Article | Consulting-Specifying Engineer Building sites with BAS can leverage their controls capabilities to uncover underlying issues by automatically analyzing overlooked data and presenting potential diagnoses, explains Jason Gladney, Vice President and Branch Manager at Envise. Unfortunately, these implementations are often engineered out of projects due to a poor value proposition along with a tight budget, […]
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Envise Supports Clients with Critical Services During Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, Envise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southland Industries, affirms clients with the ability to help them with their critical services. As challenges to work and personnel evolve during this crisis, Envise is continuing to perform critical work that supports clients’ essential operations. “While we navigate these unchartered waters, our clients continue […]
Lean IPD Strategies from the Trade Partner Perspective
Throughout its lifecycle, a project moves from an idea to implementation through a number of processes, people, and their personalities. When using a Lean Integrated Project Delivery (LIPD) approach, team chemistry matters, explains Andrew Rhodes, Southland Industries’ Business Development Lead. “The foundation for a successful IPD team is built through trust and respect,” Rhodes explains In […]
Using Demand-controlled Ventilation in HVAC
Traditionally, HVAC designs are developed with the average climate conditions in mind. Engineers designing high-performance buildings should consider the various factors that go into improving indoor air and environmental quality. With his 25+ years of experience in the building automation and controls industry, Envise integration business manager Michael Phillips identifies some ways to improve energy efficiency […]
OC Pathways – Envise
Internships at Envise are all about bringing in interns to help them find the right career path for them. The Orange County Department of Education’s “OC Pathways”program connects students to over 2,000 regional businesses and community partners around southern California, including Envise. “We want kids to know what’s available, what options they have, and things they […]
AEC’s data’s coming out party
Today’s convergence of technology is encouraging AEC firms to use data analytics to help their clients spot potential issues and make decisions earlier. That value is still sometimes a harder sell because of data’s “soft ROI,” says Envise’s Jody Baldwin, who suggests that data seems more relevant to today’s developers and property managers of existing […]
How Lean Construction Methods are Shaping the Future
Consulting-Specifying Engineer Adopted as a response to customer and supply chain dissatisfaction with the building industry, Lean project delivery methods seek to manage a project through relationships, shared knowledge and common goals in order to break down the traditional silos associated with construction. The results of this approach produce significant improvements in scheduling, in reducing […]
LCI Los Angeles and Orange County Community of Practice
Monday, November 18, 2019 – 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM PSTGarden Grove, CA Southland Industries Designers, constructors, owners, and trade partners from across the region will meet Nov. 18 for LCI Los Angeles/Orange County CoP’s Lean Coffee event, an open conversation in a low-pressure environment about the topics that are relevant to the Lean community. […]
The Department of Energy’s $47M Investment Signals Impending Change for MEP Providers
Consulting-Specifying Engineer In April, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies 2019 Funding Opportunityfor $47 million. Anthony Roner, Vice President of Southland Energy, provides his insight into how these areas of focus for the DOE match up with the changing priorities Southland Energy is seeing in the industry. “This investment […]
Procore & ENR Webinar Series: Lean IPD Strategies from the Subcontractor Perspective
Thursday, November 7, 2019 – 14:00 EST The Engineering News-Record and Procore teams will meet online with several suppliers and subcontractors on Nov. 7 to discuss construction initiatives with their free webinar series. The event includes Southland Industries’ Andrew Rhodes, Business Development Lead, who will lead a discussion on “Lean IPD Strategies from the Subcontractor Perspective,” focused […]
