Award-winning architecture and interior design firm CetraRuddy of New York has elevated designer Ximena Rodriguez to partner. Rodriguez will retain her roles as principal and director of interior design, overseeing the firm’s quality and technical excellence in an interior design group of more than 20 professionals.
Legrand — a global leader in power, light and data technologies — introduces the launch of outdoor charging stations for mobile devices, the first in a series of permanent outdoor power offerings. The robust pedestals combine charging outlets with lighting elements to support the growing demand for mobile connectivity in outdoor spaces. The Outdoor Power Charging Stations are composed of two charging station models, which are available in three standard finishes — black, bronze and silver — along with custom colors.
LOS ANGELES — The fourth and final phase of the South Tower Seismic Renovation project for the Center for the Health Sciences (CHS) complex at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is currently underway, and is scheduled for completion in June 2017.
BATON ROUGE, La. — As school officials like to say, Lee Magnet High School, part of the East Baton Rouge Parish Schools system in Louisiana, is a school like no other.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Construction crews recently broke ground on a new first-of-its-kind pre-kindergarten-8 school for Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in the Parramore neighborhood of downtown Orlando.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Governor Rick Scott signed an education bill last month that puts additional limits on local school districts’ construction spending. The bill extends construction-spending caps per student from only state-funded projects to locally funded ones as well.
Hobbs+Black Architects has announced the promotion of Thomas (TJ) Chasty to vice president of its Phoenix office. Chasty first joined Hobbs+Black in 2004 and worked in the firm’s Ann Arbor, Mich., office for seven years before volunteering to move to Arizona to help launch Hobbs+Black’s Phoenix office in 2011.
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