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Hospital projects highlight local adoption of BIM
September 12th, 2011NORTH BAY — In less than a decade, building information modeling (BIM) has become a major construction simulation and visualization process, and it’s being employed heavily on two large hospital projects now under construction in North Bay counties.
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Riechers Spence acquires Yountville land surveyor
July 20th, 2010NAPA — Civil engineering firm Riechers Spence & Associates is acquiring land surveying firm Michael W. Brooks & Associates of Yountville as of Aug. 1.
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RSA consolidates space
May 10th, 2010NAPA – Riechers Spence & Associates will vacate its current main office at 1541 Third St. and relocate management and administrative personnel two doors down into the office complex owned by the firm at 1515 Fourth St. The transition will be complete by August.
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Napa civil design firm creates ‘site information modeling’ service
February 15th, 2010NAPA — As San Rafael-based design software developer Autodesk expands its civil engineering products into the evolving realm of three-dimensional building information modeling, or BIM, a Napa-based civil design firm has combined that and other software to accelerate the integration of engineering in early project stages.
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Spotlight on innovators in green technology
February 1st, 2010This spotlight focuses on some of the North Bay people and companies that are creating new green technologies that are being put to work in the field daily. Know someone who should be here? Let us know. Listed alphabetically by innovator name.
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Jackson Wine, firms collaborate on advance to water recylcling
January 18th, 2010NAPA — Civil engineering firm Riechers Spence & Associates and wastewater treatment systems integrator Heritage Systems, both of Napa, have pooled their resources in development and installation of a new water recycling system that helped Jackson Family Wines cut wash water use by 70 percent in a yearlong test.
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Napa Sanitation studies demand for local winery wastewater system
August 24th, 2009NAPA – As the number of wineries locating in southern Napa Valley business parks increases, Napa Sanitation District is studying whether it can offer a more financially attractive option for wineries to dispose of their process wastewater than to have it trucked roughly 35 miles to a large treatment facility in Oakland.
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Who’s Who in Green Industries
May 19th, 2009The 31 people selected here for the Business Journal’s first Who’s Who in Green Industries are widely recognized as being among the pioneers and visionaries in an industry that today includes many hundreds if not thousands of creative professionals.
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