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Inside this IssueFeldman Support on Major ProjectsWessling Selected for School RenovationsPARE Completes School Engineering ServicesAtkinson Family Practice to Open New OfficesBowdoin Completes Little Wanderers ExpansionHotchkiss School BioMass Facility Nears CompletionNorth Branch Completes Kingswood School ProjectsSuffolk Construction Breaks Ground at Boston Wharf Vanderweil and CBT Complete Corporate HQ DesignPro Con GC for MRI Suite Fit-UpIntermodal Transportation Center CompletedReggio School of the Arts - Newfield CM, Friar Assoc. ArchitectsAlpine Environmental School Lead Paint Abatement by Ron PeikTop-of-the-List Energy Conservation Measure by Peter J. Davey

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Boston - mayor menino announced that $13.2 million in public and private funds are be-ing invested in infrastructure in Downtown crossing. The an-nouncement came as part of the mayor’s celebrate Downtown Block party, held on west Street to highlight the area’s new hous-ing, retail, restaurants, and pro-gramming. The projects include important quality of life improve-ments such as street lighting up-grades, sidewalk repairs, and new bike racks.

“Downtown crossing is Boston’s crossroads. more than 250,000 people pass through the area daily, and more than 3.2 million walk through on the freedom Trail annually. As businesses continue to build and invest in the area, this $13.2 million in infrastructure investment is crucial to show-casing the neighborhood as a center of vital-ity, progress, and excitement.” said mayor menino.

In the city’s five year capital plan, $2.6 million has been designated for road repaving, sidewalk repair, intersection im-provement, and lED street sign installation. An additional $552,500 has been invested by other city departments for Big Belly trash cans, bike racks, street light upgrades, and tree pruning. These improvements strengthen the neighborhood and make it an easier place to walk, drive, and navigate.

There is close to $900 million of con-struction under way and planned in Down-town crossing in the next three years, and developers have committed close to $10

million to infrastructure improve-ments.

Kensington Investment company is contributing $1 mil-lion to enhance liberty Tree park, Boylston Street way, and side-walks, lighting, and trees around The Kensington, which is currently under construction on washington Street. millennium partners is con-tributing $8.5 million for its two projects, millennium place, under construction now, and the future millennium Towers. Those mon-ies will include improvements to

Shoppers park, the mBTA head house and elevator, new water and sewer lines, new traffic controls, and new sidewalks, street lights, and street landscaping. In addition the nonprofit Downtown Boston Business Improvement District will spend $450,000 on district plantings, tables and chairs, and seasonal decorations by year’s end.

These public and private infrastruc-ture improvements are keys to attracting new investors to the BID and creating a thriving neighborhood. In 2012, more than 20 new retail and restaurant locations are expected to open. These businesses will be supported by the more than 3,000 new resi-dents expected by 2015 thanks to the more than 1,200 new units of planned housing in the area.

Downtown crossing remains a top Boston destination. In addition to restau-rants and shopping, the area features weekly programming, including live music during the lunch hour and after work, an outdoor market, and exercise classes.

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on Tuesday, September 18, the construction financial man-agement Association (cfmA) will present “A perspective of the col-lege Education System & the De-velopment of construction’s future workforce.”

Dr. Zorica Pantić, president of wentworth Institute of Tech-nology, will comment on today’s student and parent expectations, goals, and motivations. She will provide a behind the scenes view of the challenges in attracting qualified and motivated students to wentworth’s 20 plus bachelor and masters programs and the fi-nancial challenges for wentworth, students and parents in a difficult economy and com-petitive market place.

For more than 30 years, Dr. Pantić has been an academic entrepreneur, technology advocate, agent for change, and a champion

for diversity, making a positive impact at regional, state, and national levels. As wentworth’s first female president and the first female engineer to lead a higher education institution of technology in the United States, her leadership is exemplified by her strategic thinking and vision for implementing key initia-tives and programs that advance

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Dr. Pantić served on Governor Deval patrick’s STEm Advisory council and is co-chair of the STEm Diversity Subcom-mittee.

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by Suzanne Robinsonwhat do you get when you combine

an energy intensive laboratory building, aggressive sustainability targets, and ex-isting conditions that include low floor-

to-ceiling heights? The beginning of a bad joke? Nope, the conant Science cen-ter at Bridgewater State University.

Br idgewate r State University’s marshall conant Sci-ence center stands as a cost-effective ex-

ample of green build-ing design, drawing upon a number of sus-tainable features and strategies which has led to a building with exceptional energy savings as well as coming in well below budget. The project has been designed for Silver certification under LEED 2009 for New construction as an academic science and research building for undergradu-ate students. The building is part renova-tion, part new construction, with a new wing constructed adjacent to the original, renovated building. The entire building is approximately 212,000sf and includes a vegetated roof, solar thermal array, green-house, and rooftop observatory. Total site energy savings amount to 34%, with an es-timated cost savings of 28.3%.

That’s all well and good, but what’s the secret to this success? The answer is quite simple: a good team and early align-

ment between the owner, contractor, ar-chitectural and engineering teams. The project’s kick-off meeting set the stage for what the project team wanted to do and made sure everyone was onboard. Early in the project, concepts were explored that al-lowed the project team and owner to make informed decisions about sustainability. Simplified controls, reduced air change rates, staged exhaust, low pressure air drop system, reduced exhaust rate, and cascad-ing air systems were all ideas that made it through to the end due to continuous ex-ploration and discussions of sustainability features throughout the project.

After investigating the benefits and limitations of an enthalpy wheel, it was decided to include this energy recovery device. five 30,000cfm low-pressure drop enthalpy wheels were installed in the proj-ect building. An enthalpy wheel is a total energy recovery device designed to trans-fer outgoing heat and humidity (energy) to the incoming air. Because removing mois-ture can represent a substantial cost for conditioning air, an enthalpy wheel offers more savings compared to a more conven-tional air-to-air exchanger.

One of the more difficult hurdles to overcome within the existing building was the low ceilings – running ductwork was al-most impossible because the floor-to-floor height was so low, at approximately 9-10 feet. To overcome this and in lieu of a more standard hVAc system, displacement

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Boston - Kimberly Steimle, Suffolk construction’s chief mar-keting officer and chief people officer, has been named one of women of fIRE (finance, Insur-ance and Real Estate), in Banker & Tradesman’s second annual award honoring the key female players in the local fIRE sector.

At Suffolk, Steimle is re-sponsible for the overall manage-ment of the company’s branding platform, corporate marketing, business development, and community outreach campaigns. She also oversees the

human resources and training de-partments and is responsible for implementing Suffolk’s action-able long-term plan for develop-ing the organization’s greatest asset, its people.

In addition to her role at Suffolk, Steimle is highly in-volved in the local business and philanthropic communities and has been recognized several

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North Andover, mA - construction is under way for Brightview North Ando-ver, a new senior living com-munity located at 1275 Turn-pike Road in North Andover.

The $19.8 million project is being developed by Shelter Development of Baltimore, md., and will be operated by Brightview Se-nior living. pro con Inc of manchester, Nh, is the proj-ect architect and construction manager for the North Andover communi-ty, which will be the fifth Brightview com-munity in massachusetts.

Brightview will have 133 units, in-cluding 65 apartments for independent living, 41 apartments for assisted living, and 27 apartments for Alzheimer’s and dementia care. The apartments, which are all under one roof, will offer the residents a variety of floor plans and care options.

The four-story, 140,530sf apartment home community will offer a vibrant social environment where housekeeping, dining, transportation, and maintenance are pro-vided by a caring staff. plans call for the community to have elegant dining rooms, a private dining room, a café, wellness/fit-ness center, on-site movie theater, hobby room, billiard room, beauty/barber salon, library/media room, a roof-top garden, and outdoor patios.

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center (masscEc) recently announced that the Bay State’s clean energy econ-omy grew by 11.2% from July 2011 to July 2012. According to the 2012 mas-sachusetts clean Energy Industry Report released recently, the growing sector now employs 71,523 people at 4,995 clean en-ergy firms across Massachusetts.

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High-Profile’s michael marvelli re-cently attended the BisNow Boston Retail Summit where he took a photo of Nicole DeBenedictis and megan lewis with their president Steven Kelly of Timberline con-struction. we will have an update of the talk Steven presented at the summit to

share with our readers in our october issue. At the same event, goulston & Storrs

real estate partners Karen o’malley and Andrew Zelermyer are with Karen’s hus-band michael feldman, cEo of harry R. feldman, Inc. In an article on page 12 of this issue, michael is quoted as saying that his survey business is up 15% over last year.

AShRAE 100th

A special shout out to the people that helped us with the centerspread article on the AShRAE 100th Anniversary gala: Bob persechini of RDK Engineers, Sta-cie Suh of Stebbins-Duffy, Inc., who also volunteers as editor of NorthEastAire the online AShRAE publication for members, and michael Sears of RDK Engineers, who was taking photos the night of the event and then provided them to us in quick time for our press date. mike gave up his cam-era for the photo here with Bella Strings.

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Boston - The New England conser-vatory of music plans to construct two new buildings on its Boston campus, both de-signed by Ann Beha Architects with gensler Boston as associate architect. The projects were recently approved by the Boston Re-development Authority and are planned to break ground in 2013.

founded in 1867, the New England conservatory of music is the oldest in-dependent school of music in the United States. located in Boston’s East fenway district, the conservatory occupies 2.5 acres and offers undergraduate and gradu-ate degree programs, a continuing education program, and a preparatory program for stu-dents ages 3-18. The core of the campus is Jordan hall, an internationally-known con-

cert hall, which was restored by ABA. These buildings will be the Conservatory’s first new construc-tion projects in over 60 years.

The design proposes an extensive transformation of the urban campus, removing two ex-isting structures and installing ex-tensive new streetscape and land-scaping. A dynamic new image for the conservatory will be seen on huntington Avenue and on the famous southern edge, St Botolph street. phase 1 is a new student life and performance center accom-modating student residences, din-

ing commons, the conservatory’s superb library and archival collections, practice and performance facilities, and an opera workshop.

phase 2 will provide additional stu-dent and faculty resources, offices, practice rooms, and a black box theater designed for ensembles and for the conservatory’s opera program.

This $130 million project will cre-ate a vibrant new setting for academic and community life and will invigorate the con-servatory’s urban presence and cultural im-pact. These distinctly contemporary build-ings symbolize the forward looking mission of the institution and its preeminence as a world class conservatory. The buildings are transparent, showcasing the activities and performances within, and, with the conser-vatory’s historic buildings, form an archi-tectural ensemble spanning two centuries.

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londonderry, Nh - cornerstone construction company of manchester is partnering with foodState Nutrients (formerly BioSan laboratories), maker of the megafood line of premium dietary supplements, to ex-pand its New hampshire manufacturing and warehouse facilities.

working with Stibler Associates of manchester, cornerstone was hired to provide an analysis of food State’s space requirements and assess whether the company should build, buy, or expand its current locations. cornerstone subsequently was awarded a design-build contract to renovate and build out a facility at 11 Delta Drive in londonderry.

foodState is relocating its current dry manufacturing facility from a Derry location

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Boston - colliers meredith & grew was the project manager and Suf-folk construction general contractor for the first phase of the renovation at The fairmont copley plaza. The architect is parker Torres, a massachusetts-based

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Boston - mayor Thomas m. menino; BRA Director peter meade; portland, ore-gon developers gerding Edlen; restaurateur Barbara lynch; and Senator Jack hart cel-ebrated a groundbreaking on Boston wharf Tower in fort point. The $100 million proj-ect will feature 202 rental units, including 22 on-site affordable units. The project also in-cludes an off-site component at 63 melcher Street with 27 units of innovation housing.

Boston wharf Tower at 319 A Street Rear, in the heart of the Innovation Dis-trict, will be Gerding Edlen’s first Boston development. This 20-story tower will be

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Boston - US Ambassador Barry B. white, along with other honored guests and foreign dignitaries, recently cel-ebrated the groundbreaking of the EYp-designed US Embassy in oslo, Norway.

Situated on a 10-acre site, the multi-building complex will include a chancery, an underground support annex, three entry pavilions, and marine security guard quarters.

The new Embassy will incorpo-rate numerous sustainable features, including a restored stream that will become a key landscape feature and con-tribute to storm water management. other sustainable features include a green roof on one building, use of natural daylight for en-ergy savings, and a ground-source heat ex-change system that will allow the Embassy

to meet nearly 100% of its heating load. The new site is also located within 300 me-ters of public transportation and includes more than 45 bicycle parking spaces. The facility is targeting LEED Silver certifica-tion.


Exeter, Nh - Al’s Automotive Ser-vice center has contracted with Jewett Automotive Design & construction of Raymond for an extensive renovation of its Exeter facility. A groundbreaking was held on July 26.

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worcester, mass - winnDevelop-ment, of Boston, announced the ceremonial groundbreaking and funding of Voke lofts, a 116,306sf foot mixed-income residential building in worcester.

winnDevelopment joined govern-ment officials in celebrating the opening of the sole housing component of the city of worcester’s gateway park master plan.

The gateway park master plan rep-resents an innovative partnership between worcester polytechnic Institute and the worcester Building Development corp. to redevelop the 55-acre brownfield district next to downtown worcester. The plan has resulted in $80 million worth of public and private investment funding to date.

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of the preservation and adaptive reuse of the existing building at 34 grove Street, formerly known as the worcester Voca-tional Technical School. once complete, the building will be comprised of 84 units of mixed-income multifamily housing, half of which will be operated as low-income rental units that will be restricted to house-holds with incomes between 30% and 60% of the area’s median income. The lofts will also feature amenities such as an on-site management office, a community room with a kitchen, a computer learning center, and fitness center and bike storage.

Dellbrook construction was named the project’s general contractor, and the architect of record is The Architectural Team, Inc.


Natick, mA - callahan con-struction and Avalon Bay commu-nities have hired metro walls, Inc. of manchester, Nh to be part of the team for the Avalon Bay Apart-ments in Natick, mass. metro walls is performing all light gauge framing, sheathing, rough carpen-try, and drywall.

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Boston - Business is up 15% over last year for harry R. feldman, Inc. according to michael feldman, president and cEo. Its crew members find themselves on sites like Boston wharf Tower, liberty mutual, Kensington, and hayward place.

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New haven, cT - The gateway community college in New haven held a ribbon-cutting celebration in August. The Dimeo construction co. team was part of the collaborative effort in helping deliver the new campus designed by perkins+will. This is the largest cm-at-Risk construction proj-ect the state has ever undertaken and its first public building designed to be lEED gold certified.

The Dimeo team was also on hand for a topping-off at the new Visual & per-forming Arts center, designed by holzman moss Bottino Architecture / Amenta Emma, at western connecticut State University in Danbury. The new 134,000sf center for wcSU will house two primary teaching/

performance spaces, a 350-seat concert hall, and a 350-seat proscenium theater, as well as multiple technical production and rehearsal spaces required to support these venues.

The town of grafton, mass. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 27 for the new grafton high School designed by Symmes maini & mcKee Associates (SmmA). This new 186,000sf high school

will house 900 students, with a capacity to expand the population to 1,100. The project is located on the existing 46 acre high school site so great care and planning needed to take place to segregate the work site from the occupied campus.

The Dimeo Team is currently under way with construction on the new 322,000sf, $104.7 million, colocated Duxbury mid-dle and high School, designed by mount

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The existing middle school will be demolished, and the area will be redevel-oped with reorganized parking, improved vehicular path of circulation, as well as ac-tive and passive recreational outdoor space. The existing high school site will be rede-veloped for the replacement of athletic fields displaced on the middle school site and will include parking, vehicular and pedestrian circulation, as well as a field house with re-strooms, team areas, and concession area. The project is scheduled for completion in

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manchester, Nh - Eckman con-struction of Bedford has been selected to serve as construction manager for a student center at manchester community college. construction has begun on the 28,000sf renovation and addition project at the front Street campus, Eckman’s third project at the school.

The new space will include a large multi-purpose room with a full-size bas-ketball court, a new kitchen with dining room, a function room, a student lounge area, fitness rooms, locker rooms; and of-fices for student organizations. An outdoor

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construction is scheduled for com-pletion in may 2013, with the building re-maining occupied throughout the project.

The first task, which has already been completed, was the relocation of the kitchen to a temporary location during con-struction. The student center was designed by lavallee Brensinger Architects of man-chester.

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struction corp. announced the com-pletion of the Redstone lofts project at the University of Vermont.

Redstone lofts, owned by UVm’s catamount housing, llc., is the university’s largest on-campus student housing complex, with two buildings and 403 beds, within 144 units. The housing is a mix of studio, one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom apart-ments. The two buildings are joined by a common room called the lantern. UVm’s juniors, seniors, and graduate students are eligible to live in the apartments.

Redstone Development of Burlington developed the project and will continue to

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Quincy, mA – The design for the ren-ovations of the coddington School is under way. wessling Architects of Quincy was selected to provide historic preservation, building envelope restoration, and interior design for this turn-of-the-century historic building.

The coddington School is one of Quincy’s finest institutional buildings, de-signed by charles Brigham, one of Boston’s great architects. The coddington School is individually listed in the State National Reg-isters of historic places.

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Douglas – A new 83,100sf elementary school and the renovation of an 88,245sf middle school are under way in this $36.2 million project that kicked off last spring. The project also includes construction of a new roadway and athletic fields. CTA’s win-ning bid saved taxpayers $2.6 million off the proposed budget. The project architect is DiNisco Design partnership, ltd.

Vinson-owen Elementary School – The new 78,000sf school in winchester broke ground in the spring. The $20.7 mil-lion, three-story, brick-clad school is being built on the site of its predecessor, which was demolished last year. Designed by Tappe Associates of Boston, the school will feature a classroom wing, art, music and computer rooms, a media center, gymna-sium, cafeteria, offices, and multiple play-grounds.

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Ithaca, NY - cornell law School’s three collegiate gothic buildings include its landmark library and moot court, law clinics, and instructional, faculty, and staff spaces. Ann Beha Architects (ABA) identified a series of compelling opportunities to sup-port and advance the law school’s academic agenda.

central to the plan is the sustainable repurposing of existing buildings; and the preservation of the law school’s historic re-sources and unique landscape.

ABA has designed a three-phase ap-proach for the renovation and expansion of the law school, preserving greenspace and strengthening campus pathways with care-fully considered architectural and landscape initiatives. phase 1, currently under construc-tion, includes a new entry and lobby on col-lege Avenue and a new below-grade Aca-demic center accommodating three tiered classrooms, gathering and break out spaces. Future phases include the reconfiguration of the law library to accommodate instruction-al, gathering and student life spaces.

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Newton, mA - In western massa-chusetts, diversified project management ( Dpm) is managing the design and con-struction of a new, 400 bed residence hall at Westfield State University ( WSU). This $40 million project is the collaboration between the university and the massachu-setts State college Building Authority. The 135,000sf complex includes two major five-story buildings linked by sky corri-dors. The university was unyielding in its stance to create a building that contained a prominent iconic feature, and the element that was developed is a two-story dramatic tunnel which also creates the main entrance to the building off of the campus green.

The dorm project, when completed, will give Westfield State the highest on-cam-pus residency among the state system. The new hall is specifically designed to accom-modate students that require physical and be-havioral assistance. Dpm coordinated the assembly of the design team and construction manager, managed the design process, and is currently overseeing construction.

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Diversified is also managing the design and concentrated renovations to wSU’s Ely hall. This $15 million pro-gram, funded collaboratively by the uni-

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Diversified’s Hartford office is cur-rently managing the ff&E coordination and move management services for gate-way community college’s new, state-of-the-art campus on church Street in downtown New haven. The $198 mil-lion, lEED gold facility is 360,000gsf and consists of 75% instructional and student

space and 25% offices and noninstructional space. DPM was involved with specifica-tion of specialized medical equipment, con-ducting an inventory of existing ff&E, and assisting with developing scenarios for new furniture. In addition, Dpm reviewed and verified the specified FF&E; assisted in its procurement; and coordinated the delivery, installation, and reuse and / or disposition of nonusable furniture. Dpm also planned, coordinated, is currently managing and overseeing the relocation of the contents, programs, etc. from the existing campuses to the new downtown campus.

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Also in connecticut, Dpm has been hired by connecticut college to provide opm services for the renovation and ex-pansion of New london hall – the college’s oldest academic building. Built in 1915, New london hall houses the life sciences departments including biology, botany, en-vironmental science, and computer science.

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Best practices of sustainability are being implemented with a goal of obtain-ing LEED Silver certification through the USgBc. construction is now under way and is expected to be completed by the fall of 2012. Dpm is providing staff augmenta-tion for the existing facilities management department and is responsible for the man-agement of the construction schedule and budget for the project.

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wolfeboro, Nh - North Branch construction of concord has completed

the phased $43 million additions and renovations to the Kingswood Re-gional high School, middle School, and Technical center. Despite the challenges of working on an occupied school campus, North Branch com-pleted this project for the governor wentworth Regional School District four months ahead of schedule.

The architect for this project was cmK Architects of manchester.

This project has been called the “most complicated public school project in the history of the state” by the governor wentworth Regional School District Superintendent John Robertson. North Branch was already on site for phase 1 building a new multi-purpose building, new synthetic and natural turf athletic fields as well as a geothermal ground heat exchanger (ghE) piping system to serve the entire campus. The $18.2 million multi-purpose building includes a 900 seat auditorium with class-rooms and locker rooms.

phase 1 construction was completed in November 2010 and won the Award of merit in construction for the Institutional over $10 million category at the 2011 ABc Nh/VT Excellence in construction Awards.

This project was built to meet the energy efficiency and environmental stan-dards of the Northeast collaborative for high performance Schools (NEchpS State funding for School construction). chip Krause of cmK commented that the preliminary results for total energy used by this facility is 40% less than other high per-formance schools. The techniques utilized for this energy savings are applicable to any building type.

phase 2 of construction began in June

2010 and included major underground site utility reconstruction bringing the geo-thermal system (wells drilled in phase 1) to all three schools. over 300 construction workers were on-site daily when students left for the summer of 2011 school vaca-tion. The high school and middle school schedules were fast-tracked in order to be ready for the 2011 fall semester.

This two year project includ-ed 90,000sf of additions and nearly 270,000sf of renovations to the middle school, high school and technical center. All three schools were re-roofed and reno-vated. The high school underwent a total gut renovation, including asbestos abate-ment. The middle and highschools’ exte-rior façades were replaced, upgrading the thermal envelopes.

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Avon, cT - construction recently started for the 67,000sf Reg-gio magnet School of the Arts in

Avon. Designed by friar Associates Inc. of farmington, this 450-student, pre-kinder-garten through grade five school follows the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy.

The main piazza forms the building’s central design theme. This gathering space acts much like the outdoor, old-world piaz-zas in Italy. Bringing the outdoor piazza in-side allows both small and large gatherings to meet for presentations and other group functions. while also serving as a gallery to display projects and art, the piazza at Reggio magnet School of the Arts pro-vides circulation space between the class-rooms, gymnasium, and cafeteria.

True to the Reggio Emilia tradition, the classroom arrangement creates shared studio spaces – one per every three class-rooms. Throughout the school, student projects and art retain importance with dis-play cases, tack boards, and interior view-ing windows throughout the building.

The two-story structure complies with connecticut high performance Build-ing standards. The design team incorpo-rated energy-efficient systems and finish

materials with a high recycled content into the building, which assisted in attaining the required 28 points. construction mate-rials include a structural steel frame with a brick and stone exterior and pVc roof membrane. The brick detailing is remi-niscent of old-world brick corbelling and features a low-relief brick sculpture on the front façade.

As the construction manager, New-field Construction of Hartford is lead-ing the construction effort. This proj-ect is scheduled for completion for the 2013/2014 school year at a construction cost of $20 million.

when the school is complete stu-dents and staff will enjoy a modern edu-cational facility – one that utilizes building systems, technology, and architectural ele-ments that facilitate learning and enhance the educational environment.

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Wakefield, MA - Recently, Beverly high School and the Abraham lincoln El-ementary School were honored at the State house with outstanding green School Awards. These were two of five schools in the commonwealth honored by the green Schools organization for transforming their learning environments. The green School organization commended both of these schools for their green initiatives.

This is the fourth year that the green Schools organization has recognized out-standing schools and environmental lead-ership in schools and communities. Awards were given to schools, leaders, projects, environmental education, and efforts to improve waste management. Robin organ, executive director and founder of green Schools, highlighted each school’s sustain-able green design elements.

originally built in 1965, Beverly high School was the picture of classic cali-fornian style academic campus. Sprawling over five acres, the two-story school build-ing had three academic wings, a field house and auditorium jutting off like spokes from a central corridor. At the time of its con-struction there was little consideration as to its energy efficiency, utilization of physical space, or of percentage of impervious sur-face. As the years passed, the school started to decay, the roof was deteriorating, and the school was no longer a building of which the community could be proud nor could it deliver top-quality education to its students.

Under the threat of losing accredita-tion due solely to the deteriorating school

building, mayor william Scanlon took the necessary steps to transform the Beverly high School campus. he formed a “green Team,” comprised of Al calcagno, proj-ect manager, heery International, Ricardo Anderson, assistant project manager, cTA/Konover construction, Arnel catalan, asso-ciate principal, mVg Architects, and paul Banks, principal, B2Q Associates; to ensure that the new Beverly high School would re-flect today’s principles of energy efficiency, sustainability, and smart growth.

The school underwent a significant transformation. construction included a new four-story academic addition of ap-

proximately 160,000sf and renovations to the main core facilities, including the field house, cafeteria, auditorium, and music spaces. Breaking ground in January 2009, Beverly high School was complet-ed on-time, under-budget, and targeted 41 points un-der the collaborative for high performance School

Verification Program. Beverly high School is now a high

performance school.Abraham lincoln Elementary

School was completed in 2010. The city of New Bedford worked with Daedalus projects Inc., mVg Architects and its con-sultant team to design and develop a new facility that would provide the commu-nity with a 21st century learning environ-ment. The new 93,833sf elementary school serves 600 students from kindergarten to fifth grade. The building features an au-ditorium, gymnasium, cafeteria, library/

media center, classroom spaces, and a rec-reation area including a synthetic turf field and resilient track. The new facility con-tains high-efficiency systems and meets or exceeds all massachusetts chpS require-ments.

The Abraham lincoln School has been designated a “model School” by the commonwealth of mSBA’s model School program. This program was established to allow communities to reuse the design of a successful, recently constructed el-ementary, middle, and high school. model schools contain optimal classroom space and are chosen by the mSBA for their ef-ficiency, ease of maintenance, ability to accommodate lower or higher enrollments and the incorporation of sustainable green design elements. Districts in the state can now use the Abraham lincoln Elementary School as a model for their new elementary school, modifying space and floor plans to suit the goals and needs of their communi-ty. when communities use a model school they can reduce both projects costs and completion time.

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A MESSAGE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

MA Court Rules: Solar PV Installations are Electrical

PHYSICAL INSTALLATION of PV Systems Must Be Done by LICENSED ELECTRICIANS

AJuly 2012 ruling by Suffolk Superior Court affirmed the long-held position of the Massachusetts State Board of Examiners of Electricians: licensed electricians and properly

supervised apprentices must install solar photovoltaic (PV) systems with the assistance of other non-electrical building professionals as necessary.

In August 2010, a contingent of solar companies without electrical licenses took legal action against the Board (John Carroll et al. v. Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians et al.), alleging theBoard’s position kept them from advertising for and taking on solar PV projects out of fear of prosecution.The group sought a declaratory judgment that they, as so-called general contractors, are beyond the Board’sjurisdiction with respect to advertising and performing non-electrical solar PV installation tasks.

WHAT THE RULING MEANS TO YOU

The Court’s decision affirmed the following in regard to solar PV installations:

• PHYSICAL INSTALLATION of solar PV systems MUST be done by LICENSED ELECTRICIANS.• INSTALLATION includes, but is not limited to:

Linking individual modules, hardware, mounting brackets, grounding, installation of wires, conduits, apparatus, devices, fixtures, other appliances, etc., as mandated by M.G.L. Chapter 141.

• General Contractors MAY advertise solar PV systems ONLY if subcontracting installation to LICENSED ELECTRICIANS.

• General Contractors MAY perform NON-ELECTRICAL tasks within a project, including energy audits; applying for tax credits; consulting with consumers about renewable energy options; analysis of roof conditions, strength, wind effect and load; physical piercing, waterproofing and reinforcement of the roof; and purchase of PV panels and transport from warehouse to the jobsite. However, a LICENSED ELECTRICIAN is required for INSTALLATION.

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Boston, MA - The Boston Chapter of ASHRAE recently hosted the Region 1 Chapter Regional Conference at the Marriott Copley Place in downtown Boston.

ASHRAE’s Region 1 is comprised of 15 chapters that are located throughout the six New England states plus New York and New Jersey. More than 150 active ASHRAE members and their families attended the conference.

The three-day Chapter Regional Conference began on Thursday at noon and offered attendees seminars on building design and technical training, along with time built in to ex-plore the city of Boston, complete with a Duck Tour and a guided trip to the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Con-tractors National Association (SMAC-NA) Boston site. As the conference came to a close on Saturday the 25th, there was a 100th Anniversary Celebra-tion Gala. Approximately 600 people from local engineering firms, contrac-tors, manufacturers, facility owners and other professional societies joined in

ASHRAE Boston immediate past president Patrick Duffy,

BR+A with Tom Watson, ASHRAE Society

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RDK Principal Bob Persechini, who planned the event along with former ASHRAE President Bill Garvey and Darcy Carbone of Stebbins-Duffy, Inc., had this to say about gala: “Turning 100 years old is a major achievement for the Boston Chapter of ASHRAE. We are tremendously grateful for the personal friendships and professional connections that all of us have made as ASHRAE members and we enjoyed every moment we spent at the conference and gala.”

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Boston, MA - The Boston Chapter of ASHRAE recently hosted the Region 1 Chapter Regional Conference at the Marriott Copley Place in downtown Boston.

ASHRAE’s Region 1 is comprised of 15 chapters that are located throughout the six New England states plus New York and New Jersey. More than 150 active ASHRAE members and their families attended the conference.

The three-day Chapter Regional Conference began on Thursday at noon and offered attendees seminars on building design and technical training, along with time built in to ex-plore the city of Boston, complete with a Duck Tour and a guided trip to the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Con-tractors National Association (SMAC-NA) Boston site. As the conference came to a close on Saturday the 25th, there was a 100th Anniversary Celebra-tion Gala. Approximately 600 people from local engineering firms, contrac-tors, manufacturers, facility owners and other professional societies joined in

ASHRAE Boston immediate past president Patrick Duffy,

BR+A with Tom Watson, ASHRAE Society

Emery George, John Duffy, and Darcy Carbone; Stebbins-Duffy Inc.

With Bella Strings are Steven Tafone (MC), Suffolk Construction; Jim Magarian, TMP Consulting Engineers; and Bob Persechni, RDK Engineers.

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the celebration at this action-packed event.Preparation and planning for the gala took over a year, with ASHRAE

Society President Tom Watson and many other Society dignitaries in attendance. Gala planners worked together on everything from menu choices to auditioning acts for live music to making sure they compiled photos that showcased everything that the Boston ASHRAE Chapter had accomplished in the past 100 years.

RDK Principal Bob Persechini, who planned the event along with former ASHRAE President Bill Garvey and Darcy Carbone of Stebbins-Duffy, Inc., had this to say about gala: “Turning 100 years old is a major achievement for the Boston Chapter of ASHRAE. We are tremendously grateful for the personal friendships and professional connections that all of us have made as ASHRAE members and we enjoyed every moment we spent at the conference and gala.”

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Quincy, mA - BoND, a construction management firm joined local officials and resi-dents to celebrate the completion of the new South cove community health center on holmes Street in Quincy with a ribbon cutting and dedi-cation ceremony.

BoND provided construction management services on the $11 mil-lion, 21,000sf community health center. The center has an existing patient base of 12,000 that continues to grow at a rapid rate.

This facility will allow for improved service to the city’s rising demand for multi-cultural medical services with ex-panded services in pediatrics, dental, ob/

gyn, behavioral health, optometry, and so-cial services

The new building features eight pe-diatric rooms, four behavioral health con-sultation rooms, expanded oB/gYN, den-tal operatories and an optometry suite. The fourth floor has conference and meeting room space, a learning center and a roof top Zen garden incorporating feng-shui design.

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Participating in the ribbon cutting were l-r State Senator John Keenan, Mayor Thomas Koch, Board Member Dr. Ste-

phen Tang, State Rep. Tackey Chan, and South Cove Executive Director Eugene Welch

Randolph, mA - construction is on schedule for three new apartment buildings located in the Rosemont Square community of Randolph. The new development will complement the existing 384 garden-style apart-ment units that are also undergoing renovations. pro con Inc of man-chester, Nh is the general contractor for 120 new apartment homes. The community is being developed by The praedium group, a New York city-based national real estate investment firm and its partner, Beacon Commu-

nities of Boston. Davis Square Architects of Somerville is the project architect, and Stantec consulting of Boston is the land-scape architect.

“We are installing the interior fin-ishes, including cabinets and flooring, in the first building and expect the model unit

to be open in early August,” stated the project manager for pro con Inc. “we are on target for a September comple-tion for the first building.”

Each of the 840sf, one-bed-room apartments will feature a fully furnished kitchen with Energy Star appliances, washer and dryer, and in-dividual balconies with sliding glass doors. Six of the units will be acces-sible apartments, and some units will have open kitchen floor plans. The new apartments will be located in three four-story garden-style buildings with elevators.

construction on the 120,000sf resi-dential project began in December 2011. The first building will be ready for occu-pancy in September 2012; the other two buildings will be completed by the end of october 2012.

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Nashua, Nh - Brookstone Build-ers, Inc. of manchester recently an-nounced that they have completed a renovation project at St. Joseph hospi-tal in Nashua.

The project involved the upgrad-ing of interior finishes at the hospital’s off-site medical Arts west physicians’ office on Kinsley Street. All of the three-story building’s common areas,

including hallways, stairways, elevator-lobbies and bathrooms, were refinished with new ceilings, flooring, wallpaper and paint.

In order to avoid any interruption of or interference with patient visits, the work was completed during evening and weekend hours, enabling the physi-cians to maintain a full schedule during the project.

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ago, we spent time thinking about how we want to represent ourselves. The develop-ment of a clear identity was important for both expressing our uniqueness and solidi-fying the concept of our company.

likewise, the process of designing for a client is an op-portunity to assist in clarifying their own sense of who they are and shape how they are perceived. we have found that many of our clients are looking to us to find this collaboration.

As architects, we enjoy the challenge, and two very different projects show how such exploration can drive a design process.

while working for a university cli-ent, we were commissioned to renovate a floor of a historic building, designed by a prominent architect. The client asked for an approach that would express the char-acter of the building itself and which could be repeated as more floors were renovated. while focusing on the program for the oc-cupants’ space and community needs was important, our design looked to capture the spirit of the original architecture and to re-inforce the role of the building in the cam-pus experience.

Researching the architect’s design career, we found elements from his com-plete body of work, as well as from within the building itself which could be reinter-preted to create an identity that links the history of the building to an exciting new future chapter. part of the enjoyment of the design process stemmed from learn-ing with the client, as researching the ar-chitect’s work led to a fuller understanding of the importance of the building within a broader context.

on a different scale, we recently be-gan work for a newly emerging commercial client, who was looking for a design which strongly reinforced their vision. Their clarity of identity allowed us to assist in strength-ening their brand through architecture.

As the first impression of a place, the lobby and connected public spaces needed to embody the idea of the company in a dy-namic fashion, allowing the balance of the space to be designed for more functional internal needs. working with this highly collaborative client, we pursued several avenues, all of which expressed different aspects of their brand. This exploration al-lowed the team to decide what was most important about the company and was an excellent platform for the investigation of ideas, making for an enjoyable and inter-active design process. Though on a tight schedule, spending time on the expression of the most prominent spaces was critical in subsequent design decisions, as their de-

velopment informed the rest of the project.It is interesting to us to find the con-

nection between the iterative process with our clients and our own recent process of focusing our firm’s identity. Before even taking on clients, we sat down and went through not only options for our firm’s name, but how that would be expressed in print and on the web. working with a graphic designer, we looked closely at how the focus of our work related to the visual expression of the company. multiple op-tions and concepts were created as we pur-sued ways of identifying who we intended to be. paring those ideas down into one single expression was a way to solidify how we wanted to work as architects and how we would approach collaborations with future clients.

we took away important lessons from that process, reinforcing the connec-tion that architecture can make between self-expression and space. Through our recent work we have found that by looking with our clients at how they want to shape their spaces, we engage them in thinking about what is important within their com-pany or campus. By working through dif-ferent ideas and paring the design to a clear idea, we find architecture can shape not only space, but how we understand our-selves and where we are and want to be.

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Amherst, mA - Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rick Sullivan and Department of Energy Resources commissioner mark Sylvia recently presented more than $1.15 million in grants to fund clean energy projects in the towns of Amherst, conway, gill, huntington, Northfield, Pelham, and Sunderland.

In addition to the grants listed below, the towns will receive a cer-tificate from the commonwealth and four road signs identifying them as an official Green Community. Re-ceiving grants were:

Amherst: $302,000; conway: $139,650; gill: $139,900; hunting-ton: $140,650; Northfield: $143,750; pelham: $138,100, and Sunderland: $146,450

The grants are part of a pack-age of nearly $2.75 million in fund-ing to be given to the state’s 17 new-est green communities. In addition to the seven communities receiving grants monday, awards were made to Ashland, Auburn, Berlin, great Bar-rington, lakeville, leominster, Rich-mond, Tisbury, Townsend, and west Tisbury.

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High-Profile Cover Story: Rockland Middle and High Schools

Rockland, mA - Agostini construc-tion company of East providence, RI was selected as construction

manager at risk by the Rockland School Building committee in April 2010 to man-age the $66 million construction of the new John Rogers middle School and renovation of the Rockland high School.

Agostini joined owner’s project man-ager Daedalus projects, Inc. of Boston and Dore & whittier Architects, Inc. of New-buryport, mass. and South Burlington, Vt. to successfully direct the project through fi-

nal design, bidding, and construction. This project was designed for lEED Silver cer-tification.

Despite difficult economic times, Rockland residents voted overwhelmingly to support the replacement of their existing 84-year-old middle school and an upgrade of the town’s high school. A new 110,000sf middle school was attached to the front of the existing 162,000sf high school with a design that allows sharing of some core spaces while establishing necessary sepa-ration construction of the middle school

started in January 2011 and was completed and opened to students as scheduled in Sep-tember 2012. Renovation of the occupied high school also started in January 2011 with a phased renovation schedule. phase 1 classrooms were occupied by students on schedule in September 2011 and the final phase of renovations will be completed in December 2012.

The middle school is a three-story building with brick masonry and metal panel façade that presents expansive cur-tain walls and banks of windows to flood the classrooms and common areas with natural light. programmatically, the school features state-of-the-art classrooms, mod-ern science lab facilities, multiple computer labs, cafeteria, and gymnasium. compelling and distinctive elements of the new school include a library/media center that will be shared with the high school, a multi-purpose

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140-seat lecture hall with the latest in audio/visual technology, an enclosed courtyard with recycled glass walkway, and expansive common areas including an open courtyard and outdoor stage.

The existing high school, constructed in 1958, expanded in 1969, and essentially in original condition, will be completely gutted and renovated. windows, curtain walls, roofing, and metal panels will be new, and the existing brick masonry will undergo extensive patching and repair. Inside, the flooring, ground-face masonry walls, doors and hardware, ceilings, and porcelain ce-ramic wall tiles will be new as will the elec-trical, lighting, plumbing, fire protection, and hVAc systems.

A renovated auditorium features a new orchestra pit, an attached chorus room, a new band room with storage and practice areas; the renovated gymnasium and locker room facilities include new fitness, trainer, and weight room spaces, and the kitchen and cafeteria are updated. New technol-

ogy labs and home economics spaces have been included in the program, and extensive renovations have led to modern science lab facilities and upgraded computer labs, art room spaces, radio station, and cable TV studio. Removal and replacement of an existing rooftop photovoltaic system is in-cluded in the project.

following completion of the new John Rogers middle School, the existing building will be abated of asbestos and haz-ardous materials and then demolished to

make space for new parking areas. Exist-ing limestone accent pieces from the exist-ing middle school main entrance were sal-vaged and incorporated into the new middle school construction.

Sitework improvements include new granite curbing, extensive concrete side-walks with integrated concrete pavers, and new paving, landscaping, signage, site lighting, bike racks, site bench-es and game tables, brick veneer planters, chain link fencing, and retaining walls. Tennis courts and basketball courts have been added to the school’s outdoor facilities.

The success of this project has been exemplified by the consis-tent, on-schedule completion of the multiple phases of work and care-ful cost control that kept the project under budget through all stages of its development.

An excellent working re-lationship between Agostini, the Rockland School Building com-mittee, Daedalus projects, Dore & whittier Architects, the owner and

their staff facilitated effective teamwork. A high level of cooperation and collaboration was mandated and established on day one and was exhibited daily as multiple owner requests and changes were expeditiously managed and executed while impacts to the project were minimized.

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Bridgeport, cT - Erin liberis of Stamford was selected as the first recipient of the new Vi-king construction Edu-cation Scholarship.

Viking president Anthony gaglio, Sr., joined Anthony gaglio Jr., Viking project man-ager, and Jennifer Di Renzo, member of Vi-king’s Scholarship team, to present the $4,000 scholarship award to liberis, who is pursu-ing a degree in civil engineering at clark-son University in New York.

Viking created the annual scholar-ship program as part of its efforts to sup-port the next generation of construction professionals.

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Torrington, cT - c.h. Nickerson & company, a Torrington-based construction firm specializing in water and wastewater treatment construction, was recognized this week for its $2,500 donation to the housa-tonic Valley Association (hVA), an orga-nization that works to protect nearly 2,000 square miles of land and water throughout the housatonic River Valley.

four other connecticut and New England-based construction companies also donated $2,500 each, bringing the total donation to $12,500. The donation triggered a $12,500 matching grant from Aquarion water company, making a grand total $25,000.

In addition to Nickerson, the other participating firms were: Burns Construc-tion of Stratford, h.D. Supply waterworks of Bridgeport and New Britain, J.J. Bren-nan construction of Shelton, and Tighe & Bond Engineers of Westfield, Mass.

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ognized at a ceremony at Aquarion water company’s headquarters in Bridgeport.

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glastonbury, cT - Dan T. Kinard, p.E. has been promoted to associate principal at gZA geoEnvironmental’s glaston-bury office.

Kinard joined the com-pany in october of 2009. pre-viously he was a senior proj-ect manager with ocean and coastal consultants, with prior employment as vice president of haley & Aldrich.

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High-Profile: Connecticut Calendar

AIA connecticut The AIA connecticut Annual conference - Two Days (oct. 3 & oct. 25) october 3, 2012 - New haven lawn club, 193 whitney Avenue, New ha-venprogram: walking tours of new and old significant New Haven architecture; hard hat Tour of the new Yale Univer-sity School of management designed by Sir Norman foster. october 25 - Educational programs; opportunities to network with event

underwriters and sponsors. for more information please go to aiact.org.

cSASeptember 19 - 8 - 9:30 a.m.The connecti-cut Subcontrac-tors Association invites you to attend a finance/State Bonding and grants Seminar.hartford Square North Building in hartfordKim hawkins, the director of the Busi-ness Resource center, will provide information to successfully maneuver through the often complicated process of obtaining a bond, estimating a con-struction project, getting financing, or applying for a grant.If you are a subcontractor in connecti-cut this seminar should not be missedfor information: www.brcct.com

September 24Shuttle meadow country club in Kens-ington The connecticut Building congress is holding its 17th Annual Robert J. le-floch memorial golf outing.The annual golf outing is the cBc’s main fund raising event. proceeds will go to the cBc schol-arship fund This year’s outing will again be an 18-hole shot-

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New haven, cT – The New haven-based architectural and engineering firm of Bo-roson falconer, llc announces the comple-tion of its most recent project, hill central School. located on Dewitt Street in the city’s hill neighbor-hood, the public preK-8 school opened on schedule on August 29 with a projected enroll-ment of 540 students.

The 77,500sf new construction proj-ect, which replaces the former hill cen-tral music Academy on the same site, was approximately $2.5 million under budget. The school’s heating and cooling will be generated by a new central utility plant, that also provides supplementary power via a fuel cell. The central utility plant also serves another school nearby.

Designed to lEED Silver standards, the facility has been submitted for Energy Star Challenge certification, sponsored an-nually by the US EpA. A unique quality is the two-story main entrance corridor with skylights to allow sunlight to the interior. All of the school’s occupied spaces permit views to natural daylight.

principal architect Ken Boroson said,

“It is tremendously gratifying to create a new school that’s state of the art, energy efficient, aesthetically pleasing and con-structed significantly under budget. We always look forward to being present at the first day of school to welcome the students and staff to their new educational home.”

hill central is the fourth school de-signed by Boroson falconer as part of New haven’s $1.5 billion citywide School construction program, initiated by mayor John DeStefano Jr. and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Reginald R. mayo, and over-seen by the New haven School construc-tion program manager, gilbane Building company. giordano construction of Bran-ford was construction manager.

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The two-story main entrance corridor with skylights allows sunlight to the interior.

farmington, cT - KBE Building corporation has won a 2012 connecticut green Building Award of merit from The US green Building council, connecticut chapter (cTgBc) for its Armed forces Reserve center in middletown.

The $54 million, 203,000sf center encompasses a training center, a vehicle maintenance facility, and a field equip-ment storage facility for the connecticut National guard and Army Reserve. In a joint venture with DeRita construction, KBE building corporation was the design-Builder, with Kleinfelder as the architect of record. The fast-tracked construction phase was completed in just 16 months,

even with permit delays and the removal of nearly 500,000 cubic yards of soil and rock from the site. The new Reserve center fea-tures numerous “green” building measures, including a green roof, photovoltaic arrays, and high-efficiency heating and cooling systems.

The Armed forces Reserve center project also won Best in Show from con-necticut’s Associated Builders and contrac-tors, Inc., as well as the 2012 Engineering Excellence grand Award from the Ameri-can council of Engineering companies and a first place Award at the 2012 connecti-cut Building congress (cBc) 16th Annual project Team Awards Banquet.

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Amherst, mA - Dr. Kate Atkinson, mD, a widely recognized Amherst family physician practice, began

looking for a new office four years ago, and she found it was not easy to find buildings or land that were zoned for medical offices in Amherst. Atkinson persevered and fi-nally broke ground for the new facility in April of this year, where she will be able to expand on the practice’s values of patient service, integrated practice, and disease prevention.

Atkinson family practice, designed by Kuhn Riddle Architects of Amherst and being constructed by wright Builders, Inc. of Northampton, is making headway to-ward a late-2012 move-in, approximately

four months ahead of contract schedule.high on the facility’s requirements

list is a sustainable, solar-powered environ-ment filled with natural light and healthy air for patients and staff.

The new facility will have ample room for medical-behavioral integrated

family-centered care. psychologists Susan molano and chaia wolf will partner with the medical team to provide whole-person care to patients of all ages from newborn to elderly in this family practice.

Kuhn Riddle Architects, onboard from the very beginning, designed this new 13,513sf building using sustainable components and building practices such as double wall construction, triple glazed windows, and VRV system heat pumps with energy recovery ventilators. Archi-tects Ann marshall and John Kuhn, along with their team, put together a unique and visionary facility, now more than mid-way into construction.

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provide estimating, value engineering, construction, and construction man-agement. Dr. Atkinson felt that “the pairing of Kuhn-Riddle and wright Builders was a natural choice, given their impressive history of collabora-tion on the design and construction of sustainable homes and offices through-out the valley.”

The building also features a 34.662 kw Dc solar photovoltaic sys-

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falmouth, mA - callahan, Inc. of Bridgewater recently completed work on the new falmouth Ice Arena. The state-of-the-art, energy-efficient arena opened earli-er this summer. callahan provided construc-tion management and general contracting services for the new facility.

The $6 million project was funded entirely by private donors and supporters of the falmouth Youth hockey league. The rink was at its previous location for 40 years. The new location features a 50,000sf pre-engineered metal building and sits on seven acres.

“we are always eager to work on projects that integrate the latest energy-saving technologies and cost-efficient prod-ucts,” said Joe Roche, project manager at callahan.

The arena features one full Nhl rink and a half sheet studio rink. The building is powered by the sun, through an 890 kw solar panel field on the roof and carport canopies in the parking areas. other energy

efficiency technologies include: optimized heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems, heat recovery technologies and on-demand water heaters. The advanced water heat recovery system powers the under-slab heating, snow melting and heating for ice resurfacing.

“The new cutting-edge arena is the only one of its kind in the region, using only half the power of similar arenas,” said Joel Irving, general manager of the arena.

In addition to the solar and energy efficient elements, the arena features a number of added amenities. These include a 2,000sf fitness center, full service snack bar and concession kitchen, administrative offices, nine locker rooms, lobby with a fire-place and seating area viewing the ice, and a pro shop with skate rentals. The custom made bleachers were built above the team changing rooms, providing an excellent view of the ice. The arena holds close to 850 spectators.

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Aerial view of the Falmouth Ice Arena

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NEcA 412 complements the Na-tional Electrical code (NEc) rules with essential information about quality and performance aspects of the photovoltaic equipment that transforms solar energy into electric power. This installation stan-dard covers performing site assessments, designing pV systems, and determining the correct pV equipment to install to ensure desired results, quality, and acceptable re-turns on investment customers expect.

This NEcA installation standard on photovoltaic systems is critically impor-tant, according to michael Johnston, NE-cA’s executive director of standards and safety. he said, “we are excited about the renewable options solar power can provide customers of all sizes. however, photovol-taic installation is a type of electrical instal-lation that should be always performed by qualified installers and qualified contrac-tors, as required in the NEc. customers should never forget that they’re essentially installing a power-generating station on their building. To protect the property and the occupants, they should always have a qualified electrical contractor oversee the installation.”

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High-Profile: PCINE News

Norwich cT - groundbreaking for phase 1 the Norwich Intermodal Trans-portation center in Norwich began in July 2010, and the facility was completed on time and on budget in the spring of 2012. The precast concrete facility brings together several modes of transportation including cars, buses, taxis, and limousines. Strategi-cally built on hollyhock Island near Route 82, it will allow phase two to include future access to rail and ferry service.

Designed by Domenech hicks and Krockmalnic (DhK) of Boston and New York, the façade of the parking structure features a inlaid combination brick with

stone look. DhK chose an thin brick façade that uses thin slices of real brick placed on a form; concrete is then poured over them securing them, and producing a large finished panel. The result is almost impossible to tell from a traditional masonry structure. The benefit of thin brick precast con-crete wall panels goes beyond aesthetic ap-peal to include expedi-ent erection, low main-tenance, and reduced

construction cost. The graceful stone arches over the

windows are actually precast concrete that is cast in forms along with the thin brick inlay, producing one large panel that in-cludes the window and is ready to erect. precast concrete perimeter columns were designed to look like stone and used to eliminate corner joints and expedite con-struction. The resulting design has a look

of permanence that will endure into the future.

The ability to cast forms into prac-tically any shape provides architects with unprecedented design freedom. According to Bruce hultgren, RA, AIA, “precast con-crete was used to maximize span lengths needed for the design, and its use short-ened the construction schedule.” DhK worked closely with Blakeslee prestress, cT, who produced all 393 precast concrete pieces for the project and erected them on the island and over an active street.

The $21.8 million project has been in the works since 1995 and has finally come to fruition with a well conceived de-sign that not only promises a new era in transportation for the area but will compli-ment future maritime traffic and travel into the harbor. This finished first phase is three levels, a total of 61,940sf, with 162 park-ing spaces; taxi and bus bays.

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High-Profile Focus: Healthcare Facilities Development News

portsmouth, Nh - pro con Inc of manchester is building the fit-up of a medical office suite in the West Build-ing at 155 Borthwick Avenue to accommodate a fixed mag-netic resonance imaging (mRI) unit for portsmouth Regional hospital. JSA of portsmouth is architect for the project.

pro con Inc will rein-force the floor of the MRI room by pouring a new slab with steel columns and footings. The interior of the room will be encased with a copper shield, and a quench vent will be installed up through the core of the build-ing. plans call for the mRI to be craned into place through an exterior wall, requiring the exterior skin of the building to be removed prior to installation and then be rebuilt.

The six month project is expected to be completed in late fall.

This is one of several medical of-fice fit-ups Pro Con has managed at 155 Borthwick Ave. including a 7,000sf office fit-up for Beacon Internal Medicine and a 16,000sf fit-up for Portsmouth Regional hospital’s physical Therapy and pediatric Rehabilitation center.

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portsmouth, Nh - JSA Inc. recently com-pleted renovation and ex-pansion projects on two new hospital labs.

portsmouth Re-gional hospital’s project involved the renovation and expansion of the original undersized mi-crobiology, chemistry, and hematology laborato-ries and blood bank locat-ed in the hospital’s core. In order to maintain all lab services unimpeded,

construction was bro-ken into four carefully planned phases.

At frisbie me-morial hospital the lab was redesigned and renovated, creating more efficient work-flows within the exist-ing square footage. Be-cause the lab remained fully functional during construction, the reno-vation was conducted in three phases to elim-inate any disruptions to critically needed lab services.

JSA completes hospital labs

Boston - Jones lang laSalle’s con-struction team completed an interior reno-vation for Boston medical center in its preston family Buildings center for endo-crinology, diabetes, nutrition, and weight management on 732 harrison Avenue, Boston. The $2.5 million project provides the community with a contemporary care facility. Jones lang laSalle is the construc-tion manager/general contractor.

patient treatment and common areas in the new 10,000sf hospital clinic on the second floor have been significantly up-graded. features include: upgraded hVAc and electrical systems, new finishes, com-fortable check-in and waiting areas, and other system upgrades and improvements on the existing floor. The construction work was multi-phased so as not to inter-rupt clinic operations.

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High-Profile: Awards

Boston - The Boston preservation Alliance recently announced its 2012 pres-ervation Achievement Awards:

New Construction in Harmony with Boston’s Built Environment• Dudley B-2 Neighborhood Police

Station; owner/developer: city of Boston public facilities Department; architect: leers weinzapfel Associates.

• Liberty Wharf; owner/developer: cresset Development, llc; land owner: massachusetts port Authority; architect: Elkus manfredi Architects.

• Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of medical history and Innovation at mas-sachusetts general hospital; owner/de-

veloper: paul S. Russell, mD museum of medical history and Innovation at massa-chusetts general hospital; architect: leers weinzapfel Associates.

Rehabilitation/Restoration Preserving Boston’s Architectural or

Cultural Heritage• Eustis Street Fire House; owner/

developer: historic Boston, Incorporated; Architect: Bergmeyer Associates, Inc.

• 1801 Paul Revere Bell at Old South meeting house; owner/developer: old South meeting house; architect: mcginley Kalsow & Associates.

Lighting Design in Harmony with Boston’s Built Environment• Everett Square Theatre Sign; own-

er/developer: pat Tierney, Tierney Realty group; architect: Bergmeyer Associates.

Integration of Preservation and New Construction

• Faneuil Hall Visitor Center; owner: city of Boston; developer: National park Service; architect: EYp.

• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; owner/developer: Isabella Stewart gardner museum; architect: Renzo piano Building workshop.

Rehabilitation/Restoration of an Iconic Boston Landmark

• Granary Burying Ground; owner/

developer: city of Boston parks and Rec-reation Department; landscape architect: walker-Kluesing Design group.

Neighborhood Restoration Effort• Peabody Square Reconstruction;

owner/developer: city of Boston public works Department; prime project consul-tant: Nitsch Engineering.

Restoration of a Park, Landscape, or Natural Area

• Statler Park; owner of plaza: City of Boston parks and Recreation Depart-ment; owner of roads: city of Boston pub-lic works Department; architect: halvor-son Design partnership.

Rehabilitation/Restoration of a Religious Property

• St. Cecilia’s Parish; owner/devel-oper: Boston Roman catholic Archdiocese; architect: Donham & Sweeney Architects

Boston preservation Alliance 2012 preservation Achievement Awards

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High-ProfileFeature: Hotchkiss School

lakeville, cT - o&g Industries, Inc. was contracted by the hotchkiss School and is nearing completion of

its new 16,500sf biomass heating facility. The new central heating facility will utilize wood chips in lieu of fossil fuel to support the school’s steam and hot water demands of the entire campus. greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by one third to one half, compared to the oil-fired boiler plant it replaces.

Designed by van Zelm Engineers and centerbrook Architects, the plant con-sists of two messersmith biomass boiler units and a 17,500cf storage bin capable of

supplying a week’s worth of fuel. An oil fired boiler serves as further backup. With its low profile and curved, sloping green roof, the new building blends with its sur-rounding landscape.

David madigan, pE, lEED Ap, and principal at van Zelm, states that the two biomass boiler units, operating at 82% ef-ficiency, can generate 14 million BTUs per hour in the form of 60 psi steam. The units will burn waste wood acquired from sustainably harvested, (fSc) federal Stewardship Council certified local for-ests, replacing some 150,000 gallons of fuel oil per year and saving approximately 95% of the campus heating requirements. The school will burn 5,400 tons of wood

chips will be burned by the School an-nually. waste ash from the combustion is collected for use as a fertilizer, and an electrostatic precipitator will remove over 95% of particulate matter from emis-sions. The 48-foot chimney will disperse emissions into prevailing winds, reducing ground-level impact to almost zero.

The project includes extensive bur-ied steam/condensate and hot water pip-ing to convert the new plant to the existing campus steam distribution system as well as the hot water heating plant for the mars Athletic center.

Biomass heating is expected to re-duce hotchkiss’ carbon footprint by more

The hotchkiss School Biomass facilty Nears completionDesigned by van Zelm Engineers and centerbrook Architects, o&g cm

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High-ProfileFeature: Hotchkiss School

Project Team for The Hotchkiss Schoolowner: The Hotchkiss School

Architect for core and Shell: Centerbrook ArchitectsmEp Systems Eng./Designer: van Zelm Engineers

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than 6 million pounds of carbon dioxide per year. One of only three LEED certified power plants in the country, the new cen-tral heating facility attests to the hotchkiss School’s commitment to becoming a car-bon-neutral campus by 2020. The building will also serve this independent boarding school of nearly 600 students in grades 9 thru 12, as an educational mission, expos-ing its technologies and wood structure.

Tours along the mezzanine balcony allow students and community groups to overlook the boiler room and exam-ine wall-mounted charts and maps and interactive computer consoles that track performance data. outside the plant, a nature path affords up-close views of the serpentine shaped green roof and a stroll

through the new rain gardens, bio-swales, and nearby wetlands.

Jefferson B. Riley, centerbrook part-ner in charge of the project, explained that they wanted a building that would, at once, establish itself as an iconic, seminal, bio-mass building and, more or less, disappear into the landscape in sympathy with nature. The building’s vegetated roof combines with the bio-swale/rain garden system to absorb rainwater and filter run-off, and is just one of its many sustainable features. others include a renewable, laminated wood structural system; water-conserving plumbing features; use of local materials with a high recycled content; highly ef-ficient mechanical systems, lighting sys-tems, and exterior skin; and an abundance of daylight.

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walpole, mA - The walpole public library is a rare new building sited adjacent to the town hall and historic Blackburn hall and just steps away from downtown. llB Architects had been working with the wal-pole community since 2007 when it was asked to re-envision and im-prove upon a previous library design, accept-ed for a construction grant from the mass. Board of library com-missioners. After a long, 22 process and funding approval by a slim margin, the community of walpole can be proud of its new library.

The design of the new 32,000sf building uses traditional architectural tex-tures, colors, and fundamentals to respond to the New England context. The library program is organized around four masses encased in fiber cement panels that anchor the building’s entries. In between them, generous circulation paths, a sculptural staircase, and skylights create a feeling of openness and lightness. The difference in treatment and fenestration on each side of the library appropriately responds to its site orientation and the environmental effects on them.

on the interior, service desks for cir-culation, reference, and the children’s area are centrally located for the highest vis-ibility and security. one of the areas in the library that has grown in popularity is the quiet study rooms, designed with floor to ceiling glass, which allows for a sense of privacy and territory, but a sense of secu-rity as well.

The building is expected to receive LEED Silver certification and makes use of both passive sustainable strategies as well as active strategies.

walpole’s new library, with a project budget of $11.2 million, has been made possible by various contributions including a generous grant from the mBlc, chari-table donations from the community, and optimism from the taxpayers of walpole.

walpole public libraryllB Architects

photo by Bruce T. martin photographyThe Walpole Public Library


watertown, mA - Vanderweil, a Bos-ton based full-service engineering firm, recently completed the design of Bright horizons family Solutions’ corporate headquarters located in watertown. Bright horizons is an employer-sponsored child-care, early education, and work/life solu-tions. comprising space in three separate buildings at the historic watertown Arsenal on the charles River, the company’s corpo-rate headquarters renovation project redis-tributes space within departments to pro-vide a more efficient work environment.

Vanderweil collaborated with Bos-ton-based cBT Architects on the renova-tions to this 70,000sf corporate headquar-ters. Renovated spaces include new open and private offices, a new reception area, a “Town Square” conference center with

movable walls for flexibility and efficiency, multiple cafés, renovated core restrooms and relocated support spaces including mail sorting, copy/print, and circulation spaces. Both design and construction were phased to enable continuity of operations for Bright horizons.

As part of Vanderweil’s design, the existing mEp infrastructure was utilized to the fullest extent possible to reduce first costs and also minimize new materials re-quired in support of sustainable practices. In addition to full mEp services, Vander-weil provided technology infrastructure services, including the consolidation of the tel/data spaces into a main network room. In addition, utility rebates for high-effi-ciency lighting and lighting controls were pursued for this office space.

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High-Profile Feature: Home for Little Wanderers

walpole, mA - Bowdoin con-struction has recently complet-ed a major expansion project at

The home for little wanderers’ longview farm campus in walpole. prior to con-struction, Bowdoin worked in conjunction with the home’s staff; Northstar project & Real Estate Services, project manag-ers; Roundel 47, architects; and Beals and Thomas, Inc., civil engineers, to provide extensive preconstruction services, includ-ing progress budgets, scheduling, phasing, and safety planning.

New construction entailed four single-story residence buildings, totaling 14,530sf, as well as a three-story 31,000sf addition to the longview Educational center.

Now that the main expansion is com-plete, Bowdoin has begun a second phase of work to renovate the existing 16,000sf school building.

In total, the project encompasses 62,000sf of new and renovated space fea-turing housing for 44 residents, a cafete-ria, multiple classrooms, middle and upper school libraries, music rooms, and admin-istrative offices, as well as upgrades to the existing gym and locker rooms and voca-tional classrooms.

The project also involved a new entry drive, staff and visitor parking, improved septic system, improved storm water drain-age/recharge system, new water service, and new landscaping.

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loudon, Nh - construction of a new utility service building for Nh motor Speedway in loudon was recently com-pleted by Jewett construction company, Inc. of Raymond.

completed on a tight schedule to accommodate the client’s full summer racing program, this project involved the construction and interior fit-up of a new, 9600sf multi-use metal building to house ambulances for track use, a vehicle wash bay for track vehicles, seasonal quarters for the owner and Speedway staff, and a leg-ends parts showroom and retail store.

Speedway Building completed

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Boston - columbia construction company recently celebrated the completion of Back Deck restaurant, a new “backyard cookout” spot in the Down-town crossing neighbor-hood of Boston.

As the newest addi-tion to Boston’s Downtown crossing area, Back Deck offers a laid-back, backyard grilling experience to its pa-trons.

Upon visiting, one will experience the warm ambiance of the space, which brings the outdoors inside with such details as ex-terior carriage lighting and glazed brick

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The project building also uses solar thermal heating for hot water used within lab spaces. A large cistern was buried near the project site, which provides a space for reclaimed water to be kept for flushing.

This, combined with low-flow fixtures and a system designed to capture condensate and rainwater, helped reduce water use.

Three main ingredients provided a successful project from an mEp point of view. first, a good working relationship with the architect, payette. Second, a great contractor that was involved early on, Barr & Barr. And finally, and most importantly, an owner that was readily accessible by the engineering team, willing to entertain new-to-them design concepts and set a realis-tic budget and objectives. As a result, the mEp portion of the project came in 20% under budget and Bridgewater has a won-derful new Science Center that fits their needs and is a showcase of sustainability.

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meriden, cT - Bl companies announced that Tom hamilton has joined the firm in its Meriden office as senior project manager.

he has over 30 years of ex-perience in the energy industry that encompasses multiple engineering, construction management, and op-erational disciplines. he has com-prehensive expertise in high-level program and project management on complex engineering and con-struction management projects for trans-mission and distribution pipeline and fa-

cility projects for electric and natural gas and is well versed in all the requirements and interrelation of engineering, environmental services, per-mitting, and regulatory com-pliance, and construction.

hamilton will assist Bl companies’ clients in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic re-

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littleton, mA - Triumph modular corporation announced that Alfred p. Bergin, Jr. (AJ) has joined the company as site superintendent. he brings with him more than 20 years of expe-rience managing all aspects of field construction projects across several markets, geographies, building types, and materials. his expertise spans routine capital improvement projects to $350 million ground-up new construction.

At Triumph modular, Bergin will be providing coordination and execution of

all construction disciplines at the project site, maintaining the proj-ect schedule, and managing the workforce. he will also imple-ment and maintain the company’s safety policy.

for over 10 years, Bergin ran his own construction com-pany, specializing in large scale hotel renovations primarily in

the New York area. previously, he was with hirsch construction

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marion, mA - TcI announced its newest principal, Jason D’Antona.

having spent the past 12 years as in-house senior electri-cal engineer for partners healthcare, D’Antona understands how clinical, research, and in-patient facilities are designed, operated, and maintained over the life of the systems. As a result, he will of-fer critical insight into TcI’s projects and facilities.

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Attleboro, mA - Nadeau corporation announced that David D’Angelo has taken the position of project manager/estimator. his responsibilities will include supporting projects from the estimating stage all the way through to ribbon cutting.

D’Angelo is joining Nadeau after a long tenure across all industries including hospital, high rise, tenant fit-out, concrete foundations, telecommunications, wastewater, and sitework.

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hartford, cT - Tecton Architects announced its new leadership team with Ted cutler, AIA, lEED Ap as cEo and Jeff wyszynski, AIA as coo.

The appointments follow a suc-cessful second-generation transition of the 30-year-old firm from founding Prin-cipals Dave foster and peter hentschel.

Cutler joined the firm as an intern in 1994, became a principal in 2008, and was slated for coo at the onset of the transition. he sees Tecton’s success hinged on its ability to provide “good counsel, great results” regardless of project type or scope.

wyszynski joined Tecton in 2004 with solid academic design experience.

like cutler, he became a principal in 2008 and heir apparent to the role of coo. wyszynski notes Tecton’s contin-ued investment in both technology and its people as fundamental to the firm’s vitality.

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Boston - metric construction corpo-ration recently welcomed several new em-ployees to the firm.

Anthony Sanchez serves as metric’s new senior project manager, bringing more than 30 years of experience in general con-struction to the team, including 20 years in project management. Formerly of Pacific mills Industrial complex, he is currently overseeing the construction of a retail cen-ter in Allston as well as two new apartment buildings in Boston.

Ryan mador recently joined metric as an assistant project manager. previously with National millwork co., mador’s cur-rent position allows him to serve as a liaison between senior project managers and site superintendents. currently, he is responsible for academic, luxury residential, and his-toric rehabilitation projects under metric’s purview.

charles Burzlaff has more than 20 years in project management and construc-tion supervision experience. with a vari-ety of projects under his belt, including residential, assisted living, and institutional buildings, Burzlaff specializes in complex, large-scale construction. previously at J&J contractors, he is currently supervising the construction of an apartment building in Boston.

Based in maine, michael Doherty of cloverleaf management is supervising con-struction of The Bay house, a mixed-use res-idential/retail complex on portland’s historic waterfront. As a veteran of the construction industry, Doherty draws on 35 years of ex-perience ranging from luxury homes to com-mercial and financial institutions.

Kevin mcgrath, formerly of TlT construction joins metric as a project su-

perintendent bringing over 25 years of ex-perience in supervis-ing and coordinating construction projects. he has worked on a variety of projects, including assisted liv-ing, residential, and institutional facilities. currently he is super-vising the construc-tion of the Allston retail center and will later oversee the reha-bilitation of the 170-unit historic charleston chew mill outside of Boston.

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Boston - wentworth Insti-tute of Technology’s college of professional and continuing Edu-cation (cpcE) announced that in-dustry professional phil hammond joined its team as the new director of cpcE graduate programs.

he brings 35 years of experi-ence, serving in private, public, and nonprofit roles within the architec-tural, engineering, and construc-tion industries. hammond will play a key role in leading went-worth’s newest master’s degree programs

in construction management and facility management. he will contribute to curriculum design, development, and assessment; advise adult learners enrolled in cpcE’s graduate programs; and recruit and select industry practitioners as adjunct faculty members.

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Boston - fort point project man-agement announced that Jordan Taras has joined the firm as project manager.

In this role Taras will lead renovation and relocation projects for companies in the high tech, life sciences, and healthcare sec-tors. her proven successes with clients like Sanofi Genzyme and Harvard School of Pub-

lic health guarantee seamless transitions for employees moving to a new work space.

prior to joining fort point project management, Taras managed real estate projects at ViryaNet where she facilitated customer communications while managing all project budgets and resource allocations.

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Boston - precast Specialties corp. announced that Brandon Duffel has accepted the position of senior project manager. his responsibilities will include managing and supporting projects for the company’s rapidly growing architectural group.

Duffel brings many years of experience and a proven track record as a project engineer and project manager to pre-cast Specialties corp. most recently, he was the engineering manager for coreslab Structures in coNN. he has extensive knowledge and expertise with both architectural and struc-tural precast.

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IfmAThursday, Sept 20IfmA health care Institute will hold its healthcare seminar, Resolving Design Facility and Financial Conflicts in Health-care.Joseph B. martin conference center at harvard medical SchoolThe pechet Room, 77 Ave. louis pasteur, Boston7:45 - 8:30 a.m.: Registration and Refresh-ments8:30 a.m. - noon: programIn this half-day seminar hear from the top, participate in dialogue that’s relevant.• Project Delivery Models Under Massa-chusetts healthcare Reform• Money Flow Impacts on You Under healthcare Reform• Lessons Learned from ADA Settlements: 10 Steps to Reduce Exposure.Register online @ www.squarefootage.net or call 503-274-7162.

SfNEoctober 18 The Steel fabricators of New England New Tech-nologies Dinner meeting.Doubletree hotel, 5400 computer Drive, westborough, mass.5 - 6 p.m. registration, networking re-ception, sponsor visits.6 - 8 p.m. dinner, new technologies panel discussion. The SfNE Education committee has designed this dinner meeting program to provide members and colleagues with information about the latest tech-nical innovations and systems that can be used in the steel fabrication business.have the chance to learn about new technologies in the steel fabrication industry!To register and for more information log onto ssfne.org.

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