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TABLE OF CONTENTS 13 SUSTAIN I ABILITY Profiles in Home Performance: Better World Builders
15 AIA-MI DESIGN PERSPECTIVES The Culture of Design
18 LANDSCAPING On Sacred Ground - James C. Scott & Associates Creates a Legacy of Contemplative Landscapes
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5 Ways to Kill Your PACE Project Controller Technologies Finds its Place in the Sun
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The Jobsite Comes to the Cubicle:
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Industry News
Carhartt’s New Office Honors Workmanship
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Construction Calendar
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CLARK CONSTRUCTION ACHIEVES A MAJOR SAFETY MILESTONE: 4 MILLION HOURS WITHOUT LOST TIME DUE TO INJURY
BUTCHER & BUTCHER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. SUPPORTS FRIENDS OF FOSTER KIDS AT CHRISTMAS For the third straight year, Butcher & Butcher (B&B), Rochester Hills, has teamed up with Friends of Foster Kids (FoF) to fulfill Christmas “wish lists” for 14 local foster children. FoF is a non-profit organization that provides Christmas for children who have been removed from their home due to abuse or neglect, and placed in temporary housing or shelters. This year, FoF fulfilled over 1,000 wish lists for children in Oakland, Wayne, and Macomb Counties. In the past, the owners of B&B used company resources to shop for the handful of foster kids that B&B sponsored. This year, the company decided to experiment with the generosity of its employees by collecting wish lists from 14 children and putting up a giving tree in the shop with each individual gift on it, totaling over 100 gifts. “The generosity of our employees blew us away,” said Pat Butcher, president of B&B. “We weren’t sure how the employee participation would be, but we were committed to personally fulfilling each gift if necessary. However, after only a week, just 15 gifts remained on the giving tree. The spirit of Christmas is not lost on the 8 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
great men and women who work for B&B. Next year, we are confident that we can aim even higher, and support 20 kids or more at Christmastime.” B&B is a highly diversified construction company specializing in residential and commercial roofing, glass, sheet metal, and historic restoration, and has been in business for more than 40 years. B&B has additional divisions in Harbor Springs, MI and Pompano Beach, FL. B&B has been awarded the prestigious Firestone Master Contractor and Inner Circle of Quality awards multiple times, and was recognized as RSI National Contractor of the Year. B&B employs just over 100 men and women at all three locations. B&B’s work can be seen locally at the Detroit Athletic Club; Oakland University’s new student housing center; Ferris State University’s new student center; Meadowbrook Country Club; Henry Ford Museum’s Greenfield Village; Meadow Brook Hall; Edesl and Eleanor Ford’s mansion; and Detroit Country Day School. Historic restorations include the Durant Dort Carriage Company Building in Flint; the State Theater in Traverse City; and Van Hoosen Farm in Rochester, to name a few.
Clark Construction Company, Lansing, has achieved a major milestone that is unprecedented in the commercial construction industry, having completed 4 million hours on the job without lost time due to injury. Since January 2001 when the historic streak began, Clark Construction has averaged approximately 250,000 work hours per year and completed more than $3.2 billion in construction projects. “You cannot achieve such an incredible accomplishment without a total team effort from the home office to every jobsite we’ve been on across the nation the past 16 years,” said Charles Clark, Clark Construction CEO. “My heartfelt thanks and congratulations to all of our dedicated team members, subcontractors, and especially our customers who share our commitment to safety.” Clark management and staff have consciously refused to accept accidents as an unavoidable aspect of construction, and set a safety goal for the company of zero hours of lost time due to injuries. The resulting program has earned Clark Construction widespread government and industry recognition for its safety accomplishments. “We truly put safety first every day in everything we do,” said Clark. “It requires focus on every detail and a steadfast determination to ensure that our jobsites are the safest anywhere.” Clark Construction has won virtually every major safety award in Michigan and nationally, many of them multiple times. Since surpassing the 3 million hours mark in 2012, Clark Construction has won (2013) and been national runner up (2015) for the Associated General Contractors of America Safety Excellence Award. “It is great to be able to pause and reflect for a moment on what we have been able to achieve together,” said Clark. “Tomorrow, we all will place our focus on reaching the 5 million hour mark!” “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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ILITCH ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES TO BRING STUDENT-LED ARTWORK TO THE DISTRICT DETROIT
• Art in The District Detroit program to offer a unique, hands-on
learning experience for CCS students to design and create major public artworks • Sculptures and other art installations to enhance public spaces across The District Detroit • Ilitch organization to contribute $800,000 to support new program and artwork • Contributions also to provide scholarship funds for participating students Detroit-based Olympia Development of Michigan (ODM) and Ilitch Charities recently announced a new partnership with the College for Creative Studies (CCS) to launch a unique, hands-on learning experience that will bring student-led artwork to public spaces in The District Detroit. The innovative Art in The District Detroit program will engage students, faculty, community members and professional artists in the design, creation and installation of public art in The District Detroit. Ilitch Charities and ODM will invest $800,000 to fund this innovative class at the Detroit-based CCS, as well as to manufacture and install the resulting public artworks. Selected CCS Fine Arts students will begin the special course in January 2017. Participating students will work with faculty to conduct research, develop designs and physical models and produce documents outlining their design intentions. The students will receive scholarship funds to be used towards tuition. Additionally, the students whose artwork is selected for installation will receive scholarship funds or a stipend. CCS students will also be responsible for engaging and collaborating with the community throughout the process. Over the course of the semester-long program, CCS will invite visiting artists, community members and architects who have specialized knowledge in creating and designing outdoor sculptures to collaborate with students. Together, ODM and CCS intend to 10 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
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engage the community through this special project by designing pieces that foster a vibrant sense of personality within The District Detroit. “We applaud Olympia Development of Michigan and Ilitch Charities for recognizing that public art can be an essential element in defining the character of a neighborhood and for wanting to develop that art through a collaboration among student artists, professional artists and members of the local community,” said Richard L. Rogers, president of the College for Creative Studies. “CCS is excited to be part of The District Detroit project because it presents a unique educational opportunity for our students and is a major contributor to Detroit’s resurgence.” “The District Detroit represents a transformative effort in the heart of our great city, and public art is an important part of our plan,” said Christopher Ilitch, President and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. “The College for Creative Studies attracts many of the best, brightest and most talented creative students from around the world, and they are an ideal partner to bring public art to The District Detroit. The sculptures that result from this innovative class will bring additional personality and character to the world-class neighborhoods in The District Detroit and will be a source of pride for CCS students who help create them.” CCS will also engage the greater community through a series of interactions with its CCS’ Community Arts Partnerships (CAP) and community+public arts:DETROIT (CPAD) programs. CPAD projects reach beyond the typical arts audience; involve neighborhoods in unique ways; and engage with their sites, taking into account specific communities, the environment and their political and social histories, which is the intended outcome for The District Detroit. Through CPAD, the College is also in the process of building an advisory council comprised of local artists and creatives that will work with the students throughout the semester. Current members are: • Michael Boettcher, Urban Planner • Vince Carducci, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, College for Creative Studies Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
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Francis Grunow, Detroit Community Representative Kimberly Harden, Architecture Instructor, Cass Technical High School Tim van Laar, Professor and Chair of Fine Arts, College for Creative Studies George R. N’Namdi, Founder and Director, The N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art Marcel Parent, Arena Curator, Olympia Entertainment Gina Reichert, Architect and CoPrincipal, Design 99, and Co-Founder, Power House Productions Melissa Thomas, Detroit Community Representative Nathaniel Wallace, VP of Communications Professionals Inc.
At the conclusion of the semester, a juried process will take place to select up to four concepts to be developed into fullscale sculptures that will be installed in The District Detroit. Once selections are made, students will work under the guidance of a faculty advisor to partner with a third-party to create the sculpture and manage logistics of manufacturing, shipment, site preparation and installation. It is anticipated that the sculptures will be installed during the summer and fall of 2017 to be in place in time for the opening of Little Caesars Arena. Visit www.DistrictDetroit.com to learn more about the partnership and for regular updates on the public artwork initiative.
DLM JOINS HED California-based Wallace B. Gordon and Erwin F. Lee have merged their firm, Deems Lewis McKinley (DLM) with Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED). A recognized leader in the design of K12 Schools, DLM brings over 55 years of
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experience in the design of educational facilities and will significantly expand HED’s presence in the K-12 Schools + Community Education market across California. With offices in Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco, the increased staff size in the Bay Area and Sacramento will diversify staff and the firm’s area of expertise and expand the firm geographically. DLM staff in San Francisco relocated to HED’s San Francisco Office in February 2017. DLM’s Sacramento staff will remain in their current office space. HED is headquartered locally in Southfield, Michigan.
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS SEEKS TO AID LOCAL FAMILY St. Clare of Montefalco Parish in Grosse Pointe Park is celebrating its 90th Anniversary by participating in the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program. Their focus is on helping a local Detroit family rebuild their home and their lives after a September 2016 fire destroyed, or severely damaged, everything that they owned. The young family, which includes three children, are looking forward toward a stronger future for themselves. Great progress has been made at the home, but the biggest challenge remains in procuring the construction materials, manpower and professional resources needed to make this house a home again. Any CAM Members interested in donating materials, time, or man-power to this worthy cause are encouraged to reach out. A Go-Fund-Me page has been created to raise money for the cause. To donate time or materials, please contact the St. Clare of Montefalco Parish directly by calling (313) 647-5000. Thank you in advance for helping your neighbors!
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LOCK OUT / TAG OUT PROGRAMS
By Jason Griffin CAM DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND SAFETY SERVICES
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he control of hazardous energy is a common concern in both construction and general industry. Hazardous energy sources include electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, gravity, steam, mechanical, chemical, and nuclear power. The methods used to control each source of power are many and often require special locks, tags, or other equipment such as blocking or cribbing, to prevent the unexpected movement or activation of these energy sources. On March 17, 2016 OSHA released an article entitled, “Year One of OSHA’s Severe Injury Reporting Program: An Impact Evaluation,” written by Dr. David Michaels. It revealed that more than seven amputations occur each day in our places of work. The article also revealed that manufacturing and construction where the two industries with the highest number of amputations. While this is just one type of serious injury that can occur, there are many others. Looking back through time at the Michigan fatality reports for the last four years posted on MIOSHA’s website, there were a total of 18 fatalities that would have been preventable if proper Lock Out/Tag Out procedures, or guarding methods, had been implemented. Several of the fatalities included being crushed by equipment or 12 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
machinery that cycled or did not have proper blocking or cribbing to prevent injuries to employees performing maintenance, adjustments, or clearing of equipment in use. Lock Out/Tag Out is addressed by MIOSHA’s General Industry Part 85: Control of Hazardous Energy Sources standard. While the scope of this standard excludes construction, the methods described within can be applied to construction operations. In fact, Lock Out/Tag Out, is addressed in the following MIOSHA construction safety standards: • Part 1: General Rules • Part 17: Electrical Installations • Part 15: Excavators, Hoists, Elevators, Helicopters, and Conveyors • Part 19: Tools • Part 35: Confined Space in Construction • Part 91: Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals As part of an employer’s site specific accident prevention program, as identified in Part 1: General Rules, employers utilizing Lock Out/Tag Out must develop a written program, purchase the appropriate devices and tags, and train their employees in the proper use of the devices, the rules
contained in the appropriate standard, and the employer’s written Lock Out/Tag Out program. To assist employers with the development of an effective Lock Out/Tag Out program, MIOSHA has published a document entitled, “SP #27: Lock Out/Tag Out Compliance Guide,” which is available for download from MIOSHA’s website on the “Publications, Posters, Forms & Media” web page. This document provides a sample written program, checklists for the identification of hazardous energy sources and their control, and sample scenarios used to illustrate when it is appropriate to utilize group lock out procedures. Other publications that can be used to assist with the development of the Lock Out/Tag Out program include the manufacturer’s instructions for a particular tool or piece of equipment. Also, there are many vendors for Lock Out/Tag Out devices which can provide additional training on the various types of devices, procedures, and Best Practices to be used when implementing these programs. For additional information on this topic or to get copies of the documents mentioned in this article, contact Jason Griffin at griffin@cam-online.com.
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Profiles in Home Performance: Better
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By Douglas Elbinger, Energy Systems Analyst, Newman Consulting Group LLC
“My bills in winter were always over $1,000. Since I had the work done, they haven’t been over $300. This is going to pay for itself much faster than I thought.” Gretchen L., Homeowner
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his is what we are hearing from our clients,” says Mark Lee, founder of Better World Builders in Kalamazoo. The success of Better World Builders, and many others like him, is an indication that consumers are better-educated and aware that energy expense is actually something you can control. Success for Mark did not come overnight. After earning two degrees from Western Michigan University in engineering and environmental studies, Marks passion was ignited and his concern for the environment was being nourished. As a student, he led “Students for a Sustainable Earth,” to bring a student bussing system to campus. After graduation, he continued to work in environmental compliance, energy conservation, and waste reduction at Post Cereals for over a decade. Mark now focuses his engineering and construction knowledge to help people reduce their energy bills and carbon emissions from their homes and businesses. According to Mark, “This is the core of our mission, our marketing, and branding strategy. I believe in having a positive impact by reducing global warming and improving the comfort and the financial position of a family’s home,
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one home at a time. “In one sense, yes, we do sell insulation; but what my clients really want is comfort all year-round and clean indoor air. We learned a long time ago that the intangible benefits, the dollars in energy savings are really the icing on the cake.” The process starts with a comprehensive energy assessment of the home that results in a thorough and actionable energy profile. Asking the right questions, being a good listener and really understanding the concerns of each client is essential. They send a BPI Certified energy auditor to spend a few hours exploring the home from top to bottom. Using the latest in building science, the BPI professionals generate an in-depth analysis that evaluates the home’s energy efficiency. The ability to interpret the analysis and recommend energy conservation measures is where BWB excels. This is where an intimate understanding of building science principals and how they relate to the safe and efficient use of heating and cooling energy is rewarded. Based on the results of the assessment, the client is provided with a “living document” that shows them: • Your home’s annual energy costs • Your home’s annual energy consumption • Breakdown of energy use by category (electric, gas, air conditioning, plug loads)
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Home Energy Yardstick with a comparison to other homes • Air tightness • Combustion safety results of your appliances • Home energy efficiency improvement recommendations • Your estimated annual energy savings • Your projected annual utility bill improvement by category • What kind of financial payback (ROI) the client can expect At the next meeting with the client, they review the results of the assessment lineby-line. This is the opportunity to explain the cost and benefits of each line item. This assures the client is making the right choices about their priorities and budget. Better World Builders is a certified Home Performance contractor with Energy Star™, and participates with local and national organizations like MichiganSaves.org, Energy First, and the Building Performance Institute (BPI). Mark says with a smile, “When you work with us, you become part of the solution to building a better world”. Case Study: Rose Arbor Neighborhood in Kalamazoo House Style: Modern two-story house, built in 1998
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After the retrofit work, the client will see the following savings: • Estimated Annual Energy Savings: $536 • Annual Electricity Savings: 763 kWh • Annual Natural Gas Savings: 373 CCF • Consumers Energy Rebate: $1,500 This house had ice dams every winter that formed at the front of the house and in a roof valley over the garage. The ice dams were aging the roof prematurely and causing water to seep through and
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damage the ceiling. Better World Builders, LLC completed a Comprehensive Energy Assessment where they crawled into the attic and found several locations where energy was escaping out of the house and wasting heat into the attic. This caused the snow to melt and then freeze down the slope of the roof. Additionally, Better World Builders tested the furnace for safety and efficiency and found a cracked heat exchanger that produced an excessive amount of carbon monoxide. The first corrective measure was for homeowner safety. This included working with the homeowner’s mechanical contractor to replace the heat exchanger on the furnace. Next, they went on to correct the many sources of energy losses. In the attic they sealed the open floor cavities, sealed the back of a book case, and insulated the attic to exceed building energy codes. Then they corrected the improperly insulated wall by
removing the non-performing fiberglass and installing a radiant insulating material. Finally, the attic soffit ventilation was corrected. By properly sealing and insulating this home’s attic, attic walls and correcting the attic ventilation, Better World Builders solved the ice damming problem. They also made the house safer by ensuring that the furnace was operating correctly. These measures have made the house dramatically more comfortable and energy efficient. For more information, contact Mark Lee, Better World Builders, 985 Jackson St., Kalamazoo, MI 49001; phone (269) 3837862; email: bwbmarklee@gmail.com; website : thebetterworldbuilders.com. Recommended Resources: - MichiganSaves.org - Energy First www.efficiencyfirst.org - Building Performance Institute (BPI)
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THE CULTURE OF
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esign matters: a contagious phrase that has permeated the architectural community and become the name of focus groups, conferences, books, and even a ball sponsored by AIA New York this past October. But, why does design matter? How does design matter? The answer starts with the design’s impacts, and - perhaps more importantly - what impacts we value. In 1971, Henry Ford II dreamed of a renaissance for the city that was identified with his family’s legacy, Detroit. The Motor City faced perilous hardship in the wake of the 1967 riots, yet Ford - burning with a passion for resurgence - partnered with a number of the city’s most affluent and influential citizens to signify to the world Detroit’s return to glory. His vision was to become the design of the Renaissance Center, a new precedent for urban renewal. The projected cost was $500 million, the largest privately financed development in history, and would be built on 33 acres of riverfront with the investment of 51 of the leading corporations in America. The Renaissance Center Partnership appointed John Portman - one of the nation’s foremost architectural visionaries - for the commission, leaving no doubt that this ambitious endeavor would signify to the world that Detroit would symbolize the city of the future. The project heralded five towers stretching over a 350,000-square-foot shopping center, soaring spaces, the largest hotel in the world, exterior glass elevators, and a six-story lobby with Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
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suspended walkways over a reflecting pool. The project lacked nothing in the way of ambition. Design matters. Completed in 1981, the Renaissance Center spiraled into financial ruin in less than 20 years. Explanations for the failure pointed out numerous causes including economic challenges, a disorienting lobby, a lack of contextual integrity as a megastructure - the list goes on. None drew more scathing criticism than what can only be described as a concrete bunker doubling as a front porch. Ruled by defensiveness, a strategy of security governed the design process by locating
heating equipment along Jefferson Avenue as a barrier of protection from the rest of Detroit. The resulting psychological impact was jarring to urban connectivity and separated the city from the riverfront. In short, the design was deemed a failure. The verdict on the design of the Renaissance Center, although powerful, shadows a more critical factor to ponder. Shouldn’t the culture of design be more significant than the design itself? Of fundamental importance to the quality of design is process; and process is driven by the culture of its participants. Perhaps more overlooked in the conception of the CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
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Renaissance Center was the design of culture, or lack thereof. Paralleling the rise of the Renaissance Center was the decline of another ambitious project lobbied by Robert Moses. LOMEX, a controversial plan to build an elevated highway from the Holland Tunnel on the west side of Manhattan to the Manhattan Bridge on the east, met its final demise at the hands of a vocal group of advocates, spearheaded by Jane Jacobs, in 1969. Unbeknownst to NYC officials, the abandonment would spur the creation of one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in the world. SoHo, or South of Houston, was saturated with underutilized cast iron structures left by the departure of large manufacturers of mercantile and wholesale goods. The upper floors of these former industrial spaces became attractive to artists for the wide open floorplans, access to natural light, and low rent. The resulting proliferation of artist galleries, shops, and boutiques, receives the credit for making SoHo one of the more valued districts in our world today. But to observe the result and neglect the cultural formation, belies the root of the success story. Operating outside of the zoning laws of the period, artists began to take up residence in the lofts and establish a vital live-work community. The
multi-ethnic population pioneered into the urban fabric with little equity, but a spirit of hope and promise. Neighbors helped each other build lofts, taught one another construction techniques, and encouraged one another through struggle. They shared ideas, cuisine and materials, and inspired each other with a tireless work ethic. The creativity thrived. Design was real and authentic. Design matters, but the culture of design shapes the influence - the quality of impact. In many ways, it is a circular endeavor. In order for design to thrive, everyone should feel empowered to contribute, with freedom to fail, dialogue, and share ideas. Leadership is critical, but participation is paramount; and in a healthy culture of design, design is applied to the culture, itself. Henry Ford II dreamed of a resurgent Detroit. In September 2016, the sixth annual Detroit Design Festival returned to the Eastern Market for a celebration of creativity. This was an intentional collection of diverse enthusiasts of the creative disciplines, and was attended by far more than just designers. Culture breeds culture. It is precisely this ingredient, this contagion of culture, which is fueling the renaissance happening in Detroit today. Detroit, Michigan, 2017 - I can’t wait. “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
About the Author: Michael L. Guthrie, AIA is the founding Design Principal of inFORM Studio, with offices in Detroit and Chicago. He received his Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan and was honored with an Alumni Society Award at the university in 1997. Michael’s accomplishments range from professional to academic. His commitment to the firm’s progressive work is illustrated by a broad range of projects including museums, libraries, a recording studio, and commercial, hospitality and pedestrian bridges, with an innovative approach to sustainable design. Guthrie has been an adjunct professor and lectured at numerous universities including the University of Michigan, University of Illinois, and the University of Pennsylvania. He has achieved significant professional awards and distinctions that include 28 AIA Design Awards and several projects achieving LEED certifications. Additionally, Guthrie received the 2003 AIA Detroit Young Architect Award and was honored with the 2004 AIA Michigan Young Architect Award. His work has been published in Architecture, Architectural Record, Archiworld, CA Concept, Albenaa Magazine, and various other publications; and shown in numerous exhibitions globally, including New York, Guangzhou and Cairo.
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On Sacred Ground James C. Scott & Associates Creates a Legacy of Contemplative Landscapes
By Mary
Kremposky McArdle Associate Editor
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ames C. Scott & Associates, Inc., a landscape architectural and site planning firm in Bloomfield Hills, has an extensive portfolio of sacred landscapes. The firm’s work adds reverence and a special touch of loveliness to places of reflection on church grounds and to cemeteries of all faiths. In reviewing his work of the past decade, Principal James C. Scott, RLA, simply says, “I get a blessing out of it. It is gratifying, and I view it as my contribution.” Scott feels blessed, and his work itself is a blessing. He has the explicit trust - and ongoing contracts - of numerous churches and cemeteries across southeastern Michigan. For the past eight years, James C. Scott & Associates has been the consulting landscape architect for the Clover Hill Park Cemetery in Birmingham. The firm’s design of the Helen Budman Garden Path in Clover Hill offers proof of Scott’s devotion to his clients and to the art of landscape design. Completed three years ago, the crushed stone pathway meanders past existing mature trees and offers a beautiful
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Above The transformed retention basin is rimmed in natural cobblestones and ringed with plants and native soft grasses, including Karl Forester’s feather reed grass in the foreground. Left A blaze of black-eyed Susan flowers line part of the pathway in front of St. Hugo of the Hills’ historical Stone Chapel.
way to access Clover Hill’s family circles, each containing as many as 20 individual burial sites. Thanks to Scott’s design, bare grass has given way to a crushed stone pathway dotted with seven seating islands. Each seating area is either placed under existing mature shade trees or enveloped in a well-designed cluster of hornbeam trees, boxwoods, geraniums and flowering perennials. “The hornbeam and boxwood were selected because they can tolerate an urban environment and can handle the fumes from nearby roadways,” said Scott. The 60-acre Jewish cemetery is located along 14 Mile Road between Woodward and Coolidge Avenues. The seating islands offer a space for personal reflection or quiet conversation. Its granite benches are held in a “nest” of greenery, and each bench faces the other, creating an intimate conversational space. “We designed the seating areas bench to Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
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bench, so people can sit and talk to one another,” said Scott. “Each island can even accommodate a family of four or five people who can sit on benches on both sides of the island and converse.” A series of granite benches, engraved with memorials, also grace the pathway. Inch Memorial Company, Northville, furnished all the stone work, including the black granite benches and a black granite sign identifying the pathway as the Helen Budman Garden Pathway. “I have a fondness for black granite,” said Scott. “Grays don’t make a strong statement, but black granite has a real presence.” Distinctive Landscaping, Clarkston, was the landscape contractor for the plantings. Visitors can now park and walk this quarter-mile-long pathway currently encompassing 12 out of approximately 30 burial circles. One of the main design issues was carefully plotting the trajectory of the pathway to avoid taking up space for future circles. “We had to find a safe avenue for the pathway and not interfere with any future burial sites and the future growth of the cemetery,” said Scott. Plans are in the making for an expansion of the pathway itself as part of the second phase. The design also had to maintain Clover Hill’s majestic mature trees. “We had to work around the trees and not damage the roots in our placement of the pathway,” said Scott. “We even split one area of the pathway to go around a mature tree and to avoid taking it down.” James C. Scott & Associates worked closely with the pathway’s out-of-town namesake. “We had to communicate with the Budmans via email and phone calls,” said the firm’s Landscape Design Associate, Scott Goldman. The Budman family visited Clover Hill during a visit to southeastern Michigan. “They saw it and said, ‘It is beautiful,’” said Scott. The host of friends, families and visitors who walk this peaceful pathway or sit among the hornbeams and geraniums would most likely agree.
Top James C. Scott & Associates designed the entire garden, including the landscaping, the brick pathway and the freestanding and the flat columbarium structures, both clad in black Zimbabwe granite.
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Left: Visitors can now park and walk the Helen Budman Garden Path weaving its way past Clover Hill’s family circles, each containing as many as 20 individual burial sites. The quarter-mile-long path is only the first phase of the pathway. Right: The pathway has seven seating islands enveloped in a “nest” of vegetation, including hornbeam trees, boxwoods and flowering perennials.
Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery in Southfield. A columbarium is an indoor chamber or an outdoor freestanding structure for the respectful internment of cremated ashes; the term is derived from the Latin word columba meaning dove and columbarium meaning dwelling place of the dove. Holy Sepulchre’s columbarium garden has a series of serpentine, freestanding walls, each housing individual niches for cremated ashes. The focal point of this outdoor sanctuary is a full-sized statue of Christ seated on a large boulder and extending his hand in blessing over the entire garden. The statue’s boulder rests on a wide concrete base clad in the same polished black Zimbabwe granite as each columbarium wall. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery requested the sculpture, and Scott worked closely with Dott. Massimiliano Del Monte, an Italian sculptor in Rome who counts the Vatican among his clientele. Landscape architect and sculptor exchanged ideas “across the pond.” Scott said, “It’s a great example of the benefits of working with the Owner, and in this case, the sculptor early in the 22 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
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white bark with occasional black patches. The white bark stands in elegant contrast with the black granite and in harmony with the white stone. Completed 10 years ago, this legacy project “was a very good example of teamwork,” said Scott. The construction manager was Bedzyk Brothers Inc., Livonia, and Shades of Green Nursery,
Rochester Hills, supplied the plantings. This well-respected landscape architectural firm has a strong working relationship with the Diocese, having also designed Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery’s entry signage and its compatible 30-foot-tall concrete cross, laced with specialty lighting that gives both cross and entry a powerful presence.
project. We knew the statue was going to be a bronze gold color. We selected black Zimbabwe granite for the base, and we thought it would be best if the rock was white.” Finding a white rock was difficult. “There are millions of gray boulders, but to find a white one was tough,” said Goldman. The ideal rock also had to have a natural cleft or notch to form a perch for the seated statue. James C. Scott & Associates searched quarries throughout southeastern Michigan until locating just the right boulder at Haley Stone Supply in Rochester Hills. “I found the rock, and I could picture the Christ statue sitting right on it,” said Scott. “We sent photographs and a scale drawing to Rome, and the sculptor said, ‘Ah, magnificent!’” The statue was then carved, shipped to Southfield and set in place with a crane. James C. Scott & Associates designed the entire columbarium complex, containing both the sinuous freestanding walls, as well as flat slabs raised slightly above ground level. Scott brought a landscape architect’s eye to the selection of the plantings. He selected several white birch trees, because of the trees’ pure Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
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Contemplating the Cross: Scott Designs an Enduring Prayer-Scape James C. Scott & Associates has designed another legacy project on the grounds of St. Hugo of the Hills in Bloomfield Township. The firm’s design of the Stations of the Cross turned the gentle grade of a grassy slope into sacred ground for prayer and meditation. Designing this enduring gift to the community was a family affair. Brad Scott, the talented son of James Scott and a Center for Creative Studies graduate, designed 14 station monuments on this four-acre site. Each station is a single slab of granite mounted on a 42-inch concrete base. The outline of a cross is chiseled into the granite; the contrast between the cross’s polished black granite and the flamed, or rough, granite on the sides brings to life this cross of shining stone. The actual images, depicting the Passion of Christ, are made of donated copper and bronze
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plaques mounted to the stone, as are the mounted words describing each station. On Sundays and holy days, this sacred area is full of the devout walking the brick pathway and climbing the slight incline from the first to the final station. The donated brick is etched with donor names - including James C. Scott – as well as tributes to loving spouses and deceased parents. Fourteen black granite benches line the path, offering a place to rest or to reflect. The plantings of Purple Beech and Japanese Bloodgood Maple were selected to contrast with the predominately green landscape. “We tried to use a lot of foliage color,” and non-green plants,” said Scott, “to contrast with the existing trees and grass.” The foliage coloration may also express part of the Passion, as well. James C. Scott & Associates’ design of the stations, the pathway, the plantings and the benches has created
a meditative space on the grounds of St. Hugo of the Hills. The music from the neighboring bell tower and the sound of a small stream running along the edge of the site add to the visual “music” of this contemplative landscape. Wolverine Stone Co., Warren, fabricated and installed the black granite monuments; Wietecha station Monument Co., Southfield, fabricated and installed the fourteen black granite benches; and Holden Landscaping, Bloomfield Hills, installed the brick pathway and the landscaping. The Miracle on Opdyke Road James C. Scott & Associates used its talents to turn a basic retention basin into a beautifully landscaped park. The basin, located directly in front of the Stone Chapel of St. Hugo of the Hills, was not a pleasing visual introduction to this architectural gem along Opdyke Road in Bloomfield Hills. Thanks to the power of landscape architecture, the transformed basin is rimmed in natural cobblestones and ringed with native plants. Soft grasses ring the pond and create a delicately textured garden. Scott’s palette of plants ranges from Karl Forester’s feather reed grass to tall maiden grass and dwarf fountain grass. Scott selected a dark foliage plant called ninebark to strongly contrast with the other vegetation. Native flowers include the black-eyed Susan, day lilies and irises. “We used a multitude of different hardy plants,” said Scott. “And the garden is seasonal. Some of the grasses have fall plumes that look attractive in all seasons. All the plants are tolerant of deer, as well.” But more than a beautiful garden, Scott wanted to create a walk-able park for people. To invite people into the park, Scott introduced a pathway and even a stone bridge that arches across a small stream flowing from the basin. “I wanted people to walk into the landscape and not just around it,” said Scott. “That was very important on my “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
memorial garden in Flat Rock’s Michigan Memorial Park Cemetery. A project at a hospice involved designing a pond safe for wheelchair patients to enjoy. Scott filled the pond up with a heavy mixture of stone and a minimal amount of water that could be easily drained in the offseason via a bottom drain hole. The firm has done numerous projects for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints throughout the state of Michigan. The landscape architectural firm is also an ongoing consultant to St. Hedwig Cemetery in Dearborn, having designed landscapes for its entrance renovation, mausoleum and administration building. Another project was the entrance renovation and greenbelt screening for Our Lady of Hope Cemetery in Southgate.
Above Designed by James C. Scott & Associates, each station monument is part polished and part flamed granite to bring out the image of the cross.
part. I want it to be used and enjoyed.” Today, probably hundreds of wedding couples have fulfilled Scott’s vision for this retention basin turned park. The flower- and grass-fringed pond and its stone bridge have become a picturepicture spot for capturing a couple’s big day. Beyond wedding couples, probably thousands of people over the years have walked this pathway and enjoyed a moment of serenity among its plumed grasses. Holden Landscaping, Bloomfield Hills installed both the cobblestones and the
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plantings on this garden that is thriving and lush seven years after its installation. About the Company James C. Scott & Associates has designed hundreds of landscapes for religious institutions, cemeteries and church grounds over the long history of a 50-year-old firm that is the oldest company in Bloomfield Hills under the same owner. The firm designed the base and a brick plaza for a statue called the Christmas Box Angel as part of a CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
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Now that more projects are ramping up, more building owners are looking to PACE to improve energy efficiency and comfort in their stores, offices and facilities. Along the way to helping property owners and facility managers navigate the deep and sometimes rough waters of PACE financing we’ve seen some actions by building owners that could lead to certain project failure. If you want your PACE project to fail – or never even get off the ground, here are the sure-fire steps to disaster – and how to avoid them:
1. Talk to the bank without support, before you know what you’re doing. Because you repay it as a tax assessment, PACE financing requires approval from the bank that holds your mortgage. They will be second-in-line to get paid if anything happens. Your bank may not have heard of PACE or understand how it works, which means they will probably turn you down. Solution: Let your PACE consultant or PACE project developer contact your bank first or at least go with you. They will explain the benefits and help the bank understand that PACE involves no risk for them. 2. Don’t provide utility bills. PACE financing stipulates that the energy conservation measures reduce energy bills. You must provide at least 12-months’ worth of utility bills so your PACE consultant can make the proper calculations to determine how much you will save. This determination is critical to obtaining the financing. Solution: Many utility bills are available online. Ask your utility provider how to access them and share them with your PACE project developer. Electronic versions of the bills can be e-mailed or even shared via a document sharing site. 3. Don’t disclose all requested information about tax liens. PACE financing won’t work on a property with a tax lien. Share this information up front so no one spends a lot of time making bank appointments or looking up bills for an ineligible project. Solution: Let your PACE consultant know about tax liens. In some cases, there may be a work-around.
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listed as an asset in a current bankruptcy. Solution: Let your PACE consultant know about any current or recent bankruptcy proceedings. 5. DON’T return information in a timely manner or respond timely to your service provider. While PACE doesn’t necessarily have a time limit, no one likes a foot dragger. Face it, the sooner you get your information together, the quicker you should have your money to start getting things done. Solution: Don’t dawdle. Answer inquiries promptly (whether by phone, text or email), or assign them to a team member if you are not available. Hiding information won’t help you get the necessary funding. Be up front with any outstanding issues like liens and bankruptcies. Construction projects are seldom easy and financing through PACE adds another layer of complexity. Getting started with PACE takes time and dedication. It’s a group effort between the building owner,
PACE project developer, PACE administrator and the various lending institutions involved. If your building meets the qualifications, timely and open communication will help ensure a successful project. To learn more about how PACE can help make your building more energy efficient with little to no up-front cost to you, please visit www.newmanconsultinggroup.us and click on PACE Financing. For the latest PACE projects in Michigan, please visit the firm’s website and click the tabs About Us and then NCG.News. -Originally appeared on www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/greenbuilding-blog
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Controller Technologies Finds its Place in the Sun
High-Technology Company Embraces Solar Power
By Mary Kremposky McArdle Associate Editor
part of Letica Avenue in Rochester touches the edge of Bloomer Park, an almost 207-acre green space laced with trails and dotted with picnic areas along the Clinton River in northern Oakland County. Almost due north is another type - and color - of green space: a rooftop blanketed in the deep cobalt blue of 300 solar panels installed by Michigan Solar Solutions (MSS), Commerce Township. Like the leaves of Bloomer Park’s tree-covered hills, the panels “photosynthesize” and produce energy, in this case, 75 kW for a global enterprise called Controller Technologies Corporation, Rochester. The installation will help both the company and the community. The solar array reduces the company’s costs by producing power during peak demand – the time period with the highest electrical demand and consequently the highest electrical costs. “Part of what we wanted to do as a member of the community of Rochester is to take care of peak demand load issues with the electrical grid,” said Controller Technologies Founder and President Dan Marus in a Michigan Solar Solutions YouTube video. “By installing this 75,000 watt solar panel system, we were not only looking to reduce our overhead costs, but also to make this a greener community. We would like to do our share to make it a greener world.” For the wider community, solar installations and other renewable sources of energy help to reduce the need for so-called peaker plants. “With
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enough solar power, they will not need as many expensive peaker plants whose sole purpose is to supply peak power,” said MSS President Mark Hagerty. Controller Technologies is only one company that has “seen the light.” Michigan Solar Solutions’ past projects include a 40 kW solar installation of about 156 panels for the Emagine Theater in Royal Oak. “We were able to go back to Emagine Theater about six years after we did the job and sit down with their controller to figure out the return on investment for the solar installation,” said Hagerty. “The cinema’s return on investment was only 52 months. Four years and four months – that is quick.” Given its corporate and community advantages, a commitment to renewable energy has taken hold from northern Michigan cities to corporate boardrooms of major manufacturers. The Traverse City RecordEagle reports that Traverse City commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution in late December 2016 “committing the city to source all of the energy for its operations from wind, solar, geothermal and landfill gas by 2020.” And according to General Motors’ Corporate Newsroom website, “General Motors plans to generate Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
or source all electrical power for its 350 operations in 59 countries with 100 percent renewable energy - such as wind, sun and landfill gas – by 2050.” Demand for solar installations in particular is rising as the overall cost of solar panels continues to fall, minus a small uptick last year. Michigan Solar Solutions is also experiencing a dramatic uptick in its own business. “Last year, we installed almost as much solar power as the last two years combined,” said Hagerty. “Three years ago, we had two full-time and a part-time employee, and now we have 10 employees.” Optimizing Your Solar Array Michigan Solar Solutions brings both a deep commitment and a high level of expertise to its work. “Michigan Solar Solutions brought a lot of expertise to the table, and a lot of professionalism too,” said Manus. Founded 25 years ago, Controller Technologies Corporation is a high-technology firm that has developed embedded systems software and has large software contracts with all of the automotive companies. “We’ve developed our own hardware for vehicle communications, as well as inter-module communications,” adds Manus. CAM MAGAZINE MARCH
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The Controller Technologies installation has polycrystalline solar panels installed in a ballasted rooftop system. Both Earth- and rooffriendly, the polycrystalline panels are 100 percent recyclable; the ballasted system anchors the solar racks to the roof almost without a single penetration. “With a flat roof such as the one on the Controller Technologies’ building, you want to minimize penetrations as much as possible,” said Hagerty. “We used cinderblocks as ballast, and we ended up having only a single, one-inch roof penetration.” Michigan Solar Solutions selected a hybrid inverter - an inverter converts direct current to alternating current - for the Controller Technologies project. The hybrid inverter offers the best of both the string and the micro inverter: The string inverter links a series of panels, but the output of each string cannot exceed the lowest producing panel; the micro inverter is attached to each solar panel, but is more expensive. “The hybrid acts like a micro inverter but it is wired like a string,” said Hagerty. “Each panel has a small little module called an optimizer that optimizes the power per panel.” Solar Edge, a company with close to 50 percent control of the U.S. small commercial and residential market, provides the optimizer modules. Built into the Solar Edge optimizer is the Web-based capability of viewing the daily power production of each panel in realtime. Readings are also available for the entire life-time production of each panel. Given these capabilities, the optimizer is Michigan Solar Solutions’ inverter of choice for its solar installations. Controller Technologies has a fixed solar array positioned to face south at a 10-degree angle. “The industry has settled on a 10degree angle, because the panels would become huge wind sails if, for example, the array was placed at a 45-degree angle,” said Hagerty. “We would then need more ballast, but that would add more weight to the roof.” The fixed array is more economical in
Michigan and the Midwest. Single-axis trackers allow the panels to move, either by following the sun’s daily east-west trajectory or by adjusting the tilt of the panels; dual-axis trackers even do both. Solar arrays, located at or closer to the equator, require less range of motion to optimize energy production. In fact, the equatorial panels can be connected in a series of rows and merely flipped from one side to the other as a cluster. At Michigan’s latitude, the panels would have to move in a wide swing from east to west, and each panel would have to have its own pivot point. “To achieve the same output, it is less expensive to add a few more solar panels, which have come down in cost, than to buy a tracker in this area,” said Hagerty. “If you went to a tracker system, either single or dual axis, it would require mechanical motors and have higher repair needs.” Future Directions The Controller Technologies project reached a fall 2015 completion date in about 10 to 12 weeks. The project net meters to a degree. Essentially, the net metered home or business supplies its surplus power to the grid, and receives a credit or an offset on its bill to be used for those times when its own power production cannot meet the home’s or the business’ demand. “This installation falls into Category 2 net metering,” said Hagerty. “Category 1 is full net metering where the building owner (typically a residence with a system 20 kW or less) gets a full retail credit for everything that the building net meters and for the power it puts
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out to the grid. In Category 2 (typically a commercial installation greater than 20 kW and not more than 150 kW), you get full retail credit for the electricity produced, but when you pull it back off the grid you have to pay a distribution fee. This project is essentially shaving the peak load for Controller Technologies.” The Michigan Legislature passed, and Gov. Snyder enacted, a new energy policy in December 2016. According to Haggerty, “Net metering was on the table, but was left intact.” The new law also requires Michigan utilities to buy or produce at least 15 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2022. The law also covers the possibility of creating a grid access tariff for renewable energy. “The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) will be tasked with determining the true cost and benefit to the grid for net metered solar power,” he continued. “The soonest this can be determined is spring 2019.” But Hagerty sees a major issue in the form of the current cap on net metering. “Publically regulated utility companies are only mandated to accept 1 percent of their peak load in net metering contracts,” said Hagerty. “If they have 10 gigawatts of peak load, they can have 1 percent of that in net metering contracts, but as soon as enough people sign up for solar, no new customers are allowed to net meter. Consumers Energy and DTE are probably subscribed 15 percent of that one percent, meaning we probably have 85 percent left.” But Hagerty is concerned that given the exponential growth of the solar marketplace the 85 percent of that 1 percent will be used up rapidly. “Unless this cap is raised, net metering will be over,” said Hagerty. “If the cap was removed, I would open two more offices by the end of this year, one in Clio and one in Marshall. We could easily cover the whole Lower Peninsula.” Whichever way the wind blows legislatively, companies, such as Controller Technologies, are taking advantage of the sun overhead to reduce their own corporate overhead and to make a contribution to the “greening” of their communities. With years of experience and technical knowledge, Michigan Solar Solutions stands ready to optimize energy production for each and every solar installation in its growing list of projects. Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
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The Jobsite Comes to the Cubicle Carhartt’s New Office Honors Workmanship and the Worker
By Mary Kremposky Associate Editor
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Wall graphics bring to life the action-oriented work and life-style of a typical Carhartt customer. The taper of the splayed corridors re-create the sightline of a railroad track, wide in the foreground and narrowing as it recedes toward the horizon.
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and roundhouse of the steam locomotive era. Incoming trains were directed to a moveable turntable that aligned its track with the locomotive waiting on a side track for ultimate transport to the nearby roundhouse, a semi-circular “garage” for train maintenance, repair and storage. In homage to Carhartt’s railroad roots, the two sinuously shaped break rooms are called roundhouses, each being located on the opposite sides of the building’s simulated railroad crossing. An Honest Brand More than honoring the past, the interior steeps the staff in the work lives of the men and women who wear Carhartt apparel on jobsites, ranches, oil rigs and factories across the globe. Meeting rooms, mainly in the core, are named after the company’s diverse consumers, including the
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Mechanic, the Farmer, the Brewer, the Carpenter and the Roughneck. Larger conference spaces in the turntable core are named after a location, such as the Foundry, the Docks, the Ranch and the Factory, said Carhartt Facilities Manager, Tim Clabuesch. A film on each glass door, illuminated when lit from within, depicts the conference room’s namesake worker wearing a Carhartt product; wall graphics matching the trade are painted on a nearby wall. “We wanted everyone who works at Carhartt to think of who is going to be wearing our product, and what they do each day,” said Carhartt Director of Security and Facilities, Diane McCormick, CBCP. The interior envelops the staff in the materiality of its customers’ work sites. The main corridors are clad in reclaimed wood, a sustainable material whose subtle gradations in color and rough texture lend the interior a truly unique character. Riveted steel plates clad the lower edges of many a wall corner. Basic materials –
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wood, steel and polished concrete floors – phenomenal.” come together in a spare but beautiful way. Clabuesch singles out the precision Even in the details, the interior embraces mitered joints at the meeting of different the raw grace of the industrial. For linear light fixtures. “Advantage Electric & example, a faucet fixture in one of the Controls, Inc., Shelby Township, had to roundhouses resembles a welded pipe. really measure this out and make sure it “Because Carhartt is such a strong was exactly mitered and fit,” said brand, it was important that the space have Clabuesch. a similar type of authenticity,” said von Project management is a craft unto itself. Staden Principal and Project Manager, Gail “Rewold hit all the marks from the timeline von Staden, AIA, LEED AP. “It was to staying on budget,” said Clabuesch, important that we used authentic materials. “and every time I came over to the site, it It isn’t vinyl tile that looks like wood, it is was the cleanest work space we had ever wood. It was also important to allow the seen. It was spotless on a daily basis.” building to be what it is. Taking out all the Frank Rewold and Son not only hit every acoustical ceilings was an important milestone, but also gave this maker of the gesture to return to the authenticity of what ultimate work-wear the ideal workspace the building is, and to open up the space, for its staff. “It was achieved through a as well.” high degree of collaboration and The interior is fully aligned with a quote communication with the owner, the from founder Hamilton Carhartt, architect and the subcontractors,” Scheck emblazoned on the lobby’s wall: “My said. “The project’s success is the result business, built up in an honest fight, is not of this constant flow of communication, the result of any scheme, but of good and making sure that at the end of the day honest values, first, last and all the time.” – even though we are on time and on Select building elements honor budget – the building still works as the Carhartt’s own manufacturing process. owner needs it to. If it doesn’t, it is not a According to von Staden, the wall insets of success.” Given the interior’s sheer visual riveted steel in the circular core and of presence, its collaborative spaces and the laminated wood in the corridors leading infusion of new technologies, the project is directly to the three neighborhoods suggest the idea of the cut-out patterns used in clothing manufacture. Long runs of linear LED light tubes fill the interior; the angled intersection of two different tubes suggests sewing stitches. The interior is also a tribute to the virtuoso craftsmanship of Frank Rewold and Son’s team of subcontractors. George I. Landry, Inc., the Milford-based millwork contractor responsible for installing the wood-clad corridors, the steel and laminated wall insets and other Interior walls of reclaimed wood and riveted steel evoke the look and feel of the details, was part of a select Carhartt brand. Corridors intersect in the heart of the building, creating a type of cadre of subcontractors who railroad crossing that harkens back to Carhartt’s 1889 beginnings as a supplier of built-out an interior without a bib overalls to the railroad industry. single straight line and with a high level of detail. “We had clearly a success, and Carhartt is very great subcontractors on this project,” said satisfied with the amazing transformation Rewold Senior Project Manager, Richard of the 5900 Building. “We just can’t say Scheck. “The millwork subcontractor’s enough great things about Rewold’s work speaks for itself. It is just work,” said McCormick. “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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leased 5800 Building before further growth led to the recent lease and renovation of the 5900 Building. this Today, three-building campus houses product Two curved break rooms, called roundhouses, recall the semi-circular garages used for the research and repair of steam locomotives. development in the 5750 brick building; marketing and human Building the A-Team resources in 5800; and IT, accounting The project began with the sheer need and the customer call center in 5900. for more space. Carhartt established its The recent renovation of 5900 is only Dearborn headquarters in 1974, leasing the first phase of von Staden Architects’ space in Parklane Towers before moving master plan to renovate all three across Mercury Drive into its own twobuildings and to create a campus story brick building in 2003. The thriving environment. Sustainability, company expanded next door into the collaboration and the introduction of
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innovative design elements, unmistakably stamping each building with the Carhartt brand, are among the renovation goals of Carhartt Chief Executive Officer, Mark S. Valade, said McCormick. The search for an architect for this initiative was over the minute von Staden Architects unveiled their renderings. “From the onset, they presented very creative ways to weave the Carhartt brand into the renderings,” said McCormick. “They really listened to our needs and drew it all out. We were blown away and thoroughly impressed.” Von Staden Architects has worked on Quicken Loans space in Compuware, Title Source in the First National Building, and on a nationwide network of offices for Dickinson Wright. Currently, the firm is designing offices for Olympia Entertainment, and according to Gail von Staden, they are also working, in conjunction with SmithGroupJJR, on the Little Caesars Global Resource Center in Detroit.
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Rewold’s legacy as a fourth-generation, family-owned firm with an almost 100-year history in the Detroit area, forged a strong common bond between the two companies and a shared sense of history. “There were so many commonalities between the two companies,” said McCormick. “There was just this automatic bond, and a true understanding
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of where we’ve come from and the legacy that we want to leave with this kind of building.” Constant Contact These common bonds only deepened throughout the course of this intensely collaborative project. In the planning phase, Carhartt and von Staden Architects
met with the three departments to discern each department’s needs and continued to include staff input throughout the project. Staff suggested adding charging stations for electric vehicles, and in later stages, offered input on collaboration spaces and tested the selected furnishings. As a result, “the design of the space and collaboration areas fit the needs and wants the staff had expressed in all of the interviews prior to construction,” said Clabuesch. Rewold joined the project in design development, and over the course of almost an entire year, Carhartt, von Staden and Rewold met every Monday at 1 pm to discuss building details and to dissolve potential roadblocks. “It kept us on track,” said Clabuesch, “and helped us to hit all of our marks, including staying on budget.” Rewold’s value analysis left the scope of work and the design vision intact. Cost were decreased by changing lighting manufacturers and switching the acoustic ceiling insulation in the neighborhoods or departments to K-13 – a change that alone resulted in a $50,000 savings without reducing acoustical control. “We altered elements that you could not touch or see to give Carhartt the desired aesthetic look at an economical cost,” said Scheck. Subcontractors were brought to the table to provide input on the budget and building details. “If there were nitty-gritty specifics that we needed to understand in order to make a decision on the dollars, Rewold would bring the appropriate subcontractor to the meeting,” said McCormick. George I. Landry, Advantage Electric and John E. Green Co., Highland Park, as well as the millwork supplier, contributed value engineering suggestions, helping to provide Carhartt a great renovation at a reasonable cost. Rewold selected a solid team of subcontractors, many of whom the firm has worked with for 35 years. To hit the budget, Rewold maintained an open communication-open book policy with subcontractors and all parties on the budget. “Everybody knew where all the dollars were going, and nothing was hidden,” said Scheck. “When we had an issue, we would bring it to Carhartt, saying, ‘This is what we’ve got, this is what it is going to cost, these are two solutions, and we recommend A. What do you think?’ The success of the project was based on “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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constant discussion, and making sure that we were not operating in a vacuum.” Design-wise, von Staden Architects welcomed input on design details. “These weekly meetings were truly a collaborative effort,” said Scheck. “We sat down with von Staden, and it was a back-and-forth exchange of ideas as opposed to ‘No, that is what I drew.’ As long as we met the design vision, we were free to explore different ways of doing the project. There were no egos, and the architect, Tamás von Staden, took a lot of input from our subcontractors. It was a great collaborative effort, and it was a pleasure to build.” Craftsmanship at Carhartt Rewold began demolition in October 2015, gutting the interior of a building once occupied by the offices and classrooms of a private college. Post demolition, only two existing restrooms remained; structurally, the only insertion was Campbell & Shaw Steel’s installation of new columns and beams as reinforcing and bracing for the
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facility’s new roof top units. The stage was now set for this amazing transformation that spanned from January to August 2016. The project’s main challenge: “There is not a straight line in the building,” said Scheck. “Commercial Contracting Corporation, Auburn Hills, did a fantastic job. They laid out the interior using GPS and laser surveying technology.” Von Staden added, “Rewold did a great job of finding trades who weren’t afraid of this geometry. It is radial and splayed; nothing is orthogonal. Commercial Contracting laid out all the partitions based on our electronic AutoCAD plans. Also, all the radial soffits were pre-manufactured as opposed to Commercial Contracting having to do all the work in the field. Premaking the soffits as a volume meant the contractor didn’t have to do all of that field mudding and taping. This approach made the geometry more manageable within the given budget.” The sheer breadth and scope of the millwork package added another level of
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difficulty. Even supplying the millwork was a challenge. The original specifications called for the use of reclaimed wood from old water towers in New York City slated for demolition. “Having sat in water, the wood has a distinctive look,” said Scheck. “But due to the timing involved for the supplier to get the amount we needed, we could not use reclaimed wood from the water towers.” Cost was another consideration in the project team ultimately switching the millwork supplier and the source of the reclaimed wood. According to von Staden, “When we weren’t able to use the water tower wood because of the cost associated with its disassembly, transport and storage, Tamás found another resource using a company called Wellborn + Wright, Richmond, Virginia. Tamás has a very particular eye and attention to detail. The wood ended up being more of a handscrapped look with more texture.” Initially, the reclaimed wood may have been more non-descript than the more seasoned water tower wood. However,
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Wellborn + Wright has a particular genius for treating and finishing the wood to provide the desired texture and effect. Wellborn gathers the wood, according to its website, “from all over the East Coast from turn-of-the-century barns in western Pennsylvania to textile mills in Boston and down to century-old lumber mills in West Virginia. The wood is also salvaged from landfills and given new life by our skilled team of craftsmen. We utilize sustainable and detail-oriented processing techniques, ensuring that all of our products maintain their character.” The Carhartt wood was taken from a variety of sources, but has a consistent rough texture that makes a powerful statement in the main corridors. The reclaimed wood is also part of the palette of sustainable materials selected for the interior, along with all LED lighting, low VOC caulking and other products, charging stations for electric vehicles and polished concrete flooring. As a perfect complement to the reclaimed wood walls, “we ground the existing concrete down to make the aggregate and imperfections in the concrete visible,” said Clabuesch.
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The Great Rivet Debate The high level of detail in the millwork was another challenge in crafting this artisan interior. Collaboration was the “tool of the trade” responsible for delivering every detail to the Owner’s satisfaction - and on schedule. The Great Rivet Debate is an example of collaboration in action. “It was not a 30second decision,” said Scheck. “We spent six weeks on the rivets for the steel wall insets, although not continuously. Certainly, a great deal of thought was put into that one detail. We had the contractor bring out three or four different sizes of rivets, and we even installed a few samples before the final selection.” The thoughtful care taken to design, select and install every detail was responsible for creating an interior worthy of the workmanship poured into every Carhartt product. The steel rivets and other telling details bring the jobsites of its hard-working customers directly into the office interior. “We used the steel and rivets to give the interior that iron worker feel,” said McCormick. Another well-considered detail is the matching metal bands, brackets and rivets “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
In the three neighborhoods, or departments, the intersecting and angled LED light fixtures are meant to suggest sewing stitches. Each neighborhood has informal collaboration spaces; the cubicles are not arranged in a rigid square grid but have a zigzag, half-honeycomb configuration.
on the wood columns and the millwork countertop in the Roundhouse. This level of analysis didn’t delay the schedule, because the rivets and other details were planned well in advance, said McCormick. Scheck also credits the foresight of Rewold Superintendent, Mark Chase in keeping the schedule on track. “We had a very strong superintendent in Mark Chase,” said Scheck. “While two week project ‘look-aheads’ are great, Mark looked at where the project would be in four, six and even eight weeks.” Collaboration and advanced planning carved out time for quality in every detail. Combined with the reclaimed wood walls, the details have a cumulative force that makes the interior shine. Clearly, the trades enjoyed working on a project that made full use of their skills and appealed to their sense of craftsmanship. “The subcontractors appreciated being part of it all,” said Scheck. Clabuesch adds, “I had numerous conversations with all of the trades, and they loved coming here to work on a building like this, because it was such a challenge.” Collaboration continued throughout the entire project. Site walk-throughs during construction tweaked different details, such as installing carpeting rather than Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
polished concrete in one section of the circular pathway, said Scheck. In this continual meeting of the minds, Carhartt management, including CEO Mark Valade, toured the site several times during construction, and Carhartt even used Rewold’s subcontracting team as a ready-made focus group to obtain feedback on the company’s products. Meetings between Carhartt staff and the facility department were also ongoing. Representatives from each department, called Move Conductors, reported back to their colleagues, building excitement from design through construction and all the way to the big day of the actual move. “The departments had input throughout the project, and there were no surprises from our staff’s perspective at the end of the project,” said McCormick. Welcome to the 21st Century Office The Carhartt staff of 265 people took occupancy and moved in on August 5, 2016. “The staff was happy with the investment we made in their environment and in bringing the Carhartt culture to life,” said McCormick. The Carhartt team is blessed with a beautiful interior and significantly more space. “Each of the three departments in
5900 expanded by 30 percent,” said Clabuesch, “and it was designed and built to accommodate 10 percent above the current staffing level.” The Customer Call Center now has a dedicated training room versus the modest conference room formerly used for training. Another dedicated area displays Carhartt’s product lines to help staff effectively address the calls received from customers across the globe. The IT department has a retail lab, formerly half the size, that “assists our 30 stores around the country with technology and other needs,” said McCormick. Openness and natural light are also hallmarks of the newly designed neighborhoods. The offices of the vice president and CIO are glass-fronted, enclosed “cabins” pulled away from the exterior windows to allow natural light to fill the entire neighborhood, said von Staden. Even the large conference rooms and scattered offices in the center “railroad crossing” are glass-fronted to allow in natural light. The three neighborhoods have exposed ceilings and low-height cubicles with impeccable acoustical control. The sound of group conversations is subdued or even inaudible given the coating of K-13 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
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insulation on the exposed ceiling deck. “We use K-13 a great deal in church applications because of its sounddeadening qualities,” said Scheck. The carpeting on the floor, new exposed ductwork engineered to control air velocity, and an interior configuration with nary a straight line all promote sound absorption. “Because they were going to lower
cubicles, the staff was concerned that the environment would be too noisy,” said McCormick. “Now everyone just raves about the space and how quiet it is. It allows you to do your work within your own unit and in your own area.” Cubicle-wise, von Staden worked closely with Interior Environments, Novi, an Allsteel furniture dealer. Like the rest of the
interior, the cubicles are not arranged in a rigid square grid but have a zigzag, halfhoneycomb configuration. “The work stations have an organic nature,” said von Staden. “They are not orthogonal; rather they use a 120-degree connector, giving them a bee-hive shape. It provides visual variety in the space, and also areas don’t have that linear authoritarian kind of layout. There is equanimity in the working environment using this kind of strategy.” Each neighborhood has informal collaboration spaces to promote communication. One collaboration space has a Crestron for linking a laptop to a wide screen for group discussion. New technologies permeate the building. One vice president has a Surface Hub mounted to the wall. The Surface Hub resembles a wide screen iPad with multiple functions and capabilities. Click on the drawing function, create a graph or illustrate a point, and then email it to yourself and others. The enclosed, glass-fronted office also has its own conference table - splayed like the corridors - and walls covered in Idea Paint, making for an easily erasable wall surface. The Foundry has a Surface Hub, as well as a conference room table lined with a row of microphones embedded in the table for vocal clarity during video conference calls. This late 19th Century company now has a state-of-the-art 21st Century office. The interior also includes a mom’s room, a bank of private telephone rooms and a sizeable vending machine area. The Next Stop The next stop on the Carhartt “train” is the renovation of the 5750 building, followed by the 5800 building. Both will incorporate the railroad theme and the workman-like details representative of the Carhartt brand. Von Staden Architects is also working on a campus master plan, linking together the three buildings into a cohesive campus, resembling in plan overview, the connected spokes and wheels of a train. The architectural firm also plans to add a connecting pathway between buildings and a series of overhangs for each building. “Each building is planned to have some elements similar to the railroad crossing and turntable in the 5900 Building,” said von Staden. “Each building will have that point of intersection to
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encourage collaboration.” Carhartt is continuing its collaborative culture in planning the renovation of 5750 with von Staden Architects, Frank Rewold and Son and the Carhartt staff. “We met with the product research and development teams and asked them, ‘In order to design industry apparel – and it is unusual for industry apparel designers to be located outside of New York or Los Angeles – what do you need to be creative?’ ” said McCormick. Thanks to von Staden Architects and Frank Rewold and Son, the 5900 Building is a fitting template for future work on the growing campus of this long-lived company. The recently renovated interior is a visually stunning and durable interior as work-tough as Carhartt’s product line. Shadow boxes throughout the 5900 Building will soon feature vignettes of hardworking Carhartt customers and/or their tools of the trade. A shadow box near the lobby already contains a testimonial to the longevity of Carhartt apparel. The box showcases a 22-year-old Carhartt jacket and a letter from its original owner, Hugh Ryan. He wore the jacket as a cedar shake roofer/framing carpenter and in the drywall, sandblasting and demolition trades, as well as during his stint with Local 17 Heat and Frost Insulators. “After trying other types of shirts and coveralls to save a buck to only have them shred, tear apart or have the buckles or zippers break, I am dressed head to toe in Carhartt,” wrote Ryan. With such customer loyalty, Carhartt is clearly on track to have a successful second century clothing the hard-working men and women across the country and around the globe. The following consultants and trade contractors contributed to the Carhartt renovation: • Mechanical Engineering – MA Engineering, Birmingham • Electrical – Advantage Electric & Controls, Shelby Township • Toilet Partitions & Accessories – Architectural Building Components, Ferndale • Caulking & Sealants – DC Byers, Detroit • Structural Steel – Campbell & Shaw Steel, Inc., Marysville • Drywall & Light Gauge – Commercial Contracting Corporation, Auburn Hills Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
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• Resilient Floor & Carpet – Conventional Carpet, Inc., Sterling Heights • Exposed Concrete – Duross Painting Company, Warren • HVAC – John E. Green Co., Highland Park • Millwork – George I. Landry, Inc., Milford • Hard Tile – Michielutti Brothers, Inc., Eastpointe • Demolition – North American Dismantling, Lapeer • Plumbing – Oakland Plumbing Co., Ray Township • Glass & Glazing – Peterson Glass, Ferndale • Fire Protection – L.P. Shambaugh & Son, Southfield • Foundations – Simone Contracting, Sterling Heights • Painting & Vinyl – Tom Furnari Painting, LLC, Rochester Hills *The construction manager and architect identify project participants in the Construction Highlight
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Philippi-Hagenbuch Introduces Material Spreader for Wide Variety of Applications Philippi-Hagenbuch announces the release of its new Material Spreader Body, with benefits in a variety of applications, including construction, aggregates, quarries, landfills and mining. The Material Spreader improves the safety and traction of icy haul roads in winter by applying road grit. During spring thaw, the Material Spreader easily tackles deteriorating road areas by spreading repair material and building up areas. The heart of the system is a patented PHIL Rear-Eject Body coupled with the new Material Spreader attachment. The Material Spreader easily spreads road grit, sand or other material ranging in size from very fine to more than 2 inches. Operators can easily adjust the material spreading width from about 15 feet to
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more than 60 feet. The haul truck operator controls the material spreading rate and width from the truck’s cab. An optional top-loading Grizzly Screen controls the maximum size of the material being spread. The ejector blade on the proven PHIL Rear-Eject Body moves
material to the rear of the body and into a Cross Auger Channel. The auger gathers material to the center of the spreader and then discharges it onto a set of Material Spinners for spreading. The PHIL Material Spreader Body provides companies with a fast return on investment since it eliminates the need to purchase a dedicated piece of sanding equipment. It adapts to year-round use as the spreader, adds traction to icy roads during the winter and builds up and maintains haul roads in the spring and fall. During summer, the Rear-Eject Body hauls and spreads material. A crew can easily install or remove the Material Spreader attachment from the Rear-Eject Body within about two hours. PHIL builds the Material Spreader, like all its products, to be efficient, easy to operate and withstand the test of time. The system is made with Hardox 450 steel and designed for maximum productivity. PHIL manufactures all components out of steel including the Rear-Eject Body, which is built to withstand years of use with little more than typical preventative maintenance. PHIL designed the system with few moving parts, which also contributes to less required maintenance. For more information, contact PhilippiHagenbuch, 7424 W. Plank Road, Peoria, IL 61604; call (309) 697-9200; toll-free (800) 447-6464; fax (309) 697-2400; email sales@philsystems.com; or visit www.philsystems.com. “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Larson Electronics Releases an Explosion Proof Portable Air Chiller with a 32 Gallon Water Tank Leading manufacturer and distributor of industrial lighting Larson Electronics announces the release of an explosion proof portable air chiller with a 32 gallon water tank. The EPF-AC-24 is a Class 1 Division 2 portable, evaporative cooling system that is rated for use in hazardous area work environments. The EPF-AC-24 from Larson Electronics is a hazardous location cooler that combines a fan and dry mist technology to cool Class 1 Division 2 work areas that do not have access to traditional air conditioning. This portable cooling unit has a 32 gallon tank and has two separate water filters to cool the work environment 20-30 degrees for up to 10 hours. This portable cooling system will automatically shut off once the water reservoir is empty, so operators do not need to worry about burning the pumps up. Using dry mist technology, this unit ensures that the work environment stays dry while lowering the ambient temperature. This unit comes with a 24” spark proof aluminum blade and enclosed wire and motors. The cooler is easily transferred with 6” wheels and is powered by a 20’ cord terminated in an explosion proof plug. Measuring 66 inches tall by 30 inches wide and 46 inches deep, this lightweight evaporative cooling unit can reach an evaporation zone of 5’-10’. With a fan unit running at 26 miles per hour, this portable misting unit can chill down any industrial or commercial space in need of a cool down. One tank can easily last an entire work shift so there is no need for messy hose connections running throughout the work space. It is designed to be self-maintaining, therefore operators will not need to interrupt their work to replace pads or clean the nozzles. The EPF-AC-24 hazardous location evaporative cooling unit is easy to move around with its quick Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
connect crane pick-eye and its powder coated steel tubing frame ensures minimal rusting and longevity. The hazardous location coolers can cool the work area by 15-20° while providing air movement over 50 feet away from the unit. The unit is mounted to a portable cart that is equipped with 6” wheels for moving the unit from one area of the work space to another. It is also equipped with a
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pick-eye so it can be relocated by a crane. Larson Electronics carries an extensive line of LED light towers, portable power distribution panels, explosion proof lights for hazardous locations, portable work lights and industrial grade LED area lights. You can view Larson Electronics’ entire line of lighting by visiting them on the web at Larsonelectronics.com, call (800) 369-6671 or (214) 616-6180 for international inquiries.
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markets. The business is focused on innovating advanced lighting solutions that will enrich and illuminate the world, by creating brighter, more vibrant and sustainable environments. For more information, visit www.eaton.com/ephesus, contact (315) 579-2873, or email EphesusInfo@Eaton.com.
Eaton’s LED Lighting and Controls Solutions Illuminate IMG College Facilities Across North America Power management company Eaton has announced that a growing number of IMG College facilities have upgraded their sports arenas with Eaton’s Ephesus lightemitting diode (LED) sports lighting and controls system, the official LED sports lighting provider of IMG College. These IMG College facilities are among the hundreds across North America that have installed Eaton’s Ephesus LED lighting and controls including: • Vanderbilt University’s Hawkins Field (baseball) • Bartow Arena at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (basketball) • The Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center (multi-sport) • The Ramsey Center at the University of Georgia (volleyball) • Syracuse University’s Tennity Ice Pavilion (ice hockey) • Duke University’s Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium and Wallace Wade Stadium (field hockey and football) and a new softball field to be completed in August 2017 The combination of energy efficiency, limited maintenance, a spectacular game presentation and enhanced fan entertainment features is consistent with what college sports administrators, 46 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
marketers and facility managers demand. Since Eaton’s Ephesus Lighting business became the first company to illuminate a professional sports venue with LED lighting solutions in 2012, thousands of professional, college and municipal sports and entertainment venues of all sizes across North America have made the switch from metal halide lighting to state-of-the-art solid state lighting. Eaton’s LED lighting solutions and industry-leading control functions cut energy consumption by 75 percent and virtually eliminate maintenance, all while providing the highest quality lighting available while enhancing fan entertainment. IMG is a global leader in sports, events, media and fashion, operating in more than 30 countries. The company represents and manages some of the world’s greatest sports figures and fashion icons; stages hundreds of live events and branded entertainment experiences annually; and is one of the largest independent producers and distributors of sports media. IMG also specializes in sports training; league development; and marketing, media and licensing for brands, sports organizations and collegiate institutions. In 2014, IMG was acquired by WME, a leading global entertainment agency. Eaton’s Ephesus Lighting business manufactures high-output solid-state lighting solutions for challenging applications in the industrial and sporting
Ergodyne Adds Hi-Vis to Trades Series’ Top-Sellers Ergodyne announced that it has added hi-vis color options to best-selling models in its ProFlex® Trades Gloves Series. The 710 Hi-Vis Heavy-Duty Utility Gloves and the 812 Hi-Vis Utility Gloves provide the tried-and-true protection of the Trades Series while also improving a worker’s visibility and conspicuity. Like all Trades Gloves, the primary purpose of these is hand protection, but incorporating hi-vis lime options for workers who also want their gloves to improve their visibility makes these new gloves a dual-threat. Besides boosting worker conspicuity, adding hivis to a hand protection program helps hand visibility and promotes a culture of hand safety awareness. The patent-pending 710 Hi-Vis Heavy-Duty Utility Gloves feature a neoprene knuckle pad, hivis hex stretch poly knit body with reflective accents, and hi-vis orange Tena-Grip™ in the palm, fingertips and thumb saddle for better abrasionresistance and grip. The patent-pending 812 Hi-Vis Utility Gloves boast a durable synthetic leather palm, breathable hi-vis poly mesh, and a reinforced thumb saddle wear area. For more information or to purchase any of Ergodyne’s Tenacious Work Gear®, email orders@ergodyne.com or call (800) 225-8238 tollfree or (651) 642-9889. “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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Maradyne High Performance Fans Offer Robust Fast & Cool Air Blower Unit Anyone in automotive performance tuning, repair or restoration knows the benefits of quickly cooling down a vehicle so work can continue and the job be completed. For quick cooling, MaradyneÂŽ High Performance Fans offer the Fast & Cool Air Blower, Maradyne's newest must-have shop floor or pit area tool. The rugged Fast & Cool Air Blower is designed with durability and high performance in mind. Able to be positioned at three convenient angles - 0 degrees, 45 degrees and 90 degrees Maradyne's Fast & Cool Air Blower is ideal for the race track or the shop, where rapidly cooling engines, brakes and clutches is essential. The air blower is also useful in drying the shop floor or
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in dyno settings. Made of tough, roto molded housing, the 3,000 FPM (feet per minute) Fast & Cool Air Blower delivers two-to three-times the airflow power of other small fans on the market. Priced under $200, the Maradyne Fast & Cool Air Blower comes with a one-year warranty for both parts and labor. To learn more about the Maradyne product line, visit www.maradyneHP.com, call (800) 403-7953; fax (216) 362-6342; or write to 4540 W. 160th St. Cleveland, OH 44135.
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Control the Noise – Hilti Smoke and Acoustic Sleeve Hilti has introduced the Smoke and Acoustic Sleeve CS-SL SA to continue to improve on the Total Cable Management portfolio. This sleeve allows Hilti to offer customers an option that is fast and easy to install as well as being technically superior for non-fire rated cable penetrations requiring a sleeved opening. The CS-SL SA features superior “inuse” sound and air-leakage rating to help mitigate smoke and sound. This Buy American product is available in a 2” diameter size as well as a 4” diameter version compatible with the Hilti gangplate solution. For more information on the Hilti Smoke and Acoustic Sleeve CS-SL A, please contact Hilti Customer Service. From the U.S., call Hilti, Inc. at (800) 879-8000 or visit www.us.hilti.com/smoke-acousticsleeve-cs-sl-sa. From Canada, call Hilti (Canada) Corporation at (800) 461-3028 or visit www.hilti.ca/smoke-acoustic-sleevecs-sl-sa .
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John Libbe has been promoted to Vice President - Strategy, Talent and Technology for the Rudolph Libbe Group. In his new Libbe role, Libbe will oversee the strategic planning and implementation, human resources and technology functions across the enterprise. Libbe joined the Rudolph Libbe Group in August 1987. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from the University of Michigan. Libbe is a member of the Construction Association of Michigan, the Greater Detroit Chapter of the Association of General Contractors, and the Association for Strategic Planning.
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Ruby+Associates, Inc. (Ruby), Bingham Farms, recently announced that four professionals have been hired to join their Badour firm. Myles Badour, PE, Hollie Wall and Ryan Swiatkowski join Ruby’s structural engineering staff, and Michelle McCulloch joins the firm as Wall marketing manager. Badour, PE, is an experienced structural engineer with over eight years in the industry. Wall joins the firm after an engineer- Swiatkowski in-training role for two years with a Detroit-area firm, with
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two internships prior to that. Swiatkowski joins the firm as a project assistant; he worked as a survey technician prior to joining Ruby. McCulloch McCulloch joins the firm as marketing manager after working in the A/E industry for 15 years. Grand Rapids - based Triangle Associates, Inc. recently announced that Ryan Long, director and market segment leader, has been appointed to the Kalamazoo Area Building Authority Board of Directors. His term will extend through April 30, 2018. Long has 18 years of experience in the construction industry and for 13 years has been focusing on educational projects.
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Hobbs+Black Architects, Ann Arbor, has announced the promotions of the following individuals in their Ann Arbor office: Wayne E. Chubb, AIA, NCARB to senior vice president; Tom Dillenbeck, AIA to vice president; and Dan Pierce, AIA to associate. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Hobbs+Black also operates full-service regional offices in Lansing, MI and Phoenix, AZ.
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Tubelite, Inc. has welcomed Jim Leadbetter as director of operations in Reed City. He will lead and support the Leadbetter company’s business growth strategies through safety, quality and productivity improvements. Drawing from more than 25 years of operational and management experience, Leadbetter has generated significant results in cost reduction strategies and productivity improvement throughout his career. The Austin Company, a leading design, engineering, construction and location consulting firm headquartered in Cleveland, OH, recently announced the promotion of Steven VanWormer to vice president and general manager of The Austin Company Michigan Operations. VanWormer began 50 CAM MAGAZINE MARCH 2017
with the company in 1989 and has held various positions within the company since then. In addition to his efforts VanWormer expanding services of the Michigan Operations, he is involved with company-wide quality and improvement initiatives. Detroit-based Walbridge has announced three promotions within their firm. Cynthia Weaver is promoted Weaver to vice president of information technology; she was previously the assistant vice president of information Guise technology. Tom Guise is promoted to assistant vice president of operations for Walbridge Industrial Process; he was Linton previously a project director. Ross Linton is promoted to assistant vice president of operations for Walbridge Industrial Process; he was previously a project director. Peter Basso (PBA), Associates Michigan’s largest MEP consulting-only organization, is pleased to announce Gibbs two promotions. Promoted to Principal are vice president Scott Gibbs, PE, LEED AP and vice president, Joe Seidl, PE. Gibbs, a
professional engineer a LEED and accredited professional, started his career with PBA as a co-op in 2000. Seidl He received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Detroit. He is an integral member of PBA’s higher education group. Seidl, PE, a mechanical engineer, started his career as a co-op with PBA in 2002. Seidl received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Oakland University. He has been a mechanical design leader in PBA’s higher education group.
CORPORATE NEWS For the second consecutive year, Triangle Associates, Grand Rapids, has been named one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the country for 2016. The winning companies were assessed by an independent research firm which reviewed a number of key categories relative to other nationally recognized winners. They include compensation, benefits and employee solutions, employee enrichment, engagement and retention, employee education and development, recruitment, employee achievement and recognition, communication and shared vision, diversity and inclusion, work-life balance, community initiatives, and strategic company performance. With over 20 years of experience conducting Best and Brightest Company competitions, the “The Voice of The Construction Industry®”
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National Association for Business Resources (NABR) connects, educates and empowers businesses across the country through focused programs, groundbreaking studies and fieldsupport. The leading organization fosters a collaborative environment in which companies and leaders learn best practices, trends and vital information benefitting the company and its employees. Merritt Cieslak Design is pleased to announce that the firm has relocated their offices from historic downtown Northville to historic downtown Farmington. Their new location is located on Grand River Avenue, one block west of Farmington Road at: 33610 Grand River Avenue, Farmington, MI 48335. Sachse Construction (Sachse), Detroit, recently announced that the firm was recognized on the National 101 Best & Brightest Places to Work list for 2016. In addition to earning the national accolade, Sachse was also named to CORP!’s Regional 101 Best & Brightest Places to Work; Crain’s Detroit Business Cool Places to Work; and Detroit Free Press Top Places to Work. The construction management firm was recognized by these three Detroit publications for its stellar employment incentives, extensive recruiting efforts, expanded service offerings across North America, and the completion of over 180 projects delivering $245 million worth of contracts in just one year. Nowak & Fraus Engineers (NFE) has announced that the firm has expanded its operations and has Visit us online at www.cammagazineonline.com
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