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Talya Santillan, PE, LEED AP BD+C is a 2015 40 Under 40 Award Winner

By Awards, Team Members

Consulting-Specifying Engineer, May 14, 2015

Kohler Ronan is pleased to announce that Talya Santillan has been named among this year’s Consulting Specifying Engineer’s 40 under 40. This list of forty accomplished engineers highlights young professionals under forty years of age who demonstrate incomparable dedication, leadership, and desire to improve their industry and their communities.

Talya is an exceptional engineer and an exceptional individual—a true stand-out, both in and out of the office. She is an effective communicator, a role model to her co-workers and colleagues, and a mentor to young students pursuing careers in mathematics, science and engineering. Please join us in congratulating Talya on her well-deserved award.

To read more about the 40 Under 40 program, and to read Talya’s complete profile, please follow the links below. Congratulations Talya!

Consulting Specifying Engineer’s 40 Under 40
Talya’s Profile on CSE’s 40 Under 40 Site
CSE’s 40 Under 40 Press Release

 

KR Provides Engineering Design Services to Mystic Seaport Museum

By KR Projects

New York Times, May 12, 2015

Kohler Ronan is pleased to have provided MEP/FP engineering design services in support of a truly unique space at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, CT.

Due to open in September of 2016, the Thompson Exhibition Building will afford the Mystic Museum a new visitor center, gift shop and versatile exhibition space. In addition to its striking architecture, the 14,000 sf wood and glass structure incorporates some interesting engineering design features including closed loop geothermal heating and cooling systems, museum quality temperature and humidity controls, custom sprinkler systems, and specially designed fabric ducts to coordinate with the particular slope and structure of the building.

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Recreating Adam, From Hundreds of Fragments, After the Fall

By KR Projects

New York Times, November 8, 2014

“Recreating Adam”: It happened at 6 on a Sunday night. Adam — a strapping, 6-foot-3-inch marble sculpture by the Venetian Renaissance master Tullio Lombardo — fell to the ground on a patio at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, smashing into hundreds of pieces. “Nobody knew what had happened — it could have been foul play,” said Jack Soultanian, a conservator who was called to the museum that night in 2002.

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Mayor de Blasio Announces Winners of the 32nd Annual Awards for Excellence in Design

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Alley Pond Environmental Center (Queens, NY)

A project of the Department of Parks & Recreation
Situated at the edge of Alley Pond Park in Queens, NY, the newly redesigned Alley Pond Environmental Center will serve approximately 50,000 school children annually. With double the space of the current facility, the new center will allow staff to better instruct additional students and demonstrate sustainable building practices using the building itself as a teaching tool.

New York Botanical Garden’s East Gate Entrance, Edible Academy, and Family Garden (Bronx, NY)

A project of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Parks & Recreation and the New York Botanical Garden
The redesign of the east entrance to the New York Botanical Garden serves to reconnect the community to the beautiful collections within the garden. Crossing a hardwood pedestrian bridge will lead the visitor to the state-of-the-art Edible Academy and Family Garden. Highlighted in the design of this project are numerous sustainable features, including a greenroof system, geothermal heating and cooling, and solar panels.

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