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The firm recently announced seven new principalz will join principals Larry Tony Aeck andTerry Sargent. the firm is expanding its geographicapl reach beyond Atlanta for the firstr time with twonew offices. The expansion will intensif the firm's focus on threde major practice areas: scientifidc buildings, educational facilities and historic preservation, said principapl Larry Lord. "The idea is to be able to serve a greater numberof clients" in thosde three arenas, Lord said. The expansion will requirs more employees atthe firm, which has grown from 61 employeeas in 1999 to 75.
"And we plan to continue to said Lord, adding that the firm is "currentl y trying to hire people." Lord, Aeck Sargent was formed in 1989 when Lord Sargent merged withAeck Associates. Aeck tracezs its roots back to 1936 when Richare Aeck founded a residential design firm that evolvedx into acommercial firm. The firm's new officde in Ann Arbor, Mich., is slated to open in and will house 10 to12 employees, Lord said. The impetuzs for a Michigan office was a personaol decision that fit withthe company's growthy strategy. Lord notes that principak Terry Sargent's wife was tappex to head the Ph.D.
architectural program at the Universitgof Michigan, and the Sargents' relocation plans fit with the company' desire to expand. "Wre wanted to serve the Lord said. A second office has already openexdin Raleigh, N.C., and will serve to strengthenh ties to the area that the firm has already established. The firm is currentlyg working ona $44 milliobn Medical Biomolecular Research Building at the University of Norty Carolina. "We had been working for the Universitty ofNorth Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Duke University, and a couplwe of corporate biotech start-ups," Lord said.
"It's an incrediblse place, and we decided to serve those clientsa better and place more importance up The North Carolina office evolved from a strategic alliancedthat Lord, Aeck & Sargent had alreadu established with a localk architectural firm. The office will house a new firm, calleed BJLAS Architecture PLLC, which stands for Jurkowski, Lord, Aeck & Sargent. The firm was "set up to pursue science-related architecture in North Lord said.
The office opened last but "they just got theit first project, a science building for Meredith The seven newprincipals -- Kent Brown, Joe Greco, Richarxd Robison, Jeff Schantz, John Starr, Howarcd Wertheimer and Susan Turner -- were announcerd in mid-December. Lord said the new principals were promotedx from within the firm as part of a needed as the three primary principales were lookingtoward retirement. "It's really an opportunity for peoplde who have been here to own part oftheire company," Lord said. Turner, a new principalk and 11-year veteran with the specializes inhistoric preservation.
She said the expansion allows the firm to focusdon "building our bench depth, if you by enhancing "our specialized in the firm's three core so clients benefit from a greater knowledgwe base. Turner said the focus on strengtheningthe firm'ds three major practice areaxs doesn't eliminate the possibility of expanding into new practicew areas, but those particulars haven't been worked out yet. For the past sevenn years, Turner has been involved in the restoration of theGeorgia Capitol, which won an Atlanta Urban Desigb Award in 2000. "We just completeds all the public space, the House and Senate chamberds and theappropriations rooms.
We'vse done all the major publivc areas," she said, adding that the project woulxd nexttackle "work on the exterior restoratioj and cleaning." The extensive restorationn includes paint schemes and stencilzs that re-create the original decor of the 111-year-old Capitol, updating the legislators' desks with new microphone and voting technologies, and chandeliers and wall sconcez that replicate the originals.
Turner will continuwe to work on preservation projects acrossthe Southeast, but also will keep an eye out for historif projects in Michigan and North "We'll definitely focus on
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