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Bradley Corp. has gured out a way to
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The Lancaster, Calif., YMCA wanted its
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9 Building Tips from the Experts
Insulating concrete forms have a long history of success in low-rise
buildings, but now Building Teams are specifying ICFs for mid-
and high-rise structuresmore than 100 feet. ICF walls can be
used for tall unsupported walls (for, say, movie theaters and big-box
stores) and for multistory, load-bearing walls (for hotels, multifam-
ily residential buildings, and student residence halls).
Our trusted ICF experts offer the following tips for design-
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Pre-plan your job by drawing a simple cross section with
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embeds will be placed, says Glen Klassen, regional manager
with ICF manufacturer Arxx, Cobourg, Ont. During the build
process, your crew can follow this cross section to know when
to stop placing forms and start placing embeds.
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of the ICF product when designing the walls, says Kelvin
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heights, window heights, and oor elevations when possible.
Base concrete slump and aggregate size on ICF
manufacturer recommendations. Both concrete slump and
aggregate size are impacted by the formwork tie conguration
within the formwork cavity, as well as by the amount of open
space available around the ties to allow concrete to effectively
ow within the forms, says Donn C. Thompson, AIA, LEED
AP, CGP, director of Low Rise Buildings with the Portland
Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. Ties with smaller openings
will require smaller aggregate to insure the concrete ows ef-
fectively through the forms, he says.
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By C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
After reading this article, you should be able to:
Discuss the basic issues affecting the
restoration of historic brick structures.
Describe the characteristics of natural
stone and historic mortars that must be
considered in renovation and restora-
tion projects.
Explain the basic details and installation
techniques for proper application of
manufactured cast stone.
List three ways to prevent moisture-relat-
ed defects in masonry and brick walls.
Explain the benefits of stone and brick
for sustainable building projects.
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Restoration and
Renovation
The Gerding Theater at the Armory, in
Portland, Ore., the countrys rst LEED
Platinum historic renovation and rst
LEED Platinum theater, involved exten-
sive brick restoration work. Originally
constructed in 1889, it now accom-
modates a 599-seat main-stage theater
and a 200-seat black-box.
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istoric restoration and preservation efforts are accelerating throughout
the U.S., thanks in part to available tax credits, awards programs, and
green building trends. While these projects entail many different build-
ing components and systems, faade restorationas the public face of these
older structuresis a key focus.
Recognizing this, seasoned architects and consultants often spend much
time analyzing and evaluating an existing structure with the goal of best pre-
serving the original faade design.
According to Andrew Wolfram, AIA, LEED AP, a senior associate in the
San Francisco ofce of Perkins+Will (www.perkinswill.com), such projects of-
ten start out with a longer pre-design phase than in new construction. At the
initiation of the project, we conduct a comprehensive due diligence analysis
of the building, says Wolfram. We start with an analysis and evaluation of
historic drawings and specications, all the way through archival research.
The next step, says Wolfram, who has spent most of his 20-year career on
historic preservation projects, is an overall binocular survey of common
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Adaptive Reuse Case Study
Architecture firm Perkins+Will is turning
a 1930s San Francisco Public Health Ser-
vice Hospital in the citys Presidio district
into a 22,000-sf apartment building. Tap-
ping into historic tax credits and tracking
for LEED Gold certification, the program
for this unique adaptive-reuse project
includes restoring historic brick and stone
faades on the Georgian revival structure.
We are currently working with the
contractor to select appropriate infill
materials at areas where historic masonry
had been removed in prior renovations
of the building, says Andrew Wolfram,
AIA, LEED AP, a senior associate in
Perkins+Wills San Francisco office.
Glass-fiber-reinforced polymer panels have
been selected to emulate terra cotta and
limestone in larger decorative areas. The
panels can easily be molded from existing
details. However, for smaller areas at a his-
toric entrance portico, We have found that
it is less expensive as an infill material to
use Indiana limestone, says Wolfram.
In order to boost the faades energy
efficiency, an interior stud wall with insu-
lation has also been specified behind the
brick wall.
The $71 million project, slated for com-
pletion this fall, will convert the space into
161 residential units, a management office,
a fitness center, a private dining room and
wine bar, and other tenant amenities.
Faade restoration in progress at the his-
toric PHS Hospital. Built in the 1930s, the
hospital is being converted into a 22,000-sf
apartment building.
Rendering of Public Health Service Hospi-
tals rehabbed entry portico.
signs of exterior aging. For a masonry buildingsand taking
into account local site conditionsthis visual inspection
includes the overall condition of visible stone, mortar, and
grout, as well as such conditions as:
Delamination.
Eforescence.
Spalling.
Steel lintel failure.
During this assessment, says Joseph K. Oppermann, FAIA,
a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based historic preservation consul-
tant, We look for the patterns of deterioration as they point
to weaknesses in the design or the use of materials. We also
look to the patterns of maintenance and repairs, as the loca-
tion and frequency of repairs tell us a lot as to the areas of the
building most susceptible to problems.
One key to a successful predesign inspection, says Robert
Mack, FAIA, a principal with MacDonald and Mack Ar-
chitects, Minneapolis (www.mmarchltd.com), is taking the
time to do a proper evaluation. Go slow! he advises. The
building probably has been there for many years, and taking
the time to do tests and evaluate the results wont lead to
signicantly more deterioration.
According to experts like David A. Vottero, AIA, senior
associate and director of architectural design, and Brian E.
Kiggins, AIA, senior associate, SchooleyCaldwell Associ-
ates, Columbus, Ohio, facilities personnel who have known
a building for some time can be extremely helpful to Build-
ing Teams who are investigating an existing structure. For
example, the project leaders can inquire about things like past
A coquina stone faade on a 1797 Spanish Colonial structure in St.
Augustine, Fla., is inspected prior to patching.
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repairs, the history of problems in various portions of the
building, as well as leak locations.
Another important part of the early project evaluation is
materials testing. This may include positively identifying
things like sand gradation and color, as well brick compres-
sive strength and mortar strength. Even so, Mack stresses
the importance of being practical: For many buildings, for
example, the bricks and mortar can be adequately evaluated
using a simple hardness-classication tool rather than expen-
sive laboratory tests.
Similarly, Oppermann, past chairman of the American
Institute of Architects Historic Resources Committee and a
founding member of the AIA Preservation Education Task
Group, says, With most materials and construction tech-
niques, architects can handle much of the identication and
assessment process themselves, using testing laboratories for
some analyses and the manufacturers of the materials for col-
laboration on solutions.
However, more complex or historically signicant projects
do call for experts such as a historic architect or architectural
conservator, whose experience and training in materials and
methods of construction, code compliance, and architectural
history should benet the project. As for tracking down a
credentialed professional ideal for a given project, referrals
can be procured from state historic preservation ofces, the
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works (http://aic.stanford.edu), the Association for Preserva-
tion Technology (APT, www.apti.org), or local AIA ofces,
according to Mack, a professor at the University of Min-
nesota School of Architecture whose career spans more than
four decades devoted to historic preservation.
Another useful resource is the AIA Historic Resources
Committees Guide to Historic Preservation (www.aia.org/
aiaucmp/groups/aia/documents/pdf/aias075381.pdf), which
gives a good overview of key players to strengthen the Build-
ing Team as well as the various stages of a typical historical
preservation project.
HISTORIC RESTORATION: BRICK
Once an overall assessment is completed, its time to analyze
the extent of observable or reported damage and the poten-
tial causes of its harmful effects. For brick structures, Daniel
Friedman, a Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based consultant special-
izing in construction, environmental testing, and inspection,
offers a brief diagnostics punch list (also available in more
detail at the online resource InspectAPedia, www.inspect-
ny.com). Highlights for historic brick subjects include:
Bulging brick walls can be caused by bond-brick or
bond-course failures, which are dangerous and require urgent
attention.
Cracks and bulges may indicate frost and earth loading,
which can push a below-grade brick foundation wall inwards.
Cracks and loose bricks are caused by frost, settlement,
and expansion, often found at building corners where roof
spillage is concentrated.
Loose bricks and missing or lost mortar are common and
have various causes.
Spalling can occur when water and frost expand behind
the bricks exterior surface, leading to cracks where a brick
has lost its hard surface or at openings by window and door
penetrations.
Exfoliating rust damage can occur due to improper caulk-
ing that traps moisturefor example, between the brick and a
steel lintel over a window or door.
Improper repair mortar has many deleterious effects,
including surface spalling, and occurs when a high-Portland-
content mortar is used on soft brick in a climate subject to
freezing weather conditions.
Sandblasting bricks often results in a permanently dam-
aged brick surface, and is considered to be poor practice in
building renovation and maintenance.
Once problems are identied, possibilities for replacing
and restoring the brick can be considered. Meredith Strout,
AIA, LEED AP, a senior project manager in the San Fran-
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A stucco veneer at Charlestons Market Hall, original constructed in
1841, is being repaired.
The Association for Preservation Technology will hold its
annual conference November 2-6, 2009, in Los Angeles. In
addition to workshops, symposiums, and exhibits, field ses-
sions will feature Frank Lloyd Wrights Textile Block houses
in Hollywood Hills, Pasadenas Arroyo Seco Landmarks , and
Mid-century Houses by Rudolf Schindler and Richard Neutra.
More information: www.apti.org.
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cisco ofce of HOK (www.hok.com), describes her rms
general approach: Our consultants will advise us, but our
goal is to preserve, not necessarily restore, what is left of the
brick and match the mortar in color, softness, and strength.
As for specic options, Harry J. Hunderman, FAIA, a
senior principal with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (www.
wje.com), Northbrook, Ill., lists removal and reinstallation
of original brick as one restoration strategy. Other options
include using salvaged brick from elsewhere on the building,
reclaiming salvaged brick from other buildings, or nd-
ing a matching new brick, which may require custom brick
fabrication.
In the opinion of SchooleyCaldwells Kiggins, resorting to
custom brick fabrication should be used only in rare instanc-
es. Given the plethora of options available to designers, it is
almost always possible to nd an existing brick that works for
a given application, he says.
In purely aesthetic terms, blending the old with the new is
important, yet as Oppermann points out, The compatibility
of performance characteristics is critical to extending the life
of the building. In other words, the repairs and renovations
need to be consistent with the original construction technol-
ogy in order to minimize future maintenance.
Addressing both aesthetics and performance, one of the
most common historic preservation approaches is repointing.
Because this technique requires skilled handwork, special ma-
terials, time, and money, the best approach may be to repoint
only where necessary on a wall, rather than repointing an
entire wall elevation, says Mack. However, if repointing is
required for a good percentage of the wall, then repointing
the whole wall often ends up being more cost effective.
Before repointing can begin, the rst step is match-
ing the existing mortar, as Jeff L. LaRue, AIA, senior vice
president and director of quality management in the Dallas
ofce of HKS (www.hksinc.com), explains: Repointing
with mortar which matches the existing in color, shape,
and texture is mandatory for a successful restoration.
However, mortar matching can be one of the biggest tech-
nical obstacles facing masonry contractors, says Stephan
Niewiadomski, vice president of National Restoration Sys-
tems, Rolling Meadows, Ill. (www.nrsys.com). Fortunately,
todays choice of mortar types is more extensive than ever,
making it easier to match colors.
According to Kiggins, One aspect of mortar that should
not be overlooked is the color and size of the aggregate,
which can have a big impact on the overall appearance of the
mortar. Finding a source for a matching aggregate is critical
in many instances because it adds to the overall appearance of
the mortar.
As described in a technical paper that Mack co-authored
for the National Preservation Society (http://www.nps.
gov/history/hps/TPS/briefs/brief02.htm), the new mortar
must either have greater vapor permeability and be softer (as
measured in compressive strength) than the masonry units,
or the new mortar must be as vapor permeable and as soft or
softer than the historic mortar.
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Mortar Types (measured by volume)
ASTM Hydrated lime
Designation Cement or lime putty Sand
Type M
2,500 psi 1 1/4 3 to 3
Type S
1,800 psi 1 1/2 4 to 4
Type N
750 psi 1 1 5 to 6
Type O
350 psi 1 2 8 to 9
Type K
75 psi 1 3 10 to 12
Type L
(lime and sand) 0 1 2 to 3
SOURCE: National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/TPS/briefs/brief02.htm
The ASTM designates ve mortar types, each with recommended mix
proportions, to aid in distinguishing between high-strength mortars and
soft, exible mortarsand to ensure the right physical properties are
achieved. In decreasing order of strength, they are: Type M, S, N, O, K
and a Type L, a straight lime and sand mix.
Suggested Mortar Types for
Different Exposures
Exposure
Masonry Material Sheltered Moderate Severe
Very durable: granite,
hard-cored brick, etc. O N S
Moderately durable: limestone,
durable stone, molded brick K O N
Minimally durable:
soft handmade brick L K O
Source: National Park Service Preservation Brief, Repointing Mortar Joints in
Historic Masonry Buildings http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/TPS/briefs/brief02.htm
Mortars for historic preservation projects must be selected according to
the type of masonry material and anticipated exposure.
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below bridges
At several points along the riverwalk, the path runs beneath
bridges where passing vehicles can shower pedestrians below
with dirt and debris and where the covered, shadowy space
can instill a sense of trepidation in those walking underneath.
The architects solution to these problems was the installation of
canopies that act as barriers between the bridges and the path-
way. Bright lighting is integrated into the canopies, which are
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Shielding pedestrians from falling dirt and debris, this canopy under the
Michigan Avenue bridge shimmers as its steel shingles reect the river.
Chicago has long enjoyed a beautiful waterfront along Lake
Michigan, but the Windy Citys second waterfront along
the Chicago River was often ignored and mostly neglected.
Thanks to a $22 million rehab by local architect Carol Ross
Barney and her associate John Fried, a 1.3-mile stretch of land
morphed into an urban park with a 17-foot-wide promenade
that meanders along the rivers south bank through the heart of
downtown Chicago. Parts of the Riverwalk existed prior to the
overhaul, but the usable spaces existed as self-contained islands
with no relation to one another, forcing pedestrians to climb
steps and cross busy streets to get from one to the other. Con-
necting these previously unconnected spaces and creating an
uninterrupted path (gaps were built atop steel piles and concrete
landll) that can be used by people strolling, jogging, or biking
along the water was critical. The improvements also brought
cafs, retail, tour boat docks, extensive landscaping and hard-
scaping, and abundant seating. The citys new Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Fountain is also installed along the Riverwalk.
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Reconstruction of the High Line turned 1.45 miles of elevated
and abandoned railroad track into a public park that offers
unprecedented views of New York City and the Hudson River
as it winds around buildings and over streets 30 feet above
the West Side (from Gansevoort St. to 34th St., between 10th
& 11th Avenues). The original 13-mile High Line opened
in 1934 as a way to combat numerous accidents by elevat-
ing freight train tracks above street-level trafc (10th Avenue
was dubbed Death Avenue around this time), a public-private
project that cost $150 million, the equivalent of $2 billion
today. The newest High Line project, the rst phase of which
opened June 8, cost $152 million and was championed by
Friends of the High Line and planned by the architects Diller
Scodio & Renfro and landscape architect James Corner Field
Operations. As part of the adaptive reuse project, the High
Line is being fully rehabilitated (concrete repair, repainting,
and drainage improvements) and pathways, lush plantings,
seating (xed and mobile) and lighting are being added. Ac-
cess points occur every two to three blocks. The High Line,
which took inspiration from the Promenade Plante in Paris,
is serving as inspiration for urban renewal projects in Chicago,
Jersey City, Rotterdam, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.
2. HIGH LINE ELEVATES THE TYPICAL URBAN PARK
Built on the 75-year-old ruins of New York Citys elevated freight train tracks, the High Line is a 1.45-mile urban park that winds
around buildings and above streets on the citys West Side. The $152 million rehab is inspiring similar projects throughout the world.
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When Wolcott Architecture|Interiors of Culver City,
Calif., was asked to design BeachBodys new Santa Monica,
Calif., ofces, the tness and weight loss solutions company
challenged them to create a workspace that reected its
mission to promote healthy lifestyles. One of the 55,000-sf
ofces standout features is a -mile walking track that runs
around the perimeter of the ofces third oor. Workspaces
were pulled away from outside walls allowing daylight to
lter throughout the spacesustainability aligned with the
companys wellness goals and the ofce earned LEED CI
Goldand by doing so a six-foot-wide walkway was cre-
ated. Architects turned it into a real walking trackdown
to the rubber sports ooringthat also functions as a main
circulation path. Employees now have a convenient way to
incorporate walking into their exercise regimenor a way to
work off a really big lunch.
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Before 3D walkthroughs for client presentations were
popular, HKS manager of Advanced Technologies Pat
Carmichael and his team were working to marry gaming
engines with 3D building models. Whats being tasked to
us more and more is not just to show design, but to show
function, Carmichael said. HKSs in-house-developed
ARCHengine allows realistic architectural visualization in
an interactive virtual environment. It includes the ability to
show real-time shadows and light, moving gures, opera-
tional mechanical equipment, and animations that run at 30
frames per second. Utilizing the polygonal structure of Epic
Games Unreal Engine 3, ARCHengine delivers textured
details and immersive graphic environments that can show
how a building will work to clients and potential buyers.
For the new $1 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium, ARCH-
engine was able to show different views from different seats
and allow potential season ticket holders to walk, or y,
through the stadium. Now, other visualization programs are
following Carmichaels lead and using gaming engines to
show architectural design.
HKS used its ARCHengine virtual environment to allow season ticket holders to see different views and angles of the $1 billion Cowboys stadium project.
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4. ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION THROUGH GAMING TECHNOLOGY
To help its 1,500-plus architects design energy-efcient
buildings toward meeting AIAs 2030 Challenge, Perkins+Will
in April launched an online energy estimating and evalua-
tion tool for new construction and retrot projects. The rm
made the tool available to the public for free at http://2030e2.
perkinswill.com.
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offsetsand assess a buildings design against the goals of the
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carbon emissions of buildings and carbon neutrality by 2030.
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key energy-related information such as regional fuel mix and
baseline energy use for the area, and the tool automatically
tracks progress toward 2030.
The 2030 e2 Energy Estimating Tool allows designers to
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2030 goals, says Doug Pierce, AIA, LEED, senior associate
in Perkins+Wills Minneapolis ofce and developer of the tool.
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An example of how BIM virtual mockups work: The rst gure (left) shows a point on a roof where a radius needed to intersect with a
tangent. However, the meeting point left no room for construction workers to caulk or ash the joint. The virtual mockup in the sec-
ond gure (right) shows how JE Dunn and its architect modeled a solution during the design stage that would permit worker access
to the point of contention, thus saving a costly change order during construction.
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This model, seen on the Web in the ICEvision viewer, allows full examina-
tion of the architects Revit model. The client used the viewer to y up
to his ofce window to see what his sightline would be like during a game.
JE Dunn Construction uses building information modeling
extensively on its projects, but the company (ranked #102 with
62 seats of BIM software on BD+Cs Giants BIM adoption list)
is also using 3D models for constructability analysis, includ-
ing eld conditions. All information (even 2D CAD) that JE
Dunn receives from their architects on big projects is put into
a 3D model. From there, virtual mockups are created to make
sure construction conditions, such as room for a ladder and a
worker to ash or caulk a joint, are checked out and conrmed
to be buildable (see example below).
7. BIM VIRTUAL MOCKUPS FOUND TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PHYSICAL MOCKUPS
ICEvision from Salt Lake City-based Ice Edge enables users
to explore Revit or AutoCAD 3D models in a dynamically
rendered 3D viewer on a computer, smartphone, or other
mobile device. The ICEvision viewer is a full exploratory
environment of a 3D model that lets you walk through and
visualize an entire project in detail rendered directly from
AutoCAD or Revit. Publishers can also associate bookmarks
and annotations of their models to give guided tours to end
users. ICEvision is platform neutral. The ICEvision viewer
for Web and e-mail sharing is available as a free download.
ICEvisions iPhone plug-in helps you check models for ac-
curacy directly from your jobsite.
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Gould Evans needed to trim the cost of its tape-only data stor-
age and backup system. IT manager Chet LaBruyere wanted
to improve the accessibility of the system to all 150 Gould
Evans employees in the rms ve ofcesKansas City, Mo.,
Lawrence, Kan., Phoenix, Tampa, and San Franciscoand
reduce the risk of data loss between them. After testing sev-
eral systems, LaBruyere decided to go with Riverbed WAN
technology and data replication software from Double-Take.
This solution enabled Gould Evans to store all of its backed-
up data on one SRO image server accessible to all ofces.
Double-Takes replication software is hardware agnostic, so it
can back up work from Mac, LINUX, or Windows computers.
The new system reduces backup labor from 36 human-hours
a week to one or two human-hours a week and saves $55,250
a year, plus another $8,400 in annual savings in tape media.
Double-Takes system has reduced the total amount of data on
Gould Evanss servers by 52% while more than doubling their
WANs bandwidth capacity.
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Collaboration tools are big at AEC rms. Architecture rm
Perkins Eastman links its 13 ofces worldwide through its
award-winning proprietary intranet system, ORCHARD,
which stands for Online Resource for the Creative Harvest
of Architecturally Relevant Discovery (catchy, isnt it?). OR-
CHARD unites the rms Practice Area Communities to share
best design practices, insights, and lessons learned.
Over at AEC giant Heery International, e-communities
enable partnering between the rms ofces around the country.
Interior designer Judy Peterson used the e-community to get
feedback on whether a project should use LEED-CI alone, or
LEED-CI with LEED for Core & Shell. The decision: CI only.
Engineering rm Walter P Moore created its Communi-
ties of Practice in 2008 to share expertise across its 13 ofces.
The COPsin its healthcare, sports, aviation, parking con-
sulting, and tall buildings practicesare staffed on a voluntary
basis. The healthcare COP, with 27 volunteers, formed its own
Medical Equipment Task Group to inventory medical equip-
ment used in hospital projects. Its great, because the folks in
Houston and Florida who have seen every MRI known to man
can pass that along to our new ofces in California, says Kurt
Young, PE, LEED AP, leader of WPMs healthcare COP.
HOK designers from around the globe are able to collaborate and interact in real time in the rms new Advanced Collaboration Rooms. The high-tech
videoconferencing spaces allow users to display (in high denition) and mark up multiple project-related documents simultaneously.
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cutting travel time, expenses, and carbon emissions traveling
between its 24 ofce locations, HOK is tting out its major
ofces with prototype videoconferencing rooms that are like
no other in the U.S.
HOKs Advanced Collaboration Rooms (ACR) combine
Ciscos TelePresence high-resolution, interoperable video-
conferencing technology with PolyVisions Thunder Virtual
Flipchart Systema sort of digital easel pad that allows HOK
designers to sketch ideas and virtually hang them in multiple
ACRs so the entire team can collaborate in real time.
Thunder allows users to display images, video, documents,
and even live views of computer desktops. Using a series of
projectors and at-screen TVs in each ACR, multiple ideas and
documents can be displayed at one time, and all meeting notes
can be saved, printed, and emailed instantly to participants.
The ability to bring HOKs best creative minds together
in these ACRs is a powerful new tool for our virtual design
teams, says HOK CEO Patrick MacLeamy, who led the
effort to develop the ACR concept. ACRs are currently
installed at seven HOK ofces, with six more installations
planned this year.
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9. HOK TAKES VIDEOCONFERENCING TO A NEW LEVEL WITH ITS ADVANCED COLLABORATION ROOMS
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