The Mini goes Electric

For those eco-conscious drivers and those who actually care what you earth friendly car looks like, check out the all electric Mini. Same great styling, same fun attitude, but no gas required. The Mini E, as it is called, comes complete with a 204hp fully electric engine, a regenerative braking system, and a range of 150 miles.-Brian...

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Crossville Tile Factory Tour, Nashville TN

Brian Lefholz and I joined a large group from all over California and headed east to Crossville Tennessee to tour the factory of Crossville Tile. It was an extremely fun and educational experience. We toured two factories, their oldest and their newest. The oldest of the two was a hodgepodge of activity. We bounced from room to room like a pinball, trying our best to make sense of the tile making process. Needless to say it was extremely confusing...

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A Super Green Roof

If this keeps up, we won’t be able to see the buildings from space!-Beve...

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Get Plugged Into the Green World!

Welcome to your one stop shop for all things green. Your social and business community, your way, Linked Up to your personal green. Green Link Up - Click Here-Beve...

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Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento

"Multi Purpose Building groundbreaking ceremony kicks off phase II expansion." That's what the headline read on the fall newsletter from of the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento. The first phase of construction, a 2,773 sf half-court basketball and indoor recreation gym, was completed in November 2006. Phase II consists of adding 1,996 sf of office, restrooms, home economics classroom, arts and crafts room and a library.Thanks to Jason Masty...

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Architect vs. Engineer

Click image to read.This is probably one of the funniest Architecture/Engineering pieces I've ever read. Enjoy.-Eric D....

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Sunday Morning, Afternoon, and Evening Ride

Sundays ride started as a beautiful day in the saddle with our morning crisp and clear and full of anticipation. We departed Auburn in the AM and proceeded through Meadow Vista up Placer Hills Road to Colfax. The climbing was sweet, the roads where covered in thorns and our single speed guru Brian L. was determined to suffer through the pain of 13 climbs, four flats and open harassment from his geared companions. The Peloton was well balanced at...

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To Quote Greg Tonello...

Check out our very own Greg Tonello in this months California Construction's Top Design Firm's issue.-Jo...

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New Employees (in case you hadn't noticed)

Welcome to the family John, Tom, Mel, Kristi, and Jose...

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Monday humor

Peter's Laws: The Creed of the Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive1. If anything can go wrong, Fix it! (To hell with Murphy!)2. When given a choice -- Take both!3. Multiple projects lead to multiple successes.4. Start at the top and work your way up.5. Do it by the book...but be the author!6. When forced to compromise, ask for more.7. If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them.8. If it's worth doing, it's got to be done right now.9. If you can't win, change the rules.10. If you can't change the rules, ignore them.11. When faced without...

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Note from Taylor

Hey Everyone!Everything is going great down here in SLO. Life is way better when the beach is so close! I haven't had to pull any all-nighters yet out of necessity yet, so that's a plus. Many of you may not remember my schedule if I told you, but I'm in a digital arch class, a shop arch class, my arch studio, English, and physics. I've been surprised at how much free time I have right now, but I'm expecting that to change soon... ? I've heard my...

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Violators win again

The Violators took the field in the first inning Wednesday night and started off with a shaky start, giving up a couple runs on fielding errors. Then Mr. Brett Billingsley stepped up to the plate and started a very fun night of softball. He hit a sharp line drive to the outfield and made it to second with an outfield not paying attention. Then Ms. Schnee Lopez stepped up and hit her favorite pitches (the ones that are at least two feet over her head) directly into left field, bringing in Brett to get us on the board. As the Violator defense shaped...

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