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Quality

By |2022-07-22T07:38:05-07:00October 5th, 2015|Community, CTA Consultation, Happy Stuff|

When someone says quality, what do you think about it? For some it is a finely crafted pair of shoes; for others, it is a well-engineered car; still, others will think of an Ivey League education and good manners. This is a word that can go a lot of places. How do you make

Core Values

By |2015-09-21T16:38:27-07:00September 21st, 2015|Community, CTA Consultation|

A number of years ago we gathered to determine what our values as a team are at Stearns Design Build. It is advised that companies identify those things that are central to who they are, that are most important. So we set about doing that. We created a list of many possible values. We discarded

Local Donations Provide Upgrade for WIC Office

By |2023-01-30T06:56:13-08:00February 19th, 2015|Community, CTA Consultation|

College Station, February 9, 2015- When Amy Rensvold, with the local Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) office called Stearns Design Build she was hoping to get a bid to have some laminate countertops replaced. Instead Stearns Design Build president, Hugh Stearns offered to do the work for free. Thanks to the generosity of Lowe’s in Bryan, who contributed materials at half price, the project could be done with no cost to the WIC office.

Do you use Houzz.com?

By |2014-08-18T16:36:08-07:00August 18th, 2014|Community, CTA Consultation|

Have you been to Houzz? Houzz is a social media website dealing with home design ideas, from furniture and fabrics to custom and homes and remodeling projects. Houzz is a place for homeowners to browse a database of more than two-million photos of residential interiors and exteriors. Home owners can browse photos by room, style,

Profile of Stearns Design Build

By |2013-03-29T21:54:08-07:00March 29th, 2013|Community, CTA Consultation|

Stearns Design Build We would like to post a profile of a different local business every Friday.  I post this by way of providing an example of the sort of thing that we hope to include. The more that we know about our local businesses and the people who run them the more

Our Local Businesses and Nonprofits

By |2013-03-28T17:28:12-07:00March 28th, 2013|Community, CTA Consultation|

Stearns Design Build As our underwriting on NPR says, at Stearns Design Build "we are committed to the goals of environmental and community stewardship."  One way that we want to work toward the goal of providing community stewardship is by offering a blog post every Friday on a different locally owned and independent

Honoring Black History Month: Ietef Vita

By |2012-03-08T14:35:11-08:00March 8th, 2012|Community, CTA Consultation|

For Black History Month, we wanted to dedicate a weekly blog to an influential African American individual in a field related to the environment and/or building science. Sometimes championing a cause requires a unique approach, especially when reaching a younger audience. Such is the case with Ietef Vita, aka DJ Cavem (which stands for “Communicating

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