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Inside this IssueExisting Conditions Surveys Completes Taunton City Hall ScanIntegrated Builders Builds, Maugel Architects Designs Enterasys381 Congress Street -The Latest Revitalization ProjectJewett Completes Grappone ToyotaDimeo Renovating Providence LibraryFletcher Building RenovationTCC Completes Two RenosBruss Renovates Country ClubSuffolk Tops Off 75 Ames St.Wessling Architects on Coddington Hall RenovationsTocci Completes Marlborough Hospital Oncology CenterPro Con Completes Apts.Innerglass Window Systems InterviewAIANH Awards

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selected by Kensington Investment Company, a Boston-based real estate development firm, and National Development, one of New England’s leading development and in-vestment firms, to provide construction management services...see page 36.

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Kensington Tower at night, January 2013

TAT rendering: Kensington common loungeTower in progress photo courtesy G&C Concrete Construction

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Kensington TowerwithThe Architectural Team E.M.Duggan G&C ConcreteConstruction

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Boston - following a nation-wide search, gregory galer was selected from a wide field of candi-dates to succeed Sarah Kelly, who served as executive director for al-most seven years. galer will lead the Boston preservation Alliance (BpA), which has experienced tremendous growth and achieved many notable accomplishments in the past decade, doubling the membership to more than 1,000 support-ers, receiving several prestigious grants and awards, and protecting and promoting many important historic buildings, land-scapes, and communities in Boston.

A passionate preservationist, and an accomplished senior-level nonprofit ex-ecutive, galer brings over 20 year’s expe-rience as a historic preservation advocate and museum professional to the organiza-

tion. he comes from the New Bedford whaling museum/old Dartmouth historical Society, where he served as vice presi-dent of collections and exhibi-tions, directing all aspects of the acquisition, care, exhibi-tion, and interpretation of the museum’s diverse collection of ¾ million items.

During his tenure, he over-saw the development of 20 exhibitions and played a central role in the museum’s re-accreditation by the American Association of museums. he managed the preserva-tion and technical aspects of a $7 million restoration of the museum’s 1917 Bourne Building, which contains the world’s larg-est ship model, the half-scale lagoda, and the creation of a fine-art gallery in the 1884 National Bank of commerce building.

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Bedford, N.h. – The New hampshire commercial Invest-ment Board of Realtors (NhcI-BoR) recently held its annual meeting and 2013 installation of officers at the Derryfield Country club.

New hampshire Associa-tion of Realtors 2012 president william weidacher conducted the installation of NhcIBoR’s officers, who include: president: Tom Duffy, prudential Verani Realty; president-elect: mark Dickey, Kw com-mercial Boston metro; treasurer: Bill Jean, fulcrum Associates, Inc.; secretary: Jason craven, craven, Sullivan & Splendore; and immediate past president: chris Norwood, NAI Norwood group.

In addition, the following individuals were inducted as directors: Roger Dieker, cB Richard Ellis New England; chris Nadeau, Nobis Engineering; John Jackman,

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The evening also included Immedi-ate past president chris Norwood present-ing NhcIBoR’s 2012 president’s Award to Jim DeStefano, grubb & Ellis/Northern New England, for his work with “NhcI-BoR cares,” a 501c3 charitable organiza-tion affiliated with the commercial invest-ment real estate industry.

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woburn, mA - Rich Benevento, president of worldTech Engineering of woburn, has recently assumed the role of president of the New England chapter of the American pub-lic works Association (NEApwA).

Benevento has been active in the organization for more than 26 years and has served in various capacities prior to assuming this top leadership position.

The New England chapter has won numerous national awards, and he will continue this level of chapter excellence.

Benevento is the chairman of the parking and traffic commission for the city of Beverly and former member of the conservation commissions in Beverly and Danvers.

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providence, R.I. - The Rhode Island chapter Associated general contractors (RIAgc) recently announced its new of-ficers for the 2013-2015 year:

Executive director – David Iwuc; president – John Sinnott, gilbane Building company; vice president – David Ducha-rme, E. Turgeon construction corp.; secre-tary – Armand lusi, Af lusi construction;

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In addition, widofsky has been appointed as chair of the cTgBc’s green Schools Advocacy committee, which he has served on since 2009. The committee provides spe-cific outreach and services to school districts throughout the state.

Boston, mA - “we’ve got three feet of storm-surge water over a hundred city blocks. we’ve got a half-dozen really angry high-level people with conflicting priorities in the same room trying to fix things. what happens when the arguing and finger-pointing stops and they get to work on solutions?”

Sound like a news report from hur-ricane Sandy-battered New York city of December 2012? Actually, it’s a session description from the BuildingEnergy 13 planning process earlier that year, after conference chair paul Eldrenkamp an-nounced that resilience would be the theme of the 2013 BuildingEnergy confer-ence and trade show. Resilience has long been on the minds of BuildingEnergy con-ference planners.

with a focus on renewable energy and sustainability in the built environ-ment, BuildingEnergy is the perfect place to be having serious discussions on re-

silience. Says Eldrenkamp, “Events have made it clear that we’re not ahead of the curve, that climate change is catching up with us. The discussions between stake-holders at BuildingEnergy will be a defi-nite advantage from a strategic point of view as well as a climate point of view.”

Indeed, the conference is well equipped to do so, with a full-day work-shop and six 90-minute sessions dedicated to urban resilience as well as 76 addition-al accredited sessions and workshops on related sustainable building, energy effi-ciency, and renewable energy topics.

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Boston - Vanderweil Engineers, a Boston-based full-service engineering firm, has teamed up with local architectural firm Hacin + Associates for the design of the Boston Innovation center, a project funded by Seaport Square master plan de-veloper Boston global Investors and mor-gan Stanley. It will be the first of many buildings constructed within the 23-acre Seaport Square mixed-use development in the heart of Boston’s Innovation District.

The Innovation center is a 12,480sf single-story building situated between Seaport Boulevard and Northern Avenue in South Boston. The multipurpose facil-ity is designed to support the city’s In-novation District initiatives and includes nearly 9,000sf of meeting space, audito-rium space, and flexible use space, along with nearly 2,500sf of restaurant space that opens onto a patio adjacent to the future Seaport Square green.

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The 17th Annual Joint Dinner of the Design and construction Industry will be held Thursday, february 28. at the Aqua Turf club in plainville, conn. It is an evening of networking, collegiality and relationship building. This annual event is an extraordinary business opportunity for members of various participating profes-sional associations. State agency officials and legislators are invited.

This year will feature a keynote ad-dress by connecticut governor Dannel malloy. connecticut Building congress (cBc) is one of the 32 hosting A/E/c in-dustry organizations. Register through AIA/cT by february 27 at www.aiact.org.

High-Profile is a media sponsor for BE-13. BuildingEnergy (BE) is the most established, most cross-disciplinary renew-able energy and high-performance building conference and trade show in the northeast-ern United States. It is the Northeast Sus-tainable Energy Association (NESEA)’s flagship program, an annual intergenera-tional gathering of professionals for three days of networking, accredited educational sessions, collaboration, and a high-level trade show.

BE presents 10 to 12 areas of focus, or “tracks,” on renewables and high-perfor-mance building. Each track usually spans wednesday and Thursday and comprises 90-minute sessions featuring one or more speakers. In addition are full- and half-day workshops on Tuesday led by master practitioners working in the Northeast and beyond.

BE workshops and sessions receive continuing ed units from AIA, BpI, gBcI, InterNAchI, NAhB, and NARI.

The keynote speaker for Building-Energy13 will be Alex Blumberg of NpR’s planet money and pRI’s This American life. he will be speaking on “economics for environmentalists”.

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High-Profile will be one of 150 exhibitors at the BE-13 tradeshow. on wednesday and Thursday, march 6–7, the BE tradeshow presents the latest products and services that support al-ternative energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable building. we hope you will have a chance to visit our booth at the Seaport world Trade center in Boston.

paul Eldrenkamp is BE-13’s conference chair and marc Sternick, AIA, is vice chair.

Eldrenkamp is founder and own-er of Byggmeister Inc., a 25-year-old

design-build remodeling company based in Newton, mass. with a particular focus on substantial reductions to household en-ergy use. he has been on the boards of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (and was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors again!), the green De-cade coalition, and the Newton historical Society. he is currently serving on gov-ernor patrick’s Zero Net Energy Building Task force. paul writes often on energy and environmental issues for trade and consumer publications (view a summary and links here), and also speaks regularly at building industry conferences and for lo-cal environmental organizations.

Sternick is vice president and senior project architect for Dietz & company Architects and oversees its green building efforts. he has spent over 25 years assess-ing, designing and constructing high per-formance affordable housing. Until Janu-ary 2013 he served on the NESEA board of directors, and has been a devoted attendee of BuildingEnergy since 2001. he has also chaired several sessions and tracks as well as presented at BE since first attending in 2001.

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by Kurt YeghianExisting conditions Surveys, Inc. is

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for the Taunton city hall project, we were contacted by one of our long standing clients, Durkee Brown Archi-tects, from providence, R.I. to provide a full 3D laser scan of the entire historic building and also the adjacent buildings and site context. Using 3D laser scanning the architect not only has highly accurate drawings of the building to be renovated, but will also have scan data on neighboring buildings and other site conditions to help them to understand the full context of the surrounding area.

Some of the unique challenges of this project were related to the actual con-dition of the building itself. There was a fire that consumed much of the upper floor of the structure, so access was limited to working in areas that were safe and acces-sible. Using the latest generation of fARo phase based 3D laser scanners, we were able to collect accurate information on structural and architectural elements that would have been impossible to measure using traditional building measurement tools and practices. collecting this highly

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Ayer, mA - In August 2010, Bonnet Realty purchased the 1872 vintage build-ing located in Ayer known as The Nutting Block. Built by Emily Nutting in 1872, the Nutting Block is the westernmost brick building of the 1872 – 1898 period on main Street in Ayer.

constructed with Second Empire styling, the Nutting Block features three second story bay windows on the main Street façade with accompanying double hung windows on the third floor. A slate mansard roof rises from a double-bracketed wood cornice, with arched dormers.

Subsequently, this building was pur-chased by Daniel w. fletcher circa. 1899, and operated as a tailor/clothing shop until 2006. The first and second floors functioned as part of the retail business, and the third and fourth floors were reserved as resi-dences. prior to fletcher’s ownership, the first floor remained a shop; the second floor housed a lawyer’s office, and the third and fourth floors were vacant.

At the 2011 Ayer annual town meet-ing, voters approved Bonnet’s request for a $250,000 community preservation Act grant. The renovation project satisfied two of the cpA’s four core missions: the preser-vation of historical sites and the creation of affordable housing.

while honoring the building’s histori-cal characteristics, Bonnet put their sights on creating six single-bedroom rental units above the first floor retail space and 2,400sf

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During the groundbreaking ceremo-nies held in December 2011, many local area and state dignitaries that attended made the following comments: DhcD Associate Director of community Services leverett wing appeared on behalf of the patrick Ad-ministration and said the project created “a lot of buzz” in his office and resulted in a

“win-win for everybody.” State Sen. Jamie Eldridge said the creation of the affordable housing within walk-ing distance of the fitchburg com-muter Rail line (across main Street), The Nashua River Rail Trail bike path, and the proximity of walkable services was a stellar example of the governor’s Smart growth development initiative.

following the construction bid process and after careful review, Bon-net contracted with Senate construc-tion corp. of Shirley to complete the renovations to the aged mixed-use structure.

Senate and Bonnet teamed up with Architect laurie crockett of Ac-ton and began the journey of the reno-vation.

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All of the double-hung windows were replaced with historically approved windows fabricated from aluminum with a factory-applied baked-on enamel and paint color to match the original green of the building.

The entire roofing system was re-placed along with upper EpDm roof, and the slate on the mansard was replaced with the exact colors and shapes of the exiting slate. Copper gutters, flashings, and down spouts were also added to the façade. The entire interior of the building was renovated to meet modern building codes.

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providence, RI - Dimeo construction company is currently renovating the Rhode Island Room, Ship Room,

grand hall, and Brides Room at the provi-dence public library.

The Renaissance-style building opened in 1900 and is on the National Reg-ister of historic places.

This important restoration has in-frastructure improvements, including upgrades in fire protection, heating and cooling, and controls. Equally important is the renovation for event spaces, which the library will be making available to the public for a variety of events in partnership with the area’s leading fine catering and hospitality management company.

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hopkinton, mA.—Jm coull is reno-vating and expanding two facilities located in hopkinton for perkinElmer as part of the development of the company’s new person-alized health Innovation center of Excel-lence. The center will focus on accelerating scientific innovation to help researchers who are working to eradicate disease and extend the quality and longevity of life.

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by Janet Morrawalk down congress Street in Bos-

ton’s Seaport District and your pace may be slowed at some point by the pitter patter

of some Stride Rites, headed for that fa-mous milk bottle and the city’s children’s museum. Turn the corner to Sleeper or farnsworth Streets and you might just run smack-dab into a techie, rushing off to

work at a brand new startup. head down

Northern Avenue and you’ll notice young and old standing in queue for the latest res-taurant opening. Add in the local artisans, condo buyers, and hotel guests, and you’ve got the diverse crowd that has come to work, live, and play along the South Bos-ton waterfront. matching the diversity at ground level is diversity extending several stories up.

many blocks in the Seaport District feature new construction, but also a great number of renovated warehouses. when converting these old industrial buildings into office space, a prospective owner or tenant should consider hiring an architect first. The trusty “pro and con” list will in-evitably come into play during the process, but an architect can show you ways to turn

warehouse challenges into new opportuni-ties for workplace design.

margulies perruzzi Architects (mpA) helped Interaction Associations (IA) and its not-for-profit sister organization, In-teraction Institute for Social change, re-locate to an 11,460sf former warehouse in the Seaport District. one thing IA and other companies don’t need to look for in raw warehouse space is raw charm. large windows, high ceilings, exposed brick and beams, and a deep sense of Boston’s past provide instant character.

Still, in IA’s case, those windows ini-tially posed a design challenge. The win-dow sills were set at five feet above the original floor, and that meant only a Bos-ton celtic would have been able to enjoy

the views of Boston harbor. Rather than raising the entire floor, MPA used raised flooring to elevate 5,000sf of work area around the office perimeter to a finished floor height of 18 inches, offering sweep-ing views of the surrounding harbor from associates’ work areas and offices.

Once the floors were raised, there was one remaining area of the office that was lower than the others. This became an opportunity for a centrally located collab-orative work area. mpA created a “sunken living room” of sorts to accommodate both planned and impromptu meetings. Two ramps and three staircases transition the elevated workspaces to this collabora-tion space. And in an effort to keep things true to the warehouse aesthetic, the over-

head mechanical, electrical, and sprinkler components remain exposed. Suspended acoustical “clouds” were installed to absorb sound typically addressed by a conventional acoustical tile ceiling. Overall, the office en-vironment has not only transformed the way IA works, but also serves as a marketing tool for the building’s owner.

when converting warehouse to of-fice space in the Seaport District, there is typically a need to provide a common lobby for multi-tenants. In the early part of the 20th century, these industrial spaces weren’t receiving people, but rather raw materials like wool and leather for local textile factories. For a 21st century office

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Boston - Richard white Sons, Inc. of Newton was awarded The museum of Sci-ence, Boston, green wing renovation project featuring a world-class new exhibit, the hall of human life. working alongside architectural part-ner cambridge Seven Associ-ates, Inc. and the engineering firm RDK, the Richard White Sons team will create a hall-mark new exhibit space for the museum of Science that will explore how our bodies are constantly changing and adapting to our environment, from our foot arches evolving to counteract gravity to our DNA quickly adapting to fight infections. This new per-manent exhibit is the largest created by the museum since the 1990s.

The green wing Expansion, hall of human life project scope includes demoli-tion and abatement of existing exhibits and the gut renovation of 16,000sf of the sec-ond floor of the museum, creating the new 10,000sf state-of-the-art exhibition, new bathrooms, signature new gallery entry-way, and includes updates to all mechani-cal, electrical, plumbing, and fire protec-tion systems.

The project team will introduce a new air handling unit (AhU) to the roof as well as structure a support platform to meet the needs of the new AhU. The proj-

ect presents numerous logistical challenges given that it is surrounded on all sides by active, occupied, museum space. An in-teresting challenge of the project was that given the location of the AhU placement near the back of the building, and the build-ing’s proximity to the charles River, the project team had to carefully coordinate a blind pick over the museum from the front of the building.

founded in 1830, the museum of Science, Boston is one of the largest sci-ence centers and New England’s most at-tended cultural institution. The museum in-troduces over 1.5 million visitors per year to science, technology, engineering, and math via dynamic programs and hundreds of interactive exhibits.

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west Yarmouth, mA - williams Building company of west Yarmouth has been awarded the massachusetts Associat-ed Builders and contractors highest awards for its recently completed project renovat-ing the 10th and 11th floors of The Thomas p. o’Neill federal Building in Boston. The awards are ABc’s Eagle Award for excel-lence in construction and ABc’s green Award for excellence in sustainability and energy efficiency.

Designed by BBIX Architects in Boston, this project was the pilot project for a national gSA renovation effort uti-lizing new technologies. The 42,000sf of renovated space will utilize many program-mable energy systems, including auto dim-

mable lighting, lutron auto shade systems, and switchable glass. This is the first proj-ect to achieve lEED gold at The o’Neill Building.

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space, the lobby, staircases, and elevators are all major considerations when trans-forming a former warehouse to a modern workspace for one or more companies.

A building owner will need to con-sider the cost of adding an elevator and a separate, enclosed stairway to meet current egress codes and ADA regulations. many existing warehouse buildings employed fire escapes for egress, or have egress stairs that wrap around the elevator shaft without any separation. Although these elements can frequently be “grandfathered” into code compliance, they are not particularly desirable and can make the space less ap-pealing to prospective tenants. having an architect on hand is helpful when first look-ing at a warehouse for alternative uses.

once again though, with a challenge, comes opportunity. converted warehouses

in the Seaport District with new elevators can extend access to the roof, providing the chance for a building owner to offer outdoor deck space, often with spectacular views.

mpA moved into a similarly convert-ed warehouse space in 2008 – the lEED Gold certified Children’s Museum build-ing overlooking fort point channel. mpA’s roof deck, an opportunity that was pre-

sented by the addition to the building, is a popular space for informal meetings with clients, a quiet coffee break, and sometimes, another look at the mix of people on the pathways below, enjoying the Seaport District just as much as we do.

Janet Morra, AIA, LEED AP ID+C, is a prin-cipal at Margulies Perruzzi Architects.

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waltham, mA - worldTech Design + Development Solutions recently completed the design-build construction of the new cor-porate offices of Citizens Disability. The build-out encompasses the full 40,000sf top floor of the Bank of America building at 1075 main St.

The renovation included an upgraded lobby and conference center, a dozen new executive of-fices, specialty mail and printing centers, an IT nerve-center, and caf-eteria for the projected 200+ em-ployee base.

worldTech coordinated the programming efforts for the expansion from the 20,000sf citizens facilities in marlborough. The move brings the com-pany to a more accessible and visible loca-

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Boston - Integrated Builders com-pleted the $357,405 fast-track renovation of 23 Bradston Street, Boston in June.

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Dorchester, MA - Diversified project management (Dpm) of Newton recently completed the new, four-story addition and interior renovation of the codman Square health and Education center (cShEc) at 637 washington Street in Dorchester – a project gener-ated by a partnership between the cod-man Square health center and the cod-man Academy charter public School.

made possible in large part by a $7.95 million federal hRSA grant obtained through the Affordable care Act in 2010 with the assistance of Dpm, the $18.2 million codman Square health and Education center’s addition — known as the william J. walczak wing, provides urgently needed space for the operations of the codman Square health center and codman Academy and also allows for in-creased programmatic interaction between the two entities.

The 34,000sf addition includes 22 exam rooms and will allow the health cen-ter to add up to 5,000 new patients with capacity for an additional 30,000 visits per year. Benefits to the Codman Acad-emy include an expanded footprint of over 11,000sf, which houses eight additional

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lawrence, mA - New England’s heritage of textile manufacturing mills has left us with an astonishing num-ber of buildings that are being renovated for today’s usage. lawrence’s monarch lofts is a wonderful example.

The old brick mills are almost all built on river’s edge, with large windows that provide for natural light, have 16-foot ceilings, and be-cause they were designed for the open space needed for the looms, are relatively easy to convert to condominiums and apartments. with the merri-mack River flowing next to the old brink mill, it is easy to appreciate the draw to such a residence.

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The attached four-story building that was the headquarters for honeywell had significant painted images on the brick ex-terior that had to be chemically stripped.

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The six-story mill building was reno-vated into 204 units and common area with hundreds of all new doors, door and win-dow frames, walls and ceilings, baseboard and miscellaneous trim, stairs and railing all being painted to the architect’s speci-fications. Wall coverings were installed in the lobbies and the elevator vestibules.

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Boston - The Kessler group is rede-signing its headquarters office space at 855 Boylston Street in Boston. The 28,000sf interior on floors 8 and 9 of the 145,500sf Class A office building includes all-new executive areas, finishes, and materials throughout. Jones lang laSalle construc-

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Lowell, MA - Mark Carrier Construction, Inc. (MCCI) recently completed an extensive showroom upgrade at Chevrolet of Lowell in Lowell, MA. The project was part of a national effort by General Motors to encourage dealerships throughout the country in updating their facilities. The project, designed by local architect John S. Jordan Design, incorporated Aluminum Composite Panels on the exterior, including GM’s distinctive entry portal as shown below.

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The interior upgrades were also extensive, including dramatic improvements to the showrooms lighting, ceiling, flooring, wall finishes and furnishings. Many of the adjoining office & conference areas, as well as the service drive and service administration areas, also received substantial improvements.

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MCCI was the General Contractor on the job. Construction on the facility began in August and was completed in December 2012. The dealership is now poised to better serve their clients well into the future.

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New York city - Trin-ity Building+Construction management corp. of wilmington, mass., has successfully completed construction of houston hall, a 5,200sf Bavarian beer hall. The hall serves locally crafted beers and pub fare, in a turn-of-the-century New York fac-tory atmosphere. houston hall, designed by Jirka Kolar, includes various distressed finishes, vin-tage fixtures, and antique items.

over 100 years old, the building formerly housed a garage and re-quired major structural modifications, masonry restoration, and refinishing. While all necessary modifi-cations were made to bring the hall up to code, the re-finishing work was done in a way that maintains the vintage design concept.

Antiqued skylights were installed throughout the space, an attic level on both ends of the building and a basement were added, and the existing concrete floor-ing was smoothed out with careful attention made to ensure that it still looks original to the space. The entrance is designed to re-semble an old cobblestone street, and the construction team installed 120-year-old arched doors imported from the czech Re-public.

houston hall boasts a massive distressed steel and marble topped bar, reclaimed southern yellow pine tables, oxidized solid steel windows with replica antiqued glass panes, and service stations made from antique furniture sourced from the Brimfield fair. The bathrooms are also equipped with reclaimed items, and vin-tage objects decorate the hall throughout.

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The tech innovation incubator con-cept has grown to encompass shared lab space, where budding pharmaceutical companies can further their work without incurring huge costs. companies that start at the Innovation center may move into such spaces, located at the heart of the Kendall Square technology area. At lab, we have worked with local real estate com-

panies to develop master plans for convert-ing some of their portfolios to incubator laboratories–where startup tech and phar-maceutical companies can take on bench space without incurring large bricks-and-mortar risk, and instead focus their energy on developing their ideas. There are both drawbacks and benefits. It is harder to pro-tect intellectual property and the cost per square foot is relatively high. But the ben-efit is that you can control the amount of area you take on in an incremental basis as well as gaining access to expensive equip-ment and gasses essential to the industry, lowering startup costs for a new company.

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Bedford, Nh - The American Insti-tute of Architects New hampshire chapter (AIANh) announced the recipients of its 2013 Excellence in Architecture Design Awards.

Honor Awards • City of Manchester Department of Public works Administration Building - lavallee Brensinger Architects, manchester; con-struction manager: harvey construction corporation• Hillsborough County Superior Court North, manchester - lavallee Brensinger Architects; construction manager: TlT construction corp.

Merit Awards • Keene State College TDS Center, Keene - Architerra, Inc., Boston; contractor: Engel-berth construction, Inc; landscape archi-tect: Brown Sardina, Inc.• Hampton Beach Design & Devel-opment project, hampton Beach - Samyn-D’Elia Architects; p.A., Ashland, design-builder: harvey construction cor-poration; landscape architect: oRw land-scape Architects and planners.• Phillips Hall, Phillips Exeter Academ - ARc (Architectural Resources cam-bridge), cambridge, mass.; general con-tractor: harvey construction corp.• Nubanusit Lakehouse, Hancock - Shel-don pennoyer Architects, concord; build-er: James c. moore Builders.• Harriman Hill Housing Coalition, Wolfe-boro - warrenstreet Architects, Inc., con-cord; construction manager: gary chi-coine construction.

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people’s choice Awards - The winner among the residential projects was Night pasture farm located in central Vermont, de-signed by Bonin Architects & Associates of New london. In the commercial category, the

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High-Profile: Awards

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North Branch was selected for an award in the commercial category in rec-ognition of its Silver lEED and Energy Star certified corporate headquarters.

The design of the new headquarters by Udelsman Associates of hollis encom-passes a wide range of sustainable and energy efficient design and construction concepts and methods. The construction site was chosen and engineered carefully to reduce the environmental impact of the project during and after construction. Some of the many sustainability objectives of the project include: reduction of water usage,

reduction of waste through recycling, con-servation of resources by using materials with high recycled content, and usage of regionally manufactured materials. The design of the new building utilized the ex-isting structure in order to reduce demoli-tion waste and reduce a need for new re-sources. At the same time, the new building envelope maximizes energy conservation through the use of high-efficiency insula-tion and fenestration.

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Boston - consigli construction co., Inc. was recently honored with the con-tractor of the Year Award (projects $10 million-$50 million) by the massachusetts port Authority (massport) for renovations and road improvements performed at Bos-ton’s logan International Airport Terminal B parking garage.

consigli worked closely with mass-port and architect/engineer for the proj-ect, fay, Spofford & Thorndike, to com-plete a complex, phased renovation of the 500,000sf garage, as well as environmen-tal and roadway improvements at this ex-tremely active terminal.

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Boston - Boston’s Seaport District is evolving fast. over the past few years, developers have flocked to this area, fill-ing in empty lots and redeveloping existing buildings. The latest development involves the refurbishment of 381 congress Street, a warehouse facility built in the early 1900s. located on the edge of the historic fort point channel District, on the corner of congress Street and Boston wharf Road, 381 congress Street was once part of the Boston wharf portfolio.

A number of years ago, Berkeley Investments, a Boston-based real estate in-vestment and development company, pur-chased the property with a vision to cre-ate a unique mixed-use development that would offer lively spaces for residential and retail use.

As the fort point area is a wonder-ful representation of Boston’s late 19th century industrial era, with its warehouse buildings and shipping piers, it was imper-ative to preserve the character of the neigh-borhood. historic in nature and featuring distinctive brick and beam construction, there were many regulatory and physical constraints inherent in redeveloping 381 congress Street.

These goals were met by keeping many of the interior features of the build-ing, including exposed wood beams and brickwork. Additionally, the building’s exterior will remain intact as much as pos-sible. The façade will be restored and the

classically inspired details preserved. New windows will also be installed, and the roof replaced with the addition of a 600sf roof-top terrace overlooking the fort point area and Boston harbor.

To meet modern day amenities, the project required the installation of all new utilities and systems, including individual unit, high-efficiency heat pumps served by new boilers and chillers located in the first floor mechanical room. Two new stairs and an elevator are being installed within con-crete block shafts on pile foundations.

overall, 381 congress Street will bring an attractive blend of contemporary and classic elements to the area. Sched-uled for occupancy in September 2013, the

five-story, 44,000sf building will provide local residents with a total of 44 smaller, “innovative” apartments of studio and one-bedroom floor plans. It will also offer a 6,000sf restaurant on the ground floor with an outdoor patio area, which is expected to be the first outdoor dining spot in the area.

constructed by columbia construc-tion and designed by Add Inc., the 381 congress Street property is the gateway to one of Boston’s trendiest and fastest grow-ing neighborhoods – the Boston Innovation District. Because of its historic architecture and well-known artist community, the revi-talization of this area will offer a one-of-a-kind experience to all those that visit.

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The Enterasys project involved planning and building a new 30,000 sf electronics lab including a computer room with full redundancy and generator support, 140,000 sf of office space, facade upgrades, an open air courtyard, and 43 new roof top units.

Integrated Builders has planned, designed and built office, retail, educational/institutions, car dealerships, data centers, health science/biotech and manufacturing facilities. We approach every project with an unwavering dedication to our deep-rooted philosophy: “From a Client’s Point of View.”

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Integrated Builders Builds, maugel Architects Designs Enterasysockland, mA - Equity In-dustrial partners selected the maugel Architects and Integrated Builders team to renovate nearly 200,000sf of

space in the 9 Northeastern Boulevard facility for the new corporate head-quarters of Enterasys Secure Networks. Enterasys consolidated its operations, supported by over 500 employees, at 9 Northeastern Boulevard in December of 2012.

The Enterasys Secure Networks project is the fourth new tenant that the team has provided new design and con-struction services to for Equity Indus-trial partners at the 660,000sf facility.

The design work was produced by Maugel’s Harvard office and included space requirements programming and design of 140,000sf of office space and over 30,000sf of laboratory space.

The design challenge was a famil-iar one—to transform the aesthetics of the facility to attract vibrant, growing corporate clients. maugel responded by designing creative, cost-effective solu-tions to transform and contemporize the 1970s structure. New building entries, glazing systems, exterior finishes and landscaping were designed to transition the aesthetic from industrial use to a cor-porate campus environment. A variety of volumes and ceiling treatments were provided to transform the interior char-acter of the spaces that feature floor-to-ceiling glass around the perimeter and numerous skylights.

maugel took full advantage of the

facility’s 22-foot-high ceilings by fea-turing ceiling clouds hung at a variety of heights. Some of these clouds were hung as high as 18 feet and some were left out entirely—dramatically exposing the full height and structure of the volu-minous space.

The team placed a priority on pro-active coordination and management of the project. To accommodate the budget and schedule, the team completed the space requirements programming, fur-niture equipment inventories, and the schematic floor plan in fast-track mode in the first few weeks of the project.

John hennessey of EIp, Jim leit-er and John concannon of Integrated, and mike Kunz and Sarah cormier of maugel’s harvard team coordinated all aspects of Enterasys’ complex consoli-dation.

OfficeWorks coordinated the owner’s furniture package with all other construction activities.

The size and the complexity of the project dictated a phased delivery of spaces. The interior construction was broken down into six sections of ap-proximately 32,000sf each, which were delivered on a tightly managed sched-uled.

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Design and Construction Expertise Enterasys, Salem, NH190,000 sf Renovations

The Enterasys project involved planning and building a new 30,000 sf electronics lab including a computer room with full redundancy and generator support, 140,000 sf of office space, facade upgrades, an open air courtyard, and 43 new roof top units.

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21st year, provides clients with general contracting and construction management services. The firm has served corporations, developers, property managers, retailers, healthcare providers, and private institu-tions across New England. Addressing cli-ent needs “from a client’s point of View” enables Integrated Builders to offer the highest quality service.

maugel Architects creates sustain-able spaces that capture the spirit of each client. maugel has been providing architec-tural, space planning, and interior design services to Boston area clients since 1993. To date, maugel has designed over 20 mil-lion Sf of commercial real estate represent-ing nearly 3 billion dollars worth of con-struction.

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High-Profile Feature: Timberline Competes Renovation Projects

canton, mA -Timberline construc-tion corporation (Tcc), a gen-eral contractor based in canton,

wrapped up 2012 with the completion of several projects, including modern renova-tions for a new fresenius medical location and for the hyatt Regency Boston hotel.

As businesses strive to keep up with market demands and expectations, height-ened by the competition driven by the eco-nomic conditions, renovations continue to be executed and new spaces defined. In the hospitality and healthcare sectors alike, a consumer’s perception of clean and up-to-date facilities paired with attentive service is often critical to success.

with this in mind, the 7,530sf fre-senius Medical interior fit-out project was designed by christopher Kidd & Associ-ates, llc with a clean and modern ap-peal, incorporating high-end details and finishes to house state-of-the-art services and equipment at a new suburban location. The medical office and dialysis clinic ren-

ovation was completed within a shopping plaza in milford, N.h. The in-line location allows direct entry and parking. construc-tion included: a reception area, offices, conference rooms, clinical rooms, weigh-ing station, open layout dialysis clinical area and lab space, equipment rooms, data server room, and spacious ADA full and partial bathrooms.

Timberline also completed the 3,300sf lower lobby renovation at the hyatt Regency Boston designed by Sig-

nature Architects, Inc. and parker-Torres Design. The hyatt Regency Boston’s col-lective 2012 renovations provide modern elegance throughout the downtown hotel serving 502 guest rooms and 30,000sf of function space. The lower lobby serves as an entrance accessible through the parking garage, elevators, and street.

As you enter from the street you are welcomed by a mirrored wall-art sculp-ture in the small foyer, between two sets of doors. The entrance continues down a ramp, providing an ADA accessible path-way. Natural light flows in through the open linear treatments and metallic ac-cents, fully utilizing the windows that par-

allel the street, which were previously hid-den behind a larger gift shop. The gift shop was right-sized, also creating a space for adjacent seating.

The lobby hosts a reception desk and lounge area across from the elevators and is also accessed directly by the parking garage. Renovations reveal creative light-ing, lcD television displays, and a more vibrant contemporary color scheme among the finishes and furnishings—in compari-son to the darker feel of the room previous clad in marble and traditional decor. The bathrooms on the lower lobby level also received modern facelifts.

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concord, Nh - Bruss construction started work on an addition and extensive renovation to the con-

cord country club in November of 2012. The new 3,000sf addition to the clubhouse will include a new ADA entry, lobby, verti-cal wheelchair lift, stairway, administrative offices, lavatories, and a connector to the pro-shop.

concord country club was found-ed in 1930, nestled on a hill overlooking concord and the capital building. origi-nally only a nine hole golf course, concord country club added the back nine in the mid 1970s, with an update to the fairways and holes in the late 1980s, which created a course with unique fairways and a club-house with a historic background.

concord country club’s mission is to enrich the lives of its members by providing a high quality, private golf and country club experience that is fiscally re-

sponsible. The current construc-tion is phase 1 of a plan to bring the club members added benefits while keeping the history and mission at the forefront.

phase 2 is in the planning stages and will begin in the fall of 2013, scope to include a new bar, grill, and locker room areas.

currently construction is under way for the addition to the clubhouse. Ninety-five% of the framing is complete, and the building is now weather-tight. Roofing has begun, exterior trim and siding has started, mechani-cal, electrical, and plumbing are just about to begin. Bruss construction is looking for a completion date in the spring as planned.

Some surprises have been encoun- tered as is typical with older buildings in construction; you don’t really know what you are getting into until you have begun. The as built drawings called out six inch existing sanitary lines, but as construction began it was found that they were only four inches. work started immediately to ensure current code compliance, and all sanitary lines were upgraded to six inches. Also, the foundation was found to be above what the new finished floor elevation would be upon completion.

Excavation and concrete underpin-

ning was performed to bring the footing el-evation below the finish floor and to main-tain the structural integrity of the existing foundation. This is a great example of true team collaboration to ensure exceptional quality throughout the project.

The project team includes: Bruss construction as the construction manag-ers, Andrew weaver as the architect, foley Buhl Roberts and Associates as the struc-tural engineer, Yeaton Associates as the mechanical engineer, with oliver mechan-ical Inc., and masse Electrical contractors.

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1. Failure to focus on cultural fit.

All too often, hiring decisions are solely based on ex-perience and skills, when hiring for the correct cultural fit is just as important. Af-ter all, few termina-tions are the result of

the wrong skill sets or experience.

2. Using a job description that is too generic.

Most job descriptions are worthless as a hiring tool. At best they are a listing of minimum, average, and mediocre quali-fications that are misleading in predicting success. It’s not necessarily what a candi-date has (education, skills, prior duties) that makes a difference; it’s what they do with these things. choosing someone based on a list of minimal qualifications might fill a seat, but it is not a recommended solution for consistently hiring top-notch talent.

In lou Adler’s book Hire With Your Head he states that a top person should be able to look at a job description and say, “wow, that’s a job I want to consider.” It should be so clearly written that he or she could show it to their circle of friends and easily convince them that this is a true ca-reer move, with the compensation being of

secondary importance.3. Fishing in shallow waters.If all you’re seeing are applicants

floating near the surface of the pond, you’re doomed to fail before you even start! Not having a good source of talent to choose from results in having to pick from the “best of the worst.” You must compel top talent in the deep end of the pond to get excited about your opportunity.

4. Failure to probe for specific core success factors.

A lack of deep, probing questions to validate candidate stories, examples, and il-lustrations, leads to embellishment and ex-aggeration. Accuracy is greatly improved when the person doing the interviewing probes deeply, asking questions and then follow up questions based on the answers the candidate gives. peeling the onion and playing the role of detective are important things to do.

5. Make a “no” answer on a candi-date harder to justify than a “yes.”

A no can be the safe and easier an-swer and can too often reward interviewers that are unprepared or just don’t want to be bothered. To prevent this from happening, demand more detailed information and evi-dence from yourself and others to justify the no. Vague reasons like, “I just didn’t get a good feeling” about him or her should not be acceptable. Of course a “no” is fine as long as it’s based on factual information gathered during an in-depth interview.

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High-Profile: Facilities Development News

Boston - Suffolk construction re-cently celebrated the topping off of the Broad Institute’s 75 Ames Street project. Suffolk is managing construction of the $175 million, 375,000sf research and de-velopment facility located in the heart of Kendall Square, a renowned science and technology hub, in cambridge.

The 15-story facility will house state-of-the-art laboratory and ancillary space, increasing the total research space of the Broad Institute to more than 500,000sf. Adjoining the Institute’s 7 cambridge center site, the 75 Ames Street expansion will create a contiguous research space for developing advancements in science and technology. This new facility will pro-vide valuable collaborative space where researchers can work together to develop advancements in biomedicine.

other features of the expansion in-

clude 4,000sf of retail space on the ground floor, three mechanical floors, and an open mechanical area on the roof. Approximate-ly 5,000 tons of steel is being used to sup-port the new structure, which will include 92,000sf of exterior glass.

The topping off ceremony recognized the placing of the final steel beam on the 75 Ames Street expansion. To celebrate this key construction milestone, Broad Insti-tute director Eric lander joined the project team, which includes Suffolk construction, development manager Boston properties, and architect Elkus manfredi Architects. The team worked together on the precon-struction plan for the expansion, leading to its selection to perform construction on this important project.

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High-Profile Feature: Grappone Toyota

Bow, Nh - when the grappone Automotive group was ready for a complete renovation of its Bow

Toyota dealership, they didn’t have to look far. Raymond-based Jewett Automotive Design & construction, the company’s design-build contractor since 1993, has renovated six of its facilities over the years, including grappone ford, grappone hon-da, grappone hyundai, and the grappone collision and Reconditioning centers—all of which are located in Bow.

The result of this latest project—a team effort by grappone and Jewett, with design services by Jeff margaretten of margaretten Architectural—is a 77,000sf state-of-the-art, energy-efficient dealership with two-floor showroom, an expanded service facility with drive-through check-in, training facility, and new corporate headquarters. It is the first LEED-certified Toyota facility in New England.

This particular renovation also re-quired a good deal of design creativity, as the minimal expansion allowed by local building codes necessitated working with-in the existing footprint. As a result, fully 60% of the original facility was renovated as part of the new design.

“obtaining this level of green build-ing requires commitment on everyone’s part,” says Jewett project manager Rob Secinaro, “but it is well worth the payoff in terms of energy dollars saved, preserva-tion of the environment, and an increased sense of well-being for the occupants.

Each of our subcontractors followed spe-cific guidelines pertaining to the LEED re-quirements—everything from dust control by the demolition contractor, to the use of building materials that were manufactured using renewable, safe, and recycled con-tent, to mechanical systems that are highly efficient; they were all included in this project.”

The new grappone Toyota dealer-

ship boasts 32 400-foot-deep geothermal wells to help heat and cool the building and greatly reduce its energy consumption, 36 water source heat pumps, seven recycling

stations, and two electric vehicle charging stations. over the course of the project, upwards of 90% of all construction debris

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was either recycled or reused in the new fa-cility, and construction was phased to allow for minimal disruption, as the business was in full operation throughout.

“our team spent almost four years planning and designing a facility that

provides our team members and guests a healthy, inviting and beautiful place to connect,” says Amanda grappone osmer, a fourth-generation owner. “The energy efficiencies we’ll gain are another major highlight, and we’re proud to share this building with the entire New hampshire

community we serve. we regularly give tours of the building to local students interested in green design, energy efficiency, and so-cial responsibility.”

“This type of building is the wave of the future,” adds craig Jewett, presi-dent of Jewett Automotive. “It’s not only beneficial for the company’s employees and customers, and thus the bottom line, it’s simply the socially responsible way to go.”

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Bedford, mA - A ribbon-cut-ting ceremony was held in December at hanscom Air force Base to honor the opening of the nation’s first Joint forces headquarters building, a 120,000sf office building, Phase 1 of a two-phase, two-wing, 200,000sf facility to accommodate both the massachusetts Army and Air Nation-al guard. Attending the ceremony was the honorable governor Deval patrick and The Adjutant general of the massachusetts National guard, major general l. Scott Rice.

phase 1 of the project was designed by Kleinfelder/SEA consultants, Inc. of cambridge and constructed by cTA con-struction co. Inc. of waltham. The state-of-the-art building contains highly flexible in-terior space to accommodate the changing needs of the National guard divisions. The building will serve as the administrative,

war-time, and domestic response head-quarters for over 8,000 soldiers, airmen and civilians.

The building design includes numer-ous sustainable features, including opti-mized energy performance, recycled-con-tent building materials and adherence to an indoor air quality management plan. The site contains water efficient landscaping.

The project is targeting lEED gold certification.

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Gov. Deval Patrick and Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice perform the ribbon cutting.

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Architect: Margaretten Architecturalgeneral contractor: Jewett Construction

civil Engineer: Nobis EngineeringStructural Engineer: Foley Buhl Roberts & Assoc.

Electrical Engineer: Reno Engineering & Light Designmechanical/plumbing Engineer: Design Day Mechanicalsfire Suppression Engineer: Robert Cummings & Assoc.

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ing corp. of Somerville recently made major repairs to the 35 Dunham Road of-fice Building in Billerica. The single story load-bearing block masonry building hous-es 14 individual business units.

Extensive vertical cracking at the corners of each entryway, as well as crack-ing evident at all of the building entrances, was determined to be a significant structur-al issue for the owners to address.

working with a structural engineer, the Alpha team made test cuts in the ex-isting masonry to determine the existing wall construction. There was no indication that the cracking was caused by “building settlement,” as the cracking was localized at the corners of the entrances. Due to the large span of each opening, the concern was that the masonry was being “point loaded” in excess of its capacity.

once the test cut locations were ex-plored and the engineer reviewed the exist-ing construction, it was determined that a combination of two factors had caused the cracking: Excessive point loading on the masonry, and reinforcing steel grouted in the corners that had started to rust and ex-pand, pushing out on the masonry.

The successful repair solution was to install a full-height structural tube column at each corner to transfer the loads down to the foundation instead of through the ma-sonry wall.

The Alpha Weatherproofing team installed temporary shoring to support the existing steel beam across each entrance. The shoring needed to be sufficient to carry the existing building loads.

once the shoring was in place, Alpha was able to “tooth-out” the cracked ma-sonry at each corner for the column instal-lation. After the masonry was removed, the new tube column was installed and welded into place. The replacement masonry had

to be carefully notched around the new col-umns so as not to alter the building lines.

Alpha worked closely with the prop-erty manager to complete all demolition and noisy work in the early mornings or on weekends in order to minimize the impact of the disruptive work on the building’s tenants, enabling them to continue their business operations without interruption.

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High-Profile: Healthcare Facilities Development News

Worcester, MA - Diversified Project management (Dpm) of Newton has com-pleted its engagement with DcAm to fa-cilitate the new worcester Recovery cen-ter and hospital’s relocation into its brand new, 428,000sf facility at 309 Belmont Street.

The new worcester Recovery cen-ter and hospital will provide treatment for nearly half of the psychiatric patients re-quiring long-term hospitalization in mas-sachusetts.

Dpm was contracted to schedule, coordinate, and supervise the delivery of 7,500 pieces of new furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the newly completed, 320-bed facility that was built adjacent to the old worcester psychiatric hospital.

The final phase of the project in-

cluded the relocation of staff and patients from the Bryan Building, part of the former worcester psychiatric hospital, to the new facility. These moves took place over six weekdays and were planned so that each facility was fully functional when the pa-tients were in residence.

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7,500 pieces of new furniture, fixtures, and equipment were coordinated.

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Boston - wise construction, of winchester, has completed two major projects involving renova-tion and construction of advanced-level laboratories for training of medical personnel in the Boston area.

The projects include the Surgical Skills Training labora-tory at massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), in Boston, and the center for medical Simulation (cmS), in charlestown. Both were completed in January of this year.

massachusetts Eye and Ear’s new state-of-the-art Surgical Skills Training laboratory advances instruction capabilities in otolaryngology, including skull-base sur-gery, head and neck surgery, laser surgery, otology and neurotology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, sinus surgery, laryn-gology, and pediatric otolaryngology.

The lab is designed to enable instruc-tion using anatomic and cadaveric samples providing a significant improvement in hands-on training for medical residents.

The laboratory’s proctor station is connected to 12 individual teaching work-stations with video screens and communica-tions capabilities. Each is equipped with sur-gical microscopes, drills, and DVD training videos. Teleconferencing capabilities enable live broadcasts to conference rooms within the hospital and to physicians in locations around the world. The architect for the proj-ect is Eckert wordell.

The center for medical Simulation provides training for healthcare providers in crisis situations. By simulating different types of emergency situations, care provid-ers learn how to deal with adverse conditions while continuing to deliver patient care. The training focuses on the clinical and behav-ioral aspects of performance, emphasizing crisis management and error prevention.

The newly renovated space includes a cT scan, a fully equipped operating room and an intensive care unit. Each is used to simulate disaster situations in which the cli-nician is placed to “practice” care delivery. The operating rooms and IcU are equipped with medical gasses, including oxygen, ni-trogen, compressed gas, and vacuum.

The center, which was founded in 1993, is one of the world’s first healthcare simulation centers. It is located in charles-town’s historic Navy Yard. The architect for the project is Steffian Bradley.

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nent, the montana State Buildings En-ergy conservation (SBEc) program reduces operating costs in state facili-ties, including mon-tana universities and community colleges. cost effective energy efficiency projects in

state-owned buildings are identified, investigated, and funded. Annual energy savings are anticipated to be nearly $2 million and 430,000 mmBTU.

mIIp believes a similar program should be adopted by New England-region states, in which public funds are tight and simple, environmentally friendly ways of saving money need to be instituted. mIIp knows that insulation is the one system of any building that starts paying for itself once it is implemented. In the montana state program, the resulting energy sav-ings are captured and used to repay the investment. montana will expand this ex-isting program and fund about 60 projects identified through energy audits and ap-proved by the 2009 montana legislature. Data on energy use will be collected before and after the energy conservation building retrofits. Generation of over 89,000 jobs: mechanical insulation maintenance is an excellent example of “shovel-ready” green

job opportunities. It can put tens of thou-sands of people to work and retain existing jobs while contributing to the competitive-ness of US manufacturing, reducing our country’s dependence on foreign energy sources, improving our environment, and increasing profitability of private and pub-lic businesses and facilities. Equally im-portant, the majority of insulation contrac-tors who install and maintain mechanical insulation systems represent independent small businesses in every state. mechani-cal insulation is a proven technology. It does not require research and development or engineering or design processes. materi-als and skilled craft personnel are available now and ready to be deployed.

Just one worker for a single day can save: Insulating 45 linear feet of 8-in. high-pressure steam line equates to about $13,600 per year in energy savings, equiv-alent to removing 13 cars per year from the highways. Assuming the facility exists for 20 more years, the total energy savings from that one workday would be $272,000.

Insulating 70 linear feet of 3-in. low pressure steam line equates to over $4,000 per year in energy savings, reducing co2 emissions as much as removing 3.7 cars from the highways. Assuming the facil-ity exists for 20 more years, total energy savings from that one workday would be $80,000.

Jack Lister is director of Mechanical Insulation Industry Professionals.

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Simsbury, cT - High-Profile had the opportunity to discuss the Innerglass window Systems with owner David Degling of Simsbury, connecticut, about their compres-sion fit window system. David and Kimber Degling have been offer-ing compression-fit window sys-tems since 1991.

HP: what is the Innerglass window and how does it work?

Degling: The Innerglass window is a vinyl-framed, glass interior window that mounts on the inside of the primary window using our compression-fit technol-ogy. It seals tightly, eliminating drafts, con-densation, and outside noise. The compres-sion-fit advantage eliminates the need to install a track for the window to sit in, thus providing an airtight fit, even for windows that are not perfectly square.

HP: Is this something a facility man-ager can install, or should he hire a contrac-tor?

Degling: Innerglass windows are so quick and easy to install, most people do it themselves.

Because there is no carpentry re-quired to install Innerglass windows, the facility manager can avoid all of the head-aches associated with installing replace-ment or traditional storm windows. our windows do not disturb the integrity of your existing windows, so they are perfect for historic renovation, condominiums and

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wilbraham mA - construction is nearly complete and firefighters are expected to occupy the renovat-ed main fire Station in wilbraham two-and-a-half months ahead of the original April, 2013 move-in date. The renovation and addition project will bring the existing 1950s station into compliance with current IAfc guidelines for emergency response facilities and increases its size from 3,600sf to 11,500sf.

The original station was in desperate need of more garage space for their trucks, ambulance, and boat. There were barely inches to fit between the trucks and the garage door, and not enough bays to house all the apparatus. The boat was kept off-site at a substation and the ambulance parked in a temporary shelter. The modu-lar trailers that were added to the original structure to house administration and living quarters were also very dated and too small for current needs.

After an extensive designer selection process, the town of wilbraham’s selection committee unanimously awarded the con-tract to Tecton Architects. The town was impressed by the firm’s extensive résumé of public safety projects and by Jeff mcElravy, its senior project manager, who is a national-ly recognized specialist in public safety de-sign and serves various departments across the country as a planning and design consul-tant. for this project, Tecton also enlisted the expertise of pacheco Ross Architects of Voorheesville, N.Y. for its extensive knowl-edge of fire station design.

The team of engineers consists of garcia galuska DeSousa for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (mEp); Jh Engi-neering for civil engineering, and Johnson Structural. western Builders of granby is the general contractor.

The $2.8 million project presented no additional tax burden to town residents. The town had $1.8 million set aside for upgrades to the fire department. It also had plans to purchase a new pumper truck, estimated at a cost of $700,000. when the pumper truck was evaluated, the fire department deter-mined that the vehicle still had five to seven years of service and that the money would be far better spent if added to the funds for the building upgrade. It was also deter-mined that the new truck would not fit in the existing garage. Additional funds also be-came available from ambulance billings and surpluses in other areas.

lance Trevallion, building commis-sioner for the town of wilbraham, acted also as project manager for the town on this project.

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The growth of wireless connectivity and devices, coupled with the increasing mobility and collaboration of information users, creates new demands for being con-nected and new opportunities for network-ing solutions. Add to that the financial and spatial constraints of construction and renovation projects, and you end up with conflicting demands. Traditional struc-tured cabling solutions’ design inertia gen-erally leads to more cabling, more equip-ment, and associated increases in power and cooling. mobility, collaboration, and wireless connectivity lead to fewer fixed connections and more spontaneous in-teraction. how can we rationalize these demands, and what design options address these issues?

contrary to much of the industry chatter, the majority of computing devices do not generate high levels of network traffic, relative to current network capac-ity. This is supported by measurements of actual network traffic, and evidenced by the fact that most mobile users are effec-tively working and socializing. If the need for fixed connections is decreasing then there should be corresponding decreases, in wiring equipment, space requirements, and supporting infrastructure.

one new way of delivering the re-quired connectivity is based on the use of fiber optic cabling. This approach is familiar to most people in the form of fIoS. The technology uses networking equipment, end user devices, and fiber optic cabling to deliver connections up to 12 miles without intermediate electronics. This eliminates the requirement for dis-tributed wiring rooms and the associated power and cooling. In one recent reno-vation project, the ability to feed guest rooms from one main technology room in the basement allowed the design team to use the original communications room on each floor for HVAC and other building systems.

Not only was valuable real estate freed up, but there is a reduction in power and cooling associated with the elimina-tion of these communications rooms. The

recent renovation project is a hotel from the 1970s, approximately 250,000sf that includes 19 floors of guest rooms. By us-ing fiber optic cabling, the wiring room on each guest room floor was eliminated. These wiring rooms operate 24 hours year round with a continuous power demand. Based on energy modeling analysis, it is approximated that the removal of these wiring rooms reduced the annual building energy use by over 2%.

The wiring rooms in a conventional design require both electricity to power the equipment and energy for cooling all the heat generated by the wiring room equipment. For this specific project, this was approximately, per room, 1.75 kw of power and 0.75 tons of cooling, respec-tively.

fiber optic lAN solutions, com-pared to traditional copper cabling, re-duces space requirements for cabling and saves energy, but how do they compare when it comes down to cost? Surpris-ingly, fiber optic cabling is cost competi-tive. After factoring in the reduction of equipment and wiring/distribution rooms, the growing cost of copper wiring and the reduced installation time, fiber optic net-works result in lower initial and opera-tional costs.

This is just one example of how it is important as leaders in the design pro-fession, it is our responsibility to question how we can improve upon conventional designs and continue to explore new tech-nology applications.

Michael Kerwin, RCDD, CCS, DCCA is the principal of the technology services group at Vanderweil Engineers. Suzanne Robinson, PE LEED AP BD+C, is the director of sustainability of the sus-tainability department.

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Rockville, mD - The mechanical contractors Association of America, Inc.

(mcAA) announced the four finalist teams that will make oral pre-sentations of its written bid proposals during the next phase of the 2012-2013 Student chapter competition:

milwaukee School of Engineer-ing; Southern polytechnic State Uni-versity; University of washington; and Northeastern University.

This year’s competition project involved a 50,000sf that houses the

National Aeronautics and Space Admin-istration’s Space Exploration center. Bidders were required to recommend design elements that meet or exceed lEED platinum criteria. The project also required that the bids include a post-construction service component.

finalists will compete for a $5,000 first-place prize. The second-place team will receive $2,500, and each of the other teams will receive $1,000. All finalists will also take home a hand-some trophy.


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Boston - Suffolk construction is in mid construction of one of Boston’s newest residential towers, The

Kensington, located at 659 washington Street. Suffolk was selected by Kensing-ton Investment company, a Boston-based real estate development firm, and National Development, one of New England’s lead-ing development and investment firms, to provide construction management services for the tower. The two companies are part-nering on the project, and have brought in Northwestern mutual life Insurance com-pany as an equity partner.

Northwestern mutual is also provid-ing construction and permanent financing.

The Architectural Team, a Boston-based firm, is the architect for the project. E.M. Duggan is performing the mEp, g&c concrete construction Inc. is the concrete contractor.

Team members celebrated the “top-ping off” of The Kensington in December 2012. The ceremony recognized the 400 construction workers and the placement of the final steel beam on top of the 27-story building. The Kensington broke ground in october 2011 and is slated for occupancy in late 2013. The 27-story, 488,000sf build-ing will offer 381 luxury rental apartments, 2,700sf of ground floor retail space, and 110 parking spaces.

“we have been utilizing numerous lean construction techniques on The Kensington project, that has enabled our team to successfully finish the build-ing fit out quicker and with less labor than a traditional schedul-ing approach,” said Bob Keaf-fer, project executive at Suffolk construction. “This innovative construction management pro-cess has increased efficiency and collaboration, enhanced quality, improved safety, and produced less waste on the construction of this residential tower.”

Amenities will include ful-ly equipped clubrooms, a sixth floor open air heated pool with

a landscaped terrace, tech-savvy common areas, and a state-of-the-art fitness facil-ity. In addition to ground-floor retail space there will be an exhibit of artifacts from the gaiety Theatre. In keeping with Boston mayor Thomas m. menino’s recent initia-tive to promote smoke-free living spaces in the city, The Kensington will be completely smoke-free. It will also be designed and built to achieve LEED Gold certification.

Subcontractors include cheviot cor-poration; component Assembly Systems; composite company; J. Derenzo com-pany; E.m. Duggan Inc.; g & c concrete; heritage Restoration; Island International Industries, Inc.; K&h Electrical Systems, Inc.; liberty construction Services; marr, Daniel & Son company; Quality Air met-als, Inc.; R. S. contracting company; and Rescue welding.

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High-Profile Focus: Multi-Residential/Assisted Living

cambridge, mA - Nauset construc-tion announced the completion of Seven cameron, a 37-unit, urban transit-oriented, smart-growth community that perfectly exemplifies the emerging housing trend for those seeking to live in a lively live-work-play environment. The development is fast approaching full occupancy as its sustainable-urban appeal fueled a robust pre-leasing campaign.

located adjacent to linear park on mass. Ave. in cambridge, the four-story complex consists of 37 market rate, one and two-bedroom units with underground parking. The building was constructed us-ing a mix of wood and steel-framed con-struction, and amenities include a commu-nity room, fitness room, roof decks, unit patios or balconies, hardwood floors, and granite counter tops.

Sustainable elements include high-efficiency heating and cooling systems, a highly insulated building envelope with energy-efficient fiberglass windows, low-VOC and formaldehyde-free interior fin-ishes, Energy Star lighting and appliances, and water conserving fixtures. The multi-family project was designed by Somer-ville-based Davis Square Architects in conjunction with oaktree Development’s architects.

The construction took place within a constricted environment, which presented a number of challenges for Nauset. “It was a tight fit, with the building taking up nearly the entire lot, so deliveries had to be timed to create as little disruption as possible to the neighbors,” said Nauset president An-thony papantonis.

melrose, mA - The first building of Alta Stone place, which includes 67 apartments, has been completed. The community, which is being built in phases, includes a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments with sizes ranging from 552sf to 1,450sf. wood partners is the developer of the $32 million com-munity and Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype, Inc, of Boston is the project architect. pro con Inc of manchester, N.h. is the general con-tractor for the residential project.

The community will be comprised of 212 apartments housed within three new wood framed buildings and a renovated mill building. more than 285 parking spaces are planned, and the clubhouse ame-nities will feature two fitness rooms, a great room with kitchenette, media room, cyber café/business center, conference room, and outdoor heated pool.

The project’s second phase, which

will offer an additional 145 apartments, is the redevelopment and renovation of the four-story brick and wood-beam mill building and new construction of a podium style building. construction will resume on the second phase in early 2013.

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hartford, cT - The Jade market-ing group of west hartford contracted Diversified Project Management, Inc. (Dpm) to provide comprehensive own-er’s project management services for its construction and relocation project that includes the procurement and specifica-tion of all furniture fixtures and equip-ment. Dpm project executive, mark DuPré, Assoc. AIA, and project man-ager Rick Davidow worked closely with

the Amenta Emma Architects, The pac group general contractors, and Ronus properties, Inc. as Jade relocated its west hartford headquarters to 11,000sf of newly renovated space in the memo-rial building in Blue Back Square, west hartford.

The Jade marketing group repre-sents Amethyst jeans and other lines of denim-based clothing.

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New Britain, cT – connecticut Building congress members and friends in the A/E/c community discussed design-build past, present, and future at a recent program held on the campus of central connecticut State University. Kenneth Russo, cpE director of preconstruction at KBE Building corporation, moderated a panel including Allen V. herring, p.E., chief engineer of the connecticut Depart-ment of construction Services; James l. fox, pE lEED Ap, BVh Integrated Servic-es, p.c., and DBIA New England president; and James m. mcmanus, fAIA chairman of The S/l/A/m collaborative.

long-standing cBc member John oliveto, p.E., from fletcher-Thompson was honored for his many years of dedica-tion to the organization.

herring provided an interesting per-spective on the state of connecticut’s usage of design-build in some of its projects.

fox illuminated the larger design-build picture nationwide as being 50% of commercial projects recently awarded,

while the percentage in New England is much lower for design-build projects.

mcmanus conceded his initial appre-hensions 20 years ago that the design-build structure would bankrupt the industry have been proven inaccurate. he then went on to stress the benefits of leveraging contrac-tor and subcontractor expertise during the design process.

The consensus was that design-build saves money, eliminates waste, and often creates a superior product.

Design-build is here to stay.

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Allen Herring, James McManus, James Fox, and Kenneth Russo at the podium

Hartford, CT - Diversified Proj-ect management (Dpm) of hartford an-nounced that it has promoted two members of its project management staff.

with Dpm since 2001, gary Brallier of East granby has been promoted to se-nior project manager. he has worked on a variety of construction projects, most re-cently acting as owner’s construction rep-resentative for United Illuminating’s new $120 million corporate headquarters – a 375,000sf complex spanning 56 acres in orange.

his other notable assignments have included phonon corporation, ccmc, l&m, and middlesex hospitals.

Brallier is currently working with cooley Dickinson hospital in Northamp-ton, mass. on a number of facilities im-provement projects.

chris francis of New haven has been promoted to project manager. he joined Dpm in 2008 as an assistant proj-ect manager and has worked on both move management and construction administra-tion projects. he has supported relocation projects at both Yale University and Uconn law School, and for the past two years, has been assigned in-house at pratt & whitney.

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hartford, cT - Kirchhoff campus properties recently selected EYp Architec-ture & Engineering to plan and design a new 352-bed student housing community within Trinity college-owned parcels along cres-cent Street. EYP will create five new struc-tures comprised of adjoining townhouses, designed to extend the character of Trinity college south toward New Britain Avenue.

EYp’s design includes three-story townhouses with up to nine single bed-rooms, living room, kitchen, dining area, three bathrooms, washer/dryer, and front and back porches intended to maintain the residential character of campus surround-ings, and specifically, the residential charac-ter of Vernon Street that passes through the campus north of the site. faculty, resident advisor, and resident director apartments are also included within the planned student community.

Additionally, the facility will include a flexible, multi-purpose suite to accom-modate special events and team academic work.

Styled after the surrounding historic buildings, the design of the new townhous-es combine the Victorian and craftsman styles of nearby structures into a colorful streetscape that is accented by large private porches and bay windows.

Designed with a mix of materials that include brick, clapboard, and shingles, each townhouse structure strives to reflect the col-lege’s colorful historic color palate. future development of the crescent Street project includes additional student townhouses and the potential for retail opportunity in future phases. The first phase of the current plan of three townhouses broke ground in Decem-ber 2012, with a scheduled occupancy date of August 2013.

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The connecticut chapter of the American Society of landscape Architects (cTASlA) announced the winners of its annual connecticut Design Awards com-petition at the chapter’s annual meeting in December:

Landscape Architectural Design - Corporate/Institutional

• Robert Olson Associates (Boston), Excellence Award for community health center Roof garden (middletown).

• Towers|Golde, LLC (New Haven), honor Award for gateway community college (New haven).

• Milone & MacBroom, Inc. (Ham-den), merit Award for west Bristol K-8 School (Bristol).

Landscape Architectural Design - Municipal/Public Spaces

• Erskine Middeleer Associates LLC (georgetown), honor Award for Sherwood mill pond preserve (westport).

Landscape Architectural Design - Residential

• Anne Penniman Associates LLC (Essex), honor Award for A Rower’s landing (lyme).

• Devore Associates, LLC (Fairfield), honor Award for A Sustainable homestead (New canaan).

• Louis Fusco Landscape Architects (pound Ridge, NY), honor Award for grey goose pond Retreat and 1940s pavilion Restoration (greenwich, cT / North castle, NY).

• Wesley Stout Associates (New canaan), honor Award for connecticut country Retreat (weston).

• Landscape Elements, llc (New london), merit Award for A Vacation Destina-tion (South county, R.I.).

• Richard Bergmann Architects (New canaan), merit Award for lakeside landscape (connecticut).

• Spaulding Landscape Architects, llc (Stamford), merit Award for In Town Retreat (Stamford).

Landscape Planning and Analysis• Anne Penniman Associates LLC

(Essex), honor Award for A New park for madison (madison).

• Stantec Consulting Services Inc. (hamden), merit Award for pleasure Beach park master plan (Bridgeport)

• TO Design LLC (New Britain) and landscape Elements (New london), merit Award for waterbury green master plan (waterbury).

Landscape Architectural Communications

• Richard Bergmann Architects (New canaan), honor Award for “what Tree Is This?” (booklet).

• Artemis Land-scape Architects, Inc. (Bridgeport) merit Award for “Bridging the land-scape of Autism: Defini-tions, Design guidelines, and Schematic concepts” (powerpoint presenta-tion).

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New canaan, cT - for the fourth time in three years, British clothing and accessories retailer Jack wills out-fitters is opening a new shop in Con-necticut.

And for the seventh time in that period, Jack wills has chosen builder and general contractor A&o Danner, Inc., of plymouth, mass. to complete the buildout. In 2010-11 Danner built two other Jack wills stores in green-wich and westport.

In 2010, Jack wills executives chose A&O Danner to build its first US stores, starting on the Island of Nantucket, then in Edgartown on martha’s Vineyard, and on trendy Newbury Street in downtown

Boston. most recently, in time for the 2012 summer vacation season, Danner complet-ed the sixth store buildout, in quaint and historic chatham, mass. on cape cod.

Danner to Build Retail Store

Typical finished interior of a Jack Wills store.

middletown, cT - Daniel Valen-tine recently passed his pE exam to be-come a professional licensed engineer in the state of connecticut. he joined Tighe & Bond’s Middletown office in 2008.

Valentine has worked on a wide range of projects for numerous private and municipal clients throughout con-necticut and massachusetts over the past five years. This includes provid-ing roadway design, drainage studies, traffic engineering, traffic management, parking demand assessments, and most recently geotechnical and dam related projects. He is proficient in AutoCAD civil 3D, SewergEms, and has also provided construction observations on a variety of projects.

Valentine is currently working on the drainage and design of off-site improvements for Bridgeport hospital, a roadway design for the metropolitan District commission, and a new site development project for the Norwalk housing Authority. he also recently completed site development plans for a mixed use site development project in New haven.

In addition to being a member of the American Society of Engineers (AScE) and the connecticut Society of Engineers (cScE), Valentine is also the treasurer for the Younger members committee of cScE. A resident of East hampton, connecticut, he is also a member of the water pollution control Authority in that town.

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marlborough, mA –The new year is bringing new resources to marlborough cancer patients as

woburn-based Tocci Building companies finishes construction on a high-tech cancer pavilion for marlborough hospital’s on-cology center.

The new 14,000sf, $12.7 million cancer treatment wing at the Union Street hospital will make updated treatments available to marlborough patients, includ-ing a state-of-the-art linear accelerator for radiation oncology, a cT simulator for di-agnostic imaging, and outpatient medical oncology services. marlborough hospital currently offers outpatient medical oncol-ogy, but the project will make radiation on-cology services available in marlborough for the first time.

The construction of the cancer pa-vilion marks another first — it will be the first New England healthcare project to be completed under an Integrated project Delivery (IpD) contract. IpD is a con-tract form and method in which project stakeholders including the owner, archi-tect, general contractor, engineering con-sultants, and subcontractors work as one group to optimize results, increase value to the owner, reduce waste, and maximize ef-ficiency through all phases of the project. All parties are contractually incentivized to meet the same objectives through shared financial risk and reward. Using IPD, the marlborough hospital cancer pavilion was able to set aggressive cost targets to meet mutually agreed upon goals.

To facilitate the intense intellec-tual collaboration that a cutting-edge fa-

cility like the cancer pavilion requires, Tocci Building companies of woburn, mass. and The S/l/A/m collaborative of glastonbury, conn./Boston used VDc/BIm (virtual design and construction/building information modeling) technol-ogy to coordinate design and construc-tion. hospital staff were able to evaluate the building in 3D computer models before construction started to examine usability such as: paths to supplies, locations of pa-tient bathrooms, and distance patients must

walk to the treatment areas. BIm enabled the integrated team to review the structure in 3D and spot problems more easily than it could with a traditional 2D blueprint. patients on the planning team explained the challenges they face getting daily treat-ments, thus helping the designers-builders eliminate wasted steps upfront.

Designed to be constructed and maintained with environmentally friendly materials, the cancer pavilion was de-signed with lEED in mind and features a

healing garden for its patients. “The gar-den creates a warm and welcoming entry to the new cancer pavilion,” explained assis-tant project manager Jeremy garczynski. “It provides an inviting setting that makes patients feel more comfortable through the use of warm woods, indirect lighting, and comfortable seating.”

construction of the vault to house the high-tech accelerator required advanced construction techniques. “The pouring of the lINAc vault was a milestone in itself with nearly 50 trucks delivering 500 cubic yards of concrete in one day,” said project manager Joe cavallaro. “we used the BIm to plan and construct the vault’s 2-ft. to 6-ft. thick walls and 3-ft. to 6-ft. ceiling. The precision of each pour and penetration was critical to containing the radiation.”

marlborough hospital opted to use BIm/IpD to deliver a faster and more cost efficient project and chose Tocci for its reputation for pioneering use of those practices. Tocci won constructech’s gold Vision Award for its work as program man-

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Beverly, mA - working in partner-ship with the US Department of Veterans Affairs and peabody properties, Inc., win-dover construction of manchester is mov-ing forward with two veterans’ housing projects.

locally, The pleasant Street Apart-ments will create permanent, supportive housing for veterans in downtown Beverly. located adjacent to the Beverly train sta-tion, the project will transform an existing property, formerly occupied by Beverly Self-Storage, into 33 new apartments. The completed complex will include on-site counseling and job training for residents. once construction is complete, the com-munity will be managed by peabody prop-erties. construction began in December with an expected completion date of June 2013.

The second project, Valley Brook Village, is in lyons, N.J. The 63-unit hous-ing development will support veterans on the grounds of the VA medical center. The complex consists of three buildings with both one and two bedroom apartments, situated around a common village green.

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Project Team for Marlborough Hospital projectArchitect - The S/L/A/M Collaborative

general contractor - Tocci Building CompaniesStructural Engineer - The S/L/A/M Collaborative

mEp Engineer - Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates, Inc.fire protection Engineer - Covenant Fire Protection

hVAc Engineer - Fitzemeyer & Tocci Associates, Inc.civil / Site Engineer - Whitman & Bingham Associates

landscape Architect - The S/L/A/M Collaborative

High-Profile Feature: Marlborough Hospital’s Oncology Center

ager of the $500 million, 1.73 million sf Al-exandria center Kendall Square (AcKS) campus in cambridge, and this January its cEo John Tocci received the collabora-tion forum’s pioneer Award— he only na-tional award for IpD excellence.

Tocci’s use of BIm/VDc on the 14,000sf project is part of a continuing

trend in the construction industry to em-ploy BIm on smaller and smaller projects. “Every year, use of BIm becomes more vital to design and construction practices,” said laura handler, director of virtual de-sign and construction. “It has been Tocci’s standard operating procedure since our initial implementation in 2006. owners know that it improves project performance throughout the full lifecycle. At this point, they expect us to use BIm.”

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marlborough, mA - Renaud hVAc has completed installing the hVAc sys-tems on the 14,000sf high-tech cancer pavilion for marlborough hospital’s on-cology center built by Tocci Building companies.

This is not the first project that Re-naud has completed successfully for the Umass memorial healthcare system, but what is unique is for Renaud to have worked on the first New England health-care project to be completed under an IpD (Integrated project Delivery) contract. Re-naud was selected by marlborough hospi-tal to be one of the project stakeholders on Tocci’s team along with the owner, archi-tect, and engineering consultants to work as one group, including electrical, plumb-ing, and fire protection subcontractors.

“It all started for Renaud in the spring of 2011 after being selected by the hospital, when we spent months in meetings work-ing together as a team well before the proj-ect started, to make sure we were going to meet the same objectives and maximize ef-

ficiency through all phases of the project,” said president Tom Nicalek. “This was a very challenging project in implementing new and existing mechanical systems at the hospital, and of course, the IpD con-tract process was new and challenging to most of the subcontractors as well.”

Renaud worked closely every day with Tocci Building companies and The S/l/A/m collaborative using VDc/BIm (virtual design and construction/building information modeling) technology to co-ordinate mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection so that they guaranteed that all these trades did not conflict with one another once installation began.

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concord, Nh - cobb hill con-struction, Inc. recently completed construction on the new friendly Kitchen, concord’s only area soup kitchen, on South commercial Street in concord. The new building replac-es the old friendly Kitchen, which was lost to a fire in April 2011 at the hope house.

The new 5,800sf building seats more than 120 people through a combination of indoor and outdoor seating, all of which is accessible for individuals with disabilities. other features of the building include a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen and a large food stor-

age area that will allow volunteers to more easily prepare and store donated foods. The project also includes substantial on-site parking and well-lit landscaped grounds.

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Nashua, Nh - It has been a year since lamprey health care celebrated the launch of its new location built by North Branch construction in Nashua. The addition and renovation of the former home health & hospice Building located at 22 prospect Street is now home for the lamprey health care center.

for the second time, North Branch has contributed a pledge of $25,000 to lamprey through the community Devel-opment Investment program. This program is designed as a fundraising tool for non-profit community development organiza-tions, cooperatives, and municipalities to raise much needed money for their causes.

This donation marks North Branch’s fourth consecutive year for purchasing tax credits on behalf of its not-for-profit cli-ents.

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Boston - Intelligent Office, a virtual and professionally staffed office space for mobile executives, small businesses, pro-fessional services firms, and independent contractors, announced the addition of Beals + Thomas as a new tenant.

Beals + Thomas is a multidisci-plinary firm that provides engineering, design, planning, environmental, and sur-veying services to support the develop-ment and conservation of land and water resources.

The firm has offices in Southborough and plymouth and now in Boston where they have established a satellite office within Intelligent Office.

Beals + Thomas Joins Intelligent Office

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Braintree, mA - New England painting/finishing contractors recently kicked off a funding campaign for get Back outdoors (gBo). The goal for 2013 is $100,000 – enough to help 30 to 35 dis-abled individuals regain their independence.

gBo provides a new kind of loyalty to disabled vets: long-term commitment to their complete reintegra-tion into outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, and whitewater rafting. The pro-gram will do whatever it

takes to outfit, license, secure land, and trans-port them—at no cost to the veterans.

gBo stays en-gaged with each indi-vidual for as long as it takes to connect them with the tools, skills, confidence, and the outdoor companions required to send them out of the program fully capable of con-tinuing their activities independently of the organization.

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Springfield, MA - JM Coull, Inc., is building a new f.w. webb facility in Springfield. The design-build, 67,000sf project is scheduled for completion in february 2013.

while it resembles f.w. webb’s other facilities throughout New England, this project is differ-ent in that it incorporates a rooftop photovoltaic solar energy system.

Jm coull is installing a com-mercial solar energy system de-signed to convert sunlight directly into clean, renewable, cost-stable electricity.

The benefits of the use of a commercial photovoltaic solar sys-tem extend beyond the reduction of carbon footprint. This commercial system provides fixed-cost energy pricing through a clean, renewable, and locally generated source. The system will generate over 390,000 kilowatt hours per year and provide consistent energy for over 30 years.

The system uses 1,235 Trina solar modules, designed to with-stand hail, wind, and snow, strategi-cally placed on the rooftop of the new facil-ity to form a solar array. when sunlight hits the solar array, Dc electricity is generated which then travels to the 266 kw Solectria inverter where it is converted from Dc to Ac electricity.

The Ac electricity is then passed to the electric service panel where it is routed

to power the facility. A benefit of this sys-tem is that it is “grid-tied,” meaning that backup electricity will be available at night or on overcast days. The grid-tied system also enables the public utility to absorb the production of excess energy. At the end of the year, the utility will pay f.w. webb for excess kilowatt hours at wholesale rates.

coull Installs Energy System

Webb facility under construction

Photovoltaic solar energy system being installed

frostburg, mD - R.g. Vanderweil Engineers llp, a Boston-based, full-ser-vice engineering firm, recently com-pleted the design of a $2 million new sustainable energy research facility at frostburg State Univer-sity. The Solar Energy Research facility (SERf) will become one of the prime locations for national re-newable energy research. This is the university’s first off-grid, net zero, carbon-neutral facility.

Vanderweil collaborated with a local architecture firm in Mary-land, the Sustainable Design group, for the design of this new build-ing. This new SERf building con-sists of a large multi-purpose hall which will be used for research, instructional sessions, and outreach activities, and will remain open to the public for viewing. within the outdoor showroom, there are numerous examples of renewable energy products that will re-main on display. The SERf building was designed to serve as a prime example of a self-sufficient, off-grid, net zero energy fa-cility where the energy being consumed is supplied by renewable energy sources such as the use of wind power and sunlight in the form of electric photovoltaics and active solar heating. The building was designed to achieve a LEED Platinum certification.

many sustainable design features were incorporated into this building in or-

der to achieve LEED certification. Some features used to attain this

goal were: chilled beam cooling utilizing an open-well geothermal system source, lED lighting with occupancy and daylight-ing controls, radiant floor heating utilizing pEX piping throughout, photovoltaics on the roof and on-site with the building being independent from the electric utility (100% off-grid). The building is also heated pri-marily by use of sunlight utilizing a pas-sive-solar building design combined with an active evacuated heat-pipe technology solar thermal collector system and a hydro-gen fuel cell is provided as a back-up build-ing power source.

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Andover, mA - pennoni Associates, an ENR Top 100 en-gineering, design, and consult-ing firm with a branch office in Andover, announced that Judith Nitsch, PE, LEED AP BD+C, has been named to the firm’s board of directors. She will serve a three-year term.

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agement of site development and infrastructure-related projects.

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years and is the president-elect of this national organization.

pennoni Appoints Nitsch

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hartford, cT Tecton Architects announced the addition of veteran healthcare professional Donata ceretto giannone.

most recently director of facilities management at lawrence memorial hospital in New london, she brings over 26 years of hospital oversight expertise to the Tecton franchise.

She assumes the position of senior project manager of healthcare, effective immediately.

giannone Joins Tecton

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longer square, which is very often the case in historic homes and buildings.

HP: Are there options an owner may choose?

Degling: our windows are available in three colors. They also come with op-tions like low-e glazing, tempered glass, laminated, or plexiglass to further improve their efficiency.

HP: have they been tested?Degling: our windows were tested

for air infiltration by the Vermont Energy Investment corporation for the “This old house” television show. At wind speeds of 25 mph, our windows performed seven times better than the industry standard. Inn-erglass windows were also tested by Inter-tek Testing Services for their noise reduc-tion capabilities. our windows performed so well that we earned a qualification which allowed us to supply windows to homes and business around the construction sites during the Boston central Artery project. The noise reduction was so dramatic that even after our windows were hermetically sealed and tested again, those results were only a fraction better that when they were tested without being sealed.

HP: What other benefits should we mention?

Degling: The Innerglass window is not a replacement window, nor is it a tra-ditional storm window. Instead, it brings together the benefits of both while elimi-nating the difficulties each of these options can present. Innerglass windows are sig-nificantly more effective at insulating your home and lowering your heating and cool-ing bills than a traditional outside storm window, without the expense of installing replacement windows.

Boston, mA - Dyer Brown Ar-chitects announced several promotions within the firm rec-ognizing the profes-sional growth of these individuals: Rachel D. woodhouse, lEED Ap has been named director; Ashley Dunn, AIA, has been named senior project manager; Ryan haggerty, AIA, lEED Ap, has been named senior project manager; Kate Ryan has been named project man-ager and Jessie Sheehan, IIDA, lEED Ap, has been named project manager.

Dyer Brown also announced that Ryan haggerty, lEED Ap, has success-fully completed his registration exams and is now a registered architect and a mem-ber of the American Institute of Architects. haggerty has seven years of architectural experience working for clients including Bank of America, Sovereign Bank, and lincoln property company.

Also, meg Saurman and heather Stanley have successfully completed the NcIDQ examinations and are now profes-sional, certified interior designers. Saur-man has eight years of interior design experience working for clients including American Tower, Tishman Speyer, and Saracen properties. Stanley has nine years of interior design experience working for

clients including liberty mutual Insurance, Equity Office, and A.W. Perry.

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greenwich, cT - Atlas holdings llc announced that Kurt liebich has been appointed group executive for wood prod-ucts and president and cEo of wood Resources llc, Atlas’s specialty and commodity ply-wood products business. liebi-ch will also continue in his cur-rent role as president and cEo of RedBuilt llc, Atlas’s wood-based structural solutions company.

Simultaneous with liebich’s

appointment, Richard Yar-brough, who has led wood Resources since its found-ing in 2003, has been named chairman of the board. wil-liam R. corbin, previously chairman of the board, will remain actively involved on wood Resources’s board as chairman of the executive

committee. Both corbin and Yarbrough are also members of Red-Built’s board.

Atlas personnel Announcements

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woburn, mA - State Electric corporation announced that Tom Mierzejewski has joined the firm as a project man-ager.

mierzejewski has worked his entire career in the greater Boston construction market and has over 20 years of project management experience in the educational, insti-tutional, and hospitality markets.

mierzejewski Joins State Electric

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Boston - gD group, a Boston based multi-line agency, announced the addition of Joyce E. Blatt as vice president of product specification.

for over eight years, Blatt led the International Inte-rior Design Association (IIDA) New England as its execu-tive director, transforming it into one of the most active chapters in the nation.

Blatt Joins gD group

Blatt

Boston, mA - The marr companies announced that Rich Burns, vice president of Daniel marr & Son since 2005 and an em-ployee of the company since 1996, has been named sr. vice presi-dent and coo.

Burns joined the company as project manager/estimator, be-came general manager, and for the last 10 years has been respon-sible for the general management of the company, including over-sight of all estimating, sales, project management, field operations, pre-construction planning, and administration.

Burns Named Sr. Vp and coo

Burns

Boston - BoND (Bond Brothers) announced that michael mcgarty, lEED Ap, has joined the firm’s building division as a senior project manager. he joins BoND’s growing healthcare team, bringing with him 25 years of construction experience focused in the health-care and academic sectors.

mcgarty will begin work-ing on the lahey cogeneration project, where he will lead the effort to install a new four-megawatt gas

turbine that will provide electri-cal power and heat to the exist-ing hospital. The turbine will be housed in a new building.

his healthcare portfolio includes projects with Beth Is-rael Deaconess medical center, Burlington’s lahey clinic, and major projects for Anna Jaques hospital, mass. Eye and Ear,

Umass memorial health care, and mount Auburn hospital.

mcgarty Joins Bond

McGarty

winchester, mA - wise construction of winchester has named Jason hartford, lEED Ap, as its new director of plan-ning and preconstruction. formerly, he was a senior estimator at the firm.

hartford has extensive preconstruction planning experi-ence working on major healthcare, education, and pharmaceu-tical projects throughout New England and the Boston area.

wise promotes hartford

Hartford

South hamilton, mA - Rhino public Relations announced that Kaitlyn Ethier has been promoted to account executive.

In her new role, she will be responsible for writing press re-leases, securing media opportunities, and supporting the day-to-day operations of communications programs for several Rhino pR clients, including Acentech Inc., construction coordinators, Inc., heading home, and Tg gallagher.

Rhino pR promotes Ethier

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hamden, cT - Robert R. Banning, p.E., has been named a principal at Silver /Petrucelli + Associates of Hamden. Previously an associate with the firm, Banning will assume a greater role in directing the future of the company.

Banning has been associated with Silver / petrucelli since its founding in 1991 and has most recently served as project manager and chief electrical engineer, managing the firm’s electrical engi-neering department.

Banning Named principal

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worcester, mA – TANTARA cor-poration announced Alicia carriero has joined the firm and plans to assist in ser-vicing clients and driving new business initiatives.

previously she was with Sover-eign consulting, where she worked for seven years as a field scientist and safety coordinator for federal programs.

At TANTARA, carriero’s role as safety coordinator will involve tracking physicals and certifications as well as managing annual training sessions and performing field activities.

her previous work history in-

volves well sampling, excavation over-sight, groundwater mapping, various forms of drilling, as well as other field activities. She has worked on Shell oil project sites throughout New England overseeing drilling and sampling opera-tions.

her federal work includes several large-scale projects at the former fort Devens in mass., the USAcE’s cold Regions Research & Engineering lab in N.h., and the Newport Naval facility in R.I. where she was involved with land-fill and groundwater treatment system projects.

TANTARA New hire

Bloomfield, CT – BVH Integrated Services (BVh) has promoted three mem-bers of its project management staff to vice president.

with BVh since 1998, mark Allyn, p.E., has managed a wide range of health-care, higher education, and institutional projects. with over 20 years of engineering design experience, he is a licensed profes-sional engineer in New England and N.Y. Allyn’s recent work includes the new tower at Saint francis hospital and medical cen-ter in hartford, the new classroom building at central connecticut State University in New Britain, and the design-build delivery of the new wickford Junction Railroad Sta-tion in wickford, R.I.

Daniel J. herzig, Jr., p.E., has 25 years of experience in engineering design and project management. he was with BVh for 14 years before establishing her-zig Engineering, Inc. where he served as president for seven years before returning to BVh in 2007. herzig specializes in advanced technology, biopharmaceutical, healthcare, and academic projects. his re-cent work includes the Academic labo-ratory Building at Southern connecticut State University, several laboratory reno-vation projects at Yale School of medi-cine, and the new Jackson laboratory for

medical genomics in farmington.

Jeffrey cichon-ski, p.E., lEED Ap, joined BVh as a me-chanical engineer in 1998, and became a project manager in 2004. his experience ranges from campus utility upgrades to renovations and additions, with particular emphasis on colleges, hospitals, and office renovation projects. his current clients in-clude Quinnipiac University and the new frank h. Netter, mD School of medicine, central maine medical center in lewis-ton, maine, and the new orthopedic Sur-gery center at Baystate medical center in Springfield, Mass.

BVh promotes Three

CichonskiHerzig

Allyn

New haven, cT - Boston-based construc-tion management firm BoND (Bond Brothers) announced the promo-tion of two associates to the firm’s Civil and Utility connecticut Di-vision. Anthony Bond has been promoted to director and Sean mcAuliffe to director of operations.

Anthony Bond is responsible for the overall management of the connecticut of-fice, while taking the lead to further devel-op the firm’s growing portfolio of regional accounts. he brings a wealth of experience to the position, having spent the past six years with the company where he was in-strumental in the successful completion of

projects including, Spectra Energy, J-2 loop gas transmis-sion line in Somer-ville and medford, mass., harvard University, and 10 Akron Street, cam-bridge, mass.

As the new di-rector of operations,

mcAuliffe is responsible for the daily op-erations of the division’s business unit. he has been with BoND since April 2005 and has been working in the construction in-dustry since 1986. Prior to joining the firm he was a project manager with webster Engineering.

BoND promotes Two

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health care SummitTuesday, february 19, 6 - 9 p.m.The Newton marriott, 2345 common-wealth Avenue, Newtonmany industry experts predict a boom in the construction of outpatient fa-cilities, urgent care clinics, ambulatory centers, physician practices, and other remote networks that drive patient care away from traditional hospital settings.The Boston/Sf News 6th Annual health care & medical facilities Sum-mit will provide an inside look at this and other important trends this unique market.If you have any questions, please con-tact Terry Egan at 781.466.9900 x206 or [email protected].

BomAmarch 2, 2013 7-11 p.m.Seaport hotel, Bostonwild wild westBomA Boston invites you to attend the 24th BOMA Benefit.You’ll be taken to the wild west for a night of play gambling and entertainment and cocktail party to benefit five outstanding local nonprofit organiza-tions whose missions help the fight against homelessness: father Bill’s & mainSpring, homes for our Troops, homeStart, my Brother’s Keeper and Rosie’s place.www.greb.com/boma/24thbenefit.aspx.

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march 25-28, 2013 - Bostonmanagement and leadership Skills for En-vironmental health and Safety profession-alsThis program provides focused skill build-ing in the critical areas of leadership and management development with the objec-tive of bridging the gap between environ-mental health and safety (EhS) technical skills and leadership skills essential for achieving functional excellence.for more information visit https://ecpe.sph.harvard.edu/EhS-leadership

SmpSfeb. 28Registration: 3:30 p.m4-5:30 p.m. The good, The Bad, The Ugly: Business Development from the clients’ perspective - 2013Join us for an interactive discussion on the way BD professionals win work. client panelists will offer case studies of selling techniques while being ques-tioned by veteran BD professionals. We will focus on what owners/firms expect before, during, and after meet-ings and sales calls. Attendees will learn strategies for their own business practices and develop a sense of which clients they should pursue6 - 8:30 p.m. Join us after the discus-sion for a relaxed, networking environ-ment with all of your SmpS friends and colleagues.for more information: www.smpsbos-ton.org/program/calendar.php.

NAwIcSave the date:April 23, 20135:50-9:30 p.m. “women in media”National Association of women in construction Anastasia Barnes, business development manager at High-Profile Monthly, will join in a discussion on “women in media”Info: http://www.nawicboston.org/events.html

cBc17th Annual Joint Dinner of the Design and construction IndustryThe connecticut Building congress (cBc) is one of the 32 hosting A/E/c industry organizations for an evening of networking, collegiality and relation-ship building featuring a keynote ad-dress by connecticut governor Dannel malloy.Thursday, february 28. at the Aqua Turf club in plainville, cT.Register through AIA/cT by feb. 27at www.aiact.org.

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