Town of Essex, Massachusetts Northern Conomo Point Request for

Town of Essex, Massachusetts
Northern Conomo Point Request for Design and Planning Services
Brown Sardina
129 South Street
Boston, MA 02111
tel. 617.482.4703
fax. 617.482.4882
Table of Contents
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Cover Letter
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Team Structure & Organization
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Firm Overview
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Design Approach & Work Plan
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Resumes
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Comparable Projects & Project References
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Contract Documents
Brown Sardina
Cover Letter
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October 9, 2012
Mr.. Brendhan Zubricki
Town Administrator
Town of Essex
Essex, MA. 01929
Dear Mr. Zubricki,
Thank you for this opportunity to present our qualifications for the Design and Planning Services of Northern Conomo Point in Essex, MA.
There is nothing more exciting to a designer than to help create or strengthen a community since it strikes at the very core of our human nature. In
this context it is rare when a designer is asked to contribute thoughts and efforts toward a rich combination of a built and natural environment. We
feel that with a team that includes two members intimate with the Town of Essex (Sheldon Pennoyer and Dan Ottenheimer) and landscape architects
enthusiastic about community space making that we will embrace the opportunity to provide Conomo Point with a future that will be derived from its
own foundation and historical context. As with the majority of the projects in our offices, sustainability will be a main focus when it comes to water
management, specification of plant or manufactured materials and the “educational” presentation and post construction commissioning of the public
spaces created for the Conomo Point Community and the Town of Essex. It will be our goal that this public space will serve as a model for other communities who need a source of inspiration for creating a benefit for the good of a local and larger community.
The team of Brown Sardina, with James Heroux and Michelle de Tarnowsky, Mill River Engineering, and Sheldon Pennoyer Architects, share a common
history. James, Michelle and Sheldon Pennoyer share the common language of their RISD education, while James and Michelle are residents of the City
of Boston, both contributing to a complex community in their own ways, Sheldon Pennoyer and Dan Ottenheimer share Essex connections, understanding the continuity of the issues at hand. James, Sheldon and Dan are currently working on a project in Barre, MA and have worked on several others
over the years making communication of this effort well understood and seamless.
In 1999-2000 James was hired by the small historic Town of Port Royal, SC to lead a design charrette to develop a model community on town land that
if realized through the sale of land parcels for residential and retail use would expand the town tax base while providing better regional visibility and
public access to a waterfront walk, proposed public piers and a marina. Several years earlier he was the lead landscape architect on a multi-disciplinary
team that evaluated former Soviet military bases outside Berlin, Germany during an important transition period to determine which buildings would
remain to become part of mixed use new communities that included a program of public access, residential, retail and in some cases educational and
research development.
James Heroux, of Brown Sardina, has enthusiastically and passionately made his home in the South End Community of Boston for the past twentyeight years and has served as a board member for neighborhood parks, a peer reviewer for The Rose Kennedy Greenway, participated in the Central
Artery Business Committee discussions for the Rose Kennedy Greenway, served as Chair of the Parent Council for the Boston Public School in Chinatown and was a member of the Parent Council at the Boston Latin School; he has been the Principal-in-Charge and designed many projects within the
City of Boston and helped form communities in Peterborough, NH, South Carolina and Berlin, Germany. Mr.. Heroux has worked with the BRA, the
Boston Parks and Recreation Department, the Public Improvements Commission, Friends of the Jamaica Way, and many other semi-public and public
neighborhood groups to build consensus and educate neighbors on how to use the power of their communal voice, the benefits of the participatory
process and the rewards of understanding the design process. Currently he and Michelle are working on the expansion of Anna Jaques Hospital in
Newburyport, MA, the expansion of the Insight Meditation Society community in Barre, MA and helping transform the residential component of the
Prudential Center from a 1960’s barrier to the urban conditions that surround it into an integrated and public asset by tearing down walls and replacing
them with transparent and illuminated portals.
As a team, we are excited and enthusiastic at the possibility of being involved with the evolution of this community and would welcome the opportunity
to introduce ourselves in an interview process.
Thank you,
James A. Heroux A.S.L.A.
Principal
Brown Sardina
Cover Letter Cont.
October 9, 2012
Mr. Brendhan Zubricki, Town Administrator
Town of Essex
Essex, MA. 01929
Request for Conomo Point Design & Planning Services
Dear Brendhan,
I am please to submit this letter of interest for design services for the Northern Conomo Point Master Plan. SHELDON PENNOYER ARCHITECTS is a
planning and architectural design firm focused on institutional, residential, and municipal projects. Knowing that good architecture can only exist in
the context of a strong master plan, we initially approach each job as planners. Our highest priority is to shape, through a determined integration of
landscape architecture and architecture, the exterior spaces that form the physical identity of every place.
Our buildings are regional in form but modern in plan and detail to accommodate the solar and site opportunities. The buildings reveal a careful control
of scale, and they incorporate materials that are warm, environmentally responsible, and are produced whenever possible from local sources.
Our design process is highly interactive. We take pleasure in clarifying the planning objectives and design intentions of our clients. We work effectively
with local boards, regional authorities, and with the community groups whose lives are affected by development. Our leadership skills enable us to
incorporate consensus into our final design.
Our role as architects on the Conomo Point Project will be to work with Brown Sardina Landscape Architects and Mill River Consulting, to develop
a structure or structures which will house the bathroom facilities, and dock pavilion for the Master Plan. We believe that the proposed facility could
incorporate several alternative green technologies such as waterless urinals, composting toilets, and solar Thermal and PV systems for hot water and
lighting. Given the soil conditions at Conomo Point and the surface bedrock, a variety of alternative technologies may be appropriate for this project.
Other areas of sustainable design may include the use of local building materials.
Below I have listed three projects which are in design or have been completed that represent the challenges similar to Conomo Point. These projects
demonstrate our strengths in working with a diverse group of people where a common solution was reached through an interactive design process.
The third example is less about a community design challenge but is a similar building type as what we envision for Conomo Point.
Peterborough Cohousing Community and Farm: Working with Strata Design/Brown Sardina, we planned a cohousing community with 28 units of
housing, a shared community building, and a set of farm buildings.
The planning prerogative was to optimize the opposing values of community and privacy within a small buildable area. To achieve this, the houses
- all with front porches - are clustered around shared entry spaces that support social interaction. Each unit also has a private terrace that is orientated
outward overlooking cultivated or natural landscapes. A Village Green at the center of the neighborhood provides a civic space with a Common House
adjacent for community meals, meetings, mail, childcare, and upstairs, guest bedrooms and a large studio. The architectural challenge was to create
a system for building production housing within a budget. To this end, three building prototypes were created (a single family house, a duplex, and a
quad), each with a limited number of options that would give buyers the choice to add on: screened porches, sunrooms, or additional bedrooms.
The first sustainability achievement for this project (which received a LEED Platinum Certification) was the design and construction of very high-quality
building envelope - walls, roof, windows. With greatly reduced energy demand, the buildings are heated from a central wood pellet-fired heat plant,
wood byproduct being the available renewable resource of the region. The mix of steep- and low-pitched roofs, primarily oriented south, provide
platforms for solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.
Lincoln Station Post Office and Commercial Center: Working with Strata Design/Brown Sardina, we designed a new post office for Lincoln’s small commercial area that would meet the goals voiced in a town-wide planning charrette for a small pedestrian-based village center. To reflect the high value and
intentionally limited-growth potential of the land, the plan incorporates some second floor office space and a restaurant, to shape a small green facing
south across Lincoln Road. A one story open arcade brings life to the edge of the green, and makes a connection to the parking lot hidden behind the
building. A loading dock and service area for mail trucks is located between the post office and the railroad tracks. A very high performance building
envelope was created to allow for a modest solar thermal system to be installed providing hot water for heating and domestic hot water needs.
West Alton Bay Marina: We are currently designing several buildings for the marina including a timber frame bathroom facility, and a central office
building with a one bedroom apartment. The design of these buildings is setting a new image for the marina which was established in the 1940’s.
Brown Sardina
Cover Letter Cont.
Sheldon Pennoyer was a resident of Essex from 1983 to 2000. During this time in Essex Sheldon was on the Planning Board for 8 years (served as Chairman for 4 years), and was also a member of Conomo Point Planning Committee, Open Space Committee, Conservation Commission, and the Recycling
Committee. Sheldon Pennoyer Architects would welcome the opportunity to work with Brown Sardina, The Conomo Point Planning Committee and
the community to develop a master plan and a waterfront facility building which would meet everyone’s highest expectations.
Sincerely,
Sheldon Pennoyer, AIA, LEED AP
Brown Sardina
Team Structure & Organization
Town of Essex Board of Selectmen (BOS)
Conomo Point Planning Committee (CPPC)
Town of Essex Residents
James Heroux
Principal In Charge
Brown Sardina Inc.
Local Community
DESIGN CONSULTANT
Brown Sardina
Landscape Architecture
Urban Planning & Design
Boston, Massachusetts
Michelle de Tarnowsky
Project Designer
Brown Sardina Inc.
Landscape Architecture
Urban Planning & Design
Boston, Massachusetts
SUB CONSULTANTS
Architectural Consultant
Environmental Engineering Consultant
Cost Estimators
Sheldon Pennoyer Architects
Mill River Consulting
TCi
Sheldon Pennoyer
Daniel G Ottenheimer
Concord, New Hampshire
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gerry Tortora
Bedford, Massachusetts
Brown Sardina
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Firm Overview
Brown Sardina
Landscape Architecture
Urban Planning
& Design
Contact:
James Heroux
129 South Street
Boston, MA 02111
617.482.4703
[email protected]
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Brown Sardina is a Boston based landscape architecture and urban design firm formed in 1996 by, William Brown
and Michael Sardina, two previous partners of the SWA Group. The office is comprised of 7 designers offering a full
range of landscape architectural services including for local, national and international based projects.
In 2007, Strata Design Associates, a firm started by James Heroux in 1998, merged with Brown Sardina, bringing
with them a range of community based projects, including Area B-2 Police Station and Community Center, Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm, Waterplace Residences on the Providence River, Boston Scientific Headquarters on the
Neponset River, and the Battery Creek Neighborhood Master Plan in Port Royal, SC. The firm has a range of projects
that have coordinated with the city and town municipal agencies, and have connected with community groups for
both institutional and residential clients.
James Heroux, Principal-in-Charge, has been a member or chair for multiple community committees in Boston, chair
of the design committee and “Friend’s” group for Parks in the South End, and in 2004 Mr. Heroux was hired by Hale
and Dorr to serve as the “Peer Reviewer” to represent the North End community group for the North End Parks that
are part of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, located above the Central Artery.
With a goal to achieve total client and user group satisfaction, over 80% of the firm’s work has come from repeat
clients. The firms’ work ranges in scale from detailed site design to master planning. The principal group has not
only worked with neighborhood groups during the approval review process, but, as residents of the City of Boston
for 25 years, have sat across the table from designers to communicate to them what was best for their community.
Among the parts of the City of Boston the firm has worked, are Chinatown, the South End, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain,
the North End, Charlestown, Dorchester, South Boston and Back Bay. Currently Brown Sardina is not only working
with the City of Boston, but also the BRA, PIC and various neighborhood groups for a new Police Headquarters in
the Dudley Square area of Roxbury, and actively working with public and semi-public groups such as the South End
Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust, St. Joseph’s Cooperative Housing Community in Roxbury, Castle Square Housing Trust in the South End, and Crispus Attucks Children’s Center in Dorchester. Most recently the office completed
the design of a 9,000 sf community garden located on a rooftop of a garage for a mixed income housing project in
the South End.
Mill River Consulting
Land Development
Engineering
Contact:
Daniel G. Ottenheimer
6 Sargent Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
978.282.0014
[email protected]
Mill River Consulting is the premier civil engineering firm on Cape Ann and the North Shore. They have been providing this coastal community with civil engineering and environmental permitting services for projects of all sizes for
many years and have become a trusted resource to homeowners, developers, lawyers, and others needing plans,
permitting, or guidance.
As of July 2012, Conomo Point residents are required by the Mass DEP to have a Title 5 inspection of their septic
system or prove that the system complies with Title 5 state regulations. This mandate may seem daunting and cumbersome as there are a myriad of facets that need to be researched, addressed, and reported; a Title 5 inspection, a
possible tight tank (and scheduled pumping of such), perhaps an entirely new septic system if the system fails, and
monitoring and maintenance afterward.
Mill River Consulting consists of a dedicated team of registered sanitarians, a former Gloucester Board of Health Director (for 10 years), former DEP engineer (for 5 years), licensed system inspectors, wetlands scientists, soil evaluators,
draftspeople, researchers, and administrative professionals, even a former Essex resident. All of our staff reside on
Cape Ann and are committed to the community in all facets; we are actively involved in, volunteer, and contribute to
many of the area’s organizations, are members of the Essex County Greenbelt Association and other local non-profit
groups, and have a deep and sincere connection to the area and its residents. project .
Brown Sardina
Firm Overview Cont.
Sheldon Pennoyer
Architects
Architecture Planning +
Design
Contact:
Sheldon K Pennoyer
64 North Main Street
Suite One
Concord, NH 03301
603.856.8994
[email protected]
Since 1987 Sheldon Pennoyer Architects, previously O’Neil Pennoyer Architects, has specialized in the design of
regional New England residential and small institutional projects. Whether a campus or a country house, our first
priority is to shape the exterior spaces that immediately form the identity of every place or institution. Our buildings
are well integrated with their surrounding landscapes, and they exhibit good control of scale and architectural details
designed for longevity.
We have recently been awarded LEED platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for a single-family
house within one of New Hampshire’s first cohousing developments. This project required the application of the
principles of sustainability to all phases of design from site planning to building envelope design and implementation of alternative mechanical systems. We continue to incorporate the goals of program consolidation and energy
efficiency into all of our on-going work.
Our design process is highly interactive. Before the pencil touches the paper, we listen to our clients in order to
fully elicit and understand their program goals and the values that underlie them. We rely on scale models to assure everybody’s full understanding and participation in the process. We work effectively with local boards, regional
authorities, and the community groups whose lives are affected by development. Our leadership skills have enabled
us to incorporate consensus into our final design.
Sheldon Pennoyer is committed to be directly involved with each job from start to finish, to insure that your project, both architecturally and environmentally, equals your highest expectations. In providing civil engineering, land
surveying, transportation engineering, sustainable site consulting, and GIS services. We have worked with academic
clients, developers, corporate and institutional owners, public agencies, and design professionals on major private
development and public infrastructure projects in 15 states and five countries.
TCi
Construction Cost
Consultants
Contact:
Gerry Tortora
16 Middlesex Turnpike
Suite 106
Bedford, MA 01730
781.275.5511
[email protected]
TCI is a consulting, cost and management firm started here in Massachusetts. It is built on years of hands on construction planning and management experience at renowned firms. The challenges of planning, repositioning, constructing,
and managing public, institutional and private projects are not new to us. Our focus in planning, cost estimating and
management offer value to clients who need to make informed and intelligent decisions regarding the economic
and cultural future of their properties.
Our professional staff prepares detailed cost estimates utilizing in-house pricing database for current market conditions. We provide complete cost estimates from division 1 –16 in CSI format and or elemental. We perform a complete
quantity take-off for all estimates including material and labor pricing. Estimates are provided at conceptual, schematic,
design and contract phases of the project. On occasion, we will contact specialty contractors to verify pricing.
Gerry has eighteen years of experience managing and estimating public and private building construction projects.
Over his eighteen years of experience he has been in the field running projects, estimating for construction management-and-project management consulting firms. For the last ten years, his strength as a cost estimator and project
manager has been in pre-construction and cost consulting.
Brown Sardina
Design Approach & Work Plan
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As outlined in the September 18, 2012 request for Design and Planning Services for Northern Conomo Point the design team will provide three (3) concept options with a focus on sustainability that will represent the, “Maximization
of Public Access for Northern Conomo Point” and the, “Highest and Best Use Options for Northern Conomo Point”,
which will address each of the program requirements. This deliverable will be presented according to the provided
schedule outlined by the CPPC and BOS.
The deliverable will be developed with the assumption that the buildings associated without the inclusion of Southern
Conomo Point due to the anticipated sale of these properties to private ownership reducing the outflow of wastewater
the town is responsible for by approximately 1/3 of the current use +/- 10,000 GPD. Another 10,000 GPD will be reduced
with the sale of properties of Robbins Island and/or removal of properties from Northern Conomo Point homes necessary to meet the DEP requirement of maximum allowable GPD of wastewater by a single owner of 10,000 GPD.
The intent of the design concept options will also strive to allow the town to, “retain as much of the prime property
(waterfront and open space) as possible at Northern Conomo Point as a contiguous parcel under long-term residential
leases).” The final overall goal will provide the design concepts with a focused intent on the on-going effort to develop
a new zoning district and accompanying zoning bylaw amendment and to gain approval of a subdivision plan for
Northern Conomo Point that will be recommended to the Town at the Annual Town Meeting, May 2013). Another goal
will also be realized with the “near-term” plan is to create for the Town residents of the of Essex a clearly identifiable
place of access, recreation and public program assets in a phased implementation process.
While working toward these goals the team will take into account the important issues related to the Town’s on-going
effort to develop a new zoning district and zoning bylaw amendment to gain approval of the subdivision plan for the
Northern Point. We understand that the following steps will take into account the Town desire to work toward the
eventual Master Plan while not limiting future planning options.
The design and planning of the point will be based on three concepts, Threshold, Transition and Destination. Through
the planned removal of properties the Design Approach will be to create a fabric on Northern Conomo Point that
includes contiguous cross linkages through the point, provides parking without having it dominate the landscape,
create a pedestrian experience that connects the water with the land and not just along the edge of the road, and
provide a common identifiable gathering space with a public facility designed in the architectural vernacular of the
community.
“Threshold” will be established to define arrival or departure to the community. This includes the reprogramming of the Clammer’s Beach area to address the relative ad-hoc appearance of the current use. This concept will
also propose a way to bring Beach Circle into the community as a form of “gateway” to Northern Conomo Point.
“Transition” will address the need to blend parking for the Town of Essex residents into the plan for Conomo Point
without impacting the overall sense of serenity or the lease residents and future permanent owners. Transition areas
will also include edge conditions at the water/land interface and where the general Town residents engages the lease
residents, scenic overlooks and points for reflection. The goal will be to make visitors to the point feel welcome while
maintaining the current unique existing sense of place.
“Destination” will create a sense of arrival and place that the community is currently lacking. This will include “Public
Park” areas with facilities for use by the community of boaters and visitors and possibly “Community Activities”.
The Destination will also include clarification of emergency access, siting and then management of the Cross Island
lease property and identification of the multiple points at the water’s edge that celebrate views, sunsets and water
access.
Brown Sardina
Resumes
James Heroux, Principal in Charge, Brown Sardina
Michelle de Tarnowsky, Project Landscape Architect, Brown Sardina
Daniel G. Ottenheimer, Senior Engineer, Mill River Consulting Services
Sheldon Pennoyer, Principal, Sheldon Pennoyer Architects
Gerry Tortora, Lead Cost Estimator, TCi Construction Cost Consultants
Brown Sardina
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James Heroux, Principal in Charge, Brown Sardina
Experience
Brown Sardina/Strata Design Associates, Inc.
Principal
Strata Design Associates, Inc. 1998 - 2007
Principal
Payette Associates, Inc. Boston, MA 1986 – 1998
Director of Landscape Architecture
The SWA Group Boston, MA 1984 – 1986
Designer
Education
Rhode Island School of Design Providence RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) 1983
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) 1984
University of Rhode Island Kingston RI
Bachelor of Arts- American Literature (BA) 1980
Registration
Registered Landscape Architect MA, RI, NY, NH, CLARB #1367
Urban Design/Community Planning
Lincoln Station Community Lincoln, MA
Area B-2 Police Station and Community Center Boston, MA
IMS-Forest Refuge Barre, MA
Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm Peterborough, NH
Battery Creek Neighborhood Port Royal, SC*
North End Waterfront Advisory Committee Boston, MA
Charles River Plaza Boston, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Magoun Square Somerville, MA
Altes Lager Germany**
Bad Saarow Germany**
Forst Zinna Germany**
Damm Kaserne Germany**
*Brownfield Site
**Military Base Conversion / Brownfield Sites
Institutional Design
MGH Museum of Innovation Boston, MA
Mount Pleasant Home Jamaica Plain, MA
MetroHealth Hospital Cleveland, OH
Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis, Falmouth and Harwich, MA
Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge, MA
Brown Sardina
James Heroux, Cont.
Campus Design & Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA
Stonehill College Easton, MA
Albert Einstein Medical College Bronx, NY
Hampshire College Amherst, MA
Clark University Worcester, MA
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
Brown University Providence, RI
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Tulane University New Orleans, LA
Duke University Durham, NC
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
The Shackleton School Ashby, MA
Publications/Awards
Architecture, “Discovery Issue” October 1989 – Wenham Residence
Article: “Part of a Whole” Civitas Journal, Mount Pleasant, SC, 1999
Book Review: Landscape in Sight: Looking at America, J.B. Jackson
ASLA - Landscape Architecture Magazine, August 2000
AIA Massachusetts: Forest Refuge 2010
Plan NH for Planning: Nubansuit River Neighborhood & Farm 2011
Boston Preservation Alliance Award: MGH Museum 2012
Boston Preservation Alliance Award: Area B-2 Police Station Community Center 2012
University of Pittsburgh Chevron Center: SCUP & AIA Honor Award; BSA Honor Award 2012
Plan NH for Planning: Nubansuit River Neighborhood & Farm 2011
Professional Organizations/ Committees
North End Waterfront Advisory Committee (Rose Fitzgerald Greenway-North End Parcels)
American Society of Landscape Architects
Boston Society of Landscape Architects
Congress for the New Urbanism
United States Green Building Council
Teaching
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI: Thesis Advisor 2012
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI: Visiting Critic 1988-2002
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI: Visiting Professor 1992
Boston Architectural Center Boston, MA: Thesis Advisor 1992, 1996, 1999
Boston Architectural Center Boston, MA: Visiting Critic 1988-2003
Harvard University Cambridge, MA: Visiting Critic Career Discovery 1995
Brown Sardina
Michelle de Tarnowsky, Project Designer, Brown Sardina
Experience
Brown Sardina/Strata Design Associates, Inc. 2005 - present
Registration / Credentials
Registered Landscape Architect Massachusetts #1592
LEED Green Associate
Professional Organizations
American Society of Landscape Architects
Boston Society of Landscape Architect
Awards and Competitions
Honorable Mention, Embassy Park Design Competition, Waltham, MA 2010
Ideas Competition East End Waterside Facilities, Portland, ME 2009
South Street Seaport Design Competition, New York 2008
Sufi International Design Competition, New York 2007
Teaching Experience
Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA: Landscape Architecture Studio Instructor, 2008, 2011.
Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA: Architecture/Landscape Architecture Studio Critic, 2006-present.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: Architecture/Landscape Architecture Studio Critic, 2006-2010.
Education
Master of Landscape Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2005
Bachelor of Science, Sociology and Environmental Science, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 1999
Representative Project Experience
Community / Urban Design
Dorchester House Community Clinic, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Design development through construction documents. (LEED)
Mount Pleasant Home, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Design development through construction documents for an addition to an affordable assisted living facility. (LEED)
Prudential Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Schematic Design through construction docuements.
Wonderland T Station, Revere, Massachusetts
Plaza detailing and planting design through design development for MBTA subway station. (LEED)
Academic
Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Master plan design guidelines, through schematic design for Phase 1.
JFK Middle School, Hudson, Massachusetts
Conceptual design, currently in design development for new school on existing school site. (LEED for Schools)
Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts
Conceptual design through construction documentation and administration for 5 campus projects: Entry Road, Chapel
Walk, Main Entry, Science Quadrangle, Merkert Tracey Renovation.
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts
Conceptual/Schematic design, currently in design development for the renovation and addition to the Ira Allen Building.
Brown Sardina
Daniel G. Ottenheimer, Senior Environmental Engineer
Employment History:
PRESIDENT, Oakson, Inc. January 1997 – present
Northeast distributor of innovative and environmentally-beneficial water re-use products. Exclusive technical and installation support for Perc-Rite® Drip Dispersal systems as used for sewage disposal and water re-use applications. RainKeeper
rainwater harvesting, Roth poly tanks and other alternative technologies and products used in the water and wastewater
field are also represented.
PRESIDENT, Mill River Consulting, Inc. June 1996 – present
Provide sanitary sewer and on-site wastewater system design, construction oversight, and consultation services for individuals, organizations, and municipalities. Provide staff services for municipalities including plan reviews, construction
inspections, witnessing of soil testing, and expert advice. Coordinate services for complex projects involving legal, technical,
and financial subcontractors. Perform necessary site and soil evaluations to complete on-site wastewater system design,
provide clients with on-site wastewater system plans for submission to local health agencies and state departments for
review, and complete and submit “as-built” plans. Project Manager for projects in excess of $5 million.
PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR, City of Gloucester, Massachusetts January 1994 – August 2003
Designed and implemented programs, policies, and regulations to protect public health and the environment. Successfully functioned in a highly complex and visible position. Supervised and provided guidance to a staff of twelve persons.
Noteworthy accomplishments include: Creation of first Wastewater Management Plan approved in Massachusetts for the
elimination of pollution from septic systems; Successful application for establishment of $2.5 million loan fund as well as
several other highly competitive grants; Planning Team member, 1st and 2nd Annual New England On-Site Wastewater
Exposition; National Environmental Health Association Advisory Panel for Decentralized Wastewater Management; Massachusetts Title 5 Advisory Committee; President and Founder of the North Shore Septic System Association.
CONSULTANT, Massachusetts Bays Program, Boston, Massachusetts December 1992 – January 1994
Provided leadership and technical support to coalition of municipal governments working to improve water quality in
Salem Sound and Boston Harbor. Developed seminar on storm-water pollution and remediation for municipal managers. Helped organize non-profit team of citizens, institutions, and governments to study and remediate pollution in
Salem Sound.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Woburn, Massachusetts April
1987 – August 1990
Reviewed and approved engineering plans for remediation of oil and chemical releases to the environment. Acquired
samples of air, water, and soil for analyses. Served as member of Governor’s Environmental Crime Strike Force.
Education and Training:
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK - COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY, Syracuse, New York. M.S.
Forest Resources Management, December 1992.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, Massachusetts. B.S. Environmental Engineering, May 1986.
Licenses:
Registered Sanitarian, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Nationally Certified
Licensed Soil Evaluator and Septic System Inspector, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Brown Sardina
Daniel G. Ottenheimer Cont.
Leadership Initiatives:
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Founder and President, North Shore Septic System Association. 1994.
Organizer, Septic System Installer Training Class, Topsfield, Massachusetts. 1997.
Planning Team member, Northeast Onsite Wastewater Short Course and Equipment Exhibition, Newport, Rhode Island. March 2002.
Organizing Team Member, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Presentation to Federal, State, and Lo
cal Officials on Decentralized Wastewater Management, U.S. EPA, Boston, Massachusetts and Chelms
ford, Massachusetts. June 2004.
Executive Board member, Massachusetts Environmental Health Association. September 2004 – present.
Planning Team member, Second Northeast On-Site Wastewater Short Course and Equipment Exhibition, Mystic, Connecticut. March 2005.
Founder and Secretary/Treasurer, Yankee On-Site Wastewater Association. October 2005 – present.
Small Community Outreach Committee, New England Water Environment Association, Woburn, MA. No
vember 2005 – present.
Organizer, Wastewater Track, Yankee Environmental Health Association conference, Nashua, New Hamp
shire. September 2010.
Organizer, Wastewater Track, Yankee Environmental Health Association conference, Plymouth, Massachu
setts. September 2011.
Public Service:
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Rotary Club of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Member, August 2007 – present
North Shore Association of Realtors, Website Committee Member, 2009
North Shore Association of Realtors, E-Learning Committee Member, 2010
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Panelist, “Coastal Workshop”, New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts. June 1994.
Title 5 training, REALTY WORLD, Gloucester, Massachusetts. July 1994.
Real Estate Seller’s Seminar, Gloucester & Rockport Real Estate, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts. March 1997.
Board of Health update, Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Massachusetts. April 1997.
State Sanitary Code update, SeniorCare, Gloucester, Massachusetts. June 1997.
“Spotlight on City Hall” cable television panel, Gloucester, Massachusetts. December 1997.
“On-Site Wastewater Management”, Northeast Rural Communities Assistance Program, Windham, New York. June 1998.
Great Marsh Summit panelist, Water Quality session. Massachusetts Audubon Society, Ipswich, Massachu
setts. November 1998.
Moderator, “On-Site Wastewater Management”, Northeast On-Site Wastewater Short Course and Equip
ment Exhibition, Newport, Rhode Island. March 2002.
“Management Strategies”, Wastewater Management District Workshops, Waquiot Bay National Estua
rine Research Reserve, Yarmouth and Lakeville, Massachusetts. March 2002.
“Decentralized Wastewater Management”, 2002 EnviroExpo, Boston, Massachusetts. May 2002.
“Wastewater Management in Gloucester, Massachusetts”, Massachusetts Health Officers Association
Annual Educational Conference, Hyannis, Massachusetts. November 2003.
“Septic Systems and Realtor Issues”, North Shore Association of Realtors, Peabody, Massachusetts.
January 2004.
Brown Sardina
Daniel G. Ottenheimer Cont.
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“Decentralized Wastewater Management: A Case Study”, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, Massachusetts. June 2004.
“Pressure Distribution for Local Health Officials”, Massachusetts Health Officers Association, Hyannis,
Massachusetts. November 2004.
“Decentralized On-Site Wastewater Management: A Case Study of Gloucester, Massachusetts”, National On-
Site Wastewater Recycling Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico. November 2004.
Moderator, “Second Northeast Onsite Wastewater Treatment Short Course”, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, Mystic, Connecticut. March 2005.
Organizer, “On-Site Wastewater for Environmental Health Inspectors”, Massachusetts Environmental Health Association, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. December 2005.
“Non-Traditional On-Site Wastewater Components”, North Shore Health Agents Network, Ipswich,
Massachusetts. January 2006.
“Wastewater and Real Estate Transactions in Massachusetts”, Re-Max North Shore, Beverly, Massachusetts. March 2006.
“Drip Dispersal for Health Agents”, North Shore Health Agents Network, Ipswich, Massachusetts. March 2006.
“Drip Dispersal”, Massachusetts Health Officers Association Education Conference, Hyannis, Massachusetts. November 2006.
“Drinking Water Wells and Wastewater Systems”, American Ground Water Trust, Worcester, Massachusetts. January 2007.
“Dispersal Options”, Vermont Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Randolph, Vermont. June 2008.
“Completing a Septic System Plan Review”, Massachusetts Environmental Health Association, Taunton, Mas
sachusetts. January 2009.
“Asset Management in Gloucester, Massachusetts, New England Water Environment Association, Concord, New Hampshire. June 2009.
“Dispersal Options”, Yankee Onsite Wastewater Association, Worcester & Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Au
gust 2009.
“Onsite Wastewater Systems in Coastal Environments”, Yankee Environmental Health Association, Warwick, RI. September 2009.
“Title 5 for Realtors”, North Shore Association of Realtors, Beverly, MA. January 2010, July 2011.
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Author, “Creating a Forestry Agenda for the NY – NJ Highlands, Water Resources Section”, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C. September 1992.
Editor, “Community Rescues of Failing Septic Systems”, Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, Bos
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Editor, “Title 5 Recirculating Sand Filters Design Guidance”, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston, Massachusetts. June 2002.
Panelist, Massachusetts DEP Web Site Focus Group, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protec
tion, Boston, Massachusetts. March 2004.
Curriculum Author, “Environmental Health and Nuisance for Public Health Officials”, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. September 2004.
Brown Sardina
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Author, “New Title V Regulations Proposed”, North Shore Association of Realtors, Danvers, Massachu
setts. May 2006
Author, “Disaster Field Manual” chapter regarding human waste, Massachusetts Environmental Health Association. October 2006
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Gloucester City Council, Letter of recognition for production of wastewater education brochure.
August 1995.
Gloucester Shellfish Advisory Commission, Letter of appreciation for resolving Grant Circle wastewater problem, Gloucester, Massachusetts. June 1998.
Letter of recognition, Howard Koh, M.D., Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. May 2001.
Letter of appreciation, Mayor John Bell for work on Open Space Residential Design zoning ordinance. Gloucester, Massachusetts. August 2002.
Letter of Appreciation, American Ground Water Trust for Public Health, Ground Water and Water Wells Workshop. February 2007.
Certificate of Appreciation, North Shore Association of Realtors for valuable contributions to Website Committee. October 2009.
Certificate of Appreciation, North Shore Association of Realtors for being instructor for Title 5 seminars. October 2010.
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Recipient, John Crowley Award, Massachusetts Health Officers Association, Hyannis, Massachusetts. No
vember 2002.
Recipient, Robert C. Perriello Award, Massachusetts Environmental Health Association, presented in Ports
mouth, New Hampshire. September 2006.
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National Environmental Health Association, Boulder, Colorado, 1994 – present.
Massachusetts Environmental Health Association, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1994 – present.
Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England, Storrs, Connecticut, 2003 – present.
Granite State Designers and Installers Association, Concord, New Hampshire, 2003 – present.
New England Water Environment Association, Woburn, Massachusetts, 2003 – present.
Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, Virginia, 2003 – present.
Connecticut Environmental Health Association, Storrs, Connecticut, 2005 – present.
North Shore Association of Realtors, Danvers, Massachusetts, 2005 – present.
Rotary International, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2006 – present
Yankee On-Site Wastewater Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2006 – present
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Daniel G. Ottenheimer Cont.
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Massachusetts Water Pollution Control Association, Groveland, Massachusetts, 2006 - present
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Cultec, Inc. - Licensed Installer, Brookfield, Connecticut, October 1994.
Annual Massachusetts Health Officers Association, Annual Conference, Hyannis, Massachusetts.
1994 – present.
Annual DEP/ Board of Health training seminar, Wilmington, Massachusetts. 1994 - present.
Informal meeting regarding draft Title 5 regulations. Massachusetts Health Officers Association.
March 1994.
Fundamentals of On-Site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal, New England Interstate Water Pollution Con
trol Commission. Westford, Massachusetts. May 1994.
Installing Enhanced On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems Workshops, University of Rhode Island, Kings
ton, Rhode Island. June 1996.
Effective Supervisory Skill Building Certificate, Gerard Bruno Associates, Peabody, Massachusetts. June 1997
Bidding Basics and Contract Administration, Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General, Boston, Massa
chusetts. March 2001.
“A New Paradigm Integrating Planning and Management of On-Site Systems into Local and Regional Poli
cy”, National On-Site Wastewater Recycling Association, Virginia Beach, Virginia. October 2001.
National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association 10th annual Conference & Exhibition, Virginia Beach, Vir
ginia. October 2001.
Granite State Designers & Installers Association Annual Educational Conference, Manchester, New Hamp
shire. March 2004.
On-site Wastewater Treatment Overview, New England Onsite Wastewater Training Program at University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. October 2006.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Presentation to Federal, State, and Local Officials on Decentralized Wastewater Management, U.S. EPA, Boston and Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
June 2004.
National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association 13th annual Conference & Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico. November 2004.
National Environmental Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Providence, Rhode Island. May 2005.
National On-Site Wastewater Recycling Association 14th annual Conference & Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio. November 2005.
National On-Site Wastewater Recycling Association 15th annual Conference & Exhibition, Denver, Colorado. August 2006.
On-site Wastewater Treatment Workshop, New England Water Environment Association in conjunction with the New England On-site Wastewater Training Program at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. October 2006.
Annual Conference, New England Water Environment Association, Boston, Massachusetts. January 2009, January 2010, January 2011.
Brown Sardina
Sheldon K. Pennoyer, Principal, Sheldon Pennoyer Architects
Experience
Sheldon Pennoyer Architects (previously O’Neil Pennoyer Architects, 1987 - present
Adams O’Neil Architects, 1985 - 1987
F Douglas Adams Architects, 1983 - 1998
Registration / Credentials
Registered Architect Massachusetts #7923
Registered Architect New Hampshire #2123
Registered Architect Vermont #54109
LEED Accredited Professional
National Council for Architectural Registration Boards
Education
B. Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1984
B Arch., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1985
Architectural Engineering, Wentworth Institute, Boston, MA 1981-1983
Representative Project Experience
Ansara House Essex, MA 2001
Town of Winchendon Affordable Housing Study and Design, Winchendon, MA.
Town of North Andover Affordable Housing Study and Design, North Andover, MA.
Groton Land Trust Cluster Housing Study, Groton, MA.
Town of Lincoln Downtown Commercial Center Study and Design, Lincoln, MA
Town of Greenfield Historical Society Design, Greenfield, NH.
Codman Community Farm, Barn Designs, Lincoln, MA.
Sandy Pond Bath House Design, Lincoln, MA
Mount Sunapee Alpine Center, Newbury, NH
Forest Refuge Retreat Center, Barre, MA.
Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA.
Peterborough Co-housing Community, Peterborough, NH
West Alton Marina and Campground: Main Office Building and Bathrooms, Alton Bay, NH
Boards and Committees
Essex Planning Board, 1991-1999
Essex Conservation Commission, 1990-1992
Essex Planning Board, 1991-1999
Essex Recycling Committee, 1992-1996
Conomo Point Planning Committee, 1997-1999
Greenfield ,NH Planning Board, 2002-2008
Monadnock Conservancy Trustee, 2008-2012
Greenfield Trails Association, 2005-Present
United States Ski Association Official, 2001-Present
Mount Sunapee Alpine Program, 2000- Present
Brown Sardina
Gerry Tortora, Lead Cost Estimator, TCi
Experience
Gerry has eighteen years of experience managing and estimating public and private building construction projects. Over his eighteen years of experience he has been in the field running projects, estimating for construction management-and-project management consulting firms. For the last ten years, his
strength as a cost estimator and project manager has been in pre-construction and cost consulting.
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Chief estimator/project manager – All Interiors Inc.
Education
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston MA
Licenses
Unrestricted Massachusetts Builders License
Associations
Society of Professional Estimators
Boston Society of Architects Professional Affiliate
LEED® Accredited Professional, 2007
Brown Sardina
Project Experience/References
Brown Sardina
References
Joseph Goldstein
Insight Meditation Society
Project: Forest Refuge
1230 Pleasant Street
Barre, MA 01005
T. 978.355.4378
Shelley & Robin Hulbert
Nubanusit River Neighborhood & Farm
Project: Peterborough Co-Housing
Peterborough, NH
T. 603-924-9616
Nicholas Iselin
Director of Development & Construction
Intercontinental Developers, Inc.
Project: Waterplace Residences
Providence, RI
T. 617.782.2600
Arthur Casey
Project: Mount Hope Bay Waterfront Development
Tiverton, RI
T. 617.435.0313
William Brown Principal-in-Charge
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Battery Creek Neighborhood Port Royal, SC
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6. Existing Dock Side Fishing
10. Preserved Vegetation Buffer
7. New Public Dock
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Paris Avenue Existing Retail Model
New Port Royal Waterfront Home
Dock Side Active Fishing
New Port Royal Cottage
Battery Creek Master Plan
Port Royal, South Carolina
The Town of Port Royal, South Carolina is more than 400 years old whose fortunes began to wane after the construction of the land
causeway to Parris Island Military Base eliminating the need for the town ferry service. Prior to the causeway construction recruits
would come and go by railroad to the point of Port Royal to access the ferry.
To increase the tax base and provide public access to the waterfront of Battery Creek the Town Manger hired the designers to develop
a parcel of land owned by the town as a model community with mixed income residences. The intent was to sell the homes at market
rate while maintaining ownership of the access along the waters edge, proposed public use piers and retail space for public use which
would be leased out to businesses that complimented the town’s interests. A housing plan was developed by the designers with larger
indigenous homes along the waterfront overlook and smaller cottages in a village setting. The railway easement was to remain open
as a possible future transportation link for trains or bicycle access.
The Master Plan was developed for the purposes of presenting a viable model community to town residents as a way to secure support
for development. With the positive acceptance of the Master Plan the town this served as the catalyst for the development a larger
plan for the entire existing town and waterfront.
This project was designed and completed by James Heroux and Strata Design Associates.
Brown Sardina
Insight Meditation Society Forest Refuge
1. Entry Road
2. Service Road
3. Teacher Housing
4. Administration
5. Dining Hall
6. Library
7. Resident Yogi Housing
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Aerial View with Preserved Vegetation
Teacher Housing Garden Path
Meditation Courtyard
Insight Meditation Society
Barre, MA
Construction Completion 2005
Through an invited competition process, the Insight Meditation Society requested a design for a long term meditation campus located in the rural hills of central Massachusetts that would respect the existing energy, history, geology and vegetation of the site
through the siting and organization of the program. Located on a former sheep farm traced with a pattern of traditional stone walls
and on a south facing slope, the site was studied to determine the best way to lay out each building to form meditation spaces and
maintain privacy for the residents while providing separation from the administrative program and teacher housing.
To preserve many of the natural qualities of the site, the layout of the buildings were guided by the existing stone walls, exposed bedrock, favorable south facing views and semi-mature vegetation. It was a goal of the site design to provide the client with a campus
that embraced the preserved landscape and it’s history.
All the buildings were sited with a respectful understanding to the principles of Feug Shui allowing for the existing sheep meadows
to be maintained as viewing or walking meditation courtyards and a peaceful moss garden, where the Meditation Hall was sited.
The Forest Refuge was reviewed by Boston Globe Architectural Critic, Robert Campbell in 2005, and awarded an 2004 Honor Award
for Excellence in Architecture by the NH chapter of the AIA.
This project was completed by James Heroux as Strata Design Associates, Inc.
Brown Sardina
Mt. Hope Bay Waterfront Restoration
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6 Fisherman’s Boat Dock
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Concept
From 1954 until the late 1980’s this site was a marine petroleum transfer
and storage terminal operated by New England Petroleum. The water
front area shown on this plan and bounded by the Old Colony and Newport Railway right of way was the location of two large petroleum holding
tanks and 3 piers which pump petroleum to twenty five tanks located to
the left of the railroad right of way. The site was dismantled and remediated in the 1990’s.
Brown Sardina prepared a master plan for the project area for a 55 and
older community of attached housing which included the restoration of the
waterfront to provide access and amenities for the general public.
Paths were constructed to provide access to the waterfront, boat docks
and the beach. Invasive plant species were removed and native plant materials and grasses were installed to return the area to its natural condition.
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Nubanusit Co-Housing
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Site Plan by Strata Design Associates, Inc.
1. Neighborhood Clusters
6. Nubanusit River
2. Existing Farmhouse
7. Agricultural Fields
3. Common House
8. Porous Pavement
4. Community Green
9. Swimming Pond
5. Community Garden
Nubanusit Co-Housing
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Construction Completed - 2009
Award - 2010 Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture by the NH chapter of the AIA.
Since 1739 Peterborough has been a destination for independent thinkers and artists for the last 100 years, and the residents of the
Nubanusit Neighborhood Co-Housing Neighborhood & Farm is a blend of these two.
The neighborhood and farm, comprised of 29 environmentally designed homes - each with a south facing terrace, 1 office building
in the former farmer house, a Common House and a barn, was designed and sited to reinforce the concept of community by containing the area of development to previously built areas of an defunct farm, while preserving the old fields for a CSA (Community
Supported Agriculture) farm.
The neighborhood will be closed to vehicle traffic with cars sited in a common area to encourage walking and interaction among the
residents. The paving in the central parking area will be paved with a “porous” pavement system to allow surface water to infiltrate
the ground and protect the nearby watershed. The Common House was sited in a central part of the community adjacent to a
community garden overlooking the Nubanusit River that borders the northern edge of the site.
The former original farmhouse will be home to the central heat facility and use “pellet fuel”, a renewable biomass substance that is
fuel-efficient. All introduced plantings for the site will indigenous to the southern NH region.
This project was designed and executed by James Heroux & Strata Design Associates
Brown Sardina
Waterplace Residences
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6. Vehicle Piazza
10. Ramp to Waterplace Park
3. Business Tower & Garage
7. Pedestrian Piazza
Public Piazza and “Dance Floor”
View of Downtown Providence
Lattice Screen at Garage
Riverwalk Public Overlook
Waterplace Residences
Providence, Rhode Island
A visual and spiritual connection with downtown Providence was created through the use of a public stair to the Riverwalk between
Towers A and B. The paving patterns established on the pedestrian “Dance Floor” provide a scale to the space while referencing the
window and pre-cast panel systems of the two Towers. The material palette and patterns established along the Riverwalk and
Waterplace Park are continued along the site, and a sensitively designed public access ramp to the park is subtlety sited into the
park.
The project concept was to provide the plan opportunity for the buildings to serve as a public pedestrian conduit to the river edge.
Stillman Street was extended into the heart of the site for vehicles while continuing as a public pedestrian and visual access to
Waterplace Park by passing below Tower B.
An extensive collaborative submission process was established with the Providence Capitol Center Commission, Providence Parks
Department and the local business community to achieve a unified and completely publically accessible site.
This project was designed and completed by James Heroux and Strata Design Associates.
Brown Sardina
Boston Scientific
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6. Neponset River Estuary
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9. Employee and Visitor Parking
10. Public Access Waterfront Walkway
Existing Former Warehouse Facility
Precedent Image for Marshland and Waterfront Walkway
Boston Scientific Warehouse & Shipping Facility
Anticipated Construction Start Spring 2012
Boston Scientific is accepted as a leader in the development of less-invasive medical devices and products. Collaboration, diversity of
thinking and innovation being the cornerstone of client’s work environment served as the basis of inspiration to “heal” a 6.5 acre site
along the Neponset River Estuary that has been covered with asphalt for more than 50 years. The decision of Boston Scientific to relocate
their Main and Visitor Entrance as well as both the shipping and receiving facility to the edge of the estuary allowed for the opportunity
to remove three-acres of pavement and replacing it with retention areas and earth berms to break the horizontal plane with buffering
the impact of the shipping and receiving bays. Directional paths express the site lines of the employees and visitors through the threedimensional landscape from the parking area.
To provide their employees and the general public access to the estuary edge, and the northern peninsula that has been preserved as
a sanctuary for birds, Boston Scientific accepted the development of a walking path around the periphery of the site and through an
edge marshland.
As a design-build effort, the landscape architect worked closely with the architectural design team and contractor to produce a plan that
sustained economic and functional goals of the client.
Brown Sardina
Lincoln Station Post Office and Cafe
1. MBTA Rail Station
2. New Passage and Retail Green
3. Renovated Buildings
4. Preserved Oaks and Stone Wall
5. New Post Office Green
6. New Post Office and Cafe
7. Reconfigured Parking
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Dining Terrace at Post Office Cafe
Rural Land Foundation and Lincoln Station
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Construction Completion Spring 2010
Preserved Oaks and Field Stone Walls
Post Office Green on Lincoln Road
Owned by the Rural Land Foundation (RLF) of Lincoln, Lincoln Station existed as a retail complex originally developed in the 1970’s. The
RLF hired the design team to look into updating the existing building to provide it with a more pedestrian scale while developing the
adjacent parking lot into a mixed use plan that would include a new US Post Office and Cafe.
Located along Lincoln Road beautiful stone walls and mature oak trees provided a strong identity to a development that also included
an MBTA Commuter Rail Stop that shares the parking facility with the existing retail spaces.
The goal of the design concept was to create open air pedestrian passages through the existing program and capture a new “Green”
on Lincoln Road that would become the new identity for Lincoln Station while preserving the mature oaks and stone walls.
The new Post Office Green was created to bring a calming presence to street while providing an iconic place for the residents of Lincoln and for the commuters that transition each evening as they use the complex to purchase groceries and meet their neighbors.
This project was designed and by James Heroux and Strata Design Associates.
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Marconi Maritime Center
Ryder’s Cove
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Concept
The mission statement of the Marconi Maritime Center is to enrich the community through the preservation and restoration the historic site and to create a center that celebrates the history and science
of radio communication in the 20th century. Built in 1914, the campus would be the controlling
location for other sensitive receiving stations as well as the location of antenna masts. The center is
one of many wireless communication sites developed by Marconi to compete with Transatlantic cable
communication monopolies.
The master plan, prepared for the Town of Chatham, explored the potential to establish the Maritime
Center in the historic operations building, reuse the manager and executive houses for affordable
housing, create an amphitheater and accommodate boat trailer parking. In addition the existing path
system was expanded, upgrade and made accessible for visitors to enjoy the property and to explore
the remnants and locations of the antenna structures that were located throughout the site.
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The Marine Science Center is an internationally recognized research institution focusing on the ocean environment, marine life and its
diversity, ecology and discovering biotechnologies and the medical potentials in the sea. Brown Sardina was asked by the University
to develop feasibility studies to expand the Center as a general research center with conference facilities, dormitories, an education
center and auditorium to accommodate outreach programs for the community.
Located on 21 acres of land surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean in Nahant, MA the Center is located on a former NIKE missile facility which was abandon in 1966. A large bunker and an associated land-form divide the site which will continue to be used for wet
and dry lab space and for the physical plant. The eastern side of the bunker with access to public streets will be the location of all of
the public facilities including the education center, public exhibit space and the auditorium. Offices, lab space and fish tanks will be
located to the west of the bunker and easily accessible to the public spaces to the east.
Brown Sardina
Mill River Consulting
Project: ONSITE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FOR SHUTESBURY BOARD OF HEALTH
Location: Shutesbury, Massachusetts
Description: Provided assistance to Board of Health with on-site wastewater management program, developed technical literature and provided advice and guidance for implementing wastewater management solutions
Project: REVIEW OF MULTIPLE ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEM DE
SIGNS FOR CLUSTERS AND OTHER LARGE FLOW PROJECTS FOR WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH
Location: Westford, Massachusetts
Description: Provided technical advise, review of engineering design plans, and
observatory remarks to Health Department for many types of onsite wastewa
ter system design plans
Project: ASSIST ROWLEY BOARD OF HEALTH WITH RESOLUTION OF PROJ
ECT WITH COMPLEX LEGAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Location: 27 Central Street, Rowley, Massachusetts
Description: Reviewed technical and legal documents, met with and advised board of health
on resolving longstanding legal and technical issues associated with a residen
tial wastewater problem
Project: Location:
Description: SEPTIC SYSTEM DATABASE DEVELOPMENT FOR MERRIMACK VAL
LEY PLANNING COMMISSION
Parker River Watershed, Massachusetts
Provided services to Regional Planning Agency to assure database
development was appropriate for needs of local boards of health.
Met with public health officials to obtain background information. Provided technical advice on development of database to assist municipal Boards of Health better manage onsite wastewater
Project: SEWER LINE DESIGN AND PERMIT FOR MOBILE HOME PARK TO REPLACE MULTIPLE SUBSTANDARD CESSPOOLS
Location: Danvers, Massachusetts
Description: Designed sewer line to replace 45 existing cesspools, connect to municipal sewer line. Property under orders to perform repair from local Board of Health. Worked with abutting property to have sewer line connect through an easement on their property
Brown Sardina
Mill River Consulting Cont.
Project: Location: Description: ONSITE WASTEWATER TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NORTH ANDOVER BOARD OF HEALTH
North Andover, Massachusetts
Act as health inspector to provide on-site wastewater system plan reviews, soil testing, and construction inspections. Serve as technical advisor on complex issues and problems occurring with on-site wastewater systems in the commu
nity. Develop revised regulations and guidance documents
Project: Location: Description:
WATER AND SEWER LINE PERMITTING PROJECT FOR NON-PROFIT
HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
Topsfield and Danvers, Massachusetts
Managed complex water pollution abatement effort. Oversaw cost analysis of alternative solutions; negotiated with regulatory officials at Massachusetts DEP and United States EPA; approvals obtained from Massachusetts Legislature, Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs, regional water and sewer authorities, United States Army and Department of Health & Human Services
Project: Location: Description: REVIEW FOR SAUGUS BOARD OF HEALTH OF LANDFILL CLOSURE PLAN AND PROPOSED SUBDIVISION
Saugus, Massachusetts
Provided comprehensive technical review and presented guidance Board of Health consideration of a subdivision project proposed on former landfill site
Project: Location: Description: ASSESSMENT OF FAILURE CAUSES FOR RECIRCULATING SAND FIL
TER SERVING CHINESE RESTAURANT
Middleton, Massachusetts
Determined cause of problems with treatment and disposal of high-strength wastewater from a restaurant setting. Performed flow analysis and sample col
lection. Analyzed sand filter performance and determined soil absorption sys
tem characteristics. Develop final report and present to client and municipal Board of Health
Project: Location: Description :
ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ON BEHALF OF TOWN OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH
North Attleborough, Massachusetts
Provided comprehensive review of proposed 50-lot residential subdivision, analyzed drainage, wastewater and stormwater systems. Provided advice and technical information for Board of Health review
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PERMIT NEW ICE CREAM SHOP IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSI
TIVE LOCATION
Essex, Massachusetts
Obtained local and state environmental permits to convert former fish market to ice cream stand. Permitted new water service across town boundary and under Castle Neck River using directional drilling technology
Project: Location: Description: ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEM SITE ANALYSIS FOR SALEM HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Salem, Massachusetts
Performed soil evaluation at parcel with excessive ledge in order to determine feasibility of creating a buildable parcel on municipal land for eventual sale at auction
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OBTAIN PERMITS FOR NEW OCEAN FRONT HOME ON FORMERLY “UNBUILDABLE” PARCEL
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Designed and permitted new septic system and home on vacant lot which had previously been deemed as unbuildable
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DESIGN & PERMIT WATER WELL, COMPOSTING TOILET & GRAY-WA
TER TIGHT TANK FOR HOME WITH NO POTABLE WATER SUPPLY IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA
Rowley, Massachusetts
Designed and permitted composting toilet, gray-water tight tank, and potable wa
ter supply for home that previously had an out-house and no potable water sup
ply. Directional drilling technology used for water line. The home is located in an area of critical environmental concern
Project: Location: Description: FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT SUBDIVISION DESIGN AND PERMIT, PAR
CEL PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE “UNBUILDABLE”
Wenham, Massachusetts
Designed and secured permitting for Innovative 5-lot subdivision with extensive open space and affordable housing unit. Permits obtained from Planning Board and Conservation Commission. Obtained cash donation for Client through local land trust
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Project: SEWER CONNECTION DESIGN AND PERMIT FOR CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX WITH SUBSTANDARD SEPTIC SYSTEM
Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts
Description: Designed and permitted a new sewer connection for multi-unit condominium project. Re-used existing piping to avoid disturbing pavement and save con
struction costs for client. Approvals from local DPW obtained
Project: SEPTIC SYSTEM DESIGN TO REDUCE SIZE OF LEACH FIELD AND ELIMINATE MOUND
Location: Ipswich, Massachusetts
Description: Used drip dispersal technology to reduce foot print from traditional septic system and maintain finished height of lawn. Helped facilitate sale of home due to improved septic system
Project: WATER LINE EXTENSION DESIGN TO REPLACE SUBSTANDARD WELLS FOR SEVERAL HOMES ON PRIVATE ROAD
Location: Rockport, Massachusetts
Description: Designed and permitted new water connection to main line and services to individual houses to replace private wells with extensive fouling problems
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TCi Construction Cost Consultants
Houghton’s Pond Bathhouse
Milton, Ma
Value: $4.5 Million
TCi was included on the design team of HKT Architects as Cost Estimator to provide design
services for the new bathhouse, landscaping and walking trails next to Houghton’s pond.
The design included multilevel plaza with outdoor shower areas and wood deck and walking trails.
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Falmouth, Ma
Value: $2- 7 Million
TCi was included on the design team of HKT Architects as Cost Estimator to provide design
services for a master plan including, landscaping and walking trails next to Waquoit bay.
China Town Entry Park
Boston, Ma
Value: $3 Million
TCi was included on a entry design team Burke and Associates as Cost Estimator to provide
design services for a master plan including, landscaping and Asian garden to the entry of
China town.
Nott Street Housing
Boston, Ma
Value: $5 Million
TCi estimated a new housing project including public patio, seating areas and full play area
including equipment and play space.
Northfield Mount Herman School Campus Master Plan
Northfield, MA
Value: $10 Million
TCi estimated a full improvement plan for the entire campus including ampitheatre, patios
and seating areas.
Josiah Smith Tavern and Old Library
Weston, Ma
Value: $5 Million
TCi was included on the design team of Prellwitz Chilinski Associates as Cost Estimator to
provide design services for the renovation and re-use of the historic Josiah Smith Tavern and
Old Library in the town center. The project included an open space landscape and English
garden area.
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