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Keeping Sight of the Big Picture: Urban Planning for a Post-Pandemic World
July 23, 2020

Four generations of my family live in one neighborhood. Let me break that down for you! My family lives within a half mile of my wife’s parents, and they live within another half mile of our children’s great-grandfather who is …

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Faces of Gresham Smith: Cathy Morrison
July 22, 2020

Name: Cathy Morrison, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Current Title: Architect

Office Location: Charlotte, NC

Years at Gresham Smith: 3

 

Meet Cathy Morrison, a business development lead and architect in our Charlotte-Richmond Healthcare studio, and our latest Faces of Gresham

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What I Learned Serving on Tennessee’s COVID-19 Alternative Care Site Task Force
July 7, 2020

(Featured photo credit: Max Gersh, USA TODAY Network.)

As a first lieutenant with the Tennessee Army National Guard and a project coordinator with Gresham Smith, I’m used to balancing a lot. Every year, I spend one weekend a month and …

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Construction Administration During COVID-19 — And Beyond
July 1, 2020

Historically, the relationship between architects and contractors has been characterized as adversarial. Regardless of what history says, our relationship is symbiotic—we can’t complete projects or meet our clients’ goals and objectives without each other. In fact, building a strong relationship …

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Minding the Gap: Staying Motivated & Connected While Working from Home
June 30, 2020

“Did you hear that Carolyn just adopted a Dandie Dinmont terrier rescue?” “How about the Titans third-round pick?” I sure do miss those impromptu watercooler conversations with my colleagues since the COVID-19 pandemic saw our entire workforce go remote.

Not …

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Betwixt & Between: Getting Unstuck in “The Neutral Zone” During COVID-19
May 28, 2020

Negative hashtags about how 2020 has played out so far have been flooding social media in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re part of a new mantra born out of a shared grieving for the normalcy of our pre-coronavirus lives. …

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Defending Against Disaster: Helping a Hospital Weather Climate Threats
May 27, 2020

Our changing climate poses a major threat to healthcare providers, because natural disasters that damage healthcare facilities often disable them at the precise time their services are needed most. It’s more important than ever that healthcare facilities build resilience to …

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Lean on Us: Giving Back to the Community During COVID-19
May 20, 2020

For more than half a century, Gresham Smith has successfully endured and adapted to social, economic, environmental and technological change, reflecting a resiliency that we are leaning into, perhaps now more than ever, as we navigate unknown territory amid a …