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Civil Engineering and Landscape Architecture N E W E N G L A N D FA C I L I T I E S D E V E L O P M E N T N E W S I N D U S T R Y EXPERT ARTICLES

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ACEC/MA and BSLA Honor Local Firms

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Colm Allen Page 29

View of the Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge in Revere: ACEC/MA Bronze Award presented to Rosales & Partners of Boston...pg. 27

Michael Sams Page 30

Dusk view of planting and light plank at MassArt Residence Hall: BSLA Merit Award was presented to Ground, Inc. of Somerville, Mass...pg. 14

Norman Brown IV Page 30

Inside this Issue: Ground Receives BSLA Merit Award for MassArt Residence Hall 2014 Massachusetts KBE Scholarship Helps CT Students Build Strong Construction Careers Engineering Excellence Awards Griffin Electric Contributes Revitalization of Downtown Worcester JC&A Completes Compuware HQ Allen & Major Recognized by ACEC TFMoran Under Way on $18M SNHU Project Plan NH Announces Merit Awards of Excellence for 2014 Featuring: 2014 BSLA Award Winners 2014 ACEC/MA Engineering Excellence Awards Plus Green, Retail, Multi-Residential, Corporate, Healthcare, Facilities, People, Calendar, and more...

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Cover Story: ACEC/MA and BSLA Honor Local Firms

Ground Honored for Landscape Design at MassArt Residence Hall...pg 14

Sections:

Up-Front................................... 6 Publisher’s Message.................. 8 Education............................... 18 Green.................................... 21 Municipal.............................. 30 Multi Residential..................... 22 MEP...................................... 23 Trends & Hot Topics................. 29 Corporate.............................. 34

Municipal.............................. 37 Connecticut............................ 38 Awards.................................. 40 Retail..................................... 42 People................................... 42 Calendar............................... 46

Allen & Major Recognized by ACEC...pg 24

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Landscape Architecture............ 14 Civil Engineering.................... 24

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Lstiburek Presents at CSI Conference

Kingsbury to Chair Conference

NECA’s Association Executive Institute 2014 Chicago – NECA Boston Executive Manager Glenn Kingsbury was distinguished by the National Electrical Contractors Association, serving as the chairman of NECA’s Association Executive Institute at the organization’s 2014 annual conference held in Glen Kingsbury Chicago in March.

AEI is dedicated to education and other key issues impacting the industry.

The organization is comprised of executive and administrative staff members of

NECA chapters and the National Association, including the NJATC and NEBF. Kingsbury headed a group of more than 160 colleagues at the AEI event.

During the course of the three-day conference, he was joined at the podium by John Grau, NECA CEO; Dennis Quebe, NECA president; Michael Johnston, executive director, standards and safety; Wes Wheeler, director, safety; Marco Giamberardino, executive director, government affairs; Staci Ademec, director of education; Mike Callanan, executive director, NJATC; and Russ Allessi, president, ELECTRI-International, among others, each of whom gave presentations.

Portland, ME – Designers and builders “must be on their game in Maine more than anywhere else,” says Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P. Eng., ASHRAE Fellow.

The founding principal of Building Science Corporation will be one of five speakers presenting talks at CSI Maine’s Joseph Lstiburek Building Envelope Conference on May 15, 2014.

Held at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Portland, the day-long event will feature four sessions, each with a distinct perspective on design and construction of building envelopes for the northeast climate.

Lstiburek will present the talk “Don’t Do Stupid Things: Rethinking Design for a Wet Environment.” The Canadian educator and author will address com-

mon errors that designers, facility owners, and builders in Northern New England will want to avoid.

In addition, the conference will feature sessions by Roy Schauffele, FCSI, CCPR, LEED Green Associate, chairman of Air Barrier Association of America, a leading authority in the field of energy conservation and sustainable building envelopes.

Joshua Kivela, P.E., and Derek McCowan, P.E., of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, will present recent examples of challenging curtainwall projects and present innovative solutions.

Thomas Gay, assistant vice president and manager engineering plan services of FM Global, will comment on building information modeling (BIM) and its impact on property insurance, and the role of the buildingSMART organization in driving the A/E/C ecosystem to more effective outcomes.

CDHA Offers Building Code Seminars Dion to Serve on ABC NH/VT Board

Somerville – CDHA Consulting, a consulting firm providing code compliance consulting services, was recently approved by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as an AIA CES continuing education provider. CDHA will begin offering building code-related seminars later this spring. Registered architects who attend CDHA’s seminars will earn continuing education credits.

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Manchester, NH – Mike Dion, president of Metro Walls, a full-service commercial framing and drywall company, will serve on the board of directors for the Associated Builders and Contractors NH/VT chapter. Metro Walls is a supporter of ABC NH/VT. ABC NH/VT is part of a national trade association represent-

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NEBFM

Mark your calendar for the 9th Annual Northeast Buildings & Facilities Management Show & Conference June 18 and 19 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

This event will feature over 360 exhibitors displaying products and services necessary for the operation, management, maintenance, and renovation of buildings and facilities in the greater New England region.

Running concurrently with the trade show is an educational conference featuring 50 individual 1 hour talks covering a wide range of topics including: LEED, green, sustainability, energy, building commissioning, facility maintenance, construction, and renovation planning The founding Platinum sponsor is the IFMA - Boston Chapter, which produces and monitors the educational conference, and provides CFM credit for each conference talk attended. Admission to every conference session is free.

IFMA hosts a networking reception for attendees and exhibitors on the show floor that features complimentary beer, wine, soft drinks, and hot hors d’oeuvres.

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• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers • Boston Chapter (ASHRAE).

• Associated Builders & Contractors (ABCMA).

• Associated Subcontractors of MA (ASM).

• Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE Region 8 New England).

• Association of Energy Engineers (AEE New England).

• Building Owners & Managers Association - Boston Chapter (BOMA - MA).

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• Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM - Boston Chapter 4).

• Manufacturer’s Mart.

• Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership (MAEEP).

• New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC).

• New England Healthcare Engineers Society (NEHES).

• Northeast Building Commissioning • Association (BCxA).

• Sustainable Performance Institute (SPI).

• U.S. Green Building Council - MA Chapter (USGBC-MA).

Boston - President Christopher T. Horblit and the board of directors expressed gratitude to the sponsors who have renewed for 2014. The New England Chapter reached platinum status in the CoreNet Global membership renewal drive!

New England is the Christopher Horblit only large chapter in the world to reach Platinum for its 90% renewal rate. As a result, the chapter will receive $120 per member this year.

With 425 members in the New England chapter and a record-high global membership of 8,929, CoreNet Global spans the full CRE supply chain: CRE professionals, service providers, and economic developers who network, form relationships, develop business together, share best practices, and more.

Mark your calendar for the chapter’s Annual Awards of Excellence Gala on November 6, once again at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel.

Now is the time to register and make hotel reservations for the CoreNet Global North American Summit, “Preparing for Future Shifts,” in Washington, DC, October 26-29. Over the years, the chapter has celebrated a large number of registrants, as compared to other chapters, and we trust that this year will be no exception.

Boyette Strategic Advisors, Fort Point project management and Peabody office, are the newest Gold Level Founders Circle members; and Microsoft the newest Corporate Partner. Presicent Horblit expressed thanks for the ongoing commitment of the Corporate and Founders Circle partners whose efforts continue to drive the chapter’s success.

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Publisher’s Message Confidence has Stabilized

“The first quarter market has been steady but fragile. Material costs have increased by 2%, and labor hourly rates have increased by 2%. Contractors’ overhead and profit margins have shown signs of recovery but remain extremely competitive. The industry Michael Barnes has remained a sellers’ market. Buying power continues to decrease.”

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First Quarter JLL report

According to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Boston Marketscape, “in the Boston CBD, rents are up 1.3% from last quarter to $50.71. Cambridge remains one of the nation’s best performing markets.

2014 started off with a bang along 128/ Mass Pike. During the first quarter of the year, that submarket saw asking rents for Class A properties jump 4.4% from the 2013 fourth quarter levels. An improving market kicked off a flurry of sales activity along 495/Mass Pike.

“Greater Boston has been adding 15,000 jobs per year for the last several years, considerably higher than the region’s historical annual average of 9,000 jobs.

If current trends continue, Greater Boston could return to its 2001 peak office-using employment level in the next two years – after more than 15 years! A great moment in Boston’s economic history!”

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South of Boston

The redevelopment of Quincy Center officially came to a halt this quarter as Quincy Mayor Tom Koch issued a letter of default to the project’s primary developer, Street-Works. The $1.6 billion venture, the largest urban-redevelopment project in the country, was slated to bring 3.5 million sf of retail, commercial, and residential development to Quincy, while capitalizing on the strong demand for “live, work, play” developments across the Greater Boston area. Nevertheless, while the future of Quincy Center remains unknown, the south submarket continued its pattern of moderate, but sustainable growth during the first three months of the year.

“The Greater Boston office market realized strong quarterly growth, measuring 404,800sf of net quarterly absorption.

Tenant demand continued to favor vibrant, public transit orientated locations.

However, as the Hub’s downtown markets tighten and landlords aggressively push rents, the suburbs have become reinvigorated, according to Lincoln Properties’ Q1 2014 Office Overview.

“Strong leasing velocity, limited inventory and sound macroeconomic health has established Boston as one of the nation’s most active investment sale and development markets. Currently there are well over 5.5 million sf of office and lab space actively under construction across eastern Massachusetts with millions of square feet waiting in the pipeline as well as thousands of new residential units and retail space.”

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Nauset Breaks Ground for $20.5M on UTES Project Designed by Leidos

Joint Base, Cape Cod, MA - Members from Nauset Construction, the Massachusetts Army National Guard, and local officials gathered April 9 for the ceremonial groundbreaking of a two-phase, LEED Silver project that will provide the guard with a new unit training equipment site (UTES) maintenance building as well as a controlled humidity shelter at Camp Edwards, the largest such maintenance and training center in the northeast.

The UTES project is the second large scale project Nauset has undertaken for the National Guard in the last three years, having completed the $20.7 million, Joint Forces Headquarters Phase 2 at Hanscom Air Force Base in December.

“We are fortunate to have previous General Rice and Tony Papantonis experience working with the Massachusetts National Guard on the LEED Silver and conference rooms, a laundry room, Joint Forces Headquarters Phase 2 faciland areas for small arms storage and reity. This experience will pay enormous pair. Two adjoining structures will be also l-r: Gen Scott Rice and Anthony Papantonis join guard members in the groundbreaking. dividends towards ensuring effective constructed to each house eight motor vecollaboration and the successful delivery Tony Papantonis is here and he lives in external communication technologies. hicle work bays. Phase 1 is expected to be of these significant buildings at this occuthis community and we hand-in-hand do Site preparation for Phase 1 of the project completed in March of 2015. pied military installation,” said Anthony these projects is really, really special to is currently under way, for the the groundPhase 2 of the project will involve Papantonis, president of Nauset Conus. The fact that we can work together as up construction of the 69,000sf state-ofthe demolition of the existing UTES struction.

C:\Users\Brian\Documents\Existing Data\575 Albany St\575AlbanyInterior\575 two agencies on Conditions\Scan something that means a the-art facility. The new building will building and the construction ofAlbany a new Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, The Adlot to our organization,” said Rice. consist of Class A office space for admin19,041sf ral R controlled humidity shelter jutant General, Massachusetts National Designed by Leidos Inc., the new istrative and support functions as well as at the same location. Phase 2 is projected Guard, presided over the ceremonies. “We facility will maximize green technoloamenities including classrooms, a physito be completed in the fall of 2015. have something special here. The fact that gies, ergonomic design, and internal and cal fitness room, locker rooms, assembly

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Med Center Addition Breaks Ground Oaktree FX Breaks Ground

l-r : Peter McManus, Senator Richard Moore. Vascen Bogigian, Edward Kelly, Francis Saba, John Burns, Tina Robakiewicz, MD, Representative John Fernandes, Stacey Yeragotelis, and Anthony Consigli.

Milford, MA – Ground was broken The new addition includes reconfiguron March 28 for a new 115,000sf addiing the medical center so that eventually tion, including lower level parking for every room will be private.

52, at Milford Regional Medical Center “This is a transformational project (MRMC). The two-story facility will inthat will result in a new, more modern, clude an emergency department, intensive more efficient, more comfortable, and care unit, and private patient rooms. better healthcare facility,” said Francis M. The project will more than double Saba, CEO of MRMC. the size of the current emergency departConsigli Construction Co. of Milment and include expanded diagnostic ford was selected as construction manager to build the hospital’s major $54 million imaging space. facility, which will accommodate 70,000 On the upper level, the ICU will visits annually. include 16 new, expanded patient rooms The project is slated for fall 2015 to accommodate the latest technology. A completion. Architect is TRO Jung|Bran24-bed telemetry unit will offer private nen, and owner’s project manager is Murrooms for patients, and families with family sleeping space, private bathrooms, phy McManus. televisions, and kitchen accommodations.

Exterior image of Brookside Square representatives from The Architectural West Concord, MA – Oaktree FX, Team; and other key development persona partnership between Cambridge-based nel as well as residents and town officials Oaktree Development LLC and Patrick from the town of Concord.

Cleary of FX Investments, recently held a “Residents of Brookside Square groundbreaking ceremony for Brookside will be able to shop, eat, and enjoy the Square, a transit-oriented, mixed-use benefits of outdoor recreation all within development that will provide 74 luxua short walk of their home,” said Noyes, ry apartments and 36,000sf of first class senior vice president of Cambridge-based commercial and office space within a Oaktree Development. short walking distance to the W. Concord Oaktree FX and Boynton have Commuter Rail Station. retained the Avison Young suburban broThe ceremony was attended by kerage team led by principals Jack Kerriapproximately 75 people, including gan, Steve Cook, and Bill Sullivan to lead Secretary of Housing & Economic Dethe leasing efforts for the office space. velopment Greg Bialecki; Secretary of Brookside Square will connect dithe Mass. Department of Transportation Richard Davey; Assistant Secretary for rectly to the West Concord MBTA ComLand & Forest Stephanie Cooper; Mass. muter Rail Station and shares a boundary State Senator Mike Barrett; Gwendolen with the proposed Bruce Freeman Rail Noyes, Arthur Klipfel, and Patrick Cleary Trail and Bike Path. The project will also of Oaktree FX Development; Nick Boynfeature a “pocket park” that will be acceston of The Boynton Company; John Tocsible to the public via a network of walking trails. ci, CEO of Tocci Building Companies;

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Nadeau and LLB Break Ground

LGBTQ Center for the University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI - On April 16, Nadeau Corporation Construction Development and Engineering broke ground on the nation’s first free-standing LGBTQ center for the University of Rhode Island’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. The 4,000sf center located at 19 Upper College Road will cost about $2 million, and is expected to open in spring 2015.

l-r: LGBTQ director Annie Russell, URI president David M. Dooley, Nadeau project manager Mark Menard, coordinator for LGBTQ programs and services Annie M. Kosar, and LLB Architects principals Drayton Fair & Kathleen Bartels.

LGBTQ center Rendering by LLB Architects Designed by LLB Architects of Pawtucket, the building will replace the current LGBTQ center currently located in Adams Hall at URI. The facility is located at the present site of the Ruggles House, which will be demolished in order to make way for the first free-standing center of its kind in the entire nation. The single-story, stone and clapboard building will have a veranda running along the front, a multipurpose room, a group counseling room, and a student lounge.

State officials were on hand to celebrate the groundbreaking, including Governor Lincoln Chafee and State Senator Frank Ferri.

Nadeau Corporation looks forward to making this project a tremendous success and has great support from LLB Architects, URI’s facilities staff, and Annie Russell, the center’s director who continues to play a vital role in all aspects of this project.

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NorthPoint Twenty|20 Tower Tops Off East Cambridge – CBT recently celebrated the topping off of the NorthPoint Twenty|20 tower.

The 20-floor, 400,000sf mixed-use tower will feature 355 luxury residential units, 8,600sf of retail at the ground level and a variety of amenities (fitness center, media rooms, roof deck, and garage and bicycle parking).

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The tower is located in the East Cambridge NorthPoint neighborhood and is targeted for completion in spring 2015.

The ceremony was attended by representatives from the city of Cambridge; HYM, the project’s developer; and John Moriarty & Associates.

It is the next big development to be completed that will enliven this very quickly growing NorthPoint neighborhood of East Cambridge.

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Plan NH Announces Merit Awards of Excellence for 2014 Concord, NH – Plan New Hampshire recently announced the 2014 recipients of a Merit Award of Excellence for planning, design, or development in the built environment:

Honorable Mention:

• Renovations to the Dearborn Memorial Building (Odd Fellows Hall) at 434 Lake Avenue in Manchester. Owner: City of Manchester. Key players: CMK Architects, Milestone Engineering, Pilot Construction (Phase 1 renovations).

• Memorial Bridge Replacement Public Outreach and Involvement, Portsmouth NH. Owner: NHDOT and MDOT, Key players: McFarland Johnson, HDR, and Archer Western Contractors.

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Merit Awards:

• The Endicott Hotel, Concord. Owner: CATCH Neighborhood Housing. Key players: CN Carley Associates, Steffenson Engineering, Nobis Engineering, Northway Bank, Cobb Hill Construction, Eclectica Design, Lavender and Lotus Interior Design, Renee Rucci Design, and The Leading Edge Drapery.

• Families in Transition Lowell Street Addition and Historic Renovation, 136 Lowell Street, Manchester. Owners: Families in Transition and Great Bridge Properties. Key players: North Branch Construction, Burnell-Johnson Architects

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Honor Award:

• Railroad Land Development, Keene.

Owner: Monadnock Economic Development. Key players: City of Keene, Daniel V. Scully Architects, George Hickey Architect, CHA, SVE, Harvey Construction, Pro Con, and Cheshire Builders.

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Landscape Architecture Ground Honored for Landscape Design of MassArt Residence Hall

by Shauna Gillies-Smith Ground Inc, a landscape architecture firm based out of Somerville, recently received a BSLA Merit Award for the design of the plaza and landscape at MassArt’s recently opened residence hall in Boston. The building was designed by ADD Inc. for MassArt and the Shauna Gilies-Smith Massachusetts State College Building Authority ( MSCBA).

This landscape design was an exciting opportunity for MassArt to re-craft its public identity, create a new center of student life, and reflect the expressive design qualities of the college. Fitting for the only public art school in the country, the new landscape is artistic and experiential while being “comfortable enough to paint in your pajamas.”

Fronting onto the “Avenue of the Arts,” the landscape is positioned to capitalize on the public life of the street. The design is based on the simple idea of providing places to sit, but in this art school, the seat walls go a bit mad, undulating

Seat wall in use in plan and in section to create seating for individuals, small groups, and class gatherings. Aware that it will be viewed from within, and from the residence halls above, the paving pattern shadows the expressive form of the planters and colorful light planks glow from within the wooden benches.

The design resulted from an intense public process including student focus groups, charrettes, and multiple design

meetings. Ultimately the brief became simple: “We want a landscape that expresses our artistic identity and we want places to hang out.”

The design is based around the concept of gathering: places for couples, class size gatherings, small groups and a whole lot of individuals. To achieve this, the design introduced raised planting areas surrounded by seat walls that undulate both in plan and in section. Through its lobed

design the seat walls carve out niches and provide a multitude of seating options at varying heights. Punctuating the gently sloping seat walls are horizontal wooden seats inset with planks of light.

Planting is used to reinforce the expressive nature and create a sense of intimacy when seated. Drifts of flowering perennials and ornamental grasses surround evergreen cores, providing color, movement and texture on the edges and spatial separation at the core. Up-lit amelanchier trees provide three dimensional focus (and edible berries) without inhibiting visual connectivity. In one area an existing large acer saccharinum was protected, with the bench form built around it. Recognizing that New England college students experience winter and night, the design includes light, sculptural form and evergreen planting that have a presence throughout the year and time of day.

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designed to accommodate access and turning radii for the Vactor 2100 service truck, leaving selective areas for planting and wider paved areas.

The hardscape solution was to create a paving pattern that shadows the expressive form of the planters creating a canvas that can be enjoyed on the ground, and experienced by the 450 art students in the residential tower above. The “shadows” of the permeable pavers also provide a textured rumble strip around the planters that acts as a deterrent for skateboarders. The patterning carries across the adjacent private road (with different details) making it a “woonerf” that belongs as much to the pedestrian as the car.

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The background paving is concrete with a warm colored exposed aggregate. The dynamic paving pattern is created out of linear precast pavers and boardwalk brick, highlighting the building entrance and planter shapes.

The undulating seat walls are custom precast concrete, all but a few a unique design. In order to achieve the desired level of construction tolerance, 3D digital files were exchanged with the precast company. Providing a counterpoint to the curves, the orientation of the varying width wood and light planks carries consistently across the plaza, despite the twists and turns of the seat walls. At night, the lines of light line up across the plaza.

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May 2014

The Boston Society of Landscape Architects 2014 Award Winners

Boston – The Boston Society of Landscape Architects recently announced the winners of its 2014 Awards.

BSLA’s highly regarded awards

Honor Awards:

• Stephen Stimson Associates, Flume Fountain, Design/Commercial and Institutional.

• GroundView LLC, Chuckie Harris Park, Design/Parks and Recreational Facilities.

• Klopfer Martin Design Group, Landscapes for Learning, Nine Outdoor Classrooms, Design/PreK – 12 Educational Facilities.

program celebrates the work of Massachusetts and Maine landscape architects and landscape architectural work in the two states.

This year, the Award of Excellence was given to Reed Hilderbrand for its project, From Disaster to Restart: Houston Arboretum.

Other awards presented were:

• UMass Urban Design Studio, Springfield’s “X” – From Crossroads to Center, Student Works.

Merit Awards:

• Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture, Sacred Space: Temple Beth Elohim, Design/Commercial and Industrial.

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• Richard Burck Associates, Inc., Watch Factory, Design/Historic Rehabilitation

• Sasaki Associates, South Taihu Lake, Landscape Analysis and Planning.

Sasaki Associates, Jiading Park, Design/Parks and Recreational Facilities.

• Sasaki Associates, Godrej: The Trees, Landscape Analysis and Planning.

• Spurr, Weston & Sampson, Quincy Street Open Space, Design/Parks and Recreational Facilities.

• UMass Housing Studio, Fieldstone Farm Village, Student Works.

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Continued from previous page • Holly D. Ben-Joseph, Dexter & Southfield: A Nature-Based Schoolyard, Design/PreK-12 Educational Facilities.

• Richard Burck Associates, Inc., Concord House, Design/Residential and Garden.

• Ground Inc., MassArt Residence Hall, Design/College and University.

• Richardson and Associates, Woodside Coastal Residence, Design/Residential and Garden.

• GroundView LLC, Oberlin College Conservatory, Design/College and University.

• Richard Burck Associates, Inc., Cornerstone Garden at St. Albans, Memorial Design.

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Aerial view of paths, stone retaining walls, and planted terraces at the St. Alban’s School in Washington, D.C.

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The Robbins Courtyard at The Watch Factory Lofts in Waltham, Ma

• Stephen Stimson Associates, Woodland Residence, Design/Residential and Garden.

• Matthew Cunningham Landscape Design LLC, Longwood Garden, Design/ Residential and Garden.

• Dan K. Gordon Landscape Architects, Earl Major Estate, Design/Residential and Garden.

• Emily Milliman, Patagonia Crossing, Student Works.

Conservatory roof deck at dusk, Oberlin College

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BSLA Award of Excellence was given to Reed Hilderbrand for their project, From Disaster to Restart: Houston Arboretum

Mass Art’s sloping seat wall during the winter

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May 2014

Enhancing Design Through Context and the Cloud

by Mike DeLacey A new wave of technology released in the past year is about to take the design world by storm.

Gone are the days of two-dimensional water color drawings used to show what a project will look like once completed.

Context-based design – through the use Mike DeLacey of reality capture and rapid conceptualization – and the creation of advanced analysis and design alternatives powered by cloud computing, will transform the landscape architecture and civil engineering industries.

From the landscape design perspective, these new technologies enable architects to rapidly generate context for their designs and participate in the BIM process in ways previously unforeseen.

Using reality capture, it takes just hours to create a photomap point cloud. When imported into a program like InfraWorks, schemes and designs, which can be transformed into visualizations, are generated in a matter of minutes. But in addition to

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creating three-dimensional images with ease, context-based design allows for their manipulation in real-time across multiple devices, increasing productivity as well as collaboration.

For example, imagine designing a new subdivision. While on-site, an architect can walk around with an iPad and manipulate the design in real time, placing landscape items like bushes, trees, and benches throughout the model. This allows landscape architects to make changes instantly, incorporating extremely realistic, real-world conditions into the design process on the spot. These results at the reality capture level can then be incorporated into more specialized applications.

After the placement of these landscape items has been located on the model, they can then be loaded into AutoCAD Civil 3D and applied to other construction documents For civil engineers, cloud computing is enabling sophisticated and advanced analysis and design alternatives.

For instance, when designing a road in plan and profile view, products and technologies running in the cloud can optimize the design by analyzing it against hundreds of different variables. This also provides civil engineers with the ability

to rapidly generate high-quality visualizations of their designs, allowing for even greater project analysis.

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As a growing number of landscape architecture and civil engineering professionals adopt these tools, it will certainly be exciting to see the creativity they unleash.

Mike DeLacey is principal at Microdesk.

Engineers and Land Surveyors Day at MA State House Boston - On May 13, ACEC/MA, BSCES, and MALSCE members will gather with leaders from other engineering and design-related associations at the Massachusetts State House for the Annual Engineers and Land Surveyors Day. Among the organizations that are cosponsoring the day are: • American Council of Engineering Companies of Mass. (ACEC/MA) • Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES) • Mass Assoc. of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE) Meetings will be arranged with Massachusetts State Representatives and State Senators based on where members live and vote.

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Gale Upgrades UMass Lowell Athletic Fields Lowell, MA – The UMass Lowell athletic field expansion and upgrade associated with its move to America East and Division I included four very different field constructions (a new nylon turf field, a new infilled turf field, the reuse of a turf field, and a new grass field), with the two new fields reusing materials from the two renovated fields. In a short six months, UMass Lowell completely redeveloped its outdoor athletic complex, increasing capacity particularly for its recreation users, and gained NCAA Division I compliance in an innovative, environmentally sustainable, and cost-effective manner.

UMass Lowell is no stranger to sports innovation. In 2000, Gale Associ-

ates, Inc. installed New England’s first infilled synthetic turf field at Cushing Field under an athletic campus revitalization designed by Gale. This infilled system was replaced in 2010 after hosting 720 scheduled events per year, far beyond the capacity of a grass field.

The move to Division I required that Cushing be converted to a knitted nylon system with the removal and reuse of the three-year-old turf. UMass Lowell sought intellectual property relief from Boise State and specified a blue Astroturf nylon field, enhancing the university’s imaging and branding.

With the introduction of men’s and women’s lacrosse, the demands placed on

View of the infilled synthetic turf soccer field, which is used for Division 1 Men’s and Women’s soccer (will be used for lacrosse in the future)

View of UMass Lowell’s soccer field, the knitted nylon AstroTurf field hockey field, and track. the natural-turf soccer pitch were unsustainable. With the addition of over 200 more games and practices on an already over-taxed field, no grass maintenance program would result in a healthy, safe stand of athletic turf. UMass Lowell decided to install a long-pile infilled synthetic turf field. A colored border and two-tone alternating mow pattern helped to image the venue as a first-class Division I facility. The soccer field synthetic turf replacement resulted in the removal of over 3,700 cubic yards of top soil. This top soil was put to good use,.

The UMass Lowell Campus Recreation Center opened in 2002, and its front lawn quickly became an important open space for informal recreation play.

Games, such as ultimate frisbee and touch football, are played there on a daily ba-

sis throughout the fall and spring. The sloping lawn, never designed to support active recreation, was poorly drained and subject to perennial root zone breakdown and erosion, creating an eyesore in a highly visible part of campus. Re-installation of the three-year-old synthetic turf carpet removed from Cushing was a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable approach to resolving this problem.

Gale has provided design services for over 160 synthetic turf fields; however, this is the first involving the recycling of an entire field. The Gale design resolved the lawn planarity challenges, and the site contractor, Quirk Construction, developed innovative techniques for harvesting the turf panels, tailoring them to fit a new layout, and re-seaming the previously used turf.

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Kaplan Completes Bright Horizons

Ground Breaks at St. John’s Prep

Madeline Le, Joe Marshall, Shannon Long, Dave Henderson, Ken Kovachs, John Merchant, Lee Dellicker, David W. Ives, Bernard L. Caniff, Edward P. Hardiman, Steven Cunningham, Stuart Meurer, David Crouteau, and Keith A. Crowley Danvers, MA – Windover Construcfocus on multi-disciplinary education. tion announced construction has officially Highlights of the building include a begun at St. John’s Prep in Danvers on a robotics lab, a seminar room, a study room, 74,000sf, five-story academic building to flexible work and meeting spaces, and a house the school’s computer science, mathtwo-story, multi-purpose lobby on the first ematics, science, and world languages defloor. partments.

Design elements such as interior glass Headmaster Edward P. Hardiman, walls will be used extensively throughout Ph.D., and Principal Keith A. Crowley, the first and second floors to visually enPh.D., led the April 3 groundbreaking cergage students with the projects and activiemony. The new facility is expected to be ties going on inside. This concept extends to completed in September of 2015. St. John’s the exterior of the building, where outdoor is a Xaverian Brothers sponsored school for spaces will allow students to carry conversations beyond the classroom. young men in grades 6 through 12. The new building expands on the concept of STEM It will be fully accessible and is deeducation (science, technology, engineering signed to meet the requirements for LEEDSilver certification. and mathematics) to include a campus wide

Brookline, MA - Kaplan Construction has completed a new child care center in Brookline for Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Over the course of four months and following a complete demolition of the building interior, Kaplan renovated an existing office building located at 138 Harvard Bright Horizons day care center Shelly Harrison Photography Street in Brookline into Horizons’ commitment to teaching chila new early education and preschool that dren about the importance of leading an can accommodate up to 113 children active lifestyle. ranging from infants to pre-kindergarten.

A perimeter fence was installed In addition to the classrooms organized along Harvard Street and Auburn Street, by age group, Kaplan created an interior and low interior fences were constructed playroom with a climbing wall as well to separate the different age groups. as a staff lounge, kitchen area, and office A new roof and mechanical systems space for employees. were installed and a 140-foot-long ramp The original building was constructwas constructed to provide an evacuation ed on stilts to provide parking underneath. route from the center to the exterior.

Kaplan converted 75% of the parking lot Kaplan worked with the architecinto green space and a playground with ture firms StudioMLA of Brookline and rubber matting. A concrete tricycle path Davis Square Architects of Somerville to with bridges and tunnels was incorporatcomplete this project for Bright Horizons. ed into the play area, recognizing Bright

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TFMoran Under Way on $18M SNHU Project

Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects, Carol R. Johnson Associates, and TFMoran Team Up Manchester, NH – Starting in the fall of 2014, Southern New Hampshire University will be offering its growing student population a new library and learning Commons building. SNHU is a private, nonprofit university, with over 80 years of experience in post-secondary education.

The campus is located in Manchester and Hooksett.

In addition to housing the library, the learning commons will include an IT help desk, the learning center, a café, and a media production suite. The new space will also provide additional areas for private and group study to the student body.

This 50,000sf, $18 million building was designed by a collaboration of Boston-based architect Perry Dean Rogers | Partners Architects, landscape architect Carol R. Johnson Associates, and civil en-

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The facility is currently under construction and will be open for the fall 2014 semester. The general contractor is Harvey Construction of Bedford.

“Siting the new three-story building was critical,” said Jeff Kevan, project manager for TFMoran. “The site for the new learning commons was chosen to be in the center of the campus, next to the recently constructed dining hall. This central campus core helps make SNHU a walkable campus, eliminating the need for new, dedicated parking for this facility.”

Kevan continues, “Other sustainable features built-in to this project include a bio-retention area, where stormwater runoff is treated by passing through a natural filter of wetland-type soils before releasing to the environment. We also took a significant portion of the runoff volume, including the entire roof of the building, and used it for groundwater recharge, rather than increasing runoff.”

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UMass Amherst Holds Topping Off

Amherst, MA—UMass Athletic Director John McCutcheon was joined recently by Patricia Filippone, UMass Building Authority Interim Executive Director, Trey Davis a men’s basketball player, staff and students, to sign the top-most steel beam of the new Champions Center before it was put into place on the structure.

The $22-million facility, funded by the University of Massachusetts Building Authority, is slated to open in spring 2015 The 53,000sf building will serve both the men’s and women’s basketball programs with dedicated practice courts, office space for the coaching staffs, new locker rooms, and areas for strength and conditioning along with athletic training services.

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the-art athletic facility for the students of UMass Amherst,” said Filippone. “The Champions Center was designed to be one of the best basketball facilities in the country to provide student athletes with all the tools they need to train and succeed.”

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Multi-Residential Williams Building Completes 50 Apts.

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by The Community Builders, this project consisted of 50 affordable apartments in six buildings built on 2.57 acres.

Consisting of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, this project is targeted toward the year-round workforce. Family income levels range from 30% to 80% of area median income (AMI). Additionally, the project was built to LEED Silver standards and has Energy Star certification. The

use of high efficiency gas furnaces, Energy Star lighting and appliances, and sprayed fiberglass insulation will ensure long-term affordability and stable energy costs.

Designed by architect Durkee Brown Viveiros and Werenfels of Providence, R.I., Province Landing succeeds in blending seamlessly with the surrounding neighborhood.

Through the use of traditional trim details, exterior materials, and colors, the buildings could easily be mistaken as having been part of the community for years.

Abbot Restores Brighton Condos Boston – Abbot Building Restoration recently completed the first phase of a masonry restoration project on a four-story brick and precast concrete condominium building at 1871-1875 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston’s Brighton section.

Based on Abbot’s recommendation, a multi-phase project was implemented, with Phase 1 focusing on the Chestnut Hill Avenue side of the building where pointing, stone repair, brick replacement, and caulking of the windows was performed to repair the existing deficiencies.

In Phase 1A, Abbot performed an investigation on the rear of the building where a series of enclosed stucco porches were located.

During the course of the investigation, it was found that the horizontal and vertical steel beams supporting the porches were severely deteriorated and needed replacement. As part of the permitting process, the owner retained Structures Engineering Inc. of Marshfield to inspect the damage and formulate the repair strategy. Complicating the situation was that the project had to be accomplished without disturbing the interior living spaces by isolating the porches so that the residents were not affected.

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KNC replaced the boiler room and 120 Whelan units, and assisted in renovating the 50 bathrooms and 50 kitchens.

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Civil Engineering Carlone Elected to RISEP Board Providence, RI - GZA Geowork on the Central LandEnvironmental, Inc., an environfill in Johnston, R.I. and the mental and geotechnical consulting Pocasset River in Johnston firm headquartered in Norwood, and Cranston, R.I. A native Mass. and with offices throughof Johnston, R.I., Carlone out the United States, recently anearned both his bachelor of nounced that Rick Carlone, P.E., science in civil engineering of their Providence, R.I. office has and his master of science in been elected to the board of direccivil engineering from the tors for the Rhode Island Society University of Rhode Island.

Richard Carlone of Environmental Professionals The Rhode Island Socifor a one-year term. ety of Environmental Professionals (RIA resident of Cranston R.I., CarSEP) is a nonprofit corporation formed lone is a project manager with the water in 1989 to encourage and facilitate the resources, landfill/site civil and environdevelopment and support of the environmental groups. His experience at GZA mental services industry in Rhode Island. over the past seven years has involved The membership of RISEP inlandfill, environmental, site, civil and cludes engineering and environmental water resources engineering projects. consulting firms, industry/manufacturHe has extensive experience in the deing, academia, attorneys, government sign and implementation of environmenagencies, and environmental technology tal investigations and site remediation, businesses. RISEP provides a collective including Superfund investigations, voice for the environmental community environmental due diligence, landfill in the identification of key regulatory engineering, groundwater hydrology issues and reforms that are important to investigations, environmental data manindustry and commerce. RISEP provides agement, site development, permitting, a coordinated level of technical expertise drainage design, and surface water modto the regulatory and legislative commueling. nity for expert reviews and guidance.

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Allen & Major Recognized by ACEC Winchester, MA - Allen & Major Associates, Inc. (A&M) was recognized

by The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC MA) with the 2014 Bronze Award honoring outstanding professional design excellence for its work on 620 Washington Street in Winchester.

Developed in partnership with Winchester Hospital, DiGiorgio Associates, Inc., and Steffian Bradley, who served as project architects, 620 Washington Street is an advanced clinical care campus that includes the Center for Cancer Care, the Ambulatory Surgery Center, and the Center for Cancer Care Healing Garden.

The first phase of this multi-million dollar project was the Center for Cancer Care. The initial sitework involved demolishing an abandoned industrial building that was attached to the historic portion of the Winn Watch Factory building. The remaining historic building façade was restored, and the interior was renovated and incorporated as a wing to the new 44,247sf main center. The center was designed according to LEED for Healthcare and was awarded LEED Gold certification upon completion.

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The final phase of the project was the creation of the healing garden that has been received as one of the most valued portions of the new center.

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Steel Bridge Projects Earn National Awards Chicago - Every other year the National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA) conducts the Prize Bridge Awards recognizing innovative design and engineering achievements on structural steel bridge projects throughout the country. It is the highest honor bestowed on steel bridge projects by the U.S. structural steel industry.

Thirteen amazing steel bridge projects and their team members were recognized on March 26 during the combined 2014 World Steel Bridge Symposium (WSBS) and NASCC: The Steel Conference in Toronto.

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ACEC/MA 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards • Environmental Partners Group, Inc., Quincy, The Knowles Crossing Water Treatment Plant: Provincetown Preserves its Past and Secures its Future—Provincetown. Client: Town of Provincetown.

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oston – The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) recently announced the recipients of the 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards along with several other awards. ACEC/MA presented the awards on March 19, 2014 in a ceremony at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge.

Here are the 2014 Award winners:

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Bronze Award Winners:

• Allen & Major Associates, Inc., Woburn, 620 Washington Street, Winchester. Client: Winchester Hospital.

Grand Conceptor:

Parsons Brinckerhoff, Boston – Project: Logan International Airport Consolidated Rental Car Facility, East Boston. Client: Massachusetts Port Authority.

Gold Award Winners:

• AECOM USA, Inc.,Wakefield. R.I., Project. East Providence Wastewater and Collection System Design Build Improvements. Client: City of East Providence.

• Fay, Spofford & Thorndike (FST), Burlington, Mass., Bay Street Reconstruction/ Morey’s Dam Construction, Taunton. Client: MassDOT Highway Division.

• Hatch Mott MacDonald, LLC, Westwood, Mass, King Road Grade Separatio, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

• Kleinfelder, Cambridge, Mass., Alewife Stormwater Wetland & Drainage Improvements. Cambridge. Client: City of Cambridge Department of Public Works.

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Small Firm Project Award:

• Environmental Partners Group, Inc., Quincy; The Knowles Crossing Water Treatment Plant: Provincetown Preserves its Past and Secures its Future—Provincetown.

Client: Town of Provincetown.

Silver Award Winners:

• Beta Group, Inc., Norwood, Lower Beacon Street Sewer Separation Project, Contract PW/11-13, Brookline. Client: Town of Brookline.

• CDM Smith Inc., Cambridge, Realignment of Route 116 and Bay Road, Amherst.

Client: Town of Amherst.

• Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, Cambridge, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Elevated Field and Parking, Worcester. Client: Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

• Fay, Spofford & Thorndike (FST), Burlington, River Street Bridge Replacement, Boston. Client: MassDOT Highway Division.

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•Dewberry, Boston, Neponset River Bridge Rehabilitation, Boston and Quincy. Client: MassDOT Highway Division.

• Firm: Rosales + Partners, Boston, Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge, Revere. Client: MBTA and City of Revere.

Neponset River Bridge Rehabilitation Night view of the Christina and John Markey Memorial Pedestrian Bridge in Revere, MA. • GHD Inc., Hyannis, Chatham Water Pollution Control Facility – Phase I Improvements, Chatham. Client: Town of Chatham.

• Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Westford, Wachusett Mountain Parkway System Rehabilitation and Fire Tower, Wachusett Mountain Reservation (Princeton and Westminster). Client: Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Chatham Water Pollution Control Facility • Nitsch Engineering, Boston, Laser Scanning for Future Planning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester. Client: Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Wachusett Mountain Parkway System Rehabilitation and Fire Tower • Tighe & Bond, Inc. Pocasset, Hyannis Water System Upgrade, Hyannis. Client: Town of Barnstable.

Hyannis Water System Upgrade Laser Scanning for Future Planning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Nobis Engineering, Inc., Lowell, Silresim Superfund Site Remedial Actions, Lowell.

(No image) Client: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

• TranSystems, Boston, East-West Parkway, Weymouth. (No image) Client: MassDOT Highway Division.

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Continued from page 27 • Weston & Sampson, Peabody, Remediation of Former MGP Site, Keene, N.H. Client: Northeast Utilities.

• Woodard & Curran, Inc., Andover, Mass., Photovoltaic System Installation at the Lowell Regional Water Utility, Lowell. Client: Lowell Regional Water Utility.

Lowell Photovoltiac System Installation Remediation of Coal-Tar Impacted Sediment, Ashuelot River (above and below)

In addition to the project awards, ACEC/MA also presented the following awards: • ACEC/MA Education Corporation President’s Scholarship to Michael Dube, studying at Northeastern University.

• ACEC/MA Community Service Award to Jason Miller, Landscape Architect & Project Manager, Stantec.

• ACEC/MA Young Professional Award to Christine Breen, PE, LEED Green Associate, Transportation Engineer, Nitsch Engineering.

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Trends and Hot Topics Don’t Hire “Good Guys”

by Colm Allen As recruiters, one of the most common things we hear from decision-makers is “bring me a good guy.” We can almost bet when we ask for a definition of a “good guy,” they’ll say “I’ll know him when I see him” or “you know what I mean, you’re a recruiter”!

It still amazes Colm Allen us how many hiring authorities make an intuitive decision in the first few minutes of interview and spent the rest of the meeting supporting their “gut feelings.” However, it’s no longer acceptable to run companies with employees chosen using the undigested matter of your intestines. Sure, you need to know if a candidate is a fit for the company but that should only happen after you determined if they can do the job. So many people make the mistake of hiring people who appear like themselves when in reality there are various skills and personalities typically required in any business.

Take an estimator for example.

Sure, they need to be able to talk with

vendors and negotiate price, but their real talent is being able to bang out cost projections on numerous bids, day after day. There is not a lot of deviation to this role, but getting it right on every job is essential to profitability. This is analytical work that requires less “snoozing” and more focus. As candidates, estimators are usually pretty factual and not too verbose, but that’s why we need them. They’re only interested in the bottom line. They’ll leave the people side of the business up to project managers and sales staff. From our experience, their interviewing style is very much process driven. If you’re a hir-

fundamentals down. New England is a pretty small place, so it won’t take long to find out if someone is less than “stellar.” Have you ever asked an estimator to review some of their previous bids?

Obviously you don’t want to break any confidentiality but it’s still a good practice to ask. Get them to walk you through a take-off during the interview or maybe show them a purposely flawed bid and see if they highlight the error. The goal is to find ways to test them on their actual job skills in real time.

Finding a “good guy” needs to have structure around it. A candidate needs

“Sure, you need to know if a candidate is a fit for the company but that should only happen AFTER you determined if they can do the job.” ing authority who is full of life and a little chaotic you’ll drive an estimator crazy.

Alternatively, estimators don’t typically walk through the front door like a bat out of hell. So if you go on just your gut instinct you might miss out on a great candidate because stylistically you don’t gel.

Of course you should spend some time discussing a candidate’s background, but if someone has been with a few decent contractors for a reasonable amount of time it’s a safe bet they have the job

clarity around expectations for a role. Tell them what is required and give examples around how they will be successful in the first 90 days, six months and after a year.

We recommend starting with some critical areas that you would like addressed, say four or five tasks. Give the candidate a half-hour alone with a computer and ask them to determine the hierarchy of needs and get them to write a simple one-page “recommendation and next steps” document. You’re not looking

for a working business plan here – you are just testing for their ability to jump in and see how they respond being put out of their comfort zone, their critical thinking skills, and the level of literacy, etc. and most importantly; their confidence.

Here are five simple steps in making a great hire: • Explain to the candidates, explicitly, what needs to be achieved in the next 12 months.

• Review their background to see areas of commonality or similar projects that could be leveraged.

• Discuss how, when, where, and why they have done those things before – look for examples of resourcefulness and creativity.

• Collect the names of people who can attest that they have successfully achieved those things.

• If you can conclude that they could do the job, then consider fit. Would you like working with them all day, do they bring something different to the team, do they have outlying skills that have value?

Once you are clear on the above, it will be much easier to find a “good guy.”

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Partial Lien Waivers

by Michael P. Sams When an insurance company agrees to defend you but reserves the right to disclaim coverage, you can hire your own counsel, and the insurer, not you, must pay for that counsel.

More specifically, in determinMichael P. Sams ing whether to head into a relationship with its insured once a claim has been filed, an insurer, like a couple heading into marriage who want a prenuptial agreement, sometimes reserves the right to later drop out of the relationship with its insured. The “reservation of rights” letter is the insurer’s prenuptial agreement and, typically, it comes about roughly as described below.

You get sued for defective construction and resulting damages, you give notice to your insurer, and your insurer responds with a letter of about 10 or more pages, letting you know all the reasons that coverage under your policy may not apply, but appointing you with a lawyer for whom the insurer will pay. This sounds great; a defense being provided at no cost to you. The question, though, is do you accept the insurer’s lawyer?

by Norman Brown, IV It is increasingly important that all contractors and subcontractors carefully read the language of these “partial” waivers.

Indeed, you should not be afraid to mark-up these documents to ensure that you are fully protecting your rights. All language that goes beNorman Brown, IV yond waiving liens on work actually paid, or certifying that the contractor or subcontractor has paid its subcontractors and suppliers amounts actually received on account of their work, should be deleted before signing.

Also, care must be taken not to waive lien rights or claims on work not paid for in the current requisition, including retainage, extra work, and any claims, whether billed or unbilled.

When waiver of lien forms are included as an attachment to the form of contract to be executed, the provisions of the lien waivers, partial and final, must be addressed and amended during the pre-contract stage. If you sign a contract that includes a specific waiver of lien form, you may be committed to providing

The Insurer’s Prenuptial Agreement with Its Insured Should you…?

No. At least in Massachusetts, do not accept the insurer’s appointed counsel, because under these circumstances, you are entitled to have your own chosen attorney represent you, with the insurer, not you, paying the cost or the vast majority thereof.

When an insurer responds to its insured concerning a claim, it can do one of three things. It can agree to defend without reservation, accepting full responsibility up to the limits of coverage. It can reject the claim, setting you adrift either to deal with the claim yourself, or to fight with the insurer for coverage. Last, an insurer can seize the middle ground by issuing a reservation of rights.

When an insurer issues a reservation of rights, the insurer is telling you two things, namely: 1) that it will pay for your defense and, maybe, any future damage assessment, while 2) also reserving the right to disclaim coverage later, leaving you without any coverage in the event of a future judgment against you.

In this reservation of rights circumstance, where the insurer has one foot in and one foot out of providing you coverage, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has found that the insured is entiContinued on page 36

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If you find yourself in the position of having already signed a broadly written “partial” lien waiver without having understood its full effect, don’t panic.

Massachusetts courts have occasionally looked beyond the four corners of a waiver to protect the rights of those who had no expectation of surrendering claims. In these cases the courts have tried to determine the true intention of the parties by considering “extrinsic” evidence to determine, among other things, whether the signing party received any value – over and above the undisputed payment – for allegedly having waived its rights to pursue future and/or disputed monies. However, it is best to avoid this fight by modifying your “partial” lien waiver at the appropriate time.

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Presentations on the Mind

by Christina Pungerchar Lately I have been working on a series of presentations, some with small and informal groups, others to large audiences of the scripted variety. Regardless of the topic, audience, or venue, there are common themes across all of the possible varieties.

Think about about Christina Pungerchar it…..think those slam-dunk presentations where you almost wanted to standup and say “Finally!” Think about those presentations where you were wincing in pain the entire time, embarrassed for the presenter. Now what about all of the other “vanilla” presentations? The average, the mundane, what was it that they were talking about, eh, never mind.

There. Right there is an issue. How to stand out? How to hit it out of the park?

While having confident and charismatic presenters is always a plus, let’s face it, not everyone can be on at all times...even the best of presenters.

Rather than focus on the tricks of the trade for presenting, which is undoubtedly an art, what about the presentation itself?

If afforded the luxury of time, take it. Often times there is short notice to pull a presentation, so having a game plan in any circumstance is key. Keep it simple, keep it succinct, keep it interesting, and

keep the presenting team informed!

Of the presentations that I have been involved with, planning and presenting, the most unsettling is that portions of the team (usually senior management) presume that everyone involved has prepped and presented a million times before….just like they have. As managers we need to be sure that all team members are aware of what the goal is and how to get there.

Back in the day there was this really terrific method of approach called a story board: the short version, plan the preso.

First, identify those key team members who will be the keepers of the information. Who will chase down the information for the presentation? Who will run the production and setup meetings for review? Once the preso-management is set, what is the strategy? This is where the story board is born. The team should be brainstorming about the overall message and the general theme. A method for the presentation – is it new and fresh or consistent with past efforts – is necessary for a cohesive approach. Consideration as to the audience needs to be made at this point as well.

The people listening are to be thought about – are they a conservative audience? Are they beyond that cutting edge? A strategy session is a great starting point. Get everyone together in a conference room with a big white board and throw all ideas out there. Then methodically and critically, select and slice the information for the story board. This will be

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How do you know that you have a positive approach to the presentation? Typically, your first gut feeling and reaction to how to go about structuring an approach is right.

This is, however, only if you have planned and thought the strategy through. Shooting from the hip here is unlikely to be a full success.

So you have your ringer of a team and you have your strategy…now what about content? Relevance is required. I have sat through many presentations where the content message is lost to images or charts that swoop in from off screen or are built from a standard program pixilation “because the presenter could.” While these animations are useful in select conditions, generally, they cloud the point of the information. Focused, accurate, and relevant information to your story board and strategy are the essentials. Be thoughtful with those photographs and references in building your presentation. If you are a consultant, think through what you are sending to your client. The images and criteria provided are for another entity but

if you could have sent information that reflects working with your client, you may have missed an opportunity. As a general rule, trying to consider what it is like to be seeing and hearing your slides with a critical eye is a help. Rather than looking at your slides and patting yourself on the back with how incredible they are, step back, assess, and rework. This suggests, of course, that time is being considered a teammate. Challenge each slide or board with the quintessential “so what?” With regards to the graphics and background talking points, keep in mind that today’s audience has a limited, if not fleeting, attention span and to stay on point, poignant, and potential engaging is invaluable.

The effort for a presentation is not slight. Regardless of the audience, be it a weekly meeting with a client that has been working with you for years, a potential client interview, or a seminar at a conference, these are all opportunities of marketing and possible business development. The thought put into a presentation and the strategy behind it are a necessary part of formulating ideas in methods which are understandable to an audience. These are opportunities to share developments in current work and develop future relationships. Treat them with care as they last long after any presentation.

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Green Roofs: Reducing Energy Use and Elevating Quality of Life

by Matt Guarracino If you take a moment to stop and look around your town or city more closely, specifically the roofs of buildings, you may start to notice an emerging trend in one of the most unlikely places. Green roofs, or rooftop gardens, are popping up all over the place on top of Matt Guarracino commercial, academic, and residential buildings and facilities. They range from a simple two-inch covering of groundcover or a complex, accessible park. And while they are aesthetically pleasing and can brighten up any industrial area or concrete jungle with a hint of green, they can also provide numerous environmental and energy benefits to the building, as well as the surrounding area.

Although initial costs to install and upkeep a green roof are higher than those of conventional roofing materials, the return on investment can be significant due to a green roof’s effect on reduced energy use and consumption. A green roof creates shade and absorbs heat when wet, making the surface temperature of a roof lower

on warmer days. This reduces the amount of heat transmitted into the building, and avoids the need for a building’s HVAC system to work harder to keep a room cool or comfortable by alleviating temperature fluctuations.

This heat-trapping affect is especially beneficial for those up here in the Northeast. Dry, green roof layers can act as an insulator in the winter months, decreasing the flow of heat emitted through the roof, therefore reducing the energy needed by a buildings control systems to stabilize the interior temperature. That can translate into lower heating costs and energy consumption.

Costs to implement green roofs can also be mitigated through better storm water management practices. Just like when you water a house plant or your front lawn, the vegetation on a green roof absorbs rainfall and can reduce and slow a building’s storm water runoff. This process not only helps the surrounding environment by filtering pollutants, but also can cool a building’s interior, again reducing energy use of a building’s heating and cooling system and saving customers money.

One of the most notable green roofs that comes to mind in the area is the Macallen Condominiums in South Boston. As

the first residential building in the city of Boston to earn a LEED Gold rating, the wedge-shaped building has a sloping green roof that thrives with its orientation toward the sun, and the angle allows for gravity to force rainwater down to tanks for recycling and irrigation. All told, the building uses 600,000 less gallons of water annually and uses 30% less energy than traditionally constructed buildings.

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and greenhouse gas emissions, improving the quality of life for occupants and surrounding areas, green roofs can have a significant positive impact on buildings’ control and HVAC systems that allows for reduced energy consumption and a stronger bottom line.

Matt Guarracino is business development manager at J.M. Electrical Co. of Lynnfield, Mass.

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A Logistics Company Discovers New Opportunity In Warehouse Space

By Frank McCabe North Andover, MA – When you walk into the warehouse area of Osgood Landing, you get an overwhelming sense of an operation “that once was.” The folks at List Logistics had a vision for “what could be.”

A sense of history washes over you when you walk Frank McCabe into this building that once housed telecommunications giant, Alcatel-Lucent (A-L), less than a decade ago. At one point A-L employed 12,000 people inside of this 2 million sf plant nestled in North Andover, about 20 miles north of Boston. Generations of families worked in this operation before consolidation and overseas influence forced A-L to close its doors and lay off its final employee about seven years ago.

Since that time, a major effort has been put forth to revitalize the property and attempt to rejuvenate business opportunities within this structure.

Slowly, but surely, the ol’ plant started to fill. From high-tech to low-tech, state offices to children’s play places, this building had a lot of life left in it, and in August of last year got one more anchor tenant: List Logistics.

List, a privately owned third party

Osgood Landing logistics (3PL) company, had already outgrown two other buildings in its Massachusetts operational hub and, once again, needed more space to meet the ever-growing demands of its complex client base. After nearly a one-year search for its next home, List was introduced to Osgood Landing.

Unconventional to most modern day distribution centers, the Osgood facility was a bit unique, but List President George Schindler and his team saw great potential and gave this landmark a fair shot for what they might need.

“My kneejerk reaction was to say ‘No way’ to this place,” Schindler joked.

“The odd characteristics, varying ceiling heights, and overall layout did not appeal to me at first glance. But after a few walkthroughs, we realized this place might be just right.”

The 157,000sf section of the building posed some challenges. The space was

chopped up due to Lucent’s specific needs to its telecomm operation. Unlike a typical big box design, this area had several unique characteristics.

“I was certain this place would quickly be scratched off our list of possible options,” said John Wells, the operations manager for List’s North Andover location. “We store and manage everything from computer chips and solar panels to food products and medical records. We had our concerns but were willing to dig a little deeper.”

The odd shape of the operation was not the only challenge posed to List. Due to A-L’s somewhat expeditious exit from the building, there was an inconceivable excess of dated material handling and warehouse equipment strewn throughout the space.

The cost to remove the equipment would far outweigh any reasonable lease cost option for List, a circumstance other potential suitors also recognized when they explored

this space over the past several years.

However, after an in-depth examination of this graveyard of old equipment, List recognized they could actually revitalize these materials to match their needs.

Not only would this greatly reduce facility start-up costs but also allow List to recycle perfectly useful hardware that would have otherwise been trashed or sold for pennies on the dollar.

At this point, the proverbial light went on and List signed on the dotted line.

“This section of the campus had been visited by dozens of other companies over the years, but none of them believed they could make it work,” stated Ellen Keller, vice president of Ozzy Properties, who own the building. Keller continued to say, “List Logistics clearly had the vision and Ozzy could not be more excited to have them in our tenant portfolio.”

After just eight months, List has quickly filled up the entire space and is looking for more. Perhaps another slice of this “imperfect” campus is in their future?

“When you manage products ranging from 1 ounce to 10,000 pounds, you not only need flexibility but creativity. Despite our initial hesitation, it turns out that Osgood was the perfect answer to our clients’ demands,” Schindler concluded with a smile.

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Monique Delerme of Corporate Design LLC is Ashforth’s architect working on the O’Connor Davies space. A.P. Construction Company, Ashforth’s construction division, will complete the renovation. The expected move in date is this July.

3001 Summer Street Stamford, CT - The Ashforth Commatic, multi-million dollar renovation of pany announced that O’Connor Davies 3001 Stamford Square at the end of 2012.

LLP, a regional certified public accountThe property consists of 290,000sf of ofing and consulting firm, has chosen 3001 fice space on seven floors, with four levels Stamford Square, a building developed, of underground parking. owned, and managed by Ashforth, for its Designed by Roger Ferris + Partnew Stamford office location ners of Westport, Conn., the extensive Moving approximately 40 employ3001 improvements designed to LEED ees from its current 62 Southfield Ave. standards include a striking, new modlocation, O’Connor Davies will occupy ern lobby, state-of-the-art elevators, new 11,000sf of space on the fifth floor of the bathrooms and tenant common areas, a building located at 3001 Summer Street. new environmentally friendly and energy O’Connor Davies includes more than 500 efficient HVAC system, enhanced landscaping, new property identity and direcprofessionals led by 84 partners in seven offices located in New York, New Jersey, tional signage, and contemporary façade and Connecticut. enhancements.

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Boston – Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA) announced that it is providing design and construction administration services to two national law firms, Robinson & Cole LLP and Gunderson Dettmer, both with locations in Boston.

MPA is currently conducting space programming and analysis of future real estate options for Robinson & Cole’s Boston office at One Boston Place. MPA has also been retained to design the interior fitup for the firm, for either a new location or renovations to the existing location.

MPA is collaborating with California-based Rapt Studio on the design of

Gunderson Dettmer’s new Boston office at One Marina Park Drive. The space will be modeled after the firm’s award winning offices in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Rapt Studio will provide primary design for the project, with MPA serving as the architect of record.

This is the second time in less than six months that Rapt Studio has chosen to work with MPA for one of its Boston projects.

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JC&A Completes Compuware HQ CBT Architects , Vanderweil Engineers

Gale Associates Celebrates 50 Years Weymouth, MA – Gale Associates, Inc. is celebrating 50 years in business.

The company was founded in 1964 by Charles E. Gale, a registered civil engineer and surveyor. At that time, Gale was located in Braintree and offered civil/survey services to local businesses and residents.

The firm grew steadily, and in 1977 introduced the Building Envelope Technology discipline. Other disciplines followed (architecture, structural engineering and aviation engineering), neces-

sitating Gale’s name change to “Gale Associates, Inc.” in 1987.

Now headquartered in Weymouth, Gale’s continued growth has fueled expansion, which includes offices in Maryland, California, Connecticut, Florida, New Hampshire, and Virginia.

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Compuware Café Waltham, MA - J. Calnan & Associates (JC&A) of Quincy has completed the new headquarters for the technology performance company, Compuware Corporation.

When Compuware acquired two local software companies, it determined that it would merge the three separate offices into one location at 404 Wyman Street in Waltham. This merger resulted in nearly 70,000sf of interior renovations lending the company its new design focus. The revamped office now serves as the baseline for Compuware’s brand identity and design platform for future spaces.

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Boston – Avison Young announced that it has been selected by Imprivata to provide project management services for the company’s 14,000sf interior office expansion.

Mark Sullivan, Avison Young’s director of construction in the Boston office, will lead the team providing project management and general contractor services. This is the third time the Avison Young team has worked with Imprivata.

Between 2012 and 2013, the team oversaw the first two phases of Imprivata’s expansion, which included 49,750sf of renovations and tenant-improvement work.

Imprivata is a provider of authentication and access-management solutions for the healthcare industry.

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Portland, ME – The entire Wright-Ryan Construction team gathered at the USM Glickman Library to hold its Annual Meeting on April 8. However, this year’s meeting served to celebrate a significant milestone in the company’s history as well. 2014 marks Wright-Ryan’s 30th anniversary.

Michael F. Brennan, mayor of the city of Portland, recognized the accomplishment and presented Wright-Ryan’s president, John Ryan, with a city proclamation. An excerpt from the proclamation read, “The 30th anniversary of

Wakefield, MA – Vantage Builders, Inc. of Waltham announced that it recently constructed a new cleanroom and office for Persimmon Technologies Corporation at 178 Albion Street in Wakefield.

Persimmon Technologies, a provider of robotics for the semiconductor, data storage, LED, OLED, solar, and flat panel display equipment markets, needed an additional cleanroom, as well as office space.

The project required particular experience and ingenuity on behalf of the general contracting firm because the location is on the ground level of a renovated mill building. Part of the Harvard Mills complex, 178 Albion Street is a brick-and-beam office building that was originally constructed as a textile mill in the early 1900s. “We needed to contend with the ground floor setting of

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Wright-Ryan Construction is marked by this celebration today and forever by the many completed building projects in our great city that continue to improve the quality of life for all who live, work, and visit Portland.” The document was closed with a declaration from the mayor and members of the Portland City Council proclaiming and honoring April 8 as the day of Wright-Ryan Construction.

“I am deeply honored and humbled to accept this proclamation,” said John Ryan, who co-founded Wright-Ryan Construction with Tom Wright in 1984.

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the original mill building, which added certain complications, such as connecting systems with the rooftop units,” said Mike Thayer, senior project manager at Vantage.

The 10-week, $500,000 project yielded Persimmon a new, sizeable cleanroom and office space. The cleanroom has a variety of new systems, including positive pressure HEPA filtration, new HVAC, and process piping for compressed air and nitrogen. There is new electrostatic discharge controlling flooring, gasket ceiling systems, and specially designed wall treatments. The office fit-out – including new ceiling, wall, and floor finishes – is seamlessly integrated with Persimmon’s existing space.

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Municipal Griffin Electric Contributes to Revitalization of Downtown Worcester Worcester, MA — Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. has completed the electrical installation work on two projects within City-Square, a 12-acre redevelopment project in Worcester.

The first of the two projects involved the renovation of the City-Square east parking garage. The Griffin Electric team was responsible for electrical work within the multi-story garage renovation, which entailed the installation of new switchgear, lighting, and fire alarm systems.

Leggat McCall Properties, of Boston, managed the project’s completion, while Consigli Construction Co., Inc., of Milford, served as the construction manager. Arrowstreet Inc., of Somerville, was the architect, and WSP Flack + Kurtz, of Boston, the electrical engineer.

A 65,000sf Cancer Center for St. Vincent Hospital is yet another portion of the Worcester revitalization project, where Griffin Electric had provided the electrical installation. The three-story facility serves to consolidate ambulatory medical and radiation oncology services, relocating from its former Vernon Hill location. Comprehensive cancer care, including radiation therapy, medical oncology, chemotherapy, cancer imaging, and other outpatient services, such as psy-

St. Vincent Cancer Center chological and social services, physical therapy and nutrition, are available to the community in this new downtown, centralized location.

Working in conjunction with general contractor Gilbane Building Company, of Worcester, with architect Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates, of Cambridge, and electrical engineer Thompson Consultants, Inc., of Marion, the Griffin

Electric team was responsible for installing systems for fire alarm, power, lighting, and distribution on-site.

Additionally, telecommunications work by Griffin included category 5e data lines throughout the facility and workstation cabling. Copper and fiber backbone was installed from the main distribution

frame to each independent distribution frame, and Griffin furnished and installed the racks, patch panels and necessary wire management for the telecom rooms and installed the access control and security wiring to support the facility.

Hancock Meeting House to Renovate MacMillin Company CM, Monahon Architects Hancock, NH – The MacMillin Company, LLC has been officially awarded a construction management contract for renovations to the historic Hancock Meetinghouse in Hancock.

The town of Hancock and the First Congregational Church jointly own the building.

Renovations to the 1820 meetinghouse include structural stabilization,

slate roof improvements, exterior painting with window repair, fire escape reinforcement, building accessibility (platform lift, interior ramp, and bathrooms), upgrading utilities, and improvements to town hall space.

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Connecticut CBC on Clean Energy Financing

Carolyn Stanworth Receives Award Hartford, CT – BL Companies Stanworth was selected announced that Carolyn Stanworth, as one of eight women who president and CEO, has been named a demonstrate a business savwinner of Hartford Business Journal’s vy, confidence in themselves 2014 Women in Business Awards. and their organizations, and a Each year, the publication prostrong track record of success files women who have demonstrated in the business world. exemplary leadership qualities, as The 2014 honorees well as a commitment to community were recognized during a lunservice. The winners are nominated cheon on May 1 at the ConCarolyn Stanworth by readers and chosen by a panel of necticut Convention Center. independent judges.

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Jessica Bailey discusses the C-PACE program while panel members John Hankins, Robert Hartt, David Ford and the CBC attendees look on Hamden, CT – “This is a trend, not a fad. It will be like any other specialized financing,” noted Rob Hartt, managing member, Hartt Realty Advisors, LLC at a recent “Energize Connecticut” presentation hosted by the Connecticut Building Congress (CBC).

Hartt, along with Jessica Bailey, director of commercial and industrial property assessed Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA) and David

Ford, comprehensive solutions account executive, Trane U.S., Inc. provided a detailed review of this exciting and innovative approach to energy conservation financing.

This diverse panel provided a thorough review of the C-PACE program and discussed specific projects that realized substantial financial benefits from using the Connecticut program that started in 2012.

Bloomfield, CT – BVH Integrated Services, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm, announced the promotion of Karl Frey, P.E. to President. Frey joined BVH in 1997 and has over 30 years of engineering design and management experience.

His recent design work includes the Jackson Laboratory for Medical Genomics in Farmington, Central Connecticut State University’s new social sciences hall in New Britain, and Conn, Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine.

Under his leadership, BVH received the Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design Excellence for the Daniel and Grace Tully & Family Health Center in Stamford, CT. George Iskra, P.E., has assumed the role of BVH chairman. He joined the firm in 1972 and served as President from 1998 – 2014. His more than 40 years of experience includes system design and

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Amenta Emma Adds Three to Its Team KBE Scholarship Helps CT Students Hartford, CT – Amenta Emma Architects, based in downtown Hartford, welcomes Andrew N. Ostrander to the Stamford office, and Peter C. Wilson and Beau M. Deprey to the Hartford office.

Ostrander has over six years of professional experience. He previously worked for Roger Ferris + Partners in Westport, Conn., on large commercial interior projects for clients throughout the northeast.

Wilson has over 15 years of professional experience. He previously worked at Ronnette Riley Architects in New York City where he served as senior project manager for the New York Housing Authority – Hurricane Sandy Capital Improvement Program, as well as largescale commercial and residential projects.

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Kleban Appointed by Hood College Frederick, MD – KBE Building Corp.’s vice president of business development, Allan Kleban, has been appointed to the Hood College Board of Associates, a diverse group of alumni, parents, friends, and regional business leaders.

He was appointed after a board vote on April 11. His threeyear term will start on July 1, 2014.

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Farmington, CT – To help Connecticut high school students pursue careers in construction and related fields, KBE Building Corporation awarded $17,000 in scholarships to 34 students at 17 diploma-granting technical high schools in the state.

The scholarship is part of KBE’s charitable giving program, 50 Ways to Make a Difference. Since 2009, KBE has donated more than $1.2 million and 5,000 volunteer hours to groups such as seniors, children, and military personnel.

The company’s 2014 focus is promoting technical education for high school youth.

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a student must pursue construction-related higher education, such as a four-year college program for structural engineering, civil engineering, mechanical/electrical engineering, or construction management. Students pursuing certification programs for building trades such as electricity, plumbing, or HVAC will also be considered.

By May 1, principals and guidance counselors at each of Connecticut’s 17 technical high schools will choose one male and one female scholarship winner based on their academic records and their financial need.

CBC Awards/Annual Meeting Hartford – On June 10, CBC will hold its 18th Project Team and Scholarship Awards Banquet and Annual Meeting.

The Bond Ballroom, Hilton Homewood, Suites, 11th Floor, 338 Asylum St., Hartford.

5:30-6:30 Registration, Networking; 6:30-8:30 Dinner & Awards Program.

The Connecticut Building Congress will honor teams that showed extraordinary collaboration in the execution of their projects.

The CBC Scholarship Fund also will recognize this year’s scholarship recipients.

Awards will be presented in the following categories: New Construction, Major Renovations/Expansions, K-23 School, Small Projects, Transportation/ Utilities/Civil, and Extraordinary Residential.

2nd Annual Project Team of the Year Award Moderator: James Fuda, PE, CBC President Alfred Benesch & Company Register by June 3, 2014. For more information: http://www. cbc-ct.org/CBC_ Event_Calendar?eventId=720049&EventViewMode=EventDetails.

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Iron Mountain’s New Global HQ Receives NEWiRE Achievement Award Boston – The project team for Iron Mountain’s new global headquarters at One Federal Street in Boston has received the New England Women in Real Estate (NEWiRE) Achievement Award for Networking. Iron Mountain, a worldwide provider of information storage and management solutions, moved into its new 112,000sf global headquarters in February 2014.

The NEWiRE Networking Award recognizes a commercial real estate networking experience that most clearly represents the goals and purposes of NEWiRE. With more than 500 members, NEWiRE provides a forum for education, networking, and professional development to women in various commercial real estate disciplines throughout the Greater Boston area.

Spearheaded by Sarah Abrams, Iron Mountain’s senior vice president of global real estate, these NEWiRE members were part of the project team that supported the relocation of Iron Mountain: Sarah Abrams, Iron Mountain – client; Sherie Heywood, JLL – real estate transaction management; Cynthia Keliher, McCarter & English, LLP – legal/ lease negotiations; Janet Morra, AIA, LEED AP, Margulies Perruzzi Architects – interior architectural design; Christine Mosholder, Fort Point Project Management – project management; and Kristin

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Poulin, Structure Tone, Inc. – construction management “An office design project of this size and complexity – and executed within a tight timeframe – required a skilled team of real estate, design, and construction professionals,” said Abrams. “The success of this project is a direct result of the proven collaboration and commitment of each of these contributors, and we are honored to receive this NEWiRE award.”

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129 Tremont Boston – JLL Construction recently completed the fit-out of the new Capital One 360 Café at 129 Tremont Street in Boston’s Downtown Crossing. Partnering with Capital One and Peet’s Coffee and Tea, JLL Construction brought this 5,000sf café to life. It features a full service coffee bar, LCD video walls incorporated into an all glass façade, and a warm and inviting ambiance. Venetian plaster, faux brick walls, and a wood slat ceiling define the space. Polished concrete floors are intricately inlaid with an elliptical reclaimed wood floor product.

The café on Tremont is the second of several planned Capital One 360 Boston marketing offices that resemble coffee shops more than banks. Each of the planned branches will incorporate a full-service Peet’s Coffee and Tea store.

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Hartford, CT – Tecton Architects announced the promotion of Jeff McElravy to principal. Nationally recognized in public safety design, McElravy carves out a key leadership role in providing focused expertise to clients. In addition to advancing the market since his hire in 2007, McElravy has mentored and promoted a transformative work culture at Tecton, extending his skill set to workplace environments for corporate clients as well.

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BerardMartel Hires Gillon Bedford, NH – BerardMartel Architecture Inc. of Bedford recently announced that they have hired Jamie L. Gillon as project captain. He comes to the company with 10 years’ experience in construction project design, document management, and construction support.

Past experience includes all construction delivery methods for municipal, state and other public funded projects.

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TDC Names McCready President

JM Coull Expands Staff

Boston - The Davis Companies (TDC) announced that Richard McCready has joined the company as its president. He will play a leading role in dayto-day management and strategic planning for TDC, and will serve as a chairman of the executive committee and as a member of the investment committee.

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Maynard, MA – JM Coull, Inc. recently announced the addition of Greg Parker as senior project manager. Parker was most recently a project executive at Comeau & Kelly in Stoughton, and served as senior project manager at the Clark Construction Group in Boston.

Coull also announced the additions of of Raquel Perez as its newest estimator and Laura Burch as new marketing and client development manager.

Prior to joining JM Coull, Perez was an estimator at Elaine Construction in Newton. She also held similar positions at Sea-Dar Construction in Boston and Tocci Building Corporation in Woburn. She has more than 15 years of professional experience with eight in preconstruction services.

Burch was most recently the proposal coordinator at EQ Northeast, Inc.,

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served as the COO and executive vice president of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. He previously served as the President, COO & director of NRF’s predecessor company, NorthStar Capital Investment Corp.

He also served, first as general counsel and then as the president, COO and director of Winthrop Financial Associates.

Nitsch Engineering Announcements Boston – Nitsch Engineering announced three new members to the firm’s Board of Directors, and three new shareholders , joining Judith Nitsch, PE, LEED AP BD+C, founding principal and chairman of the board; Lisa A. Brothers, PE, LEED AP BD+C, president and CEO; and Michael E. Kenealy, CPA, executive vice president and CFO. Sandra A. Brock, PE, CFM, LEED AP BD+C, chief engineer has over 28 years of experience in the civil engineering field.

Fayssal J. Husseini, PE, PTOE, LEED Green Associate, vice president and director of transportation engineering has over 30 years of experience in providing transportation/traffic engineering design and construction phase

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John M. Schmid, PE, LEED AP BD+C, executive project manager, civil engineering, has 26 years of experience in civil engineering. He assisted the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Boston Water and Sewer Commission in drafting the city’s Groundwater Conservation Overlay District regulations.

New shareholders of Nitsch Engineering include Chelsea R. Christenson, PE, CPSWQ, LEED AP BD+C, Project Manager, Civil Engineering; Stephen D. Farr, PE, ENV SP, LEED Green Associate, project manager, transportation engineering; and Aaron A. Gallagher, PE, CFM, LEED AP BD+C, project manager, civil engineering, bringing the total number of shareholders to 15.

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Parker in Wrentham. She previously was proposal specialist for ECC of Marlborough, and brings 11 years of experience working in marketing and proposal coordination to the JM Coull team.

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MIW Promotes Manuel Fall River, MA – MIW Corp. recently announced that it is AISC certified in steel fabrication.

Jon Manuel, who played an integral role in attaining the AISC certification, has been promoted from operations manager to vice president. He has been with MIW Corp for seven years. He is directly involved in every project from start to finish and is a major contributing factor to the success of MIW Corp.

Prior to joining MIW Corp, Manuel was a project manager with Linbeck.

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Lash Named BD Director

Finegold Alexander Promotes Two

Boston – The International and NECA organizations. He Brotherhood of Electrical Workers assumed the role in February.

(IBEW) Local 103 and National Lash most recently Electrical Contractors Association served as NECA Boston Chap(NECA), Boston Chapter anter’s assistant executive direcnounced the appointment of Mattor, a position he held for three thew A. M. Lash to the position of years. There, he began several business development director. market development initiatives In his new position, Lash that will carry over to his new will be responsible for outreach job, particularly regulatory and Lash to the Greater Boston construclicensing issues that impact a tion-user community, regulators, and other contractor’s ability to compete fairly and stakeholders, advocating the dynamic joint also that ensure public safety in electrical construction. resources and capabilities of the IBEW

Boston – Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc. announced the promotions of Jason T. Arndt, AIA, LEED AP, and Rebecca L. Berry, AIA, LEED AP. Arndt joined Finegold Alexander in 2011 and was appointed to associate in 2013. He has served as project architect for Temple Israel Omaha and the Godfrey Hotel in downtown Boston. Previously, Arndt was the lead designer for various large international projects. He is a registered architect and a LEED accredited professional.

Berry has been promoted to senior associate. She joined Finegold Alexander in 2006 and has served as project architect on a variety of housing and institutional projects, including the Alice K. Wolf

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Murphy Joins Timberline

Canton, MA – Christy ery method and the selection Murphy has joined Timberline of qualified partners for solving Construction as a vice president “almost impossible” schedule and project executive. She has and budget challenges.

15 years of experience in the conPrior to Timberline, struction industry and expertise Murphy managed construction within the institutional project projects for Gilbane, J.K. Scansector. At Timberline, she leads lan, Walsh Brothers, and RF the healthcare and institutional Walsh. In addition to her extenproject teams. sive healthcare and institutional Murphy project portfolio, she oversaw She has successfully the construction of large complex multicompleted many design-build healthcare use development projects. projects in which she credits the deliv-

TFMoran Welcomes O’Neil

Bedford, NH – James O’Neil, LLS, was recently hired to serve as chief of survey for TFMoran, Inc. He is a licensed land surveyor in New Hampshire with over 20 years’ experience.

At TFMoran, he will be responsible to oversee all land surveying projects from proposal to completion, includ-

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ing field operation, technical computations, research and boundary determinations, and project management.

O’Neil is a member of the New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association and former director of professional practice for The New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association.

Trainito Joins ROI Needham, MA – Resource Options Inc. (ROI) recently announced that Tiffani Trainito has joined the firm as job coordinator.

Her responsibilities will include workforce development, customer service, and overall operations management.

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Eckman Hires Mike Simoneau

Bedford, NH - Eckman to the next level,” noted Preston Construction recently announced Hunter, director of business dethat Mike Simoneau has joined velopment, Eckman Construction. the Eckman team as marketing manager. He has a decade of diSimoneau will be spearverse marketing experience, inheading Eckman’s marketing cluding three years of working in initiatives, which include new commercial construction with an content development, public industry-leading flooring manurelations, and overall strategic facturer. planning. He will also assist in Simoneau responding to proposal inquiries “Mike brings a fresh peralong with supporting lead generation and spective to Eckman, and we are confident business development activities. that he can help take our marketing efforts

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Center in Cambridge, the Royal luxury housing in Boston, and the B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim Synagogue in Deerfield, Illinois. She serves as the sustainability director for the firm. Berry is a volunteer and former member of AmeriCorps.

Corvias Group Hires New Sr VP East Greenwich, RI – management, accountability, Corvias Group announced that compensation, staffing and cost Jim Wickenheiser has been hired control. as senior vice president of conHe will also work with the struction. executive vice president of conIn this position he will struction to pursue new business be responsible for all aspects opportunities and support the of leading the campus living execution of the strategic and construction group and army financial goals for the construcportfolio of the military living tion department.

Wickenheiser construction group, including Most recently, Wickenheiser served as senior vice president, director fiscal management, long-range planning, of lodging for Lend Lease Public Private scheduling, delivery, construction quality, Partnerships LLC. safety, employee relations, performance

Rielly Joins Integrated Builders has over 20 years of experience Rockland, MA - Integrated in estimating and preconstrucBuilders, Inc. has added Timothy tion, having worked at compa(Tim) Rielly, C.P.E., LEED AP, as nies such as J. Calnan & Assodirector of estimating. In this pociates, Inc., Shawmut Design sition, he will direct and supervise and Construction, and Payton all operations of the firm’s estiConstruction. mating functions, primarily overHe is experienced in seeing policies and procedures design-build on projects with related to the bid process and will heavy foundations including provide the final approval over Rielly slurry wall, up/down construcall bids and proposals.

Prior to joining Integrated Builders, tion, and wood framed through high-rise Rielly was the vice president of preconconstruction. struction at Roundhill Construction. He

Browse Joins CTA

Boston – Cavanaugh Tocci of contact for audio, video, proAssociates, Inc. (CTA), an acousjection, and acoustics. Current tical, audiovisual, and theatrical collaborations include work at consulting firm, announced that Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum Nicholas Browse has joined the and a new General Academic firm as senior principal consultant.

Building at the University of He brings more than 25 years of Massachusetts, Boston. experience running his own sucPrior to starting his own cessful audiovisual consulting consulting practice, Browse firm, Nicholas Browse & Assoled the systems integration and Browse ciates. installation division of Cramer Browse and CTA have associated Video where he oversaw the installation on numerous projects – both as indepenof some of the first audiovisual systems dent firms on the same design team, and designed by Cavanaugh Tocci Associates. as a joint venture providing a single point

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Kelley Joins DEW

Murray Brothers Recent Staff Changes

Williston, VT - DEW management, and construction Construction Corporation reexperience. His expertise includes cently announced the appointdriving targeted business develment of Peter Kelley, P.E., as opment activities, developing and director of business developmanaging business networks, as ment. He will be responsible well as scope development, planfor driving business developning, and leading projects. ment activities across Vermont Kelley comes to DEW Conand upstate New York while struction from General Dynamics further developing existing OTS where he served as a program Kelley client relations. In this role, he manager on military contracts. will work closely with Don Wells, DEW DEW Construction has offices in president and founder.

Williston, Lebanon, and Keene, N.H. Kelley will be working out of the Williston Kelley brings with him over 25 years of business development, project location.

Leominster, MA – Murray Brothers Construction, Inc. of Leominster announced recent changes to its staff.

Jenna Guzman, who has been with the company for five years, has been promoted to project manager. Her expertise is in managing complicated contracts and institutional and historical projects as well as sustainable construction.

Matt Wilder has been promoted to site supervisor. He has been the driving force on site regarding safety, quality and production. He led the re-construction of the Unitarian Universalist Parish of Monson Steeple and is currently supervising the connector addition to the First Parish Church of Stow and Acton.

Shawn Legere has been promoted to site supervisor. He led the restoration of the St. John’s Steeple as well as the structural restoration to the Congregational Church of Paxton.

Katie Quinn has been hired as office manager and has quickly grown to be the

Hardy Joins Tighe & Bond as COO Westfield, MA – Tighe ents. His design portfolio includes & Bond recently hired William water, wastewater, solid waste, Hardy, P.E. as the firm’s newly civil, highway, bridge, environappointed chief operating offimental, and building projects. He cer. In this role, he will work is a licensed professional engineer with the firm’s management to in Massachusetts, Connecticut, ensure optimum service delivRhode Island, Maine, and Texas. ery to Tighe & Bond’s expand“Bill’s professional expering customer base across all of tise and recognition in our indusits geographic locations. try will be an asset as we accelHardy Hardy, who will oversee erate Tighe & Bond’s next phase all operations from the firm’s Westfield of growth,” says David Pinsky, president office, has 35 years of diverse professionand CEO of Tighe & Bond. al, civil, and environmental engineering experience serving public and private cli-

Front, l-r: Katie Quinn and Jenna Guzman. Back, l-r: Jason Lasorsa, Shawn Legere, Matthew Wilder, and Scott Robichaud central cog of the entire operation.

Jason Lasorsa joins the firm as lead carpenter. He brings several years of experience in fine home construction.

Scott Robichaud has been hired as a senior project manager. He brings decades of experience of fine home construction.

Robichaud’s education and background in design allows Murray Brothers to greater assist the architect and owner.

Matthews Joins Jewett Raymond, NH – Jewett Construction Co., Inc., recently welcomed Joshua C. Matthews as its new company controller.

His experience includes numerous years as a financial analyst and manager in the aerospace and defense industries.

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June 10 CBC Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet The Bond Ballroom, Hilton Homewood, Suites, 11th Floor, 338 Asylum St., Hartford.

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Sept 22 - Save the Date! - Annual Robert J. LeFloch Memorial Golf Outing Shuttle Meadow, Country Club, Kensington, Conn. www.cbc-ct.org.

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June 9, 2014 The Massachusetts Building Congress will hold its 65th Annual Golf Outing & Golf Clinic at theCharles River Country Club, 483 Dedham Street, Newton Centre, Mass.

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May 22, 2014 11th Annual IFMA Boston Awards of Excellence: Celebrating the Brilliance Within.

Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, 138 St James Ave, Boston.

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June 4, 2014 Luncheon Program June Annual Meeting 11:30 a.m. Networking & Registration • 12 p.m. Luncheon & Program Mandarin Oriental, 776 Boylston Street, Boston Presenter: Betsy Myers, author and founding director of the Center for Women & Business at Bentley University To register: www.newire.org/eventcalendar.aspx

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