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April 2017

Focus:

Senior/Assisted Living

CELEBRATING OUR

20 th

YEAR!

A new canopy and vestibule reach out to the entry area at the newly renovated Peter Bulkeley Terrace Senior Housing and Community Center in Concord, Massachusetts / designed by Abacus Architects + Planners / Chuck Choi Photography / page 18

INDUSTRY EXPERT ARTICLES

Shelly Peckham

Myles R. Brown

Anthony Papantonis

Richard Borrelli

Mike Dion

Mohegan Sun Expo Center to Open Summer 2018 JM Electrical and EMC Complete Energy Upgrade at HCC TF Moran Completes Work for Maple Ridge Estates at Bedford Construction Begins at Sturdy Memorial Harriman Completes Great Falls Transportation Center Jewett to Build Herb Chambers Toyota of Auburn Bowdoin Volunteers at Cradles to Crayons

Plus: Up-Front, Connecticut, Education, Multi-Residential, Trends & Hot Topics, Healthcare, New England, Corporate, Awards, Philanthropy, People, Calendar, and More...

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Featuring:

Abacus Recognized for Senior Housing Center...................................................18

Mohegan Sun Expo Center to Open Summer 2018...............................................11

Mohegan Sun’s assistant GM, Jeff Hamilton, speaking at the Mohegan Sun Expo Center announcement

Sections:

Up-Front....................................... 8 Connecticut................................ 11 Education .................................. 14 Senior/Assisted Living................. 17 Healthcare................................. 27 Northern New England............... 29 Corporate.................................. 31

Multi-Residentia........................... 32 Produc....................................... 33 Philanthropy............................... 34 Trends & Hot Topics..................... 37 Awards...................................... 38 People ...................................... 39 Calendar .................................. 42

Construction Begins at Sturdy Memorial Hospital.......................................................26

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Rendering of Sturdy Memorial Hospital

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April 2017

Publisher’s Message

8th Annual Visionaries Forum

THURSDAY - MAY 11, 2017 3:00 PM REGISTRATION 4:00 PM PROGRAM START CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER - HARTFORD, CT The Construction Institute presents a hallmark event that has become a premier gathering for the AEC industry. Learn from pioneers who are shaping the future of design and construction and changing the way the built environment will be managed in years to come.

Michael Barnes Welcome, new readers! If you discovered this issue of High-Profile Monthly (HP) from MEDED Boston, a promotional mailing, or as an association free sample, I am sure you will recognize many of the names and projects covered here. You are also invited to choose from the full range of communicative methods available for computer or phone in the future. At www.high-profile.com you will find the HP blog to have news posted since we published April 1. HP’s blog also holds additional details to many of the articles inside this issue. For our regular readers who may have noticed that “Multi-Residential” was announced as an April focus, but listed in the HP calendar as May, it will run in May as originally scheduled. We apologize for any confusion, and remind you that every issue of HP has a section on multi-residential facilities.

SPEAKERS VISIONARY TECHNOLOGY PIONEER

Paul Sells, Directory of Industrial Solutions,

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Pare receives ACEC Bronze Pare Corporation, a leading multidisciplinary engineering and planning firm, the University Hall on the Boston Campus of the University of Massachusetts, was

awarded a Bronze Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA). Pare Corporation completed the design and construction phase services related to site/civil, traffic, and environmental permitting for the new $130 million, 190,000sf University Hall. All the ACEC Mass award winners will be featured in HP’s May annual focus on Civil Engineers. HP will also include a Landscape Architects and Contractors focus. DCAMM “All In” Online DCAMM now requires exclusive submission of bids solely through DCAMM’s E-Bid Room at www. bidexpress.com/businesses/10279/home. No hard copy bids will be accepted. According to DCAMM, its E-Bid Room has been operating successfully for many months, and feedback from industry users has been very positive. The efficiencies and associated cost savings for contractors in obtaining bid documents and submitting bids on DCAMM construction projects electronically are significant. There is no cost to potential bidders for utilizing DCAMM’s E-Bid Room. Global Top 30 For the second straight year, Boston is among the Global Top 30 on JLL’s 2017 Investment Intensity Index, which ranks cities rapidly becoming most attractive to commercial real estate investors. http:// www.jll.com/research/193/investmentintensity-index-2017

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AFE New England Regional Trade Show & Workshops April 27 • 12:30 – 7:00 PM

Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center Westford, Massachusetts This event brings together over 150 facility professionals with top suppliers in a face-to-face forum focused on growing business opportunities. Workshop attendees can earn CEUs for AFE certification renewal. A local 3-day CPMM Review Class coincides with the event. Details: bit.ly/AFE8TradeShow

April 2017

Up-Front

Groom Underway on Lafayette St.

AAS Expands with MassDev Bond

Architect Peter Pitman’s final rendering of completed Lafayette Street

Rendering of new American Antiquarian Society facility

Worcester, MA – MassDevelopment has issued a $17.7 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS), a scholarly society and independent research library in Worcester. The AAS is using bond proceeds to expand and upgrade its facilities by buying a property at 4 Regent Street in Worcester for office, meeting, and storage space; demolishing existing structures

and making improvements at 90 Park Avenue for parking; and reconfiguring its existing facility at 185 Salisbury Street by relocating its conservation laboratory, HVAC systems, and other service equipment while creating new seminar, meeting, and exhibition areas. Bond proceeds also will be used by the AAS to refinance past debt. United Bank purchased the bond.

Salem, MA – Groom Construction’s newest project, a state-of-the-art office and retail space at 331 Lafayette Street, is well underway and is expected to be ready for occupancy late October 2017. Ground was broken on the 24,000sf mixed-use building in December 2016. The project was redesigned due to community requests following the initial meeting in August with Robert Burr, developer, and Peter Pitman, architect. The updates to the development include a redesign to maintain the historical setting with brick and clapboard siding. The first floor will be leased to retail

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April 2017

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Boston – Shawmut Design and Construction recently announced the topping off of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) new Foisie Innovation Studio and Messenger Residence Hall. The 78,000sf, $49 million ground-up project is expected to open in fall 2018 and includes high-tech classrooms, a robotics and global impacts laboratory, a café, and a three-floor, 140-student residence hall. Shawmut’s work on the five-story, mixed-use facility will create a hub for WPI’s project-based curriculum, giving students the ability to design and create prototypes using rapid prototyping

equipment. The team will create a variety of academic spaces ranging from makerspaces and high-tech classrooms to an innovation and entrepreneurship center. Informal collaboration areas with display technology, mobile tables, and seating will be installed throughout the facility to encourage interaction among students. Shawmut utilized its Virtual Studio to provide Oculus Rift and Microsoft HoloLens to display high-definition renderings. The Virtual Studio team hosted a VR demo and tour to WPI students and faculty to “walk” through the project in real time.

AFE Offers CPMM Review Class Boston – AFE Region 8 will hold a faceto-face certified professional maintenance manager (CPMM) review class in our area, offered in conjunction with the AFE Region 8 Trade Show and Workshops. The CPMM review class will take place over three days, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 25, 26, and 27. The class concludes on Thursday afternoon in time for registrants to attend the AFE 8 Regional Trade Show immediately following. AFE’s uniquely designed CPMM curricula is tailored to meet the needs of experienced, working maintenance professionals ready to earn professional certification in maintenance management. The AFE Region 8 CPMM review class covers the following: • Preventive maintenance and reliability

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easier wayfinding for guests visiting the multitenant buildings, together totaling 175,000sf. The project team also included general contractor Columbia Construction Company of North Reading and landscape architect Cosmos Associates of Boston.

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April 2017

Connecticut Mohegan Sun Expo Center to Open Summer 2018 Uncasville, CT – Leaders of the Mohegan Tribe and Mohegan Sun gathered recently at the flagship property in Connecticut to announce the official plans for The Mohegan Sun Expo Center. Construction is underway, with a target opening date of summer 2018. The expansion will span over 240,000gsf and will be located by the Winter Parking garage and in close proximity to Mohegan Sun’s newest hotel, Earth Tower. The New York-based architect firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and the construction team out of North Stonington, A/Z Corp, are partners on this project. Key features of the new Expo Center will include a 21,412nsf ballroom, divisible into two sections and featuring over 3,000nsf of prefunction space. The Exposition Center itself will be 131,000nsf; it will have free parking, six loading docks from an open parking field, and additional drive-in access from two grade-level drive-in doors. It will have 18 meeting rooms in total, ranging from 360nsf to 675nsf, a 1,263nsf boardroom with 230nsf of prefunction space and its own outdoor terrace, 3,600nsf of outdoor space, which includes

cultural history, with custom carpeting and light fixtures that reflect Native American motifs, the nearby Thames River, and the color palettes of the Earth and Sky towers. Additional below-grade entertainment tenant space will be composed of 20,000sf of the total expanse, further diversifying the center’s mixed-use program. Once completed in the summer of 2018, ideally in time for next year’s Barret-Jackson Car Collector’s Auction, Mohegan Sun will be home to the largest meetings and convention spaces between Boston and New York City. Mohegan Sun’s assistant GM, Jeff Hamilton, speaking at the Mohegan Sun Expo Center announcement

a large wraparound terrace for the full center, and a 5,361nsf kitchen. Additional features include a mobile box office, upto-the-minute technology, digital displays inside and outside the center, free Wi-Fi, and contiguous exhibit space. On the design front, the new Expo Center will be a column-free structure with clerestory windows, offering flexible programming within a naturally lit space. The main circulation spine that connects the exposition hall to the prefunction area

also provides access to the overall facility, including the ballroom and adjustable meeting rooms. Along this path, floor-toceiling windows and doors lead visitors onto an outdoor patio that adds gathering space in warm weather and buffers the building from Cove Road that loops around the entire site. Greenery extends east to the recently completed Earth Tower, which shares the same grand entry as the Sky Tower. Interior finishes will recall the tribe’s

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April 2017

BVH Promotes Associate Principals

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Bloomfield, CT – BVH Integrated Services, P.C. recently announced the creation of an associate principal level of ownership at the company, and the promotion of eight staff members to this new designation, as follows: Lindsay Huff, CCP, LEED AP, director of commissioning; Maria A. Loitz, FSMPS, CPSM, director of marketing; and Richard E. Loveland, PE; Ilona

Prosol, PE, LEED BD+C; James R. Velleman, PE, LEED AP; Scott P. Waitkus, PE; Alan R. Aldag, PE; and James L. Fox, PE, LEED AP, all project managers. In addition to maintaining their current roles and responsibilities, the associate principals will take an active role in the overall management of the firm in the areas of technical expertise, marketing, business development, client

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relations, and employee development. BVH also announced the promotion of four professionals to senior engineers at its Bloomfield office. Matthew Chait, PE, a civil engineer, specializes in the design of campus infrastructure projects for clients across the Northeast. Stephen Paro, PE, an electrical engineer, specializes in the design of complex electrical campus infrastructure

for corporate and higher education. Stephen Prusaczyk, PE, a structural engineer, specializes in the design of complex building projects, including new construction and renovations. Daniel Caporizzo, PE, a member of BVH’s mechanical engineering department, is currently working on several projects as the lead HVAC engineer within the corporate, collegiate, and K-12 markets.

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April 2017

Mixed Reality:

Leveraging Technology Accelerators in Design and Construction

by Shelly Peckham Emerging technologies like mixed reality (MR) are among the new tools available to support resolution of issues in a collaborative, real-time environment before they translate into lost time and money on an active construction site. MR combines real and virtual worlds through the use of wearable devices to merge simulated images into real-world environments. MR tools bridge the gap between the drawn images in architecture to the final product created by construction. When there is a highly technical and complex construction detail requiring the input of multiple team members, such as the engineer, architect, construction manager, and trade contractor, these technologies offer benefits never before experienced. As an early adopter of mixed reality technologies, one of the first projects

where Gilbane tested MR technology is at the city of Boston’s Dearborn STEM Academy in Roxbury, Mass. The project team has not only demonstrated and recognized the advantages of the realistic features of the technology, it is also being offered as a live teaching tool for use with students in real-time education not typically offered in the classroom. Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality

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headset places high-definition holographic images in the user’s actual environment, enabling interaction with the hologram in a fully immersive experience. HoloLens is a head-mounted holographic computer with a transparent lens that allows the user to input 3D BIM images and become immersed in the 3D image, while still seeing the actual physical environment in the background. The result is a truly immersive experience for clients, allowing them to interact with their building before

ground has been broken. The HoloLens, which can be utilized without a hard connection to a computer, is more conducive to onsite utilization, as the device enables the user to still be present in their actual physical environment. HoloLens works with building visualization software from companies like Autodesk and Trimble. Gilbane was selected by Microsoft HoloLens to be one of the first to receive the development edition of this gamechanging technology and received the headset in May 2016. Gilbane’s project teams have successfully utilized the Microsoft HoloLens in a variety of applications,

from enlarging a 3D hologram mock-up of steel structures, to viewing the BIM model of the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and technology systems above the ceilings during construction. On the Dearborn STEM Academy in Roxbury, through the use of the HoloLens, an issue with the structural frame was identified that would not have been represented on the two-dimensional plans. Due to the building geometry, the structure as designed would not fit within the building envelope. Utilizing the HoloLens during MEP coordination, the team mitigated potential continued to page 32

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April 2017

Education UMass Amherst Holds Chapel Grand Opening Celebration Designed by Finegold Alexander Architects

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Amherst, MA – Finegold Alexander Architects recently announced the completion and official reopening of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Old Chapel, which was marked with a ribbon cutting on March 23 in the historic center of campus. The most iconic and widely

recognized building on campus, the Old Chapel first opened in 1885 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The building closed in 1999 because it no longer met code and accessibility requirements. Today, the Old Chapel has emerged following a two-year, $21 million renovation as a vibrant community

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space for student gatherings, exhibits, and events. The project is targeted for LEED Gold certification. The first floor provides a flexible layout for social gatherings, study, and events and will serve as a general campus resource. The top floor Great Hall provides a large open space for lectures, seminars, performances, and banquets. The building will be available for weddings and private events in the future. The restoration preserved the best aspects of the historic building while adding an accessible arrival sequence

and a contemporary glass-entry addition. Internally, an elevator, building systems, and technology were sensitively woven into the historic fabric. An underground mechanical vault houses the main mechanical, electrical, and plumbing service to the building and ties into the campus utility infrastructure. A 12-panel interactive display wall on the first floor can be used for presentations, exhibits, or general campus information. First opened in 1886, the Old Chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. The project is on track to achieve LEED Gold certification.

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High-Profile: Education

April 2017

JM Electrical Completes HCC Lynnfield, MA – JM Electrical Company, Inc. has completed an energy services project at Holyoke Community College (HCC). The company worked with the Department of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) and Energy Management and Controls Services (EMC) on the upgrades. JM Electrical participated in a complete energy upgrade of the campus, including installing air handling units (AHUs), hot water pumps, and variable air volume (VAV) boxes in all classrooms. Whereas VAV boxes are typically replaced, JM performed a unique service of retrofitting the boxes. Additionally, JM’s staff assisted in reworking existing fire alarms to accommodate a ceiling replacement. With the major energy upgrades completed in the majority of the classrooms, office suites, and HVAC systems, HCC will experience reduced energy consumption. “We are proud of our work at Holyoke Community College because the energy upgrades will significantly improve the comfort level of students and professors throughout the campus,” said Adam Palmer, project manager at JM Electrical. “The changes will also preserve the school’s infrastructure for years to come.”

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Founded in 1946, Holyoke Community College provides affordable, high quality education and workforce training. It offers nearly 100 degree and certificate programs, preparing students to transfer to a four-year college or to enter immediately into the workforce. “This particular project was especially complicated, with many different components and necessary services,” said Jim Jones, president at EMC. “JM’s experienced team along with ours made for an ideal partnership, and we were able to ensure a comfortable working environment for professors and students alike.”

MassDev. Helps WIT Add New Bldg.

Rendering of WIT’s new building

Boston – MassDevelopment has issued a $41.3 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc. (WIT), a private, coeducational higher education institution in Boston. Wentworth is using bond proceeds to build a 78,000sf multipurpose academic building on Parker Street. The building will house Wentworth’s new biological engineering program; its biomedical, civil engineering, and

experiential learning programs; and its Accelerate, Wentworth Innovation + Entrepreneurship Center, which houses interdisciplinary extracurricular programs that aim to build innovative and entrepreneurial thinking; and science and manufacturing labs. The building will also include a manufacturing lab with 3D printers, office space, and presentation and gathering areas for students, faculty, and staff.

Patient care is complicated. It gets harder when contaminants from the materials, process and workers involved in construction are introduced. That’s why the Carpenters union has developed “Infection Control, Risk Assessment” (ICRA) with national leaders in construction, health care and infection control. It’s a comprehensive certification program that teaches carpenters to recognize and avoid creating environments that hamper the healing process. Ask for ICRA-certified carpenters for your next project.

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April 2017

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Boston – Bentley University students, faculty, and administrators celebrated the reopening of Jennison Hall following a fast-track, $22.5 million laboratory and classroom renovation and expansion designed by Boston-based ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, whose design provides a diverse mix of new learning, social, lab, and office spaces. Built in 1966, Jennison Hall, with its 33 classrooms, is the largest teaching facility on the university’s Waltham campus. The original plan was to design and build out the 85,000sf project in phases. To save the university the time, cost, and disruption of an ongoing construction project spanning several years, the team developed a creative alternative strategy to complete the construction in less than seven months. This was accomplished by taking the entire building out of service last summer and fall, relocating classes throughout the campus, and using a fast-track approach. The renovation was completed in time for the January start of spring semester. Consigli Construction Company is the construction manager, and CSL Consulting is the owner’s project manager.

The transformed interiors feature transparency and flexibility, with glass walls and daylit rooms that place science investigation and teaching on display. To fulfill the goal of integrating science into a business curriculum, the new layout at Jennison Hall locates three new, multidisciplinary science instructional labs for chemistry, physics, biology, and Earth and environmental sciences, providing a more collaborative and flexible teaching environment. Adjoining the science labs is a new “dry” laboratory, modeled after Bentley University’s popular MBA Studio and called a collaboratory. The collaboratory provides a team-based, flexible learning environment to supplement the more traditional “wet” instructional labs. A variety of teaching spaces, including both active learning classrooms and tiered case study classrooms, occupy the remaining three floors of the building. Teaming areas, social interaction niches, and quiet study spaces throughout the building offer a variety of student experiences. Additionally, the Office of Academic Services for both undergraduate and graduate students was relocated to Jennison Hall.

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Lynnfield, MA – JM Electrical Company, Inc., a leader in advanced automated building system installations, has completed project operations at the Ashburnham Westminster Regional School District, located in North Worcester County, approximately 50 miles northwest of Boston. The system was done under a performance contract with New England Trane. JM Electrical installed the power and controls for the HVAC equipment, provided by Trane, for two schools in the district — Oakmont High School and Overlook Middle School — in order to achieve energy savings for the buildings. The company’s electricians worked to ensure the project was completed on time and on budget. JM began work on the

schools in June 2016, and they are now fully operational. “We were pleased to work with the Ashburnham Westminster school system in upgrading their HVAC controls,” said John Guarracino, project manager at JM Electrical. The team delivered over $4 million in needed facility upgrades including a new roof, HVAC equipment, a biomass boiler fueled by wood pellets, and a state-of-theart building automation system, according to Chris Marshall, general manager of energy services at New England Trane. “Trane guarantees energy savings exceeding $5 million over the 20-year term enabled by M.G.L. CH25a, 11i, which will be used by the district to pay for the project,” he said.

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Senior/Assisted Living Aging in Place Redefined of the river, Phase 2 capitalizes on views with corner windows and wrap-around decks oriented toward the river. “We are on the deck every evening, watching the Coast Guard cadets sailing,” says one resident. Interiors utilize universal design, which can be adapted as resident needs change. The community model, a reaction to traditional, outdated concepts, is unique

by Myles R. Brown A new model community for aging in place, designed by Amenta Emma, perches on a bluff overlooking the Thames River in Groton, Conn. Thames Edge at Fairview consists of 40 homes owned and managed by the Odd Fellows Home, which has provided care since 1892. The concept provides able-bodied seniors with a residence more suitable to staying independent longer. While residents have downsized from the traditional family home, they still live in a neighborhood that is private, with community connections and services meant to provide comfort, safety, and security. In other words, they have the sense of home ownership without having to shovel the snow off the roof. Designed in two phases, Thames

Aerial view of Thames Edge at Fairview

Edge offers a contemporary setting with magnificent river views and architecture that feels “young, exudes youthful energy” according to one resident. Homes are modeled after seaside cottages. Challenged by a significant elevation change, Amenta Emma designers terraced the homes on the site to provide

bright covered entries walking out to grade at two levels for most homes. Four connected units create a quad, providing a shared social space at the entry. All essential living spaces are on one level, though some residents have finished basements as office and workshop space. While Phase 1 residents catch glimpses

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Abacus Recognized for Senior Housing Center

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Brookline Senior Center

Brookline, MA – GTC Construction Management, of Haverhill, recently completed major renovations at the Brookline Senior Center and expects to complete a major renovation at the Evelyn Kirrane Aquatics Center in May. The Brookline Senior Center project included the renovation of classrooms, learning spaces as well as the basement and fitness area of the facility. Jonathan Keevers, president of GTC, said: “We saw prebid how critical the senior center project was to the seniors of Brookline and how it was in the very heart of a place they call home every day. We strove to be the least invasive as possible and even did disruptive and intrusive work off hours. Our dedication paid off and the seniors are now occupying beautifully renovated teaching and work spaces that include a state-of-the-art fitness facility.” Work at the Aquatics Center includes concrete pool deck repair at the underside of the pool deck, pool deck and tile repair, and repair adjustment of an existing light fixture lowering device. Work also includes modifications to the existing locker rooms, unisex toilet facilities, and staff offices including selective demolition, masonry, doors, storefront, finishes, specialty items, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical work. Keevers said,” GTC is proud to be a part of such a meaningful project that really impacts the health and wellbeing of the seniors and youth in the community. We have enjoyed working with the professionals at the City of Brookline in the past and look forward to continuing our relationship on this project.”

About the Aquatics Center • It is said to have been the first municipally operated indoor bathhouse/pool in the United States. • In 1897 a new bathhouse contained rain baths, tubs, a tank 80” x 26” lined with English white glazed brick, another tank 22” x 10”, about 50 dressing rooms, a gallery, and a small laundry for towels and suits. • Noted Swiss-American architect, Franz Joseph Untersee designed renovations in 1899 in which three rooms were added, including a hair drying room for the women. • The floor of the large pool had mosaic tiling and there were marble steps at each end which were removed in 1903 for safety reasons. • The interior had lettering on the walls including the vote of Town Meeting establishing the bath house, quotations from poets, and the names of famous swimmers, including, Ulysses, Leander, Charlemagne, Nicolo of Cola, and Franklin. • The newly founded swimming club increased its membership and gave several exhibitions of swimming exercises and polo at the bathhouse. • By 1916, $15,600 was spent to renovate and improve the operation. • Shower baths were added in 1922. • In 1929, free instructions in swimming and life saving were given. In 1949, a water pageant was held with the setting a Cape Cod fishing wharf. A group of anglers started a bait casting club. • The new swimming pool designed by Anderson, Beckwith and Haible was constructed in 1956.

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April 2017

TF Moran Completes Work for Maple Ridge Estates at Bedford

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Bedford, NH – TFMoran, Inc. of Bedford, provided survey and civil engineering services, landscape architecture, and permitting for the design of Maple Ridge Estates, a 62+ independent senior living community in Bedford. This new community is part of a multiphase, mixed-use development located on 11 acres in the town’s performance zone between South River Road (NH-Route 3) and Technology Drive. Construction for the residential phase of the development is slated for completion in April 2017; the commercial/retail phase will follow. Calamar Enterprises, High_Profile - Advertisement - 11.11.15.ai 1 11/11/2015 Inc., the project’s developer, has overseen construction of the three-story,

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April 2017

Senior Housing and Care Market Continues to Evolve

by Anthony Papantonis Higher expectations from potential residents, encroaching competition, and the ability for operators to efficiently adjust to a community’s greatest demand in the continuum of care are driving change in today’s senior living market. These factors, combined with our steadily growing population of people living beyond age 85 (projected to triple from 7.3 million to 21 million by 2050), are keeping the senior living industry in motion. Following a surge in senior housing construction as the Baby Boomers began entering retirement age a few years ago, there has been a leveling off in construction starts nationally, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Some of the slowdown has been attributed to an equilibrium now being realized between supply and demand, as more than 5,900 senior housing units came online in the fourth quarter of 2016. Additional factors include a rise

in construction costs (including a labor shortage), as well as a pulling back on construction lending by traditional banks. More recently, however, a survey published in December by investment banking and advisory services firm Lancaster Pollard indicated that 70% of the senior living facilities operators said that they were likely to “pursue a renovation project” in 2016, whereas, when asked this same question in 2017, an even higher percentage (75%) said a construction project was likely. And for those operating or building in Massachusetts, the news is even more encouraging. Last year, the Boston Globe reported that due to the concentration of wealth in the state (especially in eastern Mass.), occupancy rates for the Bay State were four percentage points higher than the national average — at nearly 95% — which translates into continued strong demand for the region. For one thing, competition among senior living facilities for clients, particularly on the high end of the market, is fierce. Where possible, operators are either building new facilities (Massachusetts ranked seventh in the nation in new construction starts with 1,459 units in 2015) or renovating dated ones to better compete in the marketplace. As new senior living communities are being constructed or repositioned,

operators are enhancing their amenity packages to include features such as wellness centers (including activities like yoga, meditation, and tai chi), expanded dining options that one might find in an upscale hotel, as well as concierge-type fee-for-services. Also, as the Boomers are becoming more comfortable in the digital age, communities are incorporating a wide range of new technologies, from

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ensuring dependable Wi-Fi access, to offering health-monitoring devices that help to manage medications, monitor vital signs, or activate an alert when fall-prone residents are at risk. There is also a shift in the type of buildings being constructed. Senior Housing News predicts that 2017 will be a comeback for independent living. The growth in this segment is attributed to the steady economic growth the country has undergone following the recession, with the stock and real estate markets

(and retirement funds) reaching record highs. During the uncertainty of the recession, aging seniors and their families often postponed the decision to move to independent and assisted living. Another trend that shows no sign of slowing down is the increase in memory care units being built. The Alzheimer’s Association recently reported that while 5.4 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s, that number is expected to soar to 16 million by 2050. As the need for additional memory care units increases, some operators are converting other units to meet this demand. In Weston, Mass., Maplewood Senior Living recently converted 13 assisted living units into 22 memory care units, indicative of the shift in thinking among senior care providers that allows residents flexibility to age in place (in lieu moving to a skilled nursing facility) in their retirement communities as they progress along the continuum of care. There is no doubt that the senior living industry will continue to adapt to the changing demands of our aging population. However, to remain viable, owners, contractors, and architects alike will be charged with delivering creative solutions to meet this ever-growing and evolving industry. Anthony Papantonis is president of Nauset Construction.

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April 2017

Construction Complete on The Residence at Salem Woods

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Salem, NH – The Residence at Salem Woods is a new senior living community located in Salem and built by Eckman Construction of Bedford. In a region with a growing elderly population, this new facility helps satisfy the area’s need for senior living options and provides seniors in the Merrimack Valley with excellent accommodations, amenities, and care. Developed by Norwood, Mass.-based LCB Senior Living, The Residence at Salem Woods is an 84-unit senior living community that includes a mix of

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Dracut, MA – Maugel Architects was recently chosen to design Circle Health’s new 30,000sf three-story medical office building located at the corner of Broadway and Loon Hill Road in Dracut. The new ground-up facility will provide the community with a Circle Health Urgent Care and Lowell General Hospital patient service center, physician practices in OB/

GYN and primary care, and diabetes and endocrinology specialty services. Maugel previously designed Circle Health outpatient centers in Westford and Billerica earlier this year. Other team members include Equity Alliance, LLC. The project is expected to be completed in late 2018.

Plainville, MA – Maugel Architects announced that construction has begun on Sturdy Memorial Hospital’s new 30,000sf medical office building that will provide the community with a Sturdy Memorial Urgent Care center, patient services, and physician services in OB/GYN and primary care. The two-story medical office building, designed by Maugel, will replace the onestory structure that was razed to make way for the new facility. Maugel worked closely with Sturdy Memorial to design a modern environment that maximizes clinical space and provides

clear wayfinding for patients and visitors. Other team members include Equity Alliance, LLC, and Dellbrook | JKS Construction. Particular attention was given to creating efficient workflows tailored to physician working patterns and to providing seamless care to patients. “Providing access to high-quality healthcare at the local level is essential to the strength of the community,” said Colby Cavanagh, project manager at Maugel Architects. The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2017.

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Elder-Friendly Ambulatory Healthcare Facilities not too “cushy” or she can’t get out! This provider has them. As a healthcare architect, I know they are upholstered with easy-to-maintain antimicrobial fabric. Soothing colors and interior finishes make this modest space sing, helping her feel more confident and relaxed during those stressful “remembering all my meds” moments.

by Richard Borrelli The fact is, those of us designing spaces for the elderly, even those who qualify for AARP membership, don’t know what it’s like to be 80 or 90 years old. Often, it’s not until we help our aged parents navigate the system that we see how much details matter when designing ambulatory healthcare facilities. Join me for a fictional visit to Mom’s primary care provider. As someone with 20-plus years practicing healthcare design — over half it on the client side — I nonetheless continue to learn. Some of what I’ve learned lately is due to a 94-year-old ball of fire named Mary Jane, my mom. Mom gave up driving upon entering assisted living. This means one of us “kids” drives her to her appointment. Her provider is conveniently located near other frequent destinations, allowing us to accomplish other tasks that day. Once there, clear walkways keep her safe; in wintertime, geothermal snow

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melt and convenient storage make critical maintenance easier. The entrance doors do not require daily workouts to open; this one is automatic, helping us get Mom and walker inside. It’s raining today, but she can wait under a portico for curbside

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Senior Communities

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by Deborah C. Cox Housing construction for the geriatric population is on the rise, with assisted living and memory care properties driving this robust trend. And while senior facilities typically include exercise rooms and areas for other recreational outlets, some forward-thinking facilities are installing hydrotherapy rooms both for its benefits and for a leg up on competition. Buoyancy, warm water, and hydrostatic pressure are three characteristics of water that give therapists at senior living facilities the advantage to help residents progress faster through therapy. Exercises in water can be performed sooner than those same exercises on land. This is particularly important for seniors who, in addition to aches and pains of the natural aging process, may be recovering from a surgical procedure or degenerative issues, such as arthritis.

Water therapy helps people exercise as they heal. The buoyancy of water creates a non-weight-bearing environment. As a result, there is less stress on joints and muscles. This makes it easier for seniors to exercise and gain the confidence it takes to continue their therapy treatments. In addition, hydrostatic pressure supports muscles during exercise, thereby minimizing pain. Aquatic exercise makes it possible for seniors to stand longer, walk

less pain, and helps physical therapists work effectively on core stabilization. Aquatic therapy has proven results for those recovering from strokes. The natural buoyancy of water aids in balance protocols during rehabilitation. With oversight from physical or occupational therapists, a simple walk down the length of a pool can improve gait pattern. If the pool has a water current feature, therapists can use this to provide

Buoyancy, warm water, and hydrostatic pressure are three characteristics of water that give therapists at senior living facilities the advantage to help residents progress faster through therapy. better, and sit better in the water. From back surgeries to progressive diseases and arthritic issues, water’s antigravitational attribute makes a big impact on recovery. When an individual is floating vertically and holding a flotation device without touching the bottom of the pool, it creates traction for the spine. This results in increased trunk/back movement,

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Auburn, MA – Jewett Construction of Raymond, N.H., was recently awarded the Herb Chambers Toyota renovation and addition project in Auburn, Mass. This project marks the ninth auto dealership collaboration between the Herb Chambers Companies and Jewett Construction. A 34,000sf vehicle showroom and service area will be completely renovated following the addition of 11,000sf for expanded vehicle service and administration. Construction is expected

to take place in three phases over the 12 months, with a targeted completion date of spring 2018. The renovated and expanded dealership was designed by Regent Associates of Natick, Mass., and will feature a grand two-story showroom with a signature Toyota portal over the main entrance. Custom features will include an interior railing system with maple hardwood, stainless steel supports, and glass panel system for a refined and high-end look.

Mark Burnes Joins Harriman Auburn, ME – Harriman, a multidesign-build. disciplinary design and engineerBurnes will be involved in ing firm with offices in Maine, expanding the leadership and New Hampshire, and Massachucapabilities of Harriman’s retail setts, recently announced that practice and will contribute to Mark Burnes, AIA, founder of the strategic direction of projects Foreside Architects, LLC, is joinin corporate, healthcare, new ing Harriman’s leadership team development, civic, cultural, and as a principal. government markets. Mark Burnes He brings years of project “Mark has an excellent repuexperience to Harriman, including tation in the business community, retail, mixed-use, senior living, and outstanding organizational skills, and a corporate offices and interiors. His strong portfolio of work that will immediately better the entire organization,” portfolio includes a variety of project delivery methods, including design/ says Clifton W. Greim, P.E., president and preselected construction manager and CEO of Harriman.

John Ramsay Joins Market Square Portsmouth, NH – Market Square Architects PLLC recently announced that John Ramsay has joined the firm as an architectural coordinator. “John brings a high level of hard work and enthusiasm as he begins his professional career,” firm partner Adam Wagner, AIA, said.

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He has interned with a few New Hampshire-based architecture firms, and his current projects include a renovation to the Eye Surgery Center in Bedford; the renovation of a branch bank in Monroe, La.; and the fit-up of a new office space for HMS Industrial Networks in Manchester, N.H.

April 2017

Corporate MassDevelopment Finances Facility

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West Boylston, MA – MassDevelopment has issued an $8 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of D&S Realty LLP of West Boylston. Bond proceeds will be used to renovate and expand a facility at 70 Hartwell Street in West Boylston leased to Curtis Industries LLC, a Worcester manufacturer of compact vehicle cabs, attachments, and accessories. Renovations include building a 110,400sf addition for office, storage, and manufacturing space and making tenantspecific upgrades. Middlesex Savings Bank purchased the bond. D&S Realty selected the McCarty Companies of Leominster as the designbuilder for the project. Construction of the facility started in December 2016 and is expected to be complete by September 2017. “Central Massachusetts has a rich manufacturing past and present thanks to a highly skilled workforce and companies like Curtis Industries,” said

MassDevelopment president and CEO Marty Jones. “MassDevelopment is pleased to provide low-cost financing that will allow this company to expand and bring more manufacturing jobs to the Worcester region. D&S Realty LLP is a commercial and industrial real estate development, management, and leasing entity specializing in the purchase, customization and development of former brownfield properties in central and southern New England. Since 1996, when D&S purchased its first brownfields site, the company has grown its portfolio of properties in central and southeast Massachusetts and Connecticut. D&S specializes in custom tenant fit-ups that enhance tenants’ efficiency and bottom line. Personal service is D&S Realty’s trademark quality: It maintains and performs property management of its holdings in-house, thereby allowing direct and constant contact with each of its tenants during their tenancy.

Calabrese Completes Sale to Marriott

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Southington, CT – Tony Valenti and Ralph Calabrese of the R. Calabrese Agency, LLC recently sold 3.00 +/ – acres of vacant commercial property, located on the West Street (Route 229) corridor,

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Multi-Residential

Framingham Approves Projects

$13.4M Tax-Exempt Bond for 56 Units

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Boston – MassDevelopment has issued a $13.4 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Coppersmith Village Rental Limited Partnership, an affiliate of the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Inc. (NOAH), an East Boston regional community development corporation. The bond proceeds will be used to build Coppersmith Village, a 56-unit rental housing facility. Forty-one units will be for households earning no more than 60% of the area median income.

Coppersmith Village will transform a former ironworks company site at Border Street and will include 15 for-sale townhomes and about 3,000sf of groundfloor retail space. East Boston Savings Bank purchased the bond, and MassDevelopment assisted the Mass. Dept. of Housing and Community Development with the approval of federal low-income housing tax credits that will provide approximately $7.6 million in equity for the project.

Framingham, MA – A special town meeting of Framingham residents has approved tax-increment financing (TIF) agreements for two proposed transit-oriented developments and a new Urban Center Housing Tax Increment Financing (UCH-TIF) plan and zone for downtown Framingham. Previous zoning laws discouraged developers from creating the kind of new units that appeal to young professionals and others who may otherwise be attracted to Framingham. Town officials see the rezoning as critical to encouraging transit-oriented development. Based on projections for three hypothetical parcels, the town estimates that new development could accrue up to $950,000 in additional commercial and residential property taxes for Framingham.

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The proposed development at 266 Waverly Street by Mill Creek Residential will create 270 new units of multifamily housing for the MetroWest region and invest $73 million in Framingham. The development at 75 Concord Street by Wood Partners will bring 197 units to the downtown and bring $60 million in new investment to the neighborhood.

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“hits” before the systems were installed, saving valuable time and budget during construction. Incorporating lessons learned and information discovered during preconstruction and coordination with the HoloLens, fabrication and installation durations have improved. The HoloLens has also been utilized to demonstrate the location of important mechanical and electrical equipment to building officials and end users, allowing them to effectively plan for eventual turnover and operation of the building. According to John Myers, senior virtual design and construction manager with Gilbane in Boston, the use of MR to increase the effectiveness of design, construction, and operation of facilities is becoming more commonplace and could potentially become customary in the next few years as affordability improves. “We build buildings in 3D, we think about them in 3D, so why wouldn’t we portray them in 3D?” notes Myers. Gilbane has invested heavily in technology accelerators that add value for its clients and their stakeholders. Through the use of the HoloLens, BIM, and other advanced mixed reality tools, Gilbane continues to power efficiency on Lean construction projects.

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The Construction Institute (CI) is offering two opportunities in April and May to explore concepts and technologies at the vanguard of the industry. On April 20, the CI hosts a breakfast program, “Cutting Edge Technology in Construction,” at CohnReznick in Hartford, Conn. On May 11, the Construction Institute will be hosting the Eighth Annual Visionaries Forum at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. For more information, please visit www. construction.org. Shelly Peckham is marketing services manager, global sales and marketing services at Gilbane Building Company, a longtime and active member of the Construction Institute.

April 2017

Product Protect, Insulate, and Naturally Brighten Your Day – with Window Film! by Peter Davey

Protect Glass in windows and doors remains extremely vulnerable to forced entry. Safety and security film is a low-profile, high-performance measure of protection that helps strengthen windows and mitigate potential injuries and damages caused by terrorists, vandals, violent weather, and blasts. A strong security film deters break-and-entry and affords first responders precious time. Frustrated by the inability to gain quick access, intruders often move on. In the aftermath of catastrophe, a strong safety and security film will hold broken glass in place — protecting your property and furnishings from the elements. In addition, a safety and security film upgrade to your window and door glass can help meet city and town safety glazing codes. A quality window film retrofit by a reputable and experienced window film dealer will protect your occupants from the hazards of broken glass. Far less costly than window replacement, a quick, clean installation over existing glazing can be completed with little interruption to business-as-usual — and business continuity is much more likely in the aftermath of an event.

Insulate A single pane window loses 20 times as much heat as the same area in an adjacent well-insulated wall. This leads to nearly 30% of all energy used to heat and cool your indoor environment

escaping through your windows. Climate control window film acts like insulation for windows. Patented construction helps reflect more interior heat back into a room, improving personal comfort by reducing cold drafts near windows. A professional installation of a high-grade insulating film on a single-pane window can boost insulation performance to nearly doublepane, and double-pane to nearly triple-pane. Manufactured to provide solar heat control and UV/fade protection benefits of

must maintain their appearance while meeting requirements to reduce energy consumption.

Naturally brighten your day The use of natural light in architecture to support a building’s occupants and their visual needs is called daylighting. 3M Company recently launched a highly engineered daylight redirecting film that actually redirects sunlight as much as 40 feet deeper into a building, subsequently reducing dependence upon artificial lighting while providing the

or lower portion of window glass, natural light continues to penetrate into the space through the clerestory windows with daylight redirecting film. Costeffective integration into new or existing windows requires no extra hardware or infrastructure and little to no additional maintenance or special cleaning. As cited in “The Benefits of Natural Light” published in Architectural Digest, by Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, “Research supports daylighting’s positive effect on building performance and human health.” There is

After a daylight redirecting film is installed in upper clerestory windows, the light from that upper glass is redirected toward the ceiling, increasing natural light and decreasing harsh glare caused by direct sunlight.

traditional sun control films, this uniquely engineered insulating window film additionally reflects rather than absorbs radiant heat during cold weather. Addressing two heat sources, this film is particularly beneficial for Northeast property owners. The insulating technology in these films helps retain indoor heat in colder months and block the sun’s heat in warmer months. From historic registered buildings to contemporary towers, climate control window films are an allweather winner for buildings that

many benefits of natural light and making it an energy saver as well. Without a daylight redirecting film, when shades are open, direct sunlight can beam into an indoor environment at angles that cause nuisance glare and discomfort. As displayed in the photograph, after a daylight redirecting film is installed in upper clerestory windows, the light from that upper glass is redirected toward the ceiling, increasing natural light and decreasing harsh glare caused by direct sunlight. Even if shades are drawn on the vision

considerable data gathered that indicates that buildings with natural light have been shown to improve student test scores, decrease absenteeism, increase employee productivity, boost retail sales, and improve patient recovery times. At the end of the day, we all simply feel better when we are exposed to more natural light. Peter J. Davey is president of American Window Film, Inc., a 3M Authorized Prestige Window Film Dealer, located in Foxboro, Mass. and Atlanta, Ga.

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April 2017

Philanthropy Bowdoin Volunteers at Cradles to Crayons

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Brighton, MA – On March 2, Bowdoin participated in “Builders’ Day at Cradles to Crayons” in Brighton, where several organizations from engineering, architecture, and construction firms came together for networking and volunteering. Ten employees from Bowdoin Construc-

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Portsmouth, NH – Jewett Construction of Raymond, N.H., continuing a 45-year history of supporting the community, has donated $20,000 to the Portsmouth Historical Society. This donation is in support of the 2017 exhibition, Four Centuries of Furniture in Portsmouth – with the New Hampshire Furniture Masters, at the galleries of Discover Portsmouth. The sponsorship will help give generations of collectors, dealers, and antiques enthusiasts the

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which is open to the public. A shopping area, with grocery, hair salon, and department store is less than a mile away. By design, properties range from the high $100,000s to high $400,000s, fostering economic diversity. A school teacher can now live next to a former CEO. Many services, for example, meals and housekeeping, are offered à la carte, rather than being included in fees. This allows residents the flexibility to cook at home or dine at the new restaurant. Maintenance is included, meaning no worries typically associated with a standalone house. There is an emergency call service. Lifetime leases include discounts on nursing home care, if needed. There is no assisted living option by design. However, the community soon hopes to offer flexible in-house care. Rather than having to hire assistance services for a required number of hours or days, Fairview hopes to have a skilled caregiver who can be available to

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provide help in smaller blocks of time, for example, an hour or two a day to help with bathing or to prepare breakfast. It is all about keeping people independent longer. Proof of Thames Edge’s success? It is 100% sold with a waiting list of 50. Myles R. Brown, AIA, is principalin-charge of retail, mixed-use, and senior living studios at Amenta Emma Architects.

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Construction Industry Balances Optimism with Lack of Skilled Workers

by Mike Dion When a new year rolls in, so do revived feelings of eagerness, motivation, and optimism. While the economy continues to improve, many in the construction industry look to an opportunistic year in 2017. With a national unemployment rate at 4.8%, and 227,000 new jobs added in January 2017, this year is already seeming to project good fortunes overall. Among those 227,000 jobs, the construction field is happy to boast adding 36,000 to the workforce. Here in the New England area, Boston’s commercial and multifamily building construction is up 50% from 2015, with a total of $7.58 billion in starts for 2016. Some of the contributing factors to this substantial growth included

continued low interest rates and morelenient lending standards from banks to business. While all signs point toward a bright future, there is still one glaring concern for employers in construction: Who is going to do the work? The newest and biggest challenge facing construction is the lack of skilled laborers. This is not just a local concern

Despite this looming concern, New Hampshire has continued to see positive changes in the construction workforce. In December,2016, N.H. held a construction unemployment rate of 4.7% — a percentage ranked among the lowest five in the country. In April of last year, Vermont was able to boast a rise in overall employment, with construction being the highest performer, and specifically

With a national unemployment rate at 4.8%, and 227,000 new jobs added in January 2017, this year is already seeming to project good fortunes overall. Among those 227,000 jobs, the construction field is happy to boast adding 36,000 to the workforce. — it’s a national one. Cities across the United States are reaping the benefits of a growing construction world but are left without the manpower. The Department of Labor is seeing its highest ratio of job openings to construction businesses hiring since 2007.

saw a sharp increase of hiring in the construction field. As part of ABC, our job doesn’t necessarily stop when we leave the office. If we want to see our field thrive and further grow in 2017, it is up to the veterans currently in the field to motivate

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Awards Amenta Emma Brings Home Top Honors at IIDA New England Awards

Quinnipiac University’s Brand Strategy Group conference room

Hartford, CT – Amenta Emma Architects was honored with two awards at the 10th annual IIDA New England Design Awards ceremony in Boston on March 2. Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group won Best In Show, selected from 106 entries in 12 categories, and

Symmetry Partners received Best In Connecticut. Best In Show Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group, Hamden A 19th-century house has been trans-

Pagliuca Life Lab Gets Top Honors

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formed into a 21st-century powerhouse for ideas for Quinnipiac University’s Brand Strategy Group. The design team’s ambitious approach to opening up the interior spaces of the house resulted in a collaborative contemporary environment for this organization, which is responsible for the university’s marketing, communications, brand identity, and digital initiatives. Best In Connecticut Symmetry Partners, Glastonbury The new corporate headquarters for

this financial services company is a contemporary, adaptive re-use of a former data center. Designers were challenged to bring daylight deep into the 40,000sf building and to stretch the budget with the creative use of raw, industrial materials. IIDA New England is a chapter of the International Interior Design Association and holds an annual awards program to recognize the achievements of design firms in the New England area.

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Littleton, MA – Triumph Modular Incorporated, and manufacturing partner NRB Inc., both long-time members of the Modular Building Institute (MBI), were awarded First Place, as well as the prestigious Best of Show, in the permanent modular category for the Pagliuca Life Lab at Harvard University. The awards were presented at the 34th Annual World of Modular Awards of Distinction in Tucson, Ariz. The MBI awards program showcases the industry’s most advanced and innovative modular projects across the world. Harvard University engaged design firm Shepley Bulfinch and modular

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specialist Triumph Modular in preconstruction, as well as called on NRB and Shawmut Design & Construction to join the team in a deep collaborative effort to coordinate, design and build the 15,000sf wet lab. The Pagliuca Life Lab is made up of 33 modules, which were built offsite by NRB. The latest practices in modular construction were used, which includes concurrent activities on and off the project site, resulting in a compressed schedule; 20 life sciences and biotech startups were able to move in and begin using the facility at a faster rate than had the project been constructed by more traditional methods.

Cheshire, CT – Diversity Construction Group recently announced that it has been awarded a National Diversity Excellence Award from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). James A. Keaney Jr. accepted the award on March 1 at ABC’s 27th annual Excellence in Construction Awards during the association’s Workforce Week ’17 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The ABC National Diversity Excellence Awards recognizes members that display exemplary diversity leadership in their workforce, supply chain, and community with best-in-class recruitment policies, retention practices, and training

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and mentoring programs. Diversity Construction Group won in the small and emerging contractor category.

CT ABC Members Win Natl. Honors Rocky Hill, CT – Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut (CT ABC) recently announced that two member companies won national honors during the annual awards celebration in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. National Diversity Excellence Award Winners: Small and Emerging Contractor Category: Diversity Construction Group

of Cheshire; and Supplier Category: United Rentals, Inc. of Stamford. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety, and cost. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect, and engineer.

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Marr Joins Scaffolding Sales Team

Integrated Builders Hires Childs Rockland, MA – Integrated Among his responsibilities Builders announced that it are the overall management of has hired Thomas Childs as construction projects, handling a project manager. He has 30 bids and subcontractor coordiyears of diverse experience in the nation, budget management, and construction industry. schedule management. In addiHe has managed multition, he is responsible for promillion dollar projects for a wide moting onsite safety awareness. range of sectors including office Childs has worked in buildings, higher education, project management roles at Childs retail, institutional, cold storage, Dacon Corporation, Westcott warehouse and distribution centers, and Construction Corporation, and Torrey manufacturing. Company, among others.

Tony Barnes Promoted Weymouth, MA – BARNES buildings & management group, inc. has announced the promotion of Tony Barnes to vice president of operations. The new position will require his management of the company’s field personnel, scheduling, and operations. He will also retain his duties as general manager of the steel fabrication division.

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Barnes has been employed full-time with the firm for the past 18 years. He started working with the organization on a part-time basis as an ironworker in the field when he was just 16 years old. He serves as the current president of the New England Chapter of the The Metal Building Contractors & Erectors Association.

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Boston – Marr Scaffolding both owned and managed by the Company has announced that Marr family since 1898. Patrick Marr has joined the Marr Scaffolding Company Scaffold sales team representing operates through five divisions: the Boston-South Territory. Scaffold, Shoring, Aerial Lifts, For the past five years he has Mast Climbers and Bleachers, worked on Marr Scaffolding’s and Special Events. The company installation and dismantling also operates a Contractor’s crew and has acquired extensive Safety and Supply Center knowledge of all Marr Scaffolds’ that offers a local, on-the-spot Marr product lines. resource for contractor supplies A member of the sixth generation of and safety items. the Marr family to work for the company, Marr Scaffolding Company, along with Daniel Marr & Son Company, Marr Patrick, along with his brother, David Marr Jr., and cousins Katherine Marr Crane & Rigging, and Isaac Blair & Co., and Jeffrey Marr Jr. and Chris Hughes, is Inc. make up The Marr Companies. In 2018, The Marr Companies will celebrate working to establish the new generation’s their 120th anniversary. standing in the company, which has been

Hart Wins Natl AGC Safety Award Cumberland, RI – Hart Engineering Corporation was named the nation’s Safest Specialty Contractor at the Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) 98th Annual Convention earlier this month in Las Vegas. “On behalf of our employees and management team, we are extremely grateful to receive this award. Workplace safety has always been our

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Becker Announces New Hires

Harriman Welcomes Shah

Portland, ME – David P. Martin, PE, associate, recently joined Becker Structural Engineers (BSE) after relocating to Maine from the Boston area. A structural engineering veteran, he brings 19 years of experience in the design of new construction and analysis and investigation for adaptive reuse and rehabilitation in a wide variety of building types in the markets of higher education, healthcare, multi-unit residential structures, and commercial spaces. Charlotte A.C. Bouvier, PE, joins the company as senior engineer. She has practiced structural engineering for over 13 years. She has extensive experience with design and project management in projects ranging from single-family homes to hospitals and condominiums. Jessica A. Kandel, marketing/communications manager, is an experienced marketing and business development

Boston – Harriman, a multiof complex planning projects, disciplinary design and including leading design engineering firm, recently staff and participating in the welcomed Kartik Shah, LEED leadership of Harriman’s urban AP, to its Boston office as a design and planning studio. senior urban designer. He brings Prior to joining Harriman, more than 15 years of experience Shah was responsible for a range in managing and leading urban of diverse project types and design and planning projects scales. He brings design and in the United States and Shah leadership experience from SOM, internationally. Chicago; HOK, Washington, D.C. He will be responsible for the design, presentation, and production and Chicago; and Cannon Design, Boston.

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professional with more than nine years of experience in the construction industry. Her experience highlights BSE’s focus on fostering industry relationships, company communications, and new business development.

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Seay Named WELL AP Hartford, CT – Debra Seay, project manager at Amenta Emma Architects, recently earned her WELL AP credential. This new certification denotes expertise in the WELL Building Standard and a commitment to advancing human health and wellness in buildings and communities. Seay

“It has been a pleasure Burlington, MA – Erland working with Donna over the Construction has hired Corinne past 15 years. She has had a Wyard as the company’s director major impact on our company of marketing. Bringing more than not only because of her 20 years of experience in global knowledge of both marketing marketing and branding strategy, and the construction industry, she will replace Donna Prince, but also because of her warm who is retiring March 31 after personality and ability to reach leading the company’s marketing people,” said Chuck Vaciliou, Wyard department for 15 years. Senior Vice President of Client Wyard previously worked Services. “Moving forward, we believe at LPL Financial located in Charlotte Erland’s marketing efforts will benefit for more than two years, and was with from Corinne’s full understanding of Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance multi-channel campaigns and targeted for six years, with her last position as message creation for internal and external vice president of brand management, programs.” commercial markets.

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Cote Is Geopier’s Region Engineer Braintree, MA – P.E. has stepped Wheeler, P.E. is retiring. He In as Geopier’s new region had an immense impact on the engineer. ground improvement industry Cote brings over eight years in the northeast. Beginning of geotechnical experience to with the original “drill and fill” the market and will be stepping Geopier® Rammed Aggregate in to assist with Geopier ground Pier® technology, he led the improvement projects throughout charge together with Geopier-elthe northeast. ement installer Helical Drilling Cote After 15 years and over 400 to deliver cost-effective and projects as Geopier Foundation Comexpertly engineered ground improvement pany’s Region Engineer, Jim “Wheels” solutions to the Northeast.

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Waltham, MA – Delphi Construction, Inc. has added Ed Smith to its leadership team in the role of director of marketing and communications. He has 20 years of experience in all aspects of creative marketing communications and was an agency principal prior to joining Delphi. Delphi CEO, Jake Simmons, made the announcement regarding Smith’s appointment at a recent company meeting: “We are very excited to bring Ed Smith on as director of marketing and communications.”

Dyer Brown Gets CBA Award Boston – Dyer Brown Architects has been recognized by the Commercial Brokers Association (CBA) as the 2016 Collaborating Professional of the Year. CBA Achievement Awards recognize

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Williamstown, MA 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Tour Williams College campus for a close look at an academic center built to the stringent standards of the Living Building Challenge. Learn the practical details of how a 270 year old structure was retrofitted, expanded, and transformed into a state-of-the-art academic building. http://nesea.org/04-21-17

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