Although terra cotta tiles have been used in buildings around the world for centuries, the team behind the new Orange County Museum of Art outside of Los Angeles upped the ante of what’s possible.
After 17 years of applications, funding debates and design and scope changes, the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, was delivered by McCarthy/Mortenson.
Buildings that meet the newer ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2022 would see an average of 9.8% in site energy savings compared to those that only meet the 2019 standard, an agency analysis estimates.
U.S. General Services Administration estimates it has more than $2 billion in unfunded environmental
liabilities, with asbestos-related cleanups accounting for $1.6 billion
of the total.
The 2.2-million-sq-ft project will double the facility size, establishing the firm as one of only a few U.S.-based manufacturers of truck and bus radial tires.