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LEED Project Team Formation is an Important First Step in any LEED Certification Project (2)
The first step in preparing for the LEED Certification process on a building project is the formation of the LEED Project Team. Integrated design is one of the most important sustainability strategies and a good project team will become the key to an integrated, efficient, cost-effective and ultimately successful sustainable design and LEED Certification project. [...]
Building Technology»
Feng Shui Elements in Home Design (0)
With a lot of the design that we do here at EVstudio, we are often asked about Feng Shui and how it may apply to the design of a residential home. For the uninitiated, Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese strategy to align the energies that flow between the heavens and earth. Feng Shui strategies [...]
Engineering»
Raft Slab-on-Grade Foundation (1)
A Raft Slab-on-Grade foundation can be as simple as a 4” thick slab with no reinforcement and a shallow perimeter rib to an 8” thick slab heavily reinforced with deep ribs spaced roughly 10’o.c. The wide range of concrete thicknesses and reinforcement is a function of many things such as soil type, loads, exterior finishes, [...]
LEED & Sustainability»
Community Based Clinic for US Army Medical Command (0)
In an effort to provide our US Army Soldiers and their families with better access to health care services, the US Army Medical Command (USMEDCOM) has initiated the Community Based Clinic program. As the name would imply, this program takes the health care facilities that would normally be located on the US Army Installation and places [...]
Projects in Process»
Office Remodel in Kittredge Colorado (0)
I was recently up to our Evergreen office for a meeting on a new custom home we are doing. The road I take happens to go past an office remodel of ours which is currently under construction. Previously this building had office space and two residential rental units. The interior was completely gutted and re-worked. The ample [...]
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