Completion date of August 2012 with an estimated construction cost of $1,388,571.

Read the full article at:  http://www.columbiabusinessreport.com/news/43036-columbia-under-construction-spring-2012-edition?rss=0

On Wednesday, December 7^th, Richland County Public Library broke ground on what is to be the first LEED certified, county-owned/municipal building in Richland County.

For a short video about the project and the ground breaking ceremony follow this link: http://youtu.be/6UtaFiaB15k

On Monday, July 26, the State Department of Corrections is hosting a media day at the new dairy facility at Wateree River Correctional Institution in Rembert, SC. Members of the media will be able to tour fields, cattle pastures and a gristmill; the complex of barns and milking parlors will not open until January. CDA Architects partnered with dairy specialists Five-G Consulting to design this 7,000-acre, $7 million dairy facility.

You can read a full article about the Media Day at: http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=91584&catid=2

A couple of other links about the Dairy Facility http://www.thestate.com/2010/07/26/1391794/at-the-farm-with-corrections-department.html#http://media.thestate.com/smedia/2010/07/26/16/prisonfarm_td017.standalone.prod_affiliate.74.JPG

http://www.theitem.com/news/article_78f24a7d-07d2-5906-b669-f9f2529b5bb9.html

On Saturday, July 17^th, Our Lady of the Hills Catholic Church held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the expansion of their Family Life Center.  The new, 2-story expansion will be approximately 14,500 square feet and will house classrooms, childcare facilities and other multipurpose spaces. CDA Architects is providing architectural and interior design services for this project; Mashburn Construction Co. is the general contractor.

CDA’s president, Curt Davis, was named AIA South Carolina’s ARCH-ist of the Month for July 2010. You can find a short statement, as well as several of Curt’s paintings here:

http://www.aiasc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=204

Carolina Stadium, the new, 9,000-seat home to the Gamecock baseball program, was featured in the June issue of Athletic Business Magazine.

This year, CDA incorporated sustainable principles into its holiday cards and corporate gifts. Our Christmas cards were printed on recycled paper and printed at a production facility that is 100% wind powered. The ribbon used for corporate gifts was made from recycled plastic bottles. 

CDA is pleased to announce that its office building, located at 1523 Huger Street, has received LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

This month, Curt Davis represented CDA Architects at a City of Columbia Council meeting where the firm was recognized as one of the City’s Green Businesses. CDA officially became a Green Business Member in the Fall of 2008; the firm’s membership was renewed for 2009.

On Thursday, April 16, the Midlands Branch of the USGBC-SC Chapter held its joint, monthly meeting with the IIDA(International Interior Design Association) Carolinas Chapter. The meeting featured a panel discussion with several local interior designers. CDA’s Anna Lucas, NCIDQ, and Esther Maldonado, NCIDQ, IIDA, LEED AP, both sat on the six-person panel.

The conversation focused on how LEED® and Sustainable Design affects interior designers in their daily professions. The panel also offered important information on the new changes in LEED and how those would affect everyone in the industry.

This March, CDA’s Sheryl Abbott, Director of Interior Design, and Kara Church, Junior Interior Designer, received certification as Dementia Specialists.

On Friday, February 13th, the University of South Carolina hosted an open house for its new, state-of-the art baseball stadium. The event, which was free and open to the public, drew over 4,000 fans. Curt Davis, AIA, LEED AP, CDA Architects’ President and Project Architect for the Stadium, and William Miller, Stadium Project Manager, were among those in attendance. The Gamecocks will play their first game in the new stadium against Duquesne on Saturday, February 21st. Go Gamecocks!

On February 13, 2009, CDA Architects celebrated its 25th anniversary. In 1984, after working 13 years with other architectural firms in Columbia, South Carolina, Curt Davis founded Curt Davis & Associates, incorporating the firm in 1990.

For 25 years, CDA has provided excellence in architecture, interior design and planning services for clients in Columbia and throughout the Southeast. CDA would like to thank all of the clients who have contributed our journey thus far, and we look forward to continuing to operate as part of Columbia’s successful business landscape.

On February 9, 2009, CDA Architects received the Green Business Seal, acknowledging its designation as a “Green Business Member.” The presentation, led by Mary Pat Baldauf, City of Columbia Sustainability Facilitator, publicly recognized CDA’s membership, which became official in Fall, 2008. CDA’s participation in this program is in keeping with our commitment to sustainability. CDA currently is pursuing USGBC LEED certification for its new Columbia office building.

Sponsored by the City of Columbia’s Climate Protection Action Campaign (CPAC), the Green Business Membership Program encourages businesses to improve their environmental record while improving their bottom line. The program recognizes firms which operate in an environmentally friendly manner and which also encourage other businesses to adopt green business practices.

To learn more about CPAC and the Green Business Membership Program, visit the CPAC website at www.coccpac.com.

Each Christmas season, CDA Architects employees vote on a charity to which they can donate. The employees donate individually, and this year CDA matched the total employee donation. The charity chosen this Christmas was Camp Discovery. Camp Discovery is a recreation-therapy program which provides a safe and accepting emotional environment for goal-oriented activities.

The program is for children from preschool through high school ages. They serve children who have emotional/behavioral/mental challenges; disabilities; learning differences; are at-risk; are in gifted and talented programs; have suffered various forms of abuse. The camp operates on over 100 acres of land in Blythewood, with a staff of three. They depend on volunteers to help maintain the camp’s grounds and donations to keep the camp operating. The camp was organized almost 20 years ago and has helped over 8,000 children in that time.

Please take a moment to visit their website at www.campdiscoverysc.org.

On October 30, 2008 several local and state business and government leaders met for a forum to discuss the importance of sustainable development. The forum was hosted by Cox and Dinkins, a civil engineering firm in Columbia, SC. Cox and Dinkins is particularly qualified to host such a forum, as their own building recently attained LEED-Silver Certification; CDA Architects designed the building.

Ted Chalgren, business development director for Cox and Dinkins, emphasized that while there is a monetary cost to environmentalism, building green really does pay for itself–many times over–in the long run.

An article about the forum appeared in the November 5-11, 2008 edition of Columbia’s Free Times. To access the article, visit: www.free-times.com

On June 30, 2008 the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) released its first issue of the Advocacy and Policy Update. This e-newsletter, which will be published quarterly, purposes to inform its readers of new legislation and other news which relates to green building. The publication also includes interviews with advocates who are helping make the switch to green building possible.

In its first issue, the Advocacy and Policy Update chose to feature CDA’s Keith Sanders in the “Ask an Advocate” section. Keith, a project architect with CDA, is a LEED Accredited Professional and is a founding member and Past President of the USGBC South Carolina Chapter. In the interview, Keith discusses his passion for green building design and construction as well as his efforts, along with the USGBC South Carolina Chapter, to get state green building legislation passed in South Carolina.

For access to the full article, visit www.USGBC.org and sign up for a free subscription to the e-newsletter, Advocacy and Policy Update.

CDA is proud to announce the addition of six new employees.

On May 1, 2008, CDA Architects celebrated the completion of their building, located at 1523 Huger Street in Columbia, SC. The event, which drew nearly 200 people, included refreshments, music and tours of the building.

Guests enjoyed locally-grown food and acoustic guitar performances. Planning for the event focused on recyclable, reusable and locally produced products, including invitations, name-tags, and refreshments. CDA Architects employees provided tours of their office and the adjacent offices of Business Carolina, Inc., a local financial institution. In addition to familiarizing guests to the new location, the tours presented the LEED® Rating System, highlighting the sustainable design features of the site and facilities.

You can see pictures of the new building under the "BCI Building - home of CDA Architects" tab under "Projects."

Columbia-based architectural firm CDA Architects, and non-bank commercial lending firm Business Carolina, are proud to announce their plans to move into a new office building. The building will be located on the corner of Huger and Taylor, thereby giving a prominent corner in the Vista a new look this summer.

Clemson, SC…On August 14, 2006, one of CDA’s project architects, Keith Sanders, AIA, LEED AP, attended and participated in the LEED v3 Visioning Workshop at Clemson University’s LEED Silver Advanced Materials Research Laboratory (AMRL), hosted by the USGBC-SC.