Ross Bryan's New President On Structural Engineering Challenges And Being The Girl With The Tool Kit
Ross Bryan Associates, the Nashville-based structural engineer for Music City Center, the Raleigh Convention Center and a number of buildings on the UT Knoxville and Belmont University campuses, recently tapped Ibba Surface as its new president. She has been with Ross Bryan since 1979, and is the first woman to lead the 67-year-old firm.
Bisnow talked with her about the state of her profession, a largely unheralded part of the construction industry.
Bisnow: What are the main challenges facing the structural engineering business now?
Surface: Construction schedules are fast-paced, and designs can be increasingly complex, which shortens our production time. We continually need to employ new production tools and techniques to deal…
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Tech Causes Evolution, Not Revolution, In Multifamily
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Although people are living online to a greater extent nowadays, they still need a place to sleep, entertain, eat and play. This means multifamily is better insulated from tech-triggered demand shocks like the one that has impacted retail. (One tech trend…
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LG Will Build Factory In Middle Tennessee
LG Electronics Inc. is planning to build a factory in Clarksville, Tenn., where the South Korean manufacturer will employ about 500 workers to build home appliances. The facility might be as large as 800k SF, the Tennessean reports.
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Designing The Luxury Hotel Experience
For SB Architects president Scott Lee, luxury hotel design is about creating a sense of place. Destination hotels are no longer about kitschy design and tacky décor, but about creating a one-of-a-kind experience.
Designing hotels has long been Lee's passion. At Cal Polytechnic State University, his thesis was on large-scale real estate development with an emphasis on hotels. He joined SB Architects 17 years ago because the firm wanted to build a hospitality practice. When Lee started, about 5% of the practice was hospitality; now hospitality makes up over half of the firm's portfolio.
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Florida Developer Wants To Break Into Nashville Market With Apartments In Franklin
The Bainbridge Cos., which is HQ'd in the Palm Beach area, is planning a 271-unit apartment development in Franklin. The 7.5-acre site is between two proposed office buildings. The property would be Bainbridge's first in Tennessee and aims to take advantage…
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The Real Estate Behind The World's Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority manages one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world. Known as the Exchange Fund, it manages over $456B in assets and focuses on steadying the exchange value of the Hong Kong dollar.
While the majority of the fund is allocated in currencies, the HKMA has been moving deeper into real estate in recent years in the search for long-term growth. At the end of 2015, the Exchange Fund held over $6.5B in real estate.
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