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Morabito Consultants is proud to have partnered on four projects that are up for the 2022 Maryland AIA – Excellence in Design Awards! 

Loyola Blakefield Innovative Learning Center is entered for the K-12 Education Award, Mt. De Sales Performing Arts & Student Life Center is entered for the Cultural/Institutional Award, and Peabody Walk Loft is entered for the Multi-Family/Mixed-Use Award with AIA Baltimore.  Voting for the AIA Baltimore Architectural Design Awards are still open, to view more information and vote for these projects, check out these links:

Loyola Blakefield Innovative Learning Center

Mt. De Sales Performing Arts & Student Life Center

Peabody Walk Lofts

Ferry Cove Shellfish Oyster Hatchery is also entered for the Non-Residential Architecture, New Construction Award with AIA Chesapeake Bay.  While voting is no longer available, the awards ceremony will be held on November 7, 2022. To view more information on this project, check out this link.

Mother Mary Lange Catholic School in Baltimore City received LEED Gold certification back in January from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Last week, the school was awarded the Green Schools Award and the People’s Choice Award during the 2022 Community Leader Awards Ceremony. MC is proud to have worked alongside JMT Architecture, Bala | SVA Consulting Engineers, Century Engineering, and Whiting-Turner on this new school project. Congratulations to a great team!

Project information, including the LEED Scorecard can be found here.

The expansion for the Sinai Hospital Emergency Department broke ground on Wednesday, September 28^th.  This 36,600 square foot expansion will more than double the existing space, adding areas for pediatrics, behavioral health, radiology, a new ambulatory wing, and a second story for administration.  Future vertical expansions were taken into consideration when designing this project, and as a result, concrete frames are being used.  The project also includes a 33,500 square foot renovation that will increase the size of patient rooms and waiting areas.  MC has a strong partnership with LifeBridge Health, Sinai Hospital specifically, as we were the structural engineer of record on the Emergency Department expansion in 1996 and have performed numerous projects for the hospital since then.  MC is proud to be partnering with Wilmot Sanz and DPR Construction on this project and look forward to construction commencing.  Check out this article to learn more!

With hurricane season at its peak, it is important to look at structural integrity. The image above shows the normal deterioration of a structure’s strength over time and when a disaster occurs, structural strength drops dramatically. The image also shows how repair, rehabilitation, and retrofitting can restore and improve a structure’s strength.

MC has been involved in numerous restoration and remediation projects over the years. Check out these links to learn more information on some of the projects we have completed.

Happy Labor Day Weekend to all of our employees and partners.  May you all enjoy a relaxing long weekend with family and friends.  In observance of the holiday, MC will be closed on Monday, September 5th, and will resume with regular business hours on Tuesday, September 6th.

Yesterday, the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Talbott Springs Elementary School rang in the 2022 school year in Howard County, MD. MC is proud to have served as structural engineer of record for this two-story, 88,000 SF replacement school. This state-of-the-art facility is steel framed with conventional spread footing foundations and was designed to achieve LEED Silver Certification. We want to wish the students and staff a safe and exciting school year as they begin classes in their new school today. MC shares a special connection to this school as Tony Morabito, P.E., oversaw the project as Principal in Charge, while Tony’s son, Nick Morabito, P.E. served as MC’s Senior Project Manager, and Tony’s daughter, Christina Mizia will be the school’s new Reading Specialist. Tony is ecstatic that his daughter will get to work at this new facility for many years to come. Kudos to the design team of TCA Architects, James Posey Associates, Fisher, Collins, & Carter, Inc., and to the construction manager, Dustin Construction, Inc. for a job well done!

Construction is underway at the Broadview Senior Living Center at Purchase College, New York.  This project consists of two, four-level independent living buildings, a two-story assisted living/memory care building and a commons building.  MC is happy to be working alongside LCS Development, Hord, Coplan, Macht, and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company on this project.

MC had the pleasure of working alongside Ziger|Snead Architects on the renovation of Baltimore Unity Hall in the Bolton Hill community.  This space serves as a center for arts, education, and training to bring unity within the surrounding communities.  Baltimore Unity Hall officially opened in June; check out this article to read about the ribbon cutting ceremony.

2022 is already half over and MC has had the pleasure of partnering on five of the Maryland projects that have already received LEED certification! Mother Mary Lange Catholic School and Liberty Exchange D2 received Gold Certification in January. February brought, Waugh Chapel 4 a Gold Certification and in May, Maple Lawn 7 received Gold Certification and Rock Creek School in Walkersville received Silver Certification.

MC is looking forward to seeing more of our projects receive LEED certification throughout the remainder of the year and for years to come.  To learn more about how the LEED Certification rating system, check out the USGBC’s website.