Henry Beck III, Beck Group CEO and Managing Director, talks about the intergration of architecture contractors and designers at the Building Science Expo on Wednesday night in the Architecture Building. The Beck Group offers project finance, design construction and developement services throughout the U.S. and Mexico. (The Shorthorn: Aisha Butt)
UTA hosted the Eighth Annual Building Science Expo on Wednesday to help manufacturing companies showcase their products and design materials to architecture students.
The expo presented a program, “Beyond Integrated Project Delivery: The Integrated Enterprise,” wherein 24 building manufactures showcased their building materials and speakers lectured to 125 architecture students, faculty and staff.
The School of Architecture, in association with the Dallas and Fort Worth chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the Construction Specifications Institute, organized the event.
Keynote speaker Henry C. “Peter” Beck III, CEO and managing director of Beck Group, concluded the event.
Beck Group is a well-known, integrated firm offering project finance, design, construction and development services across the United States and Mexico. It has also been recognized as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune magazine.
Beck spoke on “The Integrated Enterprise.” Beck discussed integrating building constructors and architects using the successful stories implemented in his company.
Beck said his companies integrate the building disciplines through unique processes and technologies, resulting in order of magnitude, improvements in design, cost and schedule.
The School of Architecture students and faculty have done a good job on overall performance in architecture and designing, Beck said.
Architecture senior Tai Le looks over roofing materials for modern buildings at the Science Expo on Wednesday afternoon in the architecture building. The Science Expo was held for architecture students to get exposed to interior and exterior building products from different vendors. (The Shorthorn: Aisha Butt)
Architecture Dean Donald Gatzke announced Georgia-Pacific as a gold sponsor for donating $1,000 to the school. Headwaters Construction Materials and HKS, Inc. were deemed silver sponsors for each donating $500.
“I chose the theme and speaker because it has revolutionized building design and construction,” architecture professor Madan Mehta said, who has organized the event since 2002.
The building manufacturers exhibited the building materials and talked to the students.
Architecture alumni Ben Bearden currently works as an architecture representative for the Headwaters Construction Materials. He attended the expo to showcase his company’s design materials and share his knowledge. Bearden has attended the expo for the last three years.
“It is good to come back to support my alma mater,” Bearden said. “It was nice to see my old professors and give the experiences back to students that I had since graduating from UTA.”
Architecture senior James “TJ” Johnston said he learned the entire process of building designing.
“Overall, I enjoyed the event,” Johnston said. “It was informative. I learned a lot about the building materials and the companies, which have sustainable materials. Their products helped me a lot to think where the future might be taken to.”
Originally published in The Shorthorn: http://www.theshorthorn.com/content/view/19146/265/ |
