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How to Get Client Feedback in a Virtual Meeting World By Kurt Keith, PE, and Arian Bloomfield, PE – Checking in with your clients—and asking for feedback—is a vital part to a firm’s success. There are a number of ways to obtain feedback, but with the current pandemic conditions limiting the ability to meet face-to-face, we are now meeting virtually. Whether you’re kept apart by distance, weather, or a pandemic, it’s always important to focus on what’s important to your client, like ways to improve our collective efforts and process as a team. As face time opportunities are now limited, we are striving to stayRead More →

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Looking at Job Sites from Different Angles with 360° Cameras By Chad Houska – As an architect or engineer, how many times have you returned from a job site to review your pictures only to find that you missed that one important corner of the room? Not only is this aggravating, but it potentially means that someone will need to return to the site to capture the missed building information. Add this frustration to the fact that getting back to job sites might not be as easy these days with social distancing in place due to Covid-19. In this age of technology, nearly everyone hasRead More →

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Getting the Guidelines Right for Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel By Nate Menuez, PE, LEED AP – There’s no doubt about it: architecturally exposed structural steel (AESS) is a popular design choice not only because it can improve aesthetics but also add significant value to a building. Until a few years ago, the specifications were vague and too much was left up to design teams’ interpretation. In 2016, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) introduced a revised approach to the design and specification of AESS. In my opinion, previously the code did not clearly define the terms of AESS, leading to subjective opinions, incorrect interpretation,Read More →

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Jay Fischer named new Bozeman Buildings Group Leader Morrison-Maierle is pleased to announce that Jay Fischer has been named as its new Bozeman Buildings Group Leader. Jay is a PE and structural engineer with nearly 20 years of experience with Morrison-Maierle. Jay received his B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Idaho and followed up with a master’s in structural engineering from Montana State University in 2003. Along with being a member of our ESOP Committee, Jay’s recent project work includes the parking garage at Bozeman’s airport. He is now also involved in the design phase for their four-gate expansion project. Other projects includeRead More →

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MSU Rendezvous Dining Pavilion Montana State University’s 2018 fall semester broke yet another enrollment record with 16,703 students, a two-percent increase over 2017 and one that marks 10 years of continuous growth. In order to keep up with this growth, the university has been continually adding and improving upon its campus infrastructure to not only meet the needs of its students, faculty, and staff but do it in a sustainable fashion. After review and consideration, the university announced plans to construct a new dining hall to serve its growing population. On the heels of the successful rehabilitation of the Miller Dining Commons, MSU’s newest facilityRead More →

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New school projects keep Buildings Market Group busy Morrison-Maierle’s Buildings Market Group has recently completed and has several upcoming school projects in the works. “These new schools across Montana are really great community projects,” said Arian Bloomfield, the firm’s Buildings Market Group Leader. “We always look forward to working on projects that move communities in a positive direction.” Morrison-Maierle has school projects almost completed and in the works in several of its office locations like Helena and Great Falls. However, the highest concentrations are in Kalispell, Missoula, and Bozeman. In Missoula, Lowell and Franklin elementary schools will be open in time for the 2017-18 academicRead More →

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