Okay, I really owe a post as it’s been about 4 weeks. I apologize. Here’s where we stand and what’s been happening: We turned over the construction documents to UT and the Wildflower Center. It was our hope that we would begin the pre-construction phase of services which would entail hiring a general contractor to join the team, review the drawings, offer comments and provide preliminary pricing. Sounds great, huh? There were a few snafoos, and we are currently in a wait pattern. Our owners need to work through some fundraising items and we hope to be back on track again come the fall. If anyone is interested in donating to this project, please let me know. You can be a part of something extremely special and monumental for the Wildflower Center, UT, Austin, TBG and sustainability.
How have I been doing? I’ve missed this project greatly. I think my whole team has as well and we had all became so invested in it. It was our day to day work in a shaky economy that promised such a rewarding pay off at the end. I miss my contact with our clients and our consultant team. Maybe we should just have a team happy hour to catch up! 
The good things is that we were able to work with some great people and companies and would definitely want to work with those people again.
Back to sustainability and somewhat related to our project, there is a case study on the Pearl Brewery in San Antonio. The 125 year old brewery is being redeveloped to a eclectic and exciting mixed use development. They did a neat thing for their rainwater collection. They used the brewing tanks used originally for the beer as rainwater harvesting tanks. Pretty cool.
Photo by Rialto Studio courtesy of The Sustainable Sites Initiative website
I believe they plan to use these again on future phases. Check out the link here for a case study http://www.sustainablesites.org/cases/show.php?id=12
