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Our architects and engineers often write articles for national magazines or for their professional organizations. You'll find useful information about many topics dealing with design and construction issues. If you missed the articles in print, you can read them here.

Commissioning

HVAC trials

The Bowdoin College experience with commissioning

Facilities studies

A stitch in time: saving time and money with facilities studies

Geothemal heat and graywater storage

Geothermal heat and graywater storage systems enable Bowdoin College to build residence halls


HVAC systems

Suitable for framing: HVAC systems in historic buildings at Portland Museum of Art

Maine's Noble success: HVAC systems at Noble Hgh School

Pools

What a facilities study can tell you about your pool

Hidden problems: a survey of your pool can highlight problems you can't see

Security

Security Quandry: Who Goes Where?


School design

A true community school

Entryways, hallways, lobbies, and gathering places

Building Blueprints: The School in the Woods

Facility Design Enhances Learning


School Choice: Build New or Not

Stormwater runoff
Controlling nitrate-laden runoff in a marine environment