Author: Meridian Design
Top Architect Antonio Argibay, AIA, LEED AP Is A Featured Speaker At NY Build 2020 | New York CityBizList
Founder and Managing Principal Antonio Argibay, AIA, LEED AP spoke at New York Build 2020, the largest construction and design show in New York.
His presentation “Designing for Media and Entertainment” provided background on different types of facilities, how they have evolved in the last couple of decades and their future.
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5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became Managing Principal | Medium’s Authority Magazine
“I would want everyone to join a movement to Put People First. We must think about the impact of all our actions in terms of how they affect all of us, because what affects one affects all sooner or later. If we let this guide us, we will all be a lot better off.”
Managing Principal & CEO Antonio Argibay, AIA highlights his journey growing with Meridian Design Associates Architects over the years.
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The Benefits of a Value Driven Business | Forbes
Antonio Argibay AIA, LEED AP, managing Principal of Meridian Design Associates, Architects P.C., explores the relationship between values and culture in the workplace in this feature written by Jennefer Witter.
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Workplaces Are for People | Hispanic Executive
In this age of ‘everywhere’ technology, the human element is often overlooked – or worse, eliminated. “That should not be,” says Meridian Principal, Antonio Argibay.
Argibay details his #PeopleFirst philosophy in this extensive profile by Hispanic Executive. At Meridian, this thinking has “embedded [itself] in how [we work] internally” and with our partners.
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8 Musts for Successful Collaboration
Here are the 8 Must Do’s to help you and your team achieve that, and in effect lower the high risks involved in any project.
1. Begin at Home
Teamwork must begin at home. It requires a cultural change for some organizations, like developing mechanisms for continuous evaluation and refinement of the effectiveness of the strategies in-house. Systematic implementation will take time because it’s a bottom-up process.
2. Shared Vision
Positive compromise and synergy can only take place in the context of a vision or goal shared by the entire team. A shared vision must be created in the present to lead a team effectively into the future with energy and focus.
3. Synergy
An environment must be created which encourages integrative thinking with the open exchange and consideration of ideas. With the combining of resources and knowledge base, innovation is supported and the whole can become greater than the sum of its parts.
5. Commitment
Team members must feel that there is a commitment among the team to build relationships and resolve disputes equitably. The team must have confidence in this commitment in order to learn lessons from their experiences. Commitment aligns the interests of the team members for the good of the project.
5. Trust
Working together is impossible where there is cynicism about others’ motives. Understanding other risks and goals lead to better personal relationships. With understanding comes trust and with trust comes the possibility for a more productive relationship. There must be an atmosphere of Trust so team members can combine resources and knowledge and put adversarial conflicts away. This creates synergy within your team.
6. Shared Rewards & Risk
Working together is enhanced by mutual rewards. Risks are shared based on the relative investment of each member in the project and the reward each member expects upon successful completion of the project.
7. Build Competitive Advantage
In the team context, each member is free to fulfill the role they serve best, supported by their teammates. Each of the team members must have equity in building the competitive advantage of the team as a whole. By working together to lower costs and increase the quality of their product they assure the long-term commitment on the part of their clients and each other to the future of the team.
8. Evaluate Results
Teamwork is a cyclical process and in an open and continuous manner, you must evaluate the results of efforts that arise from collaboration. Timing is critical in this process since some efforts take longer to implement, some even a full cycle. Debriefing is critical to maintaining the other eight techniques above functioning to their full beneficial potential.
Sustainable Facilities and LEED Certification | Radio World
“How will green and sustainable building construction requirements affect my facility development plans?” Undeniably, all broadcasters should be asking themselves this question right now. A variety of governmental agencies have administered an amalgam of codes and regulations which begin to address energy efficiency, water conservation, toxic materials, etc.
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Solar Energy and Architecture | Environmental Design + Construction
What happens when one flips on a light switch? We all expect a light or many lights to come on in the room. Sounds simple, but few of us think about this unless no light turns on. In the United States, electric power has been used for generations and is used by just about everyone alive today.
Learn about the emergence of solar power within architecture by Meridian Design Associates’ Director of Operations Luis J. Roges.
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A User’s Guide to Corporate Design and Construction
Meridian Design’s principals explain their process in directing a project from conceptualization to completion. In this publication, MDA details the principles behind planning and executing corporate design in today’s economy.
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Hispanic Entrepreneur Antonio Argibay
Latin Vision interviews Meridian Design Associates, Architects’ Founding Principal, Antonio Argibay. This article detailed his entrepreneurial work and dedication to driving a successful business.
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