September 29, 2018

Construction Cost per Square Foot for College Buildings: Classrooms

In a continued effort to keep our readers informed of the most current construction cost trends on projects that EVstudio has experience in, below is the 2013 cost data from RSMeans, the industry leader in construction cost estimating. These costs are for the completed, finished building project and does not include land costs, entitlements costs, soft […]

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Post-Tension Elongations: How Long is Too Long?

Building Technology, Engineering, Structural Engineering / EVstudio AEP

Recently, we’ve had a few projects where our post-tension elongations came up longer than expected. As you’ll recall from my post earlier this year, elongation review is a critical part of an engineer’s acceptance of a post-tension slab. However, I mostly concentrated on short pulls in that article. What happens when the tendons pull long?

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Considerations of Fly Ash in Concrete.

Construction / EVstudio AEP

Fly ash is becoming more popular as a substitute for cement in concrete. The Federal government has been allowing and encouraging its use for quite some time. It was actually used extensively in the construction of the Hoover dam. Another less known fact is that the Romans used volcanic ash from the solfatara volcano near

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Architecture Engineering Residential Custom Silver Rock

EVstudio Luxury Mountain Home in Evergreen For Sale

Custom Homes, Evergreen, Portfolio, Residential / Dean Dalvit

We had the pleasure of working on a Luxury Mountain Home with an enterprising client and contractor that is now on the market for the discriminating buyer to own. The property is in Evergreen, Colorado and the full listing on realtor.com can be found here: 1295 Silver Rock Lane Attention to every detail was key

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Cost per Square Foot for Residential Construction

1 Comment / Architectural process, Construction, Cost, Residential / Dean Dalvit

One of the most challenging tasks of building your own home is wrestling with the idea of how much home your budget can reasonably afford to build. There are many factors that are involved in the actual costs of a home, and in the beginning, it is crucial to be as realistic as possible about

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Starting Out In Architecture Photography

Architecture, Educational / EVstudio AEP

When starting out in photography, one might think that buying an expensive camera is the first step, but I have found it is more important to experiment and learn what you enjoy most about photography, and to do that you need to take pictures. You could have a great camera, but if you don’t put

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Structural Engineering Sierra Ridge Floor Plan

Structural Engineering for Lennar Homes in Colorado

Architecture, Engineering, Residential, Structural Engineering / Maciek Gesikowski

EVstudio has been providing structural engineering services to Lennar Homes for over two years now and is currently working on seven of Lennar Homes subdivisions including Stonewater in Windsor, Colorado, Meadows in Castle Rock, Homestead in Parker and Sierra Ridge Grand Collection Series of homes including the 35’, 40’ and 48’ series in Parker. Lennar

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Looking for a Modern House in Washington State?

Residential / evstudio

Chris Craver, our newest hire, designed his sister’s house in Washington State and its on the market. Definitely worth a look. Move Modern Listing Chris Craver Designed Home There are quite a few interesting listings on the Move Modern Website.

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Urban Street Tree Well

Civil Engineering, Landscape, LEED & Sustainability, Planning, Streetscape, Texas / EVstudio AEP

The urban landscape can be a complicated environment for a successful landscape. Variables of vegetation forms, types, tolerances and aesthetics must be carefully calibrated for a successful streetscape. Also important is how the landscape can assist in storm water drainage management. We practice with a careful balance of infiltration, providing infiltration wherever feasible, but not

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New Project Highlights

AIA, Architect, Architectural process, Architecture, Assisted Living, Civil Engineering, Denver, Educational, Engineering, EVstudio Information, News, Planning, Schools, shoring, Structural Engineering / EVstudio AEP

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