June, 2010
Over 1,000 people were in attendance! It was very moving to hear the speeches but best of all were the comments and awestruck looks from parents and students as they walked around the campus. Can’t wait to post final photography to our website in September and give everyone a closer look at this amazing campus.
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American Canyon High School Dedication
Monday, June 21st, 2010First Verified Collaborative for High Performance (CHPS) School in California
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Our Latest News—American Canyon High School is the first school in California verified by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)—the United States’ first green building rating program especially designed for K-12 schools. A dedication ceremony will be held June 18th with doors opening to students in August. Developed to serve the growing community of American Canyon, Napa Valley Unified School District’s state of the art high school campus is planned to accommodate over 2,000 students. Designed by Quattrocchi Kwok Architects, this highly sustainable campus features extensive daylighting, a geothermal system to minimize heating and cooling energy, recycled materials and a one megawatt photovoltaic power system which when complete will generate over 80% of the campus’ electricity. ACHS will be formally recognized as CHPS Verified later this summer when construction is completed.
“For years, Napa Valley Unified School District has been active in establishing programs and obtaining equipment to save energy and lessen the carbon footprint of its operations. The construction of American Canyon High School brings the latest technologies and green operating features together, at one site. [By] incorporating green efforts into the learning environment of a high school rich with technological amenities from which students will participate and witness our changing world, is a very positive educational experience.” – Don Evans, Napa Valley Unified School District.
“Upon setting foot on the American Canyon High School campus, students and staff will immediately know their community’s commitment to them and to their school. ACHS has been designed to be a learning environment that is healthy and productive, as well as resource-efficient and community-oriented. It is truly a model high performance school. Napa Valley Unified showed an early commitment to ‘green’ by being the first to go through the CHPS Verified design review in California. We will be lucky to count such an impressive project among the list of CHPS Verified schools.” – Bill Orr, Executive Director, Collaborative for High Performance Schools.
Growing Greener Schools Documentary on PBS
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010April 4, 2010 – April 25, 2010
Growing Greener Schools is a PBS television event showing students, teachers, and parents how to incorporate green ideas into their physical school buildings and classroom curriculums, paving the way for a sustainable future. It airs at different times on PBS stations across the country.
KQED World, San Francisco, Sunday, April 18, 10pm; Monday, April 19, 4am; Thursday, April 22, 9am and noon; Saturday, April 24, 2pm
KCSM, San Francisco/San Mateo, Thursday, April 22, 9pm
KRCB, San Francisco/Rohnert Park, TBA
Sponsor: Media Policy Center and PBS
American Canyon High School Ranked #1 Construction Project
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
If you recently received a copy of the North Bay Business Journal’s Book of Lists, check out page 61–American Canyon High School is ranked by value as the #1 construction project in Sonoma, Napa, Marin and Solano counties. This progress shot was taken December 2009.
QKA Associate Aaron Jobson Named “Top 40 Under 40″ (again!)
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010We’re proud to announce that QKA Associate Aaron Jobson was selected as a Top 40 Under 40 professional in the A/E/C industry by national publication Building Design + Construction. Aaron is in good company–BD+C refers to this group of 40 professionals as “some of the brightest stars in the AEC universe”. This commendation follows Aaron’s previous award as Top 40 Under 40 by the North Bay Business Journal. Congrats Aaron!
Awarded BIM Contract with U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Example of BIM in practice on American Canyon High School
We’re very happy to report that Hallam-ICS was awarded a highly sought after potential $30 Million, five-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for Nationwide Building Information Modeling (BIM) services.
Hallam-ICS leads a team of national and international BIM pioneers and experts including: The S/L/A/M Collaborative in Glastonbury, CT, McFarland-Johnson in Concord, NH, Blach Construction Company in Santa Clara, CA, Quattrocchi Kwok Architects in Santa Rosa, CA, Gregory P. Luth & Associates in Santa Clara, CA, HMH in San Jose, CA, Hitchcock Consulting in Kelsey, CA, and Olof Granlund in Helsinki, Finland.
Voted “Best Place to Work” Again!
Thursday, October 15th, 2009QKA was named 2009 Best Place to Work by North Bay Business Journal!!! As a two-time winner, we had the 2nd highest score in our category (based on number of employees). It’s rare for a company of nearly 50 to maintain the family atmosphere we have here at QKA. To all my co-workers who voted again this year–thank you for showing Mark & Steve what a wonderful environment they’ve fostered.