Eastside Recycling and Education Center
The Eastside Recycling and Education Center, located in Iowa City, Iowa, broke ground on May 25th. The 24,000 square-foot complex will be anchored by an environmental education center and will include a salvage barn, oil drop site, wood chip and compost pick-up station, electronic waste drop site and a Habitat ReStore center. The highlight of the campus is the 2,200-square-foot education center which is aiming for LEED Platinum certification. It will enable public education and awareness of sustainable living and will serve as a statewide case study in sustainable design. The center will have a main classroom, a kitchenette, restrooms, storage and mechanical system spaces. The project was designed by Shive-Hattery and will be built by Knutson Construction. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2011. KCRG Video>> Iowa City Press Citizen article>>
Architectural Record´s Top 250 Firms
Architectural Record ranked Shive-Hattery as one of the Top 250 Firms. Rankings were based on revenue for architectural services performed in 2009. The list is compiled from a survey conducted for Engineering News-Record´s annual Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook. The McGraw-Hill Companies publishes both Architectural Record and ENR.
NORTH LIBERTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ARTICLE
The North Liberty Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Treatment Plant was featured in the July 2010 Treatment Plant Operator magazine. Shive-Hattery collaborated with FOX Engineering, the primary designer. The project won the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Iowa Grand Conceptor Award in overall category.
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Rock Island Center for Math & Science
The Rock Island Center for Math & Science is the District´s first new elementary school in over three decades. This "magnet" school focuses on math and science and provides space for 550 students (pre-kindergarten through 6th grades) from across the District. Situated on a local and national landmark designation site, the classroom wing of the building is two-stories with a total of four pods containing 6 classrooms plus two additional classrooms, thus making a total of 26 classrooms. The overall square footage is 65,000.
The administrative wing is centrally located and links the classroom wing to the gym/cafeteria/music room/community room wing. To preserve the history of the site, design elements from the original Gothic architecture school were incorporated into the design of the new school. This includes salvaging the original stone arch entrance and installing it in the new building. Sustainable design features were also incorporated into the design including geothermal heat pumps, reflective roofing, occupancy sensors that control lights and HVAC, day lighting and permeable paving.
Photos of Rock Island Center for Math & Science
2010 ACEC-Iowa Engineering Excellence Awards
Shive-Hattery won the top building and systems design prize, the Grand Place Award, for engineering excellence from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Iowa, along with three additional awards. The first place building and systems design prize was awarded for the sustainable design of the new Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines, Iowa. The new hospital is owned by Iowa Health-Des Moines.
Shive-Hattery also won the Honor Award in the energy production category for the University of Iowa 2008 flood recovery projects of its steam distribution system and the Engineering Achievement Award in the transportation category for intersection improvements and signalization at Penn Street and I-380 in North Liberty, Iowa. Shive-Hattery collaborated with FOX Engineering, the primary designer, on the North Liberty Membrane Bioreactor Wastewater Treatment Plant which won the Grand Conceptor Award in overall category.
Methodist West Hospital Wins Sustainable Design Award
2010 ACEC-ILLINOIS ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Shive-Hattery received the 2010 American Council of Engineering of Illinois (ACEC-Illinois) Engineering Excellence Merit Award in the Building/Technology Systems Category for the Rock Island Arsenal Building 220 Window Replacement project. One of the project highlights was the use of high-definition (3D) scanning. For more information on the project and award: 2010 ACEC-Illinois Engineering Excellence Award Brochure
NEW ENR RANKING: 277
For the 27th consecutive year Shive-Hattery, Inc. is ranked among the nation’s top 500 design firms by Engineering News Record (ENR), a national construction industry magazine. The architecture and engineering firm based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, earned revenues of $36.6 million and was ranked 277 nationwide. This is 43 points higher than our 2009 ranking.
ENR bases the rankings on design and construction management activity for the calendar year 2009.
Shive-Hattery Ranked 26 in DDI´s Top RETAIL Design Firms
Display and Design Ideas (DDI) magazine ranked Shive-Hattery as one of the top 100 retail design firms in the nation, based on retail billings for calendar year 2009. Shive-Hattery was ranked 26 in DDI magazine´s 2009 national survey of architecture firms.
BUILDING DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION GIANTS 300 LIST
Shive-Hattery was ranked 28th on 2009 Building Design & Construction´s Giants 300 Top 50 Engineering/Architecture Firms list. Shive-Hattery was ranked two places higher than our 2008 ranking. Rankings are based on 2008 design billings from the following sectors: commercial, institutional, industrial and multifamily.