Case Studies Architecture & Design

With flood events on the rise in America, the federal government has overhauled once-stagnant regulations and insurance requirements, leaving general contractors, engineers and architects scrambling to understand this new age of flood protection. “They call us up panic-stricken saying they tried to get a certificate of occupancy, but were just told by an inspector that […]

Fisher Construction Group has been providing innovative solutions to the commercial and industrial construction market for more than 40 years. Headquartered in Washington state, Fisher’s core work can still be tied to relationships that began in its small, Pacific Northwest community. Each project led to the next and eventually the client base ripened into building […]

The Center for Humanities, Arts, Rhetoric, Theater and Speech (CHARTS)is the newest addition to the Pulaski Technical College (PTC) campus in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Designed by Little Rock architecture firm Jackson Brown Palculict Architects, in partnership with Dallas-based Perkins+Will, the 87,000-square-foot complex is the largest construction project in the college’s history. Designed to house […]

Over the past 105 years, Fletcher Thompson Inc. has evolved into a leading full-service architectural and engineering firm. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Fletcher Thompson specializes in architecture, engineering, planning and interior design with a focus on the education and health care sectors. In 1907 E. Leslie Fletcher established a practice specializing in industrial engineering in […]

Founded in 1987 by Patty Holland-Branch, Facilities Connection Inc. is a modular solutions integrator focusing on furniture management and complete interior design services. Located in El Paso, Texas, Facilities Connection has been focusing on incorporating sustainability into its projects. Originally known as PZH Contract Design Inc., Facilities Connection was founded as a commercial interior design […]

Rick Freeman has been a business owner since 1976, when he founded Freeman Planning & Design Inc. as a consulting firm. After establishing his expertise for several decades, he made the jump into construction in 1990, founding Freeman Construction Corporation. A year later, he decided to fully integrate his group of businesses with the addition […]

A day at the office for Jon Melchin means working with the architectural and design community on a national level. As the director of architectural business development for FSR Inc. (FSR), a leading global manufacturer of a wide variety of signal management and infrastructure solutions in audiovisual, datacomm and control systems for a range of […]

Prior to establishing Fong & Chan Architects (FCA) in 1982, David G. Fong and Chiu Lin Tse-Chan interviewed for an expansive project. The San Francisco International Airport’s master plan/programming/conceptual design of the South Terminal (Terminal One) and passenger boarding gates A, B and C entailed an approximate 1 million-square-foot area at an estimated construction cost […]

Life Time Fitness goes by the “The Healthy Way of Life Company,” and it has earned this designation delivering the certified professionals, comprehensive services and destinations that help people change their lives positively every day.  The company’s healthy way of life approach enables its customers to achieve their health and fitness goals by engaging in […]

F.D. Sterritt Lumber Co. (FDS) is one of the country’s oldest family-owned and -operated full-service lumberyards. The company first started serving industrial manufacturers around Cambridge, Mass., in 1841, and was officially incorporated in 1918. It has since grown into one of its region’s premier building suppliers with two locations serving contractors and do-it-yourselfers throughout Massachusetts, […]