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BUSINESS NEWS SVA ARCHITECTS MOVES TO LARGER SAN DIEGO OFFICE SVA Architects announced that the firm has signed a long-term lease in San Diego County, expanding its southernmost office significantly. Centrally located at 3394 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite 120, SVA’s new office will offer the firm ample space to accommodate current projects and team members while actively recruiting exceptional new talent. Robert Simons, AIA, president of SVA Architects, states, “It’s been a very exciting season of growth at SVA. This summer, the Santa Ana office also moved to a larger space. And shortly prior to that, our Oakland office moved to a larger, very modern space in the Uptown District.” SVA’s San Diego office is led by Lori Ichisaka, senior associate partner. A force in the architecture field for 35 years, Ichisaka has led a variety of projects, from commercial office buildings to high-density multi-family. Ichisaka and her team have been responsible for some of San Diego’s most impactful communities, including: ❚ ❚ Comm 22 ❚ ❚ San Diego State University South Campus Plaza, winner of: ❚ ❚ 2017 Gold Nugget Merit Award ❚ ❚ Celadon at 9th and Broadway, winner of: ❚ ❚ 2016 ULI Global Award for Excellence
❚ ❚ 2016 Multifamily Executive Grand Award ❚ ❚ 2016 Ruby Award ❚ ❚ BUILDER Magazine ’s 2014 Builder’s Choice Grand Award Currently underway for SVA’s San Diego team is the new San Ysidro Public Library, a source of pride for the local community and a significant investment in that region. Ernesto Vasquez, FAIA, CEO of SVA Architects, states, “As a firm, we believe in creating sustainable and forward-thinking environments. We are putting our philosophy into practice by moving the San Diego team to a space that will better equip them to meet clients’ needs for the long-term.” Founded in 2003, SVA Architects has become one of the country’s most innovative and respected design and planning organizations. The award-winning firm specializes in urban planning, architecture, and interior design of public, private, and mixed-use projects. Among the firm’s portfolio are civic, educational, residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments. The company is headquartered in Santa Ana with offices in Oakland, San Diego, and Honolulu. WOODSIDE SELECTS JACOBS TO DELIVER BROWNFIELDS ENGINEERING AND PROCUREMENT SERVICES Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded a three-year outline agreement from Woodside Energy Limited to provide brownfields engineering and procurement services for the Karratha Gas
Plant in Western Australia. The KGP is one of the most advanced integrated gas production systems in the world, servicing Australia’s largest oil and gas development, the North West Shelf Project. “We are pleased to extend our relationship with Woodside. Our proven track record of delivering long-term brownfields sustaining capital programs across the world ideally positions us to support the entire program life cycle for Woodside’s Karratha Gas Plant,” said Jacobs Energy, Chemicals and Resources President Vinayak Pai. “Our experience in program management and commitment to continuous improvement and digital solutions will help ensure Woodside’s program is a success.” In addition to this sustaining capital contract, Jacobs has been delivering engineering and consulting services to Woodside across its portfolio of assets in Western Australia. Woodside, headquartered in Perth, is one of Australia’s leading LNG operators and the country’s largest independent oil and gas company. Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With $15 billion in fiscal 2018 revenue and a talent force of more than 80,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services including scientific, technical, professional, and construction- and program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government, and infrastructure sectors.
❚ ❚ 2016 ULI Healthy Places Award ❚ ❚ 2016 Gold Nugget Grand Award
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New York Yankees fans are less likely to receive positive feedback from clients. (Just kidding on that last one). We all have some form of implicit bias, the challenge is what to do about it. I read a really great article in Quartz at Work by Lily Zheng. She said, “What I’ve realized is that implicit bias training, the way many professionals offer it, has a framing problem. Bias isn’t like an upset stomach that an individual can take an antacid to fix; it’s a chronic issue that affects entire organizations, industries, and even societies. Individuals have racist, sexist, and homophobic biases because our families, schools, workplaces, and popular culture are racist, sexist, and homophobic. The outcome of any implicit bias training shouldn’t be to cure people’s bias or make them more objective – it should be to make people bias-aware.” So what can you do? Help your organization commit to framing diversity and inclusion in a positive light. Examine your own biases and try to be accountable. If you’re ever in doubt, get a different perspective. Don’t be afraid to talk about it! CHRISTINA ZWEIG NIEHUES is Zweig Group’s director of marketing. She can be reached at czweig@zweiggroup.com.
from a resume and evaluate your thoughts on the eligibility of an applicant, then repeat with the name added. Although it’s most often thought of in recruiting situations, if you’re a decision maker of any kind in your firm, implicit bias is something that may be present in almost every choice you make, from setting salaries to promotions, to negotiating project fees. “Implicit bias refers to the attitudes that affect our understanding, action, and decisions unconsciously. It’s something that is deep in our subconscious and encompasses both favorable and unfavorable associations.” There’s a lot of debate surrounding Harvard University’s Implicit Associations Test, but it’s an interesting exercise in self-understanding. Experiments do prove that implicit bias is real. The American Sociological Review found that white applicants get about 50 percent more call backs than black applicants with the same resume. Obese children are more likely to be assumed as unintelligent than slim ones.
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