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Cobham’s Expansion Underway - Pro Con Architect and CM Wessling Architects Completes TD Garden Eco-Friendly RoofUMass Lowell, UMBA Breaks Ground on University Suites Residence HallSuffolk Begins Phase 2 at Baystate Medical Center Designed by Steffian BradleyErland Celebrates Groundbreaking - for Concord HillsideGriffin Completes J. Michael Ruane Judicial Ctr WorkRichmond Completes Cubist HQ ExpansionMAI Helps Wellesley Plaza Go GreenCTA Breaks Ground on Two SchoolsHooksett Market Basket CompletedNauset Begins AFB HQ

ArticlesRoof Tops - by Bryan KellyCan Site Drainage Be Attractive? by Anne Cruess, ASLAInterior Landscape Design - 150 Royall Street Atrium by Nelson Hammer RLAThe Engineers Perspective of AIA 2030 Challenge PART 1 - by Suzanne Robinson, Designing Green and Complete Streets - by Jerry Blumenthal, PE, LEED Green AssociateLSD Upgrades Promote Green By Meredith S. Zona, P.E.and James M. Bing, P.E.The Agile Firm: Using the Cloud to Boost Design and Client Service by Stephanie Goldberg AIA, LEED AP

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struction management experience throughout New England, lamb is currently a project manager at consigli construction co., Inc. of portland. her current and most recent projects include central maine medical center’s multi-phased renovation and addition in lewiston and maine medical center’s Emergency Department renovation and expansion, new East Tower women & Infant care

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wood has been named president of the Institute of Noise control Engineering of the USA (INcE/USA), a professional organiza-tion that promotes engineering solutions to environmental, prod-uct, machinery, industrial, and other noise problems.

wood has served INcE/USA as a vice president and board member. he also serves as president of the INcE foundation, which provides financial support to recipi-

ents outstanding in the field of noise control engineering.

he is a principal at Acen-tech Inc in cambridge, where he directs and provides technical contributions to engineering and environmental projects related primarily to the measurement, evaluation, and control of noise and vibration during the design, construction, and operation of ma-jor energy systems and transpor-

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mclean, VA - melaine l. Sprigler has joined the construction management Association of America as vice president of finance and administration.

Sprigler, who is a certified pub-lic accountant, brings to cmAA more than 15 years’ experience and expertise in non-profit operations. As part of the executive management team at cmAA, she will provide financial analysis, bud-

geting, and forecasting and lead human resources among other functions.

most recently Sprigler served as chief financial officer for the US Ap-ple Association in Vienna, Va. She is a member of the National Association of professional women (NApw) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AIcpA).

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lincoln, RI - professional engineers from pare corpora-tion (PARE), an engineering firm headquartered in lincoln, recent-ly made presentations to middle school students at woonsocket middle School (Villa Nova) and lincoln middle School. The purpose of the visits was to edu-cate and encourage the students to consider civil engineering as a career choice.

cari powers orsi and Kev-in champagne, both licensed pro-fessional engineers, brought the construction plans they helped develop for each of the middle schools and explained how engi-neering is a key component in the planning and building of a school.

“Because we were the engineer of record for both the woonsocket and lin-coln middle Schools, they were the logi-cal choice for our public outreach in con-nection with National Engineers week,” said Trish Teeter, marketing coordinator at pARE. “we were able to show the students the actual plans for their own school sites, talk about the challenges that we dealt with at each site, and show progress photos of the construction.”

orsi and champagne talked to all of the eighth graders at lincoln middle School through several presentations over the course of two different days. They also met with one class of advanced science stu-dents at woonsocket middle School.

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one of the more telling statistics in can-non Design’s recent report was the predicted escala-tion rates for the period ending December 2012. like most of the nation, all of north eastern United States shows an increase of 1% to 3% except greater Boston, which shows an increase of 2% to 4%.

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According to the newsletter, “materials: Due to increasing world demand, oil prices will continue their rise despite the temporary easing that should continue throughout the summer.

“while it is common knowledge that oil affects all construction material prices due to increased shipping costs, oil has an even greater effect on products that utilize petroleum in their production. Building products, such as asphalt and water proof-ing membranes, continue to see price in-creases greater than other building materi-als. Steel and concrete pricing has trended up while materials more dependent on residential construction demand, continue

to trend down. Drywall and lumber will continue to trend down or stay flat as long as the housing market continues to slump.”

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High-Profile: Facilities Development News

lowell, mA - Umass lowell, the Umass Building Authority (UmBA), and community leaders broke ground on the new University Suites residence hall, a $54 million, state-of-the-art building that will bring the number of resident students to 50%.

The 148,000sf hall will include four- and six-bed units, kitchen/lounge areas, study rooms, an outdoor courtyard, and more.

“The University Suites not only ful-fill a great need for more student housing, but offer students the best in campus liv-ing,” said Katherine craven, executive director of the Umass Building Author-ity. “The building is state-of-the-art and

energy-efficient, while remaining true in its architecture and appearance to the tex-tile and industrial histories of lowell.”

Slated to open in fall 2013, Univer-sity Suites will be the first new residence hall constructed on campus since 1989 and represents a new model of campus housing in an all-suites building. The new residence hall will be constructed in part with recycled materials and with the goal of maximum energy efficiency throughout, striving for LEED Silver certification.

“with student enrollment now top-ping 15,000, up 37% over the past five years, the demand for student housing has

also grown. Research shows that students who live on campus are more apt to be aca-demically successful and the entire campus community is more cohesive when a great-er percentage of students lives on campus. currently, 40% of undergraduates live in university housing, up from 28% five years ago; the goal is to reach 50%,” said chan-cellor marty meehan.

The residence hall will accommo-date 472 students, propelling the university to its goal of a 50-50 split between resident and commuter students, a priority identi-fied by Chancellor Marty Meehan shortly after he was named to the post in 2007.

Apartment-style housing for 510 students adjacent to south campus, under construc-tion by a private developer, is also sched-uled to open in fall 2013.

The Umass Building Authority is managing the project in partnership with Joslin, lesser + Associates Inc. of water-town. The building’s architect is ADD Inc. of Boston. walsh Brothers of Boston is the building’s construction manager. The proj-ect is just one of several under way that are transforming the Umass lowell campus. Seven new facilities are scheduled to open in the next two years.

Umass lowell, UmBA Break ground on University Suites Residence hall

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Exeter, Nh – The steel framing is under way for cob-ham Antenna System’s mi-crowave components group’s expansion at its manufacturing facility in Exeter. pro con Inc of manchester is the architect and construction manager for the expansion project, which will add 105,000sf to the com-pany’s existing 80,000sf manu-facturing facility.

The new two-story addi-tion will consist of 70,000sf of manufacturing space on the first floor and 35,000sf of office and conference room space on the second floor. The manufactur-ing space will have a 20-foot height clear-ance to accommodate specialized equip-ment.

First-floor ribbon windows will bring light into the manufacturing area, and sec-ond floor clerestory windows and a cantile-vered curtain wall will allow natural light into the office space. As part of the build-ing expansion, pro con Inc has designed

a new main entrance, which includes a lobby, reception area, and passenger elevator.

The design-build ex-pansion is incorporating environmentally beneficial strategies, including the in-stallation of energy-efficient, low-e glass windows and low-flow fixtures, and the building is expected to exceed energy code requirements for energy efficiency. Pro Con Inc began the project in December 2011 and has scheduled a Septem-ber 2012 completion date.

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westwood, mA - lafreniere Ar-chitects has broken ground on the new powissett lodge at hale Reservation in westwood. The new structure replaces the former lodge building that was tragically lost to fire a year ago. The building is sited near Noanet pond within the beautiful pre-served reservation.

The new structure will be used to house day-camp and scouting activities within its large function hall. The function hall, kitchen, and bathroom facilities will also serve as event space for additional ac-tivities associated with the camp.

The structure employs heavy-timber construction, leaving trusses and wood structure exposed. The building will be

rustic in appearance, in keeping with the reservation’s vernacular, and includes clerestory fenestration and large areas of glazing to bring abundant natural light into the space. The design allows for expansion in future phases to include potential addi-tional classroom spaces and meeting areas.

within a very short time frame, the construction and design team, including lafreniere Architects, Spectrum System Builders, and Johnson Structural Engineer-ing, was assembled to create a new design and start construction on the lodge so as to minimize the impact on this year’s summer activities and programs. completion of the first phase is anticipated in mid-June.

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Rendering of new Powissett Lodge

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Perry Schoolyard, South Boston, MA photo credit: Julio Cedano

Boston, mA - In march 2012, the perry Schoolyard received the Boston Society of landscape Architects’ merit Award in Design. Designed by warner larson, Inc., a Boston-based landscape ar-chitectural firm, the Perry Schoolyard was completed in 2010. The perry School cur-rently serves 240 students in grades K-8.

The schoolyard was an expanse of asphalt paving with no play structures or furnishings and very few plants. Through a consensus-based community process with the school, neighborhood, Boston School-yard Initiative, and the city, the design team created a schoolyard and outdoor classroom full of educational and recre-ational components.

The harbor Islands nautical theme is inspired by the school’s strategic seaside location and creates a playful connection with its surroundings. The elliptical track is the organizing element linking play ar-eas on the symbolic harbor islands around a big blue “harbor” painted on the pavement. The outdoor classroom with maritime el-ements wraps around the schoolyard with buffering seashore plantings. “george’s Island” provides active play for 5- to 12-year-olds with challenging web, rock, and bar climbers within a pentagon “fort” pattern in the rubber surfacing. “Thomp-son Island” allows for imaginative play for children aged 5 years and younger, with a custom boat complete with a ship’s wheel and signal flags, a balance beam, and a talk

tube for the “captain” to communicate with crew out back. The two-lane sand-colored painted track with metric measurements and phases of the moon, surrounds the open play area which hosted the Reebok “BoKS Kids” event on october 12 2011.

The outdoor classroom (oc) has a custom boat-shaped work table and seat-ing arranged in rows of wood pilings, along with a custom lighthouse storage shed, raised planters, and compost area. wood logs, stumps, and boulders provide informal seating, and stone paths for ex-

ploration meander through the woodland, sunny, and wet meadow. An armature, sundial, thermometers, wind-vane, water source, and digging area are some of the lab components provided in the outdoor classroom. A nautical flagpole designed as the “boat’s” mast recently served as the fo-cal point in a ceremony honoring heroes of 9/11. The oc has even been used for com-munity yoga and scavenger hunts!

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by Nelson Hammer As an advocate and practitioner of

the discipline of interior landscape design, I have a great deal of trouble rationalizing

the current reality that living plants in buildings have not yet been fully em-braced as an integral component of the United States green Building council (USgBc) lEED certification. My in-dustry colleagues and I have long

asked, “how can a building be green with no plants in it?” It appears that is about to change. It is currently possible to receive lEED credits for specifying living walls and other unusual interior landscape ap-plications as “innovations in design,” and since the inclusion of living plants in build-ings has been known for decades to clean indoor air (a study published by NASA in 1989 demonstrated that many common house plants remove carcinogens such as formaldehyde, benzene, trichloroeth-ylene, and other Vocs [volatile organic compounds] from sealed indoor test vol-umes), it is hoped that the USgBc will soon include specific LEED credits for in-terior plants to mitigate indoor air quality issues as well; that is, provide credits for more general uses of plants indoors.

There are a number of other justifica-

tions for the inclusion of plants in indoor environments: The presence of plants has been found to increase employee pro-ductivity and attendance; to lower blood pressure; to reduce stress; and to increase humidity in a space, particularly during the winter. when I was retained to design the interior landscape in the atrium at 150 Royall Street in canton, I was careful to consider these benefits. Originally con-ceived as the new headquarters for one-Beacon Insurance group, the Royall Street building was comprehensively renovated in 2006 by a project team headed by mar-gulies perruzzi Architects. oneBeacon se-lected this location, in part, to take advan-tage of its generous atrium space and turn it into an interior garden that would serve as a workspace amenity for its local staff.

The atrium contains a number of densely planted, on-grade planter beds, a water feature with enough moving water to create a muted level of white noise, a mez-zanine seating area, bench seating, a large

table seating area for enjoying lunches, and several small nooks for private conversa-tions. The landscape palette, rather than the more typical palms and other species associated with tropical climates, consists of many species that recall a northern tem-perate woodland climate, such as pines and massed ground covers that help make the New England residents using the facility to

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by Anne Cruess, ASLA In the not so distant past, storm water

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All levels of government are now involved with storm water management practices. from EpA to local conservation boards, the way storm water is dealt with is highly regulated. The effective design of storm water flow, retention and cleansing facilities is one of the primary jobs of the civil engineers and landscape architects at Tfmoran Inc. and it can make or break a project.

The early storm water treatment sys-tems were quite simple and usually consist-ed of a grassy trench located at the lowest elevation of the site. Run off from parking lots and other paved areas would simply be allowed to flow into these trenches and be “cleansed” by the grass. Although this treatment option is still viable, what if the lowest elevation of a site is up front and painfully visible? Not many property own-ers, especially retail establishments, want their customers greeted by a murky trench, which can fill up with trash and be difficult to maintain.

In later years underground infiltration systems became popular, but they were very expensive to install and maintain. The idea behind these was to capture the runoff from parking lots (and other impervious areas) in big underground concrete boxes which would allow a slow percolation of the storm water into the groundwater. Although this system encouraged more creative use of a site, the expense was high. over the years the concrete boxes were replaced by rigid plastic “tubes” that were easier, more flex-ible and cheaper to build and maintain.

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here’s something to consider: of all the energy consumed in the US, almost half is by buildings. That’s a large market share – more than au-tomobiles. And yet we’ve seen how the automobile industry has been kicking out more and more fuel efficient vehicles. A decade ago when you bought a honda

civic, you had a car that had decent fuel ef-ficiency, about 30 mpg. Now you can pur-chase the same vehicle in hybrid form with gas mileage of 44 mpg.

well what about buildings? how have they done in the past decade? Do you even know what a building’s “mpg” is? If you answered EUI – point for you! The EUI (energy use intensity) is measured in kBTU/sf/year. It measures the amount of energy utilized by a building and normal-izes it so buildings of different sizes can be compared.

This all brings me to my point – the AIA 2030 challenge. The AIA (American Institute of Architects) took a look at en-ergy consumption in the US and came to the conclusion that as architects, they had a responsibility on how the built environment they were involved in creating utilized en-ergy. many factors and people are involved in the decisions that make a building, but as

architects, they had the ability to help influ-ence and guide these decisions to produce more energy efficient buildings. Out of these efforts and discussion came the AIA 2030 challenge. It challenges the design community to work on designing buildings so that by 2030 we are producing buildings with zero fossil fuel consumption. There are incremental steps to bring us to net zero buildings by 2030. we are currently target-ing a very ambitious 60% energy reduction.

And this brings me to today – well, last month. “without the understanding of where we are now, it will be impossible for us to tell if we are improving as practitio-ners, as firms, and as a profession.” The AIA 2030 Commitment requires all firms that sign the commitment to submit annual assessments for all their projects, not just the good ones. Due at the end of Q1 this year was the Annual Report for 2011 De-sign work, which reports the EUI for all the projects in design last year.

A big kudos to the architectural com-munity for developing this challenge, but they can’t do this on their own. To trans-form the way we design and construct build-ings it will require a team effort to meet the goals. Recently there are more and more nonarchitectural firms signing the AIA 2030 commitment.

having just completed our AIA 2030 Annual Report for 2011, I have some in-sight from the engineer’s perspective. first, that was a lot of work! we reported on 283 projects that were in design last year. That was over 18 million sf of buildings! And I have to share an unexpected pattern. The

bulk of our projects were between 1,000sf and 100,000sf. however, the number of projects we reported on that were under 1,000sf was 38. The number of projects we reported on that were over 100,000sf was–you guessed it, 38.

Second, we realized we’re collecting and reporting on the same information that the architects we work with are collecting and reporting on, so let’s share. we sent the specific project info to the architect on the project to help them on their reporting and

to also compare notes. over 50 architec-tural firms we work with received specific project information, and from this came questions and discussions that allowed us to bring energy performance on buildings front and center.

what did the results show? what do you do with this information? how do we do better? Stay tuned for part 2.

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Salem, mA - Bioengi-neering group has been cho-sen by the American council of Engineering companies (AcEc) as a winner of the 2012 honor Award in the water Resources category for its work on the New or-leans west closure complex pump Station.

Serving to close off the gulf Intracoastal water-way and prevent floodwaters from entering the harvey and Algiers canals along the west Bank of the mississippi River, it is the largest pump station of its type in the world, and a critical element in the federally man-dated hurricane risk reduction system for New orleans.

Bioengineering group was also

recognized by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE), winning an honor Award in Design for the same project. AAEE states, “The Ex-cellence in Environmental Engineering Competition criteria define what it takes to be the best in environmental engineer-ing practice.”

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Boston - The TD garden is home to the six-time Nhl Stanley cup champion Boston Bruins, the 17-time world cham-pion Boston celtics and, thus, more cham-pionship banners than any other arena in the country, so when the arena needed a new roof to cover them, Delaware North companies – Boston, owner and operator of the Boston landmark, looked to bring in the experts in the roofing industry. DNc-Boston found the best to be in local companies, and commissioned wessling Architects of Quincy to design the new roofing system. Both owner and architect selected Shawmut Design and construc-tion of Boston, as general contractor and Shawmut hired greenwood Industries of Millbury as the roofing contractor for the project. Wessling Architects specified Sika Sarnafil of Canton as the manufacturer to provide both the liquid applied and pVc membrane roofing systems.

The existing roof systems on the 16-year-old arena had reached their service-able life expectancy and required replace-ment. The roof project began on 8/6/2010 and was recently completed on 11/21/11. Under Shawmut’s direction, greenwood replaced the various roof and gutter sys-tems in a two-year phased project. work-ers removed approximately 156,000sf of existing roofing from the arena’s roof and gutter systems. The salvageable total of the existing roof membrane was recycled in conjunction with the new roof manufactur-

er Sika Sarnafil. Approximately 113,000sf of insulation was recycled in conjunction with Disposal Alternatives of Brookline. The existing systems were replaced with 132,047sf of Sarnafil 72 mil Rhinobond pVc roof membrane and 23,747sf Sika-lastic Roofpro liquid coating (in phases 1 and 2).

There were many challenges pre-sented in executing the total roof and gut-ter replacement of a building with 12 roof levels. This includes a barrel roof totaling 113,000sf and 10,317sf of gutter in con-junction with parapet wall reconstruction and masonry thru-wall flashing replace-

ment/coordination. given the TD garden’s status as a landmark of the Boston skyline, the aesthetic appearance of the barrel roof system was paramount. The barrel roof design has visible truss caps spaced ap-proximately 40 feet apart. Sika Sarnafil custom manufactured 72 mil membranes to 80 foot lengths in order to minimize the exposed seams and insure that the vertical seams joined under the truss caps. green-wood also custom fabricated the truss caps using .080 inch aluminum and installed a 2- piece flashing to insure the water tight integrity of the truss cap system.

Numerous improvements where

integrated into the new roof design such as a self-adhered air/vapor barrier, Sika Sarnafil’s EnergySmart white reflective roof membrane that reduces building en-ergy usage for cooling and minimizes the building’s contribution to the urban heat affect in Boston. The Rhinobond system improves the wind performance of the roof and reduces sheet flutter lending itself to a long lasting aesthetically pleasing instal-lation.

wessling Architect’s Senior project manager, John Karman said, “Shawmut’s extensive resources, in collaboration with Greenwood, Sika Sarnafil, OMG Roofing products, & United States gypsum compa-ny, resulted in a highly successful project.”

The TD garden stands as a monu-ment, museum and home to NBA and Nhl champions. Similarly the TD garden also stands as a monument to teamwork and ex-cellence in the roofing industry. The proj-ect team including Delaware North com-panies-Boston, Inc., wessling Architects, Shawmut Design and construction, Sika Sarnafil, Sikalastic RoofPro and Green-wood Industries combined to design and install a custom product under demanding conditions.

Innovative building products in con-junction with green building solutions, all locally sourced, combined at the TD gar-den to provide an environmentally friendly and aesthetically pleasing product to the arena on time and on budget.

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feel more at home. All the plantings are

automatically irrigated us-ing a custom-built system that also heats water to tepid levels all year long, ensuring that irrigation water during the winter isn’t too cold for tropi-cal plants. The plantings are direct-planted in the native subsoil beneath the building to allow for normal root growth, rather than planted in individ-ual planters. The existing sky-light glazing of the atrium was replaced with a special glass that diffuses light, an improvement that both elimi-nates the hot spots of direct sunlight and more evenly distributes light suffi-ciently suitable for plant growth to more remote corners of the space.

The excellent environmental condi-tions in the atrium make pruning of plants a regular necessity to prevent overgrowth. In most interior landscapes, the goal would be to maintain the size of specimens as planted, with the presumption that light levels would be so meager than more vig-orous growth would never materialize. At 150 Royall Street, the number, size, and composition of the skylights make the environmental conditions almost ideal,

and the growth evident since the original installation is a “problem” the landscape maintenance firm charged with their care is pleased to address.

The 150 Royall Street staff, i.e., the users of the atrium, with whom I have spo-ken since the installation have expressed many positive comments to me about how favorably the garden has affected their work environment, and such com-ments have made me proud to be a prac-titioner of this discipline. Now, if we can only get the some credit, lEED credits, for interior landscapes, the world will be both greener and healthier.

Nelson Hammer, RLA, is a principal of Hammer+Walsh Design Inc.

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Allen & major worked with Retail management Development Inc., prell-witz chilinski Associates, Inc., TEc, Inc., Schauer Environmental consultants, llc, and Deloury construction to develop the site.

The consolidated lot posed develop-ment challenges from the very beginning, including extensive ledge, high ground-water, extreme topography, wetlands, state

and federal highway right-of-ways, and deeded easement re-strictions.

Extensive per-mitting was required at both the state and lo-cal levels and included four separate variances that were granted by the town for wetlands, proximity to the zon-ing setbacks, and groundwater protec-tion overlay.

In order to preserve and protect the local resources as well as meet the client’s site requirement needs and the require-ments of the various state agencies that had jurisdiction over the project, the project team needed to get creative. Two dams were designed in order to mitigate storm-water runoff, requiring yet another permit, this time from the Nh State Dam Bureau. A 130-foot vehicular truss bridge is also lo-cated on the site and was designed to span a 30-foot ravine, allowing access from the United Healthcare office building that is located southwest of the site, to a signal-ized intersection.

Stone strong retaining walls were engineered and designed with integrated guard rails that flank the main access drive and tie directly into the truss bridge. All these elements were major undertakings and required an outstanding working rela-tionship with all members of the develop-ment team to successfully complete.

Each of these massive elements blend seamlessly into the overall esthetics of the site by the use of abundant landscap-ing design elements, including additional stacked stone walls, colorful planting beds, and parking islands.

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vehicle drivers. This focus on improving the quality of life in Boston by balancing the needs of motor-ists, pedestrians, and cyclists is known as the complete Street approach and has be-come an important element of modern communities. one critical component of

a complete Street is sustainability: using best management practices and environ-mental sensitivity during design and con-struction, thus making the street a green Street as well.

green and complete streets help restore a sense of neighborhood cohesion through context-sensitive design that eval-uates the needs of all users and takes into account how the street is used, such as land use and density. The philosophy reverses many of the problems that the traditional approach of widening streets to increase roadway capacity for vehicular traffic. This has created unfriendly pedestrian environ-ments, decreased foot traffic for local busi-nesses, and increased accident rates. with communities now working to win back the

streets of their neighborhoods, motorists will have to adjust to the concept of shar-ing the roadway with pedestrians, bicycles, and transit users.

meanwhile, sustainable transporta-tion engineers and landscape architects have pointed out the many benefits in-volved in making a street more green. Im-plementing stormwater Best management practices (Bmps) and using low Impact Development (lID) approaches (such as porous pavement and/or bioretention ar-eas) can improve water quality and reduce pollutants entering water bodies. A healthy tree canopy and other plantings provide important aesthetic and shade benefits,

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The city of Boston public works Department decided to address these is-sues at peabody Square, at the intersec-tion of Dorchester Avenue, Talbot Avenue, and Ashmont Street. Adjacent to the mas-sachusetts Bay Transportation Author-ity Ashmont subway and bus station, the multi-legged configuration of Peabody Square had many channelizing islands and numerous signal phases, resulting in an unfriendly and unsafe environment for pe-destrians, congestion and long delays for motorists, and a higher-than-average acci-dent rate.

Nitsch Engineering provided trans-portation and civil engineering services for the redesign of peabody Square. working closely with landscape architect carol R. Johnson Associates and structural engineer lin Associates, Nitsch Engineering led a complex design and community process to find the best option to improve roadway layout, reduce points of conflict, create a safe environment for vehicles and pedes-trians, and revitalize the Square to promote commercial and community activity.

As the project entered the 75% de-sign phase, the Department of Environ-mental protection through the charles River watershed Association (cRwA) funded a grant to integrate lID techniques into the redesign of peabody Square as a green Street pilot Demonstration project. The project team worked with cRwA to implement sustainable design techniques to reduce stormwater runoff volume into the closed drainage system and remove pollutants from waterways. These lID techniques included a bioretention basin to collect and treat stormwater runoff via engineered layers of mulch, soil, and plant root systems; porous pavers/pavement to provide infiltration with an overflow pro-tection connection to the storm drain sys-tem; and an infiltration trench to recharge and treat stormwater runoff from the adja-cent parking lot.

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Randolph, mA - The framing is under way for three new apartment buildings at Rosemont Square, located in the Rosemont Square com-munity of Randolph. The new development will complement the existing 384 garden-style apart-ment units that are also undergoing renovations.

The community is being developed by The praedium group, a New York city-based national real estate investment firm and its partner, Beacon communities of Boston.

Davis Square Ar-chitects of Somerville is the project archi-tect, and Stantec consulting of Boston is the landscape architect. pro con Inc of manchester, Nh, is the general contractor for the 120-apartment homes.

The new one bedroom apartments in small scale elevator buildings will further improve the community and will provide a housing option that currently does not exist in the town. Each of the 840sf, one-bedroom apartments will feature a fully furnished kitchen with Energy Star appli-ances, washer and dryer, and individual balconies with sliding glass doors. Six of the units will be accessible apartments and

some units will have open kitchen floor plans. The new apartments will be located in three four-story garden-style buildings.

Rosemont Square is a rental com-munity with first-rate amenities, including a new clubhouse, pool, and fitness center that were completed in 2010. Rosemont Square is situated on 38 acres in a quiet residential setting and is conveniently lo-cated near Boston, major highways, fine dining, shopping, and entertainment.

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portsmouth, Nh - Appledore Engi-neering, a 24-year-old civil engineering firm located in Portsmouth, has changed its name to Tighe & Bond. on January 1, 2011, the two firms joined forces to better serve their clients with expanded services and broaden Tighe & Bond’s service area to northern New England.

“The merger with Tighe & Bond has successfully accomplished the goal of growing our Portsmouth office to a full service branch, and expanding our work into the municipal, state, and federal mar-kets in New hampshire and maine,” states gregg mikolaities, vice president of Tighe & Bond and original co-founder of Ap-

pledore Engineering. “In the past year, our Portsmouth office staff has expanded by 35%, and we expect continued growth in the coming years. Although we will be discontinuing the Appledore Engineering name, we remain committed to providing the same quality, timely, and responsive service that our valued clients have come to expect – and deserve,” he adds.

Tighe & Bond, a 220-person con-sulting firm founded in 1911, celebrated a century in business last year. The firm has offices in Westfield, Worcester, and Pocas-set, massachusetts; middletown and Shel-ton, connecticut; and portsmouth, New hampshire.

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concord, mA - Erland construc-tion of Burlington recently celebrated the ground breaking for concord hillside – a new 50,000sf, two-story medical office building for developer Normandy Real Estate partners and tenant harvard Van-guard medical Associates in concord.

Erland joined the project team rep-resentatives from Normandy, harvard Vanguard, Steffian Bradley Archi tects, and Walsh Company LLC to officially mark the start of construction.

“After an extensive preconstruc-tion period, Erland is excited to officially mark the start of construction for concord hillside,” said Erland Vice president Rick Jensen.“we’re looking forward to working with the team and creating a new landmark building in concord.”

located on a six-acre parcel along busy Route 2, harvard Vanguard medical

As sociates has leased the entire base building as the new location for its concord practice.

Erland is also performing the buildout for the tenant, which will feature exam rooms and doctors’ offices when completed in May 2013.

Erland celebrates groundbreaking

Rendering by Steffian Bradley Architects Rendering of new Concord Hillside medical

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Bedford, mA - Nauset construction is beginning foundation work on phase 2 of the National guard Bureau’s new Joint force headquarters at hanscom Air force Base. The four-story, 80,000sf office build-ing will connect to the existing 193,000sf fa-cility and is anticipated to be completed by may of 2013. The construction of the build-ing and connections to the existing facil-ity have been well coordinated by Nauset’s building information modeling (BIm) man-agement team, which used 3D modeling to detect structural clashes.

“Nauset generated a 3D image and it was terrific. They put it up on a screen and the model revealed potential conflicts,” said Bob Brandon, principal at Kleinfelder/SEA, the architect on the project. “we had all the subcontractors, our engineers, and the Na-tional guard at a recent Nauset presentation, and we were able to get everyone from de-sign to construction on the same page.”

The new facility will have its own air handling units and heating and cooling systems, but the water, fire protection, and electrical systems will be central to the two phases. “we’re going to be coordinating our mEp tie-ins with phase 1,” explained mike Rimmel, senior project manager for Nauset. he said that the use of BIm for the project will save considerable time as well as saving money and materials on rework.

“our BIm management team iden-tified several conflicts that were critical to

solve during this early phase, because once you build it, it costs so much more to make field alterations,” said Rimmel. “It’s two months into the process and we’re already looking at the end result. That’s important because this is an occupied and restricted fa-cility and it saves everyone work.”

Designed to resist the effects of earth-quake motions, the facility will house class-rooms with raised computer access floor-ing, heated storage, and vehicle-ready work bays. The foundation will consist of rein-forced concrete footings and floor slab with steel framed masonry walls, aluminum win-dows, and a metal paneled roof system with integrated gutters. The hVAc system will include three 2,000 MBH gas-fired boilers, two 140 ton electric air-cooled chillers, and air handlers with multiple zones.

Additional building features will in-clude auxiliary power, fire detection and suppression, security access and surveil-lance, and intrusion detection systems. Extensive hardscaping (roadways, ground-level parking, an amphitheater with tiered seating, pedestrian walkways) and land-scaping is also part of the project’s scope of work. The lEED Silver rating will be achieved by utilizing energy-efficient MEP systems and controls, as well as bio-swales to reduce stormwater runoff. project chal-lenges include close coordination with all subcontractors due to the highly sensitive, occupied, and restricted site location.

Nauset Begins AfB headquarters

Rendering by Kleinfelder Rendering of the National Guard Bureau’s new joint force headquarters

providence, RI - Edwards wildman palmer has selected Vision 3 Architects to redesign its providence headquarters. The space is 74,000sf spanning six floors, which include the top five floors of One financial plaza, located in the heart of the financial district in Providence. Construc-

tion of phase 1 began at the end of January, with project completion anticipated for the end of December 2012.

The renovations include a reorgani-zation of departments for a more functional and efficient layout, and new reception, waiting, and conference rooms.

Vision 3 to Redesign law firm hQ

Rendering of new Edwards Wildman Palmer headquarters

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Boston - Tocci Building companies has been selected by harvard planning & project management (hppm) to provide consulting services and develop a series of building information modeling (BIm) re-sources to assist the university in its imple-mentation of BIm. harvard selected Tocci from a field of national BIM consultants for its experience as a pioneer in BIm imple-mentation and virtual design and construc-tion.

hppm, in partnership with the Uni-versity construction management coun-cil (Ucmc), works to establish policies, procedures and best practices for delivery

of capital projects at harvard University. The Ucmc BIm subcommittee is working to educate University stakeholders about BIm and developing plans for integrating BIm on capital projects. Tocci will work with hppm to develop a BIm Decision matrix to determine logical utilization for specific projects. The team will also de-velop a BIm project implementation plan to guide how project teams can best lever-age BIm technology. finally, Tocci will develop a BIm road map, which will detail the processes and resources necessary for successful BIm-driven project delivery on capital projects.

hppm Selects Tocci

Quincy, mA - The award-winning Quincy architectural firm of Sheskey Ar-chitects has been selected to master plan and design hingham Technology park 3 (HT 3), a new first-class office develop-ment to be built on a nine-acre parcel near the intersection of Route 3 and Derby Street in hingham.

This is just the second time in a de-cade that a major new office development project is being planned for hingham.

In making the announcement, de-veloper Robert Spenlinhauer of RJS Re-alty Trust noted Sheskey’s track record on behalf of many high-profile clients that in-clude Quincy city hall, Eastern Nazarene college’s library, the South Shore YmcA Aquatics center, Network plus, and Quincy

mutual fire Insurance co., to name a few. The exclusive broker who is mar-

keting the build-to-suit space is Richard mcKinnon, director of brokerage services for The grossman companies, Inc.

Sheskey’s concept plans for hT 3 call for construction of up to two lEED Certified first-class office buildings flanked by parking garages and ground level park-ing. while the conceptual design for the full-build office park and garages would require razing the existing building, under an alternative plan the owner would con-sider renovating and leasing the existing 61,000sf building. for many years that building has been home to the South Shore Educational collaborative (SSEc) and is being marketed to educational institutions.

Sheskey to Design Office Park

Rendering of Hingham Technology Park

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High-Profile Feature: ACEC/MA 2012 Awards

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Gold Award Winners:• Marina Bay Sands Integrated Re-

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• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Art of the Americas wing by weidlinger As-sociates, Inc. client: museum of fine Arts, Boston.

• Modern Electroplating Redevel-opment: Brownfields to Boston’s First LEED-Certified Police Station by Weston & Sampson. client: Boston Redevelop-ment Authority and public facilities De-

partment. Judges’ Award Winner:• Project: Marina Bay Sands Inte-

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Small Firm Award Winner• Project: From the Ground Up – Cre-

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Silver Award Winners• Penn Park in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-

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• ESPN Rise-Up in Dorchester by cDm Smith. client: city of Boston parks and Recreation Department, Boston

• From the Ground Up – Creating a Municipal Water System in Wellfleet by Environmental partners group. client: Town of Wellfleet.

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AcEc/mA 2012 Engineering Excellence Awards

Boston - The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) announced the recipients of the 2012 Engineering Excellence Awards. The awards were pre-

sented on March 28, 2012 in a ceremony at the Boston Cambridge Marriott.

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• Madbury Water Treatment Plant in portsmouth, New hampshire, by hazen and Sawyer. client: city of portsmouth, N.h

• Wastewater Treatment Plant En-ergy Efficiency in Pittsfield by Kleinfelder/SEA Consultants. Client: City of Pittsfield, mass.

• Peabody Square Reconstruction in Dorchester by Nitsch Engineering. client: city of Boston public works Department.

• Groveland Wells Superfund Site Remedial Actions in groveland by Nobis Engineering, Inc. client: US Environmen-tal protection Agency (EpA), Region 1.

• Brown University Warren Alpert medical School medical Education Build-ing in providence, Rhode Island, by odeh Engineers, Inc. client: Brown University.

• Logan Airport Economy Parking garage in Boston by parsons Brinckerhoff. client: massachusetts port Authority.

• Nashville-Davidson County Long Term Recovery plan in Nashville-David-son county, Tennessee by pEER consul-tants, P.C. Client: Mayor’s Office of Flood

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• Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion by Simpson gumpertz & heger Inc. client: Boston harbor Islands Alliance and Bos-ton harbor Islands National park Area.

• Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks at 21st century Town Square in Bethlehem, penn-sylvania by Simpson gumpertz & heger Inc. client: Redevelopment Authority of the city of Bethlehem.

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High-Profile: BSLA Awards

The Boston Society of landscape Architects 2012 Awards

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The Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) is a chapter of the national organization the American Society of Landscape Architects. The chapter consists of landscape architects in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.

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when lerner|ladds+Bartels (llB Architects) moved into its new office at 161 Exchange Street in pawtucket last summer, they did more than move boxes. The build-ing, dubbed The Design Exchange for its focus on attracting creative enterprises, was the perfect opportunity to practice what the firm preaches – sustainability and commit-ment to the renewal of the urban fabric.

Partners of the firm started their search for the perfect building some 15 years ago. Although their ultimate goal was to remain in providence, they ventured to East provi-dence and Bristol before finding a place to

settle in pawtucket. partners Kathy Bartels and chris ladds purchased the vacant mill building in 2010.

located at the epicenter of the Ex-change Street historic district, the four-story brick building was part of the Rhode Island cardboard company complex constructed in 1880. The project represents one of the last pieces of the puzzle in rehabilitating this neighborhood, paying homage to the city’s industrial past yet embodying its future as a creative enterprise hub.

Through their relocation, llB is emphasizing its commitment to building

restoration, adaptive reuse, and design col-laboration. The award-winning firm has settled into the top floor of the four-story building. Bartels notes, “The existing space was raw enough to put our stamp on it and call it our own.” ladds mentions that it pro-vides the studio feel they’ve been looking for and the loft-like spaces that are condu-cive to a collaborative work environment. he adds, “collaboration is a big part of our practice… it’ll only be strengthened in this kind of setting.”

With floor plates at 5,000sf, the size of the building is a perfect fit for LLB; they hoped to find like-minded creative profes-sionals to fill the second floors.

The goal was to attract creative pro-fessionals to the Design Exchange to forge opportunities in collaboration under one roof and within a creative neighborhood.

So far that model has worked: De-signs by lolita, hollester Interiors, and fuzion Design have all signed on, leaving only the second floor remaining to rent.

“In this commercial market, that kind of response is nothing short of remarkable,” notes real estate agent Jim Derentis of markham + Derentis, “and is a testament to the design and quality of the building reno-vation. proximity to the highway, access to public transit, and a walkable community add to the appeal of the location.”

LLB Creates New Office Space

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Corridor view from Lobby Entrance to restored mill building

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providence, RI - Durkee, Brown, Viveiros and werenfels Architects (DBVw) and Shawmut construc-

tion have just completed the renovation of 198-200 Dyer Street in providence’s new “Knowledge District.” This project repurposed an existing building for use by Brown University’s Department of continuing Education (cE) as staff of-fices, program teaching classrooms, and lecture halls. The program is broken into two components. The 198 Dyer side of the building contains 13,000sf of adminis-trative space, and the 200 Dyer side of the building contains 9,000sf of educational program space.

“DBVw Architects created a new facility for continuing Education that is very functional, light-filled and beauti-fully designed, and is a pleasure to work in,” said Karen Sibley, dean of continuing

education at Brown University. “Early on, they took the time to ensure a thor-ough understanding of our work, our as-pirations, concerns and expectations for the new space. They converted this under-standing into excellent early designs and then worked diligently and responsively to modify the designs according to new

information, questions from the staff and bud-getary issues.”

The adminis-trative portion of the building comprises private offices, confer-ence rooms, and break-out areas for the cE program faculty and staff. The educational space is designed to accommodate four seminar rooms, one large meeting seminar room, and one smaller round table meeting room. The large meet-ing room and one of the four classrooms will have lecture cap-ture capability to sup-port the cE program’s

online learning content. There is also a studio for filming

interviews and a control room for lecture capture and editing. The areas surround-ing these classrooms contain lounge and café style breakout areas where partici-pants in the cE program and cE faculty and staff can informally meet.

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High-Profile: Healthcare Facilities Development News

Springfield, MA - Suffolk Con-struction recently joined Baystate health in celebrating the opening of phase 1 of its expansion and facility-replacement project at Baystate medical center. lo-cated in Springfield, the $296 million, 641,000sf new clinical facility houses a state-of-the-art heart and vascular cen-ter as well as critical-care and inpatient rooms designed in collaboration with pa-tients and families. Suffolk has already begun work on phase 2, a new emergency department, which will triple the size of Baystate’s existing emergency room, one of the busiest in the nation.

The new massmutual wing features the Davis family heart and Vascular cen-ter, which includes six cross-functional surgical/endovascular suites. Represent-ing the latest in patient-focused design, a new 20-room cardiovascular Assess-ment, Recovery, and Evaluation (cARE) unit allows patients undergoing outpatient procedures to go from pre-op to discharge in the same room, with the same nursing team. The facility also consists of 96 pri-vate inpatient rooms and 32 cardiovascu-lar critical care rooms.

Suffolk provided preconstruction and construction management services for the project, which is part of a 15-year master plan for the hospital—the largest medical facility in western massachusetts.

The project is predominantly new construction, including multiple tunnels and bridges, with tie-ins to two existing buildings. of the new con-struction, approximately 40% remains as shell space for fu-ture development.

Using building informa-

tion modeling (BIm), Suffolk saved sig-nificant time and money on the project. The team is also working with Baystate health to develop 6D facility maintenance options that will best suit the hospital’s needs in order to operate the building in the most efficient and economical ways possible. Suffolk adhered to the sustain-able design principles of The green guide for health care and incorporated green elements, including a seven-story light well and green roof.

The second phase, which started in the summer of 2011, consists of a new $25 million emergency department to be located on the first floor of the new build-ing. when completed in late 2012, the 70,000sf emergency room will be more than three times the size of the hospital’s existing emergency room.

The new expanded emergency de-partment will feature 90 patient treatment rooms, including 65 adult rooms, eight be-havioral rooms, and a dedicated children’s area with 17 pediatric rooms. It will also feature an updated helicopter pad, which is being moved from an adjacent parking lot to the fifth-floor roof, with an express elevator connecting it to the emergency room.

The project is designed by Steffian Bradley Architects.

Suffolk Begins phase 2 at Baystate medical centerDesigned by Steffian Bradley

Above: Hybrid Cardivascu-lar Surgical Suite. Left: The

seven-story light well.

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High-Profile: Awards

Boston - preservation massachusetts recognized two winnDevelopment projects with the prestigious paul E. Tsongas Award for their historic preservations of canal lofts at the former hill Envelope company factory in worcester and the curtain lofts at wampanoag mill in fall River. preserva-tion Massachusetts is a statewide nonprofit historic preservation organization dedicated to preserving the commonwealth’s historic and cultural heritage.

canal lofts, formerly known as the

hill Envelope company factory, located in worcester, was historically preserved and transformed into 64 units of mixed- in-come housing. The LEED certified project involved restoration of significant architec-tural features such as exposed brick walls, beams, and columns, stairways, and wood floors. This historically significant build-ing located in the city’s harding & winter Streets manufacturing District represents the nineteenth century industrial history of worcester.

curtain lofts, formerly known as wampanoag mill in fall River, is a well-preserved granite mill and is an example of a late 19th century textile manufacturing complex. completed in November 2011, the adaptive reuse and LEED certifiable re-habilitation of wampanoag mill created 97 units of quality, mixed-income rental hous-ing for residents over 55 years of age.

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Boston - The team of consigli construction co., Inc,; fay, Spofford & Thorndike, and massachusetts port Au-thority (massport) was recently honored with the 2012 Building project of the Year Award for the Terminal B parking garage at Boston logan International Airport by the New England chapter of the construc-tion management Association (cmAA). The renovated 500,000sf garage received the award for Building Renovation/mod-ernization projects greater than $40 mil-lion. This outstanding achievement cel-ebrates a truly collaborative effort by the entire building team.

The complex renovation and envi-ronmental improvements in the busy oper-ational garage were completed nearly one year ahead of schedule.

originally constructed in the 1970s,

the five-level, pre-cast concrete garage provides 2,700 parking spaces for long-term airport patrons. After over 30 years of heavy use, the garage required significant structural repairs, drainage, and environ-mental improvements in order to extend the life of the building. In addition to the garage and lobby renovations, all new pe-rimeter roads, including arrivals and depar-tures, roadways, and ramps were installed.

Environmental improvements in-volved the replacement of existing light-ing with new energy-efficient LED fixtures in the garage, along roadways and walk-ways, as well as a new crosswalk lighting and safety system, the installation of 1,024 photovoltaic solar panels on the roof deck, and two 1,000-gallon rainwater harvesting collection tanks to provide water for mainte-nance use throughout the airport properties.

massport garage Earns cmAA AwardBoston - The Verizon lTE

Innovation center, located in waltham, mass., earned world class status from the Association of Brief-ing program managers (ABpm). presented in march during the 19th ABpm Spring conference in Bos-ton, Verizon’s program marks the first time an innovation center has won this award.

The Verizon lTE Innovation center, created to foster and advance the work of the next generation of wireless technology, encourages meaningful, creative relationships among its more than 100 participant companies.

Since its opening day in July 2011, the center has hosted dozens of companies and hundreds of other visitors from around the world to discuss technology questions and rapidly develop, test, and prototype nearly 100 4g lTE-enabled prod-ucts. more than a dozen of these nontraditional, 4g lTE-enabled products that began at the Verizon lTE In-novation center are now available to cus-tomers, with many more in the pipeline.

“we have created an environment that promotes the kind of collaboration necessary to connect people, world-class

ideas and to push the boundaries of wire-less connectivity,” said David Small, chief technical officer of Verizon Wireless. “Recognition of our program by ABpm is a testament to the focus, energy, and inno-vation that happens at our lTE Innovation center every day.”

Verizon center wins Award

East greenwich, RI - The our family for families first foundation, the charitable arm of Rhode Island-based company picerne military hous-ing, was honored at the white house for its work on behalf of military families by first lady michelle obama and Dr. Jill Biden.picerne military housing is a fully integrated development, construc-tion, and property management firm that

provides improved housing for Ameri-ca’s service members and their families.

The foundation was recognized as people’s choice winner of the Join-ing forces community challenge dur-ing a ceremony held on the south lawn of the white house to spotlight citizens and organizations with a demonstrated, genuine, and deep desire to be of service to military families.

foundation honored by first lady

photo by Stephen Vandewater photography Project team: l-r front: Robert Leger, Massport; Lucia Couto, Consigli. L-r 2nd row: Jared Cianciolo and Jim Hervol of Consigli; Steve Arnold, Kit Huettig, and Peter Howe, of FST;

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Curtain Lofts

Exterior view of The Verizon LTE Innovation

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(l): Reception area - (r): Pre-function room

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High-Profile: Connecticut Facilities Development NewsHigh-Profile: Connecticut Facilities Development News

west hartford, cT - Simon Ko-nover Development corporation (SKDc), along with its joint-venture partner, out-look Development group, of franklin, wisconsin, recently acquired two wiscon-sin commercial properties by closing on a combination of strategic debt restructuring and discounted payoffs, materially improv-ing the market positions these assets had previously enjoyed.

liberty plaza in milwaukee is the only retail center in Park Place Office Park, the second largest business park in mil-waukee.

city center Junction in madison is a 25,300sf premiere upscale retail and office center.

The joint venture of SKDc and out-look was established in early 2011 to focus on commercial real estate investments in the midwest. The joint-venture has ac-quired office and retail properties in Brook-field, Hartford, and Fort Atkinson, Wis., as well as chicago, Ill.

headquartered in west hartford, conn., SKDc is a division of The Simon Konover company.

SKDc-Related Entity Acquires properties

Robinson & Cole Attorneys Contribut-ing Authors

hartford, cT - gregory R. faulkner and martin A. onorato, part-ners of Robinson & cole llp’s con-struction practice group, were contribut-ing authors to connecticut construction guidelines: The Manual for Successful Building Projects, 2nd Edition, pub-lished by the connecticut construction guidelines coalition.

Attorney faulkner authored the “Requests for Information” guideline and edited numerous other guidelines.

Attorney onorato authored the “Retainage” guideline and also edited other guidelines.

The connecticut construction guidelines coalition is composed of

organizations representing professions and trades dedicated to the design and construction process. connecticut con-struction guidelines provides concise, unbiased information on the design and construction process, which is particu-larly helpful to those new to the con-struction process.

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hartford, cT - Bl compa-nies received the 2012 “Best Sus-tainable Design project” Award in the 17th Annual cREw cT Real Estate Exchange Blue Ribbon Award Showcase for the mary m. hooker Environmental Sciences magnet School in hartford. The award was presented in April at the Society Room in downtown hartford where all the entries were showcased and the winners announced in front of a wide vari-ety of local and regional industry professionals.

Bl companies served as the lead designer for the team, providing architecture, civil engineering, landscape architecture, transportation engineering,

and land surveying for this project.The firm is a multidisciplined archi-

tecture, engineering, environmental, and land surveying firm with offices in Mer-iden and hartford, conn.

Bl companies Receives Award

Employees accepting the award are, l-r: Scott Pell-man, AIA; Rainer Muhlbauer, AIA, LEED AP BD+C;

Joseph Blowers; Nick Semyanko, RA; and Jennifer Marks, LS.

meriden, cT - Bl companies, a multi-disciplinary architecture, engineer-ing, and environmental (A/E/E) firm pro-viding services to public and private cli-ents in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, celebrated becoming 100% employee owned on December 31, 2011.

Through a transaction with its nine shareholders at the end of 2011, the com-pany purchased the remaining 20% of out-standing shares of stock to become 100% owned by all of its employees through an

Employee Stock ownership plan (ESop) – an ERISA regulated plan.

“As a client works with our employ-ees, they are working with an employee owner who understands the importance of client service and meeting our project commitments,” says carolyn Stanworth, president and cEo of Bl companies. “our employee owners have the chance to be financially successful based on their hard work, performance, and that of their colleagues.”

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manchester, cT - The Dye house Apartments in manchester was recognized with awards at two separate ceremonies held in April. Dye house Apartments re-ceived the Best in class multi-family Blue Ribbon Award at the 17th Annual Blue Ribbon Awards Showcase. The Dye house was also recognized with an Award of merit for physical preservation at the 2012 connecticut preservation Awards held at the State capitol.

Built in 1914, the Dye house is lo-cated in the cheney Brothers National historic landmark District. The adaptive reuse project created 57 modern one-, two-,

and three-bedroom affordable apartment homes while retaining the historic charm of the building’s structure. construction was completed in may 2011.

The former mill building was rede-veloped by The Simon Konover company in conjunction with carter Realty, llc and New castle housing Ventures. The project created unique apartment homes with high ceilings, exposed brick walls, and custom-made, large architecturally detailed win-dows, preserving the classic timber and brick elements of the early 1900 mill con-struction style.

Konover wins Two Awards

The Dye House Apartments exterior

west hartford, cT - The Simon Konover company an-nounced that Scott J. lynch has been named vice president. In this role he will focus on project financing, property refinance, capital formation, and equity structuring related to the existing portfolio and new developments, as well as acquisitions and dispo-sitions.

lynch has over 15 years of experience in real estate finance and accounting. prior to joining The Simon Konover company, he held interim senior financial consulting positions at two Bos-ton area real estate companies and served in various financial capacities at Northland Invest-ment corporation for more than a decade.

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High-Profile: Connecticut Calendar

AIA connecticut 2012 golf / Tennis out-ingTuesday, may 22The farms country club, 180 cheshire

Road, wallingford.golf: 11 a.m. registration,12 Noon tee-offTennis: 1:30 p.m. registration,2 p.m.: play beginsReception: 5 p.m.for further information, log on to aiact.org or please contact louise weaver 203-865-2195 or [email protected]

Durham, cT - The two-day construc-tion pro Rodeo opening may 23 at the Durham fair ground will feature a huge career Day program each morning in-volving up to 12,000 high school stu-dents interested in exploring careers in the construction industry.Afternoons will be devoted to a mas-sive trade show and training programs in oShA 10, crane and derrick signals, site layout and other special interests.The largest event of its kind in the state, The construction pro Rodeo is being presented by the Associated Build-

ers and contrac-tors and the Utility contractors Asso-ciation of connect-icut.more than 10,000 construction own-ers, craftsmen, and suppliers have been invited to attend this hands-on expo, ca-reer day extravaganza and skills compe-tition programs.for more information and to register contact Suzanne o’Brien at 860-529-5886 or [email protected].

Tuesday, June 12, 20125:30-6:30 Registration, Networking6:30-8:30 Dinner & Awards programThe Bond Ballroom, 11th floor, hilton homewood Suites,338 Asylum Avenue, hartfordThe connecticut Building congress will recognize the winning project teams that have adopted close collaboration to im-prove project quality. Join us and meet representatives from the project teams,

including building owners, architects, engineers, constructors, subcontractors, and subconsultantsAll those interested can register on cBc’s website, www.cbc-ct.org.

Thursday, may 24, 2012 Dolce NorwalkNorwalk, cTThe Institute invites you to its 2nd Annual Fairfield County Spring Social.Through programs, workshops, and a

virtual knowledge network, the Institute facilitates contact among industry leaders to ex-plore leading-edge practices and emerging ideas that are shaping our future.

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glastonbury cT -wayne cobleigh has been appointed as the connecticut State Director of the International council of Shop-ping centers (IcSc) for a third one-year term.

In his role as state director cobleigh, chairs the leadership committee and volunteer activities for the area and reports to the divi-sion vice president on issues and trends impacting the region. he is also responsible for the program planning committee and appointing volunteers to

lead local programs. cobleigh is manager of

project development for gZA geoEnvironmental Inc. he has 27 years of project manage-ment, marketing, and business development experience in the environmental services industry in connecticut. he advises pri-vate and public sector clients on a wide variety of environmen-tal compliance matters and real

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middletown, cT - Nicole Dentamaro joined Tighe & Bond, Inc. recently as a geographic in-formation systems (gIS) analyst working out of the firm’s Middle-town office.

She is supporting Tighe & Bond’s steady growth strategy for environmental and gIS services in connecticut.

Tighe & Bond’s wide range of gIS services include environ-

mental analysis for brownfields and other projects, parcel map-ping, utility data development, web hosting, and application de-velopment.

with more than eight years of experience as a gIS profes-sional in connecticut, Denta-maro has provided a range of services to local government, public and private utilities, and private industry clients.

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wallingford, cT - for the third consecutive year, the New England of-fice of Burns & McDonnell has been named among the Best places to work in connecticut by the Hartford Business Journal.

Burns & mcDonnell was ranked sixth among large companies that were recognized. overall, 30 companies were recognized as top places to work in con-necticut for the year 2012, and that list was determined through a national sur-vey conducted by The Best companies

group that ranks the most progressive companies in the state based on employ-ee satisfaction.

Brett williams, senior vice presi-dent of Burns & mcDonnell’s New England office, said: “To receive this prestigious recognition three years in a row is very gratifying to us. we con-tinuously strive to add new talent to our company, to increase our presence across the Northeast, and we know that our em-ployees are the lifeblood of our business and the key to our success.”

Burns & mcDonnell Recognized

hartford, cT - Aaron B. Krueger, lEED Ap and Ronald perry have joined the Hartford office of C Construction Co., Inc. as project managers.

Krueger brings 13 years of connecti-cut area construction management experi-ence in the private and public sectors. he will be responsible for overseeing all as-pects of his projects, and as the hub of team communications, he will be accountable for all facets of project administration.

Before joining the company Krueger was involved in projects at Fairfield Uni-versity, Trinity College, Deerfield Acad-emy, The learning corridor in hartford, the town of Killingly, and the town of man-chester.

perry is a building industry veteran with more than 13 years of construction

management experience for corporate and school and university projects through-out connecticut. his past projects include work for wesleyan University, waterbury performing Arts magnet School, hartford foundation for public giving, and Edwards Angle palmer and Dodge in hartford.

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hamden, cT – members of the connecticut Building con-gress gathered recently to discuss the changes to the 2012 Interna-tional Energy conservation code from the 2009 code. connecticut state statute requires the adoption of the 2012 International Energy conservation code (IEcc) as early as 2013. The changes call for 26% more energy efficiency than the current 2009 code.

Acting State Building In-spector Joseph cassidy, private building owner Kerry Kerr (hart-ford hospital), project manage-ment and funding consultant Steven chandler hall (chandler llc), and Energy code consultant frederick f. wajcs, pE discussed the challenges that lie ahead and their plans to address and re-spond to these higher levels of efficiency

standards. The panel discussion was mod-erated by Richard Jacques, AIA (Jacques management llc).

The presenters’ slideshow is avail-able on cBc’s website for all those inter-ested.

CBC Hosts Energy Efficiency Event

Dick Jacques introducing the speakers

hamden, cT - hoffmann Archi-tects announced the promotion of two employees.

cari A. Tate has been promoted from marketing coordinator to marketing manager. She is responsible for manag-ing responses to requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for qualifications (RfQs), overseeing website develop-ment, creating and maintaining project and client profiles, producing electronic and print marketing materials, planning for events, and developing successful marketing strategies.

Alison B. hoffmann has been pro-moted from public relations coordinator to public relations manager. hoffmann is responsible for producing the award winning Hoffmann Architects Journal, which covers topics relating to build-ing envelope rehabilitation and profes-sional practice. She is also responsible for award nominations, presentation de-velopment, website copy, articles, social media, marketing correspondence, direct mail campaigns, and promotional mate-rials.

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By Meredith S. Zona and James M. Bing

In an effort to be more environmentally con-scious, wastewater treat-ment facilities across the country are considering environmentally sensitive retrofits and upgrades. For a worthy example of how to successfully and creatively implement renewable en-ergy technologies, these facilities can look to the greater lawrence Sanitary District (glSD) in Eastern massachusetts.

The glSD recently completed two significant renewable energy upgrades: the installation of two dual-fuel steam boilers at the wastewater treatment plant and the addition of a ground-mounted solar photo-voltaic (pV) system. Those associated with the glSD project learned rather quickly that these modifications not only promote green initiatives in the environmental sense, but green savings in the more tradi-tional sense, as these upgrades, in combi-nation with other energy upgrade projects, will save hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.

The treatment facility at glSD—which serves six communities: lawrence, Andover, methuen, North Andover, and Dracut, mass., and Salem, N.h.—can pro-cess up to 52 million gallons of wastewater per day (MGD) with the average daily flow typically close to 31 mgD. major process components are primary sedimentation, bi-ological oxidation, secondary clarification, and treated effluent chlorination.

glSD’s wastewater treatment plant is one of only six plants in massachusetts that utilizes anaerobic digestion or is in the process of installing anaerobic digesters. glSD’s anaerobic digestion system fea-tures three anaerobic digesters for a total capacity of 4.2 million gallons. The an-aerobic digestion process—which includes the absence of oxygen, and constant mix-ing and heating—allows naturally occur-ring microorganisms to break down waste solids, which produces methane, carbon dioxide, and several other trace gases. This is more commonly known as biogas. At glSD, the biogas is used to maintain digester temperatures as well as on-site sludge drying and pelletizing.

In the past, any excess gas at the plant was captured and flared. But presently, thanks to the installation of the two dual-fuel steam boilers, that’s changed. The new boilers feature dual-fuel burners capable of burning both biogas and natural gas. They largely replaced older boilers that operate on natural gas and fuel oil, which means the facility’s dependence on fossil fuels has been reduced, all while making use of an energy resource that is produced on-site.

Another positive environmental ef-fect is the decrease in biogas flaring, mean-

ing a reduction in greenhouse gas emis-sions.

glSD’s efforts to become greener and reduce its carbon footprint also includ-ed implementing a ground-mounted pV system. The system has a total capacity of 441 kw, one of the largest in massachusetts used by a wastewater treatment plant.

The pV system utilizes 210-watt Kyocera model solar panels split between a pair of sites. Site 1 is comprised of 1,800 solar panels connected in 120 “strings” or source circuits of 15 solar panels in series. Site 2 is comprised of 300 panels connect-ed in 20 strings of 15 solar panels in series.

Since going online, Site 1 has pro-duced 288,800 kwh of power, while Site 2 has produced 47,727 kwh. The solar arrays are expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 80 massachusetts homes.

All told, glSD’s pV system is expect-ed to bring tremendous economic and envi-ronmental value. The solar panels are pro-jected to save glSD approximately $59,000 per year in electricity costs. Also, solar re-newable energy certificates will be available for glSD to generate revenue through the Renewable Energy credit market.

meanwhile, glSD’s boiler upgrades will have their own positive outcomes. Ac-cording to an energy evaluation audit, with the boiler change-out glSD will reduce methane and carbon dioxide emissions sig-nificantly, and natural gas savings are ex-pected to be about $81,000 annually.

from cutting the cost of the plant’s electric bill to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the glSD project has been a tremendous success.

Just as crucial is how glSD is set-ting an example for other municipalities, demonstrating how individual towns and cities can be both economically savvy and environmental stewards at the same time. when it comes to making a wastewater treatment facility more efficient and eco-logically conscious, there are various strat-egies that can be utilized. when taken to-gether, they can move the facility toward a greener future.

Meredith S. Zona, P.E. is a vice presi-dent at Fay, Spofford & Thorndike. James M. Bing, PE. is president of NEO Virtus Eng. Inc.

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North oxford, mA - Energy Systems & Installation (ESI), a northeastern renew-able energy firm with offices in North Ox-ford, has been chosen by miller Recycling corporation to design and deploy a roof-mounted solar project to be located on their Mansfield facility.

The project consists of a 300 kilowatt solar elec-tric system that will gener-ate enough electricity to power 30 average homes. This power will be utilized by the facility to offset its own traditional energy needs. Annually, this system will eliminate over a half mil-lion pounds of carbon dioxide, equivalent to removing over 70 cars from the road.

According to Randy miller, cEo of the 70-year-old, fourth-generation compa-ny, “we have always strived to minimize our carbon footprint by instilling processes that emphasized efficiency and sustain-ability. Several years ago we upgraded all of our lighting, which reduced our energy consumption by close to 20%. Solar de-ployment is the next logical progression of that philosophy. The recycling industry has yet to develop strict guidelines for sustain-ability, so we choose to be a leader in that realm of our business.”

The cost to install solar on a com-mercial scale has dropped as much as 40%

over the past five years. Couple the price drop with several state and federal incen-tives, which may have a limited life span, and it makes “now” an opportune time to deploy a solar project.

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seemed like the right time to move forward with a project of this size and scope,” adds miller. “while

the sustainability component of this proj-ect is important to us, the financials have to work in our favor as well. ESI was very proficient in their explanation of the cash flow projections and how to make the most of the incentives available. plus their pric-ing was extremely competitive.”

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High-Profile: Green Facilities Development News

wellesley, mA - meridian Associates, Inc. (mAI) recently assisted gravestar, Inc. with the redevelopment of the of its welles-ley plaza site, located at the intersection of washington and State streets in wellesley. The project goal was to provide its new clients and the residents of the town with a sustainable outdoor environment in place of the existing, outdated plaza.

The driving force for the proposed renovations was to accommodate the open-ing of a whole foods market within an ex-isting supermarket building. This seemed simple enough at first, but the challenges brought about by the existing site and the re-quirements of the proposed program made this a daunting task. Then all this should be done in the most environmentally friendly way possible… no problem, right?

The logical point of beginning for this discussion is/was the existing site con-ditions. There were some great advantages to the site, with the most obvious being its “location, location, location” at a main in-tersection and adjacent to a major recreation asset in hunnewell park. The site is also at a confluence of two existing town trails and is frequented by students walking to and from the nearby high school, as well as pro-viding temporary day time parking for high school staff. Secondly, the existing archi-tecture and many mature trees located along the street provides the framework to create a vibrant streetscape. The site was not with-out is challenges, however, the main one being pavement…and lots of it.

Due to its success at its previous (much smaller) location in town, whole foods was in need of a lot of parking; whereas the existing location provided very little of such. In the interest of “greening up” the site, new landscape areas were de-sired. Needless to say, it was not initially well accepted when the designers proposed

to remove pavement, since a reduction in much valued parking would result. how-ever with some careful planning, creation of a more efficient layout with consolidated ac-cess drives and the in-troduction of compact parking spaces, a mid-dle ground was found to allow much needed green space to be added throughout the site. The streetscape could then

be completed and safe and accessible walk-ways and seating areas could be provided along the roadways and between the pro-posed site components and the adjacent rec-reational amenities, which included a new trail head and information kiosk. In addition to enhancing the pedestrian experience and

clarifying the vehicular ways, the removal of pavement allowed the opportunity to introduce small-scale bio-retention basins within landscape areas packed with largely drought-tolerant and native plants.

In addition to the bio-basins, the in-stallation of more traditional catch basins, treatment units, and subsurface recharge basins were added where none previously existed. The existing pavement was then ground and regraded to redirect stormwater flows to the new “BMPs.” The resulting stormwater management system reduced peak flows to the adjacent brook, while greatly enhancing recharge and overall wa-ter quality. The vegetated areas between the plaza and the brook were further improved by the addition of new fencing and the re-moval of the invasive plant species that had taken up residence on its banks.

mAI staff worked closely with whole foods executives and Jacobs (its architec-tural team) to ensure that their environ-mentally conscious message and ecological philosophies were captured in all designs prepared for the project.

In addition to the whole foods improvements, a second building on the property was completely refurbished to al-low retenanting to include a new branch of Brookline Bank. This work was undertaken with gravestar’s architect, prellwitz chil-inski Associates (pcA). construction was completed by cm&B and Straightline con-struction.

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The detention “pond” has been an-other visible sign of storm water manage-ment strategies. At first these ponds could be designed to actually hold water, but over time the pond’s main function was to detain the water before it was allowed to slowly run off the site. The aesthetic appeal of most of these manmade ponds was diminished by having to line them with chunky rip rap and fence them in with 6’ chain link.

All in all, the history of storm wa-ter management practices through the 80’s and early 90’s was more of a functional re-sponse to an ecological problem rather than an aesthetic response. Then the notion of “environmental design” was born.

Environmental design attempts to harmonize both the functional and aesthetic aspects of storm water management. The modern concept has been around for over 25 years and was initially promulgated by academia, but spread to both the public and private sector as rapid land development threatened water quality.

The new initiatives in storm water runoff include “Bmp” (Best management practices), “lID” (low Impact Develop-ment), and now “lEED” (leadership in Environmental Design) certification for site design. They all encourage the use of on-site natural features to protect water quality

and promote sustainability.Some of the small scale hydrologic

systems used to replicate the “pre-develop-ment” condition of a site are:

• Rain Gardens—these bioretention areas use a combination of soil layers and plants to remove contaminants from the run

off before it is absorbed by the ground water.• Tree filters—small (usually 6’ diam-

eter) concrete planters which collect run off and filter it using the soil and the roots of the trees.

• Pervious Pavement—or porous pavement, are paved areas that absorb water

rather than deflect it. The underlying layers of sand and gravel filter out contaminants and reduce, or eliminate, the need for other types of treatment.

• Green Pavement—this is essentially grass underlain with either a plastic or con-crete grid system, which keeps the grass and soil from compacting. It is used primarily for overflow parking.

• Green Roofs—the use of plants to collect, filter and reduce the amount of run off from roofs. An additional benefit of green roofs is to help moderate tempera-tures.

• Bio-swales—vegetated swales which collect, filter and reduce run off from parking lots.

• Underground infiltration systems—manufactured devices, usually recycled plastic, which collect water through a con-ventional manhole, then pipe the run off to perforated “tubes” where the runoff is de-tained and filtered through sand and gravel.

Using natural features to manage storm water runoff is an attractive, efficient and economic method of keeping our wa-tersheds healthy. please visit www.tfmoran.com and click on the link green technology for more information on these natural meth-ods of storm water management practices.

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lexington, mA - The Richmond group has completed the expansion of cubist pharmaceuticals’ headquarters in lexington. Richmond managed the design-build project, which provides an additional 104,000sf of laboratory space for cubist’s staff focused on the development of antibi-otics and acute care products.

Due to site restrictions and the exist-ing building’s footprint, the most cost ef-fective solution for expansion was to build vertically. Richmond oversaw the planning and construction of two floors of labora-tory, administration, and technical support space, a new central utility plant, a new mechanical penthouse, and renovations to

existing laboratories on the building’s first floor. The project also incorporated a pre-cast 299-car parking garage.

High-efficiency plumbing and light fixtures, distribution-controlled heating and cooling systems, and updated mechan-ical equipment combine to offset the con-stant operations of the lab facility, which is designed to LEED Silver certification.

other project team members include R.g. Vanderweil Engineers, Spagnolo gis-ness & Associates, Inc., and olson lewis + Architects, highpoint Engineering, gold-stein-milano, and Rolf Jensen & Associ-ates, Inc.

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manchester, Nh - Brookstone Builders, Inc., headquartered in man-chester, was recently selected for the 2012 Best of manchester Award in the Commercial and Office Building Con-tractors category by the US commerce Association (UScA).

Each year, the USCA identifies companies that it deems to have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.

These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

“we’re very happy to be recog-nized by the UScA,” said paula Scales, Brookstone Builders’ president. “we have always been committed to quality, integrity, and serving the needs of our customers in a straightforward way.”

Brookstone Receives UScA Award

concord, Nh - North Branch construction, Inc. was honored to receive the 2012 plan Nh merit Award for the Newbury center meeting house historic Renovation at the awards banquet held in concord.

The plan Nh merit Awards committee selected this project as it reflects Plan

Nh’s mission to promote “ex-cellence in sustainable plan-ning, design, and development of the built environment” and embodies several of its “Smart growth” principles.

project manager Joseph campbell, along with Newbury center meeting house Repre-sentatives Dan wolf and Bill weiler, accepted the award. This marks the fourth award given to the Newbury center meeting house project. previous awards include a 2012 New hampshire chapter of the American Insti-tute of Architects merit Award, an Award of Excellence from the 2011 Associated Builders and contractors Nh/VT chap-ter Excellence in construction Awards, and a 2011 preserva-tion Achievement Award from the New hampshire preserva-tion Alliance.

North Branch honored

(l-r) Bill Weiler, Joseph Campbell, Dan Wolf accepting the award.

Exterior shot of Newbury Center Meeting House.

Boston - The Boston har-bor Islands pavilion project by Simpson gumpertz & heger Inc. (Sgh), captured a silver award from the American council of Engineering companies of mas-sachusetts’ (AcEc/mA) Engineer-ing Excellence Awards.

The Boston harbor Islands pavilion was designed to raise awareness of the nearby Boston harbor Islands – a natural resource only a 20-minute boat ride from downtown Boston. Two structural double-curved reinforced-concrete roof canopies define the pavilion, provid-ing spatial definition and protection for two kiosks, a large-scale map of the islands in-cised into the pavement, and a permanent

exhibit that highlights the rich historical and ecological diversity of the archipelago. Sgh provided structural design, concrete materials consulting, and construction ad-ministration services.

harbor Islands pavilion Recognized Sgh project captures Silver

The Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion

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The Agile firm: Using the cloud to Boost Design and client ServiceHigh-Profile: Facilities Development News

by Stephanie Goldberg AIA, LEED APAt lab, we recently celebrated our

first year in business and are able to reflect upon our strategies for success. As a start-up, we had the opportunity to design and define a new model for delivering architec-tural services. we considered all aspects of the practice, from the details of technical infrastructure to our method of articulating design choices with our clients. wanting to focus our time and effort on design and client relationships, we sought to create a company that is nimble and free of tech-nological and infrastructural issues. com-ing into being in the virtual age, lab is built on the idea of portability and effective harnessing of the Internet.

The reinvention of the practice has benefits for both time management and quality. In traditional models of architectur-al practice, the designer brings a formalized presentation to the client and goes back to the office to make revisions. Though much of design work is accomplished in studios, the strategy work and planning can be done on-site with the client. By eliminating serv-ers and leveraging cloud storage, we are able to bring all the tools of our office to the client’s site and eliminate the step of retranslating decisions into drawings. our work is accessible from anywhere. work-ing in real time with our clients and within our own team, we can collaborate no matter where we are. Design revisions are upload-ed to our cloud-based information, so our team members at the office have access to

the same information quickly and our group is always in sync.

The ease of a cloud-based system benefits our clients in lower overhead costs. Importantly, it allows our firm un-limited flexibility of growth. Storage is an operating cost, not a capital expense, and as such can be upgraded at will from month to month as needed. we can grow with our clients and meet their demands without looking for new infrastructure.

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practice has also been a focus. Rather than pulling from multiple programs to create a presentation, we are able to use our soft-ware effectively, keeping the complexity of creating our imagery straightforward. Our clients benefit from the fact that there is no redrawing time and no lag between numeric and visual information. In our re-cent university work we have worked with user groups in three dimensions, using the rendering tools to test and present the de-signs. our software allows these designs

to also be shown in traditional plan and elevation for use in construction without redrawing the work. The benefit to both the clients and to ourselves is that what is presented is what will be built.

Integrating all aspects of the project at the earliest phases streamlines our de-sign work and saves time. Rather than re-draw the mEp and structural work, we link their models to our own. In this way, we have been able to quickly see the relation-ship between the consultant work and our own, correcting issues during the design phases of the project. The time saved trans-lates into savings for our clients and helps us to design a more coordinated project.

The challenge for firms today is to be competitive without compromising creativ-ity and attention to clients. In designing our firm, we decided to push ourselves to maxi-mize what current technology has to offer. The ability to bring our design work to the client, allowing for ease of growth and inte-gration of all aspects of our work, has freed our firm to focus on our client relation-ships. It allows us to grow without growing pains. This year we’ve more than doubled our team without significant infrastructural change As we continue to grow, we will see how this model adapts; however, maintain-ing a small footprint and a growing design practice is a great place to be.

Stephanie Goldberg AIA LEED AP BC+D is a principal at Lab / Life. Science. Architecture, Inc., a Boston-based archi-tecture firm focused on laboratory design.

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Albany, NY - The State University of New York (SUNY) is nearing completion of a new 500-bed dormitory, liberty Terrace. The $60 million project will include a com-munity center with lounges, meeting rooms, and a fitness center. Each of the apartment-style dormitory rooms has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, and living/dining room.

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liberty Terrace is on schedule to open for the fall of 2012 semester; the precast work is complete, and the interior work has commenced. precast saves time inside, too; the interior surface of each panel is smooth when put in place and ready for painting or a seal coating. Interior precast concrete pan-els have over 500 electrical boxes and con-duit assemblies cast right into the precast walls. The exterior surfaces are exposed ag-gregate needing little or no finishing work

at all. Using precast concrete panels saves time and money by simply having less fin-ishing work to do both inside and out.

The leadership in Energy and En-vironmental Design (lEED) standards are being followed to insure that this project is environmentally friendly. features include: permeable pavement, a green roof, rain gar-dens, daylight maximization, and the use of recycled and locally sourced materials. A geothermal (ground source heat pump) sys-tem using the constant temperature of the soil to moderate cooling and heating energy needs will help them achieve a lEED gold certification.

SUNY’s liberty Terrace dormitory promises to be an asset for the university for decades, attracting students to take advan-tage of exceptional dorm life they offer.

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Quincy, mA - J. calnan & Associates, Inc. announced that its focused special projects division re-cently added three more fast-track office fit-out projects to its growing portfolio. The projects include ren-ovations for liquid pixels, AirX-change, and Affinova.

liquid pixels, a supplier of advanced Dynamic Imaging solu-tions, was relocating to Bedford and required 5,000sf of renovation. working collaboratively with walsh co-chis Architects, Koda Ventures, and liquid pixels, the Jc&A project team successfully completed the renovation in just four weeks.

AirXchange, a company with ex-perience in the design, manufacture, sale, and support of energy recovery ventilation

components to manufacturers of hVAc equipment, had just four weeks to renovate and expand its office and warehouse space in Rockland. Using a design-build approach, Affinova, a software and services company, turned to Jc&A when it needed to expand. In order to accommodate its re-cent growth, Affinova needed to increase its space in waltham by approximately 5,000sf. Together

with hobbs Brook management llc and Studio Troika, the Jc&A team used the de-sign-build approach to convert the space in just four weeks. The project included demo, new carpet throughout, a new kitchen, mi-nor finish improvements and private office furniture.

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Boston-based general contracting firm spe-cializing in interior build-outs for commer-cial space-users, has completed the fit-up of 4,400sf of new office space at 70 Fargo St. in Boston for oneView commerce, a pro-vider of software solutions for retailers that will be headquartered at the building.

Roundhill construction conducted the build-out project on behalf of The Beal cos., the Boston-based owner of 70 fargo St., and its joint-venture partner, Rockpoint group.

Also known as Seaport center, 70 Fargo St. is a 465,000sf, Class A office building located in the South Boston Sea-port District. margulies peruzzi Architects of Boston provided design services for the project.

Roundhill completed the nearly full gut-rehab of the building’s ninth floor on a fast-track basis to accommodate oneView’s tight relocation schedule.

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New office space at 70 Fargo St.

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laconia, Nh - Upgrades and reno-vations to the Irwin Automotive group’s hyundai dealership at 446 Union Ave., laconia have been completed by Jewett Automotive Design & construction of Raymond.

The project involved renovating an existing 16,000sf single-story masonry and steel-framed building into a new auto showroom, offices, and service depart-ment. Interior upgrades included new structural steel and interior masonry walls; ceiling systems; tile, carpet, and all finish-es; design-build fire sprinkler systems; and plumbing and electrical systems.

Exterior renovations involved

installation of the new hyundai gateway and new glass and aluminum storefront.

major subcontractors included gove construction, Britton plumbing and heat-ing, and Amax construction.

New Irwin hyundai completed

Renovated Hyundai dealership in Laconia.

Boston - The first registered pre-apprenticeship program in massachusetts held a graduation for 16 participants in the second training session of Building path-ways, a building trades pre-apprenticeship program. The participants were selected from over 160 applicants and took part in a seven-week training program that included classroom and hands-on learning experi-ences to prepare them to enter an appren-ticeship in the building and construction trades.

participants had to be Boston hous-ing Authority residents or meet hUD Sec-tion 3 income requirements for low and very low income, as well as other criteria

to take part in the program.Building pathways is sponsored

by the Boston housing Authority and the Building and construction Trades council of the metropolitan District and managed by The construction Institute.

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Graduates and dignitaries at Building Pathways celebration.

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High-Profile: Educational Facilities News

Douglas, mA - within a span of four days, cTA construction co. Inc. broke ground on two new school projects in Douglas and winchester where the win-ning bids saved millions in construction costs.

In Douglas, cTA will build a new 83,100sf elementary school and refurbish an 88,245sf middle school, as well as in-stall athletic fields and a new driveway. To-tal cost: $36.2 million. The groundbreaking ceremony was march 31. The school was designed by DiNisco Design partnership.

In winchester, the new 78,000sf Vin-son-owen Elementary School will occupy the site of its predecessor torn down last fall. Total cost: $20.6 million. The ground-breaking ceremony was April 3.

“Both of these projects represent tre-mendous savings for the residents of these towns while also providing high-quality

new schools for generations of school chil-dren,” said patrick Tompkins, p.E., princi-pal of cTA construction.

In Douglas, cTA was able to price the project under the $39 million budget, saving taxpayers about $2.6 million. The savings gave the project owner the flexibil-ity to add a new running track and water lines to the project.

for winchester, cTA’s competitive bid saved $660,000, allowing school offi-cials to add more durable granite curbing to the parking lot design and additional space within the school footprint should more classrooms be needed in the future.

The two new schools join a portfo-lio of ongoing cTA school projects that include the maynard high School, Tewks-bury memorial high School, Tahanto Re-gional middle high School in Boylston, and marshall Simonds middle School in Burlington.

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Bangor, mE - construction is nearing completion on husson’s new living learning center, a design-build project managed by Alliedcook con-struction and scheduled to be complet-ed this summer.

The new $11 million, five-story multipurpose building will include ex-periential learning environments, class-rooms, faculty offices, and suite-style living space for 245 students. The first floor will house the experiential learn-ing classrooms dedicated to specific ac-ademic programs, including space for the college of Business that will allow students to conduct simulated board meetings and web-based team analysis.

The criminal justice program will also have space for actual investiga-tions allowing students to investigate mock crime scene scenarios.

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High-Profile: Educational Facilities News

concord, Nh - The Univer-sity of New hampshire School of law, formerly franklin pierce law School, has recently opened the franklin pierce center for Intellectual property in concord. The building was designed by Dc Designs of concord

The construction manager was milestone Engineering & construction, Inc., also of con-cord.

The building, which is built as an addition to the existing Uni-versity of New hampshire School of law, houses classrooms space, faculty offices, conference rooms, a 100-seat lecture hall, which has been fit out to handle distance learning and guest lectur-ers from around the world; and a rotunda at the entrance.

The building was oriented to the southerly direction to take advantage of the sunlight in the entry and rotunda.

The project is built on a very tight site, bordered by three streets and abutting

a major intersection. The construction required tight site management as there was virtually no staging area.

The building exterior utilized a brick façade to complement the exist-ing building along with large aluminum glass curtain wall to light the rotunda. The exterior façade is highlighted with an aluminum composite panel.

Inside, the interior finish in-cludes new granite tube floors, exten-sive wood and paneling, and an archi-tectural metal stair surrounding a Zen feature in the lobby.

franklin pierce center opensmilestone cm - Designed by Dc Designs

Interior view of lobby and staircase

wolfeboro, Nh - North Branch construction of concord completed additions and renova-tions to the Kingswood middle School in march and continues work on the high school and tech-nical center.

current projects in the high school include a lecture hall, two audio/visual studios – one which will be the home of wolfeboro community Television, a wood shop, an exercise/weight room, and a dance studio. The techni-cal center will see new childcare, healthcare, and electronics and machine tools sections in April and early may.

modular classrooms will be removed during spring break vacation, and final site-work will take place during this time. final

paving will be done when students begin their summer vacation on June 22, 2012.

construction remains ahead of sched-ule, and North Branch expects to have all three schools complete by early summer 2012.

North Branch School projects

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winooski, VT - The canal Street Veterans housing project in winooski was born out of the continuous need to provide suitable housing for the ever-growing population of homeless war veterans. Bob Duncan of Duncan wis-niewski Architecture in Burlington took on the challenge, determined to design and deliver a sustainable, affordable, and functional facility.

To meet the housing demand of area homeless veterans, Duncan de-signed a contemporary, light-filled building with large windows, which matched the pattern and style of exist-ing buildings in the area, on a small commercial site footprint.

The six-story building incorpo-rates a creative combination of mar-vin fiberglass products, which offered energy efficiency, sizes, and sustainability needed for the project. fiberglass windows with clad components were used on the three main zones of the building — a store-front on the first floor, housing units on the floors above, and a stair tower to link them.

To create a first floor storefront, In-finity all-fiberglass stationary casement and awning units were used with marvin’s clad three-piece mulls and mull covers. The combination of marvin mulls and Infinity windows was a new solution sug-gested by the architectural team at A.w. hastings, the New England and Eastern New York distributor for marvin windows and Doors, and retailer windows & Doors By Brownell.

For the housing units above the first floor, Integrity Wood-Ultrex Double Hung windows were chosen for their warm wood interior.

The canal Street Veterans building has 12 studio apartments and four two-bedroom apartments on the bottom four floors, for two-year transitional housing for veterans involved in the committee on Temporary Shelter (coTS) program. An additional 12 units (10 studios and two two-bedroom apartments) located on the top two floors, are for permanent, afford-able housing for the public, with veterans receiving priority placement. The coTS program provides emergency shelter, ser-vices, and housing for people who are homeless or marginally housed in Vermont.

Building a home for Veterans

photo by © gRhall Canal Street Veterans building

manchester, Nh - Brookstone Builders, Inc. recently completed a multi-phase renovation project for portsmouth Regional hospital.

The scope of work involved the ren-ovation of the hospital’s hematology and chemistry laboratories, which are located in the facility’s mid-section. Under-slab plumbing modifications were made, and

new floors, ceilings, plumbing fixtures, electrical wiring, and fire alarm systems were installed. Blood-testing and analy-sis equipment was also upgraded and in-stalled. The process was conducted in four separate phases to eliminate any disruption in hospital workflow.

JSA Inc.of portsmouth was the proj-ect’s architects.

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westbrook, mE - members of the ccB team were recognized re-cently for their longevity and contri-bution to the 67 year-old company.

Alfred Brickett, Jr., and wil-liam charity were lauded for 30 and 25 years of dedicated service, re-spectively, at the company’s annual meeting in march.

Brickett, a carpenter by trade, joined the ccB team in 1981 as a field engineer/superintendent before becoming a project manager in 1997.

charity, an ironworker by trade, worked on steel erection, maintenance, and mechanical instal-lation projects mainly in papermills throughout the northeast before joining ccB in 1986 as a project superintendent.

other members of the ccB team mentioned for their longevity and dedica-tion to the company were owner Beth l. Sturtevant, clem l. gervais, Newell E. porter, Robert K. mullen, Richard (Sam)

Ryan, patricia A. Digeorge, David p. cloutier, michael goodwin, Robert porter, John R. pelletier, Terry pinkham, and Jef-frey R. perron.

ccB, Inc., a maine-based, women-owned, general contractor, currently has offices in Westbrook and Old Town, Maine, as well as wilmington, mass.

ccB Inc. Recognizes longevity

CCB principals Sean Ferguson, Beth Sturtevant, and Marc Belanger are shown with 30-year team

member Al Brickett.

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canton, mA - Needham Electric Supply has launched a management training program to provide a structured approach to developing qualified candi-dates for branch manager positions and other leadership roles in the company.

This program rotates individuals through all aspects of the company’s business to acquire the knowledge and experience required to run a depart-ment or branch location. At the end of the journey, participants are expected to have honed their sales skills, developed strong managerial and operational capa-bilities, expanded their industry product knowledge, and increased their overall business acumen to be ready to take on

a leadership role. The full scope of de-velopment will span two to four years depending on the individual’s level of experience when they enter the program.

currently, Needham Electric has two associates, John Dunning and Tim mcInerney, who are participating in this program. Dunning was previously a sales associate with Standard Electric in Needham, where he served the residen-tial and commercial contractor markets.

mcInerney’s family was the for-mer owner of wellesley Electric Supply, which was acquired by Standard Electric in 2004. mcInerney has held positions in counter sales, inside sales, project quota-tions, and branch management.

New management Training programDunning and mcInerney at Needham Electric Supply


Salem, mA - wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. of Hol-liston recently completed the electrical installation work at the J. michael Ruane Judicial center in Salem.

Expecting a lEED Silver certification, the new 195,000sf facility has consoli-dated five court departments within two adjacent buildings. The expansive complex in-cludes 11 courtrooms, a large jury pool room, 33 detainee cells, district attorney’s of-fices and a grand jury room, in addition to administrative offices for over 200 staff, security officers, and judges. A new law library was created from the relocation, renovation, and pres-ervation of Salem’s historic first Baptist church.

Griffin Electric was responsible for installing a 3,000-amp service, with a 1,000kw generator on-site. Additionally, a complete high-rise fire alarm system, pow-er, and lighting branch circuits, including lighting control and light harvesting, was set up by the Griffin team. Telecommu-

nications work included voice, data, and a video-structured cable system, utilizing UTP, plus copper, fiber optic, and coaxial cabling. Also, the contract incorporated an extensive integrated electronic security system, which has a ccTV, intrusion de-tection, and access control systems.

Serving as the project’s construction manager was Daniel o’connell’s Sons, Inc. of holyoke, with goody, clancy & Associates, Inc. of Boston as the architect and cosentini of cambridge the electrical engineer.

Griffin Completes Electrical Work

J. Michael Ruane Judicial Center

created a perfect storm of design blunders through an overall roofing configuration designed to limit the release of precipita-tion and promote ice dams.

The result was a group of frustrated and even outraged unit owner and a com-munity association board brought to its wit’s end. Significant penetrations of roofs and walls occurred in multiple instances throughout the community, with some units experiencing up to $30,000 in water-related damage.

An engineering study revealed the unthinkable: short of one, untested expe-dient, the suggested cure-all required the replacement of all roofs and attic substruc-ture throughout the complex.

Unit owners, who had paid top dol-lar for units averaging 2,800sf in size when built in 2006, were devastated. The asso-ciation board was faced with a financial nightmare. A first attempt to remediate the problem through the creation of an imper-vious roofing membrane failed for reasons familiar to anyone experienced in shin-gling systems.

only through the installation of a robust, overbuilt flashing schedule could the inherent failure-points accompanying the original roofing configuration be fully overcome.

First, proper flashing was run up cheek walls and precisely positioned be-hind fascia and trim. Underlayment water barriers of upwards of a yard in height were used extensively. A commercial-grade gut-ter and downspout system featuring 6-inch channels was installed.

Additionally, 6-foot ice shields were established around all gable edges featur-ing Tyvec, which was installed using spe-cial adhesives. A total shingle replacement provided uniform shielding across all roof surfaces.

further, a rubberized ice shield was installed along drip edges and secured with an ultra-high-bond glue product. outside and inside corners above roof pitches re-ceived the 3-foot flashing treatment, too.

Lead flashing was installed at joins as a matter of economy and flexibility. Lead’s unique strength and durability make it an ideal product when multiple joins require a readily formed protective barrier. In to-tal, 12 of the 54 affected units received this treatment in a preliminary test.

human factors played a role in the remediation process as well. while this past season was an exceptionally mild one, unit owners had nothing to look forward to last fall but the misery and expense of one more New England winter. The remedia-tion project was undertaken on the promise of a five-week timeframe, with no punch list on completion.

All remaining units in the complex are now under remediation, and a compre-hensive solution to what on first consider-ation appeared to be an unmitigated disas-ter is well on the way to full completion.

The community association and its owner-members are enjoying the water-free living conditions they deserve while benefitting from significantly less cost than originally anticipated.

Bryan Kelly is president of Waltham, Mass.-based Kelly’s Property Services.


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Westfield, MA - Gabrielle Belfit recently joined Tighe & Bond, Inc. as a senior environ-mental scientist. working out of the firm’s growing Pocas-set office, she provides clients with solutions that address en-vironmental and massachusetts contingency plan (mcp) chal-lenges, regulatory compliance, and environmental permitting concerns.

Belfit has more than 30 years of ex-

perience in environmental plan-ning and permitting, municipal bylaw development, grant writ-ing and management, community outreach and planning assistance for water supply, wastewater, low-impact stormwater design, and water quality issues.

She worked for the cape cod commission as a hydrolo-gist and water resources planner for 28 years before joining Tighe

& Bond.

Belfit Joins Tighe & Bond

Belfit

Boston - Abbot Building Restoration company, Inc. of Boston announced a se-ries of organizational changes involving its principals.

with the retirement of long-time president, Angelo Diodati, michael Nor-man moves from vice president to president, with day-to-day responsibility in the areas of contract work and client negotiations.

Steven Diodati takes over as vice president and director of operations, where he is responsible for maintaining the ef-ficiency of the firm’s project operations, including construction scheduling and production. In addition, he is responsible for quality assurance and the integrity of craftsmanship and materials provided for each project.

Michael Diodati, director of field op-erations, is primarily responsible for coor-dinating day-to-day operations for Abbot’s large project division, including managing multiple crews and maintaining the con-

struction schedule.All three are

descendants of the founding principals. michael Norman represents the sec-ond generation, and the Diodati brothers represent the third generation of hands-on leadership for the firm.

Abbot organizational changes

Diodati StevenNorman

Diodati Michael

Boston - Shawmut Design and construction has appointed matthew Tripp business develop-ment director in the company’s hospitality group. In his role, Tripp will be responsible for cultivating new relationships with national hospitality clients and reinforcing existing partnerships.

Tripp joined Shawmut in 1998 and previously held the po-

sitions of assistant superin-tendent, superintendent, and national construction manager. he has worked with many of Shawmut’s hospitality clients, including Joe’s crab Shack, Yard house Restaurants, Shake Shack, p.f. chang’s china Bistro, and california pizza Kitchen.

Shawmut Appoints Tripp

Tripp

Burlington, VT - freeman french freeman (fff) has hired Brian leet of montpelier as proj-ect architect. Leet joins the firm with 15 years of design and proj-ect management experience in Vermont and pittsburgh, penn-sylvania.

he has worked on several high-profile LEED-certified proj-

ects including UVm’s Aiken center and the NRg Systems headquarters in hinesburg

At fff leet will join the design team working on the Ver-mont Aviation center in South Burlington and a new office building for the Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust in Barre.

fff hires leet

Leet

Boston - marr Equipment corporation announced that John S. Robertson, III has joined the company as general manager. he will be responsible for the man-agement of all operational func-tions, including the development of new business, the direction and oversight of the sales function, and overall growth of the busi-ness.

A fully-trained crane opera-tor himself, Robertson will supervise the daily coordination and utilization of marr’s fleet of cranes and construction hoists and will provide leadership to both administra-

tive and field personnel. Ad-ditionally, he will oversee the operations of marr Rigging company, Inc., a related busi-ness entity providing rigging, trucking, and warehousing ser-vices to marr customers.

Robertson has had a 19-year career in the equipment and construction industry, including the recent ownership of a crane training company focused on

training and safety on the job. he most re-cently served as operations manager of a pennsylvania-based crane rental company.

marr hires Robertson

Robertson

Boston - Jenna meyers, lEED Ap, ID+c and Joshua h. Shaw have joined margulies perruzzi Architects (mpA).

In her new role as interior designer, meyers will be responsible for the design of selected projects from early conceptual stages through construction documents. She is currently working on several proj-ects for Reliant medical group (formerly fallon clinic).

previously, she held a commercial in-terior design internship at Bergmann Asso-ciates and was with hunt Engineers, Archi-tects & land Surveyors, p.c. and merkel Donohue, all in Rochester, N.Y.

In his role as architectural designer, Shaw’s role will include design develop-

ment, programming, and project manage-ment and coordina-tion. he is currently working on projects for hobbs Brook management and Na-tional Development.

p r e v i o u s l y, Shaw was a design drafter at Studio one Inc. in Springfield, mass., where he was responsible for con-ceptual design and contract documentation.

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Meyers

Boston - Tocci Building companies has promoted pierce Reynoldson to virtual design con-struction (VDc) manager.

In his new role, Reynoldson will provide oversight on Tocci’s VDc projects and will manage the five-person VDC team, in-cluding conducting performance reviews, providing coaching and mentoring activities, and recruit-ment for the VDc department.

In addition, he will implement

a VDc training program for Tocci employees and will be responsible for de-veloping and maintaining software and process stan-dards, manuals, and best practices, and testing and providing recommenda-tions on software advance-ments.

finally, Reynoldson will spearhead research and

development projects for the firm.

Tocci promotes Reynoldson

Reynoldson

Swansea, mA - partners Insurance group, llc announced that Stephen R. Long has been certified as a construction risk and insurance specialist (cRIS). This insurance designation recognizes specialized expertise in construction in-surance and establishes commitment to the construction industry through an on-going continuing education component

focusing on construction risk and insur-ance.

The cRIS program consists of contractual Risk Transfer in construc-tion, commercial liability Insurance for contractors, commercial Auto, Surety, & cIps, workers compensation & prop-erty Insurance for contractors.

Long Certified CRIS Specialist

lawrence, mA - Solectria Re-newables, llc, announced that mark goodreau has joined Solectria Renew-ables as director of North American Sales for Utility-Scale Solutions.

he has worked in the pV indus-try since 2006, holding senior manage-ment positions with solar equipment manufacturers and project developers. prior to joining Solectria Renewables,

goodreau served as director of sales at Satcon Technology. previously, he was president of gloria Spire Solar.

In addition to his executive posi-tions in the solar industry, goodreau has held senior marketing and business development roles with fast-growing technology companies, from start-ups to fortune 500’s.

goodreau joins Solectria

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milford, mA - Two construction in-dustry veterans, christopher Scarvalas and michael freud, have been added to con-sigli construction co., Inc’s Boston area construction management team.

Drawing on more than 30 years of construction management experience, christopher Scarvalas joins the company as project executive. he has led projects for a variety of greater Boston area academ-ic, biomedical, healthcare, and corporate clients such as Tufts University, massa-chusetts Institute of Technology, Emman-uel college, proctor & gamble, Newton-wellesley hospital, massachusetts general hospital, and caritas St. Elizabeth’s medi-cal center.

michael freud, project executive, has over 25 years of experience in the construc-

tion industry, with specialized expertise in complex new construction, design-build, renovation, and interior fit-out projects for life science facilities. His significant lo-cal work includes projects for Shire, gen-zyme corporation, Archemix corporation, hypnion, Acusphere, and metabolix.

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canton, mA – Needham Electric Supply (NESco) announced that mi-chael J. gambino has joined the com-pany’s board of directors. he brings over 30 years of executive management experience and industry knowledge to the board.

he joins current board members, Tom cloud, chairman of the board for United Electric; william Von Achen, president of Strategic management Re-sources; and frank cincotta, co-founder and chairman of the board for Needham Electric.

gambino served as vice president

of sales and marketing for pass & Sey-mour/legrand and wiremold/legrand companies, and most recently as presi-dent until his retirement in 2007. prior to that, gambino started his own con-sulting firm and created bestroute.com, an online site for hard-to-find electrical products. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of management positions with midland Ross/American Electric.

gambino is also a member of the board of directors for the Vera house of Syracuse, a nonprofit organization that assists families in crisis.

gambino Named to NESco Board

South hamilton, mA - Rhino public Relations announced that michele Spiewak has been pro-moted to account director. In her new role she will continue to be responsible for developing, man-aging, and executing pR programs to support Rhino pR clients, and working directly with principal Susan Shelby, cpSm to develop agency staff and programs.

Spiewak joined Rhino pR in April 2008, with more than 15 years of public

relations experience. In her new role she will take on responsibil-ity for staff development includ-ing training Rhino pR staff and overseeing professional devel-opment.

michele’s career includes extensive experience in the tech-nology and architecture/design fields at firms such as Shandwick International, Sasaki Associates,

and Art Technology group.

Rhino pR promotes Spiewak

Spiewak

Burlington, mA - Erland construc-tion announced that Jessica Burdin, lEED Ap and Joseph petrillo have joined the firm.

Burdin is director of project devel-opment for the academic market. She was formerly with the corporate real estate de-partment of The mITRE corporation and the administration and planning group at Simmons college.

petrillo is Erland’s director of pre-construction, working closely with the project team to develop all deliverables

during a project’s critical preconstruction phase. he was formerly with Barr & Barr.

Burdin and petrillo Join Erland

PetrilloBurdin

Scarborough, mE - Allied-cook construction announced that Kevin freeman has joined the company as director of busi-ness development to lead the company’s business develop-ment efforts in maine and New hampshire.

with over 20 years of experience, freeman brings a wealth of knowledge and ex-pertise in the construction industry, managing the business development efforts, client relations, and strategic positioning for a number of leading re-

gional general contractors. Throughout his career, he has been instrumental in assisting firms to achieve significant growth and market diversification.

In his role at Allied-cook, freeman will be re-sponsible for maintaining relationships, developing new clients, and working

closely with the company’s manage-ment team on strategic business plan-ning and identifying new markets.

freeman Joins Alliedcook

Freeman

Boston - g. greene construction an-nounced that Dick lampman has been ap-pointed director of business development. he has more than 30 years of executive leadership and expertise within the health-care, academic, life sciences, hospitality, corporate, and commercial construction, as well as urban mixed-use development.

formerly Vp of the Tocci Building companies, lampman was responsible for client development and maintenance. In addition, he has held senior management positions with several ENR Top 400 com-panies, including perini Building compa-ny, AmEc/morse Diesel International, the clark construction group, and the Dimeo construction company.

he served as senior executive for a Silicon Valley software company developing new con-struction industry ap-plications.

This experi-ence, combined with a working knowledge of today’s building information model-ing (BIm) and Integrated project Delivery (IpD) processes, gives him insight into the revolutionary possibilities, as well as the daunting challenges, facing facility owners and the AEc industry.

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Agc and BSA Joint effort June 15 - Economy-Up or Down for 2012 and 13Registration: 8 a.m.program: 8:30 - 10:30 a.m..BSA Space, 290 congress Street, BostonKen Simonson, chief Economist, Agc of AmericaKermit Baker, hon. AIA, chief Econo-mist, American Institute of ArchitectsIt is a little early to see how the political scene will play out, but we are beginning to see signs of economic recovery. Two economists representing the best in our industry will discuss their insights on where the markets are going and what might be in store for design and construc-tion moving forward.for more information: agcmass.org

SfNEmay 17 - 31st Annual Steel Design con-ferenceworcester polytechnic Institute - 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.The conference will be sponsored by the American Institute for Steel con-struction, New England Steel Detailers Association, Steel fabricators of New England and worcester polytechnic In-stitute.This year the conference will offer sev-eral sessions that will be of interest and benefit to engineers, architects, detail-ers, and fabricators. for more information: ssfne.org

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