by Lara Barker | Nov 11, 2020 | Workplace
2020 for many people has been a period of rethinking and improving how companies operate and realizing what can be done to make them stronger and more resilient for the future. Actively employing people of different gender, and diverse backgrounds including varying...
by Lara Barker | Oct 8, 2020 | Workplace
An online TIME article titled "The Coronavirus Killed the Handshake and the Hug. What Will Replace Them?" made us wonder if handshakes will be replaced forever by other gestures, and if so, what will these gestures be? Or will it simply be a case of getting to the...
by Lara Barker | Sep 28, 2020 | Projects
I remember standing at the base of Hoover Dam the mist rising from the Colorado River. You look up, but can't just raise your head, you have to arch your back and lean backwards to see to the top of this massive structure, 726 feet in height. The concrete arch...
by Lara Barker | Aug 10, 2020 | Workplace
A time like no other In a year like no other, 2020 has created many unusual and unexpected events, events for which no one could have been prepared. We are all living and dealing with the global pandemic of COVID-19 and through worldwide media coverage many of us saw...
by Lara Barker | Mar 26, 2020 | Products
Governments around the world are introducing policies that require architects and designers to consider using timber wherever possible in the construction of buildings. From France and Canada’s laws regarding the use of wood in new structures to Japan’s focus on...
