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Triad 1828 Centre, LEED Silver Certified
USA Architects Associate and Director of Sustainability, Marlene Borruso AIA, breaks down what makes the Triad 1828 Centre in Camden, NJ, a LEED Certified building.
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Marlene Borruso on the Design of the Children's Home Society of NJ's New Early Childhood Center and its Impact on Hamilton
Associate and Project Manager, Marlene Borruso AIA, discusses in detail the everlasting impact the Children's Home Society of New Jersey's New Early Childhood Center will have on its community.
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Modern Architecture and Design can have a Positive Impact on Correctional Facilities
USA Architects’ CEO, Paul Swartz, was interviewed by LancasterOnline over the summer regarding the potential of a new Lancaster County correctional facility.
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Building Envelope Specialists
USA Architects has one of the most accomplished Building Envelope Studios in the region from having managed and designed hundreds of millions of dollars in building envelope repair and replacement projects over the past 30 years.
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How the Life Cycle Analysis is Like an Apple Pie
Architect Doug Margaretta reviews a recent course that offered an engaging and practical overview of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), Health Product Declarations (HPDs), and the importance of these documents in the new LEED v4 rating system scheduled to go into effect this fall.
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Center for Lifelong Learning – A look back after five years of service to children with autism
In the fall of 2009 a new school for special children opened in Sayreville, New Jersey. Constructed by the Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission and funded by the Middlesex County Improvement Authority along with the vision of the County Freeholders, the school was a “first of its kind” on several levels.
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Do Accessibility Regulations Actually Give Accessibility?
Today, USA Architects held an in-house seminar and hands-on demonstration of the accessibility regulations. Several of us spent time in a wheelchair, attempting to navigate around our office. The results were both awkward and eye opening.
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What you THOUGHT you knew about real Slate
Allow me to describe to all of you what is currently occurring on several of our projects, regarding slate roofing, as food for thought on your next project if it has a place for slate. When Shyam had to specify slate roofing on the Schaefer Auditorium @ Kutztown University he contacted the Evergreen Slate Co. in Granville New York. They own and operate a huge slate quarry that straddles the New York /Vermont border and several smaller satellite quarries in the area. The Sales Rep. gave us a Lunch & Learn on slate which piqued my interest, even though we have never used much of it in this office due to the high cost associated with it.