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AMS CAD + CAFM Solutions Offers Webinar on Leveraging Technology for the Transition Back to the Workplace
AMS CAD + CAFM Solutions is offering a webinar on a Phase One approach to leveraging technology to assist in the gradual transition back to the workplace. "How Technology Can Help Transition Back to the Workplace" will review areas of planning an initial return of employees to the workplace and how technology can assist in many areas from seating for social distancing to hoteling and hardware.
Virginia Tech Plans First Academic Building on Alexandria Innovation Campus
Virginia Tech is planning to break ground in fall of 2021 on the first academic building on its Innovation Campus in Alexandria. Designed by SmithGroup, the 300,000-gsf facility will offer experiential learning environments, maker spaces, flexible multipurpose venues, and research and testing labs for the school's graduate programs in computer science and engineering. The sustainably designed structure will feature a façade with integrated photovoltaic panels, a rooftop solar array, and geothermal and sewage water energy exchange technologies.
Project Management Certification Courses Enable Contractors to Boost Skills During Downtime
General contractors and construction management firms are taking advantage of enforced downtime to train workers in new skills and technologies. Barton Malow is based in Southfield, Michigan, where a statewide order has halted construction on most projects. The company is leveraging the shutdown as an opportunity for employees to pursue project management certification and other qualifications.
Ohio University Constructs Osteopathic Medical Education Facility
Ohio University is constructing the $65 million Heritage Hall in Athens. Designed by Perkins+Will and DesignGroup, the three-story, 120,000-sf building will provide the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (HCOM) with flexible environments for team-based learning to support the school's groundbreaking Pathways to Health and Wellness curriculum.
Price Industries' Air Filtration Systems Mitigate Airborne SARS-CoV-2
Price Industries is significantly increasing production of its air filtration systems in response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Instantly creating a negative-pressure isolation room, the company's fan filter unit can draw airborne virus out through a biosafety filter for expulsion through the building's exhaust vent or directly to the outside. The units can dramatically reduce airborne virus in healthcare environments such as nursing stations and temporary hospitals, and can even be used in hotel rooms that have been repurposed as care facilities.