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Amherst, MA - ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge announced the dedication of four new residence halls designed by the fi rm for the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Dimeo Construction Co. of Providence, R.I. was the construction manager for the $93 million project.

UMass offi cials held a dedication ceremony in August for the opening of the 864-bed project known as the North Residential Area.

ARC completed the design of the four new apartment-style residence halls in September of 2005 and construction started in June 2005. Totaling 325,000 sf, the fi ve-story buildings were designed to relate to the earlier residence halls that incorporate brick exteriors, pitched roofs and dormers. A brick banding pattern

along with glass bay windows help to dif-ferentiate the new buildings from existing building s on campus.

Each unit includes four bedrooms with cable and Ethernet connections, two full baths, a common living room/kitchen area, a pantry, fl oor-to-ceiling windows, and air-conditioning.

“Seeing this building open is the realization of much hard work and creativ-ity on behalf of a great project team that included our staff, Dimeo Construction

and UMass personnel,” said Mark Dolny of ARC. “Working together, we exceeded the University’s goal of providing a com-munity for students who want the con-venience of on-campus housing with the advantages of a more autonomous living situation. These residences represent a new

housing prototype for UMass, one that will allow the University to stay competitive with other top universities from around the country.”

Situated on a 19-acre site, the build-ings are organized around two quadrangles to encourage a sense of community and collegiate competition among the houses. The complex is located near outdoor spaces to encourage use of nearby fi elds for intra-mural teams.

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Pro Con Inc. is the Architect and Construction Manager for The Woodland Club at the Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond in Manchester, NH

Manchester, NH – Pro Con Inc is the architect and construction manager for the `Woodland Club at the Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond. The 6,358 sf facility is a planned amenity for the new development of 487 condominiums in North Manchester, which will be comprised of five distinct neighborhoods.

Waterford Development of Needham, MA is the developer of the planned community, which will include The Highland Homes of 75 single-family residences; Woodview Cottages at Woodland Pond, which will consist of 158 town homes; Overlook at Woodland Pond, which will include 40 town homes; The Carriage Homes, which will total 64 units in eight buildings; and the Residences at Woodland Pond, which will consist of two 75-unit luxury buildings with underground parking. Each neighborhood will be its own condominium and participate in a master association which will own the Woodland Club.

The Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond is an environmentally-sensitive development of distinctive homes adjacent to a 600 acre conservation preserve and the giant rhododendron forests of north Manchester. The community will offer the benefits of a country lifestyle and still have easy access to the city’s extensive shopping, dining and entertainment.

The two-story Woodland Club will serve as the social and recreational center

of the community and is designed to be an extension of their personal living space. The lower level of clubhouse will offer cardiovascular and aerobic workout rooms with women’s and men’s locker rooms, and a high-definition theater with stadium seating.

There will also be an outdoor pool, hot tub and cabana facility as well as two tennis courts that will serve the community. The first floor will offer residents many options for entertaining, socializing and relaxing.

The clubhouse’s great room will feature a cathedral ceiling, hardwood flooring, an oversized stone fireplace, comfortable seating options and two sets of French style doors that open up to a screened porch.

The library will provide a quiet respite with custom cabinetry, access to WIFI and a flat screen TV. The dining room will offer formal seating for up to 16 persons, crown moldings, and a built-in buffet area. The gourmet kitchen has been designed to enable guests or caterers to prepare full meals with easy access to the dining room.

Pro Con Inc. has designed the clubhouse to complement the classic New England style community. Plans call for the clubhouse’s exterior to have a stone façade on the ground floor level and clapboard on the first floor. Construction of the clubhouse began in June 2006 and Pro Con has scheduled a December 2006 completion date.

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Boston - In its 26th year, Build Bos-ton introduced the first Innovation Pavilion – an opportunity for new and innovative products and companies to join the estab-lished event.

Build Boston is the Northeast’s larg-est tradeshow and convention for the design and construction industry, registering more than 15,000 attendees each year.

Selected entries will be exhibited No-vember 17-19, 2010 in the Innovation pa-vilion at Build Boston. The area will be des-ignated solely for these products and will be curated around the unique qualities of the

selected entries. The area will be staffed by representatives from the BSA, the gpA, and Building & Design Resources.

It is anticipated that 40 entries will be selected. All accepted submissions will be included in the Build Boston on-site program guide and other print and digital marketing materials.

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R. prengaman, AIA, lEED Ap has been elected as the new chairman of the State of Rhode Island Board of Examination and Registration of Architects. prengaman is a principal at Vision 3 Architects in provi-dence.

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prengaman previ-ously served as the vice chairman of the R.I. Board of Examination and Reg-istration of Architects, and has also served as president of the Ameri-can Institute of Architects’ Rhode Island chapter.

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wayland, mA – Zweigwhite, a national A/E consultancy, an-nounced the appointment of Ed friedrichs as chairman.

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Bridgeport, cT - In 2002, Antinozzi Associates, an architecture and interior de-sign firm based in Bridgeport, was asked to lead one of two teams from the greater Bridgeport chapter of the AcE (Architec-ture, construction, and Engineering) men-tor program of connecticut.

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Stratford high, and Ryan DeSilva from Fairfield Prep, the team’s entry for an arts center/theater building’ won third place in the competition.

A second team of connecticut high school students, from the AcE greater New haven chapter, won second place in the competition for their design of a green housing row’ in East haven.

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Bedford, N.h. - The New hampshire commercial Investment Board of Realtors (Nh cIBoR) held its annual Barbeque recently in Bedford.

An important part of this annual gathering is the announcement of the cIBoR Realtor of the Year and the CIBOR Affiliate of the Year.

Tom Duffy of prudential Verani Realty was named commercial Realtor of the Year, 2010 and Bill Jean of fulcrum Associates was named Affiliate of the Year, 2010.

Duffy will represent cIBoR at the N.h. Association of Realtors Awards Banquet in the fall.

Jean is an active member of the N.h. cIBoR Board of Directors.

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Boston - phil poinelli, AIA, REfp, lEED Ap, princi-pal at Symmes maini & mcKee Associates, Inc., has been elected Vice president of the Northeast Region of the council of Educational facility planners International (cEfpI).

The position is the start of a four year commitment which includes a year serving in each of the following roles: vice president; president elect; president; past president. poinelli is also currently serving as co-chair for cEfpI’s Northeast conference to be held in Boston in April 2011.

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by Michael Barnes, Publisher High-Profile Monthly

The mascot of Build Business 2010, larry the lobster, escaped from his tank at the SmpS conference in July 2009. A

photo montage of his travels was craftily ed-ited into an entertaining video that documented his wild encounters with each of the SmpS chap-ters throughout the US and was shown before an enthusiastic audience during the final net-working luncheon of the

SmpS National conference hosted by the SmpS Boston chapter at the Boston mar-riott in July. however after his subsequent recapture, larry was rumored to have been completely deflated.

This was in sharp contrast to the elat-ed winners of the 33rd Annual SmpS Na-tional marketing communications Awards, honoring excellence in marketing commu-nications for professional services firms. our New England chapters were well represented as you can see in this list of winners, by category and place, from the 2010 National mcA competition.

Corporate Identity:1st - BOND, Everett, Mass.2nd - Carol R Johnson Associates Inc, BostonDirect-Mail Campaign:3rd - Standard Builders, Newton, Conn.Internal Communications:1st – EYP Architecture & Engineering, BostonMedia Relations Cam-paign:3rd - GEI Consultants, Inc., Woburn, Mass.Promotional Cam-paign:1st - EYP Architecture & Engineering, BostonRecruitment & Reten-tion Communications:3rd - Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc, Waltham, Mass.

Special Event:2nd - Nitsch Engineering, Inc., BostonTarget Marketing:1st - CBT Architects, BostonWeb Site:1st Small - Silverscape, Boston

The Recognizing outstanding com-munications (Roc) Awards gala received recognition for chapter Excellence. The SmpS Boston chapter was recognized for breathing new life into their already well-established awards program. The SmpS Boston Awards committee, comprised of 13 dedicated members, rebranded the event giving it the new name “SmpS Bos-ton Recognizing outstanding communica-tions Awards” fondly known as the Roc Awards. In keeping with the newly-minted feel of the event, the gala utilized a black and white theme that was woven into the event décor, dress, and promotional mate-rials. Amidst the worst recession in recent history, the gala turned a profit for SMPS Boston and was met with rave reviews from attendees.

with attendees from all over the United States, the Build Business 2010 was crammed with substance and executed with an expertise and finesse that could only be rivaled by the best of the best. The bar has been set high for the next SmpS National conference, August 24–27, 2011 in chicago.

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The 9,700sf single-story build-ing will be built using concrete foun-dations, structural steel, exterior metal stud framing with a fiber cement pane skin, and Tpo membrane roof system.

Autiello teamed with Saccoccio & Associates architects, c.A. pretzer Associates structural engineers, and creative Environment corporation mechanical and electrical engineers, to design within a limited construction budget.

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Dorchester, mA - lee Kennedy co. recently topped off a two-story addition to the John f. Kennedy presidential library and museum. The addition is part of a $16.5 million expansion and renovation of the facility that lee Kennedy co. is com-pleting for the National Archives & Record Administration.

The new 30,000sf addition will house artifacts and documents previously stored off-site. In addition to the new con-struction, lee Kennedy co.’s team is per-forming 20,000sf of renovation within the library and museum.

Renovations include archive and artifact storage areas, support space, offic-es, security areas, exhibit space, the main lobby and gift shop, and some deferred maintenance.

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New haven, cT - The 2010, 14th Annual connecticut Building congress re-cently presented the Science park parking structure with an award of merit. more than a parking structure, it is the shining light in the redevelopment of a tough neighbor-hood. The area had once held 18,000 jobs in and around the winchester Repeating Arms company. Now, mostly abandoned, the area is beginning to see the twinkle of new development as Science park is taking shape. This project is instrumental to the development of this area now and well into the future.

located on the border between exist-ing residential and new business develop-ment, this parking structure had to incor-porate an urban feeling that would increase pedestrian activity and nurture a safe and secure feeling.

“positioning the footprint of the ga-rage on the site was a big challenge,” said Ken Russo, director of preconstruction at KBE Building corporation. It needed to accommodate green space as well as side-walk requirements set by the community. The final design gracefully bridges the vi-sual gap between residential and business

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A graduate of worcester polytechnic Institute, Nitsch has worked for 35 years in the field of civil engineering. She quickly advanced her career, becoming a vice president and branch manager at freeman Engineering company (a division of Scho-field Brothers) within three years of begin-ning work.

She became a member of the board of directors and shareholder of Allen & Demurjian. within one year the company was renamed Allen, Demurjian, major & Nitsch. In 1989, the company was pur-chased, and Nitsch decided to take the op-portunity to found her own consulting en-gineering firm.

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der Nitsch’s leadership. As president of the civil engineering, land surveying, transpor-tation engineering, sustainable site consult-ing, planning, and GIS firm, she oversees the firm’s strategic planning and marketing aspects and serves as principal-in-charge on a select few of the firm’s design projects.

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Norwood, mA - Risk managers llc announced that it has expanded its unique certificate of insurance management system to include not only contractors, lenders, property owners, and state government, but also to manufacturing entities and real estate holdings.

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providence, RI - The Big East con-ference has selected Vision 3 Architects of providence to design its new headquarters in the gateway center building, previously known as the American Express Building, situated between the Amtrak train station and the Blue cross building in providence.

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founded in providence in 1979, the Big East conference is comprised of 16 colleges and universities. It is the largest and most diverse Division I conference in the country.

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Boston - The plumbing heat-ing cooling contractors Association of greater Boston (phcc) presented 20 students with scholarships for a com-bined total of more than $26,000.

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Boston - Suffolk construction com-pany and officials of Barnstable Municipal Airport (BmAc) recently broke ground on a new air traffic control tower at the Hyan-nis airport. The five-story, 4,073sf air traffic tower will replace the existing tower and is phase 1 of the 2010 Airport Improvement program.

Suffolk will also build a new 35,000sf passenger terminal, pending final state ap-proval. once the new tower and terminal are completed, the existing structures will be demolished.

The airport, which is the third busiest in the state, will remain operational through-out construction. This will require a com-prehensive safety planning and construction schedule that will minimize impact on airport operations. Suffolk was selected by BmAc to provide preconstruction and construction management services for the project.

The new tower will include Energy Star-rated heating, ventilation, and air con-ditioning and an energy-efficient elevator. The design elements are expected to earn LEED-Silver certification. It will be the Town of Barnstable’s first LEED-certi-fied municipal structure. The $6.7 million tower is expected to be in service in 2011, and construction is scheduled to start immediately.

The $17.6 million new terminal will replace the existing 50-year-old facility, fol-lowing final state approval of a $13.1 million capital grant. The balance of the cost will be paid from airport reserves. construction of the terminal is expected to begin after la-bor Day. The final piece of the improvement program is the new $3.8 million vehicle ac-cess road, which will relieve traffic conges-tion at the airport rotary.

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farmington, cT - KBE Building corporation (KBE) will continue its successful community outreach initiative “50 ways to make a Differ-ence,” which lends a helping hand to people and organiza-tions in the communities where the firm works and lives. KBE began the program last year in celebration of its 50th year in business. like last year’s pro-gram, “50 ways” will focus on community outreach projects that KBE will support either through monetary donations and/or volunteer efforts.

“last year’s ‘50 ways to make A Difference’ program was exceptionally success-ful and we heard from our associates how much they value working at a company that embraces a philanthropic spirit,” said Simon Etzel, KBE senior vice president and “50 ways” chairman. “many said they were proud to be a part of an organization that regularly provides charitable support to community agencies. Their enthusiasm is one of the reasons we decided to con-tinue the ‘50 ways’ program.”

KBE, its employees and friends contributed more than $100,000 in con-tributions last year and in-kind services in support of the “50 ways to make A Differ-ence” program. projects included painting a senior center in plainville, donating more than 150 Thanksgiving dinner food bas-kets to families in connecticut and mary-

land, and donating a wheelchair accessible swing for a group home in middletown that serves those with handicaps. KBE finished the year with a massive holiday toy and gift drive that brought smiles to more hundreds of families.

“we are continuing our program un-der the ‘50 ways to make A Difference’ name, though we don’t consider ourselves limited to 50 projects this year,” said Etzel. “we want to make a meaningful impact in the community and will not be bound by any predetermined number of projects. The goal is to be a difference maker for the proj-ects and organizations we choose.” Etzel says interest in the program from the com-munity has been high and that the firm has no shortage of projects to choose from.

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help offset the costs at the facility.

l-r: Manager Bud Breault, Barnstable Municipal Airport ; Amy Lind Corbett, NE Regional Administrator FAA; Thomas Bernardo, Community Relations Director for

State Representative Demetrius Atsalis; Frederick Chirigotis, Barnstable Town Council President; Joseph P. Kennedy, III; Congressman William Delahunt; Jeff Gouveia, COO

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by Kevin SullivanA unique experiment in translational

medicine, the new penn State cancer Insti-tute, is the synthesis of a traditional bench science research facility with comprehen-sive outpatient treatment clinics in a single building. Dedicated to finding and deliver-ing a cure for cancer, traditional boundar-ies of science are ignored as various modes of inquiry – similarly implemented in labo-ratories and exam rooms – form a dynamic investigative community.

The building is the spatial embodi-ment of this translational model: labora-tory and clinical functions are strategically intermixed to encourage collaboration. here, research activities are performed in the clinic and at the bench with little differ-entiation. It is hoped that this combination in a single facility will leverage synergistic exchanges, contracting the time between scientific discovery and practical imple-mentation. This does not imply direct ex-perimentation on patients but an increase in the contact between the two ends of the treatment-discovery system. The visual contact between patient and staff is a con-stant reminder that the building’s diverse occupants are continually at work to find a cure, promoting multiple modes of re-search and multiple types of treatment that inform and influence one another in unex-pected cooperation.

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ambitious large-scale construction project at the milton S. hershey medical center, the main academic medical campus for the university system. payette has also designed the adjacent children’s hospital now under construction, a renovated and expanded emergency department, and a new parking garage. These components create a critical mass that shifts the center of gravity of the entire hospital complex through the redefinition of identity, access, and the campus circulation systems.

Rooted in nature, the primary organi-zation element is the arc a concept gesture that unifies buildings and landscape in a sweeping form. This establishes a structure that binds together in a common language the discrete elements of building façades,

entry canopies, gardens, and road-ways. The team, in collaboration with the owner, strove to provide dignified and hospitable spaces for healthcare that elevate equally the daily experience for caregivers, pa-tients, and their families. Similarly, the efficient environment of the research laboratory is intertwined with a network of private and semi-private collaboration spaces to build community.

A linked series of lobbies, public spaces, and green spaces de-fine the public realm where an ex-ploration of light, color, and texture give a more human scale to the face

of the institution. while conveying a sense of transparency and warmth, the scale of the spaces varies to accommodate different levels of privacy and activity. curvilinear forms animate the public areas, highlight-ing prominent features such as reception counters, planters, waiting and conference areas. Throughout the day, dramatic sky-lights offer a changing array of light and shadow, transforming surfaces to benefit patients and staff alike.

“The new building shifts a paradigm by housing researchers and clinicians to-gether – facilitating the interactions that will contract the time between research innovation and clinical implementation,” said Dr. henry wagner, chair, department

of Radiation oncology.The project unifies patient care ser-

vices and research communities. Access to treatments, social services and outreach programs, once widely scattered, is now clustered around a single lobby. previous-ly isolated research enclaves, formerly in separate buildings, are now also gathered into a cohesive unit. To offer treatment on an intimate scale, cancer clinics and infu-sion therapy are duplicated on two floors, thereby connecting all patients to the heal-ing garden through the building’s many transparencies. This configuration groups clinicians into small teams to improve communication and access to proven treat-ments and to experimental protocols.

In response to the challenging pro-gram, a social experiment is also at work. Researcher investigators’ and medical clinicians’ offices are commingled on the top two floors around the beehive atrium to encourage spontaneous exchanges in hallways, breakout alcoves, cafés, consult rooms, and open lounges. In this activity hub, visual connections between patients and staff are a constant event: instilling confidence in patients in the quality of their care and inspiring researchers in their daily pursuit of knowledge and innovation.

Kevin B. Sullivan, AIA is a principal and studio director at Payette in Boston.

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Keene, Nh - hampshire fire protec-tion co. Inc. of londonderry will soon be-gin installing the automatic fire protection system at the Keene middle School and SAU #29 building.

According to hampshire fire pro-tection, the new building is equipped with 1,714 fire sprinkler heads. The Keene School project includes an eight-lane track,

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Rendering of the new Keene Middle School

Keene, Nh - Keene State college’s new Alumni center, the newest addition to campus, is a high-performance green, building. According to the Keene State web site, it will be “an anchor, meeting place, and focal point for alumni activities and gatherings.” It sits on a small down-town site on main Street in Keene, and was officially dedicated on June 4.

The facility, comprised of more than 20,000sf of new and renovated space, con-tains offices, meeting rooms, a library, call center, and a large function hall.

Eckman construction served as gen-eral contractor for the project, which was designed by weller & michal Architects of

Keene. The building consists of a renovated

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Albany, NY - EYp Architecture & Engineering was selected to provide de-sign services for a new world-class aca-demic building for the State University of New York maritime college (SUNY maritime), located on its historic fort Schuyler campus in Throggs Neck, N.Y. In addition to serving SUNY mar-itime’s nationally recognized academic programs, the building will also be used as a conference center, providing a sig-nature location for large groups to con-vene throughout the year.

currently in the design phase, EYp’s multidisciplinary team will provide architectural design, program-ming, academic space planning, mEp, and structural, engineering, and other related design services for geotechnical, civil, site, and utility infrastructure. flexible and technologically advanced, the building is extremely adaptable.

EYp is planning for facilities capa-ble of supporting undergraduate teaching during the day, graduate and professional programs in the evenings, regimental as-semblies, and conferences throughout the year. These facilities will include class-rooms capable of supporting a variety of seating configurations to match different

pedagogical styles; a large, reconfigurable, multi-purpose room with a pre-function area; formal and informal student interac-tion areas; departmental and faculty offic-es; conference rooms; an outdoor terrace; and an accessible roof.

EYp’s contemporary design will be clad with technologically advanced glass and metal panels able to respond to the sometimes harsh marine environment. EYp will also use rusticated stone panels in order to visually connect the new building with historic stonework of fort Schuyler, the oldest structure on campus.

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worcester, mA -- cutler Associates, a design and construction firm headquartered in worcester, will build four projects this summer for local colleges and universities: clark University in worcester, mount holy-oke college in South hadley, mount Ida col-lege in Newton, and the University of New hampshire in Durham, N.h.

At clark University, two residence halls will be renovated and a new admis-sions annex constructed. The work in the 1958-built freshman residences, wright and Bullock halls, will create a contempo-rary identity for the facilities, both inside and out, updating the lighting and finishes to fashion a modern environment that will be comfortable and welcoming for today’s students. Additional common spaces will be added to improve community interac-tion. Accessibility will be improved by the addition of elevators. The 67,600sf reno-vation is designed by cutler Design.

constructed adjacent to the existing Admissions Building, the new annex will serve as a meeting and conference space for prospective students. The 7,200sf, steel-framed building has a brick veneer with a Trombe wall and is designed by lamoureux pagano Architects.

At mount holyoke college, porter hall will be renovated. This is the sixth in a series fast-tracked summer residence hall up-dates that cutler completed on the campus. Designed by cutler Design, the proj-

ect will update the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection infrastructure of the 1897-built building, increasing ener-gy efficiency, providing life-safety updates, and adding comfort for students.

At the University of New hampshire, cutler is designing and building a new Tur-bulence Research facility. This is cutler’s fourth major project on the Durham, New hampshire campus. The 12,400sf facility will include a 300-foot wind tunnel that will support research by faculty and stu-dents. The $2 million project is designed by cutler Design and will be completed in the fall of 2010.

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portsmouth, Nh - TmS Architects will continue its longtime association with The music hall in portsmouth by providing architectural services required for The music hall’s latest venture, The music hall loft.

The loft, located at 131 congress Street in portsmouth, will offer the com-munity a variety of flexible interactive spaces, including studio and classroom space and a 100-pluss seat multipurpose café theatre. large windows fronting congress Street will allow passersby the opportunity to see the action inside, increasing the excitement and interest in The music hall’s programming.

patricia lynch, The music hall’s executive director, promised that the space will offer “a unique experience – a world-class, modern, downtown space that is simultaneously an intimate the-atre (with food/drink availability) and a high-traffic space for educational pro-gramming.”

John merkle, AIA, principal at TmS and Nicole martineau, AIA, TmS project architect, have been involved with The music hall’s renewal from the start, working on the restoration of the proscenium arch, the theatre’s dome and the creation of dramatic new first floor lobby space.

TmS at The music hall loft Derry, Nh - construction of a new freshman Academy Building at pinkerton Academy in Derry is well under way. Eck-man construction is the construction man-ager for the 135,000sf building, which marks Eckman’s 50th, or “golden,” school construction project. founda-tions are in place, and work is proceed-ing on schedule for a July, 2011 com-pletion. The project site on pinkerton’s busy campus is adjacent to the voca-tional and social studies buildings.

The new building was designed by marinace Architects of New hamp-ton. The brick structure will have a soaring three-story lobby. It will con-tain 29 classrooms, science labs, com-puter labs, a lecture hall/ auditorium, as well as a cafeteria and kitchen. A

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pawtucket, RI - The creative buzz in pawtucket will be getting louder when architecture firm Lerner Ladds + Bartels moves to a historic mill building at 161 Exchange Street. The office will be relo-cating from its roots in providence early next year just in time to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

partners chris ladds and Kathy Bar-tels recently purchased the building and are planning a complete renovation, creating 15,000sf of available office and retail space. The west wing building is the last piece of the puzzle in rehabilitating this important

area of pawtucket. once the renovation is complete, the complex will collectively be known as the Design Exchange.

morris Nathanson, principal of mor-ris Nathanson Design, envisioned the De-sign Exchange as a consortium of design-ers, craftspeople, and artisans. The name of the complex was crafted for its dual meaning as a collaborative exchange of design ideas at an arts-centered location on Exchange Street. The proposed renovation project will realize Nathanson’s vision and enhance the adjacent buildings that are al-ready bustling with creative pursuits.

Through its relocation, llB is em-phasizing its commitment to building res-toration, adaptive reuse, and design col-laboration. The award-winning firm will be occupying the top floor of the four-story building.

The office will immediately bring with it 20 professional employees and sup-port staff with an active involvement in the design and arts scene.

With floor plates at 5,000sf, the size of the building is a perfect fit forLLB; they hope to find like-minded creative profes-

sionals to fill the second andthird floors. Their current location in providence has served them well.

“It’s been an asset to have a space where we could expand or contract as needed. It’s also been great being in this location, but for some years now, we’ve been bursting at the seams,” says Bartels. “The goal is to attract creative profession-als to the Design Exchange to forge op-portunities in collaboration under one roof.

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Needham, mA - callahan, Inc. and Northbridge companies recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Avita memory care center being built in Need-ham. In attendance were: Northbridge cos., owner; waypoint, owner’s rep; callahan, Inc. executives and staff, construction man-ager; and Needham Bank executives.

This project will be a 36,000sf, two- story wood frame structure consisting of 62 units intended for the constant care of patients with memory issues. The building is on a four-acre parcel in Needham. It in-cludes a commercial kitchen, a “brain gym,” a beauty salon and an assembly room.

callahan, Inc. is self performing all sitework on the project. The development has been under way since march of 2010 and will be completed in march of 2011.

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Kingstown, RI – The foundations are be-ing placed for the new Towneplace Suites by marriott in the Quonset Business park. The ho-tel is being built on a 4.6 acre site conveniently located across from The Shops at Quonset point. pro con, Inc of man-chester, N.h. is the ar-chitect and construction manager for the $7.5 million design-build project, which is being developed as part of the gateway parcel master Development by New Boston fund Inc of Boston and wa-terford Development of Needham, mass.

The developer has registered the four-story, 103-key hotel with the US green Building council (USgBc) and intends to pursue the USgBc program making it one of the first LEED certified hotels in Rhode

Island. pro con, Inc plans to use regional and recycled materials in construction and incorporate environmentally beneficial strategies in the hotel’s development and daily operations. The hotel will utilize a geothermal system for heating and cooling the 55,453sf building.

“The foundations will be completed by the end of July and fram-ing will begin in mid-August,” stated pro con, Inc’s project manager. “ The hotel exterior will feature a brick veneer base with clapboard and smooth panel sid-ing. we are on target for march 2011 completion date for the hotel.”

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Dedham, mA - harry R. feldman, Inc. has completed the 3D laser scanning and plan drafting for 40,000sf of office space built out by citizen’s Bank.

The offices were located at Legacy place in Dedham, the new lifestyle center developed by w/S Development.

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portland, mE - gZA geoEnvironmen-tal Inc., a leading environmental and geotech-nical consulting firm, has been named as the geotechnical subconsultant of the Reed & Reed – T.Y. lin International Design Build team for the maine Department of Transpor-tation Veteran’s memorial Bridge project in South portland and portland.

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portsmouth, Nh - TmS Architects was se-lected by the membership of the Salem country club, established in 1895, to ren-ovate and expand its exist-ing clubhouse.

The project will in-clude renovating and ex-panding the historic Don-ald Ross Dining and grill Rooms. The new design will improve the current floor plan and add an addi-tional 1,500sf to the mem-bers’ dining area. The new layout will en-hance the membership’s dining experience and provide seating flexibility, including a new bar, casual lounge, and several small dining spaces for smaller group functions.

Salem cc has hosted four nation-al championships, including the USgA women’s open and the 2001 men’s Se-nior open. The club has consistently been selected as one of Golf Digest’s “Top 100 golf courses.”

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Springfield, MA - Twenty-seven Springfield residents graduated from the Springfield Works building trades pre-apprenticeship program recently during a ceremony at the Sheet metal workers Local 63 in Springfield.

while unemployment is high in the current economic downturn, the con-struction industry will be facing a short-age of qualified new workers. Springfield works was created to help address this shortage and to educate disadvantaged

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Durham, Nh - hampshire fire pro-tection co., Inc. will be a part of the reno-vations at the University of New hampshire in Durham by installing the fire sprinkler system in the chemistry department. The outdated parson’s hall has been under ren-ovation, consisting of interior transforma-tions, since may 2009.

The renovated facility will house wet teaching laboratories, multiple research labs, the University Instrumentation cen-ter, and general classroom space. All four of the three-story wings will be under con-struction to include office space for faculty, researchers, technicians, and students as well as conference and break rooms.

hampshire fire protection also is installing the fire protection system during the renovation of the library and miller

humanities Building at Kimball Union Academy in meriden.

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hanover, Nh - hampshire fire pro-tection co., Inc. will be working on install-ing a fire protection system in the new four-story 6 South Street hotel in hanover.

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Springfield, MA - Recently, Gover-nor Deval Patrick and local officials broke ground on the new state-of-

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A new data center for the massa-chusetts Information Technology Divi-sion, this mission-critical facility has been designed to a Tier 3 data center standard.

The facility will house critical data systems for major departments for the state, such as the Department of Revenue, the Treasury Department, and the criminal history Systems Bureau, which supports the State police Department. This facility has been designed to provide the highest level of op-erational efficiency and redundancy to sup-port these operations.

The facility will include 24,000sf of computer floor space for critical data sys-tems equipment. This area was designed with power and air conditioning to serve an average equipment load density of 200 watts psf throughout computer areas, with supplemental cooling for high-density ar-eas within the space. In order to provide this level of electrical and air conditioning infrastructure, significant planning for the configuration of the equipment space was required to support this density. The de-sign of the systems includes cfD analysis of the air conditioning systems to model the environmental systems and their ability to properly address these significant equip-ment loads.

The building, designed to meet LEED Gold certification, includes several innovative green building features. The cooling system utilizes a heat wheel air side economizer and electric centrifugal chillers to minimize the energy required to cool the computers. within the equip-ment spaces hot aisle, containment will op-timize the flow of cooling air through the equipment racks. The UpS systems utilize flywheel energy storage rather than large quantities of lead acid batteries which must be replaced on a regular basis to minimize

the environmental footprint of the project.

The building infrastruc-ture includes a complete sys-tem of electrical distribution and associated cooling infra-structure designed to an N+1 redundancy level. The equip-ment, distribution, controls, etc. for these critical systems is designed such that failure of a single piece of equipment will not compromise the operation of the facility. This applies to each aspect of the infrastruc-

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The 148,000sf building is designed to drastically minimize energy use through efficiency measures and other design fea-tures. It will be constructed with the latest technologies in energy efficient data center infrastructure, sustainable building design, and consolidated computer technology.

“The Springfield Data Center is a project with a multitude of benefits,” said governor Deval patrick. “In addition to securing critical data used by thousands of state workers, this facility will be a nation-al model for environmentally friendly data storage and an economic boost for the city of Springfield.”

The new data center is being designed with a host of efficient technologies, in-cluding fresh air cooling, EnergyStar serv-ers and an advanced energy management system, which will make the new facility among the most energy efficient data cen-ters in the country.

The state’s Division of capital As-set management and Information Technol-ogy Division have also been working with western mass Electric co. to maximize potential rebates available through the util-ity to lower front end costs while enhanc-ing energy efficiency at the new facility.

“This is a remarkable project that blends many aspects of our Adminis-tration’s focus for long-term economic growth,” said lieutenant governor Timo-thy murray. “Thanks to the support of the state and congressional delegation, as well as the City of Springfield, this facility will

mix innovative principles to deliver imme-diate jobs and services for the region and the state.”

The facility will use cost-competitive energy sources and a number of sustain-ability features, including capture and re-use of rainwater, natural sunlight for staff areas, and recycling of existing building materials in construction. facility equip-ment will also be Energy Star certified.

The new data center will provide an economic boost to Springfield, building on the Administration’s continued long-stand-ing partnership with the city. In addition, the facility is expected to create an estimat-ed 70 full-time jobs, with as many as 200 construction jobs supported by the project

over the course of the two-year construc-tion phase. It will also be accessible by public transportation.

The SDc will be built at the site of the former Technical high School, which closed in 1986 after more than 80 years. A substantial portion of the Elliot Street entry façade and three bays of the east and west façades of the Technical high School will be preserved under the project, including “The Technical high School” inscription above the front doors.

The SDc is a key part of the Ad-ministration’s strategy to manage the com-monwealth’s technology more effectively by consolidating the Executive Depart-ment’s 183 widely-dispersed data centers into two efficiently managed facilities.

The data systems and electronic re-cords stored in the commonwealth’s data facilities are used by thousands of state workers – including police officers, social workers and health professionals – need-ing immediate access to sensitive informa-tion. This highly-secure facility will also provide backup for the commonwealth’s primary data center, the massachusetts In-formation Technology center.

“This new facility will be state of the art for energy efficiency in data centers,” Energy and Environmental Affairs Secre-tary Ian Bowles said. “Not only will the facility save about $3 million per year in energy costs once fully operational, but it will also stand as a significant symbol of

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the parking lot at Drake hill Commons (formerly Lafayette Road Office park) in North hampton, N.h. provides the information of a thousand words. cover-ing 15,000sf, the Eco-Stone permeable paver parking lot continues to be attrac-tive, structurally sound, and high perform-ing despite enduring over 10 years of harsh New England winters since its installation by The griffen group in 1999. It has with-stood countless freeze-thaw cycles, regular snow plowing and sanding, and, with just routine maintenance by conventional street sweepers, it continues to drain water ef-fectively. on a recent trip to the area, we stopped by to take a look and perform the

quick and telling “water bottle test.” we poured the contents of a couple of 20 ounce water bottles on the surface, and the water immediately drained down through the pavement.

And let’s not forget to mention durability of the pavers themselves, as this is another question we frequently field. Unlike other types of porous pavements, permeable pavers are not porous. The pavers are made using the same mix de-sign and, hence, have the same strength and durability as our regular paving stones. how strong? we routinely manufac-ture our pavers to be 10,000 psi – that’s twice as strong as con-crete and three times that of asphalt. They can support the heaviest of loads, are du-rable to withstand the toughest freeze-thaw conditions and properly installed, are snow plow safe. permeable pavers provide rapid infiltration through indentations molded along the edge of units. when assembled together they form a series of openings across the pavement. The openings and joints in the pavement surface funnel water into the base where it is filtered as it drains slowly into the soil. Now that we have addressed one myth, let’s look at an often over looked benefit of permeable pavers, one that improves safety as well as lowers maintenance expenses. During the winter, snow and ice thaw during the day, forming puddles that freeze as tem-peratures drop later in the day and eve-

ning. for safety, sanding becomes neces-sary. In the case of permeable pavers such as Eco-Stone and Aqua-Bric, the melt-off drains into the openings down through the pavement. minimal sand is required to provide a slip-free surface, and whatever sand remains when spring arrives can be easily cleaned from the joints and open-ings using conventional street sweeping equipment.

Drake hill commons is one of the many projects that demonstrate our per-meable pavers are a practical solution for owners and developers to meet to the in-creasingly stringent stormwater regula-tions being implemented by federal, state, and local governments.

Larry Nicolai is sr. vice president of Pavers by Ideal in Westford, Mass.

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SmpS Awards Standard Builders

Boston, mA - Standard Builders received the 2010 national Society of marketing professional Services (SmpS) marketing com-munications Award in the Direct mail campaign category at the or-ganization’s annual conference in Boston on July 15, 2010.

The Direct mail campaign was comprised of a series of six postcards, used to increase brand recognition within the firm’s target audience: healthcare, institutional and commercial market sectors. The goal was to provide the recipient with current, relevant information supported by client testimonials.

mcA winners receive na-tional publicity via: national press releases sent to industry media, SmpS publications including mar-keter, the SmpS web site (www.smps.org), and listing in the De-signIntelligence Almanac of Archi-tecture & Design.

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South hamilton, mA - Rhino pub-lic Relations, a specialty public relations agency, has been honored with a marketing communications Award (mcA) from the Society of marketing professional Services (SmpS), recognizing the successful nation-al media relations campaign for its client, gEI consultants, Inc. This is the second year in a row that Rhino pR has been recognized by SmpS for its im-plementation of gEI’s public relations program.

gEI consultants is a national geo-technical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firm comprised of a multi-disciplined team of engineers and scientists who deliver engi-neering and environmental solutions to its diverse clientele nationwide.

The focus of the award is the na-tional public relations program and strat-egy that Rhino pR helped gEI consultants create and implement. The results of this program included 71 media- related initia-tives throughout 2010. This increased me-dia visibility far exceeded the goal set at the beginning of the campaign.

“Rhino pR’s expertise and dedica-tion has helped make gEI one of the most visible brands in our target markets across the country,” said Kelly cohane, corporate marketing manager for gEI. “Their work has helped gEI achieve recognition across

discipline areas, and has helped maintain the culture within gEI that encourages the healthy communication of company news. Rhino pR continues to help us communi-cate expertise in our chosen fields, and in-teracts with industry players and internal staff seamlessly.”

Rhino pR was recognized with a third-place award in the category “Exter-nal corporate communications program: media Relations campaign” at the SmpS awards gala held in July at the SmpS Na-tional conference: Build Business in Bos-ton.

Boston - The Society for marketing professional Servic-es (SmpS) awarded michael J. Reilly of Reilly communications the organization’s highest indi-vidual honor, the 2010 marketing Achievement Award. The award was presented during the SmpS national conference in Boston. he is the 20th recipient of the mar-keting Achievement Award in the 37-year history of the Society.

According to SmpS, the award “rec-ognizes an individual marketing profes-sional whose achievements and lasting contributions to the professional services field are exemplary.” To qualify for jury consideration for the marketing Achieve-

ment Award, nominees must have demonstrated measure-able achievement across several areas of professional practice, including marketing research, teaching, professional leader-ship, marketing communica-tions, and program innovation.

Reilly is a past SmpS na-tional and Boston chapter pres-ident, a contributing editor for the professional services mar-

keting journal Marketer, an adjunct faculty member at Boston University’s college of professional Education, and an SmpS fel-low. he is also a director and past president of the massachusetts Building congress.

Rhino Receives SmpS mcA

frank monkiewicz photography |Chris Stockwell, chief marketing officer, GEI; Susan Shelby, CPSM, principal, Rhino PR; Kelly Cohane, corporate

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Reilly honored SmpS Award

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the commonwealth’s commitment to leading by example for all other such facilities around the region, nation and world.”

funding for the data center was included in the general government Bond Bill, approved by the legislature and signed by the governor in 2008.

Team members include cosentini Associates as the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineer, D.g. Jones as

the cost estimator, lim consultants as the structural engineer, Nitsch Engineer-ing as the civil engineer, preservation Technology as the historic preservation consultant, Epsilon Associates as the enabling consultant,Strategic Building consultants, as the commissioning agent, TRo|Jung Brannen as the Architect, and Skanska as the general contractor.

construction on the data center is expected to be complete by may 2012.

when complete, the $110 mil-lion facility will be a national model for green technology.

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New london, cT - The International partnering Institute (IpI) has awarded two partnering awards to connecticut college, KBE Building corporation, the design teams, and trade contractors for the col-lege’s new fitness center and its 2008 Asset Reinvestment program.

partnering is a project management philosophy that fosters a collaborative team relationship between owners, contractors, design teams, and trade contractors, result-ing in significant benefits to process, cost, and schedule. The partnering concept has been the foundation of more than 250 As-set Reinvestment projects at the college and has resulted in the completion of near-ly $30 million in construction work since 2005 – all without a single claim.

The new fitness center project was recognized with a 2010 Ruby partnering Award, recognizing the team’s commitment to partnering on the design and construc-tion of this $4.5 million, 14,000sf timber-and-glass addition and renovation.

The project team included EYp Ar-chitects and Veridian consulting.

The college’s 2008 Asset Reinvest-ment project received a 2010 Ruby legacy partnering Award, recognizing “projects that have stood the test of time as outstand-ing examples of partnering.” The project encompassed 64 separate renovation, up-grade and other construction projects – nearly $7 million in construction that was executed over the 12-week summer ses-sion. In addition to no claims, the project achieved a 5% reduction in project costs and no reportable oShA injuries.

The Asset Reinvestment program is the college’s seven-year, $53 million cam-pus improvement program, launched in 2005. As the college’s construction man-agement partner, KBE has worked each year with the college, its design teams, trade contractors, and vendors to plan and complete an extensive range of projects each summer.

The 2008 Asset Reinvestment project team included Noyes Vogt Architects, El-lenzweig Architecture and planning, gen-eral Design and Drafting, Rusty Sergeant AIA, EYp Architects, and clA Engineers.

IpI partnering Awards

Shirley, mA - Senate construction corp., located in Shir-ley, received a Certifi-cate of commendation for an excellent safety record for 2009 from the Associated general contractors of America.

The award was presented at the annual Agc meeting.

Boston - cannon Design, an internationally ranked archi-tectural, engineering, and plan-ning firm, announced that Ste-phen Johnson, fAIA, a principal and leader of the firm’s Boston office, has been awarded the

college of fellows medal by the American Institute of Ar-chitects.

Johnson joins a distin-guished group of professionals

whose architectural accomplish-ments and dedication to the field are second to none. his body of work is recognized by its fresh design approach and connection to context.

Johnson’s work has won four national AIA honor Awards for Design and two honor Awards from the National Trust for historic preservation.

Johnson Receives AIA medal

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“The KBE Ventures design-build team has thus far demonstrated true team-work in moving this project forward on our behalf,” said Diane E. mccartin, project manager, US Army corps of Engineers-lousiville District’s chief - East Section Reserve Support Team.

The fast-tracked project calls for a 164,000sf Training facility with admin-istrative, educational, assembly, library, learning center, vault, weapons simulator, and physical fitness areas for four Army Reserve units and six connecticut Army National guard units. The center will also include a 36,000sf vehicle maintenance shop, and a 4,000sf unheated storage facil-ity. Set on a 42-acre park, the facility will also include parking areas, walkways, and access roads. Approximately 100 person-nel are expected to use the campus. The

facility is able to serve more than 850 Army Reservists and National guardsmen, if needed.

KBE Ventures, a joint venture of KBE Building corporation and DeRita construction company, is the design-builder and prime contractor for the center. headquartered in farmington, KBE Build-ing corporation is drawing on its numer-ous design-build successes over the last decade to manage this 19-month design and construction project. field construc-tion began in April 2010 with extensive excavation of the hilly site, including some cuts as deep as 40 feet. The expertise of joint venture partner DeRita construction, a middletown-based site contractor, has been instrumental in managing this time-critical portion of the work.

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• Water conserving, low-impact de-sign (lID) features including grass swales and disconnected paved areas to increase

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Stoughton, mA – The framing is complete on the three buildings that com-prise Alta at Indian woods, a new Energy Star residential apartment community be-ing built in Stoughton. wood partners, a national apartment real estate firm with local offices in Concord, is the developer, and pro con, Inc is the architect and gen-eral contractor for the $13.5 million design build project.

“The framing is complete, the rough mechanicals are under way and we plan to begin dry walling by mid-July,” stated the project manager for pro con, Inc. “All the buildings will be weather tight by the mid-August and ready for final finishes.”

Alta at Indian woods is participating in the massachusetts New homes with En-ergy Star program. The Energy Star New homes is a program developed and admin-istered by the United States Department of Energy that focuses on a high efficiency building envelope and optimal hVAc dis-tribution performance.

The project design calls for an inch of rigid insulation on the exterior, slab edge and under-slab insulation, and high-perfor-mance cavity insulation; window U-values of .3; and ducts that surpass the standard for tightness.

conservation Services group of westborough is collaborating with wood partners as hERS rater on the project. The Energy Star standard, when implemented and tested by approved rating firms, is de-signed to reduce energy consumption to a

level that is 15% lower than a comparable project built to the 1994 International Resi-dential code.

The 154-apartment community will offer one- and two-bedroom units and one-bedroom units with dens. The apartments, ranging from 710 to 1,041sf with various design configurations, will be located in three four-story garden-style buildings. The apartments will feature ample kitch-ens, full-size washers and dryers, walk-in closets, upgraded flooring, and high-speed Internet and cable-ready access. The com-munity’s common areas will be profes-sionally landscaped and will offer outdoor amenities, including seating and gas grill.

The community’s club house will feature a great room with a kitchen for entertaining and a fitness room with high end exercise equipment and machines. The community’s administrative and leasing offices will be located on-site.

The sitework, which includes util-ity infrastructure, roadways, parking lots, drainage, and landscaping is on-going.

pro con has scheduled a phased completion of the project; the first building will be ready for occupancy in November 2010, and the second and third buildings will be completed in January 2011.

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Framing is complete on the three buildings.

Northwood, Nh - Rpf Associ-ates, Inc., an EpA accredited training provider for the Renovation, Repair, and painting program (RRp) Rule is offering RRp classes at its corporate training centers and will provide the classes at customer sites throughout New England.

Recently the EpA pushed back its deadline for firms to be accredited until october 1 and training of renova-tors from April 2010 to December 1.

contractors can register for classes and see an online video by visiting www.airpf.com.

The EpA RRp Rule requires all contractors, maintenance staff, prop-erty managers and other firms that disturb lead paint in homes and child-care facilities built before 1978 to fol-low specific work practices to prevent lead contamination and to obtain nec-essary training and certification.

The EpA has determined that renovation, repair, and painting activities that disturb lead-based paint in pre-1978 housing and child-occu-pied facilities create lead-based paint hazards.

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High-Profile: Green Facilities Development News

harvard, mA -- lighthouse Elec-trical contracting, Inc., of Rockland, a member of NEcA’s Boston chapter, is on schedule with the design/build 220kw ground-mount photovoltaic (pV) system at carlson orchards in harvard. The project is massachusetts’s largest solar installation at an agricultural site or farm.

lighthouse teamed with Stephen Kelleher Architects of fairhaven and kwind, Inc. of mattapoisett. project man-ager Newell Thomas and president herb Aikens supervised a field crew ranging from eight to 10 IBEw electricians during the three-month project.

The system is comprised of 1,050 Evergreen 210w solar panels, a Dpw So-lar corp. ground-mount mounting system at 30 degrees pitch, and solar inverters and data acquisition by Solectria Renewables.

The solar project is being funded in large part by grants from the massachusetts Technology collaborative (mTc)/massa-chusetts clean Energy center (cEc). It is among the first solar projects in the state to incorporate virtual netmetering and an mTc/cEc grant.

The pV system is expected to gener-ate approximately 70% to 80% of the an-nual energy usage of the orchard, largely for the operation of refrigeration units used to chill and preserve harvested apples. A special ribbon-cutting celebrating the carl-son orchard’s solar system’s interconnec-tion to the power grid will kick off the orchard’s annual peach festival, which will be held in August. carlson orchards is New England’s largest producer of ap-ple cider, producing more than 500,000 gallons annually.

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lexington, mA - The SmmA/cRB design team for the Shire human genetic Therapies (hgT) warehouse and Distri-bution center reached its project goal of LEED Silver certification.

They adapted an existing warehouse and distribution facility to accommodate the more sophisticated gmp requirements for Shire hgT as a storage and distribution center to support its new drug manufactur-ing facility in lexington.

The project involved the interior ren-ovation of an existing 92,000sf warehouse to create cold room and ambient spaces required for gmp storage. The primary spaces are approximately 15,000sf of cold storage and 45,000sf of ambient storage.

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from the outset, the design team’s goal was to design the building to meet Shire’s sustainable goals.

Early design phase decisions includ-ed the reuse of the existing structure to the greatest possible extent in order to mini-mize construction demolition.

other green initiatives include a cool roof, support of alternative transportation, construction waste management, hVAc efficiency upgrade, water use reduction, enhanced commissioning, recycled and regional materials, and a green cleaning program.

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cambridge, mA - watermark cam-bridge announced that it is the first resi-dential rental apartment building in mas-sachusetts to achieve a lEED gold rating. The project earned certification in the Ex-isting Buildings: operations and mainte-nance category, one of very few multifam-ily properties in the country to achieve this distinction, and the first to achieve it under the most recent version of lEED 2009.

watermark cambridge is a 23-story, 321-unit apartment building in the heart of

Kendall Square, cam-bridge, developed by Twining properties and designed by cBT Archi-tects.

The high standard set by the lEED pro-gram ensures that the residents of the water-mark community enjoy superior energy savings and efficiency and bet-ter air quality in their environmentally friend-ly apartment homes.

green features such as low-e glass and energy-efficient lighting were already integrated into cBT’s design.

All materials now used at the water-mark, like flooring and paint, meet the lat-est lEED standards.

Selective plumbing fixture upgrades were added, and a solar sensor was added to the drip irrigation system on water-mark’s outdoor Zen terrace garden to re-duce water use.

New guides to the programmable thermostats and all-in-one washer-dryers were created.

watermark cambridge Achieves lEED gold

Residents of Watermark enjoy better air quality in their environmentally friendly apartments.

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rick announced that 35 cities and towns that earned official Green community status last month began reaping the benefits of that designa-tion recently –receiving grants for municipal renewable energy and en-ergy efficiency projects worth $8.1 million statewide.

“These 35 cities and towns have already demonstrated outstand-ing leadership by qualifying to be green communities,” said governor Deval patrick. “with the grants they are receiving, these communities can take critical next steps as our partners on the road toward a clean energy fu-ture.”

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Boston - ARc/Architectural Resources cambridge, a nationally recognized architectur-al, planning, and interior design firm, announced that the ARc-designed Tufts University School of Dental medicine’s vertical expansion has received lEED Silver certification from the US green Building council (USgBc).

The building, lo-cated at one Kneeland Street, officially opened late last year after an ambitious $68 million, 22-month vertical ex-pansion development in one of Boston’s most densely populated neigh-borhoods. The five-story, 95,000sf vertical addition was added on top of the existing 10-story Tufts University School of Dental medicine building in Boston’s chinatown.

The vertical expansion project incor-porates cost-effective sustainable strategies such as a high-performance building enve-lope with aggressive daylighting design to maximize lighting efficiency and reduce solar heat gain. coupled with state-of-the-art mechanical and plumbing systems that are finely tuned and integrated into the

building this project has been designed to achieve a 20% to 30% energy cost savings and a 30% to 45% reduction in water use.

The original building, built in 1972, was designed to be a 16-story structure; however, the building plan was revised and only 10 floors were constructed at that time. The top five floors recently added in-clude two new clinical patient floors, an ex-panded simulation laboratory, teaching fa-cilities, a continuing education conference center, and administrative offices.

ARc project Earns Silver Shawmut gc


Boston - The green Roof at Boston latin School (BlS), designed by Studio g Architects, garnered national attention with a recent NBc Today Show segment.

The Today Show filmed Studio G Ar-chitects and students from BlS Youth cli-mate Action Network in a design charrette for The green Roof at Boston latin School, an initiative of BlS Youth climate Action Network.

The green Roof Sustainable Roof-scape learning center provides multiple areas to instigate student learning about the big ideas of sustainability and provide the venue and material for a newly devised STEm (Science, Technology, Engineering, math) curriculum.

The green Roof provides opportuni-ties for students to engage in inquiry-based learning about storm runoff, heat effects, rain acidity, and co2 exchange, and to monitor the energy generated by the wind turbines, photovoltaic and solar thermal collectors.

The roof also includes a contempla-tive garden and a cafeteria farm and rooftop greenhouse. This layered design reflects an integrated approach to sustainable educa-tion: The green Roof demonstrates sus-tainability by lowering carbon emissions through planted microclimates and generat-ing energy to offset the school’s needs.

To view the video: http://www.nbc.com/news-sports/msnbc-video/nations-old-est-school-sets-green-example/.

green Roof at BlS featured on TV

Killingworth, cT - The connect-icut green Building council presented awards to home and facility owners recognizing their exceptional devotion to energy savings and excellence in design. george Keithan, president and cEo of consulting Engineering Servic-es (cES), and his wife were presented with the award for the most Intriguing Residential project for their Net Zero Energy home in Killingworth.

About two years ago george and mary Keithan decided to commit to fos-tering a carbon free new life-style and de-signed the first Net Zero Energy Home in connecticut. with the hard work of cES employees James Senatro, pE and Nick fair who designed the mEp systems, J. w. huber Architect llc and Essex Squared

llc and numerous contractors, the home was completed in November.

This home is a certified LEED Plati-num home, has a -7 hERS rating, was featured in the cT Department of Environ-mental protections Earth Day 40 Video, and is entered in Northeast Utilities Zero Energy challenge.

Net Zero Energy home Awarded

Award winning Net Zero Energy Home

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Burlington, mA - Erland construc-tion, Inc. recently completed a multi-phased, fast track, turn-key renovation project for Nordblom company and Avid, moving Avid from its former worldwide headquarters in Tewksbury to Burlington.

Avid leased three buildings from Nordblom company — two in the Net-work Drive campus and one in Northwest park, totaling 203,000sf. After an intense construction period, Erland completed the project in less than six months.

Erland committed multiple construc-tion crews to simultaneously manage the various components of the project. Avid has taken over the entire building at 75 Net-

work Drive, as well as two floors of 65 Net-work Drive, which will serve as its corpo-rate headquarters. These renovated spaces feature a high-tech lobby with holographic displays; conference, demonstration, and training areas; as well as its executive of-fices and technical lab space. Erland also has constructed a 143-foot-long enclosed pedestrian bridge to provide all-weather access between 65 and 75 Network Drive. The bridge mimics the design of current connecting bridges in the park.

The final portion of this project in-cluded renovations to 10 North Avenue in Northwest park to house Avid’s stockroom and distribution functions, including con-struction of a new loading dock addition. Erland also constructed a new connecting road between North Avenue and the Net-work Drive ring road.

Erland teamed with gensler, RDK Engineers, Spagnolo gisness & Associ-ates, maugel Architects, Vanasse hangen Brustlin, and fox Relocation on this excit-ing and challenging endeavor.

Erland Completes Avid Office Renomaugel Architects

Belfast, Northern Ireland - one of Northern Ireland’s new-est landmark buildings — the mcclay library at Queen’s Uni-versity, Belfast — was officially opened on July 6 by one of the University’s most famous alum-ni, Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus heaney. The library was designed by the Boston architec-ture firm of Shepley Bulfinch.

Speaking at the event, Dr. heaney lauded the new library, saying, “The effect of light in the building — it’s like a light-ship for scholarship…” he went on to comment on the library’s transforma-tional impact on the student experience at Queen’s.

Shepley Bulfinch designed the li-brary in association with Robinson pat-terson partnership of Northern Ireland and Buro happold Engineers of Scotland.

Illuminated by a multi-story open atrium, the 196,000sf building accommo-dates 2,000 reader places and 1.2 million volumes. Ground floor facilities include IT training rooms, a language center, library, and computer support areas and a cafe.

The upper floors house Special Col-lections, subject-related help desks, and a range of printed works. A central feature, located in the tower above the entrance, is the c.S. lewis Room, which honors the ac-claimed Belfast native.

The library is a model of sustain-able design, with natural ventilation and operable windows; a chilled beam system; and heat recovery systems. The thermal mass of the building is utilized as a heat sink, while a rainwater harvesting system conserves water with utilizing recycled rainwater.

Queen’s Univ library opens Designed by Shepley Bulfinch

McClay Library at Queen’s University

Erland News

Burlington, Massachusetts – Erland Construction, Inc. recently completed a multi-phased, fast track, turn-key renovation project for Nordblom Company and Avid, moving Avid from their former world-wide headquarters in Tewksbury to Burlington. Avid leased three buildings from Nordblom Company – two in the Network Drive campus and one in Northwest Park, totaling 203,000 square feet. After an intense construction period, Erland completed the project in less than six months.

Erland committed multiple construction crews to simultaneously manage the various components of the project. Avid has taken over the entire building at 75 Network Drive, as well as two floors of 65 Network Drive, which will serve as their corporate headquarters. These renovated spaces feature a high-tech lobby with holographic displays; conference, demonstration and training areas; as well as their executive offices and technical lab space. Erland has also constructed a 143-foot long enclosed pedestrian bridge to provide all-weather access between 65 and 75 Network Drive. The bridge mimics the design of current connecting bridges in the park.

The final portion of this project included renovations to 10 North Avenue in Northwest Park to house Avid’s stockroom and distribution functions including construction of a new loading dock addition. Erland also constructed a new con-necting road between North Avenue and the Network Drive ring road.

Erland teamed with Gensler, RDK Engineers, Spagnolo Gisness & Associates, Maugel Architects, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin and Fox Relocation on this exciting and challenging endeavor.

Avid creates the digital audio and video technology used to make the most lis-tened to, most watched and most loved media in the world – from the most pres-tigious and award-winning feature films, music recordings, television shows, live concert tours and news broadcasts, to music and movies made at home. Some of Avid’s most influential and pioneering solutions include Media Composer®, Pro Tools®, Avid Unity™, Interplay®, Oxygen 8, Sibelius® and Pinnacle Studio™.

Erland Construction, with offices in Burlington, Massachusetts and East Wind-sor, Connecticut, is the region’s leading open shop construction management, program management, design/build, and general contracting firm. The company has the specialized expertise for new construction, additions, and renovations in major market sectors including academic, residential, commercial, and healthcare. For more information please visit www.erland.com

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Avid Lobby at 75 Network Drive

Erland Completes Major Office Renovation for Avid

Bridge Connecting 65 and 75 Network DriveBridge connecting 65 and 75 Network Dr.

Avid Lobby at 75 Network Drive

westwood, mA - Es-sex Builders Corp. is finish-ing up exterior façade reno-vations for central chrysler Jeep and Dodge located on the Auto-mile in Norwood.

Design documents prepared by John R. perry Architect, ltd. of Norwood reflect Chrysler’s new brand theme for its North Ameri-can dealerships.

Essex completing Auto DealershipJohn R. perry Architect

Renovated exterior façade of auto dealership

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ment to make municipal operations cleaner and greener,” said Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles, whose office includes DOER. “These grants will enable communities from cape cod to the Berkshires to cut waste, save energy dollars, create local jobs, and increase their energy indepen-dence.”

The signature program of the land-mark green communities Act of 2008, the Department of Energy Resource’s green communities grant program, uses funding from auctions of carbon emissions permits under the Regional greenhouse gas Initiative to reward communities that earn green commu-nities designation by meeting five clean energy benchmarks:

• Adopting a local zoning bylaw

or ordinance that allows “as-of-right-siting” of renewable energy projects;

• Adopting an expedited permit-ting process related to the as-of-right facilities;

• Establishing a municipal energy use baseline and establishing a program designed to reduce use by 20% within five years;

• Purchasing only fuel-efficient vehicles for municipal use, whenever such vehicles are commercially avail-able and practicable; and

• Requiring all new residential construction over 3,000sf and all new commercial and industrial real estate construction to reduce lifecycle energy costs (i.e., adoption of an energy-saving building “stretch code”).

green communities Receive grants


• Low-impact, state-of-the-art stormwater management system that exceeds federal re-quirements for water quality and quantity control

• Adherence to DoD’s strin-gent security criteria

• All design documents have been prepared with 3D Building Information modeling (BIm) software, including clash detection to enhance coordina-tion and accuracy

• Utilization of USACE’s “Dr checks” quality assurance system throughout the fast-track design process and projNet de-sign and construction informa-tion software.

The design-build team faced several challenges during the design phase, not the least of which was the fast-track schedule. for ex-ample, DiBlasi Associates, structural engi-neers, began structural design work in De-cember 2009 and completed the documents in time for the bid issuance in early 2010. In addition to the extremely ambitious sched-

ule, the structural design includes a num-ber of special features that respond to Anti-Terrorism / force-protection measures and progressive collapse resistance.

construction is forging ahead at a rapid pace, with completion planned for the second quarter of 2011.

New Armed forces Reserve center

photo credit: Bluebird Aerial photography cheshire cTSitework has been a core component of the new Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middletown,

Connecticut. Structural steel is under way on the 164,000sf Training Center (foreground), with founda-tion work starting on two additional structures. KBE Ventures, a joint venture of KBE Building Corp.and

DeRita Construction, is the design-builder, prime con-tractor, and site contractor for the project.


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The park serves as an entrance to the Leonard Florence Center.

chelsea, mA - Erland construction, Inc. recently donated the time, labor, and materials to build a small park for the chel-sea Jewish foundation.

The park, with its granite sign and

rock garden plantings, serves as a ceremo-nial entrance to the Admiral’s hill complex in chelsea that houses the new Erland-built leonard florence center for living – a 91,000sf, 100-unit skilled nursing facility.

Erland Donates park

littleton, mA - RDK Engineers re-cently participated in the official opening of IBm’s new littleton data center. RDK played an integral role in the building sys-tems design of the 494,000sf building, IBm’s largest software development facil-ity in North America.

RDK incorporated a number of en-ergy efficient features into the design of the high-tech facility, which includes nearly 60,000sf of data center and lab space. The

main data center was designed on a 25,000sf floor that allows for faster delivery of air at a lower temperature, and additional energy efficient design features include HVAC systems that respond to solar heat gains and automated lighting controls that dim lights based on the levels of natural lighting.

RDK also designed a back-up power system for all critical processing equipment so that IBm can keep information safe and equipment running if power is lost.

RDK part of Data ctr. openingcopyright 2010 Damianos photography.com

A conference room located in the 494,000sf IBM facility.


graphic designers, engineers, marketing strategists, these are all design disciplines that could really thrive within a creative neighborhood.

Despite the complication in financ-ing and renovating the building, the part-ners steered away from purchasing a plot of land and constructing a new building.

“The firm is really committed to the redevelopment of urban land and we saw this as the perfect opportunity to practice what we preach –sustainability and en-vironmental responsibility,” ladds said.

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Design Exchange to open

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High-Profile: People

cambridge, mA, – Symmes maini & mcKee Associates/SmmA recently ap-pointed principals Alex c. pitkin, AIA and marie E. fitzgerald, IIDA to the board of directors.

pitkin joined SmmA in 1992. he is a senior vice president and director of institutional Practice. His affiliations in-clude the Boston Society of Architects, the American Institute of Architects, the coun-cil of Educational facility planners Inter-national, and the Society for college and University planning.

fitzgerald, who joined the cam-bridge-based firm in 1998, is a senior vice president and director of SmmA’s corpo-

rate + Technology practice. She is a mem-ber of the International Interior Design Association, the International facilities management Association, and coreNet global.

SmmA Appoints fitzgerald and pitkin

Pitkin Fitzgerald

manchester, Nh - lavallee Brensinger Architects of manchester announced the recent addition of five design professionals to its 50-person practice.

william gatchell, AIA, joins the firm with a wide range of project experi-ence for education, civic, and corporate clients. his experience encompasses all phases of architectural services from master planning and programming through design and construction close-out.

past work includes building proj-ects at Tilton Academy, North Yarmouth Academy, and foxcroft Academy..

Jeffrey Brussel, AIA, lEED Ap, brings extensive experience in higher education, science/technology, and K-12 facilities. Recent notable work includes the harvard Allston Science complex,

the comer geochemistry Building at columbia University, and the Univer-sity of Rhode Island center for Biotech-nology and life Sciences.

luis Riobueno, lEED Ap, joins the firm’s thriving healthcare practice. With significant healthcare planning and design experience, recent work in-cludes projects at Dartmouth-hitchcock medical center, Boston children’s hos-pital, Beth Israel Deaconness medical center, Brigham & women’s hospital, and lahey clinic.

In addition, lavallee Brensinger welcomes two recent graduates, Sean landry and Joe Britton III. These tal-ented and energetic young professionals will apply their skills in Building Infor-mation modeling and 3D design to sup-port project teams.

Additions at lavallee Brensinger

Boston - The Boston office of Lin-coln property company announced that Jesse Flynn has joined the firm as a se-nior associate.

At lincoln property company flynn will focus on the cambridge of-fice and lab markets. Prior to joining lincoln property company, he worked as a broker with Newmark Knight frank’s cambridge real estate team and Townsend commercial Real Estate in San francisco, california.

“Jesse is an excellent addition to our growing brokerage services group,” said michael S. Edward, senior vice president and head of brokerage for the Boston office of Lincoln Property Com-pany. “he has been actively involved in tenant and landlord representation as-signments in the cambridge market.”

flynn is currently an active mem-ber of NAIop, the greater Boston Real Estate Board (gBREB), and the massa-chusetts Biotech council.

flynn Joins lincoln property

Boston - goody clancy, a Boston-based interdisciplinary design and plan-ning firm, announced that Lisa Howe, cur-rently the director of preservation, has been named a principal in the firm.

howe has a diversity of experience, which includes more than 20 years direct-ing the adaptive reuse and preservation of signature buildings in a broad range of mar-ket sectors, including education, civic and cultural projects for clients such as harvard University and the US general Services Administration (gSA). her career began as a bricklayer and demonstrates a continuous commitment to design excellence, techni-cal knowledge, research, and innovation.

her current work includes two National historic landmarks. The first is the renovation of over 50 historic buildings at St. Eliz-abeth’s west campus in washington, D. c., which is part of a gSA project creating the new headquarters

for the Dept. of homeland Security. The second is the façade restoration of the Ayer mansion in Boston.

goody clancy Names howe

Howe

Quincy, mA - lee Kennedy co. has hired Allan fiddes as chief estimator. he is a 20-year construction industry veteran with preconstruction and estimating expe-rience across every major building sector. he will oversee estimating functions for the academic, healthcare/life sciences and commercial sectors at lee Kennedy co.

fiddes, a lEED accredited profes-sional, brings a strong background of similar work for clients including harvard University, mIT, New England medical

center, and Baystate medical to his work at the firm.

prior to join-ing lee Kennedy co., he spent 10 years with construc-tion manager Barr & Barr.

lee Kennedy hires fiddes

Fiddes

Boston - wentworth Insti-tute of Technology named larry carr as the new dean of The Ari-och center @ wentworth, the In-stitute’s division of professional and continuing education.

carr brings extensive lead-ership experience, holds a passion for lifelong learning, and under-stands the importance of strategic partnerships between institutions of higher education and private industry. he has more than 30 years of ex-perience in working with technology-based

service organizations, technol-ogy development companies, and leading professional ser-vice organizations

carr’s professional background includes the posi-tion of cEo at linkage, Inc., a provider of organizational/leadership development and corporate education programs. During his tenure, linkage was named to the INc 500 list of

fastest growing privately held companies in America for two successive years.

carr New Dean at wentworth

Larry Carr

manchester-by-the-Sea, mA - olson lewis Dioli & Doktor Archi-tects (olD&D) announced that Steven Scapicchio, AIA, lEEDAp, has joined the firm’s architectural staff. Principal Architect chris Doktor said, “he brings to olD&D over 20 years of experience and a great wealth of skill, talent, and architectural expertise in the residential, educational, and institutional market sectors.”

prior to joining the olD&D Scapicchio was senior design architect at Alexander coogan Architect, Inc. his architectural tenure includes work-ing at other firms such as Architectural

Resources cam-bridge, Inc. in cambridge and IN/EX Design group in mel-rose.

Scapicchio is a lEED Ac-credited profes-sional and joins olD&D’s sus-tainable design team providing creative and conscien-tious sustainable design solutions.

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Scapicchio Joins olD&D

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Shirley, mA - In June three Sen-ate construction employees received certification.

Bill hamel, senior project man-ager of Senate construction, became LEED Green Associate certified which is the first step in becoming LEED AP.

Jon Karp, director of Senate con-struction’s small projects division, and Joel Delorey, project superintendent

with Senate, became EPA certified reno-vators.

The RRp Rule (Renovation, Re-pair and paint Rule) requires contractors to obtain certification for both their busi-ness and for employees who will be su-pervising work and use lead-safe work practices when performing work on pre-1978 residential housing or space rented by child-care facilities.

Three Receive Certification

farmington, cT - hRp Associates, Inc. announced that Robin c. fox, lEp and Jason A. Beach, cpg, lEp have become licensed Environmental profes-sionals (lEps).

fox is a senior project geol-ogist in HRP’s Farmington office. She specializes in environmental site assessments, subsurface in-vestigations, groundwater moni-

toring, and remedial actions at contaminated sites.

Beach is a project man-ager in HRP’s Stratford office. his areas of expertise include due diligence and subsurface investigations as well as reme-dial action design and supervi-sion. He is also a certified pro-fessional geologist.

hRp New lEps

Beach

Boston - AKf group, headquar-tered in New York city, has named Brian m. mulkerrin, pE and Dennis m. Dyer, pE, lEED-Ap as full partners of the firm.

m u l k e r r i n , who oversees the day-to-day operation of the Boston office, has spent the major-ity of his career in the building engineering and construction markets, with more than 17 years specifically in the electrical en-

gineering consulting field.

Dyer, AKf Boston, leads the firm’s National Mar-keting Initiative in the healthcare and science and technol-ogy sectors. he has more than 30 years of experience in the design of heating,

ventilating, air conditioning (hVAc) sys-tems, energy conservation analysis, and master plan/feasibility studies.

AKf Names New partners

DyerMulkerrin

Boston - Envi-ronments at work, an office furniture dealer, announced it has hired two new staff members.

Serving as the new customer satisfaction and quality control manager, paula warner will pro-vide support and quality control for the compa-ny’s existing clients.

Abby marsh will serve as sales co-ordinator, managing new customer orders from proposal through project completion. They will be located in the company’s Bos-ton office.

warner comes to Environments at

work with a back-ground as a senior financial analyst, most recently for the East coast Di-vision of Sun mi-crosystems. She also previously served as a finan-cial analyst for c o m m o n w e a l t h Energy Systems.

marsh most recently served as a sales associate for webster & company in Bos-ton, and previously was a sales associate and office manager for Johnson & Associ-ates in concord.

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Environments at work hires Two

WarnerMarsh

Boston - gEI consultants, Inc., a national geotechnical, environmental, wa-ter resources, and ecological science and engineering firm headquartered in Mass., announced that its board of directors has elected six new vice presidents.

Roger hathaway, p.E., vice president and manufactured gas plant (mgp) prac-tice leader in the Hartford, Conn. office, has spent more than 20 years in the field of environmental remediation, with a primary focus on compliance management pro-grams. he specializes in the management of mgp site remediation programs, urban property remediation, urban waterways, regulatory negotiations, and stakeholder communications.

patrick p. King, p.E., lSp, vice presi-dent and environmental division manager in the Boston office, has more than 17 years of experience developing subsurface investigations, evaluating remediation al-ternatives, implementing response actions, and managing contaminated media during construction projects and brownfield rede-velopment.

Alfred p. leuschner, vice president and mgp practice leader in the Boston office is a recognized leader in the MGP/utility market with more than 30 years of experience. his specialties include remedi-al technology development, remedy selec-tion, design and implementation, liability cost estimating and Brownfield redevelop-ment of mgp sites.

giovanni Bo-nita, ph.D., p.E., p.g., vice president, geo-structural prac-tice leader and office manager in gEI’s washington, D.c. office, has more than 17 years of ex-perience with com-plex underground structures, retaining systems, geological and geophysical investigations, and deep foundations.

Timothy B. (Tim) Anenson, vice president and Pacific region manager lo-cated in the Sacramento office, has more than 25 years of engineering and business experience.

william J. Bennett, p.E., vice presi-dent and planning division manager in the Sacramento office, has more than 35 years of professional experience in water resources and geotechnical engineering.

gEI New Vps

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marlborough, mA - United Solutions Inc. has hired seasoned industry leader walter macDougall to help New England’s construction businesses use software to run at peak efficiency. MacDougall will focus his efforts on two industry-leading products – Sage Timberline Estimating Software and Viewpoint construction Software.

macDougall brings a 10-year record of helping construction firms identify and implement software solutions that provide sustainable competitive advantage. Among

his career highlights, macDougall helped build the Quest Solutions estimating pro-gram into a leader in the New England market. Earlier, he helped management and Associated Services, Inc., become the nation’s leading master Builder partner for several years running.

Now macDougall joins New Eng-land’s leading provider of Sage Timberline Estimating Software and the region’s only business partner of Viewpoint construction Software.

macDougall Joins United Solutions

Quincy, mA - J. calnan & Associates, Inc. announced that chris modica has joined the Quincy-based company as a project manager.

modica will be respon-sible for the overall management and coordination of projects from preliminary plan-ning throughout construction and final occupancy. His re-sponsibilities include supervi-sion of staff and subcontractors, trade co-ordination, logistics and safety planning,

subcontractor buy-out, contract negotiation, requisition review and approval, financial status reports, budget reports, quality control, and client satisfaction.

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The connecticut Building congress (cBc) and habitat for humanity of great-er New haven will be hosting the 15th An-nual Robert J. lefloch memorial golf out-ing at Race Brook country club in orange, conn., on Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

once again, this year’s event will be an 18-hole shotgun and will include vari-ous contests, a barbecue lunch, door prizes, beer and wine, and a buffet dinner followed by awards and raffle prizes.

The outing benefits Habitat for Hu-

manity of greater New haven and the con-necticut Building congress Scholarship fund.

Registration information for this event can be downloaded from the habi-tat for humanity web site at: http://habi-tatgnh.org/2010/06/27/15th-annual-robert- j-lefloch-memorial-golf-outing

Any questions can be referred to Jennifer Rook at habitat for humanity via phone at (203) 785-0794 or email at [email protected].

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struction financial conferenceSunday, Sept. 19 – monday, Sept. 20Sheraton Inner harborBaltimore, mDcontact: Rick

huber (215-283-6473; [email protected])

mass. Building congress on wednesday, october 13, 2010, the fourth Annual hall of fame Awards

will be presented.The mBc hall of fame provides a forum for the building industry to rec-

ognize, celebrate, and publicize the work of exemplary companies whose long-standing contributions have lasting impact on the industry, the community, and the clients they serve.

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NAIop mass.9th annual bus tour. - october 6.The tour will offer a fast-paced look

at the latest sales, lease, and development activity in Boston’s Seaport area, as well as cambridge, the North Inner Suburbs, and waltham.

Designed to provide comprehensive information on a variety of markets and product types, including office, retail, resi-dential and institutional, the tour will in-clude the latest on what’s being built, who’s going green, where in-frastructure improve-ments are, and other vital news.

f o r more info http://www.naiopma.org/

DBIA2010 Design-Build conference october 18-20, las VegasAt the 2010 general Sessions of the

Design-Build conference & Expo, DBIA is creating a platform for diverse perspectives and ideas. we are opening the conference by starting a conversation among all project team members and we will close by seek-ing the views, opinions, and expectations of project owners.

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• Critical Paths and Turn-over dates

• Project close-out details

• Ongoing transitional client support.

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The American Institute of Steel construction (AISc), along with Steel fabricators of New England (SfNE), will be hosting a special SteelDay breakfast presentation and networking event in downtown Boston. The event is free of charge.

The morning will begin with a full breakfast followed by the presentation, Building an Award winning Structure. There will be plenty of time for ques-

tions, discussions and networking-Steel industry professionals will

also be on hand to answer any specific topics or questions.

September 24, 7:30 a.m.Radisson hotel200 Stuart Street, Bostonw w w. S t e e l D a y.

org/SteelDayRegistrationOr email: cfla-

[email protected]

15th Annual golf outing

30th Annual Jewett golf classic

Support today’s youth through the scouting program. save the date!

Daniel webster council, BSASeptember 10, 2010Breakfast hill golf club, green-

land, N.h.Special contests & Awards!for more information: www.

nhscouting.org/golf


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