Constructed on the site of the former Ballard Library, the Ballard West Mixed-Use Building constitutes the latest initiative in Seattle’s ongoing effort to provide its citizens with affordable, environmentally friendly housing options. The six-story building, in addition to housing over a hundred workforce and affordable housing units, will also be the new home to nearly… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Construction Protection Systems
Facebook Completes Second Phase of Altoona Data Center
Mark Zuckerberg’s social networking behemoth has recently completed the second phase of its data center facility outside of Des Moines, Iowa. The 476,000 square foot building is the new home of countless photos, status updates, and pieces of personal information submitted by Facebook’s 1.3 billion users. Brice Towns, manager of the new data center, aptly… Read more »
Construction Protection Systems and 2015
This past year was a great one for Construction Protection Systems and our customers, and we aim to make 2015 even better. Throughout the past 12 months, our products have served a wide range of clients throughout the country, with our 200 series and protector door shields helping to keep costs low for countless projects. … Read more »
Anchor Center for Blind Children – Julie Andrews Mork Building
Constructed in 2007, Anchor Center for Blind Children’s Julie McAndrews Mork Building in Denver, Colorado is a unique facility designed specifically for teaching very young children with vision impairments. It includes lights, textures, sounds, a Sensory Garden with water feature and sculptures, Cane Walk Lane for cane training and Braille Trail for walking or… Read more »
A Look at the Royal Oaks Retirement Center
The days when retirement communities are thought of as the places where old people go to die are long past. Today, retirees and seniors choose to live in retirement communities especially designed or geared for people who no longer work, or restricted to those over a certain age. One of the key drivers of this… Read more »
Church Sanctuary Renovation
Christ United Methodist Church (“CUMC”) is a church committed to mission work. Even in the beginning when membership and financial resources were small, they found ways to serve the community. In 1976, CUMC’s Missions Committee backed its first foreign mission endeavor by donating a small amount of money to support Korean missionary work. Since then… Read more »
Southern Methodist University Residential Commons Expansion Project
Southern Methodist University has recently completed the expansion of their Residential Commons that will allow for on-campus living for all first and second-year students. At a cost of $146 million, it is the largest single campus building project that SMU has developed in its 103-year history. The total nine-acre complex includes five different residential… Read more »
Austin Community College Renovation in Kyle
It is thanks to community colleges like Austin Community College that many people have any degrees what so ever. A community college has always been the kind of place that is not given as much credit as it deserves simply because it isn’t an Ivy League School, or a state certified university. It’s often a… Read more »
Teaching at the Memphis Regional Medical Center
If there is any place more necessary to a community and city than anything else it would be hospitals. In particular teaching hospitals, which play an important role in providing up and coming doctors and nurses with the hands-on experience to thrive well as future care-takers for the community. Most people don’t always think about… Read more »
The Urban Oasis of Austin
The future of the American neighborhood is here, and not everyone expected to see it in the heart of Texas. Seaholm, a power provider for much of Austin, Texas, has taken to preserving an old power plant by doing something not many people considered: making jobs and homes. The way it has been done… Read more »