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ENR Top 20 Under 40 in Texas & Louisiana Awarded to Kendy Guillaume
Every year, ENR’s regional publications recognize the best-of-the-best young construction professionals, who are giving back to both their industry and communities. With the help of an esteemed judging panel, who considered each entrant based on their career experience, industry leadership, community service along with a variety of other factors, ENR Texas & Louisiana is proud to announce our region’s 2013 ENR Top 20 Under 40 winners. More than 80 entries came in to this year’s Texas & Louisiana contest,..
HUB Certified Firm GS Engineers Partners with Jordan & Skala Engineers
Jordan & Skala Engineers, Inc. is proud to announce its new partnership with a full-service minority-owned MEP firm, GS Engineers, LLC. As a HUB certified firm in the State of Texas, GS Engineers focuses on higher education, K-12, state/governmental projects and sustainable / LEED projects. GS Engineers is led by Kendy Guillaume, LEED AP who also launched Jordan & Skala’s Houston office in 2008; and Andrew Smith, PE, CEM, LEED BD+C, who launched Jordan & Skala’s Dallas office in 2002…
MEP Office Building Relocates to In-Town Charlotte
Jordan and Skala’s Charlotte branch started 2013 off in a big way – with a new office to better serve their clients and allow for expansion. Located near Billy Graham Parkway and Interstate I-77, the new MEP office building is closer to Jordan & Skala’s clients and more central for the firm’s employees. After twelve years in the University area, the Charlotte office is pleased to offer clients and employees a shorter drive with the new in-town location. The new..
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.
Canstruction Competition Participated by Jordan & Skala Engineers for Atlanta Food Banks
Jordan & Skala and Wakefield Beasley & Associates worked together to ‘canstruct’ a giant toilet to “flush out hunger.” In only three hours, 2,306 cans of Vienna Sausages were carefully stacked together to create the giant toilet. In total, 3,238 cans were collected, which will all be distributed to food banks throughout the city of Atlanta. Other firms that participated in the CANstruction competition were HKS, Cooper Carry, Niles Bolton, Macgregor Associates and Pond & Company.
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..