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New Hires

CSArch is pleased to announce the hiring of two new staff members. Elizabeth Brutsch of East Chatham joined the firm as intern architect. A graduate of Alfred State College School of Management and Engineering Technology, Brutsch was named a 2010 SUNY Chancellor Award winner for Student Excellence and received the Paul B. Orvis Award for Excellence, the College’s highest student honor. Her current work at CSArch includes projects at SUNY Albany and Northern Adirondack Central School.

Dana Farrell of Grafton joined the firm as intern architect. A graduate of Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., Farrell was previously employed at Prime Engineering in Atlanta, GA where she worked on municipal, industrial and aviation projects. Farrell is currently pursuing LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credentials through the U.S. Green Building Council. Her current work at CSArch includes projects at the City School District of Albany, Queensbury School District and Syracuse City School District.
Elizabeth Brutsch
Dana Farrell

New LEED® Accredited Professionals

CSArch is pleased to announce that Paul Nickerson, Pasquale Marchese and John Davi have passed the LEED Professional Accreditation exam. Paul is an Associate and Project Architect at the firm. He is currently working on projects at Cohoes City School District and North Colonie Central School District. Pasquale is a Project Architect, currently working on projects at Queensbury Union Free School District and Saratoga Springs City School District. John is an Intern Architect and working on projects at Queensbury and Saratoga.

CSArch is proud to announce that twenty percent of our technical staff are LEED accredited professionals.
Paul Nickerson
Pasquale Marchese

John Davi

CSArch Hired by Northern Adirondack CSD

CSArch is pleased to announce that we were recently hired by the Northern Adirondack Central School District. The district wishes to implement a capital project that will address much needed facility improvements especially at the High School. Potential work will include infrastructure improvements, security enhancements, window replacement, HVAC system upgrades and possible grade reorganization at the High School. At the Elementary school the main office will be relocated as well as other facility upgrades.

Northern Adirondack Central School

New Registered Architect

CSArch is pleased to announce that Robert LaFayette recently passed his Architectural Registration Exam and is now a licensed architect. Robert graduated from Pratt Institute in 1999 and has worked on a variety of design projects such as educational facilities, residential and religious facilities. At CSArch, Robert is working on several projects at the Newburgh Enlarged School District.
Robert Lafayette, RA

Long Beach CSD Passes $98.9M Project Referendum

Long Beach City School District passed a referendum for a $98.9 million project that includes a school preservation plan, major building renovations and small building additions to take place over the next ten years. CSArch will be moving forward providing design services on the project. Long Beach is a barrier island located on the south shore of Long Island. Long Beach has seven schools servicing a school population of approximately 4600 students. The district consists of one pre-kindergarten school, four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, one alternative high school, and an adult learning center.

CSArch was hired to develop the District’s Master Plan, identifying close to $350 million of educational and building infrastructure needs throughout the District. As part of the plan, CSArch incorporated project upgrades to improve operational savings for the district and for tax-payers. The School Preservation Plan provides an opportunity for Long Beach to address long standing health and safety challenges, code deficiencies, basic building deterioration, and substandard instructional space at the Pre-K, middle school and high school. High School technology upgrades included the addition of State-of-the-Art Science labs and a Media/Music/TV Studio and renovations to the Computer/Auto Repair Room and Guidance/Administration Office.

The Long Beach project represents one of the largest projects in CSArch’s history and an important expansion step into the Long Island market.

Long Beach East Elementary School

Robert Timber - New RA

CSArch is pleased to announce that Robert Timber recently passed his Architectural Registration Exam and is now a licensed architect. Robert has worked in the architectural industry for more than 20 years and is a graduate of Hudson Valley Community College’s Industrial Technology Program. With CSArch for five years, Robert has worked on projects at Cohoes City School District, Mohonasen Central School District, SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Delhi.

Queensbury UFSD - Passes Referendum

The Queensbury Union Free School District successfully passed their $16.5 capital project referendum in January. CSArch was hired by the District in 2008 to assist with Pre-Referendum services to develop an EXCEL capital project that addressed the District’s needs. The project includes a new secured entrance addition, renovated gym and science classrooms at the Middle School, consolidation of renovated bus garage & bus shelter with a new maintenance addition & storage bays, master plan site work, a new classroom in the Elementary School media center, storage addition at Barton Intermediate Elementary School and overall renovations and upgrade improvements to facilities throughout the campus relative to safety, security and infrastructure. CSArch is teaming with CHA, who will provide site & engineering services.

New LEED Accredited Professionals

CSArch is pleased to announce that Charles Brome and William Pennock have passed the LEED Professional Accreditation exam. Charles is a Senior Associate and a Project Architect at the firm. He is currently working on projects at Watervliet City School District, Questar III and Brown School. William is an Associate and Project Architect, currently working on projects at Albany Public Library and Jefferson Central School District. The Albany Public Library projects are on track to receive LEED Silver Certification.

Paul Benoit - HVCC Appointment

Paul J. Benoit AIA, Principal and design architect at CSArch, was appointed to a three-year term on the Advisory Board for the Civil Technology Department at Hudson Valley Community College. Benoit’s duties will be to assist the college in ensuring that the civil technology department’s curriculum is current and meets the needs of its students. Benoit earned his associates degree in civil technology from HVCC in 1981, and after receiving his degree in architecture from New York Institute of Technology, he taught evening courses at HVCC.

New Scotland Elementary - Grand Opening

The City School District of Albany’s New Scotland Elementary School (formerly School 19) opened to students, staff and the community with a ribbon cutting ceremony and public tour on January 6, 2009. Originally built in the 1920’s, the school went through an extensive renovation to enhance interior spaces and transform the building into a state-of-the-art learning facility.

With the relocation of an Albany Public Library branch to a new facility, the school’s main office moved from the second floor to the first floor. New features of the school include 21 grade-specific classrooms, three special education rooms, two pre-kindergarten rooms, a new library/media center, dedicated music, art and computer classrooms, a new gymnasium addition, new cafetorium and food serving area, and a new nurse’s suite. New elevators, handicap lifts and ramps were added to create full accessibility to the building.

Infrastructure improvements included new mechanical, electrical, plumbing, lighting and technology features. A new high-performance ice storage system that will supplement air conditioning and a new geoexchange well system were designed to help cool the building.

The exterior of the building received minor restoration to masonry. Sitework included a redesigned student drop-off and faculty parking area.

New LEED Accredited Professionals

CSArch is pleased to announce that Andrew Neubauer and Baani Singh have passed the LEED Professional Accreditation exam. Neubauer is an Associate and a Project Architect at the firm. He is currently working on projects at Averill Park Central School District, Bethlehem Central School District and Rensselaer Public Library. Singh is an Interior Designer and an Intern Architect. She is currently working on projects at Wynantskill Union Free School District and Northeastern Clinton Central School District.

Neubauer stated that “it is our social responsibility and professional obligation as designers of the built environment to encourage sustainable and high performance design. CSArch has a strong commitment in providing high performance design to our clients and supports the LEED process as a USGBC member firm. Pursuing the LEED professional accreditation strengthened my knowledge of "green" design, which is a necessary component in the future of the architectural profession.”

Top Design Firm 2008

The October 2008 issue of the New York Construction magazine lists top design firms throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Firms are ranked in terms of revenues and by categories. Here is where CSArch ranked:

Top Design Firm: #65 out of 124 firms
New York Revenue: #49 out of 75
Educational Facility Revenue: #2 out of 25
General Building Revenue: #24 out of 25
Sports/Recreation Revenue: #7 out of 10

New Hire - Lee Pinckney

CSArch is pleased to announce the hiring of Lee Pinckney III RA as Construction Administrator. In his new role as construction administrator, Pinckney will oversee construction projects at Kingston City School District and Northeastern Clinton Central School District. Pinckney joined CSArch in hopes of learning a new type of architecture and construction – education facility design. He is very passionate about historic preservation architecture and worked in that area for thirty years.

Eagle Elementary - Grand Opening

Eagle Elementary opened its doors on September 3, 2008 to 375 first through fifth grade students. Part of Bethlehem Central School District’s $93 million capital improvement project, Eagle Elementary is the first new elementary school in the district in 51 years. The new facility houses 16 classrooms, resource rooms, dedicated spaces for art and music, library/media center, two-station gymnasium, a multi-purpose cafetorium, and an administration suite. The 2-story building is an efficient design solution that contributes to the tight-knit feel of the Bethlehem community. With familiar features like gable roofs, masonry walls and wood clad windows, the school is very welcoming to students and teachers.

The Eagle Elementary school also meets a number of criteria required for LEED certification with the US Green Building Council, and toward New York State’s High Performance School Guidelines. Although the project does not meet all the requirements toward certification, the following is a list of high performance items that were achieved:

-Site design retains the character of existing site wetland conditions by preserving over half of the existing wetlands.
-Orientation on site takes advantage of solar exposure for natural light and passive heat. -All storm water will be completely treated on-site before discharge into existing on-site stream, as per DEC regulations.
-Project has daylight harvesting control systems for all classroom instructional spaces to adjust the artificial lighting as the daylight increases or decreases.
-Exterior envelope construction will contain no-paper faced board material, therefore eliminating concern for mold growth.
-All plumbing fixtures will reduce water consumption by 23%.
-Finish materials and casework with recycled content specified. All structural materials regionally manufactured. All materials specified in compliance with low-VOC emission regulations.

The project broke ground in May 2007 with a total construction budget of $8 million.

Speaking Engagement at NYSCOSS

Randy Collins, President of CSArch, Theresa Marshall, Partner of Allegory Studios and John MacDonald, Superintendent of Ticonderoga Central School District spoke at the New York State Council of School Superintendents Conference on October 6, 2008.

The program, "Capital Projects: Passing the Vote in Tough Economic Times" will feature an interactive conversation between presenters and audience. The speakers explored the steps in the pre-referendum process with a focus on the key communication challenges districts face when they put a project before voters. The session will highlight a case study of a vote passed in Ticonderoga in 2007, a district where the diverse economic base includes both long-time residents from the city of Ticonderoga and the surrounding rural areas, and second homeowners with properties on Lake George and Lake Champlain. A previous project had been voted down and the district was faced with opposition to a double-digit tax increase.

Participants heard new ideas about integrating the communications process with the development of the project itself and learn how to uncover and utilize the core motivations of their communities as they create the message around their campaign. Through the discovery of the archetypal profile of a district, this new communications paradigm creates a compelling story about a capital project that is motivating to the right target audiences, getting more "yes" voters to the polls. By establishing a vision for the project early-on that incorporates the culture and priorities of the community, this step-by-step approach helps to build strong consensus amongst committees and school boards. The result is a detailed plan and specific language and tools districts can use to effectively communicate with constituents.

CSArch is a diamond supporter of the New York State Council of School Superintendents.

New Office in Malone

CSArch has opened a new office in Malone, NY. CSArch has had a strong presence in the North Country since 1993, providing ongoing architectural, construction management and long-term planning services to public school districts in Ausable Valley, Northeastern Clinton, Salmon River, Keene, Malone and Ticonderoga. Currently, the firm is working at the Malone Central School District, Northeastern Clinton Central School District, Salmon River School District and the Ticonderoga Central School District.

The two employees of the former Malone-based Tim McCarthy Architects P.C ., who had been consulting with CSArch over the past year on several projects, have been hired as CSArch employees, including principal architect Timothy S. McCarthy, AIA and Interior Designer Colleen Scott, NCIDQ.
-Orientation on site takes advantage of solar exposure for natural light and passive heat. -All storm water will be completely treated on-site before discharge into existing on-site stream, as per DEC regulations.

McCarthy joins CSArch with over 25 years of experience. He has maintained a presence in the North Country throughout his career, and in addition to many school projects, has worked on projects for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Camens Architectural Group in Malone, Adirondack Design in Saranac Lake, and Barkeater Design Build Company in Malone. His residential work has been featured in Natural Home magazine and Designer Builder magazine. A registered architect with New York State, McCarthy also serves as an instructor in Slipform Stone Masonry at Yestermorrow Design Build School in Warren, Vermont.

“CSArch is a firm that is concerned about relationships with clients,” says McCarthy, “Their progressive work ethic has earned them a position of distinction in the design industry and I believe that the firm’s presence in Malone will bode well for the North Country.”

Scott brings over eight years of experience in interior design to CSArch. She was employed with Tim McCarthy Architects from 2003, and prior to that served as an interior designer with Cannon Design and Gensler, both in Boston, MA. Her work has included projects for: SeaComm Federal Credit Union in Canton, NY; the 4H Camp in Mountain View, NY; the Franklin County House of Historic Reference Library in Malone; Boston University; Brigham and Women’s Hospital Medical Library; and Fleet Boston Financial in Boston, among many others.

For the present, CSArch will continue to operate out of offices at 468 East Main Street in Malone, where the former Tim McCarthy Architects was located. “We are exploring options for enlarged space to accommodate the anticipated growth of our Malone office,” says Collins, “and are committed to staying in the central business district of Malone. We look forward to contributing to the Malone community.”

Baani Singh - NCIDQ

CSArch is pleased to announce that Baani Singh, an Intern Architect, recently received her National Council for Interior Design Qualification certificate and license. The NCIDQ exam tests on all aspects on interior design that incorporate programming, schematic design, design development, contract documents, contract administration and professional practice. Singh has a bachelor’s degree in architecture. Singh states that “interior and architectural design combined together form beautiful buildings. Interior design certification is a great way to get involved in the design process”. Singh is also pursuing her architectural license as well as LEED certification.

Open House in Newburgh

On November 8, 2007, CSArch celebrated a new office location and the new company name with an open house event. CSArch’s Newburgh office relocated from their 12 Front Street location to 19 Front Street. The new location is also known as the Yellowbird Gallery. The new office space fosters an open work environment with extensive natural daylighting and a view of the Hudson River.
  

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