University of Oregon's Matthew Knight Arena: Performance Enhanced by Commissioning

by Tracy Van Lone, Director of Client Relations

The Matthew Knight Arena is a 430,000 sf, 12,541-seat multi-purpose arena in Eugene, Oregon and the home of the University of Oregon Ducks basketball teams. It replaces the 1927-constructed McArthur Court commonly referred to as "The Pit" which was known as one of the toughest arenas in the country for opposing players. The Arena’s chief donor is Phil Knight, co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc. It is named for his son, who died at the age of 34 in a scuba diving accident.

The Arena was designed by Nike World Campus architect, TVA Architects, who worked closely with Phil Knight.

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CSU Long Beach Hall of Science: A Study in Conservation

by Carol Walker, Communications Specialist

The recently unveiled Hall of Science is the newest building on the California State University (CSU) Long Beach (CSULB) campus. As the single largest capital building project in the campus’ 62-year history, it replaces Peterson Hall, a 50-year old facility at the end of its lifecycle. 

The new building is one of the largest design-build projects undertaken by CSU system-wide, and the largest on the Long Beach campus. Glumac provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and technology design services for the new facility as part of the design-build team.The mission was to bring the building to life on a fast track (30 month) schedule in order to take advantage of available funding and to achieve LEED® Silver certification.

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Glumac Establishes our Newest Office in Shanghai

by Quinnie Li, Sustainable Design Manager

Glumac's Shanghai Office

After half a decade of business and project experience in Asia, Glumac established its tenth office in Shanghai in 2010 and is now relocating to our new office building in the Jing’an Temple District, one of the most vibrant central business districts in Shanghai. This office will serve as a central location for expanding our business ventures in the Asian market—including China, Japan, South Korea, India and Vietnam.

While keeping short-term risks and long-term challenges in mind, many international design consulting firms, like Glumac, are moving into this fast-growing market. Until recently, piecemeal adoption of green technology, lack of an experienced and systematic approach, and the boilerplate “production line” methodology of local design firms driven by a fast real estate growth market contributed to a longer payback period for many aspects of “green” building: products, design and construction.

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The Ecological Engineer: Glumac - Now Available!

by Christine Hamilton, Corporate Marketing Coordinator

Groundbreaking New Book Provides Behind-the-Scenes Look at
Engineering High-Performance Green Buildings 

On September 29, 2011, we unveiled our firm's first book, which fills a substantial void in green building literature. Attendees of Glumac's 40th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco were the first to see The Ecological Engineer: Glumac. The following week at the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual Greenbuild show in Toronto, our book was showcased at our booth and was also available for purchase at Ecotone Publishing's booth.

The Ecological Engineer: Glumac gives readers an in-depth perspective on the essential role that building systems engineering plays in sustainable design. It also highlights practices and principles needed to push sustainable design for commercial buildings toward high-performance outcomes.

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Breaking News: Glumac Commissioning Ranked on National Top-10 List

by Steven Straus, President

The AABC Commissioning Group recently performed a survey of Commissioning Providers. The results are in and can be found in Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine.

I am proud to share that Glumac is listed in the Top 10 of MEP Commissioning Giants. We would not be there were it not for our clients, who we are grateful to have the privilege of serving. I also want to publicly thank everyone in Glumac’s commissioning group for their dedication and hard work. Thank you for all that you do!

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