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Termites in Denver(0)

April 24, 2011

Denver is in a “Slight to Moderate” zone of termite risk.  Although we don’t see too many structural problems related to termites in the Denver area, it can happen.  I was recently at a home that was in need of repair due to age.  During the repairs damage from termites was discovered.  Luckily the damage [...]

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Construction Costs per Square Foot for Nursing Homes by Region

We are always studying the costs of various project types that we design so that we can leverage historical construction cost data against future project budgets. This post focuses on a project type we are highly experienced with: Nursing Homes, or also commonly known as Long Term Care Homes. Our source for this data is RSMeans, [...]

Pueblo Care and Rehabilitation Center Landscape and Site Planning

EV Studio recently finalized and submitted construction document drawings for the Pueblo Care & Rehabilitation Center in Pueblo, Colorado.  The project is a retrofit to a building and site originally constructed in 1962 in South Pueblo.  The primary focus of the project for the client is to make major structural and functional updates to the [...]

How to Evaluate Lighting in the Patient Care Environment

In evaluating light quality in any environment, we have to keep in mind how the eye perceives light. As light distribution goes, we perceive light first on vertical surfaces, and last on horizontal surfaces below eye level (the ground, the floor, the work plane). Light on vertical surfaces conveys spaciousness, brightness, and openness; dark vertical [...]


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