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Luckett & Farley featured in ARCHITECT Magazine

Luckett & Farley is featured in ARCHITECT magazine’s feature story highlighting the paradigm shift of traditional architecture and engineering “sweat shops” to morale-boosting work environments that attract and cultivate top talent. As the only A/E firm in Kentucky to be recognized a Top Louisville Employer by Louisville Magazine, a Top Work Places by the Courier-Journal [more...]

Eighth Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky Award Winners Announced

Luckett & Farley was recently named as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky 2012.  This marks the fourth year in a row that Luckett & Farley has won this distinction.  The awards program was created in 2005 and is a project of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society for Human [more...]

Kentucky’s Largest Architectural & Engineering Firm Creates Wealth for its Employees

Luckett & Farley is a one hundred percent, employee-owned ESOP company

Luckett & Farley, Kentucky’s largest and oldest architecture and engineering firm, announces today that it has become a one hundred percent, employee-owned ESOP company. Today, during Luckett & Farley’s regularly-scheduled monthly Staff Meeting, the firm’s President and CEO, Ed Jerdonek, made the announcement to the packed meeting room which included the consultants who assisted Jerdonek [more...]

YMCA of Greater Louisville breaks ground for Norton Commons branch

by Kevin Eigelbach The YMCA of Greater Louisville broke ground this week for its 11th branch, this one in the eastern Jefferson County community of Norton Commons. The 45,000-square-foot building is expected to cost $12.5 million to $14 million and be completed in early 2012, president and CEO Steve Tarver said. “It will be a [more...]

Churchill Downs beats deadline to repair barns damaged by tornado

Written by Jennie Rees | The Courier-Journal Churchill Downs track president Kevin Flanery on Thursday morning estimated that the surprise tornado that tore through the barn area June 22 caused between $1 million and $1.5 million in damage to the 6 ½ barns deemed uninhabitable by city officials. Flanery said it’s too early to determine [more...]

Luckett & Farley Announces Leadership Institute Class of 2012

Louisville, Ky. – Twelve aspiring leaders at Luckett & Farley Architects, Engineers and Construction Managers, Inc. were announced to participate in the 2012 Luckett & Farley Leadership Institute.  The Leadership Institute is a nine-month leadership training course lead by The Lamp Group, professional development consultants based in New Albany, Indiana. The 2012 class is the [more...]

Building-information modeling improves efficiency, reduces need for changes

Planning and constructing buildings can be accomplished faster and more efficiently these days with the latest in computer-aided design technologies. In addition, use of this technology, known as building-information modeling (BIM), is known to prevent human error and, in some cases, cut overall construction costs. Those efficiencies have architects, engineers and construction managers who use [more...]

Structures: Plenty to smile about

U of L School of Dentistry gets $45 million upgrade, but it was business as usual for patients and students

School of Dentistry’s recent construction and renovation was a logistical symphony orchestrated during 21 months of construction. The $45 million project included 20,700 square feet of new construction and about 211,000 square feet of renovation. The fact that the building was fully occupied throughout construction was probably the most challenging part of the project, said [more...]

DoD’s largest supercomputer begins operations at WPAFB

Luckett & Farley provided architecture and engineering services for the renovation of the Department of Defense’s largest supercomputer in Dayton, OH. The project included extensive infrastructure upgrades and the improvements made to the HVAC are expected to reduce the facility’s energy consumption by 50%. As a result of Luckett & Farley’s specialized team, the enhanced [more...]

Fort Bliss Information Flows From New Ramtech Modular Building

The Directorate of Information Management at Fort Bliss, TX recently began their final preparations prior to occupancy on the third in a series of permanent modular buildings developed and built by design-build construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, Texas. Mansfield, TX (PRWEB) May 03, 2011 The Directorate of Information Management (DOIM) at Fort Bliss, [more...]