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JAMA is pleased to announce that Ryan Anderson, Kimberly Pacheco, and Lawrence “Larry” Pitkin have been promoted to Project Manager. The trio offers clients a combined 27 years of experience, and were elevated in order to recognize their leadership skills, technical expertise, and ability to effectively manage projects from design, through production and construction.

Tenants of the Gateway Apartments, a 21-unit complex for formerly chronically and disabled homeless individuals with severe health issues have been settling in over the summer. The project, which opened in May in Marina del Rey, is a LEED Platinum facility designed by Brooks + Scarpa Architects. It was a joint venture between Venice Community Housing and the Hollywood Community Housing Corporation.

Emerson College Los Angeles has been selected as a recipient of a 2016 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards given by the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA). The award was conferred during an awards presentation ceremony on Friday, September 16, at the NCSEA Structural Engineering Summit in Orlando, Florida.

Jaime Garza, S.E. has joined JAMA as a Senior Project Manager. With over thirteen years of professional experience, Jaime brings a wealth of knowledge in specialty structures and performance-based design to the firm. His experience ranges from hospitality to mixed-use campuses to public art projects for both public and private sector clients. Specific projects include efforts for the University of California, LAUSD, LAX, LAPD, and most recently the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and Beverly Hilton Garden in Beverly Hills.

JAMA’s Larry Pitkin, S.E. will be travelling to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia to compete in the 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship on Sept 4th. Athletes from over 70 countries will be competing in the 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1 mile run. Live coverage of the race will be available on www.Ironman.com. More than 3,000 athletes from around the world who qualified at another IRONMAN 70.3 events will compete at this prestigious race. More than 130,000 athletes participate in a season of qualifying races for the championship, a series which consists of over 85 events in locations such as Australia, Germany, South Africa and Switzerland.

5 Lagunas, the 926,000 SF mixed-use retail destination on the site of the original Lagunas Hills Mall, broke ground on August 5th. The first stores are expected to open in summer 2018, and during the project’s second phase, developers will build nearly 1,000 luxury apartments. The project is being designed as an urban village that city officials say will be a community gathering spot and countywide destination.

JAMA’s Matt Timmers spoke at the 2016 International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA) in late July. The conference, held this year in Guimaraes, Portugal, is the world’s leading global conference bridging the gap between structures and architecture. Matt’s lecture on mass timber high-rise design, cost and schedule research presented the competitive advantages of wood over concrete.

JAMA is well underway on an exciting project in Arizona in collaboration with Martin, White, Griffis (an affiliate office located in Tucson). The SIPHER (a.k.a. Simulation and Inter Professional Health Education and Research) project is located on UofA’s Health Science Center campus in Tucson. Designed by CO Architects, the new 220,000 SF facility will provide simulated practice situations and interaction between teams of students, faculty and health professionals in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Large, medium and small group/team learning areas as well as state-of-the-art clinical skills and simulations centers offer forums for a broad spectrum of instruction.