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HOW TO think about computers in the 21st century

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CONSTRUCTING COMMUNITIES

H E A D I N G U P T H E R U N N I N G order this month is a guest piece by Thalmic Labs CEO Stephen Lake, who explains the ways in which we should be thinking about computers in the 21st century. Also featured is a Q&A with the US Green Building Council, and our list is the top ten female Canadian entrepreneurs.

Our enthralling company profiles consist of internet data company CyrusOne, theme park construction business Dynamic Attractions, and two other building corporations: Martin Harris Construction, and Ghilotti Construction Company Inc. Also included is a re-run of last months insightful PAML piece.

Enjoy this issue, and do feel free to tweet your feedback to @BizReviewUSA and @NellWalkerMG

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60 Martin-Harris Construction

78 Ghilotti Construction Company Inc

92 Dynamic Attractions

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The US Green Building Council is a non-profit

organization which promotes sustainability in the

construction sector, offering a suite of Leadership

in Energy and Environmental Design commonly

known as LEED certification denoting expertise

in green building. Business Review USA & Canada

speaks to USGBCs Marisa Long about some of the

inner workings of the company and the impact it

has made on its sector.

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Americansustainability

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How did the USGBC begin, and how did it grow into such a huge organization?

Rick Fedrizzi, current CEO

and founding chair of USGBC,

David Gottfried, and Mike Italiano

established the council in 1993.

By 1998, USGBC had successfully

developed LEED 1.0, and it began pilot

testing 19 projects.

Following the success of the pilot

program, LEED for New Construction

saw a public launch in March 2000.

That year, 51 projects participated,

and in March 2001, drawing on lessons

learned from the pilot program,

USGBC launched LEED 2.0.

Meanwhile, certifications outside

the commercial office sector began

to sprout. Notable early successes in

2000 included the Kandalama Hotel

in Sri Lanka the first LEED-certified

hotel and the first LEED international

project as well as the Chesapeake

Bay Foundation Phillip Merrill

Environmental Center in Annapolis,

Md., the first project to secure LEED

Platinum.

Furthering its movement into

new market sectors, USGBC saw

the first elementary school Third

Creek Elementary in Statesville, N.C.

achieve LEED Gold in November

Phipps Conservatory Center for Sustainable Landscapes

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The Philip Merrill Environmental Center, headquarters to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF)

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2002. Meanwhile, as a reflection of

the excitement and demand within

the green building industry, USGBC

hosted the first ever Greenbuild

Conference that same month in

Austin, Texas, with approximately

4,000 attendees; organizers had

only expected 1,500. While many

anticipated continued momentum

within the green building space, few

could have foreseen the explosive

growth that was to come.

By April 2004, LEED reached a

significant milestone: 100 certified

projects, mostly in the commercial

office space. USGBC launched LEED

for Existing Buildings in October 2004,

which quickly grew the market. By July

2007, the 1,000th commercial project

was certified, followed by the 10,000th

registration in November.

By 2010, LEEDs status as a

transformative force within the

buildings sector was unmistakable.

PROFILE

The Georgia World Congress Center spans 3.9 million square feet and is the largest LEED-certified convention center in the country

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Beyond certifying thousands of

structures, LEED had also created

new markets, especially in the product

arena. Before LEED, materials like

low-volatile-organic-compound (VOC)

paints and green cleaning products

were virtually non-existent, but by

2009, these items were in widespread

use. The same was true for various

other green technologies and energy-

efficient products, which had become

available not only in the commercial

sector, but also for homeowners in the

residential space.

In 2010, the Green Building

Certification Institute certified the

5,000th LEED project. Additionally, in

September 2010, USGBC launched

the Center for Green Schools as a

way to drive the transformation of

all schools into healthy, sustainable

learning environments.

The latest version of LEED, LEED

v4, launched in November 2013 after

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hospitality, and midrise residential

structures. LEED v4 also brings an

additional focus on user experience,

with significant efforts put toward

streamlining the LEED documentation

process and developing helpful tools

for project teams in LEED Online, the

web-based tool for managing the

certification process that launched in

2006.

In 2013, USGBC celebrated its

20th anniversary. The environmental

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passing member ballot in June 2013

following a record six public comment

periods. All versions of LEED are

required to undergo public comment

and must pass a ballot by USGBCs

membership.

LEED v4 continues the momentum

in green building by increasing

LEEDs technical rigor and facilitating

its expansion into new market

sectors, including data centers,

warehouses and distribution centers,

ASU owns the most LEED buildings in the state45 all together as of July 2015and holds the honor of constructing the first LEED Platinum building in Arizona


million square feet of space every day.

LEED guides the design, construction,

operations and maintenance and

recognizes best-in-class building

strategies and practices.

To receive LEED certification,

building projects satisfy prerequisites

and earn points to achieve different

levels of certification. Prerequisites

and credits differ for each rating

system, and teams choose the best fit

for their project.

LEED projects earn points by

adhering to prerequisites and credits

across nine measurements for building

movement as a whole can count LEED

among its successful endeavors.

Found across all sectors and in nearly

every area of the world, LEED plaques

adorn college campuses, hospitals,

office buildings, sports arenas,

restaurants, apartment complexes,

manufacturing facilities, retail stores,

data centers, police and fire stations

and more. Situated at the intersection

of business and environmental

interests, LEED symbolizes the power

of a collective will that insists that our

built environment no longer do less

harm, but do more good. We have only

just begun to unleash its potential.

Can you explain LEED and its importance to the USGBC?

Since its launch, LEED green

building certification system has

quickly become the worlds most

widely-used green building rating

program, recognizing commercial,

institutional, and residential projects

showing leadership in environmental

and energy performance.

LEED transforms buildings, homes,

and communities in all 50 states and

more than 150 countries and territories

worldwide, certifying more than 1.85

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excellence from integrative process

to indoor environmental quality.

Prerequisites are required elements,

or green-building strategies that must

be included in any LEED certified

project. Credits are optional elements,

or strategies that projects pursue to

gain points toward LEED certification.

Credits are developed through

several rounds of public comments

and in collaboration with the USGBC

board, broader membership and staff.

As market readiness increases and

new technologies become widely

available, credits adapt to improve the

value and environmental integrity of

building projects.

Based on the number of credits

achieved, a project earns one of four

LEED rating levels: LEED Certified,

LEED Silver, LEED Gold or LEED

Platinum. The LEED rating systems

work for all buildings at all phases

of development and are meant to

challenge project teams and inspire

outside-the-box solutions.

LEED projects are third-party

certified through Green Business

Certification Inc. (GBCI), which

provides technicians the training and

expertise necessary to review and

verify building quality and integrity.

How does the USGBC help to manage supply chains?

A USGBC working group has

outlined minimum steps for product

manufacturers that enables them to

offer insight and transparency into

their processes regarding supply

chains that require: a commitment

to continual improvement, sharing

of information, green chemistry and

green engineering; implementation

of an environmental management

system and require that any direct

suppliers of hazardous ingredients

have corresponding environmental

and health & safety management

systems.

What continuous improvement strategies has the company implemented?

USGBC strives to ensure LEED

stays innovative, technically rigorous,

and market-relevant. Therefore, LEED

regularly undergoes evaluations

and other improvements, whether

through clarification of specific credits

language, an adaptation to an existing

rating system, or a comprehensive

update to an entire suite of rating

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systems. LEED was developed to

address all buildings everywhere,

regardless of where they are in the life

cycle. From hospitals to data centers,

from historical buildings to those still

in the design phase, there is a LEED

for every building. The newest version

of LEED is designed to be more

flexible and improve the overall user

experience. Some of the updates of

LEED v4 include a focus on materials,

performance, smart grid thinking, and

water efficiency.

What are some technological advances youve employed on the construction front?

LEED provides a framework for

building a holistic green building,

giving you the chance to nail down

every sustainability feature and

maximizing the benefits of LEED

construction. LEED rating system

applies to a number of project types,

from commercial high-rises to data

centers, and is tailored by market

sector to recognize a projects

specialized requirements and

maximize the benefits of certification.

LEED v4, the latest version of the

rating system, focuses on increasing

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Dell Childrens Hospital, located in central Texas

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LEEDs technical rigor, expanding

the market sectors able to use LEED,

and striving for simplicity in terms

of usability. LEED v4 optimizes the

foundations developed in LEED

2009, and will continue to improve

the clarity, usability, functionality

and interconnectedness of the rating

systems through future version

development.

How does the company manage relationships with customers and partners?

LEED rating systems are supported

by USGBC staff and volunteers who

serve on committees and advisory

groups that are constantly reevaluating

LEED to ensure it remains robust

and efficient. Staff and volunteers

also works to develop educational

In Philadelphia 53 of 120 apartments that make up the 2010 grant recipient Paseo Verde are set aside as low-income housing

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materials about sustainable building

and to support the USGBC mission,

while other green building councils

around the world are helping keep

LEED leaning forward internationally.

USGBC works toward its mission

of market transformation through

its LEED green building certification

program, robust educational offerings,

a nationwide network of local leaders

and affiliates, the annual Greenbuild

International Conference & Expo, and

advocacy in support of public policy

that encourages and enables green

buildings and communities.

USGBC offers membership to

organizations from all fields. Our

members are local and international,

big and small, mission and market-

driven. They make an impact

within their sphere of influence and

advance the movement for a more

sustainable built environment.

Members can join at four different

levels organizational, silver, gold and

platinum and can take advantage

of exclusive opportunities to access

online education, maintain their LEED

professional credentials, discuss and

share knowledge through the USGBC

blog and garner access to a whole

host of green building resources.

What is the most important aspect of the company you would like communicated?

USGBCs vision is a green building

for everyone within this generation,

and is committed to transforming

the way our buildings are designed,

constructed and operated through

LEED. Every day, USGBC is helping

advance spaces that are better for

the environment and healthier for

The green roof of the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Southeast Washington, D.C., is one of the largest in the world

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us to live, work and play. Through

USGBCs community network,

continuous collaboration with industry

experts, market research publications

and LEED professional credentials,

USGBC remains a key driving force in

the green building sector.

There are LEED projects in more

than 150 countries and territories,

representing every continent except

for Antarctica. LEED is being used in

highly industrialized nations and newly

developing ones, and LEED is helping

to demonstrate the enormous power

and potential of the emerging green

economy. In the US alone, according

to a domestic economic impact study

last year, the green building sector is

outpacing overall construction growth

in the US and slated to contribute 2.3

million jobs in 2015.

To explore a variety of recent LEED-

certified projects, visit USGBCs

project directory.

The green roof of the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Southeast Washington, D.C., is one of the largest in the world

TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

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HOW TO THINK ABOUT

COMPUTERS IN THE

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Thalmic Labs opening in November 2013

Computers are everywhere. In toasters, washing machines,

refrigerators, cars, and thermostats (to

name an arbitrary few). At last years

Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

- Mecca for tech geeks - Intel CEO

Brian Krzanich showed off Curie; a

computer so small he wore it as a suit

button on stage.

We live in a world of ubiquitous

computers. But right now, the way we

interact with them is so awkward that

people question their very utility.

As UX/UI design guru Golden

Krishna describes the modern

connected oven: We slap a seven

inch, Android-powered touchscreen

on it so you can watch YouTube while

you bake cookies.

The problem here is a failure

of metaphor. We think about the

computer inside the oven like a

desktop computer. We know that,

to talk to it, it needs a few basic

ingredients: a screen, some kind of

desktop and - of course - a QWERTY

keyboard. To change how we interact

with these new forms of computers,

we have to change how we think about

computing itself.

What if, when you thought about

using your computer at home, the thing

that jumped to mind wasnt the familiar

setup: screen, keyboard, pointer, and

processor. What if it was just your home

itself? Many interconnected pieces that

you could control simply and easily from

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Thalmic Labs opening in November 2013

wherever you are.

Your screen could exist anywhere,

at your whim, and vanish when you

didnt need it. The way you interact

with that screen - to start a movie,

launch a gaming application, or

browse news and weather - could be

the same as how you interact with your

oven, microwave, and refrigerator.

Walking around, your house changes

what part of the computer you talk to,

and you control everything effortlessly

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with natural, intuitive inputs. The same

could be true for shared screens in

public places.

What will it take to get there? A few

ingredients:

Computers so small we forget were wearing them.

Computers aware of our context: where we are and what

were doing, so they can better

understand what we intend

without us having to tell them.

Natural inputs that let us control technology the way we control

everything else.

A new metaphor to help us understand this new form of

computing.

All of these ingredients exist today,

save the last one.

We have wearable computers now,

and theyre getting more fashionable,

more popular, and smaller. We have

contextually-aware systems, like

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Google Now and Siri, designed to

give us information we need without

us having to ask. We have a growing

ecosystem of natural controllers;

gesture control inputs like the Myo

armband that read our muscles, voice

control inputs that get more robust

each year, and truly exotic inputs

like the Muse headband designed to

translate brainwaves into technology

inputs.

Right now, were reaching a point

where todays technology has not yet

realized its potential. Researchers

have created a suite of astonishing

technologies that break computing

out of the old paradigm and release

it into the air. Computers are all

around us and connected, enabling

interactions that would have been

unimaginable in the heyday of the

GUI.

What hasnt caught up is our

metaphor. Were stuck in the office,

thinking about computers in a way

that limits their capability.


FEMALE CANADIAN ENTREPRENEURS

TOP 10

Written by: Nell Walker

FEMALE CANADIAN ENTREPRENEURS

Canada is second only to the US in entrepreneurial activity, and women in this sector are on the rise.

Here are the top ten female Canadian entrepreneurs according to the PROFITguide.com W100 2016 list.

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Co-CEO, Natures Path >> As co-CEO, Stephens has seen Natures Path grow into North Americas largest organic breakfast food company with a revenue in 2015 of $250 million-$500 million USD. The company began in 1985 selling manna bread, and has since appeared on many official lists of both the best and greenest Canadian employers. President and CEO, Stiris

Research >> Stiris Research offers biotech and pharmaceutical companies the clinical trial solutions required to further medical knowledge, and Feltham is the President and CEO. Last year the companys revenue was between $5 million and $10 million, and boasts strong ethical values which ensure the finest possible team is employed and retained.

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SHANTAL FELTHAM

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Principle and CEO, Bennett Design Associates >> Bennett began her company in 1997 in a quest for a greater balance between her home life and her work. The company quickly became a popular choice for customers, and a strong player in the interior design industry. Bennett enjoyed a revenue of $5 million-$10 million last year, and the business continues to grow apace.

President and CEO, Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling >> Beginning in 1987, Araneda took over the family mining business in 2008 and has expanded the business exponentially since, growing the team and introducing a business development manager with expert knowledge of geology. Revenue for 2015 was between $10 and $20 million.


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SHANTAL FELTHAM LAURA

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CEO, Hillberg & Berk Accessories >> Mielkes young jewellery company was formed in 2007, and once she expanded her team with two full-time customer service staff, online sales increased by 205 percent. Last year Hillberg & Berk enjoyed a revenue of $5-$10 million, and to date has donated over $500,000 to womens charities in the pursuit of female empowerment. President, Rockwood Custom

Homes >> The multi-award winning Rockwood Custom Homes threw caution to the wind in the face of a resource downturn, as Grafton and her business partner chose instead to throw themselves into ambitious construction projects regardless. This positive attitude paid off, as the company enjoyed a revenue of $20-$50 million in 2015.

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Co-CEO, Gravity Partners >> Himels company provides strategic consulting and marketing communications services to some huge international businesses, ensuring 2015 revenues of $5-$10 million. Himel is a big believer in entrepreneurial spirit, and that watching and learning market trends will lessen any potential business risk when starting out.

Co-Founder, North Strategic >> Pearson and her team buck the often short-lived PR and social media agency trend by negotiating budgets with clients on a case-by-case basis, setting the tone for a highly customizable service. This has ensured a tiny five percent customer turnover, and revenue last year of $5-$10 million.


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President and General Counsel, Global Relay >> Global Relay is a technology services company, which was merely a newborn start-up when Rogers left her lucrative career in law to lead the business as President. The international company now boasts a hugely impressive client base including 22 of the worlds top 25 banks and 2015 revenue of $50-$100 million.

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President and Founder, Steeped Tea >> Johshan launched her unique tea business in 2006, starting off by hosting 15 tea parties a month. Now and particularly since securing a partnership with investors from Dragons Den


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Johshan offers premium loose leaf tea and accessories that are only available through in-home ParTEAs hosted by independent consultants and online. Steeped Tea enjoyed revenues of $10-$20 million last year.

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yrusOnes newest 30 Megawatt Northern Virginia facility is completed

in less than six months, shattering all known data center construction timelines

Global data center provider CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE) recently announced the record-setting, six-month time period from ground breaking to completion of its newest 30 Megawatt facility on its Northern Virginia campus. Completed in less than six months, the project was delivered in the shortest known time to market interval for an enterprise scale data center of this size.

Driving this outstanding accomplishment was the companys use of Massively

Modular engineering methods and advanced manufacturing supply chain techniques which enable the company to provide for the lowest costs and fastest time to market in the data center industry.

CyrusOnes stated goal has been to improve its supply chain efficiency to the point whereby it can deliver a completed data center in the same timeframe that customers can order and receive the computing equipment that will reside in the data center. CyrusOne never wants its customers business objectives to be slowed down by the speed of their data center deployment. The record setting time it delivered the Northern Virginia facility proves CyrusOne can remove

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Laramie DorrisVice President of Data Center Design & Construction

Laramie Dorris is the Vice President of Data Center Design & Construction at CyrusOne, and is responsible for enterprise wide project development & execution of data center construction projects. In his years at CyrusOne, Laramie has been responsible for overseeing CyrusOnes 2014 record-breaking 107-day Chandler I campus completion in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as the arguably more aggressive 180-day Sterling II facility completion in 2016 located in Northern Virginia.

Prior to joining CyrusOne, Laramie was a seasoned construction and design executive for mission critical construction firms. He also previously worked at J.P. Morgan and Bear Sterns on a wide range project. Laramie has managed both domestic and international projects.

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that uncertainty for them. The unbridled demand for growth that cloud and social media companies are experiencing is volatile and overwhelming. Against this backdrop, companies are unsure whether they will be growing at a 50 percent, 100 percent, or 200 percent rate of growth, and the accuracy of the forecasts significantly deteriorates as the forecast horizon lengthens.

CyrusOnes ability to deliver

large quality data centers with record-breaking speed eliminates the risk customers feel with inaccurate capacity planning, and by reducing the time it takes to deliver a data center CyrusOne is able to lower the cost of delivery, passing those savings on to its customers.

CyrusOne previously set an industry record when it delivered a 6 MW facility in Phoenix in 107 days. The newest facility



IES is a full-service national provider of technology services with superior resources, buying power and the best-trained people in the business. We are structured cabling

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INTEG SYSTEMS CORPORATION22 Shelter Rock Lane, Danbury, CT 06810 | P: (203) 798-1194 | F: (203) 778-8874E: [email protected] | www.integsystemscorp.com

Working in the customers best interest isthe heart and soul of our business.

Owner RepresentativeSite CommissioningConceptual DesignSite SurveysInstallation SupervisionComprehensive Service

SERVICES

Static Uninterruptible PowerSupply SystemsDiesel and Turbine GeneratorsParalleling GearElectrical Distribution SwitchgearPower Distribution UnitsMMedium Voltage Rotary UPS (DRUPS Systems)

PRODUCTS

Data Processing CentersTelecommunication FacilitiesNetwork OperationsMedical Imaging

APPLICATIONS

Since 1996, Integ has provided one source responsibility for the conceptual design, sales, installation management and coordination for the support/service of critical electrical back up systems. Integ was formed to provide integrated power protection solutions for mission critical data, communication, medical imaging and industrial facilities nationally. Our Companys mission is to be the leader in critical electrical support systems by integrating the most reliable products available in todays marketplace. We look forward to supporting your mission critical needs.

Conceptual DesignConceptual DesignIntegInteg Systems collaborates with business partners offering a myriad of services. Integ will often provide conceptual designs that allow a project to move on the required fast track. The conceptual design also allows critical electrical/mechanical equipment to be pre-purchased, ensuring a timely delivery and on-time project completion. The process continues by working closely with Engineers, Architects, Construction Managers, General, Mechanical, and Electrical Contractors to ensure that the project proceeds on schedule. Working in the customers best interest is the heartheart and soul of our business. Whether that interest is an owners representative or as a team player with other business partners, Integ maintains the customers goals as the driving force behind our designs and decisions. The basis behind our design process is a system concept philosophy that not only offers Built-In Redundancy, when required, but also ensures Built-In Maintainability. Without both concepts working in harmony, the system uptime can be severely impaired.



INTEG SYSTEMS CORPORATION22 Shelter Rock Lane, Danbury, CT 06810 | P: (203) 798-1194 | F: (203) 778-8874E: [email protected] | www.integsystemscorp.com

Working in the customers best interest isthe heart and soul of our business.

Owner RepresentativeSite CommissioningConceptual DesignSite SurveysInstallation SupervisionComprehensive Service

SERVICES

Static Uninterruptible PowerSupply SystemsDiesel and Turbine GeneratorsParalleling GearElectrical Distribution SwitchgearPower Distribution UnitsMMedium Voltage Rotary UPS (DRUPS Systems)

PRODUCTS

Data Processing CentersTelecommunication FacilitiesNetwork OperationsMedical Imaging

APPLICATIONS

Since 1996, Integ has provided one source responsibility for the conceptual design, sales, installation management and coordination for the support/service of critical electrical back up systems. Integ was formed to provide integrated power protection solutions for mission critical data, communication, medical imaging and industrial facilities nationally. Our Companys mission is to be the leader in critical electrical support systems by integrating the most reliable products available in todays marketplace. We look forward to supporting your mission critical needs.

Conceptual DesignConceptual DesignIntegInteg Systems collaborates with business partners offering a myriad of services. Integ will often provide conceptual designs that allow a project to move on the required fast track. The conceptual design also allows critical electrical/mechanical equipment to be pre-purchased, ensuring a timely delivery and on-time project completion. The process continues by working closely with Engineers, Architects, Construction Managers, General, Mechanical, and Electrical Contractors to ensure that the project proceeds on schedule. Working in the customers best interest is the heartheart and soul of our business. Whether that interest is an owners representative or as a team player with other business partners, Integ maintains the customers goals as the driving force behind our designs and decisions. The basis behind our design process is a system concept philosophy that not only offers Built-In Redundancy, when required, but also ensures Built-In Maintainability. Without both concepts working in harmony, the system uptime can be severely impaired.

is almost twice the size of the Phoenix facility, offers 500 percent more power capacity, and only took twice as long to deliver, further highlighting the companys continuing focus on supply chain efficiency.

Completing a data center of this magnitude in this short time frame is a monumental accomplishment and it continues to prove out CyrusOnes ability to meet even the shortest customer deadlines. This level of breakneck speed to market helps eliminate the risks executives face when making IT capacity planning decisions, said Laramie Dorris, vice president, data center design and construction, CyrusOne. We are incredibly proud of our strong team of architects, engineers, and contractors for

their hard work and ingenuity in bringing this project to completion in a record-setting time.

By accomplishing this feat, we have completely revolutionized the dynamics of building out new infrastructure for the industry, and established a new norm for rapid deployment and expansion of customers critical infrastructure.

Completion of the new facility dramatically expands the scope of the Northern Virginia campus, providing an additional 30 megawatts of critical power capacity. The new facility represents the second phase of construction for the campus. Occupancy of leasable space is currently over 75 percent. Phase three of construction on the Northern Virginia campus is scheduled to

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commence in the near future.In Northern Virginia, CyrusOne

made an educated decision to go with an all-precast structural concrete building, with modular power and cooling units, Dorris explains. This enabled us to set up advanced supply-chain operations to manufacture or pre-fabricate the components we needed for the data center, which gave us significant savings in time and costs.

For example, a normal data center building has tilt-up concrete walls, which are cast on-site at the construction site. But for the Sterling II data center, we set up a separate off-site facility where we could cast pre-fabricated concrete wall panels. We then brought those panels to the construction site on trucks and used them to set up the data center building. It saved time because we didnt have to stop work at the building site while the concrete walls were being cast.

Also, we decided to use pre-fabricated concrete supports in the data center building, which we could also cast off-site. This saved additional time and money because we didnt have to buy a reinforced steel framework for the building or wait for it to be delivered to us. Using pre-cast concrete walls and supports shaved a couple of months off our time to market for Sterling II.

The Northern Virginia data center campus is also part of CyrusOnes National Internet

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Family firm Martin-Harris Construction, 40 years from its foundation, has been sold and is undergoing profound leadership change: the enigma is that for employees,

clients, and even the founder and his family, the transition is imperceptible.

I ts not uncommon for an entrepreneur to emerge when their career path becomes blocked. Others might be content to wait, but a livelier mind will look for another way. Thats what happened when 29 year-old Frank Martin, a carpenter by trade and with twelve years experience, was overlooked for a promotion that should have been his. That was in back in 1973. Martin, taking a break on a scaffold at the Las Vegas building site he was working on, shared his frustration with his younger colleague and fellow carpenter Frank Harris, who threw out the suggestion that they set up in business together.

The partners developed the idea and decided that general

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contracting was the field they should break into. Martin set about beefing up his qualifications, and together they purchased a rundown property. We used our carpentry skills to fix the house up, he recalls. We paid ourselves nothing but made $15,000 on the deal. With $7,500 of that we bought a piece of ground, which my wife and I still own today, and with the other half we started the company.

Even in the early 1970s that was not a huge amount of seed capital for a business but together with a good name in the Las Vegas construction business it was enough to enable them to incorporate Martin-Harris Construction in 1976. 40 years later it is a $200 million a year business, and having grown with the growth of the city is one of the best trusted names in Nevada.

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Admittedly Las Vegas was much smaller then, with fewer than 400,000 inhabitants compared to over 2,000,000 today. With no business qualifications and no knowledge of accounting practices, the business had to fall back on indispensable assets such as integrity, common sense and a good knowledge of the local construction scene.

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A long time ago I learned the simple three-part business guideline; you have to get the work, do the work and keep score. I was a very good get work guy, we were both very good do work guy, and our very first employee was the keep score person.

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accounting, then, were filled respectively by Frank Martin, Frank Harris and their bookkeeper, who stayed with the company till 1990. In December 1979 Martin bought out Harris, though he too continued to work in the company until the early 1990s, and since that date Frank has been the sole proprietor of the company until very recently, that is.

In the early days it was difficult to get work. Martin relied on building individual private homes, work for the local churches and a certain amount of work for the city authority. In those days Las Vegas was a very different kind of a city from today, he explains. Development money was basically controlled by five or six families. Those families did not really start doing business with us

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till we had been going for around a year. Finance had to be arranged on a case by case basis, and he admits that at the outset he didnt have a clue what bonding meant.

That was a deficiency that had to be remedied if the business was to scale up, as owners invariably secure large projects with construction and performance bonds to take out the risk of contractor failure. Frank met an insurance agent who introduced him to the small business network in Las Vegas, which enabled him to bond his first job for the city.

Networking was a vital skill in the days before construction industry organizations like NCA and NAIOP came, he stresses. And once they had Martin-Harris on their radar, the

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controlling developers began to think of the rising construction firm when growing their real estate portfolios. Martin speaks of his long association with Irwin Molasky and his family, with the America Nevada Corporation under the Greenspun family, and with that later arrival in the Valley the Howard Hughes Corporation, for which at one time he had 11 projects under construction at the same time.

These were just shrewd businessmen who would see an opportunity and seize it. They played straight, but those guys surely had influence: most of the private sector construction jobs depended on them.

Martin-Harriss portfolio includes schools, hospitals, civic buildings, retail stores and offices. It also includes projects youd expect to find in Las Vegas, such as the recently completed, $40 million, 200,000 square foot expansion for Konami Gaming, a slot machine and systems development company. Its adding to a building Martin-Harris had built for them ten years earlier - returning customers are a sign of a healthy company, Martin points out.

For another major client, Ainsworth Game Technology, Martin-Harris built its $30 million headquarters for the Americas to reflect quality, innovation and excellence. The 300,000 square foot facility is in the Gaming Manufacturers Corridor a few minutes from the Las Vegas strip on Sunset Road. Its tempting to talk only about the higher profile projects, but some are more

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utilitarian. The company recently completed phase one of the Lone Mountain Corporate Center, a new warehouse and distribution facility that will cover a staggering 690,000 square feet.

With the company approaching 40 and himself approaching 70, Frank Martin is as energetic as ever. However, the question of succession is one that every family business has to face sometime, and over the last month that question has been addressed at Martin-Harris. Perhaps the obvious thing would have been for him to just hand over the reins to his son. Guy Martin started at the shop floor, working on one of the familys construction sites from a young age and

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dreaming of following his fathers footsteps to learn the carpenters trade.

I started working for Martin-Harris the summer I turned 13, he says, at the Toys R Us store here in LV. I was hooked and grasped at every opportunity to learn the business of construction and every aspect of the construction industry I could. With the wide variety of market sectors we serve, every day offers a challenge and the opportunity to learn the equivalency of a masters degree.

Had it been a question of just signing over the business, this being a private company, the bonds for major contracts have to be secured on Frank Martins personal wealth. Under anyone elses ownership it would only have been possible to bid for smaller contracts, and the company would have shrunk. So when in October 2013 Frank received an unsolicited call from the president of one of Americas leading construction groups the billion dollar Big-D Capital Corporation, a solution suggested itself that might secure the firms ability to bond far larger projects, while securing the family interests and the jobs of a loyal workforce.

After further discussions a letter of intent was signed in July of 2014, with the full co-operation of Franks wife Bonnie, Guy who by then had been appointed senior vice-president and his other son Jerrad an independent contractor in his own right. The senior employees were brought in on the deal without delay.

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A long time ago

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Martin-Harris became an independently managed subsidiary of Big-D Capital. The event made a big splash in the construction industry press that day, but then the press went quiet. Nothing changed, says Guy. We all came in to work on the next day and did what we always do. Nobody working here noticed any difference, and they dont today.

This was because the acquiring group had no desire to interfere with success. It is a real testimony to our people that they had the faith, first of all in myself but also in Guy and our people, to continue making this place one that is unique both to work for and to do business with, explains Martin.

Emotionally, Frank admits that the transition from owner to president was tough. I think many family companies decline because they hold on too long. 16 months on, another change took

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place on May 2 when the presidency passed from father to son. Both say that they are still trying to figure out exactly what this means, but once again neither employees nor clients are likely to see any change.

The feedback Ive had from the industry is they are really happy for my dad, says Guy. They see him as a man who has dedicated his entire life to building an amazing place for great people to live out their careers: he was able to find a company to come in that cares as much about his legacy as he does, cares as much about people as he does, and allows him to shed some risk while still staying directly involved in the daily development and execution of a succession plan. I would say

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that our acquiring entity is a photocopy of us, just ten years down the line.

Now the company will go forward under Guys leadership as President, with Frank serving as CEO for the short term and committed for the next five years as a consultant. Dont get the idea that the last two years have been without challenges, but in overcoming them their relationship has grown. I think that through Guys patience and my wisdom we have been able to work through both challenges and opportunities, says Frank, while Guy adds: I feel in my heart a sense of duty to everybody who works for the company. When my father and I get in a room and have the opportunity to talk about the real issues, great things happen and look at our associates in the company; they go out and do amazing things every single day.

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Generational issues arise from time to time, he admits, but these are not unique to Martin-Harris. Throughout the construction industry, like the Molasky companies for example, the older guys have apprentices and assistants under them they are mentoring, bringing along and inspiring and they are going through the same processes that Martin-Harris did. They have the same generational convergence to deal with, and we are all doing it together.

Frank Martin has other businesses to which he will now be able to dedicate more time. He also looks forward to supporting the church activities that are a priority for him as a committed Christian, and other charity work.

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Martin-Harris Construction

I N D U S T RY

Construction

H E A D Q U A RT E R S

3030 South Highland Drive,

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA,

89109

F O U N D E D

1976

E M P L O Y E E S

240

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$225 million

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www.martinharris.com


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COLLABORATING IN THE COMMUNITYThe importance of the community is at the heart of everything for Ghilotti Construction, as Business Review USA reports

G hilotti Construction Company is an established family owned and operated General Engineering Construction Company located in Santa Rosa, California, just north of San Francisco.

At Ghilotti Construction Company the experienced staff utilizes state of the art technologies and equipment for the construction of large and small public and private construction projects.

Its rare for construction workers to feel welcome at the start of a community project. The inevitable noise, dust and disruption invariably

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mean their arrival on site is greeted by long faces. Not in the case of Ghilotti Construction Company Incs current project in the city of Davis, in Yolo County, CA.

Its partly because the federally-funded $20 million project, whose aim is to bring clean water to the city, is long overdue. Ghilotti is installing an eight-mile water pipeline, 12 to 30 in diameter, connecting the citys water system to Woodland-

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Davis Clean Water Agencys system. The joint pipeline system will transport water from the Sacramento River to the regional water treatment plant in Woodland, and deliver the new surface water to residents and businesses in Davis. The University of California Davis is a partner with the City of Davis and will also benefit from this project.

Until now, explains Ghilotti Project Manager and Estimator, Steve Hanak, Davis residents have had to make do with ground water of inferior quality.

The community is excited about

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the project because they know its going to help, he says. Itll provide much cleaner water for them. The upgrade is going to be substantial and theyre going to be able to deliver better drinking water to the city. People are very excited about that.

Ghilotti has not taken community support for granted, though. Hanak is aware how much disruption a project like this causes. Being in the construction industry as long as I have been, no matter where you go or who you deal with, construction is a disruption.

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The company goes to great lengths to address this. Communication is probably the most important thing, he says. The city provides us with a media and communications officer who provides communication to residents and businesses throughout the project before we get to those locations.

A letter goes out two weeks before the arrival of the construction team to give people a chance to prepare. Then unusually they go door to door. We put door hangers on the door 48 hours in advance.

The communication is bearing fruit. Its a pretty good effort and it seems to be working,

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says Hanak.It helps, of course, that Ghilottis reputation

precedes it. A family business going back more than 100 years, it has maintained its community roots, despite growing from modest beginnings to having an annual revenue of almost $200 million. Alongside the multi-million dollar projects on its books, Ghilotti Constructions foundation is based around community involvement. Dick Ghilotti, President and owner lives by the words of his grandfather, founder of the company James Ghilotti, who said: Do good work, be responsible, and take care of the community, and people who work for you. The past two years, Ghilotti Construction and The dg Foundation has been one of the recipients of the North Bay


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Business Journals Community Philanthropy Awards, recognizing its philanthropic efforts in the North Bay. The dg Foundation is a non-profit organization established by Dick and Nancy Ghilotti in honor of their son, Dino. Recently, Nancy has been added as an honoree of the foundation. To carry on the legacy of a young man and his mother with a passion for academics, athletics, and arts, The dg Foundation is dedicated to helping students with similar passions by awarding scholarships and improving art programs and facilities that fit the criteria of the foundations interests. Ghilotti Construction is a major supporter of the foundation and has teamed up with the foundation in numerous ways to improve athletic facilities and art studios in the community.

The company also promotes local businesses

and schools, says Hanak. Theres always something pro bono going on, whether its a church, a school or a child center. The Ghilotti name is out there. Wherever you go people will ask who you are affiliated with, and they all say, Ive heard of them.

The family ethos of the company makes it a popular place to work. As a family business its comforting. Its the ability to just be yourself and speak to people as if theyre a member of the team. Youre not afraid to talk to somebody and feel your jobs in jeopardy.

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other end of the scale from the companys pro bono projects. This is the largest public works project the city of Davis has put out since its inception, says Hanak, so the exposure is extreme. Its important to everybody that the job goes smoothly.

Its not just big by the citys standards. Although it is by no means the largest project Ghilotti has undertaken, it is the largest utility underground project it has ever acquired.

Its eight miles of pipe, says Hanak. You have your main transmission operation, which consists of concrete cylinder pipe and PVC pipe, and it

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includes four bore jacks under highways and railroads. Flow and meter vaults and electrical & telemetry will provide the communication to operate the system to deliver the surface water.

One of the main challenges has been drilling under a highway. We had to drill a 1200 directional drill under Highway 113, 90 deep. You have to picture an arcing drill that comes back out of the ground. Then when that hole is constructed they have to pull the pipe back through that hole. They did that aerially, so it was very exciting. The pipe actually sat about 30 above the ground, crossing the road. It took 17 hours to complete.

This kind of highway work brings traffic complications, says Hanak. Any of the intersections that the pipeline travels through are extremely busy, so we go to night work to eliminate some of the traffic inconveniences for the residents and businesses.

The project has to abide by strict environmental regulations. California has strict compliance guidelines that must be adhered to, says Hanak. What the city did initially when they came out with the project was to inform the contractor that they would be responsible for having an archaeologist on site every day, and that we would have an arborist to do a full tree evaluation on every single tree within the route of our pipeline and develop a report so those trees were not hindered or damaged throughout the project.

The construction has to take particular care with water run-off during the winter months. When


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they are working, they have to ensure the runoff water is filtered before it discharges into the storm drain.

By far the biggest challenge, though, is dealing with the unknown utlities. Davis used to be a farm town, explains Hanak. Its very hard to find any type of history of whats actually in the ground, so we tend to encounter many unknown utilities. Its one of the largest things that hinders us during an excavation.

The solution is forward planning, says Hanak. We have to overcome that by locating [the unknown utilities] before we start our actual pipelines operation. We transfer that information to the engineer and the engineer then goes to check his records. If there are any differences, he makes changes in advance well before we get there so that were not delayed.

The project has just reached its first milestone connecting to the system transporting water from the river to the regional water treatment plant in Woodland and is on track to complete at least 30 days earlier than expected, all within budget.

Hanak is delighted not only by the progress of the project, but by the agencys response. Many agencies take it for granted when you have a good contractor on the project. Its really nice when they step out of the cloud and say these guys are doing a terrific job, and let the public know that. The city has done that for us. Theyve become more of a team member. Everybodys become one to reach a certain goal, and thats what weve done.

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H E A D Q U A RT E R S

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Creating world-class attractionsWritten by Lucy Dixon

Produced by Jordan Platten

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The theme park industry is booming, with new and expanded attractions opening around the world. And this interest in theme parks is good news for Dynamic Attractions, a company with years of experience creating and building attractions for the biggest and most successful theme park operators around. Earlier this year, Dynamic Attractions created a new division called Unlimited Attractions, to reflect the holistic approach it takes to creating world-class theme park experiences. Not all of todays theme park operators have the decades of experience and expert staff needed to be able to combine telling a compelling story with

Dynamic Attractions is capitalising on the growth of the theme park industry, offering clients expertise in every element of rides and attractions

creating a superb ride experience, which is where Unlimited Attractions comes in. Housed in its new, 40,000 square foot Attraction Development Center the new division has the capability of offering everything needed for world-class attractions.

George Walker, Vice President Creative Development, explains: The market had a need for an entity that could provide all the intricate services involved in building attractions. There are so many new theme parks opening around the world, theres really a kind of second life happening and were capitalising on that. If you look at typical attractions, there are many, many components that all have to

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come together but what we found was the backbone, the core of every attraction, is the ride system. This is the most expensive element. This is the element that drives the schedule and has the greatest amount of impact on the facility, so it makes sense to also design, manage, and deliver the show elements that wrap around the ride system. But people who design ride systems tend to be really good at

Dynamic Attractions is capitalising on the growth of the theme park industry, offering clients expertise in every element of rides and attractions

math and really bad at story telling.At the helm of Unlimited

Attractions is the expert trio made up of Walker, Mike Haimson (VP Technical) and Cindy Emerick (VP Business Development). Together they offer an unparalleled mix of skills and experience when it comes to creating theme park attractions. They originally met working on the Ferrari World expansion in Dubai, as Walker explains: It is

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truly a massive expansion of that park, with a 40 percent increase in capacity that includes eight rides and attractions, as well as new facades and environmental updating. For the most iconic attraction of the project we hired Dynamic, and this is how Cindy, Mike and I found that we worked extremely well together. This was around the same the CEO of Dynamic Attractions, Guy Nelson, was interested in improving the way in which his company was able to provide these services for clients.

And the result of this was Unlimited Attractions. Haimson adds: I think the three of us work so well together because we take an attraction that has a ride system at its core, but then we start to fold in all the other elements. The storytelling moments, building the scenes. The way in which the experience is going to unfold for the guest. All of that is a combination of technology and art. Its very delicate and if you get it wrong you essentially spend a whole lot of money to not have as good an experience as you could have if you had done it right.

So, how does any theme park operator know when its attraction is hitting the target? Ticket

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We train maintenance staff and work on other attractions that are not ours, because we have a talent pool within our company that can handle it, and a reputation for quality - Cindy Emerick, VP Business Development

sales are a big indicator, of course, but it goes further than that, says Walker: The pay off in the world of theme park design isnt the one that comes from the bank. Its the one that comes off the faces of the people exiting the attraction. Thats the reward. So you never know for sure until you open. But the Unlimited Attractions team has enough success behind it that it has pretty good instincts for this now.

Cindy Emerick adds: I guess the challenge is always understanding how to mix the ingredients very well together, like a chef. How do you know its going to taste good when youre done? You dont know, but because thats what youre trained for, thats what youve dedicated

all of your time and studies and experience to, you are probably going to be pretty close to right. Being a one-stop shop for theme park attractions offers many benefits to Dynamic Attractions clients, beyond just the creation and construction of an attraction. Emerick says: Dynamic Attractions also has probably one of the most extensive parts and service divisions. In effect, we can actually assist, maintain and audit a park technically. We train maintenance staff and even work on other attractions that are not ours because we have a talent pool within our company that can handle it, and a reputation in the industry for quality.

Added to this long-term

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relationship with clients, Dynamic Attractions can bring together a group of specialist companies that have the know-how to produce every detail of an attraction. Haimson explains: If you do one particular discipline a fire effect, for example, or a special kind of media then were going to involve you directly into our design and bring you onto the project under out contract. These enterprises can partner with Dynamic Attractions, meaning they are potentially working across multiple projects for Dynamic and thus spreading the risk for themselves. And the client benefits from the economies of scale by contracting directly with Dynamic Attractions so they dont need to spend the time and money sourcing these smaller, but highly skilled, companies. So, its a situation where everyone wins. Haimson adds: Thats how were going to be able to get a better product at a better price; there is no downside to it.

The team knows well which partner is right for a particular project depending on what the client wants to achieve, as well as their budget. Smaller parks dont have the big budgets of, for example, Disney and Universal. Emerick says: They see these wonderful projects and they cant compete with

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the pocketbook of those parks but they do want to deliver something great for their guests. So, we use Mike and Georges expertise at being able to put on a big show with a reasonable budget. And it is a constant challenge for the creative team, alongside the ride experts at Dynamic Attractions, to marry up the artistic and the technical elements of an attraction at the right price for their client.

I like to think of it as an artists palette. The different colours, the different paints, the different materials are all like the different elements used in an attraction, like scenery, lighting, audio, media, or effects. All of these ingredients are interdependently related to the technical and ride system elements,

and we balance them together from a creative standpoint, says Walker.

And these days, the trio acknowledges, visitors are anticipating bigger and better experiences when they visit a theme

park. Walker says: The audience is expecting

more. They want more than just a ride system, they want to be entertained all the time, while theyre queuing. While they

wait for 45 minutes, we have the opportunity

to get their attention and entertain them thats what the clients are wanting and thats what these smaller parks and locations are finding out. The level of expectation of the public is increasing. A great example of this is the Flying Aces attraction that I recently opened at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. The queue for this attraction takes you back in

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Were working with clients right now at making things more interactive, in terms of

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time to the golden age of flying where we explore the origins of the Ferrari logo which comes from a WWI pilot who painted it on his plane. So the attraction recreates this with a story that leads you through the pilots barracks, through an old radio room, and to an airfield that is recreated using projection that fills the sky with planes everywhere. The environment is filled with scenery, props, rockwork, and even a plane crashed in a tree.

Constantly coming up with the wow factor is at the heart of what Dynamic Attractions does, and it has a research and development team in Orlando, in the attraction development centre, looking into new and sometimes established technologies and what they have to offer theme parks. Interactivity is a hot topic at the moment and, as Haimson explains, it goes a lot further than simply live tweeting your

ride experience: Were working with clients right now at making things more interactive either in terms of augmented and vir

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