
E-Week Banquet
Thu, Feb 20
|Field Club of Omaha
Celebrate Engineering by attending the Engineer's Roundtable Banquet


Time & Location
Feb 20, 2020, 6:00 PM
Field Club of Omaha, 3615 Woolworth Ave, Omaha, NE 68105, USA
About the Event
The Nebraska State Capitol has embarked on an eight year renovation project, with a price tag of an estimated $106 million. This is the largest update ever undertaken at the Capitol. The presenters will touch on the history of the Capitol and how the renovation will maintain integrity during construction, as well as explain how the new geothermal well will work to heat/cool the structure.
Robert (Bob) C. Ripley, FAIA, a graduate of the University of Nebraska‐Lincoln, College of Architecture. He is a licensed architect in Nebraska and nationally. He was in private practice until assuming his position at the Nebraska State Capitol in 1983. During his tenure with the State, he has overseen the preservation, restoration, enhancement and promotion of the Nebraska Capitol and its landscape. He served as president of the AIA‐Nebraska in 2012, and in 2015 was honored as a member of the College of Fellows…