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Rethinking prison design: Iowa Correctional Institution for Women

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Eight years ago, when the state of Iowa moved to replace its outdated women’s prison, Warden Patti Wachtendorf was explicit about her vision for the new facility. “I I wanted it designed for women, not men.”. I wanted a prison that didn’t look like the stereotypical prison,” she recently recalled. “I

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Best Project Higher Education/Research Iowa State University Student Innovation Center

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The $59-million, 146,000-sq-ft Iowa State University Student Innovation Center was designed to be flexible. Unlike so many buildings on campus, the SIC was not defined by one college, user group or entity as the sole occupant.

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How is artificial intelligence impacting data center design?

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How is artificial intelligence impacting data center design? 0 qpurcell Wed, 11/22/2023 - 17:00 Data Centers As AI is reshaping how we interact with machines and the world around us, the design of data centers needs to adapt to this fast-changing landscape. And there is no one-size-fits-all approach for data centers.

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Brian Witte: Designing Innovation Solutions for a Treacherous Stretch of Highway in Canadian Wilderness

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It was a small town in Iowa, and the teacher’s neighbor was the town engineer for a dozen communities,” recalls Witte, vice president of construction engineering for Parsons Corp. Brian Witte was just a freshman in high school when he launched his infrastructure career. “It They needed help.

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Iowa Governor Weighs Bill To End Design-Build Carveout

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CM at-risk would be allowed on all vertical construction but universities could not use DB project delivery, under state legislation passed by both houses

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Crystal Group Opens New Iowa HQ, Manufacturing Facility

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The designer and manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic hardware is creating 50 new jobs, increasing production at the Hiawatha, IA facility. . Read: Crystal Group Opens New Iowa HQ, Manufacturing Facility at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Kraft Heinz meat processing and packaging facility occupies 70 acre plot in Davenport, Iowa

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Designed and built by Gray Construction, Kraft Heinz’s new 382,157-sf meat processing and packaging facility in Davenport, Iowa occupies a 70-acre site in the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center. The building’s floor construction consists of structural slabs while the wall construction consists of insulated metal panels.

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