Below is a listing of the articles in this month's Sustainability and Design-Build issue of Design-Build DATELINE. The full text is available to DBIA Members only by logging in. Not yet a Member? Join now to begin receiving this Member Benefit.
Featured Stories
Green Goes Mainstream 
By Hill Burgess, AIA, LEED AP
When I wrote “Design-Build Methodology Well-Suited to Lead the Green Revolution,” in the October 2006 issue of DATELINE, I was optimistic about a bright green future for sustainable design. Yet even I am surprised at how quickly the future has arrived.
Plugging Leaks
By Jim Andersen
Did you know your project leaks? Not water. Air.
Filter Factor: Clear Air, Reduce Costs, Go Green
By Dave Matela, CAFS
Most Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors, where they breathe in bacteria, smoke, dust, fumes, and other irritants, and where air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoors. Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) can significantly influence the occurrence of respiratory illnesses, allergy and asthma symptoms, and sick building symptoms.
Real-World Education
By Nelsa Avallon, Lisa D. Iulo, and David Riley
Students at Penn State and 19 other top colleges from around the globe are learning the ropes - and PVs - of the real world. They’re also helping to define them at the 2007 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C., this month.
A Great Pairing
By Dana Kose and Dan Sisel
If it seems as if every time you turn around someone is talking about sustainability, whether it be national news, local news, a neighbor, or your kids, you’re right. Sustainability is becoming part of our vernacular.
LEEDing By Example
By Richard Lovelace
With the trend toward Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification in the construction business in recent years, and as private companies and public entities embrace sustainable construction, or “green” building, the true meaning of LEED and how businesses benefit still might prove elusive for some. Getting the lowdown on LEED, however, could help businesses save energy - and money.
Healthy Building = Healthy People
By Andrea Murray, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Southeastern Vermont (HCRS) is a multi-faceted, non-profit, community mental health agency which has served Vermonters since 1967. ... In the fall of 2005, HCRS teamed up with Bread Loaf Corporation of Middlebury, Vt., to help consolidate seven of their scattered office and treatment centers into one new 30,000-square-foot facility.
Tight Bond
By Mike Sheridan
At its trendsetting Daybreak development in South Jordan, Utah, Kennecott Land (a division of Rio Tinto) was experiencing multiple — and expensive — change orders to the construction contract. Then ValleyCrest Landscape Development (VCLD) project manager Matt Mudek recommended Kennecott implement design-build ...
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Departments
Letter from the Editor
With environmental concerns at the top of many individuals’ and organizations’ priority lists, limited natural resources, incentives for environmentally friendly projects, and an overall sense of environmental responsibility, Design-Build DATELINE illustrates this month how design-build is the process behind planning, designing, and constructing sustainable projects.
Board Reflections
By Greg Gidez, AIA, DBIA, LEED AP
Legislative Update
By Cara Woodson Welch, Esq.
Vice President, Advocacy & General Counsel, DBIA
Reconstruction Fast Track
DBIA Book Club
Project Spotlight: A Quiet Success
Speed Fab-Crete was chosen as the design-build general contractor for IAM District Lodge 776, a new union hall to replace a 1950s-era structure, which consists of two buildings totaling almost 19,000 square feet. The project began in November 2005 and was completed in August 2006.
Members in the News
Projects to Watch
New Members
Perspectives: Harold Adams
In the early 1960s Harold Adams, DBIA chairman in 2005, worked as an architect for John Carl Warnecke, who ran a San Francisco architectural firm. Warnecke, himself an architect and friend of President and Mrs. Kennedy, was selected for a particular project on the north side of the White House and chose Adams as his Washington liaison.
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