Dan Ware of InterDesign presented at the Indiana Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (IAHSA) Spring Conference 2010 on March 23. His presentation, “State-of-the-Art Health Center Improves Quality of Life of Residents, Staff & Families” was developed with Tom Garman, CEO of Golden Years Homestead as a case study of his new Health Center designed by InterDesign. Dan presented design concepts to best facilitate “person-directed care” and provided an understanding of the benefits of “person-directed care” and living in “households” on quality of life. Click here for a copy of the slides from their presentation. Feel free to contact Dan Ware for additional information.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, MAY 24, 2010: Daniel D. Rawlins, RA, DBIA of InterDesign, has successfully completed the requirements for the nationally recognized Designated Design-Build Professional™ certification. DBIA’s certification program seeks to recognize industry professionals who demonstrate a practical level of knowledge and hands-on experience in design-build project delivery. Through the examination, DBIA establishes a uniform measure of proficiency that practitioners, owners and clients can use in selecting qualified design-build professionals.

Phil Howard and Andy Costlow of InterDesign presented at the 51st Annual Association of Business Administrators of Christian Colleges (ABACC) Conference on February 19. Their presentation “Cutting Edge Questions About Facilities” focused on change drivers and threats to the success of higher education, including changing student demographics, technological advances and insufficient financial resources. Click here for a copy of the slides from their presentation. Feel free to contact Andy Costlow or Phil Howard for additional information.

November 5, 2009 marked the grand opening of the Ivy Tech Community College Center for Workforce and Economic Development in Greencastle, Indiana. InterDesign served as the architect of record, Demonica Kemper Architects served as the design architect. The project started out as a 100,000 SF, $20M project, but the State reduced the budget to $8.2M. Private donations increased the total budget to about $8.7M. Needless to say, the building is considerably smaller than what was needed, so the program was divided into two phases and the site master planned to allow for future expansion.

InterDesign has participated as a team for the second year in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® in Indianapolis. A team of employees and family members raised money for research to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s and provide programs to improve the lives of Americans affected by Alzheimer’s disease.