CDL Training Facility Progressing well at WSCC

Wallace State Community College's new truck driving range for its CDL (Commercial Driver's License) program is taking shape.

Most of the sub-grading is completed, and we anticipate pavement base to begin within days and concrete paving in 2-3 weeks. The project includes a 205' x 325' concrete-paved, lighted training lot and access road, as well as a small building with storage, rest room, and office/conference. The approximate cost of the project is $660,000.

You can learn more about WSCC's CDL program here

NWSCC's New Building Looking Like It Should! (Always a good thing)

The New Cosmetology Building at Northwest-Shoals Community College is taking shape. This photo from Boyett Construction Co. Superintendent Tom Hanks, taken this morning, shows progress... and even better, it actually looks like our renderings.

Ingram State Technical College selects Aho Architects for Renovation and new Multi-purpose Educational Facility

Ingram State Technical College selects Aho Architects for Renovation and a new Multi-purpose Educational Facility

Aho Architects is pleased to begin a relationship with Ingram State Technical College as we provide architectural and engineering services for a new multi-purpose facility at their Draper Campus. Aho Architects will also be designing renovations at ISTC's main campus as part of the same project. We are adept at maneuvering through the procedures and requirements of PSCA-funded projects, and we understand the protocols for successfully working at correctional facilities.

Conceptual model of the Multipurpose Educational Facility for the Draper Campus

Another Successful Loan/Grant Application!

Farm Labor Housing in Rosedale, Mississippi receives funding from USDA’s Rural Development program

BDT Housing Services, with the support of Aho Architects and Technical Assistance and Training Provider, Tom Andrews with Tierra del Sol, has received funding from the USDA’s Rural Development program to build 20 new homes for farm laborers in the Mississippi delta. The homes in this new affordable housing community, called Latham-Trice Farm Estate, will achieve Silver Certification under the US Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes program. The green building strategies implemented will ensure that the homes are safe and comfortable, and, at the same time, will keep utility bills low.

We were one of only 11 groups from across the nation to receive this funding for FY 2014 through a competitive process, and our application received one of the highest scores. This continues our successful track record obtaining funding for these critical housing developments.

Though a small, rural town, Rosedale, Mississippi is well-known for its delicious hot-tamales and earned it’s spot on the Mississippi Blues Trail after being immortalized in bluesman Robert Johnson’s 1937 recording “Traveling Riverside Blues” (and later by Led Zeppelin). We’ve already sampled the hot tamales from the famous White Front Café, and we’ll be sure to make that a regular stop during our visits to Rosedale.

New Cosmetology Building Started for Northwest-Shoals Community College

Construction has started on a new Cosmetology Building for Northwest-Shoals Community College. Always nice to see projects "coming out of the ground"!

HABD Selects Aho for Marks Village Reconstruction

The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) has selected Aho Architects to design a new building for the Marks Village community in Gate City.

The project will replace a structure destroyed by a deadly natural gas explosion in December, 2013. This is our first project for the HABD, and we are honored to be selected by them to be part of the team bringing healing to this community.

Aho Architects believes we are called to use our gifts and talents to help others. As such, this is the kind of project we find especially meaningful.

Image from al.com (Frank Couch/fcouch@al.com)

More information about the project may be found in the AL.com / Birmingham News article here

Alabama Fire College's Project Out to Bid

Aho Architects has completed the design of a new Building and renovations to the existing space of the Alabama Fire College and Personnel Standards Commission. This project will be bidding in the next few weeks (General Contractors have already been pre-qualified to bid on it). For information on the bid process for this project, please contact our office.

New Building for Northwest-Shoals Community College

Here are some images of the new building we have designed for Northwest-Shoals Community College. The facility will be the new home for NWSCC's Cosmetology Program. It is currently in the Contractor pre-qualification stage, and will be bidding later this month.

(click any thumbnail below for a larger image. Depending on your connection speed, the image may initially load as a low-resolution image, then clear-up as a high-resolution version loads.)

RUMC Missions Building Photos

Here are some of the latest images from the new Missions Center we designed for Riverchase United Methodist Church.

Click any of the thumbnails below for the complete image.

Latest Photos: I Love Sushi, Madison, AL

The Madison Location of I Love Sushi is now open! Here are a few photographs taken shortly before opening. We'll post more photos of the completed restaurant soon...