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Interactive Resources, Inc. Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Interactive Resources, Inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in September of 1973, Interactive Resources is one of the oldest architectural firms in the Bay Area, providing comprehensive architectural services to a wide range of private and public sector clients.
The firm’s portfolio includes federal, state and municipal facilities, energy-efficient public schools, sustainable commercial buildings and cannabis facilities, historic preservation projects, and the revitalization of public spaces. “Interactive Resources” refers to the multiple disciplines that the firm brings together for a holistic approach that considers factors such as energy conservation and renewable energy integration, including solar photovoltaic array design, water conservation, and use of locally sourced materials to create environmentally responsible and resilient spaces.
Interactive Resources, Inc. Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Interactive Resources, Inc. celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in September of 1973, Interactive Resources is one of the oldest architectural firms in the Bay Area, providing comprehensive architectural services to a wide range of private and public sector clients.
The firm’s portfolio includes federal, state and municipal facilities, energy-efficient public schools, sustainable commercial buildings and cannabis facilities, historic preservation projects, and the revitalization of public spaces. “Interactive Resources” refers to the multiple disciplines that the firm brings together for a holistic approach that considers factors such as energy conservation and renewable energy integration, including solar photovoltaic array design, water conservation, and use of locally sourced materials to create environmentally responsible and resilient spaces.
Play Ball! at Fitzgerald Field
Our firm has the pleasure of working on a wide range of project types: schools, pharmaceutical, industrial, judge’s chambers, forensic work, historic preservation, major solar engineering, commercial, and large mixed-use. So it wasn’t out of our ballpark to be...
Delta Diablo Plant Operations & Treatment Plant Roof Replacement, Antioch, California
Interactive Resources is very happy to announce a recent award from the Delta Diablo (Delta Diablo Sanitation District) for the Plant Operations Center and Treatment Plant roof replacement. Delta Diablo provides water resource recovery services for the Cities of...
Applied Technology Services Facility, Common Area & Calibration Lab Remodel, Danville, California
Another successful project designed by Interactive Resources was recently completed for a local utility company with facilities throughout Northern and Central California. The Applied Technology Services (ATS) Facility in Danville performs some of the company’s most...
DGS, FMD Bay & Northern Area Architectural Retainer Services
We are happy to announce that State of California, Department of General Services (DGS), Facilities Management Division (FMD) selected Interactive Resources to provide architectural and engineering services for the Bay and Northern California regions. The FMD is...
Coping with Building Disasters & Failures
Introduction If disaster visits your building or it suffers from a major failure, will you be ready? Will recovery be quick and financially painless, or will the event be terminal? Disasters affecting buildings can come from nature or from the acts (or omissions) of...
Codes & Standards for Barriers & Flashings
Both technology and available materials and products continue to proliferate, with new offerings in liquid-applied barriers and flashings, air barriers with water-resistive functionality and drainable interstices. This presentation reviews applicable AAMA, ICC and...
Window and Door Design and Installation Guide
Techniques for installation of “punched” windows and doors have been evolving continually over the last two decades. For many years, the accepted standard involved four strips of flexible flashing integrated with a nailing fin and the water resistive barrier (WRB) at...
Plaza Deck Design Primer
A plaza deck is a walking surface, which sometimes can accommodate vehicles, typically waterproofed to protect the underlying structure and/or occupied spaces below. Common surface treatments include concrete, ceramic tile, stone or other paving material, usually with...
Westcon Tribune
Symposium 2000 Review by Tom Butt, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C Introduction My presentation at the symposium included remarks about construction litigation in general, the design professional's standard of care, using standards to avoid litigation and achieve better design and...
Water Resistance and Vapor Permeance of Weather Resistive Barriers
Journal of ASTM International, November/December 2005, Vol. 2, No. 10 Paper ID JAI12495 Available online at www.astm.org Weather-resistive barriers (WRBs) are typically used in exterior walls of low rise frame buildings under claddings such as stucco (cement plaster),...