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Geothermal Q&A
High School students preview engineering profession
3-D theatre case study
Best and Brightest

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Thinking Geothermal?
Nine Questions and Answers to Get You Started

by: Michael Belczak, PE, LEED AP

& Erin Lowery, PE, LEED AP


Geothermal Loop
Geothermal loop
With energy efficiency becoming a greater concern for building owners, geothermal technology is gaining popularity. By using the earth's energy storage capability to provide heating and cooling, geothermal offers more efficiency than electrical energy. Consider this: one 450-foot deep borehole can provide approximately 2.5 tons of cooling for a building. Geothermal technology is impressive, but it's not the appropriate solution for every project. If you're curious about geothermal, here are nine questions - and answers - that will jump-start your research.

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A Day in the Life of an Engineer - The Primera Way

ACI Students
ISME students work to build a structure to meet given criteria
When high school students from the
Associated Colleges of Illinois' College Readiness Intensive Science and Math Experience (ISME) program arrived at Primera's office late last summer, they were expecting a matter-of-fact lecturer to brief them on a day in the life of an engineer. One can imagine their surprise when they arrived to heaping piles of paper, cardboard and coffee cups.

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Structural Solutions: "Live in 3-D!"

by: Paul Bouchard, AIA


Field Museum 3-D Theatre
The Field Museum's
Ernst & Young Theatre

The Ernst & Young Theatre at The Field Museum is a plain sight at first glance. After all, bright colors and vibrant hangings don't adorn the walls. When movie-goers look up, down and over they're greeted by the same dark surface. But when lights dim and cameras start rolling, three-dimensional sights fill this black room and stir the imagination. Dinosaurs Alive!, the Field Museum's debut film, is both a sensory and learning experience that movie-goers will soon not forget.  Rewind four months before the Dinosaurs' debut, the design and construction team faced many potential obstacles.


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The Best and Brightest

Primera Cruise
Primera employees enjoyed a Lake Michigan cruise to celebrate award.
Primera continually invests in our
employees in order to attract the best and brightest to our firm.  For the second year in a row, Primera has been named one of "Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR).

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