addressing populationlevel health concerns where they begin.

Thanks to TPG Architecture, ACPNY built a place where health care professionals can provide the best in primary and specialty care practice. ACPNY’s community-based “whole you” approach offers coordinated care to patients across New York City’s five boroughs and Long Island.

The TPG design team worked closely with the ACPNY design and specialty medical teams to bring to life a premier working environment and a soothing experience for patients. The new medical center features pre-established ACPNY design standards and graphics to create a modern, comfortable interior environment.

We sat down with Al Thompson, Managing Executive and Studio Director of TPG Architecture’s Long Island, New York office, to get a peek into the facility.

Describe the overall project.

EmblemHealth enlisted TPG to facilitate the relocation of their facility to a larger space in order to expand their services and meet the needs of their patients. This state of the art two-story facility offers a radiology suite with advanced healthcare technology including an X-ray and ultrasound, as well as Pediatric, OB/GYN, and Optometry services.

The ground floor also accommodates EmblemHealth’s Neighborhood Care, which provides in-person customer support, access to community resources, classes, and programming to help the entire community learn healthy behaviors. Additional project features include examination rooms, efficient nurses’ stations, and private offices.

What were the goals of the project?

The team worked closely with the ACPNY design and specialty medical teams to bring to life the best work environment and the most soothing for patients. The result of this partnership was the creation of a modern, comfortable interior environment.

Were there any challenges?

The new medical center features pre-established ACPNY design standards and graphics to create a modern, comfortable interior environment. TPG creatively applied these standards in the waiting rooms to create diverse environments in each medical suite.

How does the facility’s overall design cater to what the facility managers were looking for?

A well-organized plan with clean circulation, good patient flow and convenient waiting areas are essential to provide a pleasant patient experience.

Talk about the continued importance of sustainability today. What are you doing to be a sustainable practice?

Our commitment to sustainability and wellness is best reflected in our own NYC Certified LEED Silver office. Our workplace

The project is a HUB for EmblemHealth, which is a “Whole You” coordinated care approach. This allows patients to visit this location for myriad specialties.

is highly flexible, which helps extend the life cycle of the design as a whole. We follow traditional views of sustainability including the use of sustainable materials, energy-efficient lighting and plumbing fixtures and the investment in wind power.

What type of opportunities do you see moving ahead in healthcare design?

Telemedicine and outpatient facilities continue to be strong sectors in health care.

What design trends are you seeing in the healthcare sector? Hospitals will continue to want flex spaces that can support different levels of care, and surge with the next pandemic/ crisis.

What should we expect to see six to 12 months down the road?

At this time; post-pandemic and the economic environment, I cannot predict. I only know it will continue to change.

What kind of conversations about the “new normal” are you having with your customers? Staff?

Be flexible, the new normal continues to evolve, and take care of yourself physically and mentally. There are a lot of stressors today and we all have to work through them.

What is the secret to creating a “must-visit” facility in today’s competitive landscape?

The project is a HUB for EmblemHealth, which is a “Whole You” coordinated care approach. This allows patients to visit this location for myriad specialties. They have urgent care, imaging, OB-GYN, pediatrics, primary care, optometry and community affairs, which educate the residents about health care.

“One-on-One with... TPG’s Al Thompson

Describe a typical day.

What I love about this profession is that every day is different. Most days I am meeting with colleagues to review projects, schedules, staffing, etc. Each project is unique to the client, size, and complexity and all require attention. My favorite part of the day is the morning when I am recharged and can start the day fresh with a clean slate.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

Work hard and always try to do good.

What’s the best thing a client ever said to you?

“I’m at Elmhurst ACPNY today. It’s stunning. This is my new favorite office. The staff is raving. Really cool to see how this went from concept to reality. Congrats.”

— Beth Leonard Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Senior VP, Emblem Health Family of Companies

Al Thompson has managed a wide array of project types, including corporate interiors, institutions, hospital expansions, and base building architecture. Over the past 26 years, Al has garnered extensive experience overseeing programming, planning, construction documents, and construction administration for highly complex projects for his clients.

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Leading the way

Our conversations with Bozzuto Construction’s Kelly Cantley

Kelly Cantley’s foray into the construction business started in the military. After graduating from the US Naval Academy, she served on the USS Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier that deployed to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf. In the last two years of her military career, she worked as an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps, where she oversaw construction and maintenance of three base facilities in New Orleans.

After leaving the military, she landed at Turner Construction, where she spent 10 years honing her craft. Today, as Senior Vice President for the Bozzuto Construction Company, Cantley is responsible for developing new business opportunities for the construction group, as well as operations in South Florida. She is involved with all aspects of the business, from acquisition, planning and implementation of new work. She also serves as a liaison between preconstruction, operations and clients to ensure project goals are met from construction’s conception to completion.

In her spare time, Cantley is active in many real estate affiliations, as well as philanthropic organizations such as Urban Land Institute, Women’s Housing Coalition, ACE Mentoring Program and Jubilee Housing.

Tell us your story. How did you get started in the industry?

After graduating from the Naval Academy, I was commissioned and served time on the USS Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier that deployed to the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf. In addition to my deployment, I served as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer for the last two years of my military career, where I oversaw construction and maintenance of three base facilities in New Orleans.

As I transitioned out of the military, I joined the Turner Construction team where I

stayed for 10 years, and then came to Bozzuto Construction, where I have been for the past 11. I have always loved engineering, and have a strong passion for the technical side of building which I have been able to further explore in the construction industry.

What are some of the biggest changes you have seen over the past two years?

The aftermath of the pandemic has impacted all aspects of our operations. In order to adapt, we have introduced hybrid work to the extent that we can, and have been

navigating procurement challenges related to material availability and the supply chain that are still prevalent to this day.

In response, we have identified creative ways to accelerate submittals, and new strategies for buy out that allow us to keep our projects on budget and on time as much as possible. Equally challenging is the fact that a large portion of the workforce is aging out, so it is important that we come up with new ways to introduce and excite young students and prospective employees about the construction industry to ensure we have a strong and steady talent pipeline.

What opportunities are out there for the industry as we move forward? For women?

It is an exciting time to embark on a career in construction because there are so many jobs to explore across all divisions. There are especially opportunities for people to come in and bring creative and innovative solutions that address some of the challenges we are facing as an industry.

There is always a demand for out-ofthe-box thinkers who can come into the business and find ways to help the industry be more efficient with budgets, manpower, etc., the sky is really the limit. And these opportunities are equally available for women as they are for men. The construction industry as a whole has become a lot more progressive in recent years, and a lot more flexible to accommodate parents and families.

Women are going out on maternity leave and returning to their jobs in significantly higher numbers than they did 10 or even five years ago. Men are also increasingly taking paternity leave and improving their work-life balance so they can be home more regularly with their families.

What trends are you seeing today in the industry?

While tech and innovation are not new in construction, the industry is embracing new

Kelly Cantley

tech tools and concepts that are increasing our ability to be efficient at an accelerated rate. We’re seeing a lot more modular construction, and increased interest in mass timber.

In light of ongoing material shortages and delays brought on by the pandemic, we have been sequencing work with early start agreements, and have changed how we buy and release materials to mitigate potential scheduling impacts. There has also been an increased interest in true, design-build multifamily projects which is exciting to see.

What advice can you share?

To people coming up in the industry or interested in it?

One thing that makes the field of construction so exciting is that you have the opportunity to follow whatever your passion is within the industry. There are roles for creative-minded people, individuals interested in managing projects, directing safety, developing new technology and anything else you can think of.

The best advice I have for anyone interested in construction is that there’s no class or course that can replace the experience you get by seeing a project through from start to finish. There is so much to learn from onsite staff, whether it be a superintendent or a subcontractor, that a classroom just cannot replicate. Effective communication is also a major key to success on any construction project, as well as being able to learn from and not dwell on your mistakes. Problems arise every single day on a project, and it’s how you course correct, move forward and learn from it that will determine your success.

What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?

To get outside of my comfort zone. We don’t always feel we can do something well if we haven’t already done it more than a dozen times, but it’s important to recognize the baseline ability we all have to do anything we want. Having that confidence to chase the next step, even if you haven’t done it before, and advocate for yourself is important for your development as a person and in your professional career.

What’s the single best thing every woman can do to make sure they continue to get a seat at the table?

Don’t be afraid to speak up and express your thoughts when you’re in the room. It’s important for women to continue supporting one another in construction, and all industries. I’m seeing more amplification of women’s voices in construction today than I ever have, and we need to continue encouraging this. Lifting diverse perspectives and ideas up is something that we all can benefit from.

What’s the biggest item on your to-do list?

I am preparing to launch our five-year strategic plan, which will focus largely on streamlining efficiencies within our field teams. We’re looking at how our work habits have changed since the onset of the pandemic, and making resources, such as training documents, standard operating procedures, etc., and data more accessible to our teams wherever they are on a given day or project. CCR

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The Voice of Craft Brands

Smarter than the average beer

North Carolina’s first brewpub in a grocery store, The Beer

Den at Lowes Foods, has something for everyone craft

The Voice of Craft Brands

Smarter than the average beer

North Carolina’s first brewpub in a grocery store, The Beer Den at Lowes Foods, has something for everyone craft

Belle. Robin Hood. Rumpelstiltskin. The Hoppit. If you’re looking for the perfect craft selection, The Beer Den at Lowes Foods has you covered. North Carolina’s first brewpub in a grocery store, the space is making you rethink the whole going to the grocery store trip.

While lots of stores have beer caves, only Lowes Foods has a place with a complete selection of crafts and drafts from around the whole wild world. As varied as it is local, the Beer Den offers seasonal offerings of unique beers on tap with Growlers filled on site for you to take home and enjoy.

Its one-place-has-every-craft-beer-you-need approach is a festival for craft beer aficionados. To get a closer look at Lowes Foods’ Beer Den, we sat down with Heather George, Senior VP Brand Strategy at Lowes, and John Scheffel, VP and Director of Visual Design at api(+).

Give us a snapshot of today’s craft brew market from your perspective. What’s likely to happen next?

Scheffel: I see the craft market continuing to grow and the offer of both take-home product and in-store taprooms expanding in the grocery store and convenience store worlds. The demand for locally crafted beers is not a fad, and I feel it is here to stay. There will certainly be some attrition along the way and the best will rise to the top.

What trends are defining the space?

Scheffel: Today’s consumers react well to a store-within-a-store with a defined environment. For our clients we design a brewery or taproom within a store that transports guests out of the shopping trip and into a curated, appealing environment. That environment might be fun, festive, refined, edgy or another style to embody the concept’s brand and create the retailer’s desired experience for their guest. Whatever the style, guests may stay and linger or shop the store with a beer in hand.

In the craft brewery space in general the environmental design trends lean toward a handful of distinct styles and offerings: Casual warehouse style look and feel; large array of beer taps; emphasizing local brands; variety of beers including sours; non-alcoholic beers; collab beers; incorporating family and pet friendly elements like games; outdoor space; entertainment stage; personality driven concepts backed by celebrities.

What’s your story from a brand perspective? Walk us through your branding strategy.

George: Lowes Foods is all about bringing community back to the table—making it easier for families to get dinner on the table at home and bringing guests together through our store experience. Each store has a Community Table made from reclaimed barns, but the best place to gather is in our Beer Dens.

Each Beer Den evokes the feel of a rustic lodge where our guests are hunting for the best craft beers. The Beer Den “beer” is half-bear, half-deer.

What’s the biggest issue today related to the marketing/sales side of the craft beer business today?

George: As soon as we created the Beer Den concept, Lowes Foods was able to offer beers from smaller

breweries on-tap that were not packaged for distribution in other stores. As we expanded the audience for those smaller breweries, we found there was a demand across our marketing area.

Since another distribution channel was not available, we created what we call, The Beer Run. We distribute beers from small breweries across the Carolinas to our stores in areas where those items would otherwise not be

available. Through The Beer Run, we can surprise our guests with hard-to-find beers and support local entrepreneurs at the same time.

What’s the secret to creating a branding story that consumers can buy into?

Scheffel: Brand identities tie together business goals and customer desires. When done strategically—it is that perfect blend of visual, verbal and emotional attributes. And when

drawn together, a brand tells a story that touches the audience in a distinct and authentic way.

We create an authentic story that becomes the cornerstone of building the brand—making it easier to connect to the consumer on a deep and personal level. The essence is finding a retailer’s point of difference and creating an environment that really engages the customer and builds long-lasting brand loyalty.

What’s the one thing that every craft beer brand should be doing in the way of marketing?

Scheffel: Have a great taproom design. The taproom is a place where people enjoy exploring your beer selection and your brand while socializing. It should look and feel welcoming, function well for your target demographic, and create brand engagement.

And we must note that it’s essential to provide an array of seating

options that accommodate your guests’ needs. If your customers come to meet others, provide large community tables. If many of your guests come on dates, provide cozy two tops. If you see after work networking, provide large open areas. Know your audience and offer a variety of seating to accommodate their needs.

Bonus points if the space is ‘instagrammable.’ People are eager to share their social experiences online and accommodating them with good lighting and beautiful spaces can work wonders for your marketing goals.

What do you see as some of your biggest opportunities moving ahead?

Scheffel: Moving forward, the craft brew world and many retail types have many exciting opportunities, many powered by technological advances. Some of the hottest and most exciting opportunities we are seeing with our clients are incorporation of interactive experiences, virtual brand expansion into brick and mortar spaces, adaptive reuse of commercial space, marketing with brand influencers and brand extensions into new product lines and concept types.

What’s the biggest item on your to-do list right now?

Scheffel: Post pandemic, getting back out to industry trade shows and conferences and visiting cities that are blossoming; visiting the latest and greatest projects and studying design trends. Completing this interview was a big one, too.

How does your taproom space integrate into your branding/marketing strategies?

Scheffel: The taproom should be an extension of your brand. It is a physical space to express your personality. Every element of the space should be sensory touchpoints for your brand—the materials, fixtures, colors and lighting, the way your team members communicate to your customers, the music you play, the aromas. You need to have compelling elements that will entice customers to come back.

Chatting with... api(+)’s John Scheffel

they ask. At the same time, if you think they need to go in a different direction to be successful, guide them with your expertise, but make sure you show that you’ve listened to them.

The most rewarding part of the job Experiencing projects come to life, experiencing them when they open, and observing how customers interact with them. However, the best part is seeing the project be successful and our clients happy.

– John Scheffel

What was the best advice you ever received?

Listen to your clients and give them what

What’s the best thing a customer ever said to you?

Store Customer: This is my favorite place and I love everything about it. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I keep wanting to come back.

Client: We’ve worked with a lot of design firms, but you’re the first that truly listened to us and gave us something far greater than we ever expected.

What is your favorite brand story?

I was immensely impressed with the debut of the “new” VW Beetle in the late 90’s and how well done that campaign was and it elevated the brand and made you want a Beetle. And they were such fun cars.

Project wise, it’s still Lowes Foods. What they did to transform their stores and the customer experience was revolutionary. They changed their whole company’s DNA. They call their customers “guests” and everything is about the guest experience. And they treat their employees exceptionally well.

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Investing in the ‘new you’

Toward the end of last year, I decided to invest in learning how to build a new online business. I undertook a 12 week digital freelance marketing boot camp, where I learned how to become a certified, professional freelance digital affiliate marketer.

My thought process was two fold: First, since going 100% digital with our magazine, I wanted to learn how to improve the visitor experience on our website, as well increase our exposure online via the Wild West of the internet and stay in communication with our clients via technology.

Sure, I thought I knew a bunch about digital marketing, but this old dog learned very quickly that there was much more to it than sending an email (it's true, an old dog can learn new tricks if you open your mind to new ideas and tools).

So, each Monday night at 6:30 p.m. for three months I had a two- to three-hour Zoom class with a group of 10 people I had never met. They were from all walks of life. The learning started right away. The goal was to own a digital online business.

Man, was it eye opening and worth every minute.

We learned all the tools needed. If you don't install and do the right kind of setup, your vision of a digital firm will not work. It can be very frustrating.

In addition, each week, we had homework to complete. I had to read, listen to podcasts or audio books, conduct research, and of course, practice what I had learned. And I did this all while running CCR.

After 12 weeks, I graduated and am implementing the new skills I learned, much of what you will see on site as we move through the year.

One of the most important lessons I learned was to keep a positive mindset and rid myself of negativity or negative people. It just isn't healthy to be surrounded by negative vibes.

Now, my schedule has completely changed. I wake up every morning at 5 a.m. and get to it. My routine looks like this:

> Get up at 5 a.m. and make the bed (start the day by getting a simple thing accomplished.)

> Tidy up (Take some time to make yourself feel and look good.)

> Hydrate (Eat a high protein breakfast. Your body needs energy to stay competitive.)

> Read (Run through at least 20 pages in any book and write down what you learned.)

> Exercise (Take at least 30 minutes and prepare for the day.)

> Meditate (Take a few minutes of quiet to ready yourself for what lies ahead.)

> And finally do “M.I.T.” or complete my most important task of the day before 8 a.m. so I can cruise through the rest of the day to knock items off my to-do list.

I always say that you have to play as you practice, so I am doing what I have preached to all my teams over the years. Get in a routine. Be consistent. Stay focused. Even when everything you can think of goes wrong when you least expect it, you can make it and be ready to do it again the next day.

It really has been an amazing transformation, and man do I feel great. As the athlete in me says, “Bring it on, I am ready.”

We hope you close out Q1 with some momentum and continue to maintain that growth the rest of the year. We hope to see many of you at our CCRP Networking receptions in-person from coast to coast each month starting in March.

So, to all of you, safe travels, be prosperous and as always, “Keep the Faith.”

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