March 2015 – IKM Architects, a Pittsburgh-Based architecture, planning and interior design firm is proud to announce the continued pursuit of innovative and informed architecture with the achievement of EDAC accreditation for its managing principal, John C. Schrott, AIA, ACHA, EDAC. EDAC stands for Evidence-based Design Accreditation and Certification. EDAC-certified individuals are a global community of…
As a leader in healthcare design in the region, Pittsburgh-based IKM Incorporated architects has developed a three-part education series designed primarily for healthcare facilities executives, facilities managers, healthcare engineers, and others involved in the ongoing planning, design, development and management of healthcare properties and healthcare campuses. Entitled the “Ins and Outs of Healthcare Design,” the…
Creating 21st Century Science Research and Teaching Facilities IKM architects is proud to announce their selection as presenters at TWO higher education facilities conferences. IKM recognizes that today’s college campuses are facing challenges of rising costs, aging and deteriorating facilities, energy consumption, cost and efficiency, rapidly changing technology needs, calls for sustainability, and an ever-growing…
IKM Incorporated, celebrating 100-years of design excellence, continues to promote improving the knowledge-base of its professional staff through monthly education programs and on-location visits to job sites and product manufacturer locations. This month, IKM architects represented by eight staff including graduate and registered architects toured Centria’s Product Innovation Center in Ambridge, PA. The Innovation Center…
Members of The Advisory Board Company Recently, IKM’s president, John C. Schrott, AIA, ACHA, was interviewed by associate publisher, Daniel Casciato, for an article in Western Pennsylvania Healthcare News about IKM’s new membership with The Advisory Board Company. This global consulting firm is respected by the healthcare industry as a leader in developing tools that…
The St. Clair Hospital Peters Township Outpatient Center designed by IKM Incorporated Architects was awarded the People’s Choice Award Thursday evening as the local design community of architects, engineers and contractors gathered to celebrate the AIA’s Design Pittsburgh 2013. This annual award is given to the one project, out of all of the entries for…
Today, IKM architect’s president, John Schrott, AIA, ACHA, reported to the MDA’s site at the Highmark Stadium to serve his sentence as an executive Jail Bird as part of the annual national fundraising efforts. When asked why he agreed to participate, Mr. Schrott said, “I have been thinking about what I do to make a…
IKM Incorporated, the Pittsburgh-based architecture, planning and interior design firm, was selected to present a case study of the renovation of the Fisher Hall Science Building at the University of Pittsburgh Bradford Campus to the Fall KAPPA Conference attendees, on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Jeffrey K. Brown, AIA, NCARB, Principal in Charge of the project…
Again this year, IKM Incorporated architects fielded a design team to participate in Pittsburgh CANStruction 2012. The team consisting of staff and intern architects Jason Hindes, Mindy Coblentz, Natale Cozzolongo, Nelly Dacic, Stacey Nemcek and Megan Schleifer knocked the ball out of the park with their design of the Pittsburgh Pirates logo situated on a…
Following his recent experience with the Environmental Charter School (ECS) through the Leadership Pittsburgh program, John Schrott, AIA, ACHA, managing principal architect of IKM Incorporated has been elected to the Board of Trustees. The mission of the Environmental Charter School is to educate each student to high academic learning standards using a themed curriculum that…