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BUSINESS NEWS CH2M TEAM SELECTED BY THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO SECURE RESILIENT WATERFRONT FOR THE FUTURE The Port of San Francisco has selected CH2M , a leading program management firm and provider of global maritime engineering and coastal resiliency services, in partnership with Arcadis, a global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, to lead the design and engineering for the 10-year, $40 million Seawall Resiliency Project. This monumental urban coastline initiative will reduce the seismic and flood vulnerability of San Francisco’s 3.5-mile long Embarcadero seawall and associated infrastructure. Once shallow tidelands, the City’s waterfront now supports a bustling economic engine, a treasured public space and international destination and home to critical regional and utility infrastructure in need of protection. “A living-with-water approach that directly integrates water infrastructure into the urban and natural environment is central to the project,” said Patrick King, CH2M global ports andmaritime director. “The Port’s proactive and innovative strategy for managing the waterfront vulnerabilities will improve safety, resiliency and flood management, while integrating various projects into a comprehensive program designed to meet San Francisco’s needs for the next century.” The CH2M team, which includes more than 20 key and local subconsultants, will provide all the requisite planning, coastal modelling, engineering and environmental services. Utilizing a robust, multi-hazard risk analysis approach, the team will work with the Port to develop a prioritized, actionable capital plan for the waterfront to prevent, mitigate or manage storm and sea-level rise induced flooding. Added CH2M City Account Manager
Summer Bundy, “The ultimate result will be a unique community waterfront – from Fisherman’s Wharf down to Mission Creek – that preserves and enhances the City’s rich maritime history, improves disaster readiness, enhances ecosystem function and maintains San Francisco’s position as one of the most vibrant and viable urban landscapes in the world.” NORTHRIDGE CAPITAL AND INSITE PROPERTIES BREAK GROUND ON THE REFINERY IN CHARLOTTE, NC Northridge Capital, LLC, announced its partnership with Charlotte, NC-based developer Insite Properties and ground- breaking on The Refinery, a 107,000 square foot Class-A creative office and retail project located in the dynamic Midtown submarket at 1213 West Morehead Street in Charlotte, NC. As a gateway to the Freemore West neighborhood and directly across from the I-77 off-ramp, the Refinery will revive a highly visible site walkable to some of the City’s most popular restaurants. BB+M Architecture has been tapped as the architect, LandDesign is the civil engineer and Edifice Construction is the general contractor. The Refinery is slated to deliver in fall 2018. Featuring smart building technology, the “industrial modern” building is designed for companies seeking a creative and inspiring environment. The Refinery will have a total of five floors with four upper levels of 22,500 square-foot efficient floorplates over first- floor retail. The Refinery will offer panoramic views of the Queen City’s skyline and a rooftop amenity that will provide additional outdoor meeting/gathering space for tenants, visitors and guests with vast views of the Queen City, including Bank of America Stadium. The Refinery’s location at the Morehead
Street exit off I-77 is in the highly sought-after South End/Midtown submarket and is an easy walk to a number of restaurants in the Freemore West neighborhood, popular bars, retail and exercise concepts. It is a true “live/ work/play neighborhood” less than half a mile from Uptown Charlotte and a short walk to Irwin Creek and Stewart Creek Greenways. The Refinery will include free parking in a 350-space parking deck built for tenants and visitors. It will also provide electric vehicle charging stations, interior bike storage, private showers and locker rooms on the first floor, and a tenant friendly gathering space in the main lobby. “We are delighted to partner with Insite on development of The Refinery project,” said David Jackson, President of Northridge Capital. “This venture represents an expansion of our ongoing relationship with Insite and our commitment to this dynamic submarket.” David Etemadi, VP, Acquisitions at Northridge, added “We are thrilled to close on our financing and immediately begin construction on a Project that takes design cues from the rich historic and creative feel of Freemore West with state-of-the-art, Class A office amenities. Furthermore, with a Class A direct office vacancy rate below 5 percent in Midtown, we believe there is demand for this much-needed product.” “We are pleased to start work on The Refinery, bringing much needed creative Class A office and retail space to the rapidly developing West Morehead corridor,” said Jay Blanton, Founder and Managing Principal of Insite Properties. “The Refinery will offer an adaptive re-use feel with the features and amenities of brand new construction that will both redefine and blend into the diverse and ever-changing face of West Morehead and further solidify it as a new hot spot in the Queen City.”
that’s not bad. I know also that our clients hold us to a higher standard. We can’t sacrifice quality under any circumstances, but we must adapt and evolve. To quote Bob Dylan, “The times, they are a changin’!” Happy 2018! JOSEPH VISCUSO is Pennoni’s senior vice president and director of strategic growth. He can be reached at jviscuso@pennoni.com. “Pennoni has embraced an “all-in” approach when it comes to innovation. Today’s technology is almost impossible to keep up with, making it even more important to implement and track. We follow the trends; we implement smarter technology at every turn.”
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used to or you can embrace the differences in work prefer- ences and routines. Once you start to adapt and manage their differences, your employees and business will thrive. For an industry where we will need to hire and train new talent, it will pay dividends if you understand how to inspire and moti- vate across all age groups. 4)Manage clients’ evolving expectations. Just as your workforce is changing, so are your clients. They are receiv- ing information and data in a much different way than they did even five years ago from every direction, including your competition. As an industry we must acknowledge how our deliverables need to change in both form and substance. Re- fer back to my first resolution: innovation and technology are changing exponentially. A two-dimensional blueprint is like delivering your plans by horse-drawn carriage. Clients want information in the easiest-to-decipher format and they want it sooner than yesterday. I know we tend to be perfectionists. For what we do,
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