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Frause collaborated with the design collective on media relations. Because the concept was so new, a major component of the work focused on communicating just what the Living Building program entailed. While many projects have been concepted and designed, none had been built before. Frause worked with Skanska to help tell the story of how this challenge was met and what the benefits were to the built community in the Pacific Northwest.

Articles in Engineering News Record and the Daily Journal of Commerce took a deeper dive into the story of what it takes to build a Living Building. Frause also drafted an article on behalf of the project manager, which ran the Daily Journal of Commerce, which detailed the positive results on the built industry and supply chain. In October of 2010, Skanska was recognized as one of Washington State’s Top 50 Green Companies by Seattle Business magazine based on their work on Bertschi. Plans are currently in the works for the certification of the Bertschi science wing, which is anticipated to take place in February.