Optimizing the Locker Room Experience for Today’s Student-Athletes

By Rachel Crafton-Stiver, AIA, NCARB Understanding the locker room experience as a whole. When nearly 19 million viewers tuned in for the NCAA national championship game between the universities of Iowa and South Carolina – breaking records for a nationally televised basketball game for men and women, collegiate as well as professional – many proclaimed […]

Gadsden State Community College cuts ribbon on ASPIRE 2030 Initiative: Advanced Manufacturing and Workforce Skills Training Center

Gadsden State Community College cut the ribbon on its Advanced Manufacturing and Workforce Skills Training Center that will provide hands-on learning in a high-tech environment for students seeking careers in specialized fields. The state-of-the-art, 50,000-square-foot facility sits on the East Broad Campus in Gadsden. It hosts 10 laboratories, seven classrooms, 11 offices, multipurpose room, 10 […]

Interior Designer Katy Lucas Shares Her Strategies for Optimized Educational Spaces

Like education, design is an opportunity. Be it through art, science, math, or music, an education gives us a chance to apply what we know to better the world around us in meaningful ways. Likewise, through enhanced form, function, and engagement, good design is also devoted to making our experience in the world better. Katy […]

Goodwyn Mills Cawood names new Executive Vice President of Transportation

Executive Vice President of Transportation, Ryan Pearce

Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is pleased to announce Ryan Pearce, PE has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Transportation. With over 15 years of experience with GMC, Pearce shifts from his previous role of Vice President of Aviation where he demonstrated expertise and leadership, doubling the size of the aviation team since 2019. He […]

Engineering leaders Sam Serio and Darren Hamrick join Goodwyn Mills Cawood

Sam Serio Darren Hamrick

Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is pleased to announce the addition of engineering leaders Sam Serio, PE and Darren Hamrick, PE to the team. Serio joins GMC as vice president of engineering in the firm’s Auburn office, while Hamrick joins as civil engineering practice leader in Birmingham. Serio’s more than 20-year career includes a wealth of […]

Hoover Met Renovations completed just in time for SEC Baseball Tournament

Fans may have noticed some changes when walking into the Hoover Met for this year’s SEC Baseball Tournament. The City of Hoover is in the midst of $24 million, three-year renovation plan for the stadium, some of which were recently completed. Many of the upgrades were requested by SEC officials to better the environment for […]