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In today’s always-on digital economy, uptime is no longer optional; it’s a business imperative. Whether you're building a hyperscale data center or a hospital's life-support infrastructure, selecting ...
Dallas, Texas (November 18, 2024) C1S Group, Inc., a design-build firm in Dallas, is proud to announce that it has earned a spot on Outside Magazine’s coveted “Best Places to Work” list for the 11th ...
In today's rapidly changing world, higher education institutions face unprecedented challenges. One of the most pressing issues is the upcoming enrollment cliff, which will result in a significant dro...
C1S Group, Inc. Acquires Conquest Engineering, expanding engineering services and market expertise. Dallas, Texas – August 19, 2024 – C1S Group, Inc. (C1S), a leading provider of innovative engineerin...
When it comes to construction in healthcare facilities, safety and risk management take center stage. Ensuring patient and staff safety during construction is crucial to maintaining a safe environment...
In today’s world, sustainability has become an essential consideration for all industries, and manufacturing facilities are no exception. With growing concerns over water scarcity and environmental im...
Dallas, Texas (November 16, 2023) C1S Group, Inc., a design-build firm based in Dallas, is thrilled to announce it has been named to Outside Magazine's Best Places to Work for the 10th time! Being rec...
Dallas, Texas (November 3, 2023) C1S Group, a leading design-build company, is thrilled to announce its inclusion in the SMU Cox Dallas100 list of fastest-growing private companies, coming in at numbe...
Data centers are the unsung heroes of our digital world, housing and processing vast amounts of information that keep our modern society running smoothly. Here we will dive into the fascinating world ...
Dallas, Texas (November 9, 2022) – C1S Group Inc., a leading engineering and construction firm, was named one of Outside Magazine’s 50 Best Places to Work in 2022. This year marks the ninth time C1S ...
The Inflation Reduction Act became law in August 2022, and it could mean significant increases in tax deductions for businesses that invest in energy-efficient design and construction. Companies that ...
Designing a laboratory space requires upfront work before an engineer ever touches a mouse or does a calculation. 1. People 2. Equipment 3. Space The People It might seem a little backwar...
Dallas, Texas (September 28, 2022) – Held August 29 at Brookhaven Country Club, the 2nd Annual C1S Golf Tournament raised over $35,000 in proceeds to benefit two local causes. Donations were made to ...
From building a new school to undertaking an addition to an existing school, one important consideration is construction and inspection to meet storm shelter classification. In 2015, the International...
Dallas, Texas (November 6, 2021) – C1S Group Inc., a leading engineering and construction firm, has been named to Outside's 50 Best Places to Work in 2021. This influential list recognizes the best co...
A Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) is constructed with the purpose of handling, storing, discussing, or processing confidential, secret and top-secret information. The goal is to pr...
When it comes to food and beverage manufacturing, producing safe, quality food is of the utmost importance with each and every run. But, when disruptions like a global pandemic or a natural disaster h...
C1S Group, a specialty renovation expert, recently is pleased to bring on Austin McRight as a Superintendent in the Aerospace & Defense market. He will be working on project sites for Raytheon, L3Harr...
From sustainable packaging to waste reduction, sustainability remains top of mind for manufacturers and consumers alike. Find out in Part 2 of a two-part series why sustainable packaging matters. The ...
From sustainable packaging to waste reduction, sustainability remains top of mind for manufacturers and consumers alike. Find out in Part 1 of a two-part series as why water management matters. The Co...
Manufacturing and Green are not two words that have historically been used in the same sentence, but the times they are a-changing and now more than ever manufacturing plants are choosing to be LEED c...
C1S Group, a leading MEP engineering and construction management firm, has hired Robert Morris as a Engineering Project Manager. Mr. Morris comes to C1S with 20+ years of experience in the Plumbing/Me...
C1S Group Inc., a leading engineering and construction firm, has been named to Outside’s 50 Best Places to Work in 2020. This influential list recognizes the best companies that prioritize overall em...
Brendan Foley joined the C1S team in August after graduating from The University of Alabama. He will be primarily working with our sustainability team completing LEED commissioning and certification p...
Building for a Safer Future Hygienic food plant design isn’t a new concept. Food and beverage manufacturers have been employing food safety systems for quite some time in order to control food safet...
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies were forced to close their doors and send their employees home. But what happens to the building during that time and how do we transition toward ge...
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling (CFD) is the art of modeling the air within a space as a fluid and analyzing how different variables such as air flow patterns, velocities, temperatures, and pres...
INTERVIEWEES: Cameron Smith (Preconstruction Manager) and Shelby Powell (Marketing Manager) PROJECT NAME: Industrial Distribution Corporation Facility Move PROJECT START DATE: September 1, 2018 PROJEC...
In design and construction, there is a constant push to do more with less by completing projects faster and more efficiently. Accuracy 3D Laser scanning offers better accuracy and quality through the ...
From Developers surveying land before purchasing it for a future building, engineering surveying existing buildings and construction teams recording the progress of a project, drones are finding a per...
C1S Group, a woman-owned engineering and construction management firm, is pleased to announce several promotions recognizing excellence amongst the team. These individuals are focused on the best way ...
(November 4, 2019) –C1S Group has been selected for the 6th time as one of Outside's Best Places to Work 2019. Winning companies provide great workplaces for employees and encourage a balance between ...
What is an Arc Flash? An Arc Flash is the release of energy that travels through the air from one conductor to another or from a conductor to ground. An Arc Flash may occur as a result of the followi...
Fort Worth is one of Texas' primary business districts and , as such, facilities and offices are needed to accommodate the ever-expanding businesses in these markets. When enterprises expand, so thei...
Green technology has been gaining momentum in the construction and engineering industry for a number of years, but ever with this space, C1S Group - a Dallas - based engineering, construction, and sus...
C1S Group has been selected for the 5th year in a row as one of OUTSIDE’s Best Places to Work 2018. Winning companies provide great workplaces for employees and encourage a balance between work and en...
Your facilities are tasked with doing more with less, and the facility improvements you want to make must compete against all the other worthwhile needs before your leadership team. You want to spend ...
Once again, the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business is recognizing the 100 fastest-growing private companies in North Texas in the 28th year...
Are you experiencing heating, cooling or pressurization issues in your mission critical facility? As the facility manager, the last thing you need is an HVAC issue leading to product contamination or...
Inc. magazine today revealed that C1S Group, a full-service professional engineering and construction firm, is No. 1837 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s faste...
In the world of business, there’s an old saying that if you’re not evolving, you’re dying. As a company, success hinges on your ability to meet and exceed customer needs, and if you aren’t keeping up ...
C1S Group, one of the Southwest’s leading engineering and construction firms has hired Chad Holt. With nearly 20 years of experience working with Fortune 1000 Companies, he joins the C1S team as the D...
What is Sustainability? It’s a word commonly associated with recycling programs and efforts to reduce energy and water usage. Sustainability trends like solar panels, bike racks and rain water reclama...
When it comes to construction projects, there are two questions on the mind of every client. How much? When can you get the work done by? There are tons of things that go into pricing from material c...
C1S Group, one of the leading engineering and construction firms in the Southwest, has been named to Outside Magazine’s prestigious “Best Places to Work” list for the fourth time. On the 2017 list, C1...
C1S Group, one of the Southwest’s leading engineering and construction firms, has helped PepsiCo, a multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation achieve the highest green building certification...
Ask ten C1S employees about the journey that led them to our team, and you’re sure to get ten different answers. Some went the more traditional route, getting their engineering degrees and finding us ...
Last week, we gave you a taste of what goes into compressed air system design and troubleshooting, touching on everything from system components to fixing common issues. It’s a topic that can be diffi...
C1S Group, one of the Southwest’s leading engineering and construction firms announces the hiring of Brooke Holley. With 15 years of experience, Brooke joins the team as a mechanical designer. Brooke ...
Compressed Dry Air (CDA) systems are an essential part of the manufacturing industry. In fact, compressed air is so common, it’s frequently considered the fourth utility, after electricity, natural ga...
For the fourth consecutive year, C1S Group, a full-service professional engineering and construction firm, has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing private companies. C1S...
Microbiologically influenced corrosion, or MIC. You may have heard it referred to as “The Fire Sprinkler Pipe Terrorist” because it infiltrates systems and is undetected until the pipes are obstructed...
When we hear about drones, most of us think of unmanned military aircraft. Or, we imagine the potential of an unmanned aircraft hovering outside our home delivering our latest online purchase. These m...
Enhancing safety, increasing efficiency and reducing costs are important goals to manufacturers. Dust collection systems can play a big role in accomplishing them. In a manufacturing setting, dust can...
From the Chinese using mirrors to reflect light to ignite torches for religious purposes in 20 A.D., to the Anasazi people in North America building their cliff dwellings on the south-facing cliff to ...
DALLAS (April 4, 2017) ― Plastic recycler CarbonLITE has engaged C1S Group as the primary contractor for the construction of its new North Texas recycling facility. C1S Group, a full-service professio...
The system for delivering chilled water to end users has changed significantly since the introduction of central chilled water plants. Drivers of this change have included increased cooling demands, i...
Let’s face it. Unless you work at Facebook, life in most offices has a reputation for being a little dull. At an engineering office? The pace of play generally screeches to a halt. But walk through C1...
Our final blog on the topic of designing and cleanroom construction process focuses on the actual construction process. In the first three installments of this series, we reviewed the standards and gu...
3D printing is a fast-growing technology that offers many advantages in manufacturing. But can this same process be adapted to the construction of buildings? It appears the answer is yes. Both researc...
C1S Group, a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm based in Dallas, completed a project to provide heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades f...
Recirculating the Air within the Clean Space Our third installment on cleanroom design dives into the three methods used to manage air recirculation in a clean space. Previously, we examined the stand...
The Deep Ellum restoration project in one of Dallas’s most vibrant communities continues as a combination of four unique bars and restaurants are set to move into properties where large-scale restorat...
Construction sites are inherently risky places because of the type of activities occurring, equipment in use, and many people involved. That doesn’t mean, however, that it’s not possible to stay safe ...
The Standards and Other Basics of Cleanroom Design In the first installment of our series on the design and construction of cleanrooms, we covered the internationally recognized standards that govern ...
C1S Group is among the Top 100 North Texas Women-Owned Businesses as ranked by the Dallas Business Journal. The full-service professional engineering and construction firm, led by CEO Julie Strong, ra...
by Julie Strong CEO and Owner of C1S Group If you follow our social media pages or check out our website often, you’ll notice we have been doing a lot of celebrating lately at C1S. In 2014 and 2015, w...
The Standards and Other Basics of Cleanroom Design Cleanrooms are an important component of industrial manufacturing and laboratories, used extensively within the technology, pharmaceutical and medica...
Chillers are the most common type of machines used for cooling large commercial spaces. There are several types, and each type offers specific pros and cons based on the application, facility budget a...
It’s not every day that your company is named one of the “50 Best Places to Work” in the U.S. by Inc. magazine. But when your company places as high a value on its employees as it does its customers, ...
Inc. magazine has named C1S Group, a full-service professional engineering and construction firm, one of the “50 Best Places to Work” in the United States. Inc.’s roster of the 50 best workplaces is t...
C1S Group, a full-service professional engineering and construction firm, has completed ISNetworld registration, demonstrating adherence to rigorous safety standards. ISNetworld maintains safety, insu...
Energy efficiency is an important consideration for users of all types of HVAC equipment. In order to compare equipment and systems, there are five ways to measure the energy efficiency of HVAC units,...
DALLAS (January 18, 2016) ― Medical device manufacturer Medtronic engaged C1S Group to provide engineering design as well as construction services for its new Fort Worth, Texas facility. C1S, a full-s...
Sizing plumbing piping systems is not a difficult task when you have the resources to calculate the correct size pipe. The International Plumbing Code (IPC) includes a variety of charts to assist you ...
Sanitary sewers and vents play important roles in maintaining the quality of the indoor environment of a building. Correct sizing is crucial to their proper functioning, so you want to be sure you kno...
Getting water off a building’s roof is important, but how do you know what size drain to use to provide adequate drainage? Using tools from the International Plumbing Code (IPC) it’s not that hard. IP...
For the third consecutive year, C1S Group, a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm, was named one of the “Best Places to Work” by Outside, America's leading a...
DALLAS (Sept. 15, 2015) ― C1S Group, a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm based in Dallas, is now an approved subcontractor through PICS, an international ...
C1S Group, a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm based in Dallas, completed a design-build project that restored a historic commercial building. A celebrato...
C1S Group, a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm based in Dallas, has been engaged to provide design-build services that will restore an historic building i...
C1S Group, a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm based in Dallas, took home top honors from the SMU Cox School of Business with the Caruth Institute for Ent...
DALLAS (Oct. 14, 2014) ― For the second consecutive year, C1S Group, a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm based in Dallas, was named one of the “Best Place...