11430 N. Community
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Charlotte, North Carolina
28277
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50 West Market Street
Harrisonburg, Virginia
22801
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3000 RDU Center Drive
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Morrisville, North Carolina
27560
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Richmond, Virginia
23230
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780 Lynnhaven Parkway
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Virginia Beach, Virginia
23452
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50 Sullivan Street
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Warrenton, Virginia
20186
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1/17/2012
Moseley Architects Announces the First LEED Gold Justice Facility in the Eastern U.S.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Moseley Architects, a leader in the design of justice facilities, is proud to announce that the new Judicial Center in Rockingham County has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold certification with the Green Building Certification Institute. Located in Wentworth, North Carolina, the facility is the first LEED Gold justice facility in the Eastern United States.
The 175,400-square-foot facility offers state-of-the-art court facilities as well as new accommodations for the county's law enforcement departments. The facility also features a 300-bed detention facility, which houses both minimum and maximum security detainees.
Rockingham County was eager to integrate high performance design principles to create a more energy- and water-efficient facility, which will positively impact the facility's operational costs.
Lance Metzler, Rockingham's County Manager, expressed his enthusiasm with the project and the county's leaders. "I've worked on a LEED Silver project before, so I understand how hard this team worked to successfully target LEED Gold for our center. Not only will this facility save the county operational costs in the long run, but we are leading by example."
Dan Mace, a vice president with Moseley Architects and the managing principal on the project, indicated that Rockingham County's leadership viewed LEED certification as a measured risk worth taking for one of the county's largest capital projects. "I think the further along we got the more we could see how the project would benefit from high performance design strategies and how pursuing certification was a good investment of taxpayer dollars."
Moseley Architects incorporated green building strategies in the design in order to earn LEED Gold certification. Working closely with the project's general contractor, Branch & Associates, Inc. the team included the following noteworthy features: energy-efficient HVAC systems, lighting, and building envelope strategies to reduce energy expenditures by 28 percent ($94,000/year); rainwater cisterns to annually save 600,000 gallons of water; Energy Star® compliant roof membrane to lessen local heat island effects and keep the building cooler; and local and regionally manufactured building materials to support the state economy and reduce transportation impacts on the environment.
John Nichols, Moseley Architects' sustainability coordinator on the project, summed up the facility's accomplishment. "Our approach to LEED certification relied upon a wide array of team members in order to improve the design, construction, and operations of the facility in a cost-effective manner. The whole team should be proud of the collaboration, which carried the project from an initial goal of LEED Certified to the actual achievement of LEED Gold."
About Moseley Architects
Moseley Architects is a full service architectural, engineering, planning, and interior design firm with six offices in the Southeast. The firm specializes in public sector facility design and offers clients extensive experience in high performance and sustainable design. To date, the firm has 36 LEED certified projects (ranging from basic to platinum certification) and 48 LEED registered projects.
8/1/2011
Stewart D. Roberson to Lead Moseley Architects
RICHMOND, VA (August 1, 2011) – Stewart D. Roberson, the former superintendent of Hanover County (VA) Public Schools, has been chosen as the next chairman of the board and president/chief executive officer of Moseley Architects, the firm announced today. Roberson succeeds Robert L. “Bob” Mills III, who will continue to actively serve the firm and its clients as a member of the board of directors. Roberson has over 30 years of experience as a public sector executive. When he retired in June he was one of Virginia’s longest serving school superintendents. Prior to coming to Hanover County in 1995, he spent four years as superintendent of schools in Falls Church (VA). A native of Patrick County (VA), he began his career as a public educator in 1976.
“Stewart’s selection marks a departure from the traditional leadership model for architecture and engineering firms,” said Mills. “But when we took a look at what a firm like ours needs in the role of president in today’s environment, it became clear that traditional approaches to such leadership are outdated.”
Moseley Architects provides architectural and engineering services to the public sector. “The landscape for public sector design and construction has undergone a dramatic transformation,” said Mills. “Today, our clients look to us to adapt, innovate, and anticipate along with them. Stewart brings the perspective of a lifelong public service professional, augmenting our unparalleled professional expertise, enabling us and our clients to respond effectively, efficiently, and nimbly to the needs and demands of this new environment.”
Mills, a professional engineer, has been Moseley Architects’ president since 1988. “Bob Mills has been our public face for over two decades,” said Moseley Architects’ Vice President Jim McCalla. “He has been our cheerleader, our pot-stirrer, our visionary and, most importantly, our client-advocate-in chief. Stewart Roberson is a natural leader, communicator, and motivator. He speaks our clients’ language and we think he’s a great fit for this essential role in our firm.”
Roberson begins at Moseley Architects immediately. “I am eager to get started on this next phase of my career,” he said. “Moseley Architects is a recognized leader in the field of public architecture and engineering. For years, public sector executives, elected officials, and citizens in many states have benefitted from their skills, experience, and expertise. Public officials face tough challenges in this new environment, and I’m excited to be part of a team that’s dedicated to working hand-in-hand with them to address their needs in the 21st century.”
Moseley Architects is one of the nation’s only architecture and engineering (A/E) firms primarily devoted to serving the public sector and ranked in the top 10 percent of A/E firms in Building Design and Construction’s 2011 Giants 300 Report. With over 180 employees, the firm has offices in Richmond, Harrisonburg, Virginia Beach and Warrenton, Virginia, and Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm is currently serving local, state, and federal government entities in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, and West Virginia, with a focus on K-12 schools, higher education facilities, civic/governmental buildings and correction/detention facilities.
5/25/2011
Michael Hurd Joins Moseley Architects
Richmond, VA – Michael Hurd, PE, has joined Moseley Architects as a vice president and the firm’s new director of MEP engineering. In his new role, Mike will work to enhance the firm’s engineering department and work alongside the firm’s design professionals to provide comprehensive design services to clients.
"We are delighted to have Mike join the Moseley Architects family," said Bob Mills, President of Moseley Architects. "Mike strengthens our engineering department and will allow us to broaden our involvement with our clients."
For more than 20 years, Mike served as the president of Hurd & Obenchain, where he served public school systems, colleges, universities, and municipalities. Since 2000, he also worked with Moseley Architects’ staff on more than 100 projects for shared public sector clients. This successful relationship between the two firms was critical to Mike’s decision to join Moseley Architects.
"I am excited about joining Moseley Architects. This move allows me to continue serving many of the same clients that I have been working with for years, especially in the educational sector," asserted Mike. "My past experience with Moseley Architects led me to believe that we share similar professional philosophies, so I am thrilled about continuing my career with a firm that shares my ideals and vision."
Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering technology from Virginia Tech. He is involved in the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers and the American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia (ACEC/VA). He also serves as a board member for the ACE Mentoring of Central Virginia.
Moseley Architects is a full-service architectural, engineering, planning, and interior design firm with offices in Virginia and North Carolina. The firm specializes in architecture for Federal, state, and local agencies, and offers extensive experience designing projects capable of earning LEED certification in the Mid-Atlantic.
10/21/2010
Moseley Architects Certifies Two More LEED Gold Projects in NC
Henderson County Public Schools' First LEED Certified Schools
Charlotte, NC - Moseley Architects is proud to announce that both Hillandale Elementary School and Mills River Elementary School have been awarded LEED® Gold certifications. These schools are the first buildings in the Carolinas to become certified under the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) advanced "LEED for Schools" Rating System. They join Moseley's Third Creek Elementary School in Iredell-Statesville as the only three LEED Gold K-12 schools in the state.
"In today's dollars, we expect Henderson County Public Schools will save $50,000 to $60,000 per year in energy and water costs over a normal design. As energy rates continue to escalate over the life of the buildings, that adds up to millions of dollars." - John Nichols, Senior Sustainability Coordinator, Moseley Architects
The new schools provide learning space for 722 students, with a core for 800 students. Designed with 32 classrooms, a gymnasium, media center, art room and cafeteria, the two schools are also the first facilities in Henderson County to earn LEED certification. The schools feature high performance design elements such as:
8/12/2010
Transylvania County Public Safety Facility
The Carolina's First LEED Silver Public Safety Building
Charlotte, NC - Moseley Architects, a leader in local government facility design, is proud to announce that Transylvania County's new Public Safety Facility has been awarded a LEED® Silver certification by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).
Located in Brevard,NC; the project is the Carolina's first Public Safety Building to achieve LEED Certification, and is a significant milestone for Transylvania County.
The design of the facility draws from local surrounding architecture and incorporates regional fabricators and suppliers of stone, brick, concrete, and steel to promote the buildings' aesthetic integration with its surroundings. Its dignified civic presence conveys the importance of the functions within, and the use of indigenous materials further supported the local economy and minimized transportation impacts on the environment.
The 63,000-square foot facility includes a 120-bed jail (300 bed core), Sheriff's offices, E-911 dispatch, and an Emergency Operations Center. The facility's main lobby includes a receptionist work area and a waiting area with video visitation. Adjacent to the lobby is the E-911 Dispatch and Emergency Operations Center. The building also has Sheriff and Chief Deputy offices with a detectives division, patrol division, and jail administration. In addition, the facility offers auxiliary spaces such as break room, training room and male and female locker rooms.
The jail initially has 120 total beds, with vehicular sallyport, intake, booking and magistrate's areas. The housing areas have a two-story structure, while intake, booking, magistrate, and sheriff's office are all a single story structure. All housing pods have video visitation rooms and outdoor exercise areas and are be controlled by one central control room. The facility also has a kitchen with warehouse space, laundry room and all ancillary spaces required for a facility of this type.
In demonstrating wise use of taxpayer dollars, the county decided to incorporate green building principles into its new facility, improving its energy and water performance while protecting the local and global environment. The facility was designed and constructed according to the guidelines set forth in the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Green Building Rating System version 2.2. Green building elements have been included in the facility's design and construction include:
The site was master planned to one day incorporate other important County functions such as the replacement Courthouse and Justice Center.
8/10/2010
Moseley Architects' completes sixth project to earn LEED GOLD certification in 2010
Virginia Beach, VA - Moseley Architects was recently awarded its third LEED Gold certification for a higher education facility in 2010 by the U.S. Green Building Council. The recognition is a testament to the firm's commitment to promoting sustainable business practices. This is the sixth project in the firm's portfolio to achieve LEED Gold, with three more projects scheduled to earn Gold certification later this summer.
The firm has 19 projects that have achieved LEED Certification, and is designing another 54 projects that are LEED registered and seeking certification.
Through a dedication to sustainable and high performance design, Moseley Architects responds to the growing need for environmental stewardship. The firm designed the first LEED registered buildings on nine different college campuses, including the College of William and Mary, James Madison University, Longwood University, Mary Washington University, Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia State University, and Virginia Tech. This included the first LEED certified higher education building in Virginia, and the first LEED certified engineering laboratory in the nation for Old Dominion University.
The firm utilizes an integrated team comprised of architects, engineers and in-house sustainable planners during the initial design phase to maximize high performance, environmental strategies and seek synergies between all building systems and site. The team also models anticipated energy savings attributed to high performance features and tracks the performance of those features to ensure the savings are realized. Based on their data base of completed LEED certified projects, Moseley Architects has determined that the "Moseley premium" for LEED Certification is lower than the national average.
"We have been very fortunate to work with clients that embrace sustainable design, and are as enthusiastic about the environmental benefits as we are", stated George Nasis, AIA, LEED AP, Managing Principal of the firm's higher education studio.
In keeping with a firm-wide commitment to green building, Moseley Architects' Richmond office was designed and constructed with an eye towards the same sustainable measures employed across the firm's many projects. The adaptive reuse project attained LEED Platinum certification in 2009.
5/17/2010
Henderson Hall: Virginia Tech's First LEED Gold Building
Virginia Beach, VA - Moseley Architects, a leader in higher education facility design, is proud to announce that Virginia Tech's Henderson Hall facility has been awarded a LEED® Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The project is Virginia Tech's first LEED certified building on campus and is a significant milestone for the campus and Blacksburg community.
The 44,000-square-foot facility was renovated to consolidate the theater, arts, music, graphic design, and art history departments. The facility features faculty and graduate student offices, graphic design studios, computer labs, a lighting design studio, a scenic design studio, a lecture hall, a slide library, and multi-media presentation rooms. Acoustically isolated music faculty studios and music practice rooms occupy the remainder of the renovated space.
The project also included an 8,000-square-foot Black Box Theatre-Theatre 101- that was added to the southeast portion of the facility. A theater rehearsal room, dressing rooms, a control room, and support spaces complement the black box theater, which was flexibly designed to accommodate a variety of performance types for both the university and the larger Blacksburg community.
Moseley Architects and design partner Boora Architects, worked with Virginia Tech to site the facility near existing campus facilities for the arts and across from Alumni Mall. As such, the facility opens directly onto a busy campus and community thoroughfare and serves as a transitional amenity between the university and downtown Blacksburg.
The design team diligently worked with Virginia Tech to incorporate green building strategies in order to achieve Gold certification. Noteworthy features include, but are not limited to: 35 percent reduction in energy use; 20 percent reduction in water use; reusing 100 percent of the existing floors, walls, and roof; recycling 79 percent of the demolition and construction waste; daylighting 75 percent of the regularly occupied spaces; and providing outdoor views for occupants in at least 90 percent of the building.
"By using less energy and water, LEED-certified buildings reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to a healthier environment for students, faculty, staff, and the larger community," said Gary Mason, project manager for University Planning, Design, and Construction.
10/16/2009
Moseley Architects Receives First-Ever Environmental/Historic Recognition in Virginia
Structure Is First in Richmond to Earn Highest LEED Rating
RICHMOND, Oct. 12, 2009--The headquarters building for Richmond-based Moseley Architects has received LEED Platinum certification—the highest possible rating—from the United States Green Building Council. It is the first building in the city of Richmond to receive the coveted honor, and it is the only building in Virginia to qualify for both the Platinum designation and for historic tax credits.
The 79-year-old structure in Richmond’s historic Scott’s Addition neighborhood is, according to the firm, proof that it is possible to accomplish the difficult task of meeting demanding environmental standards and protecting a building’s historic integrity.
“We are thrilled to be the first in the state for this twin win,” said Moseley Architects President Bob Mills. “It enables us to demonstrate to clients what is really possible with their own architectural needs.”
The firm has been in the building for one year, having relocated from Chesterfield County.
“Earning the LEED Platinum certification while still qualifying for historic tax credits is a wonderful—even dramatic—way to mark our first anniversary in our building,” said Moseley Architects Vice President Jim McCalla, AIA. “But, as an architect, what I’m most excited about is the fact that we’ve created a home for our firm that is a great place to come to work every day.”
It is also a “living laboratory,” said Bryna Dunn, Vice President and Director of Environmental Planning and Research. “Our clients can walk through the building and see how to solve the problems of meeting sometimes conflicting standards of environmental and historic excellence.”
The Moseley Architects headquarters in the historically significant industrial neighborhood of Scott’s Addition had been the home for Baker Equipment, a truck equipment specialist. Seeing the building reborn as the home for an architectural firm required creative solutions for a range of knotty problems. Among the challenges: maintaining the building’s industrial appearance from the street, protecting and enhancing windows and skylights, creating proper lighting, establishing a system of efficient energy usage, growing a roof garden, managing rainwater runoff in an environmentally sound manner, and other issues.
Moseley Architects focuses on the public sector, creating buildings for governments, schools, and detention facilities. It designs half of the new K-12 schools being built in Virginia, and it has designed the first and only LEED-certified federal prison in the United States: the medium-security Federal Correctional Institute in Butner, NC.
In addition to its headquarters in Richmond, Moseley Architects has offices in Charlotte, Harrisonburg, Raleigh-Durham, Virginia Beach, and Warrenton.
LEED stands for “Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design”, according to the U.S. Green Building Council.
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7/7/2009
Moseley Architects Named in Top 100 US Firms
Architect magazine ranked Moseley Architects in the “Top 100 Firms in the US” based on profitability, size, and sustainability. Architectural Record, Building Design & Construction, and Engineering News Record also ranked Moseley Architects in various categories. The list of rankings is as follows:
Architect, May 2009: Top 100 US Firms - ranked 100th
Architectural Record, June 2009: Top 100 Green Design Firms - ranked 48th; Top 250 Firms - ranked 18th
Building Design & Construction, July 2009, Giants Issue: Top 50 A/E Firms - ranked 37th, Top 200 Building Team LEED APs - ranked 59th; Top 150 Green Design Firms - ranked 51st; Top 100 K-12 schools design firms - ranked 19th; Top 75 State/Local Govt Design Firms - ranked 20th; Top 100 University Design Firms - ranked 32nd
Engineering News Record, July 6, 2009: Top 25 In Education - ranked 16th; Top 10 in Correctional Facilities - ranked 9th; Top 100 Green Design Firms - ranked 71st
Engineering News Record, Sourcebook 2009: Top 500 Design Firms 2009 - ranked 203rd
4/29/2009
Moseley Architects' Proudly Introduces the Moseley Green Blog
We are excited to be announcing the kickoff of the Moseley Green Blog! Most of the Moseley offices have formed informal “green teams” in order to identify ways we, as a firm and as individuals, can make positive changes to the way we do things. While these changes benefit the environment, hopefully they also benefit our individual and collective bottom line! The firm’s Green Teams’ tips have been so useful and interesting, we decided we shouldn’t horde them and wanted to share these ideas with the rest of the world. So, we started a blog! This blog is where all the Green Teams from around the firm will start posting their ideas and inspirations on anything sustainable. It’s already brimming with some great articles, but be sure to keep checking it out as we will continue to post to it regularly.
Bookmark the link below so that you don't miss a thing.
http://moseleygreen.wordpress.com
10/30/2008
Moseley Architects' Raleigh Office Wins TBJ Green Award
Our Raleigh office received the Triangle Business Journal's Green
For-Profit Business of the Year award for 2008.
Moseley Architects was selected from over 100 other applicants.
The award was the most contested of all 28 awards handed out at the luncheon on October 28.
Congratulations to Jim Copeland and his staff.
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/10/27/focus13.html
9/8/2008
Pearson Elementary School Certifies
In the Fall of 2006, W.G. Pearson Elementary School in Durham, NC, opened its doors with the hope of offering its students a fresh, green elementary school experience. Two years and several reviews later, the school has earned a LEED Certified designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. The school is only the third in the state of North Carolina to certify under the LEED rating system. The other two - Third Creek Elementary School in Iredell and Carrboro High School - were also designed by Moseley.
The motivation behind designing Pearson ES as a green school was the safety, health, and comfort of the school's students, faculty, and staff. Through daylighting, the school offers a light, bright setting in which to learn. In order to minimize the amount of chemical contaminants circulating throughout the building, all of the adhesives, sealants, paints, and carpet in the school are low-emitting (low-VOC). Walk-off mats at the main entrances to the building offer addition indoor air quality protection by helping to prevent pollutants from being tracked into and circulated throughout the building.
In terms of renewable energy, the school marks an important first for Moseley. Renewable energy credits have been purchased to offset 100% of the school's electricity use over the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years.
Other features that make the school green include:
7/7/2008
Carrboro First LEED Certified High School in North Carolina
Carrboro High School marks a few more LEED firsts for Moseley; not only is it the first LEED Certified high school in North Carolina, but it is the state's first K-12 school to earn LEED Silver. The school was awarded LEED Certified in May, but the project team, feeling that it deserved a higher rating, submitted an appeal application in an attempt to achieve silver. Two extra points were submitted during the appeal process, bringing the project's total points up to 33.
What does it take to make a high school worthy of LEED Silver, you ask? Here are a few of Carrboro High School's 'green' features:
