Landscape Architects Transform Spaces into Places

What’s your favorite outdoor place? A park or playground? The shore of a river or lake? Maybe a hiking or biking trail? Your own backyard? When we think about these places, we anticipate the joy they bring. Moments of respite…

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What’s going on at the Capitol Campus?

Construction orange pops against a backdrop of green grass, gray skies, and an historic, white capitol building. Cones, heavy equipment, and safety vests dot the picturesque campus with signs of progress. The Department of Enterprise Services (DES) is updating Washington…

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SCJ awards honor service to others and entrepreneurial spirit

Alissa North earned the 2018 SCJ Cares Award recognizing employee service. Two very different awards. Two very different winners. One repeated theme: core values. SCJ’s highest honors are the annual Entrepreneurial Award and the SCJ Cares Award, recognizing employee service.…

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Safety, traffic flow, and a first for the U.S.

From the Federal Highway Administration Replacing a traditional intersection with a roundabout can reduce the number of crashes by 35 percent. Even more impressive: roundabouts bring the number of fatalities down by 90 percent! At SCJ, we’ve been doing roundabouts…

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