District 62 Blog: Schools Belong to the Community

Jun 17, 2013
This is the third of seven blogs providing detail on the Master Plan implemented by Wight & Company at School District 62 in Des Plaines, Illinois.

District 62 Blog Series: Mapping the Course

Jun 10, 2013
This is the second of seven blogs providing detail on the Master Plan implemented by Wight & Company at School District 62 in Des Plaines, Illinois.

District 62 Blog Series Introduction: The Story of a Modern-Day Renaissance

Jun 03, 2013
Wight & Company recently led a modern day Renaissance for 11 schools in 1 district.

All-Day Kindergarten Design: It’s All About Flexibility, Collaboration

Oct 23, 2012
By Kevin Havens and Craig Siepka These days, early childhood education programs have taken the place of half-day kindergarten for many families. By ages three or four, many kids have already been socialized into the formal learning environment and they are entering all-day kindergarten already having begun to learn how to learn.

Wight for the Summer—A wonderful experience all around.

Aug 08, 2012
This is the seventh blog in Wight’s summer intern blog series, where Wight’s interns share their perspectives on what it’s like to work at Wight.

Wight for the Summer—

Aug 03, 2012
This is the sixth blog is Wight’s summer intern blog series, where Wight’s interns share their perspective on what it’s like to work at Wight.

Wight for the Summer...

Jul 29, 2012
This blog is the latest from Wight’s summer interns – the fifth in the series – where they share their perspective on what it’s like to work at Wight. Megan Mockbee, an undergraduate at Purdue, is spending the summer as an intern in Wight’s construction group. She writes about the projects she has worked on and the people she has met so far during her short tenure at Wight.

On the Integrated Value Process vs. Value Engineering

Jul 16, 2012
Rick Dewar discusses how Wight & Company integrates value engineering into our projects.

Wight for the Summer—Something new every day…

Jul 06, 2012
This blog is the fourth in our series of posts from Wight’s summer interns, where they share their perspective on what it’s like to work at Wight.

Wight for the Summer—Learning on the Job!

Jun 29, 2012
This blog is the third in our series of posts from Wight’s summer interns, where they share their perspective on what it’s like to work at Wight.

Making Space for Collaboration

Jun 25, 2012
Remember the movie “Office Space”? It had some interesting ideas about collaborative problem solving.

Wight for the Summer – Part Deux

Jun 05, 2012
This blog is the second in our series of posts from Wight’s summer interns, where they share their perspective on what it’s like to work at Wight.

Wight for the Summer

May 31, 2012
Wight is proud to continue its tradition of student mentoring with its 2012 internship program - meet Palen Rhodes

The Evolving Science of College Science Instruction

May 11, 2012
New Paradigms for the Design of College Science Labs

We’re Serious About Playing Fields

Apr 10, 2012
Since Wight began installing athletic fields more than a decade ago, we’ve come to realize that, like coaches in sports competitions, you need to be prepared for the unexpected.

Greening Our Business Practices

Mar 15, 2012
Our commitment extends beyond designing and building our LEED®-certified headquarters and working on more than 30 other LEED buildings.

Lessons learned in geothermal heating and cooling

Feb 16, 2012
Geothermal heating and cooling results in higher energy efficiencies and lower utility costs than an air-cooled heat pump.

Keeping Up with the Energy-Efficient Joneses

Feb 03, 2012
The tactic is old-fashioned peer pressure, a “keeping up with the Joneses” motivational ploy to encourage them to make small changes in behavior—installing compact fluorescent lights, turning off lights when they leave rooms, shutting down computers at night, adjusting thermostat settings, etc.

TILEs for our “Digital Native” School Children

Dec 23, 2011
File this under the category, “Statistics That Make You Feel Old.”

Stormwater Management: Putting a LID on Stormwater Runoff

Nov 30, 2011
For years, Wight has been incorporating stormwater management best practices into all our projects.