July 2019
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Restoration & Renovation
NEI Reconstructs Apartment Building
McDonald Elec. Completes Reno
50 York Street is restored after a devastating fire.
Cathedral of Holy Cross
Boston – McDonald Electrical Corp. (MEC), headquartered in Hingham, has completed the comprehensive electrical and lighting renovation of the historic Cathedral of the Holy Cross, located at 1400 Washington St. in Boston. The NECA Boston contractor teamed with GC, Suffolk Construction; architect, Elkus Manfredi; EE, WSP; and owner, the Archdiocese of Boston. The project was integral to the restoration of the cathedral’s entire edifice. It began in March 2018 and was completed
as scheduled in early April of this year. It was led by John Fish, chairman of Suffolk Construction and David Manfredi, founding principal of Elkus Manfredi Architects. MEC’s project scope entailed the highly-detailed retrofit/installation of the Cathedral’s lighting to LED light fixtures as well as its lighting control system. Project manager Brian Goode and foreman Mike Norton managed a crew of eight IBEW Local 103 journeyman and apprentice electricians and four telecom technicians in the historic renovation.
Boston – NEI General Contracting has completed construction of a three-story building at 50 York Street in Cambridge for Just-A-Start Corporation, a community development corporation dedicated to building the housing security and economic stability of low- to moderateincome people in Cambridge and nearby communities. In 2016, firefighters battled a 10-alarm fire in the Wellington-Harrington neighborhood of Cambridge. The blaze jumped from building to building and ultimately involved 18 buildings, including St. Patrick’s Apartments. Built in 1909, St. Patrick’s Church was converted to affordable housing in 1991. It featured a large, open bell tower
and several stained-glass windows. Built on the footprint of the former building, the newly constructed 50 York Street has restored 16 affordable housing units to replace those destroyed by the fire. The building was designed by Winslow Architects to reflect the scale and style of the triple-deckers typical of the surrounding neighborhood. The project was completed in May 2019 and is currently occupied by the original tenants. The project team for 50 York Street includes civil engineer, Lenard Engineering, Inc.; MEP engineer, Norian Siani Engineering; structural engineer, DM Berg Consultants; landscape architect, Hammer + Walsh Design; and geotechnical engineer, Geotechnical Partnership, Inc.
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