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  • Ball State and RLTurner: Changing Industry Standards
    October 21, 2025 by

    By Layne Cameron Nationally, the construction industry’s aging demographic and lack of female employees have been issues for decades. Recent graduates face the challenge of landing jobs, mastering menial tasks, and trying to prove themselves—all with many senior positions occupied by the old guard who are closer to retirement than their college days. Obstacles notwithstanding, […]

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  • Alley House

    The Alley House Receives More Awards
    March 14, 2024 by

    Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning architecture students and faculty co-leads, Pam Harwood and Tom Collins, were awarded the 2024 AIA Indianapolis Design Excellence Award for their work on the Alley House, a net-positive, sustainable, high-performance two-family home located in the near eastside of Indianapolis. The Alley House previously claimed the top spot […]

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