LS3P 2020 Year in Review

A Year Like No Other

2020 Year in Review

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The year 2020 will forever be the year that changed our lives; as individuals, LS3P colleagues, and members of humanity. We were all besieged by a pandemic, challenged by social unrest and the need for change, and compelled to think and act differently to continue to find prosperity in the face of struggle and strife. There is much for which to be grateful. There is sadness. There is hope.

There is resiliency. There is evolution and a renewed commitment to health, relationships, and the value of life.

Letter from the CEO

We also have reason for great pride in this team that we call LS3P. We all found ways to reinvent, renew, and refocus. We demonstrated new ways to work with clients and each other, maximizing collaborative engagement through multiple channels and leveraging technology in creative ways. We led with Values, were inspired by the tenets of our Vision, and were guided through 2020 by our Evolution25 plan. We aspired to more development for innovation, design excellence, and collaborative expertise. We all contributed from 8 offices and 340 offices.

The results speak for themselves: deepened community engagement, record design awards, innovation through the 1+ organization and academic partnerships, elevated quality, progress toward high performance building design, commitment to shared expertise and practice areas, a more empowered brand, a focused commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a team that is better prepared than ever to charge towards 2021 with great momentum and optimism for continued success.

The year 2020 will forever be the year that changed our lives.

Thank you for supporting each other and continuing to look to the future with the promise of the best yet to come.

Marc Marchant, AIA CEO | Principal

2020: A Year Like No Other Most years have a familiar pace. January is brisk and full of plans; the spring brings a season of steady, pleasant work.

The summer eases just a bit, and everyone takes turns taking vacations. We’re back at full throttle for an industrious fall, and the end of the year comes with both joyous celebrations and a rush of activity to get our goals for the year over the finish line. Along the way we enjoy the predictable rhythm of events, both personal and professional, that serve as mileposts: birthdays and holidays, industry conferences and monthly staff meetings, the NCAA tournament and summer music festivals, recognitions, and even the annual review process.

The extraordinary events of 2020 upended those familiar cycles. January proceeded as expected, and on February 3 the firm was delighted to welcome Marc Marchant as our new CEO. By the end of that month, the whole world was talking about the rapidly spreading “novel coronavirus” causing COVID-19. Exponential case growth led LS3P (and everyone else who possibly could) to transition to work-from-home in mid-March; at the time, nobody had any idea whether the crisis would last days, weeks, or months. Every news cycle seemed to bring a new level of urgency as COVID triggered a spring economic crisis, mounting tensions led to a summer of

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1 Emily Dawson’s (CHS) cats perfect their “Zoom bombing” technique 2 The GSP team dons the appropriate PPE for site visits 3 Katherine Schuff’s (SAV) cat isn’t happy about this new WFH situation 4 David Burt (CHS) created sidewalk chalk masterpieces for his neighborhood to enjoy

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CLT Team Members during a Zoom happy hour

civil unrest, and the fall ushered in the most dramatic election season in modern history.

Through the chaos of a turbulent year, we leaned on the values which have carried the firm through challenging times for over five decades, and we leaned into our vision. Our work locations changed, but our commitment to our clients and communities remained unwavering. The “pivots” that 2020 required may well become the bar against which all future pivots will be measured.

Possibly the most used, and overused, word of the year was “unprecedented,” as we seemed to lack adequate vocabulary to describe the cascade of remarkable and historic events.

While we all hope to be able to retire that word as soon as possible, we should first remember all the ways in which this unprecedented year made us stronger.

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UNPRECEDENTEDTeamwork Our “one firm” attitude quickly became apparent as every team kicked into high gear for an unexpected transition. The ExCom and leadership teams in each office monitored the situation and implemented plans to keep our teams safe and our projects moving forward, while project teams maintained close communication with each other and their clients. The Technology Team worked nearly round-the-clock to get every employee connected and working from home with astonishing speed, while the HR and Communications teams worked to get real-time information to our teams in a rapidly evolving climate.

During the rapid shift to WFH, individual team members and their households faced their own challenges: child care, distance learning, worries about the safety of family and friends, and the side effects of too much isolation or too much togetherness. We had to solve a lot of problems- big and small- in a hurry, in the midst of a torrent of grave news and massive disruptions. Through it all, our team embraced a “One Firm” attitude. We pulled together to keep projects on track, take care of our clients, and take care of each other.

UNPRECEDENTEDOutreach This year, we held fast to our commitment to create architecture that enriches communities. Our project teams and Practice Advancement Centers reached out to clients to help them plan for safer reopenings. Our offices provided food and urgently needed items to healthcare workers and local nonprofits, and our team members found ways to serve and contribute, even while “safer at home.”

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1 RDU Team Members working at My Sister’s House owned and operated by Tried by Fire Inc. 2 Kristie Nicoloff’s Girl Scout troop (GSP) donated cookies to local healthcare providers 3 CAE Team Members provided holiday cheer to soldiers at Ft. Jackson 4 GSP Team Members partner with Loaves & Fishes to provide hot meals over the holidays

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1 Saint John Cemetery Memorial | Charleston, SC 2 RowanSalisbury Schools Outdoor Classrooms | Salisbury, NC 3 Uganda Women’s & Children’s Clinic | Uganda, Africa 4 Cainhoy Elementary Reading Room | Huger, SC 5 Wilmington Parklet Project | Wilmington, NC

Our commitment to the 1+ organization, a nonprofit which encourages firms to donate 1% of their staff hours to pro bono work, led to over a dozen projects in 2020. Some were small and local, and some were large and far-reaching. A collaboration with GoDesign, a Savannah-based nonprofit, led to a design for a Women’s and Children’s Health Center in Uganda, and a relationship with Mazzetti led to multiple projects with the WHO assisting healthcare facilities and mentoring teams in Burkina Faso, Brazil, Haiti, Yemen, Chad, and Ethiopia. Every project gave us a chance to do what we do best: design solutions to solve problems at all scales, build relationships, and make our communities stronger.

UNPRECEDENTEDAccomplishments As always, our team made us proud this year, and the pandemic did not slow people down in their pursuit of professional, personal, and community excellence.

Milestone Anniversaries 25 YEARS

Wade Tucker (CLT)

Spencer Dixon (GSP)

20 YEARS

Brian Wurst (CHS)

Sharon Huot (CLT)

Laura Miller (ILM)

Cindy Benjamin (GSP)

Vincent Spencer (CLT)

Lorie Zimmerman (CLT)

Wil Drennan (CLT)

Dean Oang (GSP)

Laura McLeod (CHS)

Jenny Miezejeski (SAV)

Paul Koska (CLT)

15 YEARS

10 YEARS

Amy Rembert (GSP)

Melissa Smith (CHS)

Michelle Marks (ILM)

John Edwards (GSP)

5 YEARS

Zack Schultz (CLT)

Rachel Knudson (RDU)

Elsa Dougherty (CLT)

Melanie Rose (RDU)

Doug Snyder (CHS)

Eileen McDonough (RDU)

Lisa Pinyan (SAV)

Katherine Schuff (SAV)

Lizzie Daniel (MYR)

Jim Hubbard (MYR)

Mike Ditchfield (CHS)

Chelsea Harrell (CLT)

Ginny Magrath (CLT)

Felipe Lopera (RDU)

Sandra Wahba (RDU)

Dan Harrop (RDU)

Mary Brehler (RDU)

Sarah Mobraten (RDU)

Isela Martinez (ILM)

Tom Roark (ILM)

Natallie Santiago (SAV)

Michael Garcia (SAV)

Marissa DiLoreto (GSP)

Josh Good (CHS)

Brooks Johnson (CHS)

John Bedell (CHS)

Roy Smith (CHS)

Bryan Beerman (GSP)

Joshua Ellison (ILM)

Internal Recognitions PRINCIPALS

Megan Bowles (RDU)

Dan Scheaffer (CHS)

Doug Snyder (CHS)

ASSOCIATE PRINCIPALS

Andy Alicandri (CLT)

Chuck Ciesar (CHS)

Scott Cook (SAV)

Krissy Ferguson (CLT)

Paul Fretz (CLT)

Sharon Huot (CLT)

Ginny Magrath (CLT)

Dean Oang (GSP)

Heather Pierce (CHS)

Darrell Puffer (CHS)

Clint Riddle (CAE)

Kameron Quick (CHS)

SENIOR ASSOCIATES

Ryan Barkes (CLT)

Mary Brehler (RDU)

Kyle Emme (CLT)

Kristie Holden (GSP)

Farah Kresack (CLT)

Rosemary Large (ILM)

Sarah Mobraten (RDU)

Rohit Patel (CAE)

Zachary Schultz (CLT)

Ashley Spangler (CLT)

ASSOCIATES

Gabriel Aleman (CLT)

Charlotte Blue (ILM)

Kyra Brower (CHS)

Bryanna Dering (CHS)

Marissa DiLoreto (GSP)

Amy Dominov (CLT)

Beth Florence (CAE)

Espy Harper (RDU)

Jason Hines (CLT)

Will Hinkley (GSP)

Kelly Hosack (CHS)

Jaime Infelise (CLT)

Jasmaine Jarvis (CHS)

Thomas Jasper (CHS)

Brooks Johnson (CHS)

Sara Johnson (GSP)

Philip Kennedy (GSP)

Taylor Morris (CLT)

April Mundy (SAV)

Charley Reed (CLT)

Laura Rice (GSP)

Tom Roark (ILM)

Troy Roehm (MYR)

Natallie Santiago (SAV)

Kevin Schaffner (CLT)

Cait Shaw (CLT)

Loretta Sheridan (CHS)

Melissa Strickland (CHS)

Ryan Sutherland (GSP)

Katie Walker-Mai (SAV)

Bria Wigfall (CAE)

AnaPaula Winterrowd (CLT)

Professional Licensure & Certification

Felipe Lopera (RDU) LEED Green Associate Loretta Sheridan (CHS) Certified Construction Specifier Accreditation (CCS)

Bekim Sejdiu (CLT) LEED AP BD+C

Chris Lucas (ILM) Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC)

Bryanna Dering (CHS) Architect

Emily Dawson (CHS) Architect

Matthew Kauzlaric (CHS) Architect Jasmaine Jarvis (CHS) National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)

Jesse Parrish (RDU) National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)

Aria Real (RDU) National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)

Individual Accomplishments

Allen Taylor (CAE) Elected to South Carolina A4LE State Board

Amie Blankenship (GSP) Accepted to Furman University’s Women’s Leadership Institute, 2020; Graduated from Furman University’s Women’s Leadership Institute, 2021; ReCraft Creative Reuse Center Board Chair; Anderson University Interior Design Student Juror panelist/mentor

Angela Douglas (ILM) Accepted into Chamber of Commerce Leadership Wilmington Class of 2021

Becky Smith (CHS) Graduated from Leadership Charleston, 2020

Bekim Sejdiu (CLT) 2020 AIA National COTE Top Ten Students winner; Registered as an NCARB Licensing Advisor for the State of North Carolina

Ben Anderson (CHS) ACE Mentor of Greater Charleston Board Member; Stall High School Mentor

Bria Wigfall (CAE) Top Ten finalist for Columbia Metropolitan Magazine’s Third Biannual Capital Young Professionals Awards; 2020 AIA South Carolina Associates Award Winner

Brian Wurst (CHS) Appointed as the College of Fellows Regional Representative for the South Atlantic Region

Chris Boney (ILM) Appointed to AIA-AGC National Committee; Presenter, North Carolina State Construction Office Annual Conference: “Glass Buildings”; Named to New Hanover County Community Endowment Board

Cait Shaw (CLT) Recipient of J. Hyatt Hammond Scholarship, 2020

Bryan Beerman (GSP) Board Member, Ball State Department of Architecture Professional Advisory Board

Beth Florence (CAE) IIDA Carolinas Chapter President; IIDA Carolinas Chapter PresidentElect (through July 2020)

Individual Accomplishments

Claire Schultz (CLT) Charlotte ACE Mentor ACE Cup 2020 Winners, Uptown Group; ACE Mentor, Team Leader, Charlotte Affiliate Chris Roberts (RDU) Appointed to the City of Raleigh Appearance Commission Dan Scheaffer (CHS) AIA South Atlantic Region (SAR) Strategic Counsel; Immediate Past President, AIA SC Board; Secretary/ Treasurer for SC Architectural Foundation

Clint Riddle (CAE) AIA Columbia President 2020

Danny Adams (ILM) Juror, 2020 U.S. WoodWorks National Design Awards

David Loy (CLT) Presenter, North Carolina State Construction Office Annual Conference: “Glass Buildings”

Daniel Mai (SAV) Accepted to a virtual leadership cohort program to address “Community Vibrancy” by BridgeInnovate; Presenter at the Mayor’s Youth Employment Program (MYEP) Virtual Career Fair; Panelist for NC State University: “Managing Your Career During COVID 19”; Panelist for Interview Preparation Discussion with Kansas University; 2021 NOMAtlanta Academic Affairs Director

David Quick (CHS) Accepted into the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Charleston Class of 2021

David Ramey (CHS) Appointed to Board of Directors at SouthernCarolina Regional Development Alliance

Dean Rains (RDU) Accepted into Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Leadership Raleigh

Dean Webb (ILM) Participated in Hurricane Isaias cleanup in August at the Blue Clay Bike Park

Doug Snyder (CHS) Appointed to South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants Board of Directors; Appointed to Truist Bank Lowcountry Advisory Board; Appointed by Harbour Club to serve on Board of Directors and Executive Committee

Individual Accomplishments George Temple (CHS) Published, DesignIntelligence Quarterly: “Financial Structuring & Management”; Board Member, Charleston Regional Development Alliance; Panelist, Walter P Moore Leadership Development Program

by DesignIntelligence; Member, Design Futures Council

John Edwards (GSP) Appointed to serve on the City of Greenville’s Infill Development Task Force; Featured in The Modern Residence, October issue; Greenville Affordable Housing Coalition (GAHC) Advisory Group; City of Greenville Design Review Board, Urban Design; Greenville Technical College AET/CET Advisory Board

Greg Soyka (CHS) Guest Lecturer, Clemson University Professional Practice Class: “Architectural Project Management”; South Carolina Department of Transportation Adopt-a-Highway Volunteer, Ashley River Road Historic District

Gus Aretakis (ILM) 2020 Cape Fear Rotary Club Board Member and Sergeant-at-Arms

Heather Pierce (CHS) Graduated from Furman University Diversity Leaders Initiative, Riley Fellow

Helen Byce (GSP) Board Member, ACE Mentor Program, Upstate Affiliate; Children’s Hospital Advancement Council, Prisma Health; Patient Family Advisory Council, Prisma Health

Katherine Peele (RDU) 2020 Design Futures Council Senior Fellow Recognition; Appointed President, NC Board of Architecture; President of the Leader’s Council for NC State’s College of Design; 2020 USGBC South Atlantic Region Women in Green “Women to Watch”

Isela Martinez (ILM) Recipient of J. Hyatt Hammond Scholarship, 2020

Jeff Floyd (CLT) Presenter, North Carolina State Construction Office Annual Conference: “Glass Buildings”

Julia Badorrek (RDU) NOMA Project Pipeline North Carolina Chapter Mentor

Jenn Smith (MYR) AIA Grand Strand Director of Knowledge 2020

Jonathan Pease (ILM) Recipient of J. Hyatt Hammond Scholarship, 2020

Individual Accomplishments

Kelly Walker (RDU) Lean Six Sigma Orange Belt Certification

Laura Miller (ILM) AIA North Carolina President-Elect; 2021 AIA North Carolina President; Featured in WilmingtonBiz article: “Drawing on Leadership Skills”; Wilmington Downtown Inc. Board Member

Kevin Schaffner (CLT) Charlotte ACE Mentor ACE Cup 2020 Winners, Uptown Group; Town of Harrisburg Planning and Zoning Board; ACE Mentor, Team Leader, Charlotte Affiliate

Kirsten Schoettelkotte (GSP) Accepted into Greenville Chamber of Commerce Leadership Greenville

Kristie Nicoloff (GSP) Appointed to ASID COVID-19 Design Research Curation Task Force

Marc Marchant (CHS) Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, Chair-Elect, Business Advocacy Committee; Charleston Regional Development Alliance, Life Sciences Committee, Special Project; Trident United Way, 2020 Campaign Ambassador; Trident CEO Council, Member, Executive Committee; Guest Speaker, Connectors Group: “Leading with Vision”; Guest Lecturer, Clemson University Professional Practice Class: “Firm Positioning and Leading with Vision”

Kyle Novak (CLT) Recipient of J. Hyatt Hammond Scholarship, 2020; NOMA Project Pipeline National Mentor

Laura Twomey (GSP) 2020-2021 NCIDQ Writing Committee Member

Lee O’Shields (GSP) CAF Board of Trustees, 2020-2021

Lisa Pinyan (SAV) IIDA Georgia Board

Loretta Sheridan (CHS) CHS CSI Board President

Margaret Clarkson (CAE) Completed Leadership Columbia Class of 2020 Program

Individual Accomplishments Matt Barnett (ILM) AIA LA Millennium Award, AIA National COTE Top Ten - The Six (Brooks + Scarpa); AIA FL Honor Award - Thayer Brick House (Brooks + Scarpa); International ADC Merit Award for Spatial Design, Metal Architecture National Design Award for Sustainable Design, AIA Gulf States Design Awards, AIA TN Design Award, AIA Memphis Design Award - Civitas (archimania); AIA NC Director of Continuing Education; AIA SAR Juror for Conference Speakers & Moderator; AIA ILM President; AIA NC Emerging Leaders Conference Speaker; Juror, Final Studio Review, SCAD; Lecture + Workshop at CFCC; Mentor for SCAD 48-hour Hackathon; CU School of Architecture Juror; NCSU Studio Juror; SCAD Affordable Housing studio juror; Lecturer at SCAD

Matthew Santilli (GSP) Treasurer for 2020 AIA Greenville Executive Board; YMCA Judson Community Center Board of Advisors

Mel Giles (GSP) Recipient of Bosch Rexroth Endowed Scholarship, Greenville Technical College; Appointed to the Advisory Board at Greenville Technical College; Earned Associates Degree in Construction Engineering Technologies from Greenville Technical College

Melissa Watness (MYR) AIA Grand Strand Board President 2020

Natallie Santiago (SAV) Completed the AIA Minnesota Intercultural Leadership Program; AIA Savannah Fellowship Director; Appointed to the 2021-2023 AIA Georgia Board, At-Large Director; Accepted into the Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program, Class of 2021; 2020 AIA South Atlantic Region (SAR) Design Awards Committee; Accepted into AIA Georgia 2021 CKLDP Leadership Program

Meredith Ray (CLT) SMPS Charlotte Chapter President-Elect

Michael Garcia (SAV) Accepted into AIA Georgia 2021 CKLDP Leadership Program

Michelle Marks (ILM) Panelist for Cape Fear CREW: “Getting Back to Work During and After COVID”

Mike Martinez (GSP) Appointed to the City of Greenville Planning Commission. 2020-2024; Invited Adjunct Professor, Clemson University, ARCH 3510 | 8570 Fluid Studio, Clemson University School of Architecture

Nicole Goss (CLT) Charlotte ACE Mentor ACE Cup 2020 Winners, Uptown Group; Instructor at Central Piedmont Community College, Architectural Technology Division

Neil Dawson (SAV) Accepted to Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership (iGEL); National AIA ArchiPAC Steering Committee; Savannah Realtors Commercial Alliance Board

Paul Domlyn (CAE) CREW Midlands SC Marketing & Communications Chair; IIDA Columbia Steering Committee Member

Individual Accomplishments

Richard Gowe (CHS) Charleston Chamber of Commerce Business Advisory Committee 2018-2021; Keynote Speaker AIAS Quad Conference March 2020

Paul Boney (CLT) Vice Chairman, New Hanover County Planning Commission; A4LE Southeast Chapter PresidentElect; Panelist for A4LE Southeast Webinar Series: “Preparing Your Schools for Reopening”; Chairman, State Building Commission Innovations Committee; Member, North Carolina State University Board of Visitors; 2020 University of North Carolina at Wilmington Foundation Board Member

Sarah Mandell (GSP) Artist-in-Residence: South Carolina State Parks (Devil’s Fork); Artistin-Residence: The Reserve at Lake Keowee

Ron Smith (RDU) Co-authored article featured in NIOSH Science blog: “The Unique Occupational Environment of the Home Healthcare Worker”; Presented at Healthcare Design Expo & Conference (HCD)

Sarah Mobraten (RDU) Accepted into Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Leadership Raleigh

Roy Smith (CHS) Elected Vice-Chairman of the James Island Board of Zoning Appeals

Espy Harper (RDU Presented at Healthcare Design Expo & Conference (HCD)

Scott Sampson (CHS) Charleston CSI Board Vice President; Lecturer, Clemson Architectural Center Charleston, Building Assemblies/Envelope, ARCH 4210

Taylor Morris (CLT) Panelist for A4LE Southeast Webinar Series: “Preparing Your Schools for Reopening”

Steve Hepler (RDU) 2020 Raleigh Chamber of Commerce InterCity Visit and Leadership Conference Planning Task Force Committee

Shawn Sowers (RDU) Featured on Building Design + Construction’s streaming program “The Weekly”

Troy Roehm (MYR) 2020-2021 City of Conway Community Appearance Board Chairman

Tyler Cole (CLT) Accepted as a National Mentor for the 2020-21 Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Professional Development Program (AEC-PDP)

Individual Accomplishments

Willy Schlein (GSP) Featured in Modern Healthcare magazine article: “Healthcare Facilities of the Future, How COVID-19 is transforming the physical environment”; Featured in Greenville Biz Journal

Vincent Spencer (CLT) Panelist for Autodesk University 2020: “Blacks and Minorities in AEC: Perspective of Diversity and Inclusion”

Phoebe Peters (RDU) Received U.S. Citizenship

Charles Boney (ILM) Completed second term on Historic Wilmington Foundation Board of Directors; Completed second term on Cape Fear Community College Foundation Board; Named to Cameron Art Center Board of Trustees

Rayo Daroowalla (CLT) Charlotte CSI Board Vice President

Mary Beth Branham (CAE) Chair for SC Architectural Foundation

Marissa DiLoreto (GSP) Accepted in Greenville Chamber Pacesetters Program; Board Member, ACE Mentor Program, Upstate Affiliate Katie Robinson (CHS) Presenter, Knowledge Architecture (KA) Deep Dive: Strategies for Managing Project Metrics at LS3P Kameron Quick (CHS) Trident United Way - Young Leaders United Steering Committee, 2020-21

Elaine Adams (SAV) 2020 USGBC South Atlantic Region Women in Green “Women to Watch”; Appointed to AIA COTE National Advisory Board, 20212024 term

Felipe Lopera (RDU) NOMA Project Pipeline North Carolina Chapter Mentor

Brian Tiede (RDU) Member, Planning Board for the Town of Clayton

Cassandra Pierre (CLT) Selected to serve as Treasurer for North Carolina chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)

Babies are a bright spot in any year. Our newest LS3P family members are no exception!

Lauren Nicole Parrish b. 3.12.20 to Jesse & Steven Parrish (RDU)

Maren Hayes Early b. 2.3.20 to Kate & Matt Early (CHS) Norah Grace Maddock b. 3.23.20 to Emily & Chris Maddock (CHS)

Cassian Marcus Shaw b. 3.24.20 to Cait & Tress Shaw (CLT)

Josey Tanner Boyles b. 4.1.20 to Jen & Travis Boyles (CHS)

Caleb William & Bennett Reid Schaffner b. 4.9.20 to Ashley & Kevin Schaffner (CLT) Penelope Jean Henderson b. 4.26.20 to Candice & Jaime Henderson (GSP) Ellison “Ellie” Sims Magrath b. 4.17.20 to Ginny & Richard Magrath (CLT)

Renzo David Ramos b. 5.12.20 to Danielle & Steve Ramos (CHS) Emma Kate Gorman b. 5.16.20 to Krista & Joseph Gorman (CHS) Evaleigh Joy Navarro b. 6.5.20 to Anna & Jonathan Navarro (GSP)

Levon Jasper Grogan b. 6.29.20 to Ashley Brook & Steven Grogan (SAV)

Elise “Ellie” Maris Schultz b. 10.10.20 to Claire & Zack Schultz (CLT)

William Han Oang b. 11.27.20 to Rhonda & Dean Oang (GSP)

Perry Carson Jasper b. 10.12.20 to Sara & Thomas Jasper (CHS) James Bowen “Beau” Quinto b. 12.3.20 to Blakely Goldsmith & Joseph Quinto (CLT)

Retirements Two of our amazing team members started an exciting new chapter in 2020: retirement. Though we will miss them around our offices, we look forward to staying connected and to seeing what they choose to accomplish next! Thank you, most sincerely, to Scott Baker and Cameron Wilson for sharing your talents, expertise, and friendship with us!

Scott Baker (CLT)

Cameron Wilson (CHS)

Design Awards

Hurricane Resilient Hospital AIA National Award for Environmental Design Excellence; AIA North Carolina Merit Award in the Unbuilt Category; AIA Wilmington Merit Award After Hurricane Florence, a major regional hospital system commissioned a study of resilient hospital design to explore innovative strategies to inform future facilities. The research and holistic design analyzed form, façade, systems, efficiency, and the patient experience to create a more resilient design and better places for healing.

Team Members: Angela Douglas, Matt Barnett, Joshua Ellison, Adam Heilbronn

Many of our projects were recognized this year with design awards at the local, state, and national levels.

LKQ Nashville TCA 29th Annual Tilt-Up Achievement Award This 104,000 SF headquarters for an auto parts company combines aesthetics and function while providing space for 600 employees. The economical tilt-up structure and sleek branded exterior incorporate metal panel, inventive use of louvers, and generous glazing for a light-filled interior.

Team Members: Shawn Mottern, Dana Reed, Elsa Dougherty, Lauren McCord, Chelsea Harrell

Live Oak Bank II AIA North Carolina Merit Award This 56,000 SF office building and corporate campus expansion features a slender, canted building footprint oriented for optimal daylighting and passive solar design.

Features include a 150-seat full-service café, exterior decks and balconies, and an on-site exercise trails.

Team Members: Laura Miller, Danny Adams, Daniela Ayers, Ernie Langston, Emily Patterson, Renee Wells

Live Oak Bank FitPark AIA North Carolina Honor Award This 200,500 SF “FitPark” and garage serves the growing Live Oak Bank campus (also designed by LS3P). The new 18,000 SF facility, featuring an 18,000 SF gym and 600 parking spaces, integrates with the materials and scale of the existing campus and complements its coastal landscape.

Team Members: Danny Adams, Jaime Smith, Tom Roark, Emily Patterson, Renee Wells

Uganda Women’s & Children’s Clinic AIA North Carolina Unbuilt Merit Award; AIA Wilmington Design Award Unbuilt Citation This net-zero medical campus in rural Uganda will provide lab spaces, maternity wards, patient rooms, emergency services, optometry, dental, doctor housing, and a physician training center targeting maternal and infant care. Local materials and typologies creates a uniquely African architecture that is deeply rooted in place, community, and making.

Team Members: Katherine Peele, Matt Barnett, Brian Wurst, Danny Adams, Mike Martinez, Dean Rains, Willy Schlein, Espy Harper, Lindsey Stang, Helen Byce, Elaine Adams

Glow Academy AIA Wilmington Merit Award; Cape

Fear CREW Economic and Community Enhancement Award Winner The new campus for this girls’ charter school provided a distinctive, durable, and economical design solution for a rigorous college preparatory program. The design hinges upon pre-engineered structures tailored for a custom flair; the result is strong without being “girly,” and conveys grace, energy, and a sense of inclusion.

Team Members: Laura Miller, Charles Boney, Daniela Ayers, Ashley Caudle, Daniela Ayers, Renee Wells

Monteith Construction New Office AIA Wilmington Merit Award; Wilmington Downtown Inc. Benjamin Halterman Award Outstanding Preservation & Renovation Monteith’s new headquarters repurposed a historic building in the heart of downtown, honoring the building’s history and aesthetic while mixing the old with the new. The renovation retained the building’s original exposed brick and hardwood floors, celebrating the imperfections that give these materials character over time.

Team Members: Emily Patterson, Danny Adams

Cape Fear Community College Fine Arts Center Wilmington Downtown Inc. Benjamin Halterman Award This Fine Arts Center’s dramatic transparent entry volume engages with the streetscape, interlocked with visually complex volumes with varying textures and degrees of solidity. The expansive lobby provides a welcoming gathering space in which patrons can “see and be seen.”

Team Members: Chris Boney, Laura Miller, Danny Adams, Daniela Ayers, Dean Webb, Chris Lucas, Renee Wells

North Carolina Coastal

Federation Net-Zero Headquarters AIA Wilmington Honor Award The NCCF net zero-designed headquarters on the Bogue Sound aims to showcase the mission of the federation through a building that lives in symbiosis with the fragile coastal environment.

By taking advantage of five distinct ecosystems on the site, the building prioritizes interstitial spaces as an immersive biological learning experience.

Team Members: Charles Boney, Matt Barnett, Danny Adams

Bank of America Tower (Legacy Union I) NanoLumens 2020 Crystal Nixel Award; USGBC Marquee Green Building This 1,000,000 GSF office tower re-interprets the classic skyscraper archetype, capturing the iconic imagery of its historical precedents while creating a modern office environment.

Rising from a three-story stone and glass podium, the building transitions to a palette of precast and glass capped in a translucent glass pyramid Team Members: Hal Shute, Jim Williams, David Loy, Kyle Emme, Ariel Cohn, Scott Ferguson, David Burn, Peter Jones, Paul Fretz, Jeff Floyd, Phil Oliver

Hoffler Place (595 King Street) IIDA

Carolinas Multi Family / Senior Living Award Winner; AIA South Carolina Interior Architecture Merit Award This luxury student residence in the heart of Charleston echoes the city’s historic architectural detailing. The amenity corridor recreates the experience of meandering alleyways; porcelain tile slabs lining the corridor resemble the color of wrought iron and the texture of plaster.

Team Members: Kameron Quick, Dylan Towe, Scott Sampson, Josh Good, Christine Webb, Richard Gowe, Brian Wurst, Denise Haines, David Quick, Melanie Vanderwege, Emily Dawson, Stephen Ramos

HealthPark at Kildaire TCA 29th Annual Tilt-Up Achievement Award This 150,000 SF medical office building serves a variety of specialties and features an innovative and economical tilt-up concrete façade. LS3P’s services included interior programming and design for the building, the interior, and an adjacent parking deck.

Team Members: Dan Harrop, Ron Smith, Eileen McDonough, David O’Shea, Brian Tiede, Jeff Mural, Sandra Wahba, John Calvert, Rachel Knudson, Anne Bean, Tina Wells

MUSC Children’s Health R. Keith Summey Medical Pavilion IIDA Carolinas Healthcare Award Winner This 98,000 SF pediatric clinic and ambulatory surgery center is focused on the patient and family experience. To make the facility as welcoming and easy-to-navigate as possible, the Environmental Graphic Design (EGD) features river- and marshinspired graphics.

Team Members: Laura McLeod, Becky Smith, Lindsey Stang, Roy Smith, Michelle Hertel, Loretta Sheridan, Denise Haines, Marc Marchant, David Quick, Courtney Ardis, Greg Soyka, Krista Gorman, Jeffrey Rengering, Helen Byce, Jasmaine Jarvis, Jen Boyles

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Aeronautical Training Center AIA South Carolina Honor Award, New Construction Inspired by the cutting-edge aeronautics field, this aeronautical training center carries a sleek, contemporary, streamlined aesthetic. The entry volume features a graceful swooping curve anchoring the two-part form. A linear bar holds high-bay hangar space, and vertical planes slide past each other to enliven the façade.

Team Members: Dan Scheaffer, Jeffrey Rengering, John Pettit, David Quick, Michelle Hertel, Kelly Gilreath, Ben Anderson, Krista Gorman, Emily Walters, Melanie Vanderwege, Courtney Ardis, Bryanna Dering, Jen Boyles, Marc Marchant, Brian Wurst

Live Oak Bank Headquarters AIA South Atlantic Region Wood Award; Cape Fear CREW Economic and Community Enhancement Award Finalist Designed for integration into its environment, this 39,000 SF office building captures views from every workspace, preserving as much of the undisturbed site as possible while seeking to provide a superior workplace environment for all employees.

Team Members: Chris Boney, Laura Miller, Dean Webb, Ernie Langston, Renee Wells

Courier Square Stanford White Award, Residential Architecture in the Multi-Unit Projects Category This urban mixed-use project on the Charleston’s historic peninsula draws from historic Charleston architecture, and the apartment building reflects elements of industrial brick mill buildings that once lined the rail corridor. LS3P collaborated with Robert A.M. Stern Architects on the façade design.

Team Members: Shawn Mottern, Roger Attanasio, Hal Shute, Paul Fretz, Jim Williams, David Burt, DJ Holman, David Burn, Goran Pogarcic, Dianne Dulovitz, Peter Jones, Scott Ferguson, Claire Schultz, Krista Gorman, Melanie Vanderwege, Ariel Cohn, Michelle Hertel, Ginny Magrath, Jeff Floyd, Greg Soyka

Albemarle Corporation Headquarters Expansion USGBC Innovative Project, Interior Design and Construction This 56,000 SF office building and corporate campus expansion features a slender, canted building footprint oriented for optimal daylighting and passive solar design.

Features include a 150-seat full-service café, exterior decks and balconies, and an on-site exercise trails.

Team Members: Wil Drennan, Ashley Spangler

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Design Award Honorable Mention, Education Category; AIA South Carolina New Construction Merit Award This new library is at once rooted in nature and focused on a new paradigm for the library of the future. The design is inspired by its Lowcountry environment, and diffused light filters through and animates the space, while a nature-inspired materials palette references grass, fish scales, water, and sky.

Team Members: Ben Anderson, Bryan Beerman, Brooks Johnson, Kelly Gilreath, David Burt, Brian Wurst, Krista Gorman, Greg Soyka, Melanie Vanderwege

AC Marriott SouthPark 40th Annual Gold Key Award for Best Lobby LS3P and Thomas Point Ventures planned and designed this 162-key AC Marriott hotel. This new brand of hotel experience offers modern guest rooms, 24-hour fitness center access, conference/business area, contemporary lounge and co-working spaces, and a rooftop bar with expansive views.

Team Members: Phil Oliver, Claire Schultz, Bekim Sejdiu, DJ Holman, Scott Ferguson, Nicole Goss, David Loy, Carlota Longo

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UNPRECEDENTEDCollaboration The shift to a hybrid work environment cemented something we already knew: LS3P is outstanding at collaborative engagement. Whether across state lines or just across town, our teams seamlessly pressed forward with both project work, and projects to advance the firm. Our PACs strengthened relationships and expanded our thought leadership and expertise, while our Knowledge Teams spearheaded new initiatives in the quest for continuous improvement. The Marketing Team dissolved all borders and transitioned to a “creative agency” model, with team members working with all offices and new subteams focused on expanding firmwide resources.

Cross-office collaboration has always been part of what we do. In a hybrid work environment, this type of collaboration became a natural extension of the process: looping in colleagues for a Zoom meeting or Teams call makes it easy to bring the right people to the table for each task. Bonus: it’s been great fun spending more time with folks from other offices, even if it’s onscreen.

Knowledge Team Highlights The Advance team initiated monthly CA round table discussions, which have proven to be very useful and engaging, and created a Post Project Evaluation program. The team has also updated information such as construction subsystems, wall/partition types, general notes, legends, and other details which have been included in 2020 Revit templates; and uploaded details for brick cavity walls, balconies, parapets, and other building conditions to UNIFI. Advance continues to develop standard details, and has begun to develop a new LS3P Field Report Form.

The Alchemy team created a University Lecture Series abstract and submitted it to select colleges and universities, both regionally and nationally. Design Leaders initiated an officeby-office download of the findings from the Firmwide Design Diagnostic evaluation. Alchemy members participated in the design charrette for the Uganda Women’s and Children’s Health Clinic, and contributed to the design portion of the Post Occupancy Evaluation. Several Alchemy members represented college career fairs including NC State, Virginia Tech and the University of Tennessee; Design Leaders also presented to the Professional Practice class at Clemson University. Design Leaders and firm leaders had a conversation with the Cannon Group regarding design leadership across multiple offices.

The Image team focused on elevating LS3P’s Interiors practice, starting with a new mission statement: We listen deeply to our clients’ stories to create holistic, engaging environments that inspire people. Highlights included a virtual retreat focusing on the Interiors brand; updating materials such as the website, BIM templates, and onboarding documents; targeting strategies to better integrate with Visual Planner and Business Development efforts; setting goals for social media platforms; and establishing local Image Knowledge Teams across offices.

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The Integrate team adopted AIA’s Framework for Design Excellence as standard for good design and future award submittals, created a building label based on the Framework, and integrated assessment/accountability within Deltek project reporting. The team’s AIA2030 reporting showed double the percentage of projects meeting LS3P’s building performance commitment over the previous year, and LS3P and USGBC held executive discussions on partnering for deeper impact.

The team updated the OPR to include pathogen mitigation, and developed an OPR slide deck to be available in our project tools.

The Ignite team had a busy year with over a dozen 1+ pro bono projects in our first year of participation, ranging from small-scale local projects to international collaborations. We hosted NOMA Fellow Christine Meyer, a graduate of North Dakota State University with a Master of Architecture, who conducted research into avenues for repurposing malls and big box stores. Cait Shaw authored a white paper on Cybernetic Care Models. LS3P also sponsored two university design studios: a Clemson studio on Designing an Elementary School with Mass Timber, and an NCSU studio on Rural Healthcare building on our previous partnership. We also completed a firmwide Innovation Survey.

Practice Advancement Center Highlights The Healthcare PAC turned pandemic challenges into opportunities, from the WHO projects which led to international work on three continents and in seven countries to a new level of collaboration between offices and sectors. When the events of 2020 turned every project into a healthcare project, the healthcare team worked with colleagues and clients to develop strategies to make every building safer. The team expanded relationships with new hospital/academic medical work (Prisma, Wake Med, UNC, Duke, SRMC, MUSC, Roper, NHRMC, Novant, and Lex Med), new MOB developers (HTA, Lindbrook, Keith Corp, Hughes, 330 Partners, and others), and design partners (SmithGroup, CO, Kahler Slater/MA, and HKS). People also found time for new knowledge creation and sharing through many design awards, articles, Foresights, speaking engagements, podcasts, and videos; engaged with Alchemy from the outset of several projects; infused diversity and inclusion into projects and proposals in a deliberate way, and hosted a fall retreat around the theme Design = Healing.

The K-12 PAC had a very productive and successful year, with $784,080,800 in construction cost in the design and/or construction phases in 2020. The team produced a COVID response booklet and contributed substantial thought leadership to the field through educational webinars and discussions with A4LE to help schools navigate the crisis.

Virtual platforms transformed interviews, community input meetings, and project update meetings, allowing better access for all. 2020 brought opportunities for increased collaboration as the K-12 team pivoted from “Who can we use in our office to get this done?” to “Who in the firm has the right expertise for this project?”

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LS3P’s new Urban Environments PAC kicked off in October with Justin Kearnan joining the firm as Practice Leader. In the last two months of the year, Justin packed in a grand tour of all of LS3P’s offices and developed an Urban Environments Strategic Plan to propel the practice forward. Megan Bowles added “Urban Environments Strategist” to her long list of roles as well. The mission for this exciting new practice is to engage with the communities across the Southeast to better understand the challenges impacting people’s quality of life and planetary health; to design buildings, places, and systems that tackle these challenges; and to transform cities and regions throughout the Southeast to enable all people and the planet to thrive.

In its inaugural year, the Higher Education PAC kicked off with Shawn Sowers joining the firm in February. Melanie Rose moved into her new role as Higher Ed Marketing Coordinator in March. Highlights included a significant amount of new content including COVID response pieces, marketing booklets, learning space typology diagrams, and videos. The team refined the go/no go process, helped update the website, created new marketing plan templates, and got to know each other better on the new Higher Ed Teams channel.

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UNPRECEDENTEDThought Leadership When the need arose for solutions for clients across every practice area, our LS3P team was ready. Our teams swiftly and skillfully assembled critical materials for our clients and communities, offering guidance on navigating the COVID era for healthcare facilities, offices, K-12 schools, and institutions of higher learning. Through webinars, virtual presentations, white papers, journal articles, case study booklets, and Foresight posts, we created and shared an impressive volume of actionable content to get into the hands of the decision makers who needed it most.

Sponsored university studios and our NOMA Fellowship and associated research under the umbrella of the Ignite Knowledge Team also helped to connect us with academia and allowed us to build connections with future practitioners.

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With the enduring belief that “Business Supports Practice,” our Business teams worked diligently and ceaselessly to maintain continuous operations during a period of rapid change.

While dealing with their own work-from-home transitions, the Technology, Human Resources, Risk Management, Administrative teams, Legal, and Finance superseded all reasonable expectations to provide excellent stewardship of the firm’s resources and excellent support in navigating uncertainty.

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We made huge progress in our Contract Signature process in 2020 , thanks to the diligent efforts of John Works, Amy Rembert, and Melissa Strickland in a mostly remote work environment to achieve the highest level of signed contracts.

Our Knowledge Management efforts in 2020 allowed us to make great strides in documenting valuable project data. While we put our quarterly data collection efforts on hold as individuals migrated to WFH, our 120+ Data Managers continued to populate data on active projects. We expanded our Knowledge management efforts to include the Administrative Team during the WFH period, and they also assisted with populating data on closed projects. This allowed us to keep this amazing group of individuals engaged full-time when their office duties lessened with everyone at home. Our unique Data Manager program was also highlighted in a global Knowledge Architecture Deep Dive, celebrating it as a best-inclass data gathering program.

Human Resources Highlights The HR team has been instrumental in guiding the firm through every aspect of the COVID challenge. Support included roundthe-clock communications, informational resources, benefits education and assistance, and detailed strategies for every phase of transition.

COVID resources included Leadership, Employee, and Visitor Guides outlining COVID protocols for returning to the office (R2O); these resources continue to evolve along with emerging data and information from public health authorities and local officials. The team also implemented the new paid leave provisions under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act to provide COVID-related benefits across the firm.

We onboarded 31 new hires, including 10 summer interns, and participated in eight career fairs and six recruiting events. We also conducted multiple virtual career sessions with students, welcomed students in our offices, and hosted a panel with SCAD AIAS members and our own Design Leaders Brian Wurst and Danny Adams.

The HR team also provided ongoing educational sessions through Academy, sharing both firm and employee-driven content. 2020 topics included NCARB Testing Tips and Tricks, The Business of Practice, and The Art of Presenting; Meredith Ray and Megan Bowles have been integral to the process, helping with content development, coaching, graphics, and presentations to create best-in-class knowledge sharing opportunities.

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Samantha Gwaltney (CHS)

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Dan Mai (SAV)

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Daniela Ayers (ILM)

Kameron Quick (CHS)

Paul Koska (CLT)

Scott Ferguson (CLT)

Charlotte Blue (ILM)

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HR spearheaded the 2020 sessions for Leadership By Design Fellows, with a new focus on leadership development.

We implemented 360 degree reviews firmwide, and encouraged 60-day, 180-day, and 365-day goals to help employees identify milestones for their professional development plans for the year.

In 2020 the HR team also piloted the DICE (diversity, inclusivity, civility, and equity) program in collaboration with our consultant Hudson Mann.

And, always focused on helping our employees plan for a secure financial future, we hosted a two-part retirement series across the firm.

D+I Strategic Plan 2020’s challenges included a national reckoning, as issues of racial inequality led to widespread protests and global calls for action. LS3P’s Diversity + Inclusion Advisory Group was instrumental in helping the firm navigate issues of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and chart a pathway forward, and created a new D + I Strategic Plan to guide positive steps forward for the firm and the profession.

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Dan Mai (SAV)

Emily Dawson (CHS)

Espy Harper (RDU)

Helen Byce (GSP)

Kyle Novak (CLT)

Michael Garcia (SAV)

Mike Martinez (GSP)

Natallie Santiago (SAV)

Willy Schlein (GSP)

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Brianna Baldwin (CLT) Carmina Ferreras (RDU) Received the AIA Triangle/NC State College of Design 2020 Honor Award for her design of the Patrick Dougherty Museum Forough Mofidi (RDU)

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Collin Beresford (SAV) NCMA Unit Design Competition, Honorable Mention

Courtney Wolff (CHS)

Amy Loy (CLT)

Luca Gillie (CLT)

Jenna Jaffee (SAV)

Harrison Floyd (CAE)

Margaret Morse (CLT) Olivia Manning (CLT) Charlotte Mayor’s Youth Employment Program (MYEP) Summer Intern Carley Downs (GSP)

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2020 TECHNOLOGY KICKED OFF IN GSP: The GSP office hosted ULI SC’s Upstate Happy Hour & BIM/VR Demo. LS3P showcased our cutting-edge digital design technology and gave participants hands-on experience. (One of the last handson events of 2020). GSP also hosted Revit representatives from each LS3P office who met with our new Strategic BIM Manager Ruth Parr for advanced Revit training and BIM roadmap discussions leading to the launch of Revit 2020.

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THE WEEKEND WE WENT REMOTE: Moving from eight offices to 345 satellites happened over one weekend in March.

Our Technology Team transformed into a central distribution hub overnight shipping out cords, cables, headsets, cameras, mice, keyboards, monitors and anything that could make workfrom-home a more productive and less stressful experience.

Support worked around the clock answering questions and handling everything from requests for 50’ long ethernet cables to questions about home networks. The following Monday, LS3P was still open and operational thanks to one of the largest collaborative firmwide efforts to reshape our workflows in response to rapid change.

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INVESTMENTS ZOOMED LS3P TO GREATER HEIGHTS: WFH became our new working condition during local saferat-home orders. Thankfully, our technology investments in the last three years equipped LS3P with the tools we needed for remote work. Every week the usage rates of Zoom and other digital collaborative tools rose as meetings and communication went virtual and our “team of teams” grew even more capable.

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MOVING INTO A TEAM-OF-TEAMS WORLD: The pandemic profoundly changed how we work. Our “team of teams” seized opportunities to collaborate across projects, market sectors, and office locations; Teams became the go-to for informal chats, calls, meetings, and collaboration.

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FORWARD-MOVING PRACTICE TECHNOLOGY: Ting Wang led efforts to establish a new Standard Setting Organization for our digital network. LS3P’s new Standards Library grew exponentially; building envelope details, advanced architectural

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graphic standards, and hygrothermal performance studies were only a few of the advancements in Practice Technology.

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BIM STEPS TOWARD RIGHT OF RELIANCE: 2020 brought our Revit User Group closer together while moving our BIM Execution Strategies forward by giant leaps. It took coordinated advancements of architectural graphic standard setting, BIM content management, and Revit User Training Huddles to elevate consistency and quality in our digital workflow.

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ADVANCEMENTS IN PLANNING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: In a year like 2020 when feelings of uncertainty dominated our outlook, LS3P reached for tools that provided better forecasting capabilities. We launched Visual Planning upgrades that modernized not only the interface of project management but also streamlined the backend data capabilities, coupled with our emerging use of Power BI to visualize insight across platforms.

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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT NOTHING ELSE COULD GO WRONG: We experienced a growing threat of dangerous waves of cybersecurity threats and attacks in 2020 as the AEC industry experienced its worst year ever of cybercrime.

Fortunately, our recent efforts to educate staff and prepare for hacking attempts helped to keep our systems secure.

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ONE SECURE COLLABORATIVE NETWORK: We enlisted our consultants, clients, and project team partners to safeguard our broader network. Together, we developed a new “team of teams” sharing cyber security information to build a more resilient industry.

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WE STARTED OFF GOING REMOTE AND ENDED UP MOBILE: The end of 2020 marked the largest laptop deployment to date and took our practice teams from desktopdominated to mobile-capable in one year.

The timeless saying “never waste a crisis” encourages us to make the best out of unexpected challenges. The resilience and ingenuity of our industry and our team of teams made use of our collective abilities, and we emerged stronger by “turning massive challenges into meaningful change.”

Marketing Highlights • 27 Videos • 25 Foresights (13 for COVID Response) • 23 Academy Training Presentations Katie Robinson (CHS)

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• 13 Custom “Landing Pages” (a.k.a. Special Sites for Interviews/Campaigns) on LS3P.com • 12 Issues of The Rundown

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Melanie Rose (RDU)

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• 12 External Presentations/Webinars/Panel Discussions (6 featured Marketing Team Members)

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Jaime Infelise (CLT)

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• 11 Transformation Booklets (1 for COVID Response) • 9 Internal Presentations • 8 Focused Booklets (4 for COVID Response)

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• 12 New Sector Booklets • Over 4,000 images/PDFs loaded into OpenAsset • Over 1,100 Social Media Posts • Over 350 Projects Added to LS3P.com (with assistance from Tanya Dales) • Over 300 Pages on LS3P Knowledge (Including COVID Resources)

• 5 White Papers (3 for COVID Response) • 1 Podcast (And the launch of our program woo-hoo!)

• 1 Year in Review Book • 1 Town Hall • TONS of Internal Messaging (Including COVID Resources)

• 303 Proposals

• A Wonderfully Zen-full Employee Holiday Gift

• 86 Design Award Submittals

• A Touching Holiday Campaign to Wrap up

• 63 Interviews • 32 Marketing Meetings

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If we built a 2020 time capsule, it would be filled with strange things: masks, hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, sourdough recipes, and puzzle pieces; snapshots of home haircuts and empty aisles in the grocery stores and long lines at testing sites and food banks; unused tickets; too many political flyers; ring lights we bought for Zoom calls; stretchy clothes; an empty toilet paper roll; and leftover dried beans. So many in our communities- LS3P and beyond- have experienced loss, grief, and hardship. Everyone’s lives changed, almost overnight- if not forever, than at least for much longer than we envisioned in the early days of March. We reevaluated what matters most to us, and we held our loved ones closer.

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Through it all, we leaned on the values that have grounded us for decades: excellence, integrity, empowerment, collaboration, balance, stewardship, and caring. The end of the year brought news of the fastest vaccine development in human history, and more than a few people shed tears of relief and joy when the nightly news showed footage of the first shipments of vaccines being rolled out of production facilities in cargo trucks.

2021 will bring its own challenges, but we can be proud that we weathered 2020 together, and came out stronger. As we look forward to the year ahead, we are grateful for the momentum we have. We are positioned to be leaders in our industry and in our region, and are firmly resolved to employ our design thinking and problem-solving skills in service to our clients, or communities, and the greater good.

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