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ROWENHORST STUDENT CENTER

EDUCATION DESIGN SHOWCASE


CMBA's design for Northwestern College's Rowenhorst Student Center has been awarded School Planning & Management and College Planning & Management's Education Design Showcase's Honorable Mention. It was also selected to appear as an Outstanding Design in the 2008 American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase (the premier competition honoring education interior design excellence).

This year, the panel of Educational Interiors Showcase judges selected projects to be profiled in the August issue of American School & University.

CMBA's design was also featured in Design Cost Data Magazine's May-June 2008 issue.


STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES announced on May 11 a new in-house structural engineering department.

Mr. Bill Murphy, PE will be joining the firm in May to lead structural engineering efforts. Mr. Murphy is a graduate of Sioux City East High School, Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. Mr. Murphy has experience as a bridge inspector, a construction surveyor, and has practiced structural engineering on a wide variety of buildings and systems. Mr. Murphy is currently licensed in 13 states and is a member of numerous professional engineering organizations.

Mr. Murphy was responsible for analyzing and designing structural remedies for a distressed structure of the famed Corn Palace of Mitchell, South Dakota.

Todd Moss, President of CMBA stated that "CMBA has consulted for most of our structural engineering for the last 10 years. We wanted to provide better service to our clients. We will continue to consult for some of our projects until we can build a large enough department to complete all of our projects. We are looking for additional staff. CMBA also intends to support developers, contractors, and industry needs for structural engineering."

HINTON SCHOOL LOOKS AT NEW ELEMENTARY BUILDING
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WELLNESS COMMITTEE SELECTS CMBA FOR WELLNESS CENTER PROJECT

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES (CMBA), Architects, has been selected by the Myrtue Medical Center's Board of Trustees to design a Wellness Center in Harlan.

CMBA was chosen after an extensive interview process over 5 other architectural firms with a history in wellness and healthcare projects. The estimated $5 million 40,000 sq. ft. facility would adjoin Vets Auditorium and expand onto the south end of the Merrill Field property.

Myrtue Medical Center CEO Mark Woodring said a variety factors played into selecting CMBA. "They did an outstanding job of matching their vision of the wellness center with what we wanted to accomplish, their experience designing similar wellness centers, the experience of their engineering teams as well as having worked with their firm over the last decade assured us of a good working relationship."

Brian Crichton, principal at CMBA, said his firm was thrilled to showcase their work and services to the medical center's staff. He said their team looks forward to working with medical community, residents, as well as the school system and the Vets Commission to design a facility to meet everyone's needs. "Our approach is that we bring creativity to the table that other architects may not bring -- we feel that creativity and our ability to design and bring in light, color and other influences will enhance the wellness center. We are not only creative but also cost conscious - we need to be good stewards of the financial resources you bring to the table."

The wellness center may include a lap pool, a leisure/aquatic pool area, a gymnasium, cardio training areas, weight training area, indoor walking track, a climbing wall, hall of pride, physical therapy space, and other support spaces.


SCHOOL DISTRICT SELECTS CMBA FOR ELEMENTARY PROJECT

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES (CMBA), Architects, has been selected by the Lawton Bronson School District to replace a nearly 100-year-old, aging elementary school in Bronson.

CMBA was chosen after an extensive interview process over two other local architectural firms. Currently CMBA is working with the school district to determine their educational program needs. Once the project scope has been determined, schematic floor plans will be developed in preparation for public approval.


CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES AND UNITED REAL ESTATE PLAN TO MOVE TO RENOVATED PIERCE WAREHOUSE

By Dave Dreeszen Journal business editor

The historic Pierce warehouse, undergoing a major restoration, gained its first two commercial tenants Tuesday.

At a late morning news conference, United Real Estate Solutions Inc. announced it will move all of its Sioux City-based divisions to the first floor of the massive brick structure, which will be renamed the United Center. At the same event, architect firm Cannon Moss Brygger & Associates said its downtown Sioux City offices will relocate to parts of the second and third floor of the century-old warehouse at 301 Jennings St.

Both United Real Estate and Cannon Moss Brygger are buying their respective spaces as office condominums.

"We are extremely excited about the opportunity this project affords our company to build for the future, to further enhance our corporate brand and to be part of something special in the renaissance of downtown Sioux City,'' said Ron McManamy, president of United, the metro area's largest real estate firm.

Earlier this year, local developer Bart Connelly began transforming the 90,000 square feet of space on six floors into a mix of office and residential condos. United Commercial, the commercial division of United Real Estate Solutions, is marketing the remaining office and residential space. The upper two floors will house large residential lofts starting at $99,000.

In late 2006, Connelly, who specializes in restoration of historic structures, bought the former Pierce Moving & Storage building for $1 from the city. That deal was struck after Civic Partners, a California-based developer, backed out of an agreement to redevelop the warehouse as a luxury hotel, as part of the $13 million Promenade Cinema project.

Connelly said he expects the new offices for United Real Estate and Cannon Moss Brygger to be ready by the fall of 2008.

United, which has more than 50 sales associates, located its main offices in the Woodbury Center at 835 Gordon Drive six years ago. The company's commercial, residential, property management and escrow facilities all will relocate to the Pierce warehouse. McManamy said the firm plans to keep its residential office in South Sioux City.

Cannon Moss Brygger, a 40-member architectural firm, currently leases office space in the MidAmerican Energy Building in downtown Sioux City. CEO Todd Moss said it has long been the firm's goal to have its own offices.

"This is going to be a great environment for our current employees and an attraction for future ones,'' Moss said.

United will take over all 15,000 square feet on the first floor, while Cannon will have about 10,000 square feet on the north halves of the second and third floors, said Chris Bogenrief, president of United Commercial. A hole will be cut in the middle of Cannon's two floors to create an atrium to allow natural light to flow into the offices, he said.

The Pierce warehouse was built in 1906 by wholesale grocer Warfield-Pratt-Howell Co. The building was one of several warehouses along Third Street in a part of town that became known as "warehouse row."

As part of its deal with Civic Partners, the city acquired the then-abandoned Pierce warehouse for $400,000, and spent an additional $100,000 for repairs. Under its agreement with Connelley, the city is providing $300,000 in tax increment financing, as long as Connelly develops a building with an assessment of at least $1 million in value by Jan. 1, 2008, and $4 million by Jan. 1, 2015.

Connelly said his team started the restoration by sealing a temporary, leaky roof, and sealing the building to prevent more water penetration. "We're going floor to floor taking out rotten wood and making it a safe place to work in,'' he told the audience Tuesday.


IRVING DESIGN WINS ANOTHER DESIGN AWARD

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), design for the Sioux City Community School District's Irving Elementary School was awarded the 2007 School Planning & Management's Educational Design Showcase's Project of Distinction award.

The firm was recognized for "Outstanding Architecture and Design in Education" for Irving Elementary School, and was published in the June 2007 issue of School Planning & Management.

The Irving Elementary project will also be published in the August issue of American School and University Magazine. That magazine awarded it the Educational Interiors Silver Citation. Design Cost Data Magazine also feature Irving in their July-August issue.

Irving recently was recently published in the June 2007 issue of AWCI's Construction Dimension Magazine and received the Excellence in Construction Quality Award. JARCO Builders Ltd., from Sioux City, Iowa, a sub-contractor for the project, was the recipient of the award. The AWCI Excellence in Construction Quality Award recognizes construction quality in the face of complicated and challenging projects, and is awarded to a team of AWCI members.

A jury previously selected the project for display at the National School Board Association Convention.


CMBA'S DESIGN FOR IRVING ELEMENTARY RECEIVES INTERIORS AWARD

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), design for the Sioux City Community School District's Irving Elementary School was awarded the 2007 American School & University Magazine's Educational Interiors Showcase's Silver Citation . . . a premier competition honoring education interior design excellence.

This elementary school building, designed around a Community Concept, focuses on educational pods that are analogous to neighborhoods. Each neighborhood square is naturally lit with clerestory light, and takes advantage of unique colors to enhance way finding and community identification. The Natural light, colorful vibrant interiors, way finding, and limiting travel distance were all priorities in this Community Concept.

The jury stated that Irving has "Playful use of color and shape. Bold and bright."

In 2005 Cannon Moss Brygger's design for the Northwestern College DeWitt Theatre Arts Center was also awarded American School & University Magazine's Education Interiors Showcase Silver Citation.

The Irving project will be published in the August issue of American School and University Magazine. It is also to be published in the July-August issue of Design Cost Data Magazine. That article cites the 36.7% energy savings over a code based building and $81,600 in rebate secured in cooperation with MidAmerican Energy.

A jury previously selected the project for display at the National School Board Association Convention.


FIRM ANNOUNCES NEW EMPLOYEES

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, P.C. (CMBA), is pleased to announce that three new employees have joined the staff.

Mrs. Courtney Koch is an intern architect in the Sioux City office. Koch received her Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 2004. Koch has three years experience with another Sioux City architectural firm. Koch is a Clarkson, Nebraska native.

Mr. Beau Fey is an intern architect in the Sioux City office. Fey received his Masters Degree in Architecture in 2005 and Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design in 2001 from Iowa State University. Fey was previously employed with OPN Architects in Des Moines. Fey is a Sioux City native. Fey served in the United States Navy from 1993-1997.

Mr. Troy Keilig is an intern architect in the Grand Island office. Keilig received his Masters Degree in Architecture in May 2007 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1998 from the Concordia College, Seward, NE.


FIRM DONATES 119 YEAR OLD DRAWINGS TO MUSEUM

On April 13, 2007, CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), presented Sioux City Public Museum director, Steve Hansen with eleven pages of 119 year old drawings. The drawings were discovered in the CMBA archives. The drawings were wrapped in a muslin grain bag cover. The drawings are original E.W. Loft drawings.

The donated drawings are of the old Pearl Street School in Sioux City. The school was built in 1888 and later re-named the Bancroft School. The building housed 3 tiers of students: primary (grades 1-3), secondary (grades 4-5) and intermediate (6-7). The students then could go on to another school for Grammar (8-9) and High School (10-13) classes. From the late 1880s and early 1890s the building also housed a "Commercial" School. A Commercial School was a school establishment to provide for the teaching of industrial, clerical, managerial or artistic skills. This definition applied to schools that are owned and operated privately for profit and that do not offer a complete educational curriculum (e.g., beauty school, modeling school).

One noteworthy fact is the drawings included a fairly ornate "Privy" building or detached restroom.
After being partially destroyed by fire in 1932 the building was razed and the present Bancroft School building was built two years later. That building is currently being used by Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools as a storage facility and is located at 11th Street and Grandview.

1888 Quick Facts
Approximately 31,000 people lived in Sioux City
Grover Cleveland was the President of the United States.
Missouri River Railroad Bridge was the first bridge completed between Iowa and Nebraska.

Buildings Built Around 1888 And Still Standing
Dineen Block at 4th and Water - Currently the 4th Street Cafe and Dalton's pub
Krummann Block on Historic Fourth Street - Currently Rebos Restaurant
Major Block is located at 1010 - 1012 4th Street - Currently Rosie's Sports Bar & Grill

Buildings Built Around 1888 And No Longer Standing
The second corn palace was built and designed by E.W. Loft. It stood at the corner of 6th and Pierce where the Davidson Office Building is today.
The Peavey Grand Opera House which stood at the corner of 4th and Jones.


CMBA'S DESIGN FOR IRVING ELEMENTARY TO BE
EXHIBITED AT NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD CONFERENCE

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), design for the Sioux City Community School District's Irving Elementary School was chosen by the National School Board Association (NSBA) to be exhibited at their 67th Annual Conference in San Francisco on April 14.

Irving was selected by a jury comprised of 3 NSBA members and 2 members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Alexandria, Virginia, in January. The entries were judged by the following criteria: response to the educational program, organization of instructional areas, flexibility, technology systems, community use, site development, and overall presentation.

Irving Elementary, completed in 2006, was designed as a Community Concept. Natural light, colorful vibrant interiors, way finding, energy efficiency, and limiting travel distance were all priorities in this Community Concept.

The National School Boards Association, founded in 1940, is the nationwide organization representing public school governance. The NSBA's mission is to foster excellence and equity in public elementary and secondary education through school board leadership. NSBA achieves its mission by representing the school board perspective before federal government agencies and with national organizations that affect education, and by providing vital information and services to state associations of school boards and local school boards throughout the nation.

CMBA's Irving Elementary design was also selected to be published in the Design Cost Data Magazine's July / August issue.


SCHOOL DISTRICT GIVES CMBA THE GO AHEAD FOR PROJECT

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), has been asked to proceed with an $8M, two phase expansion of the Le Mars Community School District's High School and Middle School.

Phase 1 is a $2.1M addition to the Middle School involving a new gymnasium and 3 new classrooms. Phase 2 involves a gymnasium, band room, art room, and locker room addition to the High School. Phase 1 is expected to start construction Fall 2007.

CMBA previously completed numerous other projects for the Le Mars Community School District.


CMBA SELECTED FOR MAJOR HOSPITAL PROJECT

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), has been selected for major expansion and renovation work to the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center in Sioux Center, Iowa.

CMBA, along with associated architect Hammel Green Abrahamson (HGA), was selected after a lengthy and thorough proposal and interview process. The CMBA and HGA team was recently honored with an award from Modern Health Care Magazine. Projects recently completed by CMBA and HGA include: Lakes Regional Medical Center - Spirit Lake, IA; Buena Vista Regional Medical Center - Storm Lake, IA; Orange City Area Health System - Orange City, IA; St. Luke's Physician Center II - Sioux City, IA; Mercy Heart Center - Sioux City, IA; Myrtue Memorial Hospital Patient Wing Addition and Remodel - Harlan, IA; Aurora Memorial Hospital - Aurora, NE; Boone County Health Center - Albion, NE; St. Francis Medical Center - Grand Island, NE; Mayo Health Systems - Owatonna, Austin & Albert Lea, MN; Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine - Rochester, MN; Mercy Hospital - Iowa City, IA; Mercy Medical Center - Oshkosh, WI; and Froedtert Hospital - Milwaukee, WI.

The Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center had previously completed their master planning process, which identified several areas of expansion and renovation. The first phase will focus on the construction of a new medical office building. Following phases will include the renovation of radiology, outpatient services, therapy, emergency department and obstetrics unit. Through the planning process, 6 major themes surfaced: planning for growth; focusing on outpatient services; making it easy for patients, visitors, and staff to use our facility; improving parking & access; improving patient privacy and consolidating services. Work has commenced on programming at this point. The project is expected to transpire over the next several years and encompass multiple phases of construction.

According to Michael Seda, CEO, "We are extremely excited to be working with this team. They bring a wealth of healthcare knowledge and experience that will benefit the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center, patients and the communities we serve."


ARCHITECTURAL FIRM FEATURED IN DESIGN COST DATA MAGAZINE

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), design for the Sheldon Middle School in Sheldon, Iowa, was recently published in the March-April 2006 issue of Design Cost Data magazine.

Sheldon Middle School is a new 84,700 square foot student facility. It was completed in August of 2004. It is a highly energy-efficient and low maintenance facility. Construction pricing was highly competitive.

Design Cost Data is a magazine that publishes cost estimating data for design and construction projects. The information published in the magazine and also featured on the http://www.dcd.com website is a helpful tool that can help with preliminary cost estimating for architects, specifiers, builders, and developers. This tool can help cost estimators find a similar project during a specific time period, including the projected future increases, to help figure cost estimates. To help specify the costs a general description of the project, a manufacturers/suppliers list, floor plan, and job specifications are featured.


ARCHITECTURAL FIRM RECEIVES HEALTHCARE DESIGN AWARD

CANNON MOSS BRYGGER & ASSOCIATES' (CMBA), along with HGA from Minneapolis, Minnesota, received an Honorable Mention Award from Modern Healthcare Magazine in the 21st Annual Design Award Competition for the Orange City Area Health System new Critical-Access Hospital/Clinic in Orange City, Iowa.

This 128,000 square foot facility was completed in May of 2006.

(Cited from Modern Healthcare Magazine) Hospital administrators describe the reinvention of the Orange City Area Health System as the story of two towns coming together to build an investment in their future. The northwestern Iowa communities of Orange City and Alton showed overwhelming support for the project-bond referendums, which were passed in both cities; along with $5 million in donations was raised by the community, with critical support from local businesses.

Orange City Hospital now sits on a 36-acre site, and judges note the project's fit within the rural community's agricultural landscape.

"It's the perfect fit for that region-the stone and the natural materials and the use of natural light really create a message of warmth and healing," says contest judge Jim Brinkley of the 25-bed facility.

In addition to the use of stone, brick and wood throughout the building, artwork featuring aerial photos of the two cities and a soothing wall fountain greet patients and visitors in the lobby. The structure's curved shape mimics the rolling countryside, while wood beams and ceiling panels were inspired by nearby farm buildings.

Another central feature of the project is its chapel with a spiral ceiling, which features a sloping stone wall and skylight. Some judges note the appropriateness of such a space within the deeply spiritual community.

This year's awards, sponsored by Modern Healthcare Magazine and the American Institute of Architects' Academy of Architecture for Health, were presented on Oct. 19 in Miami, FL.

CMBA's Principal-In-Charge for this project was Brian N. Crichton, AIA.