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BUSINESS NEWS HISTORIC LAKE BELTON HIGH SCHOOL BREAKS GROUND Students, faculty, and community supporters gathered this week for the historic ground breaking of Belton ISD’s new Lake Belton High School. The new high school will serve as the second comprehensive high school in the fast growth school district. The project is part of Belton ISD’s Roadmap to BISD 2025, a 10-year facilities master plan to provide capacity for growth through 2025. Attendees at the event included school board presidents spanning the last 38 years who witnessed the unveiling of the school mascot – the Lake Belton Broncos. The new 394,000-square-foot comprehensive high school will support 2,400 students. Key programming includes science, athletics, performing and fine arts, an auditorium, and a core learning center. To encourage 21st century learning, architectural features include Learning Communities, Think Tanks, and a Central Media Center, plus a Science Super Lab, CTE Program support, and Dispersed Dining + Service. Lake Belton High School is slated for completion in time for the 2020- 2021 school year. The design team led by O’Connell Robertson includes DLR Group, Structures, Pape Dawson, Combs Consulting Group, BAi, Schuler Shook, and Studio 1619, Foodservice Design Professionals, and Bartlett Cocke General Contractors. Earlier this year, Belton ISD held another groundbreaking to celebrate the start of construction for the new Charter Oak Elementary School. When completed for the 2019 start of classes, the new 82,300-square- foot Charter Oak Elementary School will

have capacity for 800 students. O’Connell Robertson provided architecture, MEP engineering and interior design services for that project. O’Connell Robertson is a full-service architecture and engineering firm whose mission-driven approach creates educational environments that enrich the lives of the people they were designed to serve. JQ DELIVERS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN EXPERTISE FOR GRAPEVINE MAIN DEVELOPMENT JQ announced its participation in the Grapevine Main project being developed through a public private partnership consisting of the city of Grapevine, TEX Rail, and Coury Hospitality. Grapevine Main is a $105 million multi-use transit-oriented development located at 815 South Main Street in the historic downtown district of Grapevine, Texas. JQ’s engagement included the structural engineering design of a four story mixed-use building with a grand hall that will consist of food and retail outlets, office and meeting space; a six-story, 120- room boutique hotel; a train station; and a 38,000 square-foot outdoor public plaza. The crown jewel of the development is the 140-foot tall clock tower and observation deck. All of these elements are tied together in an architectural style reminiscent of 19th century metropolitan train depots and public markets. Says JQ Partner John Hoenig, PE, LEED AP, “We are honored to be working on this project with the city of Grapevine and Architexas , the lead project architect, both of whom we have worked with on multiple projects before. It’s very exciting to be involved in a project

that blends the past with the future,” adds Hoenig. JQ’s decades-long experience in historic preservation and adaptive reuse of public and commercial properties enabled the firm to engineer a modern structure that conveys the aesthetic character of historic buildings. According to Hoenig, some of the more interesting and challenging engineering design elements of the project included the 140 foot clock tower; the 65 foot span exposed historic arched trusses within the station and an outdoor rooftop terrace, along with replicating historic structural detailing. The innovative P3 project delivery method added an additional layer of contractual complexity. Grapevine Main will be the signature southern gateway into downtown. The TEXRail station will offer rail transit to downtown Fort Worth and to DFW International Airport. The Hotel Vin will be owned and operated by Coury Hospitality under the Autograph Collection by Marriott. Manhattan Construction Company is the project’s general contractor, and construction is scheduled for completion in late 2019. Founded in 1984, JQ provides structural and civil engineering, geospatial, and facility performance services throughout the southern United States. The firm is considered a leader in engineering design innovation and technology to support its complex, multi-state and multi-market projects. Nationally, JQ has been recognized as a Best Place to Work and as a Hot Firm by Zweig Group. JQ has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, and San Antonio.

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view of what the firm’s ultimate goal is. It should be clear how the firm will get to its goal, what are the check points along the way to reinforce that the organization is going in the right direction, and how all individuals and teams play a part in that organizational journey. “Are you an organization that recognizes what the shifting needs of the millennial generation are, recognize general frustrations, promise to change them, and then do all but implement such change? For young people, this will obliterate trust.” These three recommendations, which I will talk about in more depth moving forward, are not just about making life with millennials easier. They also happen to light the path for today’s organizations in a rapidly changing and hyper- competitive business landscape. BRENDEN SHERRER is a consultant with Zweig Group’s M&A services. He can be reached at bsherrer@zweiggroup.com.

a response that has an expectation of execution attached to it. Token requests are not enough; it is better to not ask for in- put at all if it consistently appears that inclusion is a nuisance or a mere formality. 2) Become comfortable with the chaos that choice brings. Choice is needed if you want to truly get the best out of our genera- tion. It is my experience that leaders who label our generation lazy tend to be leaders who are the least adaptable operation- ally, the least able or willing to communicate up and down the organizational chart, and the least capable of gathering con- sensus in an organization. “Because that’s how it’s been done” and “Because I said so” are sometimes truly the response employees need to hear and that must be accepted. But the frivolous use of these phrases or approaches will drive down efficiency, retention, growth, and scalability. Choice, even though it can be messy, opens up endless possibilities. 3) Last and possibly the most important, is path and purpose. It is imperative for young people to know the path and thus the purpose of not only their place in an organization, but also the organization’s place in its industry. If you don’t know these things, you will die a slow death. This takes thoughtful- ness, a unique awareness of all personnel, and a clear-eyed

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