EQA Landmark Communities was established to fulfill the tremendous need for developers, builders, suppliers, designers and engineers to work together in delivering solutions that successfully meet the needs of today’s changing marketplace.

EQA Landmark Communities is dedicated to producing the best new communities in America, with homes that demonstrate unparalleled value and livability. Their unique approach to projects, called EQA, stands for Efficient use of time, materials and resources; high Quality construction and craftsmanship; and homes that are Adaptable to changing homeowners needs, lifestyles, and future building technologies.

Currently, EQA is involved in Summerset at Frick Park, a 713-home new traditional, urban in-fill neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh. This project has been featured in Builder Magazine and many other building industry magazines as an outstanding example of how EQA partners with cities and works directly with the builders to develop innovative strategies to deal with home energy performance and construction quality

BHKR is a US-based practice with a 60-year history of award-winning innovation and design. The company’s integrated approach to project development is supported by a talented in-house team of professionals in architecture, engineering, interior design, landscape architecture, and facilities management.

Guided by a progressive vision, an unequaled management team and a steadfast commitment to technological innovation, BHKR has grown from a regional practice to a growing presence in international markets. With over 350 employees in seven fully networked offices, BHKR is able to marshal the resources of the entire firm to create a seamless, multi-disciplinary team to meet the particular needs of each client and prospect.

In recent years, the company has provided turn-key solutions for virtually every kind of project imaginable, including award-winning efforts for commercial/corporate buildings, higher education, healthcare, laboratories, technology centers, K-12 schools, and residential resorts. Burt Hill was the master planning firm leading the design for John Knott’s Dewees Island development.

BNIM Architects

Founded in 1970, BNIM is a Kansas City, Missouri-based architectural firm, which has a national reputation for designing sustainable, eco-friendly architecture of exceptional quality, beauty and utility.

BNIM’s mission is to improve the quality of life for the owner, user, and surrounding community by responding specifically and uniquely to the social, economic, and environmental needs of clients with buildings and design concepts that uplift the human spirit, as well as sustainability.

BNIM’s extensive project background includes corporate and speculative office buildings, school and university facilities, hotels, and conference centers, housing for all socio-economic needs, recreational facilities, federal, state, and municipal buildings, urban design, and a variety of commercial and institutional projects.

A list of recent BNIM-designed projects includes a new headquarters for the Packard Foundation in Los Altos, California; the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in Jefferson City, Missouri; and new offices for the American Lung Association in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

LS3P Associates, LTD.

The largest architectural firm in the Carolinas, LS3P has own over 150 awards for excellence for designs that are both distinctive and functional. LS3P is also recognized as a authority in state-of-the-art design technology and serves as a leader in developing and improving applications for computer-aided design systems.

LS3P has served a wide range of clients throughout the Southeast on projects which include: Daniel Island Master Plan, Daniel Island, SC; the Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston, SC; Saks Fifth Avenue-Majestic Square, Charleston, SC; Charleston International Airport, Charleston, SC; Phillips Place, Charlotte, NC; Grove Park inn and Spa, Asheville, NC; Esther E. Garrison Elementary Science Magnet School, Savannah, GA; and, Victoria Center, Charleston, SC.

IBACOS

IBACOS, the acronym for Integrated Building and Construction Solutions, is a building innovation company that conducts research into new and better building practices, through a unique industry network and comprehensive understanding of the changing marketplace. To create better home designs, IBACOS has created The IBACOS Network, which brings together the nation’s leading manufacturers, builders, developers, and experts in the home-building and construction industry.

IBACOS is the primary consortium in the US Department of Energy’s Building America Program, a leading public-private initiative focused on bringing systems approaches to the home building industry

AES was founded in Brodhead, Wisconsin in 1978 by Steven Apfelbaum, MS, as a full time research and consulting ecology firm that has conducted in most of the biomes in North America, and is widely regarded as one of the nation’s ecological restoration specialists.

Recently, AES has worked with hydrologists to understand the landscape-scale hydrologic changes associated with land settlement and development in the Midwestern US. AES work has implications for millions of acres in North America, and throughout the world.

Rolf Sauer & Partners

Rolf Sauer & Partners is dedicated to environmentally-sensitive design and development of landscape architectural and ecologically-planned projects. Environmental education and ecological restoration are key components of the firm’s work. Rolf Sauer’s team efforts reflect a unique understanding and appreciation of the Native American landscape, which is expressed in each of their site-specific landscape designs, giving each project a unique sense of place.

The firm directs master planning and site development for historic and urban campuses, parks and regional open space systems, in addition to private and corporate development sites. Always addressing the objective of long-term sustainability, Rolf Sauer & Partners creates designs that are both practical and visionary.

Current projects include the master planning for Mepkin Abbey’s Botanical Garden on their 3,000-acre estate near Charleston, SC; a 33,326-acre camp in Greenfield, NH for the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts; and a Visitor Center for the National Park Service in Sandstone, Virginia.

Newkirk Environmental, Inc.

Established in 1984, Newkirk Environmental is one of the Southeast’s leading environmental consulting firms. Newkirk is recognized as a national authority on environmental regulations and permitting. The firm has established a rock-solid reputation for always providing sound, efficient and cost-sensitive solutions for each client’s environmental issues. The firm’s primary goal is to create harmony between client goals and regulatory compliance.

Newkirk Environmental, Inc. specializes in the coordination of planning and pre-construction phases for development projects including: golf courses, residential, industrial, marinas, commercial, institutional, recreational, utilities and transportation.

Founded in 1975, Pratt-Thomas provides legal guidance to business and governmental entities at the local, state and national level. The firm offers a full range of client services, with expertise in areas of litigation, business and corporate law, insurance law, environmental law, and governmental regulatory matters.

Pratt-Thomas, Pearce and Walker offers an innovative and professional approach to solving complex legal matters that utilize skills, and knowledge, that are based in legal experience and cutting edge technology. This approach offers the firm’s clients with the highest level of service, while providing top quality service in the most efficient, and cost-effective, manner possible.

The firm has represented such prestigious clients as KMART Corporation, Wal-Mart, Stories, Inc., Trident Construction Company, Island Preservation Partnership (Dewees Island), LP Pfizer, Inc., International Paper Company, Safety National Casualty Corporation, First Union National Bank (now Wachovia), and Tenet Healthcare Corporation.

Daniel K. Sloane of McGuireWoods, L.P.

As a consultant and legal counsel, Dan Sloane represents green businesses, localities, and developers around the world. Based in Richmond, Virginia-based McGuireWoods, LP, Sloane advises clients on eco-industrial, New Urbanist development, distributed generation, sustainable development and related green business matters. The firm’s clients include eco-industrial facilities, developers of wind farm and bio mass projects, as well as the developers of sustainable new towns.

Sloane is the national counsel for the Congress of New Urbanism, the Seaside (Florida) Institute, the US Green Building Council, and the World Green Building Council. Combining extensive experience in environmental issues, Sloane co-leads McGuireWoods’ Environmental Solutions Group – a collection of 20 attorneys and paralegals that deliver solutions for their clients’ environmental and land use issues.