“HVAC and Lighting are the biggest power users of a building” The national average of complaints to landlords are about heating, and cooling problems is forty eight percent. Adding to that, "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) account for approximately…
After almost 35 years, Iconica’s Fehrman still learning on the job By: Jessica Stephen, Special to The Daily Reporter Scott Fehrman’s attachment to the trades started early. “My dad was a sheet metal worker,” he said. “I remember…
In our organization, over the past several months, we’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching. We talk a lot about why we do what we do. Why we design. Why we engineer. Why we build. What we do for our…
Without a doubt, everyone on our team loves one or both: designing and building. The passion shows in how we speak, how we operate, and even in what we have sitting around on our desks. Some of us have legos,…
LYou may have heard the grumblings throughout the construction industry about the difficulty in finding skilled laborers – from design all the way through construction – and the issues that this shortage causes. Challenges that have dramatically increased following the…
In our last post, we discussed why we feel so passionate about predesign. Here we take a look at some game-changing examples where clients asked us to step in and help them plan their spaces, and then we helped them…
Well-conceived architectural design allows you to create energy or instill calm, hones your operational footprint, and supports your biggest asset – your employees. It probes from every angle in order to preserve options for future business growth and change, and…
BSite Selection involves much more than where. Today we were thinking about some of the factors that go into site selection and what you should consider – especially if you’re not using the services of a broker. Cost – Obviously!…
Patients of Dr. Nicole Anderson love coming to their appointments at Artisan Dental. They appreciate the care and attention that they receive, and they also love the physical space and relaxing atmosphere. Their response is no accident. Before a single…
Today we are reflecting on 20 years of architecture, layered with engineering, entwined with interior design, corralled and completed with construction. We hesitate to call it design-build because of the misconceptions fused to that term. Over the years we’ve called it…