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Designers

Inclusive design for locker rooms: Providing equitable choice and access

What would it look like if everyone who wanted to use a restroom or locker room could? SRG designers posed this question, and I joined the conversation to learn about the...
July 29, 2024
Federal Way High School's Multi Use, Two Sided Theater Concept Was Created In Response To Learning About The Annual Dinner Theater Variety Show From The Choir Teacher
K-12 Schools

Benefitting kids through human-centric high school design

Well-designed spaces foster feelings of safety and certainty for all who use them. What that means, though, and what it implies for the physical environment can vary widely depending...
March 6, 2023
Technical education lead
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Increasing the skilled workforce through career technical education

There is a shortage of skilled workers in the United States, a gap that has only gotten wider with the advent of COVID. Explore the Trades, a group dedicated to recruiting individuals...
Aug. 10, 2022
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Mass Timber

Mass timber and net zero design for higher education and lab buildings

For those who are involved in the design and construction community, it is likely that you have encountered the topic of mass timber construction over the last few years. And ...
Aug. 8, 2022
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University Buildings

Designing for interdisciplinary communication in university buildings

People talk a lot about being interdisciplinary, but it’s not as easy as you might think. First, you need to provide opportunities for paths to cross. Usually, groups are organized...
June 9, 2016
Wood

How CLT wood construction affects project cost

Since my 2013 blog post on our CLT visitor building at the Oregon Zoo, the amount of available reading material on CLT has increased dramatically. One topic remains difficult ...
May 21, 2015
How one team solved a tricky daylighting problem with BIM/VDC tools, iterative design
BIM and Information Technology

How one team solved a tricky daylighting problem with BIM/VDC tools, iterative design

Picture this: it is an uncommonly clear December morning in Corvallis, Ore., and a student is working hard on a white paper in the new Chemical, Biological, and Environmental...
April 9, 2015
Drones for AEC: How every stage of a building project can benefit from drone technology
BIM and Information Technology

Drones for AEC: How every stage of a building project can benefit from drone technology

As a designer at SRG, I’m used to looking at the world from above, at least the part architects get to design. I often help create site plans using satellite photos; I work with...
March 23, 2015