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Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. 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Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. 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The piece he contributed to the exhibition \nand auction was a watercolor of a prickly pear, which was part of a \nseries of drawings and paintings of desert plants he completed on a \nfamily vacation in Arizona.</p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Polzin Watercolor\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"206\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/polzin.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4>Watercolor by David Polzin</h4>\n<p>In 2010, the 26 drawings and paintings donated to Exhibit A by architects were joined by nine of the award-winning photos from the American Institute of Architects National Photography Competition, including \\\"Ando\\\'s Ghost,\\\" a photograph taken by St. Louis architect Andrew Raimist at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.</p>\n<p>Laura Augustine, associate vice president and national marketing coordinator for Cannon Design, said over 300 people attended Exhibit A: Art by Architects in November and the event raised $20,000 for COCA\\\'s Urban Arts Outreach Program, which provides free and reduced-cost arts education, performances, and hands-on experiences to 4,000 students a year.</p>\n<p>\\\"We began Art by Architects three years ago to celebrate our new home and connect with the community and the wonderful services it has to offer. We are committed to making it a long-term effort,\\\" Turner said.</p>\n<p>As one invitation from Cannon Design stated: \\\"It\\\'s all very cool. It\\\'s all by amazing talent. It\\\'s all elegantly framed and ready to hang. And it is all for a great cause.\\\"</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"16\";}'),(2899,1110,2,4,1296007354,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:4:\"1110\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2011-01-25 12:05 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"16\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:21:\"Architects As Artists\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:21:\"architects_as_artists\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:22:\"Architects As Artists \";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:269:\"St. Louis is home to a unique yearly event that draws attention to architects as artists, thanks to the staff of Cannon Design.\n\nThe annual \\\"Exhibit A\\\" art auction to benefit a local charity features art work by internationally known architects from around the world.\";s:10:\"field_ft_9\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_13\";s:0:\"\";s:10:\"field_id_7\";s:27:\"artists, architects, Cannon\";s:10:\"field_ft_7\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_8\";s:8314:\"<p>St. Louis is home to a unique yearly event that draws attention to architects as artists, thanks to the staff of Cannon Design.</p>\n<p>The annual \\\"Exhibit A\\\" art auction to benefit a local charity features art work by internationally known architects from around the world.</p>\n<p>Laura Augustine, associate vice president and national marketing \ncoordinator for Cannon Design, said over 300 people attended Exhibit A: \nArt by Architects in November and the event raised $20,000 for COCA\\\'s \nUrban Arts Outreach Program, which provides free and reduced-cost arts \neducation, performances, and hands-on experiences to 4,000 students a \nyear.</p>\n<p>Yes, once upon a time architecture was the work of artists - think of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Bernini - but the vocations of artists and architect have been parting company for almost two centuries, and the distance between them seems to lengthen with each passing year.</p>\n<p>Now, when an architects is called an artist, it typically is for the sculptural qualities of his or her buildings, as with Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and Santiago Calatrava.</p>\n<p>Exhibit A is different. Exhibit A focuses on drawings and watercolor paintings, not buildings. While that focus emphasizes that even contemporary architecture has roots in art, it also underscores the widening gap between architecture and fine art.</p>\n<p>According to Steve Doherty, editor-in-chief of American Artist magazine, the organized discipline of fine art no longer embraces drawing. \\\"The fine-art departments in colleges and university have discontinued their drawing and watercolor painting courses,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Schools of architecture, however, \\\"still teach students to use graphite, colored pencil, gouache, and watercolor to create believable visualizations,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Washington University still teaches drawing in both art and architectural schools, but students abandon hand drawing in favor of computer drawing as quickly as they can, said  Robert Hansman, associate professor, Washington University College of Architecture/Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design.</p>\n<p>\\\"There was more drawing on display at this show than you would see at the architecture school,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Hansman said the loss of drawing skills could ultimately cause harm to the practice of architectural design. \\\"They are losing the connection between process and product,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Thus, one benefit of shows like Exhibit A: Art by Architects, is that they could bring architects\\\' attention back to the role that drawing has in the development of design ideas.</p>\n<p>\\\"I draw and sketch a lot to develop ideas... [and] I do a lot of thinking through watercolor painting,\\\" said David Polzin, principal designer, Cannon Design. \\\"For me, the most interesting ideas for projects emerge out of sketches. It is the errant wandering of the pen, the imprecision of a drawing that opens up new ideas,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Polzin\\\'s colleagues credit him with \\\"masterminding\\\" the design for building modern office space within the skeleton of the historic Municipal Power House in downtown St. Louis. That inspired renovation has won 20 awards, including the 2010 International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture and most recently a National USA Award for Architecture in Bloomberg Television\\\'s International <img alt=\\\"Andos Ghost\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"419\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/andosghost.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" title=\\\"&quot;Ando\\\'s Ghost&quot; by St. Louis architect Andrew Raimist\\\" width=\\\"305\\\" />Property Awards competition.</p>\n<p>Polzin has been involved in organizing Exhibit A since its inception. \\\"Kent had the</p>\n<p>original idea. We all thought it was a great one and got on board.\\\" Kent is Kent Turner, president of Cannon Design and formerly director of the firm\\\'s midwest region.</p>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4></h4>\n<h4></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4>\\\"Ando\\\'s Ghost\\\" by ST. Louis<br />Architect Andrew Raimist</h4>\n<p>\\\"My primary role is organizing the list of people we will solicit and making sure it is a list of renowned people,\\\" Polzin said.</p>\n<p>Unlike the very few other art by architects events in the U.S. - Philadelphia\\\'s Center for Architecture has sponsored such an exhibition and auction for since 2007, and the American Institute of Architects  Baton Rouge sponsored one this year - Exhibit A is not primarily a showcase for local architects.</p>\n<p>\\\"We wanted to focus on national and international talent,\\\" said Polzin. \\\"Part of it is to elevate the cachet of the work and generate excitement by asking for contributions from Pritzker Prize winners and people who are internationally recognized as premier architects in the world,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The drawings and watercolors auctioned off in the latest show on November 18, 2010, included works by Frank Barkow of Barkow Leibinger in  Berlin, Germany; Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto De Moura; Wolf Prix of Coop Himmelb(l)au in Vienna, Austria; and Ben Van Berkel of Unstudio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.</p>\n<p>Prominent American architects who donated work to the exhibition included Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and famed architects Marlon Blackwell, Steve Ehrlich, Michael Graves, Steven Holl, and Helmut Jahn.</p>\n<p>Polzin contributed his own artwork to the exhibition for the first time in 2010. \\\"We\\\'ve been sparing about making it a bunch of Cannon people, but as we were sitting around in a committee talking about it, someone said to me, \\\'why don\\\'t you contribute something,\\\' and I did,\\\" he said. Polzin joined four other St. Louisans in the show.</p>\n<p>In addition to Polzin, the St. Louisans in Exhibit A consisted of Kent Turner and:</p>\n<p>&bull; Hansman, who is founder of \\\"City Faces\\\", a community art program for impoverished children living in public housing, and director of the Hewlett Program in Architecture, an undergraduate program introducing students to cultural and social dimensions of architecture and the built environment.</p>\n<p>&bull; Adrian Luchini, professor in the College of Architecture at Washington University and founder of LuchiniAD, who is well-known in St. Louis for his design for the William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University. He is also a painter, whose works have been shown in the United States and Latin America. And</p>\n<p>&bull; George Nikolajevich, design principal, Cannon Design, recipient of over 40 design awards, who\n was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for design\n excellence in 1999.</p>\n<p>Polzin said he likes to draw and paint watercolors for his own \npleasure when he has time. The piece he contributed to the exhibition \nand auction was a watercolor of a prickly pear, which was part of a \nseries of drawings and paintings of desert plants he completed on a \nfamily vacation in Arizona.</p>\n<h4><img alt=\\\"Polzin Watercolor\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"206\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/polzin.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4><br /></h4>\n<h4></h4>\n<h4>Watercolor by David Polzin</h4>\n<p>In 2010, the 26 drawings and paintings donated to Exhibit A by architects were joined by nine of the award-winning photos from the American Institute of Architects National Photography Competition, including \\\"Ando\\\'s Ghost,\\\" a photograph taken by St. Louis architect Andrew Raimist at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.</p>\n<p>\\\"We began Art by Architects three years ago to celebrate our new home and connect with the community and the wonderful services it has to offer. 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On January 26, Michael Van Valkenburgh took the wraps off of design revisions and Walter Metcalfe, a lawyer downtown and board member of CityArchRiver2015, unveiled a sharply higher cost estimate.</p>\n<p>Van Valkenburgh, whose firm leads the design team that was selected to redesign the landscape of the Arch grounds and a larger park area that will run from Citygarden eastward to Illinois Route 3, announced several major changes while preserving the central element of the new design: enlarging the underground museum and moving the museum entrance to Memorial Drive. Some of the changes will help hold down costs on a projects whose estimated budget requirements have ballooned to almost $600 million.</p>\n<p>The centerpiece of the plan is still the development of a new, larger museum underneath the Arch. In addition to carving out space for a 50,000-square-foot expansion of the underground museum, other major earth moving projects will include regrading the north end of the park after the demolition of the existing parking garage so that it slopes gently to align with the Laclede\\\'s Landing district through the arches of the Eads Bridge; regrading the western end of Kiener plaza to street level after the demolition of the Morton D. May Memorial Amphitheater; and the creation of a 60 acre park and wildlife refuge on the East St. Louis bank of the Mississippi River. The aim is to have all the work done by October 28, 2015.</p>\n<p>What\\\'s out of the new plan: underground parking, water taxis, removal of the maintenance building and construction of a beer garden/ice skating rink on the south end of the park, replacing Leonor K. 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The plaza would be redeveloped as an activity space with a 9,000-square-foot \\\"water element,\\\" a 6,500-square-foot restaurant with a outdoor beer garden, a carousel, and a pavilion.</p>\n<p>The building elements in the current plan include the expansion of the museum and extensive renovation of the existing museum and gift shop space, a restaurant and pavilion on Kiener Plaza, a 9,300-square-foot restaurant near the Old Cathedral, and a 100,000-square-foot pavilion around the Gateway Geyser in East St. Louis.</p>\n<p>The main new infrastructure element will be the construction of an one mile long aerial gondola from the south end of the Arch grounds and paralleling the Poplar Street Bridge across the Mississippi, then turning northward toward the Gateway Geyser.</p>\n<p>Paving elements include narrowing Chestnut and Market Streets, rebuilding the intersection of Washington Avenue and the Eads Bridge, paved trails around the ponds, and rebuilding Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard</p>\n<p>Van Valkenburgh estimated that extensive new plantings throughout the City+Arch+River project will include thousands of native plants around the existing ponds and 10,000 to 12,000 new trees. In addition to new trees on the Arch grounds, his plan calls for widening sidewalks and planting trees along Market and Chestnut Streets and planting two lines of trees in Luther Ely Smith park to flank a promenade from the Old Courthouse to the new entrance to the museum under the Arch. Memorial Drive would be closed in front of Luther Ely Smith park and a lid put over that part of I-70.</p>\n<p>Metcalfe announced a price tag of $578.5 million for the project, nearly twice the $300 million guesstimate bandied about in September. Dropping a new underground parking garage, shrinking new development around the Old Cathedral, keeping the existing maintenance facility, and reducing the number of acres that would be acquired for a park on the east bank undoubtedly kept the price tag from reaching even higher.</p>\n<p>Metcalfe said that negotiations were underway with the Bi-State Development Agency to have it take on the role of developer with an eye towards issuing public bonds to fund the construction of the aerial gondola much like Bi-State issued bonds to fund the construction of the Arch tram system some 45 years ago.</p>\n<p><a href=\\\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/47643962/City-Arch-River-2015-MVVA-Update-Public-Presentation-01-26-11\\\">You can see the presentation&nbsp; by clicking this link.</a></p>\";s:11:\"field_id_42\";s:33:\"/images/uploads/arch-from-esl.jpg\";s:11:\"field_id_43\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_43\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"category_0\";s:2:\"15\";}'),(2906,1112,2,4,1296624431,'a:29:{s:9:\"weblog_id\";s:1:\"2\";s:8:\"entry_id\";s:4:\"1112\";s:6:\"sticky\";s:1:\"n\";s:14:\"allow_comments\";s:1:\"n\";s:16:\"allow_trackbacks\";s:1:\"n\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2011-02-01 05:21 PM\";s:15:\"expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:23:\"comment_expiration_date\";s:0:\"\";s:8:\"category\";a:1:{i:0;s:2:\"15\";}s:9:\"author_id\";s:1:\"4\";s:10:\"new_weblog\";s:1:\"2\";s:6:\"status\";s:4:\"open\";s:14:\"trackback_urls\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"versioning_enabled\";s:1:\"y\";s:5:\"title\";s:37:\"Arch Project Dirt and Cash Piles Grow\";s:9:\"url_title\";s:37:\"arch_project_dirt_and_cash_piles_grow\";s:6:\"submit\";s:6:\"Update\";s:10:\"field_id_5\";s:37:\"Arch Project Dirt and Cash Piles Grow\";s:10:\"field_ft_5\";s:4:\"none\";s:10:\"field_id_9\";s:294:\"The reworking of the Arch grounds is shaping up into a huge earth moving and landscaping project. 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On January 26, Michael Van Valkenburgh took the wraps off of design revisions and Walter Metcalfe, a lawyer downtown and board member of CityArchRiver2015, unveiled a sharply higher cost estimate.</p>\n<p>Van Valkenburgh, whose firm leads the design team that was selected to redesign the landscape of the Arch grounds and a larger park area that will run from Citygarden eastward to Illinois Route 3, announced several major changes while preserving the central element of the new design: enlarging the underground museum and moving the museum entrance to Memorial Drive. Some of the changes will help hold down costs on a projects whose estimated budget requirements have ballooned to almost $600 million.</p>\n<p>The centerpiece of the plan is still the development of a new, larger museum underneath the Arch. 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There are still too many firms that continue to see weak market conditions to expect a dramatic increase in the demand for services in the design and construction industry.\\\"</p>\n<p>Key January ABI highlights:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regional averages: Midwest (56.4), South (51.5), Northeast (50.4), West (47.3) </li>\n<li>Sector index breakdown: commercial/industrial (54.6), multi-family residential (53.7), institutional (51.3), mixed practice (48.7) </li>\n<li>Project inquiries index: 56.5</li>\n</ul>\n<p>About the AIA Architecture Billings Index: The Architecture Billings Index is derived from a monthly \\\"Work-on-the-Boards\\\" survey and produced by the AIA Economics &amp; Market Research Group. 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style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">he AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) announced today that it is\nproviding<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$42\nmillion</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in financing for\ntwo multifamily developments in the greater<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>area.\n&nbsp;Council Tower Senior Apartments in midtown<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\"> </span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>,\nand Parkway Lakeside Apartments in O\\\'Fallon,<span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Illinois</span>,\nwill provide 509 units of multifamily housing, while creating an estimated 600\nunion construction jobs in an area where the construction industry has been\nespecially hard hit by the economic downturn.</span>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">The\nHIT\\\'s investment of<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$15.8 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\nthe<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$29.7\nmillion</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>Council Tower\nproject in<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-person\\\">Midtown\nSt Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>will help the\ncity serve the housing needs of low-income elderly residents. &nbsp;Built in\n1968, Council Tower has 277 units of senior housing, with 90% of the units now\ndesignated as affordable. The HIT is helping finance renovation work to\nmodernize and upgrade the aging building. &nbsp;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">In\nO\\\'Fallon,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Illinois</span>, one of the fastest growing communities in\nthe greater<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>metro-east\nregion, construction is underway on the<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$28.2 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>Parkway\nLakeside development. The HIT is contributing<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$26.1 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>of\nthe project\\\'s financing. The new complex will include multiple two-story\nbuildings offering 232 market-rate housing units.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">\\\"These\nprojects are part of a growing list of HIT-financed properties that are\nbringing development, jobs and mixed-income housing to the greater<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>area,\\\" said<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-person\\\">Terrance Pearson</span>,\nHIT Director of FHA Finance. \\\"These are good investments for the HIT\nportfolio. We will continue to work with the<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>development\ncommunity to identify new investment opportunities.\\\"</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">All\non-site construction work at the two properties will be performed under\ncollective bargaining agreements with local building and construction trades\nunions, generating approximately 600 union construction jobs.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">\\\"The\njobs created by these investments are helping keep the HIT on track to achieve\nits goal of generating 10,000 union construction jobs by this spring through\nthe investment of union pension capital,\\\" said HIT Executive Vice\nPresident and Chief Investment Officer<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-person\\\">Stephanie H. 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In addition to\nCouncil Tower Senior Apartments and Parkway Lakeside Apartments, other<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>-area\nprojects financed through this initiative are:</span></p>\n<ul type=\\\"disc\\\">\n<li class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"color: black;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Park\n     Pacific Apartments,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>: &nbsp;A<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$98 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>redevelopment offering 230\n     housing units. &nbsp;The HIT provided<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$63 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\n     financing. The project is generating an estimated 655 union construction\n     jobs.</span></li>\n<li class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"color: black;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">The\n     Laurel,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>: A<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$175 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>redevelopment\n     offering 205 housing units. The HIT provided<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$45 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in financing. The project is\n     generating approximately 1,330 union construction jobs.</span></li>\n<li class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"color: black;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Villas\n     at<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Crystal\n     Lake</span>,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Swansea, IL</span>: &nbsp;A<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$26 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>development offering 216 housing\n     units. The HIT provided<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$24 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\n     financing. 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In its 45-year history, the HIT\nhas invested approximately<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$430 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\n26<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St.\nLouis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>area projects with\ntotal development costs of over<span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$800 million</span>.\n&nbsp;These projects represent more than 4,000 housing units and approximately\n5,800 union construction jobs.</span></p>\n<span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">The AFL-CIO Housing\nInvestment Trust is a fixed-income investment company registered with the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission. 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style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">he AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) announced&nbsp; that it is\nproviding<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$42\nmillion</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in financing for\ntwo multifamily developments in the greater<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>area.\n&nbsp;Council Tower Senior Apartments in midtown<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\"> </span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>,\nand Parkway Lakeside Apartments in O\\\'Fallon,<span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Illinois</span>,\nwill provide 509 units of multifamily housing, while creating an estimated 600\nunion construction jobs in an area where the construction industry has been\nespecially hard hit by the economic downturn.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">The\nHIT\\\'s investment of<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$15.8 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\nthe<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$29.7\nmillion</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>Council Tower\nproject in<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-person\\\">Midtown\nSt Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>will help the\ncity serve the housing needs of low-income elderly residents. &nbsp;Built in\n1968, Council Tower has 277 units of senior housing, with 90% of the units now\ndesignated as affordable. The HIT is helping finance renovation work to\nmodernize and upgrade the aging building. &nbsp;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">In\nO\\\'Fallon,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Illinois</span>, one of the fastest growing communities in\nthe greater<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>metro-east\nregion, construction is underway on the<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$28.2 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>Parkway\nLakeside development. The HIT is contributing<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$26.1 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>of\nthe project\\\'s financing. The new complex will include multiple two-story\nbuildings offering 232 market-rate housing units.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">\\\"These\nprojects are part of a growing list of HIT-financed properties that are\nbringing development, jobs and mixed-income housing to the greater<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>area,\\\" said<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-person\\\">Terrance Pearson</span>,\nHIT Director of FHA Finance. \\\"These are good investments for the HIT\nportfolio. We will continue to work with the<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>development\ncommunity to identify new investment opportunities.\\\"</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">All\non-site construction work at the two properties will be performed under\ncollective bargaining agreements with local building and construction trades\nunions, generating approximately 600 union construction jobs.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">\\\"The\njobs created by these investments are helping keep the HIT on track to achieve\nits goal of generating 10,000 union construction jobs by this spring through\nthe investment of union pension capital,\\\" said HIT Executive Vice\nPresident and Chief Investment Officer<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-person\\\">Stephanie H. 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In addition to\nCouncil Tower Senior Apartments and Parkway Lakeside Apartments, other<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>-area\nprojects financed through this initiative are:</span></p>\n<ul type=\\\"disc\\\">\n<li class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"color: black;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Park\n     Pacific Apartments,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>: &nbsp;A<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$98 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>redevelopment offering 230\n     housing units. &nbsp;The HIT provided<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$63 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\n     financing. The project is generating an estimated 655 union construction\n     jobs.</span></li>\n<li class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"color: black;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">The\n     Laurel,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span>: A<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$175 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>redevelopment\n     offering 205 housing units. The HIT provided<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$45 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in financing. The project is\n     generating approximately 1,330 union construction jobs.</span></li>\n<li class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\" style=\\\"color: black;\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\\\">Villas\n     at<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Crystal\n     Lake</span>,<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">Swansea, IL</span>: &nbsp;A<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$26 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>development offering 216 housing\n     units. The HIT provided<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$24 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\n     financing. The project is generating an estimated 160 union construction\n     jobs.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p class=\\\"MsoNormal\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">The\nHIT has an active track record of financing projects in the<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St. Louis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>area. In its 45-year history, the HIT\nhas invested approximately<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$430 million</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>in\n26<span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span><span class=\\\"xn-location\\\">St.\nLouis</span><span class=\\\"apple-converted-space\\\">&nbsp;</span>area projects with\ntotal development costs of over<span class=\\\"xn-money\\\">$800 million</span>.\n&nbsp;These projects represent more than 4,000 housing units and approximately\n5,800 union construction jobs.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black;\\\">The AFL-CIO Housing\nInvestment Trust is a fixed-income investment company registered with the\nSecurities and Exchange Commission. 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If they see how much money we\\\'re losing around here, they\\\'ll leave!\\\"</p>\n<p>Regardless of your position on financial transparency, here are some tips for making this transition smooth and worthwhile.</p>\n<p>Lay the groundwork</p>\n<p>If you have a work environment characterized by drama, gossip, back-biting, finger-pointing and excuses, chances are opening the books will do nothing but create additional problems. You may want to share your financial information with responsible adults who are interested in playing a part in your company\\\'s success. You probably don\\\'t want to share it with selfish whiners with poisonous attitudes. If this is your situation, a good house cleaning is in order ... whether or not you intend to share financials.</p>\n<p>A discussion with your team is also a good idea, explaining why you\\\'ll start sharing certain financial information.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Open Book\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"186\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/open book.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"250\\\" />Just in case it\\\'s not widely known throughout your company that you don\\\'t print money - nor do you have a money tree in the parking lot - go ahead and point that out. Explain that we\\\'ve got to take in more than we spend. (By the way, this is a dead-simple definition of profit. It\\\'s likely this will be the first time most of your employees will have had that concept explained to them.)</p>\n<p>Let them know that if they want raises, improved benefits and new computers on their desks we all have to play a role in funding those expenditures ... by attracting and retaining customers, keeping costs down and being productive.</p>\n<p>Done right, this kind of frank discussion leads your employees to the inevitable conclusion that only if the company is financially successful can it help its employees be financially successful. And helping the company succeed is everyone\\\'s job.</p>\n<p>How much information is enough?</p>\n<p>You\\\'ll have to decide how much transparency is right for you, but some things - like salaries - can and should be private. When in doubt, ask yourself, \\\"Can my employees use this information to do their jobs better or otherwise help the company?\\\"</p>\n<p>Start small. Identify one problem area that most of your team can impact. Reveal that number and ask for help bringing it into line. You might even consider a small reward for everyone if you are able to hit a predetermined target in that area. Use that small \\\"win\\\" as a model for future successes.</p>\n<p>Another \\\"start small\\\" idea: Put individuals in charge of specific expenses. Office supplies. Paper towels. Magazine subscriptions. Give them some guidance and let them see what they can do.</p>\n<p>Not a quick fix</p>\n<p>Opening the books is a big deal, not to be taken lightly. And, it\\\'s not an overnight cure for what ails your company. But combined with leadership and common sense, a dose of transparency might be your formula for success.</p>\n<p><em>Bill Collier is the author of \\\"How to Succeed as a Small Business Owner ... and Still Have a Life\\\" and is the St. Louis area coach for The Great Game of Business. He helps businesses improve their financial results by teaching employees to think and act like owners. 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The charter for the school, which carries the motto \\\"First of Its Kind\\\" on its logo, was approved by the Missouri board of education in January 2001 and the first freshman class admitted in August of 2001.</p>\n<p>To date, 278 students have graduated from the Construction Careers Center. Some are employed today as carpenter apprentices, bricklayer assistants, operating engineer apprentices, and laborers. Some decided to join the military, and a number went on to college to pursue degrees in engineering and architecture.</p>\n<p><img alt=\\\"Construction Careers\\\" class=\\\"image-left\\\" height=\\\"303\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/construction-careers.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: left;\\\" width=\\\"266\\\" />Today, those graduates are studying at the University of Nebraska, Kansas State University, Alabama A&amp;M University, Southern University, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, St. Louis Community College and the UMSL/Washington University Joint Engineering Program.</p>\n<p>In December 2010 Brian Cox, CCC Class of 2006, became the first to graduate from a four-year university, earning a bachelor\\\'s degree in construction management from SIUE. While earning his degree, Cox interned at construction firms including ABNA Engineering, S.M. Wilson and Cissell-Mueller, as well as MODOT.</p>\n<p>Emcee Carol Daniel of radio station KMOX asked the graduates of the program in the audience to rise and directed them to look her in the eye. She told them that she considered them all to be special and thought of them as her children. Then she told them that they had been given a great gift and a great challenge to honor those who had made the school possible by doing great things.</p>\n<p>That challenge was echoed by the keynote speaker, Rev. Aeneas Williams, former St. Louis Rams defensive standout. Williams, who decided to stay in St. Louis after his retirement and as pastor of Spirit of the Lord Family Church, encouraged the students to do their very best  and to give back to the community.</p>\n<p>AGC of St. Louis Chairman Mike Perry, president of HBD Contracting, presented the third annual Construction Careers Center Outstanding Service Award to Terry Nelson, secretary-treasurer of the Carpenters\\\' District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity. \\\"(Nelson) personally mentored several students and provided job shadowing opportunities,\\\" Perry said. \\\"He continually served as an advocate for students with discipline or academic issues. 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The lobby incorporates an entrance to the adjacent \\\"Emerson Neonatal Intensive Care Unit\\\" for which Spellman Brady was previously recognized by the National Association of Children\\\'s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) for outstanding use of artwork and evidence-based design principles in children\\\'s hospitals nationwide.  <br /> <br />A variety of artwork was selected for the hospital which included mosaic art, sculptural metal art, water features, paintings and prints. The works of art were selected to add substantial color and appeal to the main lobby and public areas.  Specifically, the large, mosaic butterfly in the lobby guides guests to the entrance of Mercy Children\\\'s Hospital..  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The official dedication was held on Thursday, February 24.\";s:11:\"field_ft_44\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_28\";s:0:\"\";s:11:\"field_ft_28\";s:4:\"none\";s:11:\"field_id_29\";s:2112:\"<p>Spellman Brady &amp; Company has completed artwork planning, design and installation for St. John\\\'s Mercy Medical Center in the new \\\"Mercy Children\\\'s Hospital\\\" patient tower in Creve Coeur, Missouri.  The official dedication was held on Thursday, February 24.<br /> <br /><img alt=\\\"Butterfly\\\" class=\\\"image-right\\\" height=\\\"230\\\" src=\\\"/images/uploads/Entrance Butterfly.jpg\\\" style=\\\"float: right;\\\" width=\\\"172\\\" />Spellman Brady &amp; Company provided artwork master planning services for the new multi-story patient tower which included artwork selection and procurement for the project\\\'s private patient rooms, as well as its lobby and public spaces.  The lobby incorporates an entrance to the adjacent \\\"Emerson Neonatal Intensive Care Unit\\\" for which Spellman Brady was previously recognized by the National Association of Children\\\'s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) for outstanding use of artwork and evidence-based design principles in children\\\'s hospitals nationwide.  <br /> <br />A variety of artwork was selected for the hospital which included mosaic art, sculptural metal art, water features, paintings and prints. The works of art were selected to add substantial color and appeal to the main lobby and public areas.  Specifically, the large, mosaic butterfly in the lobby guides guests to the entrance of Mercy Children\\\'s Hospital..  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From that you develop expectations regarding cost and schedule, which allows you to create a budget. All of this is done before the project is approved. Once you have the budget, you then go to the owner or board of directors for approval of the project. If approved, then you begin design and specifying scopes of work,\\\" Cates said.</p>\n<p>Architects, contractors, and vendors have to be involved in the programming process to get good information about choices, costs, and time frames for ordering materials and equipment.</p>\n<p>\\\"You pay them a consulting fee to get good ideas from them, but everyone knows there isn\\\'t a project yet and if it is approved, there will be a selection process by the owner. If it moves forward, the intent is to use them on the project, but they are not guaranteed a job,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"With all the new choices out there, particularly with regards to technology and sustainability, it is exciting and all the more reason to have a team that can give you the pros and cons of each choice early,\\\" said Michael Perry, president of HBD Construction and 2011 chairman of the AGC of St. Louis.</p>\n<p>Cates, said, \\\"working on the Jefferson City hospital project, we hired an architect - a joint venture of The Lawrence Group and HGA - to plan the amount of space needed; an engineer - Heideman Associates - to develop the choices of M.E.P. (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) systems for the different functional areas and the pros and cons of each; and a construction manager - Alberici - to help us understand the complexities of the site and pricing in the marketplace. 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We feel that is going to drive the other areas: cost, schedule, risk, and quality,\\\" said Ryan Ellen, manager of enterprise risk and project management in Ameren\\\'s corporate planning group and also a member of the Best Practices Committee of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers.</p>\n<p>\\\"Research from the Construction Industry Institute has been very helpful, especially the Project Definition Rating Index,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) is a simple tool for measuring the completeness of a project scope definition. The PDRI offers a comprehensive checklist of 64 scope definition elements in an easy-to-use score sheet format that is supported by detailed descriptions of these elements. Each element is also weighted based on its relative importance to the other elements, and the checklist makes it easy to isolate high risk areas for further work. Research has shown that a PDRI score of 200 or less greatly increases the probability of a successful project.</p>\n<p>There are three main sections of the PDRI - basis of project decision, basis of design, and execution approach - each of which is broken down into a series of categories, which in turn are further broken down into elements.</p>\n<p>\\\"We get stakeholders in a room for four-to-six hours to discuss the front end planning effort using the PDRI. We\\\'re even using the PDRI on small projects. It really identifies the gaps in our planning,\\\" Ellen said.</p>\n<p>\\\"Front end planning, nailing down the scope, and deciding how to manage changes are the key decisions for owners to make,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"Front end planning is one of those important Construction Industry Institute Best Practices that we strictly adhere to at Solutia,\\\" said Greg Kanteres, worldwide engineering major project manager and chairman of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers\\\' Best Practices Committee.</p>\n<p>Kantares breaks front end planning into two parts.</p>\n<p>One part, which he calls \\\"alignment,\\\" is making certain that all individuals and companies involved on a project know the overall objectives of the project and how their part is essential to the overall project success.</p>\n<p>That is a part that Scott Wittkop, central division president of McCarthy Building Cos., said is often is missing.</p>\n<p>\\\"It has amazed me just how poor communication has gotten between owners, design teams, contractors, and subcontractors, despite the electronic age and everyone copying everyone with everything,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>And, it is not just about the parties talking at each other. \\\"You have to ask, \\\'Mr. Architect, what did you hear me say?\\\' or \\\'Mr. Contractor, what did you hear me say?\\\' to be clear,\\\" Wittkop said.</p>\n<p>It is far too common for teams to overlook that step, \\\"and get four months into a project and find that the owner, the architect, and the contractor aren\\\'t on the same page,\\\" he said. \\\"That is wasting money,\\\" he added.</p>\n<p>The other part of front end planning is pre-project planning.</p>\n<p>\\\"At the onset of a project, a team must make many very important decisions. One of those important areas is documenting the execution strategy - what type of contract strategies will be used, who is doing what, when, why and where? ... No single strategy is going to work for all projects,\\\" Kantares said. <br />Kantares said Solutia uses the Construction Industry Institute\\\'s PDRI or Independent Project Analysis\\\' Front End Loading Index to help corporate teams understand if they have completely defined the work that is to be done. They use the Construction Industry Institute\\\'s Project Delivery and Contracting Strategy tool to help determine the most appropriate contracting strategy for a project.</p>\n<p>Many owners, however, are not the savvy consumers of design and construction services that Ameren and Solutia are. They may hire an architect, construction manager, or designer/builder and rely on them to take the planning process in hand.<br />Often, they make uneducated decisions, \\\"because they lack the appropriate knowledge,\\\" said Lauren Talley, commercial project manager at Kozeny-Wagner Inc</p>\n<p>.A good owner\\\'s representative can help educate an owner as to the owner\\\'s responsibilities, help clarify the owner\\\'s vision, and help the owner clarify internal lines of decision-making authority.\\\"I would bet that any owner\\\'s rep out there would be able to prove their worth at the end of the job by saving at least twice their fee just by asking the right questions. It creates a clear line of communication and facilitates decision-making,\\\" she said.Regardless of who the owner hires, the owner should provide enough time for planning. \\\"Technology makes us think that everything can happen fast, but good design and construction takes thought. 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Issues arise or something doesn\\\'t work out, and he gets mad at the architect or general contractor,\\\" said Zachary Hamilton, vice president, Kwame Building Group.</p>\n<p>When SSM Healthcare began considering the construction of a new hospital in Jefferson City, MO, the company engaged in a process Cates calls functional programming before they made the decision to build. Cates, who guided the process, said, \\\"it is a lot like the internal planning that most business do for their business, but is rarely done in construction projects.\\\"</p>\n<p>The typical challenges in a construction project, he said, include defining a project\\\'s scope of work; co-ordinating design and construction; getting the right mix of expertise and experience among project team members; responsible estimating, value analysis, and budgeting; scheduling, sequencing and phasing of activities; and efficient and effective communication.</p>\n<p>With functional programming, \\\"you start by defining the basis or purpose of the project - the project objectives,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"You look at the business case for the project; the operational models the owner could use; applicable codes and standards; and space needs.</p>\n<p><br />Then you look at the choices regarding building systems, materials, equipment, and furnishings. From that you develop expectations regarding cost and schedule, which allows you to create a budget. All of this is done before the project is approved. Once you have the budget, you then go to the owner or board of directors for approval of the project. If approved, then you begin design and specifying scopes of work,\\\" Cates said.</p>\n<p>Architects, contractors, and vendors have to be involved in the programming process to get good information about choices, costs, and time frames for ordering materials and equipment.</p>\n<p>\\\"You pay them a consulting fee to get good ideas from them, but everyone knows there isn\\\'t a project yet and if it is approved, there will be a selection process by the owner. If it moves forward, the intent is to use them on the project, but they are not guaranteed a job,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"With all the new choices out there, particularly with regards to technology and sustainability, it is exciting and all the more reason to have a team that can give you the pros and cons of each choice early,\\\" said Michael Perry, president of HBD Construction and 2011 chairman of the AGC of St. Louis.</p>\n<p>Cates, said, \\\"working on the Jefferson City hospital project, we hired an architect - a joint venture of The Lawrence Group and HGA - to plan the amount of space needed; an engineer - Heideman Associates - to develop the choices of M.E.P. (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) systems for the different functional areas and the pros and cons of each; and a construction manager - Alberici - to help us understand the complexities of the site and pricing in the marketplace. We had 25 people in the room, including M.E.P.. subs, a structural guy, a code guy, and medical equipment vendors.</p>\n<p>\\\"The functional program we developed will serve as the basis of the budget and the basis of design. Everything will be checked back against it. It cost $2 million for a project that we estimate will cost $220 million, but it is where you save money. Changes are ten times more expensive to make in design than they are in planning, and once you are in construction, where you are locked in, changes are 100 times more expensive to make,\\\" Cates said.</p>\n<p>The project delivery method is the last piece of the plan, he said. \\\"We promote integrated project delivery, but even if the job is hard bid, the functional program keeps the scope constant so you really are comparing apples to apples,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>Two other local owners who believe strongly in advance planning are Ameren and Solutia.</p>\n<p>\\\"We start at the conceptual phase and really focus on nailing down the scope. We feel that is going to drive the other areas: cost, schedule, risk, and quality,\\\" said Ryan Ellen, manager of enterprise risk and project management in Ameren\\\'s corporate planning group and also a member of the Best Practices Committee of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers.</p>\n<p>\\\"Research from the Construction Industry Institute has been very helpful, especially the Project Definition Rating Index,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) is a simple tool for measuring the completeness of a project scope definition. The PDRI offers a comprehensive checklist of 64 scope definition elements in an easy-to-use score sheet format that is supported by detailed descriptions of these elements. Each element is also weighted based on its relative importance to the other elements, and the checklist makes it easy to isolate high risk areas for further work. Research has shown that a PDRI score of 200 or less greatly increases the probability of a successful project.</p>\n<p>There are three main sections of the PDRI - basis of project decision, basis of design, and execution approach - each of which is broken down into a series of categories, which in turn are further broken down into elements.</p>\n<p>\\\"We get stakeholders in a room for four-to-six hours to discuss the front end planning effort using the PDRI. We\\\'re even using the PDRI on small projects. It really identifies the gaps in our planning,\\\" Ellen said.</p>\n<p>\\\"Front end planning, nailing down the scope, and deciding how to manage changes are the key decisions for owners to make,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"Front end planning is one of those important Construction Industry Institute Best Practices that we strictly adhere to at Solutia,\\\" said Greg Kanteres, worldwide engineering major project manager and chairman of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers\\\' Best Practices Committee.</p>\n<p>Kantares breaks front end planning into two parts.</p>\n<p>One part, which he calls \\\"alignment,\\\" is making certain that all individuals and companies involved on a project know the overall objectives of the project and how their part is essential to the overall project success.</p>\n<p>That is a part that Scott Wittkop, central division president of McCarthy Building Cos., said is often is missing.</p>\n<p>\\\"It has amazed me just how poor communication has gotten between owners, design teams, contractors, and subcontractors, despite the electronic age and everyone copying everyone with everything,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>And, it is not just about the parties talking at each other. \\\"You have to ask, \\\'Mr. Architect, what did you hear me say?\\\' or \\\'Mr. Contractor, what did you hear me say?\\\' to be clear,\\\" Wittkop said.</p>\n<p>It is far too common for teams to overlook that step, \\\"and get four months into a project and find that the owner, the architect, and the contractor aren\\\'t on the same page,\\\" he said. \\\"That is wasting money,\\\" he added.</p>\n<p>The other part of front end planning is pre-project planning.</p>\n<p>\\\"At the onset of a project, a team must make many very important decisions. One of those important areas is documenting the execution strategy - what type of contract strategies will be used, who is doing what, when, why and where? ... No single strategy is going to work for all projects,\\\" Kantares said. <br />Kantares said Solutia uses the Construction Industry Institute\\\'s PDRI or Independent Project Analysis\\\' Front End Loading Index to help corporate teams understand if they have completely defined the work that is to be done. They use the Construction Industry Institute\\\'s Project Delivery and Contracting Strategy tool to help determine the most appropriate contracting strategy for a project.</p>\n<p>Many owners, however, are not the savvy consumers of design and construction services that Ameren and Solutia are. 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From that you develop expectations regarding cost and schedule, which allows you to create a budget. All of this is done before the project is approved. Once you have the budget, you then go to the owner or board of directors for approval of the project. If approved, then you begin design and specifying scopes of work,\\\" Cates said.</p>\n<p>Architects, contractors, and vendors have to be involved in the programming process to get good information about choices, costs, and time frames for ordering materials and equipment.</p>\n<p>\\\"You pay them a consulting fee to get good ideas from them, but everyone knows there isn\\\'t a project yet and if it is approved, there will be a selection process by the owner. If it moves forward, the intent is to use them on the project, but they are not guaranteed a job,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"With all the new choices out there, particularly with regards to technology and sustainability, it is exciting and all the more reason to have a team that can give you the pros and cons of each choice early,\\\" said Michael Perry, president of HBD Construction and 2011 chairman of the AGC of St. Louis.</p>\n<p>Cates, said, \\\"working on the Jefferson City hospital project, we hired an architect - a joint venture of The Lawrence Group and HGA - to plan the amount of space needed; an engineer - Heideman Associates - to develop the choices of M.E.P. (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) systems for the different functional areas and the pros and cons of each; and a construction manager - Alberici - to help us understand the complexities of the site and pricing in the marketplace. 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We feel that is going to drive the other areas: cost, schedule, risk, and quality,\\\" said Ryan Ellen, manager of enterprise risk and project management in Ameren\\\'s corporate planning group and also a member of the Best Practices Committee of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers.</p>\n<p>\\\"Research from the Construction Industry Institute has been very helpful, especially the Project Definition Rating Index,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>The Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) is a simple tool for measuring the completeness of a project scope definition. The PDRI offers a comprehensive checklist of 64 scope definition elements in an easy-to-use score sheet format that is supported by detailed descriptions of these elements. Each element is also weighted based on its relative importance to the other elements, and the checklist makes it easy to isolate high risk areas for further work. Research has shown that a PDRI score of 200 or less greatly increases the probability of a successful project.</p>\n<p>There are three main sections of the PDRI - basis of project decision, basis of design, and execution approach - each of which is broken down into a series of categories, which in turn are further broken down into elements.</p>\n<p>\\\"We get stakeholders in a room for four-to-six hours to discuss the front end planning effort using the PDRI. We\\\'re even using the PDRI on small projects. It really identifies the gaps in our planning,\\\" Ellen said.</p>\n<p>\\\"Front end planning, nailing down the scope, and deciding how to manage changes are the key decisions for owners to make,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>\\\"Front end planning is one of those important Construction Industry Institute Best Practices that we strictly adhere to at Solutia,\\\" said Greg Kanteres, worldwide engineering major project manager and chairman of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers\\\' Best Practices Committee.</p>\n<p>Kantares breaks front end planning into two parts.</p>\n<p>One part, which he calls \\\"alignment,\\\" is making certain that all individuals and companies involved on a project know the overall objectives of the project and how their part is essential to the overall project success.</p>\n<p>That is a part that Scott Wittkop, central division president of McCarthy Building Cos., said is often is missing.</p>\n<p>\\\"It has amazed me just how poor communication has gotten between owners, design teams, contractors, and subcontractors, despite the electronic age and everyone copying everyone with everything,\\\" he said.</p>\n<p>And, it is not just about the parties talking at each other. \\\"You have to ask, \\\'Mr. Architect, what did you hear me say?\\\' or \\\'Mr. Contractor, what did you hear me say?\\\' to be clear,\\\" Wittkop said.</p>\n<p>It is far too common for teams to overlook that step, \\\"and get four months into a project and find that the owner, the architect, and the contractor aren\\\'t on the same page,\\\" he said. \\\"That is wasting money,\\\" he added.</p>\n<p>The other part of front end planning is pre-project planning.</p>\n<p>\\\"At the onset of a project, a team must make many very important decisions. One of those important areas is documenting the execution strategy - what type of contract strategies will be used, who is doing what, when, why and where? ... No single strategy is going to work for all projects,\\\" Kantares said. <br />Kantares said Solutia uses the Construction Industry Institute\\\'s PDRI or Independent Project Analysis\\\' Front End Loading Index to help corporate teams understand if they have completely defined the work that is to be done. They use the Construction Industry Institute\\\'s Project Delivery and Contracting Strategy tool to help determine the most appropriate contracting strategy for a project.</p>\n<p>Many owners, however, are not the savvy consumers of design and construction services that Ameren and Solutia are. They may hire an architect, construction manager, or designer/builder and rely on them to take the planning process in hand.<br />Often, they make uneducated decisions, \\\"because they lack the appropriate knowledge,\\\" said Lauren Talley, commercial project manager at Kozeny-Wagner Inc</p>\n<p>.A good owner\\\'s representative can help educate an owner as to the owner\\\'s responsibilities, help clarify the owner\\\'s vision, and help the owner clarify internal lines of decision-making authority.\\\"I would bet that any owner\\\'s rep out there would be able to prove their worth at the end of the job by saving at least twice their fee just by asking the right questions. It creates a clear line of communication and facilitates decision-making,\\\" she said.Regardless of who the owner hires, the owner should provide enough time for planning. \\\"Technology makes us think that everything can happen fast, but good design and construction takes thought. 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