Friday, December 19, 2008
Check out our progress 24/7
Our friends at Butz/Burkey Construction have installed a webcam atop the Goggleworks. Now, you can watch the progress of our building project 24/7. To check it out, click here.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Congratulations Bill
It's probably no surprise that the people involved in the design of our building are involved in other community issues as well.
This week, Berks Women in Crisis presented The Voices for Change Award to Bill Vitale of Designworks, the local architect for our building. The award is presented annually to one or more individuals or organizations whose work has made a significant contribution to further the mission of Berks Women in Crisis: to provide supportive services for victims and eliminate domestic and sexual violence in Berks County.
Bill has been a supporter of and done work for BWIC for over twenty years, including the design of The Emma Lazarus Place, BWIC’s long-term transitional housing complex and Emma’s Place, the agency’s child development center, built in 1999. Currently, Bill is working on preliminary plans for a new BWIC facility that will bring most of the agency’s services together under one roof.
Congratulations Bill.
This week, Berks Women in Crisis presented The Voices for Change Award to Bill Vitale of Designworks, the local architect for our building. The award is presented annually to one or more individuals or organizations whose work has made a significant contribution to further the mission of Berks Women in Crisis: to provide supportive services for victims and eliminate domestic and sexual violence in Berks County.
Bill has been a supporter of and done work for BWIC for over twenty years, including the design of The Emma Lazarus Place, BWIC’s long-term transitional housing complex and Emma’s Place, the agency’s child development center, built in 1999. Currently, Bill is working on preliminary plans for a new BWIC facility that will bring most of the agency’s services together under one roof.
Congratulations Bill.
BCTV
Don't forget to watch the archived versions of Heidi Williamson's BCTV show Building Green. They're available on the web and really quite good. Last week they focused on some of the mechanical systems....a key part of making the building more environmentally and energy friendly.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Score so far: 191 to 0
One of the challenges of undertaking a building that treats the environment differently than we have in the past is to minimize the impact of construction waste. In the past, construction waste went straight to landfills with little consideration given to reuse or recycling.
Not at our building. Our goal is to divert 75% of the waste from the site away from landfills and toward a more productive use. Butz Burkey has hired Construction Waste Management to manage that process for us and the first report is in.
To date, we've removed 191 tons of waste from the site. Here's how much went to landfills.......ZERO! So far, not a single piece of waste has gone into a landfill.
Most of what has been removed has been "rubble". The asphalt that was torn up was sent to E.J. Breneman and was recycled into new asphalt. The concrete from the old sidewalks was buried in a farmers field as part of a project to regrade a field to make it useful for cultivation.
191 tons of waste and not one ounce to a landfill so far! Congratulations to the whole team for that accomplishment.
Not at our building. Our goal is to divert 75% of the waste from the site away from landfills and toward a more productive use. Butz Burkey has hired Construction Waste Management to manage that process for us and the first report is in.
To date, we've removed 191 tons of waste from the site. Here's how much went to landfills.......ZERO! So far, not a single piece of waste has gone into a landfill.
Most of what has been removed has been "rubble". The asphalt that was torn up was sent to E.J. Breneman and was recycled into new asphalt. The concrete from the old sidewalks was buried in a farmers field as part of a project to regrade a field to make it useful for cultivation.
191 tons of waste and not one ounce to a landfill so far! Congratulations to the whole team for that accomplishment.
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