Cushing Terrell

Looking for a little inspiration as you head into the long holiday weekend? In this episode of Good, Thoughtful Hosts, Darren Johnson, a project manager and mechanical designer in Minneapolis, speaks to how he finds inspiration through beauty-seeking in his day-to-day life. For Darren, this inspiration — slowing down and taking the time to notice the beauty around him — helps him refuel and recharge and just be a better person. “It’s a matter of reminding yourself to look around and take note of those things.” Sounds like excellent advice for the coming days and life in general.

Listen to this episode on SoundCloud: https://hubs.li/Q02Nclzz0

Super cool to see The Flying Pickle featured in Hospitality Design magazine!

"The main goal of the design was to incorporate elements specific to pickleball—such as dynamic and innovative courts—with surrounding spaces and amenities that foster community and member connections."

An Indoor Pickleball Facility Sprouts in Idaho | Hospitality Design Cushing Terrell transforms an industrial warehouse into the Flying Pickle, an indoor pickleball facility in Meridian, Idaho.

From concept to completion: Nestled in a vibrant, walkable area of East Austin on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Ferdinand is a testament to sustainability and wellness in building design. The onset of the pandemic during the design phase provided unique opportunities to incorporate solutions that promote occupant health, safety, and well-being in the context of a post-pandemic workplace. This reiterated the importance of air quality, access to outdoor spaces, and occupant comfort, which became foundational elements of the design.

Learn more about the project: https://hubs.li/Q02LBP-p0

Owner: CB Capital/2115 E. MLK, LLC
Design-Build partner: Sabre Commercial, Inc.
Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn
Photographer: Andrea Calo

Products:
Kawneer 451 Aluminum Storefront​
Carlisle SynTec Systems TPO 60 mil Reinforced Membrane Roof​
Berridge Manufacturing Company HC-16 Metal Wall Panel​
​Sto Corp. XPS Exterior Insulation Finish System​

Did you know? We have a quarterly newsletter that showcases some of our latest firm news, project stories, and thought leadership. In this issue, you'll find the story behind Cushing Terrell's acquisition of Eclipse Engineering, ideas from Urban Planner Nora Bland on how best to engage with residents to create equitable long-range plans, photos of our new office in Denver, and a look at creating a learning environment in the great outdoors for the University of Denver with Design Director Charlie Deese.

Read the newsletter here: https://hubs.li/Q02Lnv270

What is the AIM Act and what does it mean for grocery retailers? Director of Refrigeration Engineering Nick Doherty provides a snapshot of how federal regulations to address hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) will impact small- and medium-sized grocery retailers and their refrigeration systems... and how to get ready for the changes.

The AIM Act Extension: What it Means for Grocery Retailers | Cushing Terrell With the AIM Act set to be implemented in January 2027, grocery retailers can begin to plan and prepare for the federal regulations now.

On episode #307 of our Good, Thoughtful Hosts podcast, Design Director Charlie Deese shares a source of inspiration for him — helping others nurture their own ideas. "What inspires me is seeing that initial spark of an idea in someone else, and then shepherding that through mentorship, or a project, or really whatever the situation is," Charlie said. "I think any designer is going to tell you that you’re more powerful when you’re working with others."

Listen to learn how Charlie thinks about his role as a leader and mentor, and how this activity provides joy in giving back and working with someone else to make a good idea even better.

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Join our team in Austin, Texas! We’re looking for a senior electrical engineer who will be a key player in Cushing Terrell's growth in the greater Austin area. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, confident in their ability to build and lead a local electrical engineering team. As a Cushing Terrell team member, you will have the comradery of a talented team of engineers, architects, designers, planners, and business professionals working to create built environments that push the boundaries of cutting-edge design and contribute to thriving communities.

Learn more about the position and join our multidisciplinary design team: https://hubs.ly/Q02KwVjl0

New on our blog: Design Director Jim Beal describes the design process and inspiration behind Montana State University's five new nursing education facilities currently under construction. The facilities will support comprehensive, contextual education and training with the goal of addressing the nursing shortage and ensuring highly skilled nurses in communities across Montana.

Design partner: CO Architects
Construction partners: Langlas and Associates, Martel Construction, Sletten Construction Company, Swank Enterprises, and Jackson Contractor Group, Inc.

Creating Cohesive, Local Learning Environments for Nursing Professionals | Cushing Terrell Five new nursing education facilities for Montana State University will support comprehensive, contextual training with the goal of addressing the nursing shortage and ensuring highly skilled nurses in communities across Montana.

Making a great first impression when it comes to the design of grocery stores is one of elements Alice Wang describes as essential to their purpose. "A storefront exhibits a brand, provides wayfinding, incorporates hospitality with its look and feel, and draws people in," she says. Featured in VMSD magazine, she shares about her work for the Metropolitan Market store in the Crown Hill neighborhood of Seattle.

Street Appeal: The Storefront as Critical First Impression https://hubs.li/Q02JCx3_0

Our Billings office is pleased to host Linda Pease for ArtWalk Downtown Billings on August 2. Linda’s work combines the integral shapes of Apsa’alooke Crow native design with similar elements of the earth to convey dreams and stories. Linda has been a life-long artist and performer, emanating from generations of creatives. Born into the Apsa'alooke or Crow People in Montana, she merges the images and designs of her grandparent's life into the traditions and unique landscape of "Crow Country" she depicts.

Please join us Friday, August 2, to learn more about Linda and enjoy her work.

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Envisioning the future of cities and towns, from the perspective of residents, is an important part of the long-range planning process. Nora Bland, an urban planner with Cushing Terrell, explains some of the tactics used to engage with as many people from a community as possible to craft a strong, publicly supported plan that facilitates smart growth and development.

Gathering Public Input for Equitable Long-Range Planning | Cushing Terrell Holistic community input is vital to ensuring a long-range plan that really works for now and for the future. Here's a few ideas of how to be successful.

One of the many cool things about this season of Good, Thoughtful Hosts is the opportunity to hear from people at our firm who may not be architects or engineers, but who provide critical support to their work. There are many project support and functional roles that make for a thriving design firm, and Kendra Santa Cruz is one of the people who fills this need for us at Cushing Terrell. As this season is about inspiration, tune in to hear her talk about an inspiration that is close to home — her brother and author Michaelbrent Collings.

Listen here via SoundCloud: https://hubs.li/Q02HbgJd0

Welcome to the woods in Hamilton, Montana. With the Bitterroot Valley as the setting, this home sits within the historic Stock Farm Club and was designed to capture the spirit of Montana but also exemplify the more contemporary tastes of the homeowners. The “modern mountain” design blends into the landscape using locally sourced natural materials and is centered around a spacious main living and dining area that opens to an expansive outdoor entertaining space that overlooks the Bitterroot Mountain Range.

Read more and find photos: https://hubs.li/Q02Gjxyw0

Project partners: MBL Enterprises, DCI Engineers, Ronda Gray (interior design)
Photography: Heidi Long

Opening in August! Learn more about the newly designed Imagine IF Libraries Bigfork branch.

"Libraries have incredible potential to cultivate community impact and become a bridge to education, a bridge to combating loneliness, a bridge to technology,” said Jessica Murray who led the interior design for the project.

Newly Designed Bigfork Library Set to Open Next Month - Flathead Beacon The Bigfork branch of the Flathead County Library, currently housed within the Bigfork Art and Cultural Center (BACC), will close on July 6 as staff move into the new building on Bridge Street, set to open to the public in early August. Six years after the ImagineIf Library Foundation, the fundraisi...

In partnership with Baron Properties, Cushing Terrell provided architectural, mechanical, and structural design for The Mill at Loggers Creek, a multifamily project in Boise, Idaho. The project comprises 125 residential units, including 30 studio, 58 one-bedroom, and 37 two-bedroom units, reflecting a mix that serves the diverse demographic in this near-downtown location.

To activate the streetscape, the design team enhanced approximately 3,350 sq. ft. of nonresidential space with floor-to-interior ceiling glazing at the first-floor northwest elevation and corner concrete masonry features. This space was designed to include offices, a main lobby, meeting/workspace, mail center, fitness center, and a yoga studio.

The project’s outdoor amenities include a pool on the ground level, a courtyard and pathways facing Loggers Creek, an elevated plaza, group seating areas, and outdoor BBQ/dining areas. Also included is space for a future rooftop patio and shade trellis at the corner of Division and Rossi Streets.

Our talented project partners include Engineered Structures, Inc. (ESI), Axiom Engineering PLLC, KM Engineering, The Land Group, Inc., and Rutledge Haro Design.

Photography: Cole Horchler



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We’re excited to announce a milestone in the growth and evolution of our firm, the acquisition of structural engineering firm, Eclipse Engineering. Eclipse Engineering has been an incredible project partner for 20 years, one with whom we’ve found alignment of values, culture, and our approach to client service and project delivery.

The Eclipse team will add depth and breadth to our structural engineering group, with 60+ new team members bringing experience in traditional structural engineering as well as specialty services in material handling, tilt-up concrete, mass timber/CLT, structural insulated panels, and seismic analysis and retrofits to benefit our clients and their projects.

Please join us in welcoming Eclipse Engineering to the Cushing Terrell family!

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Welcome Eclipse Engineering Cushing Terrell welcomes Eclipse Engineering, bringing on their talented structural engineering team to add depth and specialty services to the firm's holistic, multidisciplinary design offerings.

Congratulations to the Bigfork community, Flathead County Library, and Martel Construction on the construction completion of the new Bigfork branch library!

This is a project near and dear to our hearts and one that marked an opportunity for our team to embark on a Design for Freedom by Grace Farms (DFF) pilot project, one of only 12 in the world. DFF pilot projects are helping to accelerate the movement to end forced/slave labor in the building materials supply chain through rigorous research and ethical design principles to create a more humane built environment. It's exciting to see the project come to fruition and become a pivotal place for learning and discovery in the community.

“The design is a playful space of colors, shapes, light, texture, and moments of discovery,” said architect Shawn Pauly. “The goal was to meld teaching and learning, bridge generations, support both business and play, offer space for the community and individuals, and create indoor and outdoor settings for enjoying good books.”

Construction on the Bigfork branch of Flathead County Libraries wraps up Flathead County Library staff stepped foot inside the newly finished Bigfork branch for the first time last week, marveling at the transformation the space has gone through since construction began last fall.

We're grateful to have such extraordinary team members who put in the effort every day to make Cushing Terrell a great place to work. The comradery that exists between team members, the knowledge-sharing and collaboration, the game-changing design solutions for client projects, the community and volunteer activities, and just having fun together all make for a very strong and supportive . Thanks to each of you who've played a part in Cushing Terrell's ranking as a 2024 Best Firm to Work For!

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Cushing Terrell is committed to creating a safe and welcoming workplace for ALL. We recently launched our second employee resource group, Hue, as a platform for Cushing Terrell team members in the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and allies, to support one another, discuss issues affecting them, plan activities, and more. This is a year-round, all-the-time commitment, but since June is Pride Month, we want to celebrate each letter in the ever-expanding community acronym and anyone who falls within the all-important "+" that follows.

We hope both Hue and our first ERG, Women in Action (launched in 2023), help foster a stronger sense of inclusivity and community among our team members.

We wish everyone a safe, happy, and loving Pride! Attached is a collage of a few of our team members celebrating this month.

One of the recent projects our team has been super excited about is the long-range plan for the University of Denver's Kennedy Mountain Campus. This unique project looks to create a second campus for the university, one set in 724 acres of pristine wilderness about a two-hour drive from DU's city campus in Denver. The goal is to develop an experiential learning retreat that will enrich the university's higher education curriculum by offering all the benefits that come with being steeped in nature.

Design Director Charlie Deese talks about the long-range planning process and project goals in the newest post on our blog.

Learning Gets a Fresh Perspective at the University of Denver’s Kennedy Mountain Campus | Cushing Terrell A long-range planning effort for the University of Denver's Kennedy Mountain Campus will help meet programmatic needs in an outdoor setting, expanding the ways students can choose to learn and to lead.

This season of Art Walks Downtown Bozeman kicks off Friday, June 14, and we're excited to be one of the businesses featuring local artists — this makes 10 years participating in this great community event! Come by our Bozeman office at 411 E. Main Street, Suite 101 to meet Maria Falbo, an artist from Butte whose current focus is on painting portraits. She says "she paints on everything from cardboard to canvas, exploring how we see and represent ourselves and one another."

Our office will be open to the public from 5-8 p.m. We hope to see you there!

Learn more about Art Walks and the Downtown Bozeman Partnership: https://hubs.li/Q02Bzb-d0

Tomorrow at the The American Institute of Architects Conference on Architecture & Design in Washington, DC, one of the workshops, Architects in Work Boots, will cover how to lead a project through construction contract administration. Join Shannon Christensen with Cushing Terrell, Nicole Martineau with SmithGroup, Marilyn Moedinger with Runcible Studios, and James Woody with Perkins&Will for this education session that will help you build your skills as a project manager.

Learn more: https://hubs.li/Q02zvXky0

It is that time of year for our Cushing Terrell Golf Classic! This year's proceeds from the event will benefit the Billings Family YMCA's new teen center project, which aims to create a safe space with purpose for teens where they can gain experience, grow, and thrive.

Our Golf Classic is a tradition for our Billings team and has supported a variety of local non profits and local organizations over the years, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County, Moss Mansion, Alberta Bair Theater, The Family Tree Nurturing Center, Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch, and ZooMontana.

Lear more about the event and how to get involved: https://hubs.li/Q02zhZHf0

We're looking forward to sharing the work of another local artist for June's ArtWalk Downtown Billings! Join us on Friday, June 7, to experience the black and white photography of Larry Bean. Our Billings office will be open to the public from 5-9 p.m. that evening, so if you're in the neighborhood, please stop by!



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For Jimmy Talarico, a design professional and project strategist with Cushing Terrell, inspiration comes from other creatives, such as filmmaker, visual artist, and musician David Lynch. On this episode of Good, Thoughtful Hosts, Talarico talks about how Lynch's creative process of "pulling ideas out of the ether" has helped him think differently about his own craft.

Listen here: https://hubs.li/Q02xNSGr0

At ICSC Las Vegas this Sunday, Sheri Blattel, retail design director with Cushing Terrell, joins Barry Bourbon with Gensler and Joseph Tocco with Cushman & Wakefield to share approaches to creating compelling retail store interiors while overcoming challenges such as high construction costs and labor constraints.

Find the schedule of events and professional development opportunities here: https://hubs.li/Q02xtjs-0

It's official! Our Denver team is in their new Upper Downtown office location at 1700 Broadway, and they hosted an open house to celebrate. The team in Denver has in-house architecture, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, planning, and more with work in the commercial, higher education, government, healthcare, and residential/affordable housing markets. One of the things that sets them apart is a site team focused on urban planning, community/stakeholder engagement, civil, and landscape architecture to provide a comprehensive approach to big planning projects.

Here are some of the faces you'll see if you visit!

Learn more about Cushing Terrell in Denver: https://hubs.li/Q02x5-KD0

We're looking forward to the Idaho Society for Healthcare Engineering's 2024 Spring Conference this week in Coeur d'Alene. On the agenda is a presentation from Joe Kane with our Saint Alphonsus client, Bryan Shoemaker with our construction partner, Andersen Construction, and Cushing Terrell design lead, Tom Calla. They'll speak to the renovation project that created Idaho's first and only Neuro, Surgical, Trauma ICU.

Learn more about the conference and see the agenda: https://hubs.li/Q02wZHSt0