The Jack Evans Police Headquarters in Dallas earns a Silver rating for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The project is credited with spurring neighborhood
revitalization and meeting stringent environmental goals.

Jack Evans HQ Earns Silver LEED

The Jack Evans Police Headquarters in Dallas has earned a LEED Silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. (Photo courtesy PSA-Dewberry.)

Dallas' Jack Evans Police Headquarters, located south of the Central Business District in downtown Dallas, has earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The certification is the latest in a series of awards and commendations for the project, which was designed by the Dallas office of PSA-Dewberry and constructed by Centex-3DI in a 90-10 joint venture. The project won a "Best of" award in the public building category in Texas Construction's Best of 2003 competition.

The headquarters consolidates administrative and investigation divisions of the city's police department, which had previously been scattered among 17 different buildings.

The 3.25-acre location is a former brownfield site, and its successful redevelopment earned accolades from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The project was recognized with the EPA's Phoenix Award for Excellence in Brownfield Redevelopment.

The police headquarters is the first LEED Silver-certified project to be completed for the city of Dallas.

Concrete Canoes Compete in Okla.

Hundreds of civil engineering students from across the country, including a team from Texas A&M University, recently gathered in Stillwater, Okla., for the American Society of Civil Engineers' 19th Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition. Their task? To design, build and race canoes made of concrete. Teams from 23 top engineering schools competed for $9,000 in scholarships by posting the best overall score in categories including aesthetics and structural integrity of the canoe; a technical design paper that highlights planning, development, testing and construction; an academic presentation that covers the design, construction, racing ability and other innovative features; and the races. Scores in each of the four categories comprise 25 percent of the team's overall score.

The three-day event was hosted by Oklahoma State University.

"Every year we challenge these students to come up with new and inventive designs, and every year they exceed our expectations," said president and CEO of Degussa Admixtures Mike Shydlowski. "Their work, during the competition and in the future, will have a tremendous impact on the building industry."

For the fourth straight year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison took first place. Texas A&M was in a five-way tie for 19th place. For a complete list of winning teams in order of final rank log on to asce.org.