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Growing Communities: CASCO Takes Part in the Penn Street Place Groundbreaking Ceremony

On November 9, 2021, CASCO took part of a groundbreaking ceremony for a Multi-Family Housing project called Penn Street Place in North Liberty, IA. CASCO along with our sister companies, R|5 and FACET, are currently providing the architectural services and interior design for this project. According to Brandon Pratt from Lion Development Group, this is …

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CD Companies Office Reopening Plan

Since March of 2020, most of CD Companies’ staff have worked remotely due to the risk to our staff posed by COVID-19. We planned early, investing in key areas and testing groups of staff working from home as the very first cases appeared in the U.S., before governmental ordered closures occurred.  We have placed the …

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Business - Healthcare

CD Companies Expands Healthcare Sector

Over the past few years, our CD Companies team has been focusing on expanding our markets and capabilities. Despite the many difficulties of this past year, we have been able to continue the push to diversify our business. Our top five sectors last year were retail, grocery, education, office, and healthcare. Some of our other …

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Business

Happy New Year from CD Companies!

While reflecting on the past year, we have certainly seen many hardships and challenges. With all the difficulties this year has brought, there are also many things to be thankful for, such as communities all over the world coming together to help one another, our ability to adapt to change, and new opportunities. Here is …

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How COVID-19 is transforming hotel design, construction (via Construction Dive)

Our team has has the pleasure of doing hotel design and engineering work for clients such as Drury Hotels and the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis over the past few years. While this pandemic has greatly impacted the hospitality industry, it’s important to seek ways of transforming and reviving the industry. Construction Dive provides some …

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Business

CD Companies’ Response to Covid-19

Stay at Home orders and quarantines resulting from the coronavirus outbreak have forced Architectural and Engineering firms to learn agility in the way they operate. The vast majority of design employees throughout the United States are now working remotely, where they are still working. The CD Companies reacted early to the developing coronavirus crisis, adapting many …

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Business

Thank you, Doug Stone and Nathan Ramsey!

The past few weeks have been filled with transition and adaptation for many companies, including our own. At CD Companies, our top priority is the safety and wellbeing of our employees. While this has been a difficult time, we’re very grateful for, and proud of, how well our employees have continued to come through to …

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Business

CD Companies in the St. Louis Business Journal

Our President, Dan Cutter, PE, was recently interviewed for an article by the St. Louis Business Journal to discuss our rebranding initiatives, our company’s growth in the past year, and our recent response to Covid-19. As many of you know, we recently rebranded and became CD Companies. With this, we implemented five subsidiaries that each …

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Business

CD Companies is announced!

Introducing CD Companies As of February 3, 2020, CASCO + R|5 is now CD Companies. The past year has been a huge year of growth for our company, and we’re looking forward to the many opportunities the future holds. Why CD Companies? We’ve expanded our capabilities. When CASCO and R|5 Design Agency merged to create …

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