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Fentress Global Challenge 2024 Invites Students to Pioneer the Future of Airport Design

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Friday, December 8, 2023
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Denver, CO, USA, Dec. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fentress Architects, a global design firm renowned for innovative, award-winning public architecture, proudly announces the commencement of the 2024 Fentress Global Challenge (FGC).

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  • Denver, CO, USA, Dec. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fentress Architects, a global design firm renowned for innovative, award-winning public architecture, proudly announces the commencement of the 2024 Fentress Global Challenge (FGC).
  • Celebrating its milestone 10th year, this prestigious international student design competition beckons participants to envision groundbreaking concepts for the airport of the future.
  • “Fentress Global Challenge provides a unique platform for emerging designers to bring expansive ideas and inventive perspectives,” remarked FGC Founder Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA.
  • "We eagerly anticipate witnessing the boundaries of architectural design being pushed this year as exceptional students drive innovation in airport design."

Jessica Bantom Joins DLR Group as Equity, Diversity, and Belonging Leader

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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Washington, D.C., Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DLR Group announced today the appointment of Jessica Bantom as the firm’s Global Leader for Equity, Diversity, and Belonging.

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  • Washington, D.C., Dec. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DLR Group announced today the appointment of Jessica Bantom as the firm’s Global Leader for Equity, Diversity, and Belonging.
  • She joins DLR Group as a principal and a member of the firm’s executive team.
  • She is also an adjunct faculty member at Marymount University focused on the intersection of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging with design.
  • “When done thoughtfully, equity, diversity, and belonging work together in an organization not as an initiative but as strategic direction for the whole organization,” said Bantom.

DLR Group adds executive leaders

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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SEATTLE, Nov. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DLR Group Chief Executive Officer Steven McKay, AIA, RIBA, today announced new executive leaders for the 100% employee-owned, globally integrated design firm.

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  • SEATTLE, Nov. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DLR Group Chief Executive Officer Steven McKay, AIA, RIBA, today announced new executive leaders for the 100% employee-owned, globally integrated design firm.
  • Fuller joined DLR Group in 1986, co-founded the Kansas City office in 1994, and has spent his entire career with the firm.
  • McKay also announced two new leaders have joined the firm’s executive team to support DLR Group’s global strategic growth plans.
  • As chief growth officer, Miller will collaborate with DLR Group Global Sector Leaders to deliver growth through expansion of vertical client markets and the innovation of new design services.

Delta attends COP28 to share its experience in carbon pricing and net-zero buildings with international climate heavyweights

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Friday, December 1, 2023
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Responding to the focus on "climate investment", Delta will collaborate with international business organizations and climate opinion leaders to host a side event in the official negotiation zone (Blue Zone).

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  • Responding to the focus on "climate investment", Delta will collaborate with international business organizations and climate opinion leaders to host a side event in the official negotiation zone (Blue Zone).
  • The side event will present how Delta's internal carbon pricing system is integrated into management mechanisms to help reduce its emissions.
  • Delta has amassed substantial technical expertise and practical experience in transitioning from green buildings to net-zero buildings.
  • The Delta Electronics Foundation has been actively participating in climate conferences for many years, bringing back first-hand negotiation updates and carbon reduction knowledge to assist Taiwan in staying abreast of the latest international climate trends.

DLR Group opens Nashville office

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DLR Group, a 100% employee-owned integrated design firm, is expanding its presence in the Southeast with the opening of an office in downtown Nashville.

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  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DLR Group, a 100% employee-owned integrated design firm, is expanding its presence in the Southeast with the opening of an office in downtown Nashville.
  • The new office , located at 315 Deaderick Street, is a collaborative effort led by DLR Group Principals Matthew Gulsvig, AIA, LEED AP, and Randall Coy.
  • DLR Group is collaborating with Hastings Architecture for the T3 Wedgewood Houston , a five-story, 190,000-square-foot mass timber office building in The Finery mixed-use development.
  • DLR Group is the designer of the Youth Center for Empowerment for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County in collaboration with Smith Gee Studio.

DLR Group Announces Firm Appointments

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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SEATTLE, May 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Three new senior principals and 23 principals were recently appointed at DLR Group, a 100% employee-owned global integrated design firm.

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  • SEATTLE, May 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Three new senior principals and 23 principals were recently appointed at DLR Group, a 100% employee-owned global integrated design firm.
  • “Representing 13 disciplines and 11 market sectors, 2023’s appointees exemplify what sets DLR Group apart: our people and the many ways they express DLR Group’s core values as active leaders.
  • DLR Group’s 23 new principals consistently demonstrate the firm’s core values while proactively, positively, and ethically leading the firm to new levels.
  • For more on what makes a leader at DLR Group, visit the firm's website .

LEO A DALY recognized for innovation and leadership in sustainable design

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Friday, March 31, 2023
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WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Federal Sustainability Plan grows more ambitious and major cities declare aggressive carbon-neutral pledges, LEO A DALY leads the way in innovating award-winning sustainable design across the federal and public market sector.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Federal Sustainability Plan grows more ambitious and major cities declare aggressive carbon-neutral pledges, LEO A DALY leads the way in innovating award-winning sustainable design across the federal and public market sector.
  • LEO A DALY leads the way in innovating award-winning sustainable design across the federal and public market sector.
  • The global architecture and engineering firm was named the 2022-2023 SAME Grand Design Award recipient for the General John W. Vessey Readiness Center, which serves as the Minnesota Army National Guard Division Headquarters .
  • "Embodying our firm's commitment to AIA 2030, AIA Materials Pledge and SE 2050, the 20 Mass building is designed to minimize emissions while maximizing energy efficiency and wellbeing," said Irena Savakova, RIBA, global design principal at LEO A DALY.

DLR Group Announces New Leaders

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Thursday, January 5, 2023
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“Leadership transition is an integral part of our culture at DLR Group, and vital to the strategic growth of the firm,” said McKay.

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  • “Leadership transition is an integral part of our culture at DLR Group, and vital to the strategic growth of the firm,” said McKay.
  • Additionally, the employee-owners of DLR Group elected Touschner to the DLR Group Board of Directors in October 2022.
  • She has nearly two decades of experience with DLR Group as a key leader in the firm’s Justice+Civic studio.
  • McKay also announced new appointments to the Advisory Board to the DLR Group Board of Directors.

DLR Group selects Steven McKay, RIBA as CEO

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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McKay is also a managing principal and currently serves as chief design officer for DLR Group .

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  • McKay is also a managing principal and currently serves as chief design officer for DLR Group .
  • I believe DLR Group is the best integrated design firm in the world, and I am honored to lead our employee-owned firm as CEO, said McKay.
  • The announcement is the culmination of a strategic plan initiated by the DLR Group Board of Directors in 2018 to identify and select the firms next CEO.
  • Assuming the role of CEO in October 2015, Davenport has guided DLR Group through a period of unprecedented growth.

New Deltek Clarity Study Finds Architecture & Engineering Firms in EMEA and APAC Identify Digital Transformation is Vital to Maintaining Market Share

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Monday, May 16, 2022
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The Deltek Clarity Architecture & Engineering Report finds that while firms are facing staffing challenges and tighter margins, digital transformation will be key to firm success.

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  • The Deltek Clarity Architecture & Engineering Report finds that while firms are facing staffing challenges and tighter margins, digital transformation will be key to firm success.
  • However, despite digital progress, firms are more restrained in their confidence to reach digital maturity in the next five years.
  • In this year's Deltek Clarity Architecture & Engineering Study for EMEA and APAC , more than half (55%) of the respondents indicate they will lose market share within two years without more progress in digital transformation.
  • Unlike last year's findings, businesses are now looking at digital transformation in a new context and how they can better leverage technology to run their business.