August 9, 2006

Design Detailings: Mahlum, Day form partnership

Smith

Day

Day CPM offers team leadership and planning management, programming and design review, cost estimating, public processing, construction management and building commissioning services. The new firm will serve as owner advocate and project manager to design projects, control costs, provide communications and manage the building process through move-in.

The association with Mahlum will result in more streamlined project management, quicker resolution of conflicts and potential savings, according to Mike Day, managing partner in Day CPM Services and founder of Day & Associates.

Mahlum and Day have collaborated on a number of projects in Washington and Oregon.

"We believe this new association has great potential, especially in design/build projects," said Michael Smith, Mahlum president.

Although Day CPM and Mahlum will offer combined services to clients as a result of the partnership, they will operate as separate entities and serve clients independently of each other.

Two at CDi pass sustainability exam

Joe Llona and Leslie Jonsson of the mechanical consulting firm CDi Engineers recently passed an exam to become certified sustainable building advisors, after completing the Sustainable Building Advisor program offered through Seattle City Light and Seattle Central Community College.

Llona is an associate at CDi Engineers, and serves as the firm’s director of sustainable design. Jonsson is a project manager and mechanical engineer.

The program emphasizes concepts such as analyzing costs and benefits of sustainable building measures, using financial incentives and technical assistance from governments, utilities, and non-profit organizations, and working with architects, designers, builders, building operators and utilities to improve a building’s performance.

At CDi, Llona and Jonsson are involved with continuing education and training of CDi staff members in sustainable building design practices.

SAF tour: Ballard then and now

Seattle Architecture Foundation will sponsor a tour of Ballard Saturday. The tour will travel along historic Ballard Avenue, looking at structures from the 1890s through the 1940s. Ballard’s modern side is found at the Ballard Municipal Center north of Market Street, with a new library, park and neighborhood service center.

The tour runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $20. For more information, call Seattle Architecture Foundation at (206) 667-9184 or go to http://www.seattlearchitecture.org.