SUGAR GROVEThe Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday heard from Thad Gleason, owner of Gleason Architects P.C., as he presented a senior living development plan for Senescent Healthcare, LLC of Lincolnshire.

Gleason Architects P.C., an architectural company located in Sugar Grove, has extensive experience in services for health care facilities.

Gleason explained the details surrounding the new proposed Sugar Grove senior living apartment, which will be located at the southwest corner of Division Drive and Park Avenue.

This will be a assisted living care facility with a memory care component, Gleason said. Its not a nursing home. There are 71 units on 74,000 square feet on a 23-acre lot. Residents will receive three meals a day and will have access to exercise programs, laundry services, social activities, transportation services, a hair salon, clinic/medical office and more. Bathing, dressing, and 24-hour security are included.

According to Gleason, there are a number of rooms included within the facility, such as a dining room, bistro and coffee shop area, commercial kitchen, laundry service room, movie theater, spa, activity room, multi-purpose room and more.

The parking lot of the senior living apartment and its number of parking spots was a topic of discussion during the board meeting.

Parking is generally for guests and employees since residents dont drive, Gleason said.

Village Board trustee Rick Montalto brought up his concern about limited parking at the facility.

Im concerned about the parking situation, Montalto said. I can see people needing cars. With visitors on holidays, getting service people and ambulance people in and out, Im concerned there isnt enough parking spots when you go down to 40 spots.

Community Development Director Walter Magdziarz explained the reasoning behind what could be a limited amount of parking spots.

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The European-designed lunar shelter is printed with rubble and binding agent.

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Concrete printing in 3D has a future in the near term, with commercial applications coming in a couple of years, predict researchers in the U.K.

Richard Buswell, senior lecturer in building-services engineering at Loughborough University, spent four years on a team developing a computer-controlled process for producing complicated concrete elements not possible by traditional means. The $2-million project, completed in 2011, produced a series of 1-meter-sq, curved panels with internal voids, made with high-strength mortar extruded and placed with a three-axis frame.

Buswell's team now aims to increase production by mounting the printer head on a seven-axis robotic arm. They are seeking a commercial industrial partner, he says.

Co-researcher and architectural firm Foster + Partners, London, has studied 3D printing for a decade, says associate director Xavier de Kestelier. He represented Foster on a European Space Agency project, completed last year, designing a shelter for lunar travellers. It comprises a load-bearing dome of impact-resistant cellular concrete.

The ESA team printed a 3,300-lb test block of figured concrete using "D-Shape" technology, owned by Dinitech S.p.A., Pisa, Italy.

In lunar use, printers would place layers of regoliththe dust and broken rock on the moon's surfaceon an inflatable formwork while injecting it with a liquid binder of undisclosed composition. De Kestelier now wants to bring the technology "back to Earth." Like Buswell, he also believes 3D concrete printing will soon find commercial uses.

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SANTA FE >> New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell announced Tuesday that bids will be taken for a commercial lease for developing a 50-megawatt solar array, which will be located on 640 acres of State Trust Land in Doa Ana County, about 6.4 miles west of Santa Teresa.

The utility-scale plant would be as large as the existing 50-megawatt Macho Springs solar plant in Luna County, which is also located on State Trust Land, according to a news release from Powell's office. Once complete, the proposed plant would generate enough clean energy to power more than 18,000 average New Mexico homes.

"This solar power project potentially could provide 300 jobs during the construction phase, which is a huge boost to New Mexico's ailing construction industry," Powell said. "Also, it will provide a constant stream of revenue for our public schools, universities, and hospitals and additional clean energy supplies."

Other potential benefits of the project to the local and regional economy include millions of dollars in direct and indirect economic benefits, as well as 10 to 20 permanent operations and maintenance jobs when the solar plant is completed. Additionally, bids for developing what will be the state's largest solar array, to be located on 2,770 acres of State Trust Land in Otero County about three The proposed utility scale plant would generate 150 megawatts of electricity which is three times as large as Macho Springs, the state's largest existing solar plant. The proposed plant would generate enough clean energy to power more than 54,000 average New Mexico homes.

"This solar project could provide up to a 1,000 jobs during the construction phase, which is a huge boost to New Mexico's ailing construction industry ... as well as 30 to 40 permanent operations and maintenance jobs when the solar plant is completed."

The advertisement for bids began on Oct. 10 and will run for a 10-week period, in which time interested bidders will need to submit applications in order to qualify to bid at the public auction. The auction for the development lease will be held on Jan. 5, 2015 at the Doa Ana County Courthouse and the Otero County Courthouse.

More information about the lease process can be found on the New Mexico State Land Office website at http://www.nmstatelands.org or by contacting Will Consuegra with the Commercial Resources Division in Santa Fe at 505-827-1252 or at wconsuegra@slo.state.nm.us

LAS CRUCES >> MountainView Regional Medical Center has reached a long-term agreement with Humana Inc. to provide in-network health care benefits to members of Humana's Medicare Advantage health plans.

The agreement will allow Humana members in-network benefit coverage to the comprehensive range of health care services provided at the 168-bed MountainView Regional Medical Center including inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic imaging, and emergency, medical and surgical services.

The in-network coverage extends to members of Humana's Medicare Advantage Preferred Provider Organization and Private-Fee-for-Service health plans.

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Cushman & Wakefield -5/8 NorthMarq, a Bloomington-based property management firm, has been awarded the contract for managing Birch Run Station Shopping Center, Maplewood.

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WCG Minneapolis, a member of W20 Group, a network of complementary integrated marketing and communications firms, has hired Mac Smith as director in analytics. Scott Shadiow of WCG San Francisco, will become director of health care practice at WCG Minneapolis. ... Gage, a Minneapolis-based engagement marketing firm, has hired Mark Brown as management supervisor.

AGRIBUSINESS

Cargill Inc., Wayzata, has named Sarena Lin president of the company's global compound feed business unit, replacing Joe Stone, who has become leader of the animal nutrition platform, which is made up of the company's compound feed business unit and premix business unit.

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St. Paul-based engineering firm Ultieg, has hired Bethany Sanders as a project coordinator in the project management group.

CONSTRUCTION

Knutson Construction has been named the construction manager for Cleveland Public School, Cleveland, Minn., working with I+S Group, a Mankato architectural and engineering firm, to design and build an educational facility for the Cleveland School District.

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Houston, Texas (PRWEB) October 18, 2014

Architectural products supplier Wade Architectural Systems recently announced its intention to attend the Greenbuild Expo. The trade fair will take place in New Orleans on October 22-23, 2014.

The Greenbuild Expo is part of the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, which will hold in Louisiana's largest city between the 22nd and 24th of October. Greenbuild, which is organized by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is reputed as the world's largest conference-and-expo event dedicated to green building. At Greenbuild industry leaders, experts, and professionals get to meet and exchange ideas on how to propel green construction trends.

Greenbuild 2014 will host more than 800 exhibiting companies at the Expo Hall, which will be the center hub of activity for the event. The Expo Hall is split into five pavilions, which are designated according to the categorization of the companies' products and services. The 500 Mile Pavilion is for exhibitors that are based within 500 miles of New Orleans, the Concrete Pavilion is for exhibitors specializing in concrete materials, the Wood Pavilion is for those specializing in wood materials, the Residential Pavilion is for residential sustainability, and the Net Zero Pavilion is the one fully powered by on-site alternative energy generation and distribution.

With a strong focus on residential products, Wade Architectural Systems will most likely be based at the Residential Pavilion. One of the most foremost architecture material suppliers in the Houston metro area within the past two decades, the company provides a vast array of products. They include metal panels, grilles, roofing and roof decks, fire and explosion vents, rainwater systems, and ceiling and wall surfaces.

About Wade Architectural Systems: Wade Architectural Systems has been supplying interior and exterior architectural metal products to residential and commercial clients in the Houston and Dallas metropolitan areas since the father-and-son team of Lisle and Bill Wade founded it in 1988. The company is a retailer of architectural brands that include Centria, Construction Specialties, Dri-Design, Proclad, VMZINC, and Wikinson. Wade Architectural Systems' latest projects include Galveston Fire Station No. 4, the Council on Alcohol and Drugs in Houston, SYSCO Foods Headquarters, NASA Building 20 at the Johnson Space Center, and the Agricultural & Life Sciences Complex at the Texas A&M University. The company is located at 1803 Humble Place Drive, Humble, TX 77338. Customers can call Wade Architectural Systems by dialing 281-852-7900 or 1-888-952-5059, or they can send an email to wade(at)wadearch(dot)com. The website for Wade Architectural Systems is http://www.wadearch.com.

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Reamstown, Pa. (PRWEB) October 17, 2014

DORMA Americas, a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium access solutions and services, will be exhibiting at the 2014 NeoCon East show in Baltimore, Md., October 29-30 (Booth #2265).

DORMA will host attendees in a 10x20 booth outfitted with the DORMAs SoftClose sliding glass door. The SoftClose sliding doors provide a sophisticated touch by controlling and regulating closing speed-preventing the door from slamming or traveling too quickly

Known as the premier design exposition and conference for commercial interiors on the East Coast, NeoCon East features the largest concentration of products and services under GSA's Multiple Awards Schedules Program. DORMAs presence is a natural extension of the companys commitment to providing architects, designers, and builders with wide range of high-quality architectural productsa commitment epitomized by the opening of the DORMA Design Center in New York City in 2012.

SoftClose is an available enhancement for DORMA Interior Glass Wall System, which bring the benefits of glass to the workplacetransparency, daylighting, versatility, efficiency, space saving, and low cost of ownership. The wall systems come in a range of sleek but resilient minimalist designs and configurations.

The show floor is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 29, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 30 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

About DORMA DORMA is a leading global manufacturer of premium access solutions and services that enable better buildings. A full range of products and services provides safety and security as well as convenience and comfort. DORMA features a design oriented portfolio of architectural door hardware, specialty hardware for glass door and wall applications, door automation systems including Crane Revolving Doors, and operable wall systems featuring Modernfold. Strategic partnerships with technology innovators RCI and Farpointe Data extend DORMAs portfolio of electromechanical access control products and systems, and strengthens the presence of both firms in the North American market. DORMA is an international market leader with innovative and inspiring design and technologies for access solutions and services.

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In 2012, knowledge intensive (KI) services industries--business, finance and information--produced $3.4 trillion in value-added output, more than one-fifth of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), and employed 18 million workers. Data are from a new report released today by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.

KI services industries and the smaller high-technology (HT) manufacturing industries--aerospace, communications, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments and semiconductors--make up commercial knowledge and technology-intensive (KTI) industries. KI services industries employed 18 million workers and produced 22 percent of GDP. HT manufacturing industries employed 2 million workers and produced 2 percent of GDP in 2012.

KTI industries have a particularly strong link to science and technology and perform three-fourths of U.S. business research and development, an important source of innovation and economic growth.

Employment in KTI industries represented 15 percent of the U.S. workforce in 2012, with workers performing activities such as manufacturing, computer systems design, architectural and engineering, data processing, radio and television broadcasting hosting and other related services. A complete list can be found in the NCSES report.

The report also finds wages for U.S. commercial KTI industries workers are much higher than they are in other industries. In 2011, the average salaries of KI services industries and HT manufacturing industries were more than $20,000 higher than the private-sector average. However, average salaries vary widely among individual commercial KI services and HT manufacturing industries.

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18 Million Workers Produced More Than One-fifth of U.S. Gross Domestic Product in 2012

KTI industries have a particularly strong link to science and technology and perform three-fourths of U.S. business research and development, an important source of innovation and economic growth.

Employment in KTI industries represented 15 percent of the U.S. workforce in 2012, with workers performing activities such as manufacturing, computer systems design, architectural and engineering, data processing, radio and television broadcasting hosting and other related services. A complete list can be found in the NCSES report.

The report also finds wages for U.S. commercial KTI industries workers are much higher than they are in other industries. In 2011, the average salaries of KI services industries and HT manufacturing industries were more than $20,000 higher than the private-sector average. However, average salaries vary widely among individual commercial KI services and HT manufacturing industries.

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Carol Stream, IL (PRWEB) October 06, 2014

Construction companies that have identified the right technology solution will find success. And this past Friday, companies that have done just that were named 2014 Vision Award winners by Constructech magazine. This year, these winners and their solution providers gathered at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay in California, following Technology Day.

The Constructech Vision Awards acknowledge companies that have stayed up-to-date on the latest trends and products in order to make decisions that have helped their businesses succeed and thrive.

Companies eligible to submit for this competition include residential construction, commercial, and heavy construction businesses, professionals in all trades, architectural and engineering firms, corporate owners, facility management companies, government agencies, and land developers.

From commercial to residential, owner to contractor, there is one point they can all agree on: It is all about the data. How do you harness it? What insights can it provide on a job? How can it make a company more profitable? said Peggy Smedley, editorial director, Constructech. The 2014 Vision Award winners have found ways to answer these questions, and it can be seen in their success.

The winners of the 2014 Constructech Vision Awards are:

Builder/GC Commercial $26 million to $100 million Gold: OHL-FCC Limited Partnership Aconex Ltd.

Silver: SeamlessCare Inc. HTS Inc.

Bronze: Duffey Southeast Inc. Citrix Systems, Inc.

Builder/GC Commercial $101 million to $250 million Gold: M. J. Harris Construction Services, LLC Bluebeam Software, Inc. Trimble Navigation Limited

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When Ken Griffin, the director of IT operations for Harvard Business Publishing, warned his staff, 12 months from now, those servers are being switched off, his message was crystal cleartheres no going back, learn the cloud or step aside.

Top management at Harvard Business Publishing, a nonprofit subsidiary of Harvard University that publishes management learning materials, decided in 2012 to go all-in on the cloud. We dont want to replace hardware anymore, Griffin said.

The company is now two years into a three-year plan to move all of its operations, consisting of more than 70 applications used by about 650 employees and contributors, to the cloud. Griffin shared some of the lessons he and his team learned on the journey at the Interop New York conference this week.

Moving to the cloud is more complicated than a simple lift-and-shift approach of copying software and data over to the hosted service, Griffin said. Organizations should be open to change, he said. The most efficient way to do something in the cloud may involve a radically different approach than doing it in-house.

Some of the migrations were fairly easy, such as moving mail services to Office365. Griffin was surprised how many cloud services employees were already using before the official decision to move operations. Employees were using Jive, Jira, Dropbox and a variety of commercial consumer and enterprise services.

The base infrastructure, built on Amazon Web Services (AWS), required more planning, though. Initially, Harvard Business Publishing had planned to replicate AWS infrastructure services in the on-premises systems and not make any architectural changes. This approach quickly proved to be inefficient.

Today, there are no Web servers in Harvard Business Publishings cloud operations. Content is served directly from Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3), and delivery can be auto-scaled as demand waxes and wanes.

With AWS architecture is key, Griffin said. Poor cloud-system design means that you will be in a world of pain, Griffin warned.

AWS can provide organizations a fair bit of help to transition to the cloud. Griffin advised getting a professional support subscription and then letting AWS know how much your organization plans to spend. Once Griffin indicated that Harvard Business Publishing could spend up to US$50,000 a year running operations on AWS, Amazon made sure its questions were answered.

While the technology may need rethinking, Griffin found the biggest challenge was getting existing IT staff to move to a cloud mindset.

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