Industry Update

Energy Star Updates: In 2013, Assembly Bill 1103 will require the Owners of non-residential buildings sized 25,000 sf or more to benchmark their building’s energy use prior to any whole-building financial transaction such as leasing, selling, or re-financing. Then, in 2014, this requirement will apply to buildings sized 10,000 sf or more. Williams + Paddon uses Energy Star Portfolio Manager—a free, web-based program—to assist an...

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Festival Spotlight: VISIONARY: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Guest Writter: Susan Rainier, AIA, Senior Project Manager at UC Davis Design and Construction Management One of the highlights of the inaugural Architecture Festival was a presentation on October 19, with Kai-Uwe Bergman, a principal architect with Bjarke Ingels Group of Denmark.Kai gave a riveting full spectrum presentation (680+ slides!) highlighting their firm’s remarkably innovative and inspirational designs, not only in Architecture but...

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First AIA Central Valley Architecture Festival Wrap Up

Guest Writer: Kimberly Anderson, Executive Director of AIA Central Valley Chapter What a busy, inspiring and fun couple of weeks it was!  The “Top of the City” was viewed; bikes were ridden past member’s projects, art and architectural landmarks and mid-century modern homes; films were screened and discussed; dialogues were initiated covering everything from regional identity to urban agriculture. Attendees sketched the city, partied over...

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City of Sacramento City Hall Parking Structure

The Otto Construction / Williams + Paddon team is excited to announce recently being awarded the design-build contract for the City of Sacramento Parking Garage Revitalization Project. Located on the corner of 10th and I Streets in the heart of Downtown Sacramento, this high profile project consists of the complete rehabilitation to the existing parking structure that primarily serves City Hall. The scope of work includes redesigning and replacing...

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W+P Tech Guy Assignment No.2 – Baby Room

  Continuing to prepare for our first born: As you know, my wife and I are currently preparing for our first born child. For the last month or so, we have been gathering the baby “necessities”, attending baby showers, and prepping for parenthood. I mean, come on, I’ve learned more about the female anatomy, infants, labor, baby product do’s and don’ts, and even breastfeeding in the last couple months than a man really should or...

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Happy Holidays from W+P!

Another year, not just another card: Yes, yes... we love the goodies, the coming together of people, and the overall joyous attitude this time of year brings... but here at W+P, we looooooove us some holiday cards! So here is ours to you, and please send us yours! We love seeing what you all are up to this fine holiday season!   The gang, wishing you the best!   Snowman Tom...     Tracy, eager as ever...     Cigi,...

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GreenBuild 2012

Last week, Regina Souchek and I attended USGBC's annual GreenBuild conference in San Francisco. We joined roughly 30,000 attendees, choosing from several hundred seminar sessions and viewing over one thousand hands-on product displays. This conference has grown and matured from the first GreenBuild I attended in Austin, back in 2002. Back then, it was difficult to find "green" products and even more difficult to confirm a manufacturer's green...

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Another Big Year for HOT PINK

  Another year and another Hot Pink Fun Run under my belt!  For this fifth annual run, we introduced a number of changes—a 10K event, a new route and a new day of the week. It was the biggest and most successful to date, with over 1,550 runners through three different events (10K, 5K and 1-mile) and $29,100 raised for the Placer Breast Cancer Endowment. We received such positive feedback from so many people on this year’s...

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W+P’s Robi Kaseman Judges IIDA Couture Competition

MERGE 2012 : Interior Design Meets the Runway   Robi Kaseman, Associate Principal at W+P and Past President of IIDA Northern California Chapter, served as a Judge at last month’s IIDA Sacramento City Center Second Annual MERGE event. "It was a pleasure to be invited to judge the MERGE 2012 event," she said. The event was held on Saturday, Oct. 27th, at The Crest Theater in Downtown Sacramento. The evening was fast, furious, and...

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W+P Awarded Placer County Contract

Williams + Paddon Selected as Placer County's Accessibility Expert Consultant:   Williams + Paddon was recently selected by Placer County to perform new ADA surveys of over 70 County facilities.  The work includes re-inspection of all facilities located throughout Placer County, assistance with the County's survey work, and documentation and drawing production for the County's ADA Title II Transition Plan, which is required by the...

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The Color of Butter

True or False - EP. 1: For those of you who know me, you will know the answer… for the rest of you, take a guess as to whether the following is true or not true! My wife, Gretchen (OMG, a male interior designer with a wife?!) is a hairstylist, and we cannot agree on paint color (or any color for that matter) for our house. For the first 5 years of us living in Land Park, we kept the original wall color because there could be no compromise between...

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SureWest - Back to Vernon Street

W+P Helps SureWest Make The Transition Downtown: As you may have seen in the Sacramento Business Journal's ARTICLE last week, Roseville based SureWest  announced last Friday that they will be moving from their current Industrial Avenue location to 200 Vernon Street. The move ties back to the acquisition of the company by Consolidated Communications earlier this year. Williams+Paddon has worked with SureWest on multiple projects throughout...

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W+P Awarded CSU-Chico Renewal Contract

  Campus Consulting Architects - California State University, Chico: Williams + Paddon is proud to have recently been selected as California State University, Chico’s Campus Consulting Architects for the third consecutive year! Proposal and interview evaluations led the University’s campus selection committee to award this contract to W+P in conjunction with DLR Group. Over the past two years, the W+P team has served in this capacity and...

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