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Featuring:
2008 Year
in Review
Facilities Development News
Inside This Issue:
Bond Brothers Tops Off Roger Williams University
J.M. Coull Completes NOAA facility in Gloucester, MA
Shawmut Expands R.I. Hospital - Architects Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
SMMA's Fitzgerald - Designer of the Year
Jewett Gets U.S. Postal Contract - Maguire Group Architect/Engineer
Martini to Build New College Center
Corporate Profile: Bay State Building Specialties, Inc.
Hampton Inn on Schedule - Pro Con Architect and CM
ABC MA Chapter: 2008 Excellence in Construction Awards
‘Surviving in a Difficult Economy’ by Lori Stewart Coletti, Elaine Construction
Plus Facilities Development News, People, Calendar and more
December 2008
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American Plumbing & Heating Corporation
is honored to complete the Plumbing and Fire Protection work
at another signature project in Boston.
Boston University Student Housing Phase II rendering courtesy Cannon Design
American Plumbing & Heating is proud to be part of Walsh Brothers’ TEAM at
Boston University Student Housing Phase II
Boston University Student Housing Phase II is the latest addition to the John Hancock Student Village located at 33 Harry Agganis
Way in Boston. The project was designed and engineered by Cannon Design and was built by Walsh Brothers. It will house 960 students
in one 26 story tower of apartment style residences and one 20 story tower of suite style residences.
This impressive project includes:
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Over 1000 plumbing fixtures
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4 miles of sanitary waste and storm piping
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11 miles of fire protection piping
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9 miles of water piping
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5020 fire sprinkler heads
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¼ mile of natural gas piping
1000 Cordwainer Drive, Norwell, Ma 02061
Phone 781-347-9200 • Fax 781-347-9250
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INDEX
American Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Infrared Analyzers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
B.L. Makepeace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
J.C. Higgins Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Barker Steel Company, Inc. . . . . . . . .26
Marr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Bond Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Marr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Boston Plasterers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
MASCON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Bowdoin Construction . . . . . . . . . . . .17
McNamara Salvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Brand Scaffolding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
N. B. Kenney, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Bay State Building Specialties, Inc. .24-25
Norgate Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Campbell-McCabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Nothern Business Machines . . . . . . .18
Canatal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Novel Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Century Drywall, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .39
NRI Data and Business Products . . . . .6
Commonwealth Building Systems, LLC . .23
O'Brien & Sons, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Consulting Engineering Services . . . .40
Office Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Contoocook Artesian Well Company . .15
Patent Construction Systems . . . . . . .12
CSI - Contracting Specialists Inc. . . .38
Precast Specialties Corp. . . . . . . . . . .32
Cutler Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .34
PRO CON Construction . . . . . . . . . . .3
E-mail news releases, advertising queries, articles, calendar listings
and announcements, to: [email protected]
DiCicco Landscape & Irragation . . . .33
Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering . . .22
EHK Adjorlolo & Associates, Inc. . .13
Robert N. Karpp, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Fire Equipment, Incorporated . . . . . .32
Service Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Fischbach & Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
SFC Engineering Partnership, Inc. . .29
Galway Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Steel Elements Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..47
General Safety Services Corp. . . . . . . .7
Steel Fabricators of N.E. . . . . . . . . . .21
Geothermal Drilling of N.E. . . . . . . .38
Sunrise Erectors, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Goldstein-Milano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
The RELCO Companies . . . . . . . . . .43
Greener Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Welch Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Greenscape, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
TuSeas Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Hillsborough County Iron Works . . . .5
Valleycrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Imperia Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Wessling Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Imperia Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Williams Scotsman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
COVER STORY: WANYE J GRIFFIN CELEBRATES 30 YEARS . . . .36
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Multi-Residential . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Education News . . . . . . . . . . .19
Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
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Year in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Surviving a Difficult Economy . . .21
Roger Williams University . . . .22
Product Page . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Rhode Island Hospital . . . . . . .31
NOAA Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
ABC Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
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MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Miscellaneous Metals & Ornamental Iron, Structural Steel, Design-Fabrication-Installation
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Hillsborough County Iron Works, Inc. is a full service steel
contractor, specializing in the design, fabrication and
installation of high quality Miscellaneous Metals and
Structural Steel Packages for the construction industry.
The office staff at Hillsborough County Iron Works, Inc. brings
a wealth of knowledge and years of steel industry experience to
your project. Our in-house estimating, drafting and project
management departments are ready to provide full service
and attention to your specific project requirements.
Recent Hillsborough County Iron Works, Inc. Projects:
Marlborough Technology Park,
Marlborough, Ma- J. Calnan & Assoc.
Alan B. Shepherd Discovery Ctr.
Concord, NH - Bauen Corp.
Leggs Hill YMCA
Salem, MA - Groom Construction
Concord Hospital Garage
Concord, NH - Gilbane
Newport Schools
Newport, NH - Eckman Construction
Merrimack County Nursing Home
Boscawen, NH - Harvey Construction Corp.
Sawtooth Parking
Garage Claremont, NH- Beloin
NHCTC Health Ed. & Tech. Center
Manchester, NH Eckman Construction
Emerson Hospital
Concord, MA - Delphi Construction, Inc.
179 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Phone: 603.647.4257
Estimating Fax: 603.647.4211
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BRA Advances Four Projects
Fitzgerald Designer of the Year
Cambridge, MA – Marie E.
England-based firm. She
Fitzgerald IIDA of Symmes
oversees design, project
Maini & McKee Associates
development and client satis(SMMA) was honored as
faction for the company’s
Designer of the Year by the New
corporate, commercial develEngland Chapter of CoreNet
opment, tenant fit-up and
Global during the Chapter’s fifth
interior design clients
Annual Dinner gala and award
She is a member of the
ceremonies held November 6 at
International Interior Design
the Seaport Hotel.
Association (IIDA), the
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, who joined
International
Facilities
SMMA in 1998, is vice president, director Management Association (IFMA) and the
of interior design, and director of corpo- CoreNet Global New England Chapter.
rate and technology practice for the New
TG Gallagher Named to Inc. 5000
Cambridge, MA – Thomas G. Gallagher, Inc. has been named to Inc. Magazine’s
list of the 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America..
Inc.5000 companies are ranked by their growth percentages over the past three
years. Thomas G. Gallagher grew 47.4% over that time.
“We’ve been helped by expansion in the greater Boston healthcare sector,” says
CEO Brian Potter, “since one of our specialties is the installation and service of
mechanical systems for that industry.”
Mayor Thomas M. Menino
announced that four projects totaling more
than $75 million in private investment
received approvals from the Boston
Redevelopment Authority’s board of directors. The projects represent more than 330
construction jobs.
The board approved the first residential building within the proposed Seaport
Square project on the South Boston
Waterfront.
The project will include 34 residential
units occupying 54,400sf of residential space
in a six story building with ground-floor
retail space. There will be a mix of approximately one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
Construction is anticipated to begin in
the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated
completion date in the fourth quarter of
2010. Total project cost is approximately
$40 million. The project will create approximately 200 construction jobs.
Hacin & Associates is the architectural team for the Parcel A component.
The board also approved the 44
Burbank Street residential project, which
will bring 45 new units of housing to
Fenway.
The developer, Catamount
Westland LLC, will construct a 47,000sf
building consisting of nine floors. The residential condominium units will range in size
from loft-style dwellings to two-bedroom
configurations.
Dolezal Architecture + Interior Design
and Symmes Maini & McKee Associates are
the co-architects; Colliers and Bovis Lend
Lease are the construction managers.
Construction is anticipated to begin in
the third quarter of 2009 with an estimated
completion date in the first quarter of 2011.
Total project cost is approximately $20 million. The project will create approximately
100 construction jobs.
The board also approved a revised
proposal for a project located at 296
Cambridge Street in Beacon Hill. Talanian
Realty, the developer, was approved to construct 16 one- and two-bedroom residential
units with first floor retail space, and on
October 16, 2008, the developer filed a
Notice of Project Change that proposed a
five-story office building with retail on the
first floor.
The site is currently utilized by what is
known as Grampy’s Gulf Station, a gas station and small convenience store, which will
be demolished.
CBT is the architect.
Total development cost is approximately $9.5 million. The project will create
approximately 30 construction jobs.
The Board approved plans for a new
LA/Fitness Club in a West Roxbury shopping center located on the V.F.W. Parkway.
The project includes the renovation of an
existing vacant retail space into an approximately 48,900sf new fitness facility.
Total development cost for the project
is estimated at $6 million. The developer
anticipates completing the construction by
late summer of 2009.
Robert Nicodemus of Bergmeyer is the
project architect and permitting consultant.
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AIA ConnecticutElects New Board
AIA Connecticut announced the election of the 2009 board of directors and
officers:
President - E. Russell Learned, AIA; Vice President/President Elect Thomas McC. Haskell, AIA; Secretary - William M. Mack, AIA; Treasurer - T.
Whitcomb Iglehart, AIA.
Members include Anthony J. Amenta, AIA; Glenn M. Barnhard, AIA;
Margaret J. Chambers, AIA; John T. Stevens, AIA and Daniel L. Weston, AIA.
Newly elected to the board are Richard T. Connell, AIA and Amanda V.
Lamontagne, Associate AIA.
The board wishes to express sincere appreciation to Philippe Campus, AIA
for his service and dedication to the AIA Connecticut Board of Directors. He will
be retiring after serving two consecutive three-year terms.
Fischbach & Moore Electric installed more than 13 miles of fiber optic cable and two
miles of coaxial cable in the CA/T cellular wireless project.
GEI Tapped to Perform FEMA Studies Fischbach Completes $4M Project
Glastonbury,
CT
GEI
Consultants, Inc., a national water
resources, geotechnical and environmental engineering firm, has
been selected by both the
City of Hartford and the
Town of East Hartford
to perform Federal
E m e r g e n c y
Management Agency
(FEMA)
Levee
Accreditation engineering studies.
Both the Hartford
and East Hartford Levees
have
been
granted
Provisionally Accredited Levee
(PAL) status by FEMA. The PAL status
has been granted to these levee systems
because FEMA and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers believe the systems
provide flood protection against a
design flood event with 1%
annual chance of being
exceeded. Under the
PAL agreement, the
municipalities must
provide the required
documentation to
demonstrate
that
level of flood protection.
GEI Consultants
has been selected to collect the necessary data, perform the evaluations and provide a
comprehensive plan for achieving compliance with FEMA regulations.
Boston, MA – Fischbach & Moore
Electric Group, LLC of Boston has completed the $4 million wireless project
enabling cellular phone service in Boston’s
Central Artery tunnel system. The cellular
carriers involved include Verizon Wireless,
Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile, and AT&T.
The NECA contractors’ project
scope included the installation of more
than 13 miles (70,000 feet) of four runs of
72-strand fiber optic cabling with associated supports every five feet, and 12,000 feet
of coaxial cabling with associated supports
every four feet.
The project also included Fischbach
& Moore’s installation of cellular carrier
equipment within Vent Building 6 and in
43 utility rooms located in the Central
Artery tunnels.
The Fischbach & Moore team
installed all required fiber optic cable and
coax cable support systems and all
required antenna mounts and antennas.
The extensive fiber optic cable for
the project originates in the CA/T communications room, within Vent Building 6 in
South Boston, and runs through a section
of the Ted Williams Tunnel. Cabling then
extends through to the I-90 East and
Westbound tunnel system and the I-93
North and Southbound Tunnel system.
Cable installations also include all associated on- and off-ramp areas within the tunnel system.
This challenging nine-month project
began in February 2008 and was completed on schedule by the end of October.
Wireless cellular service in the Central
Artery tunnels is now operational.
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High-Profile: Facilities Development News
North Branch Begins Alamo Fireworks
Designed by Udelsman
Londonderry, NH- North Branch
Construction has begun work on a new
warehouse and retail store for Alamo
Fireworks in Londonderry.
The project is a one-story, 7,874gsf
warehouse/retail store. Construction
includes structural steel, steel stud with
gypsum interior and 3/4 inch exterior plywood with fiber cement clapboards on the
building front and two inch composite
panel on the rear of the building, with a
flat white fully adhered rubber roof.
Sitework includes demolition of
four existing structures (three small office
buildings and an existing garage).
Udelsman Associates of Hollis provided the design for the new facility.
Construction will be completed in early 2009.
Architect's rendering of new Alamo Fireworks
facility by Udelsman Associates.
Konover Lends A Helping Hand
NESCO Acquires Gettens Electric
Canton, MA - NESCO, Needham
Electric Supply, a full-service electrical
distributor, announced that it has acquired
Gettens Electric Supply Co., Inc.
Gettens Electric Supply will continue to operate under its name as “A
Division of NESCO, Needham Electric
Supply.”
Founded in 1928, Gettens is a family-owned and operated, full-service electrical distributor with counter/warehouse
operations in Fitchburg (20,000sf) and
Greenfield (10,000sf), along with lighting
showrooms in Leominster (3,000sf) and
Konover Construction President/CEO and Principal Mike Kolakowski (center) presents a
check to Gemma Moran United Way Labor Food Center Director Paul Jakoboski. Back
row left to right are Konover Construction CFO Ron Wuenneman, Sr. VP and Principal
Simon Etzel, Sr. VP Operations/Principal Eric Brown, Corporate Counsel Robert Dunn, Sr.
VP Field Operations Gary Sherman, VP of Administration-Maryland office Allan Kleban,
Management Consultant John Turgeon and Executive VP-Maryland office Dan Hannon.
Greenfield (4,000sf).
“We are very excited to have
Gettens Electric Supply join the NESCO
family and look forward to working with
the associates to expand and strengthen
our presence in Western Mass,” stated
Gregory Wilson, president of NESCO.
"Gettens has a long-standing reputation
for focusing on continuous improvement
and customer satisfaction. Our customers
will not only continue to benefit from the
personal service and culture of a familyowned business but also from the
resources of a much larger organization.”
Farmington, CT - Konover president of Konover Construction, said,
Construction Corporation built on its repu- “The great work Gemma Moran does for
tation for philanthropy and community the community is inspiring. We want to do
outreach recently by providing volunteer our part to support this mission.”
work and financial support to the Gemma
Moran United Way Labor
Food Center in New
London, Connecticut.
The nine senior managers worked at the Food
Center, sorting canned
goods and preparing the
warehouse for a shopping
spree being held for local
food agencies.
Prior to starting work,
the leadership team presented Gemma Moran Director
Konover Construction senior managers help Gemma
Paul Jakoboski with a
Moran United Way Labor Food Center workers sort
check for $750.
through
the thousands of donated food items for distribuMike Kolakowski,
tion to local support agencies.
Commercial • Institutional • Fine Residential • Irrigation • Stonewalls, Walkways & Terraces
Current Landscaping Projects Include:
Frog Pond
Trilogy Roof Garden
Natick Mall Expansion - Dimeo Construction
West End Residences - Turner Construction
Boston University NEIDL - Turner Construction
Charles Street Jail Hotel - Suffolk Construction
MGM Foxwoods - Perini Construction
Harvard University @ 10 Akron St. - Bond Brothers
Tufts Dame School - Shawmut Construction
Northpoint Residential - Jones Lang LaSalle
CA/T North End Park - McCourt Construction
Frog Pond Park - Turner Construction
Long Island Day Camp - AJ Welch
Shea Memorial Drive - AJ Welch
Slatersville Mill - John Moriarty and Associates
Paige Farley Hackle Memorial Park - The Salvation Army
CA/T Wharf District Park - Cashman Construction
Boston Children's Museum - Shawmut Construction
Bogarta Casino Expansion - Yates/Tishman
Liberty Mutual, NH - William A. Berry
Reservoir Woods
Suffolk University
Telephone: 617-254-1700 • Fax: 617-254-0234 • 17 Electric Avenue, Boston, MA 02135 • www.valleycrest.com
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PCA Selected to Renovate Josiah Smith Tavern
Weston, MA - The Town of
Weston selected Prellwitz Chilinski
Associates (PCA) to provide design
services for the renovation and reuse of
the historic Josiah Smith Tavern and
Old Library in the town center.
Scheduled for a 2012 opening, the
project will reconnect two historic, centrally located buildings with the day-today functions of the community and
provide Weston with a casual dining
restaurant. The selection of PCA is the
latest step in a five-year planning
process, during which the Town solicited input from the Weston community
and evaluated new uses for the historic
buildings.
The Tavern exterior has been ren-
Old Library circa 1904
Jewett Gets
P.O. Contract
Maguire Group Architect
Old Library after renovation.
Josiah Smith Tavern before renovation
ovated and a feasibility study has established the outline of the project.
Approval for construction funding will
be sought at Town Meeting in
November of 2009.
Manchester, NH - Jewett
Construction Company, Inc. has recently been awarded a contract to perform
work on the HVAC Replacement
System for the United States Postal
Service
in Manchester. The
Architect/Engineer of record is Maguire
Group, Inc. of Foxborough, MA.
Work will include the removal
and replacement of HVAC and acoustical ceiling systems in the administrative
and distribution areas of the Manchester
Processing and Distribution Center. The
administrative offices, which encompass more than 20,000sf of space, will
remain operational
during all phases of
construction. Most of
the work will take
place during the Post
Office’s off-hours,
ensuring the safety
and uninterrupted workday of the post
office employees.
An integral part of the project will
include the abatement of existing
asbestos and lead-containing materials
in conjunction with the removal of the
existing HVAC and acoustical ceiling
systems.
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December, 2008
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High-Profile Feature: 2008 Year in Review
High-Profile Monthly’s 2008 Year In Review
E
ditor’s Note: Construction users,
building owners, developers,
facilities managers, all must keep
an eye to the future when planning a
construction project. When selecting the
best team to build it, a look into the past
to see what has been designed, how it
was built and what team can accomplish
the job as planned, is an indispensable
step.
High-Profile’s 2008 Year in
Review is by no means a complete list of
construction activities in New England,
but rather, a comprehensive listing of
headlines from activities reported in
High-Profile Monthly in the past year.
For details on any of these headlines log
on to www.high-profile.com and click
“Past Issues” to find the full story.
JANUARY
Cover Story
Columbia Construction Builds Martha's
Vineyard Hospital
Features
Bond Brothers Begins Griffin Academic
Building; Perkins+Will Architects
Tocci Constructs Dual Hotel Campus for
Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Agostini and DRA Build Collicot Cunningham Elementary School
Facility; Rosane Anderson Architects
Facilities
Judge A. David Mazzone Memorial
Completed
North Branch Erecting Steel for
Stonyfield Farm Office; Designed by
Architerra
Margulies Renovates Shelter Bldg.
North Branch Completes Fire Station
Columbia SPD Completes Bella Santé;
Designed by TRO Jung|Brannen
Brookstone Awarded Pease Development
Project
Jewett Renovates Dealerships Design by
Lincoln Architects
Downtown Crossing Strategy to Begin
New Era for Historic District
Channel Center Project Begins
North Branch Completes Fire Station
Columbia SPD Completes Bella Santé;
Designed byTRO Jung | Brannen
Margulies Renovates Shelter Bldg.
Educational Facilities
Consigli Awarded MHS Projects;
Designed by Schwartz/Silver
Pro Con CM for Bowdoin Arena; Bear
Mountain Project Architect
St. Raphael Academy New Facilities
Designed by Vision 3
Two Buildings for URI Designed by Payette
Emerson's Walker Building Completed;
Darlow Christ Architects
Columbia to Renovate Four Tufts
Dorms; Timothy Smith Associates
R.H. White Constructs “Green” Pipeline
for UNH Partners with The Maguire Group
Wise Completes Lewis Hall; Dineen Arch.
Healthcare Facilities
Designing for Space Requirements in
Healthcare
Skanska Providing Support for
Anshen+Allen’s Green Patient Room
Multi Housing
Nauset Completes Richdale Place
Awards
Kaestle Boos Westerly Middle School
Project Awarded
Environments at Work Updates
CCC Offices
Facilities
Pro Con Architect and CM for Office Bldg
Consigli Celebrates MHS Library
Groundbreaking; Schwartz/Silver Arch.
Suffolk Celebrates Project Milestone
DPM Retained by Safety Insurance;
Maugel Architects
Todisco and BKA to Design New Davio’s
Calnan Aligns with Philips Lighting;
Solutions Sasaki Associates Architect
Consigli Awarded SPiRiT Project
Pro Con Completes Framing for Marriott
FEBRUARY
Cover Story
Mt. Washington Hotel Renovated;
Parsons Brinckerhoff CM
Features
Erland Successfully Completes Projects
in 2007 in the Academic, Commercial,
and Residential Sectors
Jewett Builds BMW Addition
Suffolk Completes Residence Hall for
Suffolk U; Business Interiors Flooring
Contractor; CBT Architects
Callahan Oversees Artist Lofts Reno
Agostini and Design Partnership at Cedar
Hill Dormitory Complex
Restoration/Renovations
Hamilton Begins The Riverside Resto
Coull Begins Toyota Project;
Cubellis Architect
Margulies Renovates Metabolix Office
Channel Ctr Holdings Start Renovation
Brookstone Completes Subaru Project
Brown U Selects Suffolk
Cannon Tops Off BU’s New Complex
Steel Framing Underway for Watson
Arena at Bowdoin; Pro Con CM
Payette, Completes Master Plan for
Mt. Nittany
CPP Helps Vital Diagnostics Relocate
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High-Profile Feature: 2008 Year In Review
Continued from page 11
DPM Oversees New Pediatric Center
New Cancer Center Opens;
Designed by Steffian Bradley Architects
Awards
Steimle Wins Pinnacle Award
Svigals + Partners Honored
Consigli U of M Project Awarded LEED
Silver; Designed by PDT
BCBSMA HQ Project of the Year;
Designed by Margulies
Multi Housing
New Housing Moves Forward in Charlestown
Green Facilities
ISO New England Earns LEED Gold
Residence Hall Receives LEED Cert.
KlingStubbins Helps Emerson College
Go “Green”
RiversEdge Gets First LEED Gold
Precertification
Cell Signaling Technology Awarded
LEED Certificate
MARCH
Cover Story
North Branch on the Move, Helping Lead
the Way in Green Building in NH
Demolition of Bldgs at RiversEdge Complete
Sawyer Completes WGBH World HQ
Green Development News
SolarWrights Completes Solar Installations
BAGB Takes on Initiatives
Lee Kennedy Co. and Aircuity Team Up
It’s Never to Late to Go Green; Tocci Bldg.
670 Albany Street Awarded Green Cert.
Noble Home Providing Green,
Affordable Homes
Sunny Border Reaches 50th Green Roof
Project
Solar Works Installs Largest Photovoltaic
System in NE
Gosnell Hospice House Receives Honor;
Designed by Gawron Turgeon
Calnan Completes Verenium HQ
Consigli Awarded St. Anne’s Expansion;
Designed by TRO Jung | Brannen
Wise Completes Cardiac & Endovascular
Suites; Designed by Levi Wong
DPM Oversees CCMC’s New Cath Lab
Eckman-Built Schools Finish 1st Semester
Awards
AIA CT Award to Herbert S. Newman
and Partners for Hobart and William
Smith Colleges New Residence Halls
Multi Housing
Landmark Completes 15 Condos
Keith/Pro Con Joint Venture Complete
Repton Place; The Architectural Team
Architect
APRIL
Focus: Educational Facilities
Eagle Hill School Expansion Moves
Forward - Consigli Oversees Construction
Erland Chosen as CM for Fay School
Suffolk Completes Green Residence Hall
Designed by CBT Architects,
Xavier University Transforms Its Campus
Payette Completes Geochemistry Lab
Building for Columbia University
Features
Suffolk Edu Completing Arts Ctr for
Thayer
CTA GC For School Addition Arrowstreet Architect
CTA GC for Vets Memorial High Architect Drummey Rosane Anderson
CTA GC on the Elementary School Flansburg Architect
SCUP
Successful Collabortion at CT College
Yale U Sculpture Building and Gallery:
First LEED Platinum Building in CT
The Bartlett Center at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute - Designed by CBT
Bruner/Cott Continues Higher Ed Work
Flad Architects Wins Award
Facilities
Suffolk Interiors Wins Fit-Out Project
Luxury Waterfront Townhouses Unveiled
Fish Assoc. and Peabody Props
Developers Designed by Gund
Cambridge Board OK’s Fresh Pond
Replacement - HDS Architect
ARC Cambridge to Design St. Mark's
Campus
Columbia CM for Hobbs Brook Project Margulies Architects
Office & Restaurant Bldgs Coming to
So Boston Waterfront
Group One Gets Six New Sheraton Projects
Cover Story
Admiral Construction Celebrates 30 Yrs.
Features
Admiral Const. - N.E. Baptist Chapel
Virgin Atlantic Opens New Boston
Clubhouse
Interview with Arnie Feinerman
Dana Farber Cancer Inst.
Ct/RadiologyAdmiral Const. - N.E.
Baptist Chapel
Woonsocket Renaissance- Allen St. Lofts
Bridgeport Renaissance Draws Architects
Callahan Constructing Multi-Family
Throughout the East Coast
Newport Collaborative Restores
Belvedere at Hope
Phase I of Repton Place Completed
Keith/Pro Con Joint Venture CM;
The Architectural Team Project Arc.
Restoration/Renovations
Cannistraro Renovates Space for
Plumbing Museum PHCC Takes
Charge of Artifacts
Columbia Begins Hotel Renovations
O’Connor Renovates Experiment Station;
Perkins + Will Design Team
Tishman Begins Reno of Historic Hotel
Facilities
Suffolk Awarded Sheraton Dulles South;
LTD Management Owner;
nbj Archtitecture Designer
Continued on next page
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Continued from previous page
Child and Family Breaks Ground on HQ
Facility; Vision 3 Architects
Consigli Breaks Ground on Naval
Training Pool
Delphi Nears Completion of Seashore
Point Phase One
Pinncon Awarded Two Projects
Environments at Work Completes Office
Space
Brookstone Completes NH DOT Project
BWK Completes New Building
New Lifestyle Hotel Complete;
Pro Con CM
Columbia Completes Courtyard By
Marriott; Designed by Group One
Partners
Center Place Completed;
HDS Project Architect
DPM Completes MSBA Move;
TRO Jung | Brannen Architect;
Jones Lang LaSalle GC
O’Connor Renovates MIT Lecture Hall;
D’Agostino-Izzo-Quirk Architect
Kagan Designs Roberto Clemente School
Gilbane Tops Off New School;
Architect, Symmes Maini & McKee
Benjamin Jepson Interdistrict Magnet
School; Design by Kagan Architecture
Woodchip Fired Boiler at New School a
‘Bonus’ - Eckman CM, Designed by
Lavallee Brensinger
Consigli Completes New Dining Hall for
Bates; Sasaki Architects
Cultural Arts Ctr Opens; Jaffe Holden
Sound System Designer
Suffolk Healthcare Begins Beth Israel
Hospital Expansion Steffian Bradley Architect
Multi Housing
Cutler to Construct Sr Living Facilities
Copley Place to Expand Neiman Marcus
SBAC Completes Senior Complex
Use of Green Roofs Increasing
Improving IEQ While Saving Energy
NESEA Pushes Green
Awards
Yale Science Hill Garage Awarded;
Herbert S. Newman Architects
Moser Pilon Nelson Wins Awards
Margulies Recognized as
Interior Design Giant
Kaestle Boos Awarded
Erland Honored With Award;
Prellwitz/Chilinski Architect
MAY
Cover Story
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Story –
A City Transformed
Focus: Landscape Architecture
Durgin Pines Nursing Home –
A New Twist on Rehabilitation
Features
cm&b CM for Shoppes at Saugus
Developer Regency Ctr;
Architect-Create Architecture
Meridian Completes NH Vets Home
Calnan Completes iRobot HQs
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Renovation and Expansion
Suffolk Construction Builds 45
PROVINCE; Abbey Group Developer;
Bruner Cott & Assoc. Architects
Facilities
Ground Broken at Webb Facility
Construction Continues on Borthwick Ave.
Office Building; Pro Con Arch.and CM
BRA Approves Gardner Museum
Restoration - Designed; by Renzo Piano
Jeanne D’arc Credit Union Fit Up To Start
Meridian Renovates Court Bldg.
Groundbreaking at Legacy Place;
Prellwitz Chilinski Architects
Gund Partnership Designs WaterWorks
Park; Diamond and developer Edward
A. Fish Form Equity Partnerships
C & W Chosen for Portwalk Project;
Elkus/Manfredi, Architects
Construction Begins at Concord Litho;
Designed by Warrenstreet Architects
EDC to Lead Rehab of Shaker Site
Mahoney Circle Gets Major Facelift
Konover CM for Whitney Center
Winter Hill Bank Branch Opens
Construction Complete on PolyRack HQ
Office Renovations Complete; Bond
Brothers CM; MSA Architect
Berlandi Building Razed
Pro Con Installs Framing for Ice Arena
Triumph Completes Largest Modular
School Relocation
Gilbane Pioneers Agreement with
The Building Careers Partnership
Bond Brothers Caritas Projects;
JACA Architect
Wise Completes Project for Biogen Idec
Brookstone; Completes Hospital Reno;
Dignard Project Architect
Durgin Pines Nursing Home
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Cutler CM for VNA Living Project
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Barnard Earns Gold: LEED Green
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Gilbane Building Co., Program Manager
Keene State College Dorm Awarded
Leed Silver;
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Awards
Margulies Wins Lighting Award for South
Shore BCBSMA Headquarters
Newman and Partners Wins Golden
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JUNE
Cover Story
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Bowdoin Completes Community Health
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SBA Completing Major Healthcare Projects
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Healthcare
Jones Lang LaSalle Completes Health
Club
EP Lab at Boston Med Center Underway;
Suffolk CM
New Vet Health Care Center Dedicated
Shapiro Cardiovascular Center,
Brigham and Women's Dedicated;
William A. Berry & Son, Inc. CM;
Cannon Design in Association with
Chan Krieger Sieniewicz Design
TRO | Jung Brennen Wins Hospital Projects
Environments at Work to Supply
Shire Pharmaceuticals; Payette
Provides Interior Design
G. Greene Construction Completes
Children’s Hospital Projects
Suffolk Begins Renovation of
Medical Center Heart Lab
Features
Mass General – Lasting Commitment
to Care
Admiral CM for Dana Farber Project
Suffolk Begins Expansion of Beth
Israel Deaconess - Steffian
Bradley Architects
Riggs & Gallagher Integrate
Lifestyle Trends into the Workplace
TRO and Jung | Brannen New HQ;
Structure Tone Skyward Bound at R.I.
Hospital with Shawmut Design and
Construction CM
Wise Gets Medical Center Project;
DiGiorgio Architect
Facilities
Lee Kennedy at St. Luke’s Garage with
Whelan, MFPA and Newbury Design
Integrated Builders Completes Aspect
HQs; Spagnolo Gisness Architects
Lee Kennedy Completes Juniper;
Designed by R.E. Dinneen Architects
First River's Edge Bldg Breaks Ground
Calnan CM for Paraxel Project
Suffolk to Renovate Logan Terminal
Suffolk to Renovate Shaw’s Supermarkets
“Sky Breaking” Held for Tufts Addition;
Designed by ARC; Shawmut CM
Brookstone Awarded Shipyard Project
First Bristol Tops Off Hampton Inn &
Suites; Newport Collaborative Architects
Payette Completes MIT’s PDSI Project
Brightview Nears Completion;
Pro Con CM; JSA Architects
DPM Completes TRUMPF Facility
Integrated Builders Completes Interior
Fit-Up; Helicon Design Architect
Landmark Completes PACE Facility
Consigli Completes Sea Dogs Project
Walsh Tops Off Science Bldg
JLL Heads Thompson Island Study
Consigli Breaks Ground on Clark U
Academic Commons;
Perry Dean Rogers Architects
Adolescent Ctr Unveiled;
Signer Harris Architects
AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
Towers|Golde Wins National Award
Margulies Earns LEED Silver for BCBS
New “Green” HQ for BCBSRI;
Dimeo CM;
Symmes, Maini & McKee Architects
Erland Goes “Green“ With New
Academic and Health Center, Teams
with Baer Architecture
Multi Residential
Landmark Completes Farnham Court
Ground Broken on Residential Project;
Designed by VMY Vitols Architects
and Arrowstreet
CorelabSructures Completes Luxury
Residential Tower; Developed by R. D.
Sinto
CAC to Advise City on Copley Place
JULY/AUGUST
Cover Story
Tishman on Mission Critical Facilities TCC-MA Construction Manager for
Sentinel Data Center
Focus: Awards
JC&A and Sasaki – “Best in Show”
LKCo Gets Safety Award
Nitsch Software Wins Awards
CBC Merit Award Team Project to
Kagan Architecture
CSW Wins Top Green Award
DPM's Joy Gustat Honored by IFMA
BKA Wins Design Competition
DPM Receives DCU Award
Consigli Recognized for Safety
Paul E. Tsongas Award Presented to
Winn Development, The Architects
Team. and Keith Construction
BSLA Honors 10-acre Park;
Designed by Shadley Associates
Konover Projects Take CBC Top Awards
SCUP/AIA-CAE Honors Payette
J.M. Coull Gets STEP Award
Pro Con Earns 2008 ABC NH/VT
TRO Jung | Brannen Wins BSA Award
Walsh Brothers Receives AGC Award
River’s Edge Receives EBC Award
Strawbery Banke Wins Preservation
Award; Designed by JSA
Gilbane Boston Honored With Awards
Severino Gets Construction Ethics Award
Graphisoft Software Wins Award
Lee Kennedy Wins AGC Safety Award
Mass Historical Commission Recognizes
Winn
RGB Participates in ACE Awards
GZA Receives DCAM Award
Interstate Elec. Wins Award for Philips
Exeter
Schools Achieve Energy Star Designation
- Gilbane Providing Mgmt Services
GZA Receives DCAM AwardI
Interstate Elec. Wins Award for Philips
Exeter
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KCC Recognized for Wellness Program
ADD Inc and Archstone Honored
Jones Lang LaSalle Wins Toby Awards
Meridian Presented Safety Awards
Triumph Wins MBI Award
Features
Celebrating Thirty Years – Lee Kennedy
Co. Marks Major Milestone
LKCo and Tellelian Bring Old Tower
Back to Life
Delphi Continues The Groves in Lincoln;
EGA Architect
JC&A Completes Eco-Friendly Sr Units
Dimeo CM for Trial Court Project;
Designed by Finegold Alexander
Dimeo Tops Off Ocean House Hotel;
Architect - Centerbrook Architects and
Planners
Facilities
ARC to Design YMCA Building
Consigli Breaks Ground at St. Aidan’s;
The Architectural Team Architect
No. Branch Begins NH Public Radio Studio
Bowdoin Builds Phase Two of YMCA;
Annino Architects
Integrated Builders Completes BCM FitUp; Walsh/Cochis Architects
Landmark Begins Blanchard’s Liquors
EBC Awarded Famous Footwear
Fit-Out; BKA Architects
Jewett Begins Improvements at
Pease International Airport
Akamai to Expand HQ;
DPM CM; Designed by Cubellis
Suffolk Completes Charlestown
Recovery House; Architect - Dooling
Woodbrier
Bufftree Making Progress On Fire
Station
NYLO Hotel Nears Completion;
Pro Con Inc CM
Tocci Selected for Team on IPD Project;
Partners With KlingStubbins
JC&A Selected for Six New Projects
Columbia to Build Special Olympics HQ
- DiGiorgio Architects
Pro Con Completes Flatley Office Bldg;
Cramer Levine Project Architect
EEC Completes Project for Genesis
Erland Selected for New Campus
Union; Architect, Symmes Maini
& McKee
Konover Continues Connecticut
College's Five-Year Plan
Suffolk Breaks Ground at Curry
Consigli Completes Academy
Expansion; Monahon Architects
Future Plans for Suffolk University
JSA Hired by Bates College
North Branch Completes Soccer
Facility; Designed by Freeman
French Freeman
Payette Completes Yeshiva Research Bldg
Eckman Helps Schools Reduce Fuel Usage
Konover Completes Reno of Fones School
Huggins Hospital Breaks Ground;
DiGiorgio Architect; Gilbane CM
Lee Kennedy Co. Begins Hospital
Parking Garage
Jewett Begins N. E. Brace Project;
Design by Dignard
Margulies and Consigli Complete New
England Scope
Walsh Brothers CM for Two Projects
No. Branch Completes New Dental Clinic
Harvard's Blackstone Office Renovation
EEC Designs “Green” IFAW Data Ctr
West Podium Park Receives Green
Roof Award
Multi Residential
45 PROVINCE Topped Off
Lee Kennedy Underway on Hadley
Apartments; Designed by Fine Assoc
SEPTEMBER
Cover Story
Design-Build Best Bet to Help Colleges
Meet Student-Housing Demands
Focus: Educational Facilities
Tufts Selects L/R Construction for New
Learning Space
HMFH Moves Rashi School Forward
Ice Arena Underway at Bowdoin;
Pro Con CM; Bear Mountain Project
Architect
U.S. Pavement Completes UConn Project
Bond Tops Off Academic Center;
Designed by Perkins+Will
Cutler Begins Two Projects
Ground Broken for Tufts Campus Ctr Phase II - Bowdoin Construction and
Finegold Alexander + Associates Work
Together
Franklin Pierce U Building Finished
Bufftree Opens Doors to New School;
Mount Vernon Group Architects
Acella Completes Berrybrook School;
Strekalovsky Architects
Consigli Selected for Dartmouth Projects
BU School of Medicine Buys Site for
Student Housing
Lee Kennedy Begins MIT Project;
Designed by Design Partnership
Bond Brothers Tops Off Paramount Ctr;
Elkus Manfredi Architects
Avon High School’s Re-Vamp;
Architect-in-Charge Kaestle Boos;
CM FIP Corp.
RDK Develops Safety Upgrades at
UMass Amherst
Yale Building Modernized and Preserved
JC&A Breaks Grnd on School Expansion
School Project Underway;
Pro Con CM; Marinace Project Architect
New Center at Princeton Breaks Grnd Designed by ABA
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Hotel Palomar,
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Union
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Dorchester,
MA -MA.
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*Carpenters
South Shore
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Braintree,
350,000
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*Hotel
Lansdowne
Music MA
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50,000sq.
sq.ft.ft.Hotel
nightclub
downtown
Boston.
Palomar,Street
Cambridge,
14 story,MA.
152,000
over in
existing
garage.
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Bowdoin
College
Wellness
Center, -Brunswick,
4 story,
32,000
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Detroit
Royal
Oak, Michigan
95,000 sq.Maine.
ft. 2-level
Proton
Therapy
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MA. 470,000
building
complex
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MA – 14 story,
sq.office
ft. housing
tower
* Marriott Residence Inn, Yonkers, NY. 4 story, 95,000 sq. ft wood framed hotel.
Marriott
Residence
Inn,
Conway,
NH
–
100,000
sq.
ft.,
4
story
wood framed hotel
* Technology Park Office Building, Burlington, VT., 3 story, 50,000 sq. ft, office building
The Shoppes at Waterford Place, Orlando, Fla.- 1 level, 50,000 sq.ft. retail building
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Children’s
Hospital
Amb. Care
Boston Properties Breaks Ground;
Carnegie Ctr West Designed by
KlingStubbins
WPI and PSU Work with Campus Design
Forums; Cannon Design Architects
Interview with Derrick Diggs on
UHHSSE; JCJ Architects
Columbia CM for New St. John’s
Prep Synthetic Turf Field
JSA Designs Two University of NE Projects
December, 2008
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Acella Completes Retail Bldg;
RGB Architects
Integrated Builders Completes
Advanstar Project
Pro Con Inc Completes Marriott Suites
Senate Construction Completes Comcast
Center; Architect Richard DeCoste of
Dooling & Woodbrier
Pro Con Completes Office Building
Building Completed for Canpro;
BKA Architects; Built by Callahan
Features
SCUP Annual International Conference
USI Completes Lincoln Property’s
293 Boston Post Road Chiller
Plant Ahead of Schedule
U of ME Student Recreation and Fitness
Center; Cannon Design Architect
Cumberland High Renovations;
Kaestle Boos Architect
Integrated Project Delivery Allows Mt.
Ida to Have its Cake and Eat it Too
ASB and Suffolk Top Off Two
Financial Ctr
Wheelock’s CCSR Topping Off;
Shawmut Design Partners with
William Rawn Associates
Facilities
Caulfield to Begin Hynes Convention Ctr
Renovations
Bufftree Breaks Ground On Safety
Facility; Kaestle Boos Architect
Groundbreaking Ceremony for R&D Ctr;
Designed by Shepley Bulfinch
City Approves Bulfinch Triangle Project
Pro Con Architect and CM for Res. Inn
Suffolk CM for 303 Columbus Ave;
Designed by Neshamkin French
Union Station Garage Ribbon Cutting
Integrated Builders Retained for Office
Fit-Up; Spagnolo Gisness Architects
Acella Retained for Office Build-Out;
Machado and Silvetti Design Team
Bufftree Constructs Facility for Atlantic
Lighting; Rescom Architects
Suffolk Brks Grnd on Dulles Sheraton Designed by nbj
Suffolk to Break Grnd on Office Bldg Designed by Hickok Cole
J.M Coull Breaks Ground for Acton
Medical; Maugel Architects
Walsh Brothers Top Off Med Ctr.
Consigli Completes Nursing Facility
Integrated Bldrs Completes GE
Healthcare
TRO Jung | Brannen Gets Hospital Projects
EBC Awarded Hospital Renovation
Brookstone Completes Hospital Project;
PMR Architects
Pro Con Completes Hospital Fit-up
GZA to Design Energy Project
Hobbs Brook Breaks Ground;
Architect Margulies & Associates
The Palazzo Gets LEED Silver
Greening the Campus: A Case Study at
Northeastern University
Clark U’s Blackstone Hall Awarded
LEED Silver
Multi Residential
Acentech Selected for New Complex;
CBT Architects
Eckman Completes Apt. Bldg.;
Designed by Peter W. Argiros
Murray Court Housing Underway
Roundel 47 Architect
Awards
ADD Inc Wins IIDA Awards
Gilbane Projects Earn Awards
Reilly Wins SMPS Award
Holder Wins Vision Award
Atelier/505 Awarded
TRO Jung | Brannen Wins AIA Award
SMPS Honors Walsh Brothers
OCTOBER
Focus: Interiors
Bridging Interior Architecture and
Interior Design
Bufftree Refits Lifestream’s Offices;
Dyer Brown SouthCoast Architects
TK&A Completes Multi-Tenant Lab
Wise Completes Next
Jump build-Out;
Harrison Mulhern
Architects
Renovation at Holderness
School;
Designed by ARC
Acella Completes Interior
Build-Out;
Machado and Silvetti
Designs Corp HQs
O’Connor Upgrades 100
Westminster; Shawmut CM
Consigli Completes Library College
DeStefano Reimages New Lobby for
The Music Hall
Renovated Chandelier Unveiled
Callahan Completes Nine Interior Projects
MCC Automotive Science and
Technology Building First of its Kind;
Designed by Lavallee Brensinger;
Built by Jewett
Features
Lavallee Brensinger and Trumbull-Nelson
Build at Proctor Academy
Svigals and Yale Earn Gold By Going Green
ADP Recently Completed Projects;
Bavier Design and Roger Ferris &
Partners Architects
BWK GC for Immaculate Conception
Church Renovation - Collaborates with
Design Partnership, Inc.
Facilities
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Marinace Architects Complete
School Renovations
Montserrat New Dorm and Arts Ctr;
Windover Construction and Siemasko +
Verbridge Architects Collaborate
Tappé Finishes Middle School;
Stella Construction GC
SMSA Ribbon Cutting Ceremony;
Designed by DuBose Assoc. Architects
Erland Completes Springfield College
Elliot At River's Edge Care Center;
Eckman/Suffolk, a Joint Venture
Erland CM for New Leonard Florence
Center Nursing Home
New Life Sciences Initiative;
Arrowstreet and Dan Winny Architect
Payette Completes Memorial Medical
Center Clinic Addition
Science Ctr Earns LEED Gold;
Designed by ARC
URI Facility Awarded LEED Silver
ADD Inc Green Design HQ Opens
CES Installing Solar Electric System at
its Corporate Headquarters
Multi Residential
Pro Con Completes Hammondswood
Awards
Hoffmann Awarded SMPS Grand Prize
Harriman Receives AIA Maine Award
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Bowdoin Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Features
Agostini Completes School; Works
with HMFH Architects, BKA
Architects
Aho Completes HQ for Two C Pack
Systems; Bruce Ronayne Hamilton Arch.
Bond Brothers and CBT Complete ACS's
AstraZeneca Hope Lodge
Landmark Renovates Blanchard’s HQs
Facilities
CBT Begins South Shore Habitat for
Humanity
Opening Held at US Courthouse
Columbia Breaks Ground For SOMA HQ;
Designed by DAI
Hampton Inn and Suites on Schedule;
Pro Con Architect and CM
No. Branch Builds New Library;
Designed by Adams and Smith
Weston Solutions Builds New Office;
Pro Con Architect
Consigli Breaks Ground on Worship Ctr;Burt, Hill Architects
Pro Con Frames Residence Inn
Jewett Completes Terminal Building
at Pease
Pro Con Architect and CM for Hotel
Jones Lang LaSalle Completes Building
Rehab; Winter Street Architects
DPM Completes Renovation for Safety
Insurance
Aberdeen Group HQ Completed;
Margulies Perruzzi Architects
Naval Shipyard Completion;
Brookstone Builders GC
HLM Office Renovated;
Margulies Perruzzi Architects
Eckman Completes Dept HQ;
Barker Architects
Integrated Completes Valeritas Tenant
Fit-Up; Architect Helicon Design Group
Robin Brown and Partners at CWB
Boylston Opens Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Acentech Completes Aetna Customer Ctr;
Architects Perkins + Will
Consigli Oversees St. Paul’s School Projects
Suffolk Renovates Theatre as
Resdicence Hall; Designed by
CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares
ICON Gets Emerson College, Salem
State College, and Harvard Projects
Acella Completes Riverview School Dorm
Jewett to Renovate SigSauer Academy
G. Greene Completes BU Media Lab
Bowdoin College Arena; Pro Con CM Design
Payette and Bowdoin Complete Gordon
Science Ctr; AC Project Architect
Architecture Involution and Triumph
Modular Launch The Perfect Classroom
Consigli Tops Off Bridgewater State Dorm
Sears Building now Community College;
Designed by Perkins Eastman
Loomis Chaffee School; Tecton and
Dubose Architects; BVH Engineers;
O & G Contractor
Channel Completes Rehab Center;
Designed by Hastings & Hoffman
Interiors
Frisbie Hospital Expansion;
Shepley Bulfinch Architect
Landmark Starts Addition to
Christopher Heights Assisted Living;
Smook Architecture
Coull Renovates Health Ctr;
Maugel Architects
State Electric Completes Hope Lodge
Erland Projects – MMA and U.S. EPA
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Designed by Prellwitz Chilinski
Contoocook to Install Peabody Dorm's
Geothermal System
Suffolk Univ. Receives Leed Gold
Multi Residential
Hamilton Unveils Artist Model Unit
Stabile to Build Cottage Homes
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Suffolk’s Hotel Project Wins Grand Prize
Glenn Kingsbury Receives NECA Award
December, 2008
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High-Profile: Multi-Residential Facilities Development News
Metropolitan Completes Constellation Wharf Condominium Project
Charlestown, MA – Metropolitan
Restoration Corp. of Boston has completed the $3.2 million exterior waterproofing,
restoration, and reconstruction of
Constellation Wharf Condominiums in
Charlestown.
The 64 unit, wood-framed residential complex, built on the Charletown
Navy Yard pier, required substantial waterproofing, restoration and reconstruction
during the project.
The unique waterfront setting of
Constellation Wharf and its original construction
added
complexity
to
Metropolitan’s project scope, which was
both comprehensive and multi-dimensional. Constellation Wharf’s wood structures
are supported on a series of structural concrete beams, which are set on pilings.
Units are cantilevered over the edge of the
pier with water surrounding the complex
on three sides.
Constellation Wharf Condominiums
To enable access to the site,
Metropolitan provided a site-specific, custom-designed staging system solution. The
specialty contractor designed and constructed a cantilever beam system and
Landmark to Repair Hemenway Apts.
James Blauch of Eisenberg Haven Architect
Boston
MA
Landmark
Structures Corporation has been
retained by SHP Acquisitions, LLC of
Cumberland, Maine to provide exterior
repairs and window replacements at
Hemenway Apartments, in Boston.
The $1.1 million contract will
cover masonry and roofing repairs in
addition to window replacements to 24
units of the 183-unit elderly and family
residential complex located in the
Fenway/Kenmore area of Boston.
Architect for the project is James
Blauch of Eisenberg Haven Associates
in Boston.
installed it on the lower decks to support
aluminum pole pump jack staging systems,
which suspended over Boston Harbor. The
cantilever beams were held in place by
counterweights. This system allowed
worker access to all elevations, which project out, over the water. Floating barges
would have been required for access had
this special system not been used.
Metropolitan’s waterproofing/reconstruction project scope included the
removal and replacement of deteriorated
plywood sheathing on various aspects of
the structure.
Integral to the project was
Metropolitan’s installation of sprayapplied waterproofing/air barrier system
over the structure’s existing plywood
sheathing.
The project team consisted of the
architectural and engineering firm BET –
Building Envelope Technologies of West
Bridgewater; Constellation Wharf’s management company, Lundgren Management
Group, Inc. of Chelsea; and the onsite construction management company, Pomroy
Associates of South Easton.
Landmark Gets Housing Contract
Stull & Lee Architects
Roxbury, MA - Landmark Structures
Corporation of Woburn has been awarded a
contract from New Boston Ventures to construct
18 affordable housing units for Brookford Dalin
Dean Street Homes in Roxbury.
The $4.3 million project, which is currently underway, will encompass seven twofamily buildings and four single-family buildings in the Dudley area of Roxbury. A sum-
mer 2009 completion date is anticipated.
The Brookford Dalin Dean Street
Homes Development project is a partnership
of the City of Boston’s Department of
Neighborhood Development, Dudley
Neighbors, Inc., New Boston Ventures and
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.
Steve Rigione of Stull & Lee Architects
in Boston serves as Architect for the project.
Harvard University
Ten Akron Street
Graduate Student Housing
located on the corner of
Memorial Drive and
Western Avenue in
Cambridge.
Architect: Kyu Sung Woo
177,000 sf building
215 beds
Director’s Suite
Multi-Purpose room
Common areas
Study lounges
Underground parking
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High-Profile: Educational Facilities Development News
Columbia Completes Olin Project
Needham, MA - Columbia
Special Projects Division (SPD)
recently served as the design-build
construction manager at Olin
College for the renovation of its
music facilities. Allegro Interior
Architecture served as the project
architect.
Columbia SPD collaborated
with Olin’s facility management
team from design inception through
project completion, managing the
architect, engineers, and subcontractors. The expansion included ener-
gy-efficient pendant lights, a security key- fob pass system, tel/data, and
power distribution for recording systems. Columbia also retrofitted surrounding walls with acoustical treatment to ensure minimal noise penetration.
A challenge to this project
included the fact the space was near
the Campus Center, which is the hub
of student activity. Columbia SPD
carefully phased all work and utilized various construction techniques to minimize disruption.
Acella Completes Yawkey Dorm
Architects S.A. Architecture
Brewster,
MA
Acella
Construction Corporation, a Norwellbased construction services firm,
recently completed the construction of
Tom & Jean Yawkey Dormitory at
Latham School in Brewster.
Latham School is a program
offered at the Latham Centers, a nationally known, innovative treatment facility on Cape Cod. Students at the school
range from ages 8 to 22, and include
girls who have coped with troubled histories, have experienced trauma and
failed placements. They also include
individuals living with Prader-Willi
Syndrome.
The new 9,600sf dormitory is a
two-story wood-framed building and
will house 16 students and eight staff
members. Included in the project is an
elevator, basement storage and an
unfinished second floor for future
expansion. Construction was divided
into two phases to accommodate the
client's funding. The dorm is named in
honor of former Boston Red Sox owners Jean and Tom Yawkey.
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Dignitaries at the ribbon-cutting included (left to right): Dr. Dana Mohler-Faria, president,
Bridgewater State College; Frederick J. Clark, Jr., chairman of the Mass. Board of Higher
Education; Donald Smyth, chairman of the BCC Board of Trustees; State Senator Scott P.
Brown; Dr. John Sbrega, BCC president; and State Senator James E. Timilty.
Bufftree Celebrates New Campus
E. Randy Jarvis Architects
New Bedford, MA - Students from the
Attleboro area attending Bristol Community
College can now pursue their dream of higher education in a newly renovated, up-to-date
facility combining today’s high-tech capabilities with more student-friendly amenities.
The recent ribbon-cutting on what is
known as the Attleboro Corporate Campus,
the former Texas Instruments building purchased by BCC in 2006, featured a gathering
of educational and civic leaders as well as
representatives of the project’s contractor,
Bufftree Building Company.
Bufftree renovated 25,000sf of what
had been manufacturing space on the first
level and created classrooms, computer labs,
conference and library rooms, a health lab,
and chemistry and biology labs. In addition,
the site has been modified to conform to
ADA standards.
The architectural firm was E. Randy
Jarvis Architects of New Bedford.
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High-Profile: Educational Facilities Development News
Project Team Gets Special Thanks
Pro Con CM - Marinace Project Architect
L o n d o n d e r r y,
NH – Students at the
Londonderry South
School recently honored the members of
the Pro Con Inc. team
who constructed the
South School’s new
addition. The elementary school students presented the
PCI team with a special
“thank-you”
award and wrote an
original rap poem
with choreographed
steps, which they
read while wearing
Students presented the PCI team with a special “thank-you” award and
hard hats and safety
wrote an original rap poem with choreographed steps.
glasses during an allschool assembly.
minum windows to match the existing school
The school expansion is part of a $5.1 mil- building. Site improvements included adding 60
lion renovation and expansion project that began additional parking places and construction of a
in June 2008. Frank P. Marinace of Hampton was new fire road around the school.
the project architect and Pro Con Inc. of
The renovation work on the 56,496sf South
Manchester was the construction manager. The School included the relocation of the school’s
South School is located at 88 South Road and cur- main office, renovations to the nurse’s office, sperently serves over 600 students in grades one cial education room and conference room, replacthrough five.
ing 60% of the roof and making repairs to the balThe 14,442sf expansion project included the ance, and upgrading the school’s sprinkler system.
removal of eight portable classrooms, and conNew equipment was installed in the comstruction of 11 permanent classrooms designed mercial kitchen and rubber flooring with inlaid
around an interior grass courtyard. The exterior of sport lines was installed in the gymnasium.
the new addition is red brick veneer with alu-
Martini to Build College Ctr
Schenectady, NY - Union College has chosen A.J.
Martini, a Massachusetts-based construction management
firm with three offices on the East Coast, to build a new
Science and Engineering Center in the heart of the school’s
campus.
Construction of the 35,000sf building will begin in the
spring of 2009. The project will be completed during the
2010 - 2011 academic year.
“The A.J. Martini team includes three Union College
graduates,” said Peter Martini, CEO of A.J. Martini. “We are
thrilled to be back at our alma mater and lend our expertise in
university construction.”
Union College will seek a LEED Gold Rating from the
U.S. Green Building Council, a national certification that recognizes projects that incorporate sustainable, green building
practices.
DPM Completes School
Newton, MA - Diversified Project Management, Inc.
(DPM), a Newton-based construction management, facilities
and move-planning firm, recently announced that it has completed The Pike School’s 21,500sf addition and 7,300sf renovation.
The Pike School is an independent, coeducational day
school located on 34 Sunset Rock Road in Andover. Its comprehensive and sequential program provides education to students from pre-kindergarten through grade 9.
Diversified’s senior project manager, Tony Sievers ,
acted as the owner’s representative for the school’s 21,500sf
out-of-the-ground construction and 7,300sf renovation to
their Andover campus to enhance its visual and performing
arts program.
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High-Profile: News
Surviving in a Difficult Economy
back, one has to give without expectation of a
Lori Stewart Coletti is the Director of
quid pro quo relationship
Client Services at Elaine Construction.
Relationships in business are like relahy do some people and firms seem
to thrive regardless of outside tionships in one’s personal life; seldom quid
forces beyond their control? There pro quo, seldom 50/50. Patience to continue
are many reasons: unique skills, trust funds, to develop a relationship that appears to be,
good acting skills…but, in my opinion, as on the surface, not immediately revenue-genmost of us do not possess these attributes, erating, is a very difficult concept among
there is something deeper going on that those who do not understand and embrace the
enables, if not prosperity, at least reasonably value of network-building and maintenance.
It’s their downfall. Successful marketcomfortable survival until the next upswing
ing and network development require, above
occurs.
Recently, the Associated General all, extreme patience, the patience to continue
Contractors of MA asked for comments on to reach out to quality individuals regardless
marketing and business development within of their position, recognizing that they could
the general contracting community. land anywhere, and that you never know who
someone knows.
Specifically, they asked two questions:
Let’s talk for a minute about time.
1. What can young professionals do to
Time is the most valuable commodity; we
help the marketing efforts in their firm?
2. What are the most common mistakes can never create more of it. Each of us has
young professionals make when trying to par- exactly the same amount of time as anyone
who has achieved real greatness. It’s all in
ticipate in marketing efforts?
Really good questions….and com- how you use it.
Time also has transactional meaning.
pletely tied to one’s personal and professional success, the firm’s success, and the value of Many people think that time today is not the
networking consistently and strategically. same as time in 10 years. It absolutely is. If I
choose to invest
The question of
one extra hour a
why some peoSuccessful marketing and network week in giving
ple understand
the concept of development require, above all, extreme of myself to
truly successful patience, the patience to continue to reach help my colleagues, it is a
network build- out to quality individuals
more strategic
ing, and others
miss the mark, has been the subject of much decision that acting selfishly today and
discussion with anyone who’s had a martini spending a year looking for a job if I need one
five years from now. Investing a year with no
with me in the last several years.
My answers to these questions reach direction and no network “savings” is like
far beyond the AGC, and the entire service assuming that one’s 401K will just magically
provider community, to each and every pro- be there when one retires, and being surfessional person, young or seasoned, in the prised, disappointed, and frustrated when it’s
not.
facilities-related fields or in any field.
Giving without expectation of direct
The most successful efforts at assisting
marketing and business development, beyond profit takes maturity, humanity, and undersuccessful delivery on promises, which I standing of the other concepts discussed. But,
think of as a “minimum entry fee,” relate to one gives one’s expertise, time, advice, help,
commitment to consistently giving when one ultimately because it’s a good and right thing
is not required to give. What I mean is, giving to do. Of course, I believe in karma; good
of one’s time to professional organizations, to things coming back to those who do good.
consciously developing a network of peers Through the law of karma, the effects of all
and colleagues, and to investing time when deeds actively create past, present, and future
there is no obvious or direct gain, is what real- experiences, thus making one responsible for
ly differentiates a person, and firms are made one's own life.
Good marketing and good networking
up of people.
Conversely, the most common mis- is smart and strategic. Be patient on the busitakes come into play when one or more of the ness results of all your good deeds and karma.
Keep doing the things you instinctively know
following conditions exist:
• One lacks the patience to look beyond to be important, especially actions to advance
a valued relationship. The patience to focus
the transactional to the long term
• One believes he or she does not have on good networking habits and smart marketthe time to give back or develop a network ing activities – combined with a timely dose
until there is a crisis that demands a look to of good karma – are the keys to thriving in
both up and down markets.
outside resources.
• One fails to recognize that to get
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High-Profile Feature: Roger Williams University
Bond Brothers Celebrates Topping Off
B
ristol, RI - Bond Brothers recently
celebrated the topping off ceremony
of Roger Williams University’s new
residence hall. Faculty, staff, students, and
members of the construction team, including Perkins+Will architects and Odeh
Engineers, Inc., gathered to sign the ceremonial last beam and to witness it being lifted into place by the ironworkers.
Steve Cornwall, Roger Williams’s
project manager, introduced Robert Collie
of Bond Brothers who, spoke about the topping off ceremony as celebration “not only
of the successful completion of the structure, but more significantly, marking the
safe erection of the superstructure.” Collie
congratulated Jay Steel, Daniel Koury
Construction, Inc, and Oldcastle for a job
well done.
Collie introduced Dr. John J. King,
Roger Williams vice president of student
affairs, who spoke of the importance of the
new residence hall providing a home for
students for many decades to come. Joseph
Pangborn, Roger Williams’s vice president
and chief information officer added “The Perkins+Will rendering of Roger Williams University’s new
topping off of the new residence hall is an
residence hall
important milestone achieved through the
collaborative effort of Bond Brothers,
Perkins+Will, Roger Williams, Odeh Engineers, space. The common areas will provide additional
gathering spaces for the campus community.
and Jay Steel.”
The new residence hall overlooks the Mount
The four-story, 120,000sf residence facility
will provide 350 beds in mixed suite and apartment Hope Bay and features dazzling water views. This
style student residences plus RA apartments. The new residence hall project is on time and on budgbuilding will also feature retail/café space, site et, and slated for completion in summer ’09.
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Bond Brothers construction team for residence hall
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Waltham, MA – TC Saracen – a joint
venture between Trammel Crow Co. and
Saracen Properties LLC – has awarded
Erland Construction of Burlington the
rehab of 43 Foundry Avenue, a 187,000sf
office building in Waltham.
The site is part of a larger, 500,000sf
office park called CenterPoint that contains both office and lab space. After
months of preconstruction planning,
Erland, teaming with LaFreniere
Architects of Cambridge, began this project in mid-October.
Improvements to the new building
will include a new façade, all new HVAC
units, new elevators, new toilet cores, and
various architectural upgrades to make the
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promote energy efficiency by becoming an ENERGY STAR Service and Product
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Construction is progressing on
the new 100-room Residence
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in Auburn. Pro Con Inc of
Manchester, N.H. is the architect and construction manager
for the $7.8 million designbuild hotel, which is being
developed by Auburncourt,
LLC.
The four-story, 75,256sf
hotel reflects a new generation
of Residence Inn by Marriott
with exterior stone veneer,
gable windows and cathedral
ceilings in the Gatehouse and
pool areas.
“We are currently installing the sheet
rock on all floors and will begin finishes
by the end of the month,” stated the project superintendent for Pro Con Inc. “The
pool has been installed and the mechanicals are underway throughout the hotel.
Pro Con Inc began the project’s site work
in March 2008 and has scheduled a March
2009 completion date.
Residence Inn by Marriott
The hotel, which is located six miles
from I-95 and diagonally across from the
Auburn Mall, will offer studios, one- and
two-bedroom suites with complete
kitchens and separate sleeping and living
room areas. The Gatehouse will feature a
large hearth room including a fireplace,
breakfast buffet area, guest market, meeting room and study area. Plans call for a
connected pool house with an indoor pool,
spa, fitness room and guest laundry.
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ay State Building Specialties, Inc. (BSBSI), provides and installs a wide variety of quality building
specialty items for the retail, commercial and institutional markets in New England.
Founded by Preston Maxwell and G.J. Healy in
1947 as Bay State Blackboard Company, Inc., the company originally specialized in the resurfacing of slate chalkboards. By 1960, however, slate was becoming obsolete as
porcelain enamel steel emerged as the principle product
used in the construction of chalkboards.
Reflecting the changing market, Bay State
Blackboard changed its focus and began constructing and
installing framed porcelain enamel steel chalkboards and
tackboards.
Bay State Blackboard underwent a major change in
1973, when Sean Mahony joined the firm as sales manager and in 1974 purchased the firm from its founders.
Under the leadership of Sean Mahony, Bay State
Blackboard expanded its operation over the next 30 years
to include the sale and installation of a number of other
building accessories, including projection screens, window treatments, acoustic wall panels, toilet partitions,
lockers, wall protection, fire extinguishers and cabinets.
The steady growth of the company—from four
employees in 1973 to more than 30 today—has required a
commensurate increase in office and warehouse space.
This has been accomplished by a series of moves, beginning in 1979, when it moved from its original 600sf home
in Belmont to the South Shore. In 2007, BSBSI moved
into its own 32,000sf building on Lundquist Drive in
Braintree.
In 2003, the company underwent another major
change. Noting that the name "Bay State Blackboard" did
not encompass the expanded scope of business Bay State
performed, the company changed its name to "Bay State
Building Specialties, Inc." to more fully describe the company's expanded operation.
Gil Lentol joined the company in 1996 as a Project
Manager. In 2002, he became President and General
Manager and, in 2006, Gil became a partner in the company.
The change in corporate identity, however, is the
only thing that has changed. The management and
employees of BSBSI take pride in the history of their company and are dedicated to providing the highest quality
product and workmanship for the next sixty years.
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Above: Custom Sail Shades at the
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
arker Board Panels.
MIT Classroom, Sliding Chalkboards,
Projection Screen, Horizontal Blinds,
Snaptex
Snaptex Stretched Fabric Acoustic Panel System on the coffers
at the Boston Public Library.
2009 Projects
Project Name:
General Contractor:
Architect:
Women & Infants Hospital
Walsh Brothers, Inc.
Anshen + Allen + Rothman
Boston U. Student Housing
Cannon Design
Museum of Fine Arts
John Moriarty & Assoc.
CBT / Foster and Partners
Emerson College – Paramount
Bond Brothers
Elkus Manfredi
Fidelity
Gilbane Building Co.
Gensler
MIT Media Lab
Bond Brothers
Leers Weinzapfel Assoc.
Yale Greenburg Conference Cntr.
Shawmut Design & Const.
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
MGH North Shore Medical Cntr.
Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott
Emerson College – Colonial Bldg.
Suffolk Construction
Steffian Bradley Architects, Inc.
W. Hotel and Residences
Bovis Lend Lease
William Rawn & Associates
Harvard Law School N.W. Corner
Skanska USA.
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
oln, MA - Snaptex Acoustical Ceiling Panels
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ADD Inc Hosts Annual Event
New Hampton Inn and Suites under construction
Hampton Inn on Schedule
Yonkers, NY – Construction is continuing on schedule for a new Hampton
Inn and Suites hotel, located at 160
Corporate Boulevard in Yonkers.
Pro Con Inc of Manchester, NH is
the architect and construction manager for
the new 150-room hotel and FSG Yonkers
Hotel, LLC is the owner and developer.
The hotel will be managed by Colwen
Management of Nashua, N.H.
The exterior siding and windows
are currently being installed, and the
building will be weather-tight by the end
of the month in anticipation of the winter
weather.
Pro Con Inc began site work on the
design build project in March 2008 and
has scheduled a May 2009 completion
date. In addition to the design and construction management services, Pro Con
also provided pre-construction and
structural engineering services for the
developer.
The 87,566sf, four-story hotel will
offer king and queen rooms, and 37 studio
suites. The suites will have a sitting area
with a pull-out sofa sleeper and a wet bar
with a refrigerator and microwave. All the
guest rooms will offer complimentary
high-speed Internet access, and wireless
Internet access will be available in the
lobby.
The public areas of the hotel will
include a full service bar, breakfast area
for the hotel’s complimentary weekday
breakfast, a “Suite Shop” selling snack
and sundry items, an indoor pool and fitness room. The hotel will also have a flexible space conference room.
Boston, MA ADD Inc recently
hosted Preservation
M a s s a c h u s e t t s ’s
Annual Fall Event at
the architecture and
design firm’s new
headquarters in Fort
Point Channel. The
event celebrated the
15th
Anniversary
Retrospective of the
Most
Endangered
Historic Resources l-r: James W. Igoe, president, Preservation Massachusetts;
between 1993 and
Erin Kelly, assistant director, Preservation Massachusetts;
2008.
Laurence J. Grossman, principal, ADD Inc; BK Boley,
Every Novemprincipal, ADD Inc. Photo courtesy ADD Inc
ber,
Preservation
Massachusetts hosts its fall event in a his- pursuing LEED Gold certification by the
toric building that has been successfully U.S. Green Building Council and when
rehabilitated. ADD Inc historically pre- certified, 311 Summer Street will be one
served and renovated its new headquarters of very few LEED Gold commercial inteat 311 Summer Street this year. The firm is riors in Boston.
Dirubbo Buys Acella
Norwell, MA - Acella Construction
Corporation announced that the firm’s cofounder David Dirubbo has purchased
Acella Construction and assumed the position of the company’s president and chief
executive officer.
Dirubbo
co-founded
Acella
Construction with his partner Robert
Johnson in 2003. Johnson recently sold his
shares to Dirubbo.
Acella Construction has completed a
number of retail and interior construction
projects for a variety of clients in recent
months, including Bentley College,
Northeastern University, North Attleboro
Marketplace, Moe's Southwest Grill and
Not Your Average Joe's. Recently, the firm
was hired to build a 45,000sf gym for
Gold’s Gym in Stoughton.
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High-Profile: Awards
Connecticut Design Awards
Awards celebrating the accomplishments of Connecticut architects and
the excellence of Connecticut architectural projects were recently announced.
The Built Design Awards included
Commercial, Institutional, Multi-Family
Residential, and Interiors
• Honor Awards went to:
David Thompson Architects, New
Haven - Public Bus Shelters, New Haven;
JCJ Architecture, Hartford - Regional
Center for the Arts, Trumbull; Pelli Clarke
Pelli Architects, New Haven, two awards
- Daniel L. Malone Engineering Center,
Yale University, New Haven, and
Overture Center for Arts, Madison, Wis.;
Pickard Chilton, Architects, New Haven Wells Fargo Financial Building, Des
Moines, Iowa; Point One Architects +
Planners, Old Lyme - Integrated Day
Charter School Gymnasium, Norwich;
The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Glastonbury
- Emory School of Medicine, Medical
Education Building, Atlanta, Ga.; Mark
Simon, FAIA, Centerbrook Architects and
Planners, Centerbrook, Park Synagogue
East, Pepper Pike; and Newman
Architects, LLC, New Haven - West Side
Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, N.J.
• Preservation Honor Awards
went to:
Halper Owens Architects LLC,
Greenwich - Interstate Design Center,
Greenwich; and Barkin Associates
Architects, P.C./JCJ Architecture,
Hartford - Recital Hall at Betsy Ross
School, New Haven
• .Residential Design Honor
Award went to:
Halper Owens Architects LLC,
Washington Depot - Mountain Road
Residence, Kent; Joeb + Partners
Architects, LLC, Greenwich - Central
Park West Apartment, New York City;
and Mark Markiewicz, AIA, New
Canaan -Addition to a Modern House,
New Canaan.
• Unbuilt Honor Award went to:
JCJ
Architecture,
Hartford
Metamorphosis Restaurant-Conceptual
Design; and PellOverton LLC, New
York City - Studies for Strip Mall,
Stamford, Conn.
• Architecture: Encompassing
Art Honor Award went to:
Beinfield Architects, Norwalk Kinetic Energy Sculptures for Stepping
Stones Museum for Children & the
Norwalk Arts Council, Norwalk; Joeb +
Partners Architects, LLC, Greenwich Hobby Barn Glass Canopies, Pound
Ridge, N.Y.; and Newman Architects,
LLC, New Haven Pipe Organ Façade
for West Side Presbyterian Church,
Ridgewood, N.J.
Boston Labor Council Honors Leaders
Boston, MA –
The Greater Boston
Labor
Council
recently
honored
several leaders for
their achievements
supporting the labor
movement.
Frank
Callahan, president
of the Massachusetts
Building
Trades
Council (MBTC),
received the special
award along with
Somerville Alderman
Dennis Sullivan and
Boston City Council
President Maureen
Feeney.
Frank Callahan
MBTC for 12 years
l-r : Lou Mandarini, president of GBLC; Frank Callahan, president
of Massachusetts Building Trades; Sandy Felder, state director for
National AFL-CIO; Richard Rogers, executive secretary-treasurer
GBLC; Patricia Armstrong, vice president GBLC. Photo courtesy
of MA ABC.
has been with the
and has been the
president for over a year, advocating for
better wages, training and safer working
conditions for men and women in the
construction industry.
Top Places to Work in MA
Boston, MA -Winners recently were
named “Top Places to Work in
Massachusetts” in the debut of an employeebased survey project from The Boston
Globe.
Shawmut Design and Construction
ranked fifth. “We’re honored to receive this
recognition, and think it’s a wonderful tribute to the unique company culture that
drives our team here at Shawmut,” said
CEO Tom Goemaat.
Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
was ranked sixth on the overall list, and was
listed fourth on the list of companies ranked
by level of achievement in advancing
careers through training.
“We are extremely pleased to be
ranked on this prestigious list. Being recognized as one of the top places to work in all
of Massachusetts is tremendous accomplishment for our company,” said John F. Fish,
CEO, Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
RDK Engineers was ranked 47 on the
overall list. Chris Cummings, RDK’s CEO
said "It's a great honor to be recognized in
the competitive Boston marketplace."
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Historic Building Steps into the 21st Century
Exterior Designs in Final Phase of Retrofit
Worcester, MA - Exterior Designs, a
Manchester, N.H.-based company that specializes in exterior cladding, is in the final
phase of completing the total retrofit of the
250,000sf building that was the former
home of Worcester-based shoe giant, Thom
McCan. Though the building has undergone several renovations since it was built
in the early 1900s, including a complete
residing of the building with corrugated
metal, the building was outdated and was
in need of a major face-lift.
The property, located in the
Worcester Business Center, was purchased
by Franklin Realty Advisors in 2007. The
Boston-based real estate development
View of the completely resided building.
firm, and GC of the project,
acquired the building with the
intention of converting it to
Class A office space.
The architect was
Spagnolo
Gisness
&
Associates, Inc.
Mike Dion, president
of Exterior Designs, remembers, "The client was originally interested in insulated
metal panels for the exterior
of the building. However,
after
researching
their
options, they opted for exterior insulation finishing systems (EIFS) for the project. The building, built in the early 1900's, was outdated
The existing conditions of the
and in need of a major face-lift
corrugated metal panels and
the concrete building structure created adds, "Franklin Realty enlisted our companumerous inconsistencies and irregularities ny to provide more than exterior services.
in many areas. Using EIFS not only pro- We handled everything from the rough carvided the client with additional design pentry, to the removal and installation of
options, it made the building's irregulari- the nearly 650 new windows, to constructing the drywall and ceilings."
ties an easy challenge to overcome."
Charles Norton, president of
Exterior Designs faced other challenges with the job: notwithstanding the Franklin Realty, said, "The new look of the
sheer size of the building –600 ft long, 80 building, coupled with the professionalism
ft deep, and five stories high,–the numer- of the EDI team, has made this entire
ous punched-in windows presented several process painless and has exceeded all of
obstacles. In addition, the building was our expectations."
The building, one of the largest in
partially occupied and would continue to
the area, is now a state-of-the-art office
be so during the entire project.
EDI Project Manager Steve Torla building.
ING Picks
Konover
Storrs,
CT
Konover
Residential Corporation has been
awarded the property management
contract for ING Australia’s offcampus housing portfolio located at
the University of Connecticut in
Storrs.
The property management contract includes 13 residential communities owned by ING Real Estate
Community Living Fund, including
Ashford Hills, Clubhouse, Hunting
Lodge, Knollwood, Maplewood,
Millbrook, Oakridge, Oakwood,
Orchard Acres, Perry Hill Estates,
Renwood, Ridgeview Heights and
Willington Oaks.
“We currently manage 274
units of student housing for ING at
Central
Connecticut
State
University,” said Marie Mazzotta,
president of Konover Residential
Corporation. “Extending our management services to include their
UConn portfolio is a nice fit.”
In addition to student housing
at UConn and Central Connecticut,
Konover also manages Hawkins
Meadows near the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass.
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High-Profile: Products Page
OR Previews New Tayco ‘Up’ Line
Office Resources (OR)
recently hosted about 25
guests from the Boston A&D
market in its Boston showroom to preview the awardwinning Tayco “Up” product
line. Comfort and aesthetics
are key factors that allow the
Tayco “Up” to remain versatile, functional, and attractive.
Guests were impressed
by the product’s ability to
seamlessly integrate storage
in the workspace with a minimal footprint. The product’s
support structure, frame, and Preview of the award winning Tayco "Up" product line.
support components are manWith Tayco’s patented and awardufactured from entirely recycled materials
as well as using plastic components spar- winning “Up” post-and-beam system,
Kasdorf created something that breaks
ingly.
Joining the event was the well- with the utilitarian aesthetic that defines
known Canadian designer of the Tayco most of the current market. “Up” is beauproduct, Dakota Kasdorf, whose approach tiful from a distance, but also stands up to
begins with the simple philosophy that fur- close contact and exploration. It achieves a
niture, by design, has a direct impact on working balance of comfort and visual
people’s lives. It is both functional and appeal.
Also attending the event was Tim
decorative and should have significance
Graham, the Tayco National sales manager.
beyond its physical presence.
“We were thrilled by the quality of the attendees,” said
Graham, “There was tremendous and immediate response
to the product.”
“We are pleased to be
the exclusive dealer for the
Tayco ‘Up’ product in the
Boston marketplace,” commented Office Resources
Principal Kevin Barbary. “The
product offering is a refreshing
change to the conventional
cubicle.”
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OR Hosts Debut of Nucraft Products
More than 40 members
of the Boston A&D community were part of a special cocktail reception recently hosted
by OR, Nucraft, and McGlynn
Associates. The reception was
held to debut the first Boston
installation of the Nucraft
Tavola Conference Collection
in conjunction with the awardwinning Neos Casegood product (Neocon 2008 Gold
Award).
Immediately following
Office Resources, Boston showroom.
the viewing was an IIDA CEU
accredited presentation featuring designer years of industrial design work and teachMark Goetz. The lecture, called “The Art ing, provided an interesting view of how
of Furniture Design,” described the histo- he and many of his Pratt University design
ry, process, and educational sharing of students find inspiration for their designs,”
Goetz’s 20-year career as a furniture said Keller.
In his 20-year design career, Goetz
designer and professor.
Also in attendance was Bill Keller, has been responsible for numerous collecvice president of sales and customer serv- tions of seating furniture pieces with a
ice at Nucraft. “Mark Goetz, who has a classically modern appeal.
wealth of knowledge through his many
December, 2008
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High-Profile: Healthcare Facilities Development News
J.M. Coull Completes Health Center
Maugel Architects
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics’ East Walpole Campus. Photo credit - Warren Patterson.
Columbia Completes Siemens Facility
East Walpole, MA - Columbia
Construction recently completed a
115,000sf. Diagnostic Reagent Facility
Expansion for Siemens Healthcare
Diagnostics, in East Walpole. The expansion was in response to the industry’s
growing demand for Siemens’s diagnostic
tests.
Seventy new jobs were created as a
result of this expansion. Built three
months ahead of schedule, the new facility
was constructed in 19 months, with the
warehouse being delivered in just 11
months.
Several green elements were integrated into this project such as the installa-
tion of light sensors throughout the building; energy-efficient roof design and insulation to conserve valuable resources; and
the installation of high-efficiency motors
for all facilities and process equipment to
minimize energy needs and decrease use
of fossil fuels.
The most complex green initiative
was the implementation of a water
recharge system (WRS). Water from
rooftops of buildings 3 and 4, as well as
the parking lot, is plumbed into the WRS,
which provides a path for the water to
enter directly into the ground rather than
travel off the site into Walpole’s storm
sewer system.
Lowell, MA - J.M. Coull has completed the first phase of renovations at the
Lowell Community Health Center facility
located on Warren Street in Lowell.
The architect is Maugel Architects
of Harvard, Mass.
Formerly comprised of exam rooms
and offices that needed upgrading, renovations to the 5,000sf space on the second
floor included the removal and replacement of nearly all of the interior finishes
and MEP systems. The improvements
involved the construction of 10 new exam
rooms, a waiting room, doctors’ offices,
restrooms and a staff lounge. This new
space houses Lowell Community Health
Center’s Family Medicine and Women’s
Services practices.
A particularly sensitive portion of
this project was the existing telephone and
IT server rooms that needed to remain on
this floor. It was imperative that existing
mainframe computers for all of the Health
Center’s facilities remain operational
throughout the project. J.M. Coull performed construction activities, including
reinforcement of the ceiling, walls and
floor surrounding these rooms, without
upsetting ongoing computer operations.
Lee Kennedy Tops Off St. Luke’s
New Bedford, MA —
Lee Kennedy Co. recently
joined Southcoast Hospitals
Group project team members,
Mayor Scott Lang, and St.
Luke’s Hospital neighbors to
celebrate the topping off of the
hospital’s new parking garage.
The topping off comes
just six months after the team
mobilized on-site following an extensive
preconstruction process. Designed by
MFPA Inc. and Newbury Design
Associates Inc., the garage will provide
parking for 341 vehicles when it opens in
March 2009.
St Luke's garage
Located on the hospital campus, the
31,000sf garage will allow St. Luke’s to
maintain a high level of accessibility and
convenience for patients and visitors at
one of the busiest community hospitals in
Massachusetts.
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and 2009 be a Year of Successes
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High-Profile Feature: Rhode Island Hospital
Shawmut Expands Rhode Island Hospital
Architects Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
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rovidence, RI - Shawmut Design
and Construction completed a
three-story, occupied vertical
expansion to Rhode Island Hospital in
Providence.
In conjunction with architects
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., and
Rhode Island Hospital’s Facility Design
Team, the project is designed to improve
the patient experience and allow the hospital to meet the future healthcare needs
of the community by reinvesting in its
infrastructure.
The project added three new floors
of inpatient beds serving cardiac intensive
care, telemetry and general medical/surgical patients, and included the construction
of a 140-foot high, cast-in-place concrete
shear tower with a connecting steel truss,
glass-enclosed pedestrian bridge.
The 110-bed patient addition features
a glass and masonry curtain wall.
Three-story, vertical expansion to Rhode
Island Hospital
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High-Profile Feature: NOAA Facility
J.M. Coull Completes NOAA Facility
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within the two connected structures
totaling
97,000sf.
Additionally, provisions have
been made for canoe storage
space, walk-in coolers and freezers, and laboratories serving
non-sea salt sulfate (NSS)
research and seafood inspections.
A four-story main building
totaling 86,000sf and a smaller
11,000sf annex building will
house office suites for Fishery
Operations, including Statistics,
the Habitat Conservation and
Restoration Department and the
Protected
Resources
Department. A fishery museum
is housed within the reception
area of the main building.
loucester, MA - When the
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) decided to relocate its
Northeast Regional Office (NERO)
of the National Marine Fisheries
Services to a rocky site overlooking
the Atlantic Ocean in Gloucester, the
private development company handling the move contacted the
Association of Builders and
Contractors (ABC) for the names of
local reputable construction management firms that could handle the
challenging terrain, schedule and
weather.
J.M. Coull was one of the firms
recommended by the ABC due, in
part, to its ability to specialize in
tight scheduling programs as well as
the firm’s extensive experience with
Northeast Regional Office of the National
industrial and laboratory building
Marine Fisheries. All photos by Blind Dog
construction.
Photography.
J.M. Coull, a full-service construction company based in Maynard, Engineering, both of Chicago, and
broke ground on this project in the sum- Environmental Air Systems of North
mer of 2007 and delivered it for occupan- Carolina to complete this project.
Office suites, meeting and training
cy as scheduled in October of 2008.
Coull worked in conjunction with 4240 rooms, and other office amenities such as
Architecture, Inc. and Hennemen reception and locker facilities are housed
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Mass. State Representative Anthony Verga; Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk; and
Mass. State Senator Bruce Tarr.
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High-Profile Feature: NOAA Facility
High-Profile: Awards
Machado and Silvetti Associates
Awarded for Museum of Art
View of interior hallway
PSC Provides Innovation for NOAA Facility
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loucester, MA - Abington-based
Precast Specialties Corp. (PSC) provided 30,000sf of architectural precast panels for the Northeast Regional
Office of the National Marine Fisheries in
Gloucester, a division of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA).
PSC provided an aesthetically pleasing solution to replace masonry-laid brick in
the original SPEC. John D’Amelio,
President of PSC, says, “We could provide
the facility with a realistic way to complete
the design within the constraints of weather
conditions and a tight schedule.”
In 90-days, 439 precast panels were
fabricated by PSC with inlaid architectural
thin brick made by METROBRICK.
American Steel and Precast Erectors was
subcontracted by PSC to complete the infield installation because of its excellence
and reliability during over 10 years of work-
ing together with PSC. Installation took one
month.
The proximity of Precast Specialties
Corp. to the jobsite helped to minimize
transportation costs and highlights the
importance of incorporating local building
materials into the planning and construction
of facilities.
The fact that the fabrication and infield installation of 30,000sf of precast panels could be completed in a New England
winter while staying on budget and on
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meet specific needs and also to the importance of choosing the right building materials from a local supplier.
PSC specializes in the manufacture of
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Brunswick, ME - The Bowdoin was completed in October of 2007. The projCollege Museum of Art renovation and ect transformed the historically significant
expansion project in Brunswick is the Walker Art Building, which was designed by
recipient of multiple 2008 awards and hon- Charles Follen McKim, of McKim, Mead and
ors. The project has received an Honor White and dedicated in 1894, into a state-ofAward from the New England Chapter of the-art museum that addresses new program
the American Institute of Architects, an needs, necessary code and accessibility
American Architecture Award from the upgrades and incorporates security and cliChicago Athenaeum: Museum of mate control systems to meet current museum
Architecture and Design, an Award for standards.
Design from the Boston
Society of Architects, a Maine
Statewide Historic Preservation
Honor Award from Maine
Preservation, and was named a
Building Division Winner in
the 2008 Build Maine Awards.
The 33,500sf renovation
and addition, designed by
Machado and Silvetti Associates
Award winning Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
of Boston, and constructed by
Photograph ©Facundo de Zuviria.
Consigli Construction Co., Inc.,
Jones Lang LaSalle Wins Awards
Boston, MA - Jones Lang LaSalle
Incorporated won four Office Building of the
Year (TOBY) Awards in an annual ceremony held by the Building Owners and
Managers Association (BOMA) recently.
The top honors were awarded to these
Jones Lang LaSalle managed properties: One
Financial Center in The Office Building of
the Year (TOBY) Over 1,000,000sf
Category; 260 Franklin Street in the 250,000499,000sf Office Category; 27 State Street in
the Historical Building Category; and
Westboro Executive Park in Suburban Low
Rise. James Karman, Vice Chairman of
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, received the
Industry Leadership Award for his dedication
to real estate and property management.
Precast Specialties NPCA Certified
Abington, MA - Precast Specialties Corp. (PSC) has been awarded status as a
National Precast Concrete Association Certified Plant. The designation recognizes
PSC as a precast concrete manufacturing plant operating at the highest standards of
production and quality control.
PSC specializes in the manufacture of architectural precast panels, precast concrete roadway products and custom precast products.
BU Inducted into MBC Hall of Fame
Boston, MA - Walsh Brothers,
Incorporated, a Boston-based construction
management firm, nominated Boston
University for induction into the
Massachusetts Building Congress Hall of
Fame.
On October 9, after a rigorous selection process, Boston University was selected
as the winner and was formally inducted into
the Second Annual Hall of Fame in front of
475 attendees.
This honor recognizes, celebrates, and
publicizes the work of exemplary companies
whose longstanding contributions have lasting impact on the industry, community, and
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Other Boston area companies honored
as inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame
included: S&F Concrete Contractors, Inc.,
Kenneth Himmel of the Related Companies,
and Howard Elkus, FAIA of Elkus Manfredi
Architects.
A fourth-generation managed, familyowned firm, Walsh Brothers, Inc was inducted into the MBC Hall of Fame last year for
its contribution to the advancement of the
construction industry along with its community involvement and philanthropy, project
innovation, leadership and collaboration and
environmental stewardship.
CoreNet Awards ARC Project
Cambridge, MA - ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge announced that the
ARC-designed Genzyme Science Center in Framingham has received the “Life Sciences
Project of the Year” award from the New England Chapter of CoreNet Global, the world’s
leading professional association for corporate real estate and workplace executives.
The Science Center, a 180,000sf facility at Genzyme Corporation’s campus in
Framingham, also recently earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building
Council and has become one of only 10 laboratories in the nation to achieve this high rating.
Bovis Lend Lease served as the general contractor for the project. The MEP engineer was Bard, Rao & Athanas Consulting Engineers Inc.
December, 2008
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High-Profile Feature: ABC Awards
Associated Builders & Contractors Awards
T
he Massachusetts Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors is the largest
construction trade association in the Commonwealth, representing over 475
local general contractor, subcontractor, supplier and associate companies.
ABC's Massachusetts Chapter has spent the past 40 years fulfilling its founders'
mission of promoting and advancing the merit construction industry.
The annual awards were presented November 18, at a reception in conjunction
with the Build Boston convention held at the Seaport World Trade Center
Cutler Associates, Inc. - University of Hartford New Residence Hall - Spirit & Merit
award for commercial/institutional/industrial over $5M
Tocci Building Corporation - Aloft & Element Hotels Campus - Merit award for commercial/institutional/industrial over $5M
The RELCO Companies - Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women’s Cancer Center - Merit
award for electrical-commercial/industrial over $1M
Methuen Construction
Company, Inc. Somersworth Water
Treatment Facility - Eagle
award
Kaplan Corporation Washington Mills Lofts Merit award for historical restoration over $1M
F.W. Webb Project Wins ABC Award
University of Hartford
New Residence Hall
West Hartford, CT
DBIA National Excellence Award
ABC Merit & Spirit Award
Congratulations to all
ABC Excellence in Construction
Award Winners!
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Maynard, MA J.M. Coull, a full-service
construction company
has been awarded a 2008
Excellence
in
Construction
Award
(EICA)
from
the
Associated Builders and
Contractors
(ABC)
Massachusetts Chapter.
The project, the
F.W. Webb Wholesale
and Local Distribution
facility in Bennington,
l-r: From JM Coull - Andrew Coull, Liz Mason, and
VT won a Merit Award,
Andrew McBeth, far right is Andrew Loverud, Design
the highest level given, in
Science International.
the
Pre-engineered
Building category of projects ranging HVAC distribution center, showroom and
office space. A 17,000sf high-bay warebetween $2 and $10 million.
This 37,000sf project involved the house spans the rear of the facility and feanew construction of a pre-engineering tures a 16,000sf mezzanine for large prodmetal building to house 10,500sf of self- uct storage.
serve plumbing, heating, refrigeration and
December, 2008
35
High-Profile Feature: ABC Awards
The winners of the ABC Masschusetts Chapter's 2008
Excellence in Construction Awards are:
J.M. Coull, Inc.
F.W. Webb Wholesale and Local Distribution Facility
Pre-Engineered Building $2M - $10M
Merit
Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc.
Evergreen Solar: 75 MWPV Manufacturing, Devens, MA
Electrical-Commercial Industrial Over $1M
Eagle
Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc. - Evergreen Solare Eagle award for electrical-commercial industrial over $1M
Bowdoin Construction Corp.
The Village at Colony Place, Plymouth, MA
Commercial/Institutional/Industrial Over $5M
Merit
C.E. Floyd Company, Inc.
Latitude 43, Gloucester, MA
Commercial/Institutional/Industrial $1M - $5M
Eagle
Cutler Associates, Inc.
University of Hartford - New Residence Hall, West Hartford, CT
Spirit & Merit
Tocci Building Corporation
Aloft & Element Hotels Campus, Lexington, MA
Merit
C.E. Floyd Company, Inc. - Latitude 43 - Eagle award for commercial/institutional/industrial $1M-$5M
C.E. Floyd Company was
presented with an Eagle
Award recognizing their
work at the Latitude 43
Restaurant in Gloucester,
MA. L-r: Ray Caruso,
VP/Project Executive,
Mark Beckler, Estimator,
Mark Canfield, Project
Superintendent and John
Hyde, Project Manager.
DECCO, Inc.
PD Relocation/Suite 6 Project, Hopkinton, MA
Mechanical-Commercial/Industrial Over $1M
Merit
Erland Construction, Inc.
Library Addition for Newton Country Day School, Newton, MA
Eagle
Erland Construction, Inc.
Cadet Residence Hall Expansion and Renovation at
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Renovation
Eagle
Interstate Electrical Services Corp.
Genzyme CUP Building, Framingham, MA
Electrical-Commercial Industrial Over $1M
Eagle
Kaplan Corporation
Washington Mills Lofts, Lawrence, MA
Historical Restoration Over $1M
Merit
L.D. Russo, Inc.
The Blakeley Building, Lawrence, MA
Historical Restoration Over $1M
Merit
Methuen Construction Company, Inc.
Somersworth Water Treatment Facility, Somersworth, NH
Public Works
Eagle
Bowdoin Construction Corp. - The Village at Colony Place - Merit award for commercial/institutional/industrial over $5M
The RELCO Companies
Dana Farber/Brigham & Women's Cancer Center at Milford Regional
Medical Center, M Electrical-Commercial Industrial Over $1M
Merit
December, 2008
36
High-Profile Cover Story: Award-Winning Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. Celebrates 30 Years
Award-Winning Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc.
Celebrates 30 Years and Three More Excellence in Construction Awards
Holliston, MA - With 1100
employees and growing, headquartered
in Holliston and with regional offices in
Duluth, Ga.; Raleigh, N.C.;
and Pelham, Ala., Wayne J.
Griffin Electric, Inc serves
clients throughout New
England and the Southeast in
markets ranging from commercial, educational and municipal to
medical, industrial and high-tech.
In 1978, Wayne J. Griffin founded
and incorporated the company with only
five employees, wiring residential and
small commercial/industrial projects.
One year later, the company began electrical contracting work at the
Coca-Cola Bottling Plant
bottling and canning line
installation in Needham,
Mass, its first large industrial
project. This began a trend
for the company that would last through
the present – pursuing larger projects
within varying industries.
Saying thank-you to our team members...
An excerpt from Wayne J. Griffin's newsletter.
Being in this business for over 30 years, I have
learned that one of the most important values a person
can have is to acknowledge the contributions of his or her
team members. We often forget that our team is not only
our co-workers but also our industry partners—the general contractors, engineers, architects, suppliers, and vendors. Not only are these people part of our team but they
are also a large part of our success.
Over the years, we have been able to form valuable
and strategic partnerships with many of our partners and
suppliers, making them vital team members on each of
our projects.
When there is a problem, it should be addressed
and resolved diplomatically—always remembering we
are all members of the same team and we should treat
others as we expect to be treated—with respect.
Remember, the next time you congratulate your
team on a job well done, you should thank the people we often forget—the general
contractor who gave us the opportunity, the architects who designed the project, and
the suppliers and vendors who provided materials to us so that we could complete our
role—they are contributors to our sucess.
Griffin Continues Work on High-Profile Schools Across the Region
The new $99 million, 350,000sf
high school being built to replace the outdated, century-old high school in Quincy,
Mass. is the largest municipal project in
the city’s history. Construction is occurring in several phases, and the Griffin
Electric team is currently working on
Phase 2 of the project.
The New England Griffin Team is
also working on one of the most innovative schools being built in Massachusetts
history—Newton North High School.
Construction on this $195million,
405,000sf high school began in July of
2008 and is expected to continue into the
fall of 2010. The new state-of-the-art
school will replace the existing 35-yearold school. The high school will feature an
outdoor stadium, indoor swimming pool,
vocational education workshops, glassenclosed cafeteria, restaurant and a
unique zig-zag shape allowing access to
natural light in every classroom.
The new school will consist of a
temporary integration of the current high
school with renovations and new construction, allowing for an expanded campus, including a new vocational teaching
area, new gymnasium, library, media
center, and computer labs.
In May 2008, the Alabama Griffin
Team began electrical work on a new
high school in Leeds, Ala. Scheduled to
open in fall of 2009, this new high school
will be approximately 130,000sf in size.
This school is to replace the original high
school built in the 50s. The original high
school was demolished, and the new
Above: Newton North High School rendering
Source: City of Newton Public Buildings
Department. Artist: Dongik Lee
Leeds’ Middle School is currently being
constructed in its place.
Griffin Electric is also slated to perform the electrical construction on the
middle school.
L & R: The original Quincy High School and
new construction meets the original structure.
Leeds High School rendering courtesy of: Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, Inc.
December, 2008
37
High-Profile Cover Story: Award-Winning Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. Celebrates 30 Years
Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc. Wins Three ABC’s Excellence Awards
Holliston, MA - The Wayne J. Griffin
Electric, Inc. New England headquarters
was honored with an Excellence in
Construction
Award
from
the
Massachusetts chapter of the Associated
Builders &
Contractors (ABC) on
November 18. For their work on Phase I of
the Evergreen Solar Project in Devens,
Mass., Griffin Electric was awarded the
highest honor of an Eagle Award in the
“Electrical Contracting under $2 million”
category.
Griffin Electric’s senior project
manager, Steve Magill, accepted the
Award on behalf of the Wayne J. Griffin
Electric, Inc. Evergreen Solar Team.
The Alabama representatives of
Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. .recently
received two awards from the Alabama
Chapter of the ABC in the annual
Excellence in Construction Award (EICA)
Competition.
Alabama's Battle House Tower
Pinnacle (Left) and matching
Riverview Plaza Pinnacle (right)
A first place Excellence
Award in the “Electrical
Contracting over $20 million
category,” was accepted by
Rufus Palmer, Alabama region
manager, for the electrical contracting work performed on the
Renaissance Hotel and Spa at
the Convention Center in
Montgomery, Ala.
In addition to the
Excellence Award, a Merit
Award was also accepted by
the Alabama Team in the
“Commercial
Electrical
Contracting under $2 million”
category for their work on the
Pinnacle Lighting of the
Retirement
Systems
of
Alabama’s Riverview Hotel in
Mobile.
Renaissance Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center in Montgomery, Ala.
Work Continues on Hebrew SeniorLife’s
NewBridge on the Charles
A Comprehensive Multi-Generational Community
Dedhham, MA - Griffin Electric is
currently working as the electrical installation work for Hebrew SeniorLife’s
(HSL) NewBridge on the Charles community in Dedham. Construction is
scheduled to be completed in fall of
2009.
When complete, the 988,000sf
community will include many options for
senior housing, including complete
health center, apartments, villas, community center, supportive housing, and
assisted-living.
NewBridge will also permanently
host the Rashi School—a Jewish day
school for grades K to 8 as well as an
early childhood daycare center.
The Shapiro Center will include a
theater, library, computer room, art
studio, clubrooms, business center,
post office, banking office, convenience store, residential dining areas,
and restaurants.
A fitness and aquatic center
will be constructed and will allow
for a choice of rehabilitation activities for seniors.
The Griffin Electric team is
responsible for all primary distribuArtist’s rendering of NewBridge on the
tion to the facility, dimming and
Charles, Dedham, Mass. Artist: Vlad Yeliseyev. lighting.
L-r: Chris Dignan, Steve Magill,
John Leombruno, Wayne Griffin.
Phase I of the Evergreen Solar Project in Devens, Mass.
Griffin Continues Work at Catalyst Residential
Tower and Begins Work at Catalyst Parking Deck
Charlotte, NC - In 2007, Wayne J.
Griffin Electric, Inc. began the design-build
electrical construction on a substantial residential project in Charlotte—the new
Catalyst Residential Tower. Scheduled to finish in 2009, this new housing tower will contain 27 stories of post-tension poured-inplace high-rise construction. This year,
design-build electrical construction will also
begin on the new Catalyst Parking Deck. The
eight-story precast parking deck is scheduled
to be complete by the end of 2008.
The new 500,000+sf residential complex will include 462 condominium units
including a designer lobby area, elevated
amenity deck with swimming pool, private
clubroom, fitness center, media room, gaming area, and 20,000sf of street-level retail
space.
The neighboring new 400,000sf parking complex will include eight levels of parking and 12,000sf of street-level retail space.
The Griffin Electric team is responsible
for the design and installation of the complete
electrical and fire alarm scope for both projects.
Catalyst Residential Tower,
Courtesy of Novare Group
December, 2008
38
High-Profile: Green Facilities Development News
Bufftree Upgrades Quisset Structure
The latest collaboration
between the world-class scientific institution and the
world-class builder employed
green design solutions by
architects
Oak
Point
Associates of Portsmouth,
N.H. to make the Gosnold
Laboratory more in harmony
with its natural environment
and a healthier place to work.
The project’s environmentally friendly features
include the use of solar energy A bridge connects to the south-facing geotechnical wing
addition
and other energy-saving measures. Ten 30-tube solar collectors power two tiles were made of 33% and 82% recycled
rooftop air handling units supplying radiant material respectively, and the lobby’s reception desk was constructed with 100% resinheat and hot water in suitable weather.
The indirect natural lighting that fills impregnated recycled newspaper.
A bridge connects to the south-facing
the lobby, classroom and office spaces is
reflected by white and light-colored interiors. geotechnical wing addition, which does not
To reduce energy require windows, sunlight or heat as it is
costs, a switch located in used for cold storage. The low-slung wing
the lobby can turn off the nestles into the hill with a vegetated roof sysheating or cooling systems tem that helps to insulate the space inside
and open the clearstory while minimizing water runoff and nurturing
windows. As air blows in wildlife.
Whalen called the green elements in
through the windows and
is heated by people and the building such as the modern solar colleccomputers, it then moves tion systems and the use and manipulation of
through a transfer grill and natural light and ventilation, to name a few,
is vented out the lobby “a learning experience for most of us,”
adding, “I’m sure the construction industry
windows.
It was also important will see much more of this technology in the
Recently completed construction and renovation project on to use recycled materials. very near future.”
The carpeting and ceiling
the Gosnold Laboratory
New Bedford, MA - Bufftree Building
Company recently completed a new construction and renovation project on the
Gosnold Laboratory for the United States
Geological Survey (USGS) at the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI).
Bufftree has been the contractor of
choice for many major projects at WHOI
over the years.
Bufftree Superintendent George
Whalen described the Gosnold addition as
both an interesting and challenging project.
“With the use of mainly cathedral ceilings
and minimal partitions, all phases of work
had to be thought out in advance and monitored while in progress to ensure a neat
appearance upon finish,” he said. “Although
difficult to visualize at first, the architect’s
use of various angles, lighting and exposed
structural elements came together to create a
great looking building inside and out.”
RTC Report
The
Rails-to-Trails
Conservancy has released a new
report that makes the case for
increased federal funding in bicycling and walking infrastructure.
"Active Transportation for
America" quantifies for the first
time the profound benefits our
nation would see with increased
walking and bicycling. Never before
has the case been made so clearly
that relatively modest federal investment in bicycling and walking can
save Americans tens of billions of
dollars each year.
The report pulls success stories from communities across the
country that are actively engaged in
improving their active transportation
networks. These stories come from
community case statements that are
part of their participation in RTC's
2010
Campaign
for Active
Transportation.
For more about the report,
including access to graphs, summaries and opportunities to take
action, visit http://www.railstotrails.org/whatwedo/trailadvocacy/A
TFA/index.html.
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The Precautionary Principle
By Jennifer Taranto
tractors submitted alternaIn the past month a number
tives for the installation of
of projects have been put on
white roofs, over time the
hold; many of those moving forreduction of black surface
ward lack sustainability goals
would reduce the local urban
due to budget constraints. What
heat island effect. Because
we in the industry must rememblack roofs throughout the
ber is that designing and building
community contribute to
responsibly is now, more than
increased energy consumpever, a way that we must do busition by every building, the
Taranto
ness. There isn’t just a bottom
precautionary
principle
line with sustainability; there is a triple guides us to use white roofs. The result is
bottom line: people, planet and profit. a Pareto optimum: a reduction in the enerMaximizing the triple bottom line benefits gy consumption, and therefore the operatus all.
ing costs, of every surrounding building,
If you are an owner, ask what can be at no additional cost.
done to be more sustainable. As an archiThe white roof example is simple
tect, can you incorporate sustainable because there is no aesthetic component to
design features into all projects even if the decision, there is no additional cost,
your client hasn’t thought to specifically and there is no additional labor required.
ask for them? If you are the general con- There are several aspects of a project that
tractor or construction manager, sourcing can be classified similarly when time and
materials locally and communicating sus- care are taken in the selection of materials.
tainable alternatives to the client and the Components as simple as drywall and
architect can increase the triple bottom metal studs can be sourced locally and
line. A key component of building sustain- with high recycled content at no additionably is in educating other members of the al cost. If a client or architect doesn’t offiproject team and creating an atmosphere cially make the request, a member of a
of an integrated design process.
project team should feel empowered to
Recently the US Green Building make such a decision because it’s the right
Council (USGBC) added the precaution- thing to do.
ary principle to its set of guiding princiIt is the responsibility of every
ples. The precautionary principle is similar member of a project team to invoke the
to a doctor’s ethic of “do no harm” – if triple bottom line and the precautionary
there can’t be formal scientific consensus principle. By employing the precautionary
on something that might be harmful then it principle and communicating throughout
is the responsibility of the decision-mak- the project, we can design and build better
ers to act in the best interests of everyone buildings for the way that we live and for
with the facts available.
the way that we want our children to live
A great example of exercising the without compromising architectural
precautionary principle can be made with vision, safety, or cost.
white roofs. White roofs have a higher
Jennifer Taranto is a project managsolar reflective index (SRI) than black er at Structure Tone, Inc. She sits on the
roofs, which combats urban heat island Leadership Council for the USGBC
effect. Urban heat island occurs because Affiliate Massachusetts Membership
components of the built environment act Forum (MMF), is the chair of the
as heat sinks and cause the temperatures in Membership Committee for the MMF, and
cities to be higher than in surrounding is a member of the USGBC New York chapareas. Asphalt and black roofs absorb light ter. She serves in additional capacities on
rather than reflect it, contributing to urban the leadership team for the Structure Tone
heat island effect. If architects added white Organization’s corporate sustainability
roofs, which costs no more than black task force and as the Sustainability
roofs, to their building designs, and if con- Coordinator for the Boston office.
L-r: Lisa Wexler, president, Elaine Construction; Ken Wexler, Elaine chairman;
Don Wexler, Elaine project manager; Amy Bauman, founder of greenGoat; Lori
Colletti, Elaine director of client services; and from ADD Inc B.K. Boley, principal and Fred Kramer, president. Photo courtesy of greenGoat
greenGoat Anniversary
On November 19t, ADD Inc and Elaine Construction Company hosted 150
guests at an event celebrating the seventh anniversary of greenGoat.
The evening toasted greenGoat's efforts to parlay its existing success in the
corporate realm. Both ADD Inc and Elaine Construction Company have worked on
projects using greenGoat's approach to asset management.
Nobis Relocates Offices
Lowell, MA - Celebrating its 20th
anniversary, Nobis Engineering, Inc. has
relocated its Massachusetts office to the
City of Lowell.
The firm broke ground earlier this
year on a 20,000sf historic mill building
located at 585 Middlesex Street.
Nobis Engineering completes this
brownfields project as a LEED project,
incorporating sustainable and green building elements such as solar panels, high
efficiency heating and lighting systems,
environmentally-friendly pervious pavement, use of recycled and local materials,
and use of non-VOC emitting materials in
construction.
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The Geothermal Heat Pump Industry
SCUP Excellence in Architecture
Yale University’s Lewis Walpole Library-SCUP Excellence in Architecture for
Building Addition, Merit Award. Architect: Mark Simon, FAIA with Susan E.
Wyeth, AIA of Centerbrook Architects and Planners. Photo credit: Peter Aaron/Esto
USGBC Members Approve LEED 2009
The U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC) announced at its Greenbuild conference in Boston in November 2008 that
LEED 2009, a revision of the LEED Rating
System first made available for comment in
May 2008, has been approved by its 18,000
member organizations.
The revision is intended to create
greater consistency among the several
LEED rating systems, reflect a more scientifically grounded weighting of credits—
including a stronger focus on energy and
climate issues—and accommodate new
developments in building technology as
well as regional variations (see EBN Vol.
17, No. 6). All LEED rating systems now
contain 100 points.
USGBC will update LEED 2009 regularly to keep the system up to date with
technological and market developments,
much like code organizations do with building codes. USGBC has not yet announced
when registration under LEED 2009 will
begin, but it will likely coincide with the
launch of a revamped LEED Online tool,
expected in Spring 2009.
For
more
information
www.usgbc.org/leed2009/
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by John Kelly, executive director
Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium
The new tax incentives for geothermal heat pumps are the culmination of an
"all-out" federal legislative affairs effort
unilaterally initiated by LSB Industries
(Amex LXU) subsidiary, ClimateMaster,
in April, 2007. Dan Ellis, president, with
the support of a coalition of top-tier legislative consultants, embarked on a mission to educate Congress on the benefits
of geothermal heat pumps and the role
they could play in meeting our nation's
energy-efficiency and climate change
goals. Ultimately, there were direct meetings with 34 members of Congress,
including Majority Leader Reid, and with
hundreds of staff members and other government and administration employees.
This effort received vital support from:
Alliance to Save Energy
American Council for an Energy
Efficient Economy
International Ground Source Heat
Pump Association
Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium
Geothermal
National
&
International Initiative Inc.
National Ground Water Association
Geothermal Energy Association
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association
The specific provisions of the bill
that directly or indirectly support geothermal heat pumps are:
Long-term Extension of Energy
Credit. The bill extends the 30% investment tax credit for solar energy property
and qualified fuel cell property, as well as
the 10% investment tax credit for microturbines. The bill increases the $500 per
half kilowatt of capacity cap for qualified
fuel cells to $1,500 per half kilowatt of
capacity, and adds small commercial wind
as a category of qualified investment. The
bill also provides a new 10% investment
tax credit for combined heat and power
systems and geothermal heat pumps. The
bill extends these credits through 2016
and allows them to be used to offset the
alternative minimum tax (AMT). By
including geothermal heat pumps within
the definition of "energy property" in the
Energy Credit language, geothermal heat
pump systems placed in service after
October 3, 2008 will now also be subject
to a five-year depreciation period.
Long-term
Extension
and
Modification of the Residential EnergyEfficient Property Credit. The bill
extends the credit for residential solar
property and removes the credit cap
(currently $2,000) for solar electric
investments. The bill adds residential
small wind investment, capped at
$4,000, and geothermal heat pumps,
capped at $2,000, as qualifying property.
The bill extends these credits retroactively from January 1, 2008 through
2016 and allows them to be used to offset the AMT.
Extension of Energy-Efficient
Buildings Deduction. Current law
allows taxpayers to deduct the cost of
energy-efficient property installed in
commercial buildings. The amount
deductible is up to $1.80 per square foot
of building floor area for buildings
achieving a 50% energy savings target.
The energy savings must be accomplished through energy and power cost
reductions for the building's heating,
cooling, ventilation, hot water, and interior lighting systems. This bill extends
the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction for five years, through
December 31, 2013.
Extension of Credit for EnergyEfficiency Improvements to New
Homes. Under_current law, contractors
receive a credit for the construction of
energy-efficient new homes that achieve
a 30% or 50% reduction in heating and
cooling energy consumption relative to a
comparable dwelling. The credit equals
$1,000 for homes meeting a 30% efficiency standard, $2,000 for homes meeting a 50% standard. The bill extends the
new energy efficient home tax credit
through 2009.
This information has been provided
by:
Geoexchange.org.
The
Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium,
and reprinted from heatspring.com.
December, 2008
41
The Green Roundtable Calendar
Events for December
The following is an abbreviated
list of events for the month of
December offered through the Green
Roundtable. For full details on any
listing, visit: http://www.nexusboston.
com/space/events.html/2008/9.
12/10/2008 12:30 pm 1:30 pm
•
The
Green
Roundtable–December
Roundtable: Greenbuild
& Build Boston in
Review
Location: NEXUS,
38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor,
Boston, MA 02111
Cost: Free and open to the public
Program Level: 2
Who Should Come: Everyone
who attended or was interested in
attending educational workshops at
Greenbuild and Build Boston.
Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Location: NEXUS, 38 Chauncy
St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 0211
Cost: $10
Program Level: 1
Who Should Come: Everyone
interested or involved in the operations and maintenance of
commercial and institutional buildings, especially building management staff, building operations staff, building owners and real estate management personnel.
Mark
Your
Calendar
12/11/2008 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
• The Green Roundtable-Introduction to LEED for Existing
2/13/2008 10:00 am 2:00 pm
•
GRT–NEXUS
Second
Saturdays: Creating Healthy &
Sustainable Indoor Environments
Location: NEXUS, 38 Chauncy
St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
Cost: Free and open to the public
Who Should Come: Everyone,
including homeowners, renters, and
residential building professionals.
LEED for Neighborhood Development
Boston, MA - The U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC) announced the opening of
the first public comment period for its LEED
for Neighborhood Development rating system. The program is the first national certification system for green neighborhood design
and development.
LEED
for
Neighborhood
Development is a collaboration between the
USGBC, the Congress for the New
Urbanism, and the Natural Resources
Defense Council and integrates the principles
of smart growth, new urbanism, and green
building.
USGBC began pilot testing LEED for
Neighborhood Development in early 2007,
and accepted nearly 240 pilot projects into
the program, representing 39 states and six
countries. The rating system will evaluate
projects on criteria related to smart location
and linkage to the community at large; neigh-
borhood pattern and design; and green construction and technology.
“The development of LEED for
Neighborhood Development speaks to the
breadth of what ‘green building’ means,”
said Sophie Lambert, director of LEED for
Neighborhood Development, U.S. Green
Building Council. “What was once a rating
system solely designed for commercial construction, LEED is now evolving beyond single buildings to address development at the
neighborhood scale.”
Public comment for LEED for
Neighborhood Development opened on
November 17 and will run until January 5,
2009. To view the LEED for Neighborhood
Development draft and submit comments
online,
visit:
http://www.usgbc.org/LEED/LEEDDrafts/R
atingSystemVersions.aspx?CMSPageID=14
58.
New Architectural Suites from IES
Boston - Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) released two new suites of
integrated sustainable analysis tools – the Architectural Suite and the Architectural
Suite Plus which provide architects with early-stage environmental design assistance
in a variety of categories, including energy consumption, carbon emissions, LEED
Daylighting, solar shading and artificial lighting.
Utilizing these suites, architects can quickly and easily incorporate environmental performance analysis into their design workflow without rebuilding geometry.
Multiple design iterations can rapidly be assessed to help maximize the environmental performance of the final design.
IES will be demonstrating both Architectural suites at its booth, #1447 at
Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston next week, along with seminars from IES executives and partners.
SPECIALIZING IN:
Exterior and Interior Landscape, Planning, Development,
Transitional and Long-Term Management Throughout New England
FOCUSING ON:
• Planning, Budgeting and
Pre-construction cooperation
• Strategic and Creative value
engineering
Intercontinental Hotel, Boston, MA
• Vigilant Budget Management
• Critical Paths and Turn-over dates
• Project close-out details
• Ongoing transitional client support.
Avalon Rooftop Terrace
100 Revolutionary Drive
East Taunton, MA 02718
Jon Ciffolillo, VP Business Development
ph. (508) 977-9100 fax (508) 884-2431
http://www.greenscapemass.com
Private Estate, Wellesley, MA
P.O. Box 260
Worcester, MA 01613
December, 2008
42
High-Profile: Completed Facilities Development News
Consigli Restores Irish Heritage Ctr
The First Parish Church hall boasts energy-efficient double-pane windows
Essex Builders Completes Church
Designed by Johnson Olney
Needham, MA - Essex Builders
Corp recently completed construction of a
$2.2 million renovation to First Parish
Church of Needham. Design and construction focused on utilizing high-efficiency
products and features to ensure a sustainable design, while guaranteeing long-term
cost effectiveness.
The project, designed by Johnson
Olney Associates, Inc. of Boston, included
2,500sf of renovations to the chapel, additional space for the existing daycare and a
Portland,
ME
Consigli
Construction Co., Inc.’s Portland operations have completed multiple renovations
and repairs to the Maine Irish Heritage
Center’s headquarters on Gray Street in
Portland, marking the official re-opening
of the Center since damages caused by
flooding and the collapse of the tower’s
bell forced the closure of the building.
The 1893 building was once used by
Maine’s Irish immigrants as the home of
one of the largest Irish Catholic congregations in New England. In 2006, the tower’s
bell frame broke through the belfry floor
and collapsed through two floors of the
tower. The Maine Irish Heritage Center
was forced to close the facility and cancel
its events, leading to a significant effort on
the part of its volunteers to raise funds and
awareness to the Center’s importance in
the community.
Consigli oversaw renovations that
returned the bell to its belfry among
numerous other improvements. In the belfry, structural steel beams were installed
along the tower walls, with additional support beams reinforcing the corners. The
rooms and floors ripped apart by the bell's
collapse were also repaired and refurbished, as was the lower-level meeting
area, giving the Heritage Center new space
to use for offices.
Consigli also performed work on the
building’s exterior, including slate repairs
and masonry stabilization and rebuilding,
which was completed under a grant from
the Office of Housing and Community
Development in Portland. The self-perform craftsworkers at Consigli oversaw all
rough carpentry, including framing of
walls and ceilings, as well as construction
of the handicap ramp, drywall salvaging
and hanging, and refinishing and reinstalling of finish woodwork.
new 12,500sf Parish hall, which boasts
energy-efficient double-pane windows.
Additionally, the Parish included
such conservation features as; programmable and dimmable high-efficiency light
fixtures, programmable thermostats, dual
flush toilets, maple flooring as well as
recycled flooring in the kitchen area.
Insulation was blown into the existing
walls of the Parish to aid in the reduction
of heating costs.
l-r: Steven Collins, principal, CES; George Keithan, president, CES; Pat Wrice, executive
director, Operation Fuel; Valarie Smith, Fuel Bank director for Operation Fuel at St.
Vincent DePaul Place; Ron Krom, executivedirector, St. Vincent DePaul Place.
CES Raises $10 K for Operation Fuel
Middletown, CT - Consulting
Engineering Services presented a $10,000
donation to Operation Fuel, which has
partnered with communities, businesses,
government and individuals since 1977 to
ensure that Connecticut citizens in need
have access to year-round energy assistance.
CES raised $10,000 at its annual
charity golf tournament held at Tunxis
Plantation Golf Course in Farmington, and
President George Keithan presented the
check to Operation Fuel Director Pat
Wrice.
Walden Media Office Completed
Designed by Margulies Perruzzi
Burlington, MA - Margulies Perruzzi Architects (formerly Margulies &
Associates) has completed the design of a 5,000sf office in Burlington for Walden
Media, the film studio behind “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “Journey to the Center
of the Earth.”
Relocating from downtown Boston, Walden Media wanted an open and collaborative working environment that reflected and supported the dynamic and imaginative nature of the movie industry. Margulies Perruzzi Architects redesigned the space
to include offices and open areas for workstations, a staff lounge, a screening room, a
videoconferencing room to communicate with the firm’s office in Los Angeles, and a
“think room” with casual furniture and white boards for creative brainstorming.
Walden Media moved into its new office space in September.
Gary K. Rubin & Associates was the contractor, and RDK Engineers provided
mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering. Environments at Work provided the
furniture and Adtech worked on the audiovisual system design.
December, 2008
43
High-Profile: Completed Facilities Development News
Bus Terminal Completed
North Branch CM
Londonderry, NH - North Branch
Construction, Inc. of Concord has completed construction of the $7 million bus terminal, with associated maintenance and storage buildings and expanded parking lots in
Londonderry.
The buildings, owned by the State of
N.H., Bureau of Public Works and
Department of Administrative Services, are
located on adjacent sites at Exit 5 of Route
93, and comprise of a total of 33,149sf.
The terminal building was construct-
ed with a structural steel frame and masonry bearing walls, brick veneer exterior,
asphalt shingle roof and radiant floor heat.
The maintenance and storage buildings
have structural steel frames, metal siding
and membrane roofs.
Construction also included a 12,000
gallon underground fuel storage tank and
fuel dispensing equipment and porous
pavement parking lots. Tennant/Wallace
Architects, AIA PA provided the design for
the project.
Lee Kennedy Completes Addition
Newly renovated office building at 590 Lincoln Street. Photo credit: Warren Patterson
Darlow Christ Local Architects
Cambridge, MA – Lee Kennedy
Co. recently completed a $2.2 million
vertical addition for Swissnex Boston,
Consulate of Switzerland, atop the organization’s existing collaborative space in
Cambridge. The contractor worked in a
design/ build capacity with Swiss design
firm Convergeo and local architect
Darlow Christ Architects on the project.
The contemporary design features
few right angles, creating an “engineering puzzle” that required a carefully
installed radius steel frame and features
a segmented, curved glass curtainwall
façade.
A green roof surrounds the new
addition, lowering energy costs and
reducing the building’s carbon footprint.
Cork flooring was also installed
throughout the new space, further
adding to the environmentally-friendly
design.
Despite the complex challenges
posed by the logistics of a vertical addition on a tight urban site, Lee Kennedy
Co.’s team completed construction in
just over seven months, closely coordinating with abutters and the City of
Cambridge throughout the course of
work.
Hobbs Brook Renovates Office
ADD Inc Architects, A.J. Martini CM
Waltham, MA - Hobbs Brook
Management LLC has completely renovated an 85,000sf office building at 590
Lincoln Street with the intention of leasing
the space to an anchor tenant.
Astra Tech, a medical device company has leased the entire building.
ADD Inc of Boston provided architectural and interior design services for the
building rehabilitation and A.J. Martini of
Winchester served as the construction
manager.
The design improvements include an
entirely new exterior envelope, common
areas and landscaping, resulting in a fully
contemporary Class A office building.
The industrial shell of the existing
building was demolished down to its basic
column, beam and slab structure and then
completely reconstructed. Demolition performed by A.J. Martini included removing
the roof system, facade and mechanical
systems. Construction improvements
include seismic, structural, ADA and shell
and core upgrades, a new curtain wall and
metal panel system, a new roof structure,
elevators, new lobbies and all new
mechanical systems.
Jones Lang LaSalle Completes Project
Hartford, CT Jones Lang LaSalle has
completed a 24,000sf
tenant improvement
project for McCarter &
English, LLP at 185
Asylum Street in
Hartford.
Construction at
McCarter & English
featured new offices, as
well as an upgrade of
the conference center,
internal stairwell, and
pantry areas. The new
conference
center
View of recently completed reception area
includes: custom quarThe project was completed over 24
ter sawn maple millwork, new stone flooring, folding partitions, new lighting, weeks in three phases during normal business operations.
pantries and a cappuccino bar.
Panasonic R&D Project Completed
Integrated Builders CM
Newton, MA - Integrated Builders,
a construction management, design-build
and general contracting firm, has completed a 10,000sf interior office and R&D fitup project for Panasonic in Newton.
The project included demolition,
miscellaneous metals, millwork, roofing,
skylights, glass & glazing, drywall, actu-
arial ceiling tile, flooring, painting, specialties, fire protection, plumbing, HVAC
and electrical.
Architect for the project was
Harrison Mulhern of Winchester. ADA
Engineers of Stoneham served as project
engineer.
December, 2008
44
High-Profile: People
Bond Brothers New Hires
Everett, MA Bond Brothers construction management
firm announced the
following new hires:
Marc Pelletier
has joined Bond
Brothers as Director
of Client Services. His
40 years in the AEC
Pelletier
industry will lend a
seasoned approach to evaluating
the needs of Bond Brothers’
clients, and ensuring that services
satisfy needs in terms of client
relationship management.
Kevin Aylwin has joined
Bond’s Select Projects Group as
senior project manager. He has
nearly 20 years experience successfully overseeing projects for
Noe
corporate, academic, financial,
and healthcare
clients. He has
worked extensively on institutional
project
work with the fast
track
summer
schedules as well
Aylwin
as major tenant
renovations in
occupied buildings coordinating around other tenants and
active buildings.
Marissa Noe has joined
as marketing coordinator. In
her new role she will be coordinating the marketing efforts
for Bond’s Civil & Utility
Division.
Campbell Becomes LEED AP
Laconia, NH
–
Rist-FrostS h u m w a y
Engineering
announced
three
new staff members:
Brian Gilman, P.E.,
as senior mechanical
engineer, Suzanne
David as mechanical
Gilman
designer,
and
Michael Robbins, R.C.D.D., as
telecommunications designer.
Gilman has seven years
of professional experience,
including design of HVAC and
process piping systems for
institutional, commercial, and
industrial projects. Prior to
joining RFS, Gilman worked
for Sno.matic Controls and
Robbins
Engineering and Stahlman
Engineering.
David has
five years of professional experience,
including
preparation
of
presentation and
construction drawings for residential
and commercial
David
projects.
Robbins is a BICSI member and RCDD and has experience in design and installation
for voice, data, and audio/visual
systems. He has over 20 years of
professional experience, including design and installation of
Siemon, Systemax, Uniprise,
Corning,
Ortronics,
and
Nordx/CDT infrastructure.
Lavallee Brensinger Hires Five
Concord, NH - North Branch Construction, Inc. of Concord
announced that Joe Campbell of Hillsboro has achieved the certification of LEED Accredited Professional by the U.S. Green
Building Council.
Campbell, a Project Manager for North Branch
Construction, is the fourth North Branch employee to become a
LEED AP.
Campbell
Converse Joins Consigli
tions.
Portland, ME - Consigli
As a project manager,
Construction Co., Inc.’s Portland
Converse will be responsible for
operations announced that Derek
managing projects from preconConverse has joined the team as
struction to building turnover,
a project manager.
and guide superintendents, subConverse has spent the last
contractors and other team
six years with Wright-Ryan
members through the duration
Construction in Portland as a
of construction. He will also
project manager. He has also
interface with the client and
held positions with firms from
project partners on a regular
the Midwest, and has overseen
Converse
complex new construction and
basis to foster a high-level of
renovation projects, ranging from building interaction between all members of the projexpansive new facilities to occupied renova- ect team.
ARC Hires Two
Three Join Rist-Frost-Shumway
Cambridge, MA - ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, an architectural,
planning and interior design firm, has hired two new architects and three designers to
its team of design professionals.
ARC’s new architects are Andrea Sonan, AIA and Matthew Lewis, RA. The
designers who recently joined the firm are Amy Teckenbrock, LEED AP, Rebecca
Boyer and Lisa Schoenbrunn.
Manchester, NH - Lavallee
Brensinger Architects of Manchester
announced the recent addition of five new
professionals to its 50-person firm.
Casey Gerken, AIA joins the firm’s
Education Design Group, as a senior planner and designer of higher education and
K-12 facilities. Her expertise includes academic buildings and student residence
halls.
Steven Miller, AIA brings extensive
experience in higher education, K-12
schools, corporate office, and elder care
facilities. He is currently working on a new
Simulation and Training Center at Concord
Hospital and a dining facility renovation
and addition for Kendal at Hanover.
John Adams applies his knowledge
of commercial and community-related
projects. He is currently working on the
Manchester Boys & Girls Club Expansion,
the Easter Seals office renovation in Dover,
and the CASA office renovation.
Lisa Gallant is an expert in 3-D
drawing tools. Her recent project work
includes the Speare Memorial Hospital
Medical Office Building, St. Anselm
College’s new Residence Hall, and renovation of the Hillsborough County North
Superior Courthouse.
Cris Salomon brings a focus and
strength in technical design development,
and is currently working on the new FPL
Energy office building in Seabrook and a
surgery renovation project at Southwestern
Vermont Medical Center.
Dan Pierce, AIA, Promoted
review process, and continue to
Boston, MA - Daniel H.
provide training and mentoring,
Pierce, AIA, has been promotreinforcing the culture of exceled to principal of Steffian
lence at all levels within the
Bradley Architects.
firm.
Pierce has been instruPierce brings more then 30
mental in refining the quality
control process within the
years of diversified experience
office and will now serve as
within a wide range of building
types for academic, healthcare,
the quality leader responsible
corporate/commercial, retail,
for applying the requirements
Pierce
hospitality, civic, museum and
of
the
firm’s
quality
residential projects. He will continue to
control/quality assurance standards.
He will strengthen the QC/QA manage projects as principal in charge.
WB Engineers Appoints Schleppy
Boston, MA – WB
Engineers | Consultants has
appointed Paul Schleppy to the
position of business solutions
manager.
Schleppy, who most
recently served as director of
business technical solutions at
WSP Flack + Kurtz, has more
than 20 years of experience in
the technology field, including
Schleppy
application development, help
desk management, networking
and infrastructure design and
project management.
In his new role, Schleppy
will handle two important functions at WB Engineers. He will
head the firm's BIM (building
information modeling) operations, in addition to managing
its internal technology needs.
December, 2008
45
High-Profile: People
Acentech Personnel Announcements
Cambridge,
MA - Acentech Inc.
announced new staff,
promotions, and professional achievements
in
its
Cambridge
headquarters:
Alicia Wagner
joins Acentech as a
Wagner
consultant in the
Architectural
Acoustics
and
Mechanical Systems
group, led by Jeffrey
Fullerton. Her projects have focused on
room
acoustics,
sound isolation, environmental noise, and
acoustical measureBateman
ment for clients such
as Dartmouth College, Fordham University,
and Suffolk University.
Her professional experience includes
work for the University of Nebraska and SIA
Acoustics.
Bill Yoder joins Acentech as a
Consultant II in the R.H. Lyon Division of the
Noise and Vibration group, led by Director
Jeffrey Zapfe. As an engineer, he works on
various projects including government sponsored research, sound quality consultation,
and vibration consultation. His areas
of
concentration
include vibration
control,
product
noise shaping, and
novel
acoustic
research.
Acentech
promoted Denise
Yoder
Cheung
to
Consultant II; Jason
Martinez and Corey
Salvatore to Senior
Consultant I, and
David Bateman, Jr.
to Senior Consultant
II. All four have
demonstrated
expertise in systems
design and an outCheung
standing focus on
client service for a variety of educational and
commercial projects.
In addition, Brian L. Masiello, CTS, a
Senior Consultant I at Acentech concentrating on audiovisual and sound systems design,
has been selected to serve as Chairperson for
the Greater Boston Chapter of the Acoustical
Society of America. As chairperson, he is
responsible for yearly planning, membership,
contacting guest speakers, and communications with the Acoustical Society of America.
Linbeck New Leadership
Lexington, MA - Linbeck
announced new leadership to advance
the growth of its Northeast Client
Services based in Lexington.
Tom Herbert, vice president /
project executive, head of operations,
has over 40 years of construction
experience in the Northeast, including
16 years with Linbeck.
Additionally, Joe Naughton,
AIA, LEED AP, vice president / client
executive is leading the firm’s strategic
planning and client development in the
Northeast, as well as continuing to serve
l-r: Tom Herbert and Joe Naughton
Photography by: Bedford Photo
as client executive on projects. He has
over 20 years of experience in development, design and construction.
Columbia Staff Leed Accredited
North Reading, MA –
worked at Columbia for five
Columbia
Construction
years. Mike is an integral team
announced two of its staff recentmember for the new 90,000sf
ly passed the exam to become
Martha’s
Vineyard
LEED Accredited Professionals.
Replacement
Hospital.
Dave Stodden, LEED AP
Pursuing a LEED Silver rathas worked at Columbia for
ing, this project also includes a
seven years. He is currently
significant renewable energy
working on a 335,000sf new corprogram, which entails the
porate campus for Hobbs Brook
installation of a 45-kilowatt
Stodden
Management LLC, in Waltham.
solar panel roof system, as
The project team is not only pursuing a well as the purchase of wind turbine
LEED Gold rating, but they are also using power.
Photo
credit:
Advanced
BIM software, Revit and NavisWorks, for
the design and construction of the building. Photography
Mike Davidson, LEED AP has
CSI Team Announcements
Blazon Becomes LEED AP
Concord, NH - North Branch Construction, Inc.
announced that Bruce Blazon of Concord has achieved the certification of LEED Accredited Professional by the U.S. Green
Building Council.
Blazon is a vice president and project superintendent for
North Branch Construction.
Blazon
Sinnott Joins Gilbane
two-year volunteer position in
Providence, RI - John D.
Haiti, where he used his construcSinnott recently joined Gilbane
tion knowledge to help build
Building Company’s Rhode Island
much needed healthcare and
District as district manager. In this
infrastructure related projects.
role, Sinnott will be responsible
Following his return to the
for overseeing excellence in exeU.S., he owned and operated a
cution of all facets of Gilbane’s
construction company in R.I. for
Rhode Island operations.
nearly 10 years.
Sinnott will work closely
Most recently, Sinnott held
with construction operations, busiSinnott
positions with construction and
ness development, and finance.
Sinnott re-joins Gilbane, where he development firms Struever Bros. Eccles &
began his construction career in 1980. He later Rouse, Inc. and Starwood Wasserman.
elected to pursue personal interests through a
Group One Appoints Le Clair
Boston, MA - Group One Partners announced the appointment of Drew Le Clair
as a new associate at the firm.
Prior to joining Group One, Le Clair was a senior designer/manager at
DiLeonardo International in Warwick, R.I., where he was involved in every phase of
projects from schematic design to construction administration
Le Clair brings 20 years of hospitality, corporate and residential design to Group
One, with an emphasis on the international market. He has worked closely with
numerous hospitality brands, both domestically and abroad.
Attleboro, MA
Contracting
S p e c i a l i s t s
Incorporated (CSI)
recently announced:
Tom Donnelly
has joined CSI’s
Northeast Division
as projects manager,
leading CSI’s new
Donnelly
Regional Office in
Portland, Maine. He is responsible for
expanding CSI’s business throughout
Maine, N.H. and Vt.
Donnelly joined CSI from the academic arena with an extensive background
in construction restoration. As Assistant
VP of Operations at Dean College he managed all construction, restoration and
maintenance of the historic campus.
Prior to Dean, he served as director
of facilities at Emmanuel College.
Ricardo
Mejia has joined
CSI’s Southeast
Division
in
Pompano Beach,
Florida as projects
manager and safety
officer. His architectural and general
contracting
Mejia
experience
includes project management, estimating/bidding, and all aspects of operational
and project coordination.
Daniel Francis has joined CSI’s
Northeast Division as purchasing agent,
based in the company’s Boston-area office.
His experience includes construction purchasing and purchasing management for
several industries. Francis’s professional
background includes projects with Home
Depot, Ikea and Stop and Shop.
Molina Joins Vanderweil
Boston, MA - Andres J.
Molina, P.E., a registered professional engineer with more
than 25 years of experience in
electrical power transmission,
generation, and renewable
energy resource projects, has
joined Vanderweil Engineers
as manager of substation engineering
within
the
Transmission & Distribution
(T&D) Specialty Group.
Molina
Molina will lead the
firm’s substation engineering
and construction services for
projects throughout the U.S.
and overseas.
Molina has worked
extensively on T&D projects in
New England, most recently
with the Massachusetts offices
of Energy Initiatives Group
LLC and National Grid.
December, 2008
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High-Profile: Calendar
SMPS Events
EBC Summit
Third Annual Environmental
Business Council Construction and
Demolition Debris Regional Summit
and Vendor Fair
Friday, Jan. 16,
2009 8 a.m. - 4
p.m.
Doubletree
H o t e l ,
We s t b o r o u g h ,
MA
Developing
the Markets: Business Opportunities and
Barriers
For more information: www.agcmass.org/calendar.cfm
Thursday Janu. 8, -9p.m.
Join SMPS members and friends
for the annual holiday party, featuring
raffle items, good cheer, and a few surprises. This year's event has a downtown
flavor, served up by Umbria on their 3rd
floor Ultra Lounge. Celebrate Solstice,
Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, and
New Year's by flooding this winter night
with light. Bring a coat or jacket to
donate to charity and receive a free raffle ticket - your chance to win great
prizes.
Wednesday Jan. 28 5:30p.m. 7:30 p.m.
SMPS Boston created the
BSA/SCUP
Monthly Live @ Five:30 Series for
chapter members for a relaxing evening.
Share ideas and talk shop. Join us at
Rowes Wharf Bar inside the Boston
Harbor Hotel for this cash bar event.
Our sponsor, Bowdoin Construction,
will treat attendees to some appetizers.
For
more
information:
www.smpsboston.org/program/calendar.php
Mascon Construction Trade Show
NESEA
BuildingEnergy09
BuildingEnergy09 is the Northeast's
premier conference and trade show for
renewable energy and green building professionals. Join us and over 4,000 others
sharing the latest green building techniques and products.
On-line attendee registration opens
December 22, 2008.
For
More
Information:
www.buildingenergy.nesea.org.
Boston Convention & Exhibition
Center (BCEC)
Jan 22 – 23, 2009
The 18th Annual Construction,
Municipal, Landscape and Outdoor
Power Equipment Expo.
Mascon Boston offers you the best
opportunity for face-to-face selling and
hands-on demonstrations. This event
provides the perfect opportunity to debut
a new product, demonstrate service
capabilities, and interact with qualified
buyers in a professional environment.
View the latest equipment, prod-
ucts, tools, and services the construction,
municipal and landscape industry has to
offer. Get valuable face-to-face access to
expert advice and discover the best solution for your business. Network with
industry professionals.
For more information: Contact
Jim Abbott at [email protected].
College
and
University
Roundtable
Jan 15 2009 7:30a.m. - 10a.m.
The Architects Building, Boston
The Roundtable is a collaboration
of the BSA and the Society of College
& University Planners (SCUP)
More information: www.architects.org
Mark Your Calendar
Feb. 12, 2009 PublickHouse
Sturbridge, Mass.
SFNE Joint Meeting with MSCIMetals
Service
Center Institute
Guest speaker
Jeffrey C. Fuhrer,
executive vice president and director of
Research Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston.
www.ssfne.org/calendar.htm
The Green Scene
New Challenges / New Materials
& Products / New Projects
(Rescheduled from October 2008)
Hawthorne Inn – Berlin, Conn.
For more information:
www.cbc-ct.org.
Furniture Specification
3–D Drawings
Color Renderings
Audio Visual Integration
and Coordination
Installation Drawings
Developing Standards Programs
Project Management
Furniture Rentals
Asset Management & Storage
Electrostatic Painting
Re–upholstery/Refurbishing
Ergonomic Audits
Leasing
Delivery, Installations
and Maintenance
New England’s Largest Knoll Dealership
Boston, MA | Hartford, CT | Manchester, NH | Shrewsbury, MA | www.ori.com
December, 2008
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• In-house engineering with PE stamps in most US states
• Deliver on our own trucks and trailers to meet critical time schedules
• We roll-form our own steel studs, track and accessories
• One of the only laser guided truss framing lines for steel trusses in
the country!
• VALUE ENGINEERING and DESIGN-BUILD capabilities
• Pre-construction/design review
Cold Formed Steel Trusses
Cold Formed Steel Truss Systems (Re-Roof Over Existing Flat Roofs)
Cold Formed Steel Panelized Walls (Sheathed & Unsheathed)
Cold Formed Steel Panelized Floor Assemblies
Pre-Fabricated Dormers, Elevator Override Structures, Cupolas, Etc.
Metal Studs & Track (Wholesale, Truckload Quantities)
Clips & Accessories
Metal Decking & Pour Stop
Recent Projects
Hampton Inns • Home Depots • Wal-Marts • Walgreens
Targets • Shaw’s • BMW dealerships • Picatinny Arsenal Fire Station
Greenvale School • North Haven Commons • TD Banknorth
Willow Creek Golf Academy • Oswegatchie Elementary School
16 High School re-roofs on Long Island • Premium Outlet Malls • Sleep Inns
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olliston, MA - With 1100 employees and growing, headquartered in
Holliston and with regional offices in Duluth, GA; Raleigh, NC; and
Pelham, AL, Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc serves clients throughout New
England and the Southeast in markets ranging from commercial, educational and
municipal to medical, industrial and high-tech. See story on page 36.
Littleton Middle School. Photo credit: Rachel Mirovich
Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS)-Lynx 3rd Street Station,
Charlotte, NC: Photo Credit Stanley Capps Photography
Bass Pro Shops, Foxborough, MA. Photo credit: Frank Giuliani.
Griffin Electric Apprenticeship Competition Winners 2008

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