Design Building Featured in UMass Magazine

Design Building Featured in UMass Magazine

The Design Building was just featured in this summer's edition of the UMass Magazine. You can view the beautiful image spread by visiting the following link: http://www.umass.edu/magazine/summer-2017/mass-timber For a full list of all the press coverage that this building has received so far, follow this link. Reposted from: https://bct.eco.umass.edu/news/design-building-featured-umass-magazine/...
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Schreyer Authors New Edition of ‘Fundamentals of Residential Construction’

Schreyer Authors New Edition of ‘Fundamentals of Residential Construction’

Alexander Schreyer, director of the building and construction technology (BCT) program, has revised and expanded “Fundamentals of Residential Construction” to produce the fourth edition of the guide to professional construction of single-family and multifamily homes. Schreyer joins Edward Allen, formerly of MIT, Yale University and the University of Oregon, and Robert Thallon of the University of Oregon, who wrote the book’s previous editions. The new edition, which is being published by John Wiley & Sons, promises to be essential to the process of learning about residential construction, according to the publisher. “Construction is a slow-changing industry, but it changes, and keeping up with that is really important,” said Schreyer. “It was really exciting to be able to join this book as one of the authors so we can keep pushing the envelope and teach about residential construction. There are lots of people that need to know about it, want to know about it, and want to be builders or build their own...
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BCT Program Wins 2015 USGBC West Branch “Green Giants” Award!

BCT Program Wins 2015 USGBC West Branch “Green Giants” Award!

The UMass Amherst Building and Construction Technology program was honored on December 1st, 2015 at a joint WMAIA/USGBC event at Hampshire College for our efforts in educating future leaders in green building and sustainability. Program director Alexander Schreyer and Associate Professor Peggi Clouston accepted the award on behalf of the BCT program. This is a biannual award and we are very proud to have received it this year. From the program description: The Green Giants program honors the work of trades people, educators, and owners/program directors who help build, teach about, envision and fund green buildings in Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, and Berkshire counties. This program is intentionally distinct from other building awards in that it honors a wider range of participants in the sustainable building industry of our region. This is the second year of the West Branch Biannual Green Giants Awards program. This award reflects the amazing work of our faculty, adjunct faculty, and our student groups. They are all engaged on a daily...
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Alexander Schreyer’s Book, “Architectural Design with Sketchup” Released

Alexander Schreyer’s Book, “Architectural Design with Sketchup” Released

Courtesy: Amherst News & Media Schreyer’s Book on Architectural Design with SketchUp in Second Edition October 22, 2015 The second edition of  “Architectural Design with SketchUp: 3D Modeling, Extensions, BIM, Rendering, Making, and Scripting,” by Alexander C. Schreyer, director of the Building and Construction Technology program, is being released Monday, Oct. 26. Schreyer is also senior lecturer in environmental conservation and a faculty member in architecture. The book, which has become the main reference, textbook, and sourcebook for designing with SketchUp, uses step-by-step tutorials and color illustrations to teach anyone 3D modeling and show what one can achieve with Trimble SketchUp. SketchUp is a popular 3D modeling software that comes in free and professional versions and is used by students, architectural and interior designers, landscape planners, builders, engineers and makers worldwide. Coming three years after the first edition, the book features many updates and improvements but also a completely new chapter on “Making with SketchUp,” which provides instruction to translate what has been designed on the...
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