2017 Directory

27 directly across the street, is still under con- struction. The presentation included under- standing what defines a standard plaza from this events driven plaza, of which this will be the first in Wyoming. The afternoon session concluded with a brisk walk to the site of the Townsend Justice Center renovation and addition that included a presen- tation and tour of the project by Tim Schenk, AIA. Tim identified the challenges of con- verting and adding onto the historic building to “bring it back to life” and the challenges of previous attempts by the county to develop this project at other locations. The evening concluded with a social event at the old Wonder Bar project site in downtown along with Brandon Daigle, AIA providing a presentation on the renovation of the building which is currently under construction. Saturday’s tours kicked off with Brandon Daigle, AIA again who provided a tour of the recently completed Grant Street Grocery and Market project, a renovated neighborhood spe- cialty type store located within one of Casper’s oldest residential neighborhoods. The con- tinuation of tours included Calvin Finnesand and Kristian Kicinski of Bassetti Architects of Seattle, Washington who presented the design for the still under construction Natrona County High School project, which is scheduled to be complete later this fall. The conference concluded with a tour of the newly completed phase 1 of the YMCA project by John Grudger, Assoc. AIA. A structural workshop was hosted at the office of Stateline No. 7 Architects where several intern architect participants spent the after- noon with JR Barker of KL&A preparing for the structural portion of the ARE examination. The Summer Conference was a success as measured by our conference evaluation forms where all responses gave high rankings and comments. Eleven and a half health, safety, and welfare continuing education credits were gleaned from attendees who attended all sessions. b