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ENR Texas & Louisiana Award Received by Jordan & Skala Project

ENR Texas & Louisiana Award Received by Jordan & Skala Project

Congratulations to the design and construction team of Metzger Construction Company and Harry Gendel Architects for the latest Crane Worldwide in which received the ENR Texas & Louisiana Award of 2012 Best Industrial/Manufacturing Project Award. Crane Worldwide’s new 306,546 SF Houston facility was not only recognized from more than 200 competition entries, the project is the feature photo in the article announcing award recipients! In less than one year, the project team designed and built Crane Worldwide’s new LEED-pending, 306,548..

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USGBC LEED Gold Standards Provided by JSE to Georgia Tech Student Housing

USGBC LEED Gold Standards Provided by JSE to Georgia Tech Student Housing

Jordan & Skala Engineers is proud to provide MEP design services that comply with the USGBC LEED Gold Standards to Georgia Tech Student Housing. In the Fall of 2012, Georgia Tech opened the newly renovated Fitten, Montag and Freeman Residence Halls to incoming freshmen.  The traditional nine-foot-ceiling, two-person room dorms are just a few of the twenty mid-to late 20th Century steel framed brick and block dormitory buildings on campus that needed updating. Jordan & Skala provided mechanical and electrical..

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MEP Design Provided by Jordan & Skala to Charlotte SkyHouse Project

MEP Design Provided by Jordan & Skala to Charlotte SkyHouse Project

Charlotte, North Carolina is about to have a new, 24-story apartment tower grace its skyline. SkyHouse Charlotte, a development created by Atlanta-based Novare Group, Grubb Properties and Batson-Cook Development Co., is the sixth SkyHouse project Jordan & Skala has provided MEP design and energy consulting services for. The 336 unit luxury residential high-rise apartment building is being designed to become one of the first multi-family high-rise buildings in the Southern US as well as the State of North Carolina to..

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USGBC LEED Silver Certified to Jordan & Skala Engineers’ Dallas Office

USGBC LEED Silver Certified to Jordan & Skala Engineers’ Dallas Office

Jordan and Skala’s Dallas office was recently awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Silver Certification for Commercial Interiors.  The USGBC LEED Silver Certified office, which held an industry open house showcasing its sustainable features, employs sustainable products, low-emitting finishes, energy efficient luminaires, lighting controls, water efficient plumbing fixtures, reused furniture, and reused building materials. And like all Jordan & Skala projects, the Dallas office interior renovation project was completed on schedule and within budget.

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Midtown High-Rise Residential Building SkyHouse Opens in Atlanta

Midtown High-Rise Residential Building SkyHouse Opens in Atlanta

Located at 1084 West Peachtree Street, in the center of trendy Midtown and a short distance from the hipster Old Forth Ward District in Atlanta, the new, 23-story Midtown high-rise residential building offers 320 units, luxury amenities, a parking deck and retail space on the ground floor. The project, which began construction in January 2012, is expected to open to tenants January 2013-just in time to usher in the New Year. Designed to comply with Energy Star’s new Multi-Family High-Rise..

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EarthCraft Multifamily Program Awarded Project of the Year 2012 to Oliver House

EarthCraft Multifamily Program Awarded Project of the Year 2012 to Oliver House

The EarthCraft Multifamily program awards “Project of the Year 2012” to the 82,419-SF four-story Decatur Housing Authority building which includes seventy-two (72) one-bedroom and eight (8) two-bedroom units and features a 50 kWh photovoltaic (PV) solar power generation system, geo-thermal heating and cooling systems, geo-thermal water heating, high efficiency lighting, water-saving plumbing fixtures, rainwater harvesting, thermally-efficient windows, enhanced interior insulation, enhanced natural ventilation, Energy Star appliances in all units, and makes maximum use of natural day lighting. The inclusion of..

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Austin Youth Housing Designed by CMH Architects and Jordan & Skala Engineers

Austin Youth Housing Designed by CMH Architects and Jordan & Skala Engineers

Dallas-based design firm, Craycroft McElroy Hendryx (CMH), and Jordan & Skala Engineers have partnered to take on an Austin youth housing community-service project of designing a 45-unit housing project on the LifeWorks campus in Austin, Texas, for youth who are aging out of foster care and looking to enter college and the workforce. With a modest budget and high aspirations, LifeWorks invited CMH, Jordan & Skala and CF Jordan, an award-winning general contracting company from El Paso, Texas, to invest..

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Energy Efficient Design Provided by JSE to New Oliver House Residential Building

Energy Efficient Design Provided by JSE to New Oliver House Residential Building

With construction completed, The Decatur Housing Authority cut the ribbon at the Oliver House on Wednesday, September 26, 2012.  The Oliver House and Alan Wilson Terrace community is located just off the square in historic downtown Decatur, Georgia.  The development of the Oliver House, along with the newly completed Allen Wilson Homes, transformed an old worn out residential complex to a new clean and safe community.  The four-story Oliver House not only adds a fresh new appealing look to the..

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MEP Design Services Provided by JSE to University Louisiana Lafayette Dormitory

MEP Design Services Provided by JSE to University Louisiana Lafayette Dormitory

Jordan & Skala Engineers provided MEP design services for this project which came in on time, under budget and gave the University their first new buildings since the 1960’s. The new $80 million facilities include 4 dorms and 2 renovations adding 1,000 new beds to the campus. Other firms who helped make this project a success includes: Niles Bolton Associates, the Lemoine Company, Juneau Construction and Ambling.

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Earthcraft Certified to Hearthside Brookleigh helped by Jordan & Skala Engineers

Earthcraft Certified to Hearthside Brookleigh helped by Jordan & Skala Engineers

Jordan & Skala Engineers helped NorSouth Development create Hearthside Brookleigh, a $15.7 million Earthcraft certified, 121-unit Senior apartment community in Northeast Atlanta. An amenity rich and affordable community designed for independent Seniors age 62 and older, the project is Phase III of Brookleigh, a 56-acre , six-phase, mixed-use development on the site of a former public housing project in north DeKalb County.  Completed in 2012, Brookleigh is mixed-use, mixed-income community built around a central park. With Jordan & Skala’s national..

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