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BUSINESS NEWS RUSSELL AND DAWSON’S ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR BROWARD COUNTY’S JUDICIAL COMPLEX ACHIEVED LEED GOLD CERTIFICATION Singer Architects, Inc. , a Russell and Dawson company, has announced that Broward County Judicial Complex, located at 540 SE 3rd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been awarded LEED Gold certification established by the United States Green Building Council. Russell and Dawson provided full architectural design services for the full renovation of Broward County Judicial Complex in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The full renovation project of the Broward County Judicial Complex Midrise office building started in 2015 and was awarded LEED Gold certification on October 30, 2018. This four-story facility is spread in the area of 64,000 square feet and serves as a critical support facility to courthouse tower and its associated services. This newly renovated complex now facilitates state attorney’s, public defender’s offices, Broward sheriff’s office, a wedding chapel, clerk of courts, offices for public records and child support Enforcement. “It’s a matter of immense pride for us as the design consultant for Broward County’s Judicial Complex to achieve the LEED Gold rating and received full score for the innovation in the design category,” said Chirag Thaker, president of Singer Architects, Inc. He continued: “We are dedicated to creating more and more green and sustainable designs. On this occasion, I would like to congratulate Construction Management Division of Broward County and all the companies involved in this project.”

Singer Architects, Inc. (a Russell and Dawson company) collaboratively worked with following companies for this project: ❚ ❚ MEP engineer: Delta G Consulting Engineers, Inc. ❚ ❚ LEED consultant: Spinnaker Group ❚ ❚ Landscape Architecture: Architectural Alliance Landscape ❚ ❚ Structural Engineer: S&F Engineers, Inc. ❚ ❚ Civil Engineers: Flynn Engineering Services, P.A. ❚ ❚ Cost Estimating: CMS ❚ ❚ Contractor: James B. Pirtle Construction Company, Inc. ❚ ❚ COBIE Consultant: Applied Software (ASTI) Since 1964, Singer Architects has been offering its clients a consistent commitment to excellence in both the design work it produces and the relationship it has with the community. Timeless design rather than fashionable or trendy appearance, based on function, culture, and constructability remain the firm’s objective. The firm has received more than 50 awards for design excellence and has been published in all major U.S. architectural journals as well as in Japan and Belgium. Russell and Dawson is a client-first architectural design, engineering, and construction services firm based out of Hartford, Connecticut. Since 1965, Russell and Dawson has created more than 100 million square feet of space with trust and creativity through the execution of more than 10,000 projects across various sectors.

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company), as long as you will allow us to.” Most good people won’t tolerate an environ- ment of limited opportunity. Growth creates excitement and pushes people into roles where they have to develop new skills. And it also ensures that the company will be add- ing new people from the outside, each bringing new skills, contacts, and perspectives that can help the company adapt to a changing world. 4)Good design is worth a lot. Don’t give your time away. We have to continue to work hard to get clients and the public at-large to understand the difference between design- ers and builders – and that we in the AEC business (for the most part) are the ones who figure out exactly what is going to be built, whatever it is. Not contractors. And our expertise is valuable. The right design functions better, lasts longer, is cheaper to build and maintain, and looks better. All really important stuff! So don’t sell your services too cheaply. Good people cost a lot. Overhead is high. We need money to keep up with tech- nology and money to market ourselves. 5)Architects and engineers have got to learn more about construction costs. It’s go- ing to be our Achilles’ heel if we stay on this path of ignorance. Our lack of knowledge on cost is where contractors make us look bad to clients. All of our people need to better understand what it costs to build. And times are changing quickly. Materials and labor have gone up. A lot. I could go on but I’m out of space. You’ll hear from me again next week! MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s chairman and founder. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.

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