GOVERNMENT + CULTURAL
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Government + Cultural Expertise
Community facilities that represent the needs and brand of residents are a sign of community vitality. We help create spaces that align with your community’s individual needs and budget goals by navigating space needs, facility assessments, complex funding challenges and planning initiatives to ensure that your project becomes a reality.
Blending architecture and engineering, we future-proof designs resulting in desirable and operable spaces that can grow alongside your community for residents to enjoy for years to come.
Public Service Facilities
We are dedicated to enhancing facilities and infrastructure that serve the public. From city halls and community centers to public safety facilities and transit hubs, ISG deploys an empathetic approach to uncover the nuances of your community.
Through facility assessments and space needs studies, ISG starts with gathering valuable insights to help you make informed facility planning and budgeting decisions. This knowledge is used to tailor designs that meet your specific needs while authentically reflecting the personality and dynamics of your community.
Expertise
- Armories
- City Halls
- Community Centers
- Convention Centers
- Facility Assessments
- Government Administration
- Historic Preservation
- Law Enforcement + Justice Centers
- Library Facilities
- Maintenance Facilities
- Public Safety: Fire Stations + Police Stations
- Public Works Facilities
- Transit Hubs
Public Service Facilities Portfolio
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Cultural + Community Gathering
Let us help you transform museums, cultural centers, and other community gathering places into captivating spaces. Our design team understands the art of architecture and will help you create a profound sense of place that resonates with generations, traditions, and diverse cultures.
We do this by listening to your needs, hearing the traditions that influence your community, and responding with budget friendly solutions that reflect the essence of your community’s cultural identity.
Expertise
- Community Centers + Gathering Spaces
- Diverse Cultural Destinations
- Libraries
- Museums + Cultural Centers
- Tribal National Facilities
Cultural + Community Gathering Portfolio
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The ISG
Difference
ISG’s government and cultural experts blend community, culture, and history to promote a sense of belonging and strategically connect end users with facilities that cater to their unique needs.
We work with spiritual and tribal communities, cities, counties, and state-level agencies to deliver sustainable designs. We account for upkeep and ongoing life-cycle costs while designing flexible spaces that can easily grow and adapt alongside your community and its needs.
- Right-Sized Solutions That Position You for Growth
- Navigating Financial Restrictions
- Spaces That Reflect Your Community’s Values
Business Unit Experts
Tanya Pierce
Jeremy Wiesen, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Alyssa Campbell, AIA, LEED AP
Bryan Paulsen, AIA, CID, LEED AP
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"If you take a look at the exterior and the façade, that came from conversations with community members, the lighting from the outside came from conversations from members from the City, and if you look at what’s happened in the exhibition hall, that came from ideas from stakeholders that want to utilize the facility.
ISG did an incredible job by taking all the stories and ideas and making them real for the people that are so vested with this convention center."
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The Latest at ISG
Optimize Maintenance + Reveal Opportunities with Facilities Assessments
The Clay County Board of Supervisors (County) knew they needed to address facility repairs in their Administration Building, Courthouse, and General Services Center. While maintaining public buildings does not generate excitement, County leaders recognized that deferring upkeep of public facilities can cost more in the long run if left unaddressed and may result in limiting other more impactful projects.
Integrated Interiors: ISG's Andrea Kucera on Interior Design's Impact on Community and Culture
Whether designing interiors that increase employee retention, selecting furniture and accessories that optimize branding, or just planning her next move in a competitive board game with friends, ISG Senior Interior Designer Andrea Kucera, IIDA, leans on her Strengthsfinder 2.0 strengths of Empathy and Strategic. Let’s learn more about Andrea, her experience at ISG, and how interior design can kill or instill culture, values, and brand.
ISG Staff Earns Certified Arborist Credential
ISG is pleased to announce that Environmental Scientist, Bridgett Winkels, recently earned the credential of Certified Arborist by the ISA (International Society of Arboriculture). In addition to successfully completing the exam, ISA Certified Arborists follow a code of ethics and have met all requirements to be eligible for the exam, which includes three or more years of full-time, eligible, practical work experience in arboriculture and/or a degree in the field of arboriculture, horticulture, landscape architecture, or forestry from a regionally accredited educational institute.