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Veterans Commons in San Francisco, CA:  each apartment is outfitted with a kitchen and bathroom, which are either fully accessible or adaptable in the future
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Juvenile Detention Home Revived As Green Home for Veterans

October 30, 2013 Mignon O'Young 1

The historic landmark at 150 Otis Street in San Francisco, California has seen much in its lifetime. It was designed by architect Louis Mullgardt and built in 1916 as the City’s Juvenile Court and Detention …

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Exploratorium’s New Home Addresses Historic Preservation Design and Construction Challenges

August 4, 2011 Mignon O'Young 0

When I was working as a construction manager, I was involved with a handful of complex historic preservation projects including the conversion of a historically significant church into affordable housing (Buena Vista Terrace) for seniors …

A rendering of the Exploratorium’s future new home at Pier 15 located between the Embarcadero and the San Francisco Bay
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San Francisco Exploratorium’s New Home to Become Largest U.S. Net-Zero Energy Museum

July 7, 2011 Mignon O'Young 0

Salty air breezes off of the Bay.  Seagulls are flying about.  A six foot diameter concrete pile gets driven into the sea floor.  An energizing hum of activity reverberates throughout a waterfront construction site–the future …

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Kevin Roche’s Landmark Oakland Museum Undergoes Transformation

May 31, 2009 Tim Galvin 0

Cahill Contractors is nearing completion of the first of several phases of construction at the Oakland Museum of California.  The first phase of the renovation is scheduled to complete around the middle of June 2009.  …

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The Story of The Fireside: Green, Affordable Housing

April 27, 2009 Mignon O'Young 0

Right off of California Highway 101 and along the way to Stinson Beach, there sits a project “that could.”  It accomplished many feats over the course of its development.  As the construction manager on this …

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Urban Landscape Moves Up 15′ and Targets LEED-CI

May 26, 2009 0

On my recent trip to Calgary, Canada, I came upon the “+15”, an intricate network of more than 57 enclosed bridges elevated approximately 15 feet above street level that connect at least 100 buildings in …

The Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has achieved the Living Building Challenge for its Center for Sustainable Landscapes, as well as LEED Platinum, WELL Building Platinum, and Four Stars Sustainable SITES Initiative
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NBI’s Top 16 Getting to Zero Trends

January 26, 2016 0

Each year at the New Buildings Institute (NBI), the folks get together to discuss the most significant and potentially impactful or disruptive trends that they see coming in the commercial building and energy sectors, and …

Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group and Co-founder of the Carbon War Room
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Buildings That Follow the Sun

April 10, 2014 0

Can building floor plates rotate in response to sun movement? Sir Richard Branson seems to believe it’s possible. He recently introduced Virgin Buildings, a new generation of ultra-green skyscrapers aimed to positively change the landscape …

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