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AEC602 - Sustainable Design of Architectural Water Features and Fountains...THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED
Approximately 1 hour
THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED.
Presented by Greg Stoks on behalf of Commercial Aquatic Engineering.
Presenter Information
Details
Name: Greg Stoks
Title: Principal, Commercial Aquatic Engineering
Background
Greg Stoks has been involved in the water entertainment industry since 1983 when he joined his father’s residential and commercial swimming pool business. In 1997, Commercial Aquatic Engineering (CAE) was formed with Greg as principal of the company. The company rapidly developed a reputation for being able to provide everything from design consultation to complete construction and maintenance services. CAE was asked by Rainforest Café’s management to help simplify and redesign their signature water features to improve reliability, reduce installation complexity and improve system maintenance. Under Greg’s leadership, CAE responded with the development of UL listed, prefabricated mechanical operating systems and highly innovative prefabricated fountain structures. These new systems dramatically reduced field installation time and space requirements, improved reliability and were significantly easier to maintain than the original designs.
Greg purchased CAE in 2000 with the vision that this new prefabricated approach would streamline the water feature development process, allowing the company to provide competitively priced fountains throughout the United States. It quickly became apparent that one of the limiting factors in water feature growth was the complexity involved in specifying and budgeting for water features. In response, Greg developed a concept validation and budgeting process to assist architects with initial water feature concepts, concept support documentation, functionality and performance reviews, and budgeting analysis. CAE provides this service to architects on a complimentary basis.
In 2002, Greg founded Aquatic Recreation Company, LLC (ARC). He leveraged his fifteen years experience in the aquatic industry and incorporated elements from CAE’s water manipulation technologies and their new prefabricated mechanical system capabilities to create ARC, which now offers over 100 water play attractions, splash pad and interactive water features which are unique to the industry.
Greg has a long history as a pioneer and innovator in the water entertainment industry and has been a featured speaker at many national conferences. He has been involved in over 1000 fountain and water feature design projects throughout the world, developing a true core competency in water feature design and construction.
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