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Building for Better Care: ASHE CHC Q+A with Rockford's Curt Lautenbach and Eric Kella

At Rockford, our Health + Well-Being team is proud to be supported by several ASHE CHC-certified professionals, including two leading team members featured here. In this Q&A, Eric Kella, Project Executive, and Curt Lautenbach, Senior Project Manager, share their backgrounds, what draws them to healthcare work and how CHC expertise helps us deliver projects that keep patient care at the center.
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Case Study: Occupied Healthcare Renovation During COVID

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A Place to Learn: Lab Planning Trends

The way today’s healthcare, education, and workplace spaces are changing and trends in laboratory facility design continue to evolve in similar ways. Design and construction teams are being challenged to create laboratories that encourage collaboration amo
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Partners unveil West Side solar power project

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Writing the Next Chapter

As we imagine Rockford's next 30 years, we look forward to being a part of how our communities and world will continue to transform. As builders of a changing world, Rockford embraces the promises the future holds and remains dedicated to making them a rea
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A Look Back: Michigan State University Grand Rapids Research Center

Situated on a tight urban site with two major vehicular and pedestrian circulation routes, a highway boundary to the north, and complex construction requirements for vibration, noise, contamination, isolation, and quality, the completion of the GRRC meant
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New Research Building puts MSU, Grand Rapids at ‘Epicenter’ of Healthcare Innovation

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Consumers Spotlights Renewable Energy

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Celebrating His Place in the Community: George Colvin

This month we are highlighting Rockford team members who are extending their hands to their communities and organizations close to their hearts. Rockford superintendent George Colvin dedicates his time to Michigan Minority Contractors Association – Detroit
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Vacant Lot on Division Avenue South Could Soon Get an Upgrade

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Nonprofit Starting $18M Urban Affordable Housing Project

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Inner City Christian Federation Starts $18.6M Project

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Celebrating Her Place in the Community: Rachel Scott

Throughout this month we're highlighting the role our team plays in the community. We recently sat down with Rachel Scott, Rockford's Director of Development Services. She is a member of the board for the Women's Resource Center, whose mission is "to impro
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The Hendrik Honors Legacy of the West Side

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A Look Inside: AMP Lab

Completed earlier this year, the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Laboratory is a truly collaborative effort between Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids Community College, and the private manufacturing industry. Located in the heart of the Arena Di
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Virtual Reality: Enhancing the Construction Industry

In construction, we measure our success by the ability to turn our client’s vision into a reality. While 2D drawings, 3D models, and mock images provide a picture of the finished product, virtual reality allows our clients to step inside their project befo
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Driverless Shuttle Pilot Rolling into Grand Rapids

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Top 60 Sports Facility Contractors + CM Firms

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Top 95 Industrial Sector Contractors + CM Firms

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Fennville Residents Open High-End GR Design Firm

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West Side Apartment Project Opens Leasing

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What's in a Beautiful Outcome?

Across cities, it’s buildings with their varying shapes, sizes, and materials that make skylines so striking. These visuals are a reminder that for a project to produce beautiful outcomes, we must focus on what makes our client's vision unique. At Rockford
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Brewery Vivant to Open Second Brewery Taproom

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WaterWalk Announces Grand Opening for Second Texas Location

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College Opening Manufacturing Lab Downtown

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Designs Released for Jackson's New $6M Event Center

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Nonprofit Opens $6M HQ on West Side

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The Art of Places with Soul

Art in our community is, simply stated, inspiring. We’re already seeing the positive impact from the newest addition to the West Side, "Palate/Palette." On the side of Bridge Street Market, it illustrates the beauty of diversity by highlighting the unique
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Amway Grand Plaza Plans $40M Renovation

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New Mural on West Side Designed to Honor Diversity, Inclusion

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Community Centered Construction

It’s easy to do things the same way over and over. That’s not Rockford. From our efforts in Grand Rapids to engaging communities across the nation, we know building vibrant places isn’t possible without considering the people who live there first. Our work
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Bringing Soul to Market

For Rockford, placemaking is about so much more than simply building structures. It’s about crafting vibrant, lively spaces infused with soul. At 234 Market, this was the focus, from initial planning and development through the final phases of buildout.Sit
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Creating Community in Key West, Florida

Rockford is more than a construction company, a real estate developer, or a property management firm. In all that we do, we strive to do it better, to proactively provide and deliver more, and above all, to build community.As we recently celebrated the rib
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Senior Living Trends: Beacon Hill at Eastgate

From independent to assisted living and skilled care to memory care, Rockford understands the specialized nature of senior living communities. Often, our work must be completed around existing residents without disrupting day-to-day services. This has beco
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Our Culture of Safety

As a company that develops, builds, and manages space, Rockford understands the importance of creating environments that attract the community, reflect our client’s vision, meet project and operating budgets, and perform exceptionally over many years.While