As I mentioned in a previous post, my goal was to post weekly about my CSC Principles of Construction Documentation Course. I stopped because I couldn’t keep up with everything I had on my plate over the spring term (I can’t believe May is next week). I will post my unbiased (because my marks aren’t … Continue reading »
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CSC: Principles of Construction Documentation Course – Modules 2 & 3a
As I mentioned in a previous post, I am discussing what I’m learning in my CSC Principles of Construction Documentation course. In our second week of classes, we’ve learned about the responsibilities and roles of the people involved, and about bid documents. I have to say the CSC course information is pretty useful for general … Continue reading »
CSC: Principles of Construction Documentation Course – First Week
As I mentioned in a previous post, I would discuss what I’m learning in my CSC Principles of Construction Documentation course. In our first week of classes, our modules covered both ethics , and the history and new developments in specification writing. Because I’m taking the course, I’m not sure how much I should ethically … Continue reading »
CSC: Principles of Construction Documentation
I spent 8.5 years in school* learning how to be an architect; learning how to design, and mostly learning what a long road ahead of me I had in the field. I am at the end of 3.5 years logging hours to get licensed; I have completed my NCARB ARE exams (7, including one that … Continue reading »
Lessons Learned: Providence Newberg Medical Center
Facilities Net has a project profile on the Providence Newberg Medical Center, revisiting it as the first LEED Gold Hospital in the US. The study is in 6 Parts: Part 1: Revisiting The Performance Of First LEED Gold Hospital Part 2: Hospital Design Team Focuses On Computer-Generated Models Part 3: Hospital Operates On 100 Percent Renewables, Sells Power … Continue reading »
Can Technology Help with Alzheimer’s?
I follow a LinkedIn group called the ‘AIA Academy of Architecture for Health’ (AAH), and through it I discovered the organization The Institute for Patient-Centered Design, Inc, which publishes a newsletter called Perspectives for design professionals and patients. May 2011′s newsletter contains an interesting article entitled ‘Simple Technology Makes a Huge Impact,’ which focuses on the Simple C Companion. … Continue reading »
Contaminated Drywall
Imagine for a moment, you have a brand new home, or renovation. You move in, and those familiar smells are there: plastic, paint, rotten eggs. You think you just need to get used to the “new home smell” and begin building your life there. Now imagine not only do you have to get used to … Continue reading »
Hands-free Taps and Bacteria
Yesterday, an article caught my attention in the Toronto Star; a study done at John Hopkins Hospital found more bacteria in hands-free faucet models than in manual ones. The electronic faucets have been replaced. I find this study fascinating. According to the article: “the bacteria is able to grow in this one style of faucet because … Continue reading »
