LSY is pleased to announce to promotion of Kevin Clark, AIA, IIDA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C to Principal.

With over 17 years of design and project management expertise, Kevin has served as a Senior Project Manager on various new construction and renovation projects for LSY, ranging from office buildings and interior fit-ups to clinical and research facilities. In his new role as Principal, Kevin's area of focus will be leading our growing of our corporate interiors sector and continued leadership on renovation projects for both the public and private sectors. Some of Kevin's recent experience include the National Institutes of Health (NIH), The University of Delaware, and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA).

Together with Burns & McDonnell, LSY served as the laboratory planners for this state-of-the-art research facility for aquatic research at the University of Minnesota.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/03/02/invasive-species-lab-unveiled-a...

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) provides a forum for state health laboratory directors. Today it has expanded to include governmental health labs and a multi-disciplined staff including public health, environmental, agricultural and food safety laboratories. LSY provided space planning and design services for the expansion of APHL’s existing space to occupy approximately 25,000 SF. The completed space provides open and closed offices, team rooms, a conference center, media and teleconference area, high-tech media room for producing videos and miscellaneous support spaces. In addition, LSY designed a distance learning area that features smart boards, projection screens and a special lighting system to control light levels during multi-media presentations. APHL’s employees occupied a portion of the space throughout the phased renovation.

Under a Term Contract for Architectural Services, Loudon County commissioned LSY to perform an existing conditions assessment survey of their existing “two-story” Community Center building to identify building constraints that would potentially impact future building on the proposed site. The project team was also tasked with providing a concept design to upgrade the facility to current codes and ADA guidelines. Two schemes were identified - one for renovation of the existing building and another for demolition and new construction. The County opted for the new construction approach to allow community program elements to continue uninterrupted during construction and avoid the cost of temporary relocation or facilities. LSY developed 3 concept options for the new facility.

http://www.leesburgtoday.com/news/county-presents-three-options-for-new-...

The Sheikh Zayed Institute required an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment that would encourage researchers to cross-pollinate ideas and share resources without organizational, informational or physical barriers. LSY’s design for the project transformed a largely windowless 20,000 sf vacant shell space into a modular open lab with panoramic views from each lab bench and workstation, fully mobile, flexible lab furnishings and ceiling fed utility disconnects for ease of reconfiguration. The provision of new exterior windows allows natural light to penetrate nearly all occupied areas. Glass walls separate offices from open areas to maximize visual connection and natural lighting.

Constructed in 1989, this biomedical research facility suffered from aging infrastructure, deteriorating interior construction, and an outmoded layout of cloistered labs. Devoid of natural light and separated from the exterior by personnel and service corridors, there were limited opportunities for collaboration and flexibility to respond to changing research priorities. LSY’s design for this renovation reduced corridor size, clustered functions and groups and optimized workflows. Space efficiency increased by 25% and allows 25% for future growth. Two open labs provide flexibility to assign additional benches as funding increases. The addition of an exterior glazed curtain wall and interior glazing allows daylight to permeate further into the deep floor plate and provides natural light to 75% of the spaces. An open, collaborative environment was created for the high-level, translational research of the two Institutes.

LSY provided full laboratory planning and fit-up services as a consultant to the Smith Group on this new 50,000 sf facility. The building provides laboratories, teaching, research, and lab support spaces, faculty offices, and common use rooms for specialized multi-user functions which support inter-disciplinary research. Research activities include applied environmental biochemistry, fluvial processes, a global lab for bioinspired science and technology, nanobiology, nonlinear imaging and spectroscopy, organic nano-structures, pathogen ecology, pipeline corrosion, sustainable water, and a humanoid hospital.