High-Profile: October 2019

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October 2019 Focus:

Interior Design, Workspace, and Corporate Facilities

Boston Properties’ new IT office, designed by Visnick &Caulfield, pays homage to the company’s roots in the city. / Photo by Neil Alexander / Full story page 14

INDUSTRY EXPERT ARTICLES:

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Daniel Perruzzi, Jr

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Kathryn Mease

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SITES: Developing Sustainable Landscapes and Investing in the Greater Good by Emily Langner JATC Program NECA’s Largest UMass Amherst to Build New Complex O’Sullivan Architects Celebrates 20 Years Akamai HQ Nears Completion, designed by Sasaki Associates Nauset Completes Central Square Development SFNE Awards $3,000 in Scholarships

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Featuring:

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BXP’s New IT Offices Complete

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ADVERTISERS INDEX

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SITES: Developing Sustainable Landscapes and Investing in the Greater Good

Up-Front…...................................................7 Interior Design, Workspace, and Corporate Facilities…........................14 Restoration and Renovation…................. 34 Green….................................................... 35 Municipal….............................................. 36 Mixed-Use…............................................ 38 Education….............................................. 40 Connecticut…........................................... 42 Build Better Podcast….............................. 44 Philanthropy….......................................... 45 Awards….................................................. 46 People….................................................... 48 Calendar…............................................... 50

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Why Build a Lab When You Can Design a Strategic Asset?

Join us at ABX for Converting Office Buildings Into Laboratory Facilities We will discuss the latest user requirements and trends within life sciences laboratory design. Multiple points of view from the perspectives of owners, brokers, architects, OPMS and builders will be presented.

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Publisher’s Message

Anastasia Barnes Fall is officially here. The air is crisper.

The days are shorter, and I’m reminded of how much I love this season. After all, this is my first autumn back in New England. Hand-picked apples, cider donuts and pumpkin spiced-lattes are only around for a short time. What will keep me going after that?

Change. It’s inevitable. It’s difficult.

It’s part of growing. After officially being handed the reins as publisher, the transition from father-to-daughter leadership has been smooth, for the most part. It’s a different story during press week!

In just a short time, I’ve had the opportunity to engage with a variety of AEC organizations from all over New England; the names and faces that represent our readers and contributors.

Recently, I attended PWC Connecticut’s popular event “Issues and Impacts – Southern New England Higher

Education.” The panel consisted of folks from a variety of New England institutions, including my alma mater, Umass Amherst. My takeaway from the panel is that these institutions are listening to the needs of their students and are trying to function and build more sustainably, even with shrinking budgets!

Sara Mannes, Brett Sooy (HP’s newest additions) and I recently drove to Hartford to volunteer at the Construction Institute’s Annual Golf Outing! The weather was perfect that day, and I still don’t know how to play golf!

Some of us from HP also hung out with members of the Massachusetts Building Congress at their Fall Opener, held at Allsteel’s WELL Gold-certified

make healthier changes, if they’re not ready to make the financial commitment According to Antonia, 90% of our time is spent indoors. Ninety percent?!

That’s a reminder for all of us to get out and take a walk. Look up. Stop thinking.

Watch a leaf fall to the ground or a child swing. It’s a simple yet profound statement. Being present is a constant challenge (for me), but like the great compiler of proverbs, John Trusler, once said “there’s no time like the present!”

Enjoy the read.

Sincerely, (l-r) Sara Mannes, High-Profile; Jay Moskowitz, City Point Partners LLC; Benjamin Goldfarb, Nauset Construction; Jan Breed, Mass. Building Congress; Joe Flynn, Allsteel; Lorenzo Harper, Commodore Builders; and Phillip Bucciero, Nauset

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showroom! The sunset was breathtaking, and the company and conversation wasn’t half bad, either!

Events like these remind me why I love this industry!

Speaking of WELL, I had the pleasure of interviewing the incredibly bright Antonia Ciaverella architect, Antonia Ciaverella of Tecton Architects, on the most recent recording of the Build Better Podcast. Antonia explains how and why companies can (and should) become WELL certified. She also offers advice on the simplest ways companies can

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Up-Front Kenney & Sams Hosts Annual Mixer

Bill Dube Ford Toyota- Dover, NH

Reynolds’ Subaru - Lyme, CT

Front row (l-r): Alex Zwillinger, Ben Hinks, Chris Kenney, and Mike Sams.

Back row: Nate Cole, Lindsay Burke, Julianne Fitzpatrick, David Kerrigan, Michelle De Oliveira, Shannon Jurgens, Kristen Ragosta, Patty Kenney, Dan Conroy, Trish Gary and Judy Murray / Photo by Betsy Gorman of High-Profile Monthly

Boston – Kenney & Sams recently hosted its annual Semi- St. Patty’s Day Cocktail

Party at MJ O’Connors Park Plaza Hotel in Boston.

Duhamel Named NCEES Vice President Cranston, RI – The National Pennsylvania, Delaware, Council of Examiners for Maryland, Washington D.C., Engineering and Surveying and West Virginia.

(NCEES) Northeast Zone As vice president of recently announced its the NCEES, Duhamel will newest vice president, Chris encourage member boards to Duhamel, a principal at DiPrete attend meetings and to volunteer Engineering. for committees to represent the Northeast Zone.

He will serve as NCEE’s Chris Duhamel Duhamel has been a member regional leader for all of of the Rhode Island engineering Massachusetts, Rhode Island, board since 2008 and is a past board Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New president and secretary.

Hampshire, New York, New Jersey,

DiPrete Breaks Ground on Millstone

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Millstone Medical groundbreaking

Fall River, MA – DiPrete Engineering has teamed with RKB Architects, Avid Engineers, Boston Industrial Consulting, John Turner Consulting, and Reflex Lighting to design a new 56,300sf freestanding building for Millstone Medical Outsourcing, LLC’s headquarters at Commerce Park in Fall River. Construction Management & Builders, Inc. has been selected to construct the facility.

The company’s new building will be located on the last vacant parcel of Commerce Park, adjacent to the existing facility. The vision for the site is to create a campus feel by designing vehicular and

pedestrian access between the existing headquarters and the new building.

The site plan features a 48,000sf building footprint with an 8,300sf mezzanine, five loading docks, 99 parking spaces, motorcycle parking, bicycle racks, vehicle charging stations, abundant landscaping, and an outdoor patio area for employees.

DiPrete Engineering’s scope of work included ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey, land planning, site/civil engineering including stormwater management and utility design, and obtaining approvals through the Fall River Redevelopment Authority and Site Plan Review Committee.

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Cape Cod Cancer Ctr. Breaks Ground

October 2019

Salem Condo Complex Breaks Ground

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Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Healthcare broke ground on Vision 2022, a new cancer center and in-patient cardiovascular facility designed by Tsoi Kobus Design, bringing transformative care to Cape Cod Hospital as it celebrates its 100th anniversary.

The six-story, $180 million facility will provide world-class care to meet the needs of the community, ensuring highquality healthcare without having to leave the Cape.

Vision 2022 is designed for the evolving patient needs with enhanced flexibility for future adaptability. A cardiovascular intensive care unit on level three and a CV medical/surgical unit on level four will include family-friendly, single-bedded patient rooms that accommodate the sophisticated technology needed to treat critically ill patients. Level five is shelled

for future growth and level six will house the education and simulation center.

The cancer center will be located on levels one and two and will enhance the patient, family, and staff experience by providing state-of-the-art medical and radiation oncology services.

The Vision 2022 project goal is to incorporate best practices and evidence-based concepts to improve clinical outcomes within a calming and compassionate environment. Floor-toceiling windows will provide natural light and views to the landscape and harbor. A roof garden offers contemplative space away from the clinical environment for treatment and a quiet moment.

The design will also feature art created by local artisans that will highlight Cape Cod’s natural beauty.

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BRIX mixed-use condominium development

Salem, MA – The joint venture of Urban Spaces and Diamond Sinacori held a groundbreaking ceremony recently for BRIX, a 61-unit, mixed-use condominium development in the heart of downtown Salem.

Salem’s first concierge building, it will provide downtown Salem with sophisticated urban residences and 3,000sf of retail/restaurant space. Located at 65 Washington St., BRIX is a short walk from the Salem Commuter Rail Station into Boston.

Designed by Tise Design Associates of Newton and to be constructed by Groom Construction of Salem, the 110,000sf development will be comprised of eight one-bedroom, 44 two-bedroom and nine three-bedroom units. Units will range in size from 800 to 1,700sf with prices starting in the mid-$400,000 range.

Building amenities will include a tranquil roof terrace, club room, pet spa, and fitness studio. The building will also

include a two-level parking garage to accommodate 88 vehicles.

BRIX will be constructed on the site of the former federal district courthouse, which had been designed in the “Brutalist” style of architecture and had sat vacant for several years. The foundation of the courthouse will be re-purposed for the project, which will speed up the construction process and reduce the level of disruption to the neighborhood.

The development will be constructed using fire-treated wood framing above a steel and concrete podium. The base of the building is a contemporary interpretation of urban storefront design, with stone and steel column covers, fretwork, planter boxes, and awnings. The overall building is designed to adhere to the current historic patterns of Washington Street with retail on the ground floor and residential above, using a combination of brick, metal panels, and stone details.

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Pembroke, MA – Sara Mannes has joined High-Profile Monthly as the publication’s digital media manager and account executive. She will be responsible for managing and expanding High-Profile’s online presence as well as serving as the production coordinator for HP’s biweekly podcast, Build Better.

Mannes is a Boston University graduate and Pittsburgh, Penn. native with experience in search engine optimization (SEO) and digital marketing campaign management. She will contribute to and expand High-Profile’s reputation as a leading New England A/E/C and facilities news publication by supporting and implementing new media initiatives to drive ad revenue and readership numbers.

High-Profile has also added Brett Sooy to the team. He will serve as the publication’s social media intern, administering High-Profile’s social media

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channels and providing support for Mannes’ digital marketing efforts.

Sooy is a senior at Endicott College studying business management with a focus on marketing. Originally from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, he previously served as an intern for The College Diabetes Network, Cedar Point Amusement Park, SOPREMA USA, and Meals on Wheels.

Sooy is also a member of Endicott College’s lacrosse team.

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Dacon & New Mill Capital Break Ground

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Milford, MA – New Mill Capital and Dacon Corporation broke ground recently on a $7.5 million renovation to the former Ardagh glass manufacturing plant.

Planned improvements for this facility include new insulated metal panel siding, roof insulation and TPO membrane, a fire suppression system, heating, and electrical.

As one of Ardagh Group’s 13 U.S. manufacturing plants in operation from 1972 to 2017, this 47-year-old, 322,000sf facility situated on 34 acres was purchased by New Mill Capital in 2018 to be transformed into a modern distribution center in response to Metro Boston’s growing facility demand.

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Amherst, MA – Shawmut Design and Construction announced the development of the new Worcester Commons at UMass Amherst. Scheduled for completion in fall 2020, the $53 million ground-up complex will create an all-new hub to enhance student life while highlighting UMass Amherst’s award-winning dining services.

Shawmut, in partnership with design firm Perry Dean Rogers and Connor Architecture, will transform an existing parking lot into an 87,000sf complex and student hub. Once completed, the facility will include a food hall-style allyou-care-to-eat dining space featuring 15 different global cuisines, a teaching kitchen, ground-floor café, commercial bakery, and new full-service restaurant concept.

The complex will incorporate a “neighborhood center,” made up of lounges, meeting and club rooms, collab-

oration spaces, music practice studios, and a state-of-the-art fitness center.

Targeting LEED Gold certification, the project team designed the new hub to provide students with a variety of modern dining options.

Located at the intersection of two main corridors of the flagship campus, the new Worcester Commons will offer students a 1,000-seat dining room, a café and grab-and-go market, and a formal dining restaurant on the top floor. The team plans to highlight the complex by showcasing two large bay windows with floor to ceiling wood curtain walls.

The project has been scheduled to allow the existing Worcester Commons to remain open during construction.

The site around the new complex will include the replacement of lot 63 parking, loading spaces for the Worcester Commons, and outdoor gathering and community spaces.

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Dimeo Celebrates Groundbreaking

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Providence, RI – Dimeo Construction Company celebrated a project milestone at the groundbreaking for the Hasbro Children’s Hospital, a 78,500sf, $35 million renovation project designed by EYP Architecture and Engineering.

The scope of work throughout the building includes new lighting, wayfinding, new finish upgrades, new stairwells, bathroom renovations, and reconfiguration of the lobby, pre and postop areas, and nurses’ stations.

Built in 1994, the existing eight-story Hasbro Children’s Hospital is located on the east portion of the Rhode Island Hospital campus.

It houses pediatric ambulatory, emergency department, oncology, administration, surgical, PICU, and inpatient services, and will continue to actively service patients during renovations. Multiple demolition and reconstruction phases are required for six floors of improvements.

“Since January of this year, our teams have been working collaboratively together to begin this improvement project. Our preconstruction efforts to date: studying existing conditions, optimizing the schedule, logistics planning, considering interim life-safety measures, estimating the cost of the work, etc. Now we are at the exciting point of

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launching the project, and over the next two and a half years we will be turning it over space by space and creating a modern 21st-century healthcare facility.

We are extremely excited to get this project underway, so on this milestone day, we are off and running!” stated Bradford Dimeo, president.

“Today is a great day! We are filled with a great sense of pride and excitement as we begin to work with our partners, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, to renovate and transform this amazing hospital that continues to provide exceptional care to each and every child in a welcoming, stateof-the-art and nurturing environment,” stated Dimeo vice president/project executive Kosta Bitsis.

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Weymouth Library Tops Off

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Weymouth, MA – CTA Construction Managers joined elected officials, Tufts Library leaders, The Mass Board of Library Commissioners, and the public to mark the official steel topping off of the new 50,000sf library located on Broad Street in Weymouth.

The new library, which will feature a greatly expanded children’s literature department, several community meeting rooms, innovative technological advancements, and an outdoor amphitheater, will replace the current facility, which is over 50 years old.

In addition, the new facility will feature open reading areas, study rooms, a local history center and a media lab capable of supporting computer modeling and advanced audio-visual projects. It will also feature free wireless internet and upgraded computers for public use.

CTA Construction is working

Tufts Library topping off

alongside Tappe Architects, Inc., project architect, and the owner’s project manager, Hill International, on the Tufts Library project.

The project is a cooperative venture between the town of Weymouth and the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program, which awarded Weymouth over $12 million for the construction of a new library.

The library is expected to be completed in the summer of 2020.

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O’Sullivan Architects th Celebrates 20 Anniversary Close to 100 guests joined the Massachusetts-based architectural firm, O’Sullivan Architects, for its anniversary celebration held for clients, colleagues, and professional consultants.

Recently, High-Profile sat down with O’Sullivan Architects president and founder, David O’Sullivan, to chat about the firm’s success.

High-Profile: What do you think is the secret behind your success?

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David O’Sullivan: Treating employees fairly and with respect and providing value for the time and money that our clients spend.

HP: Since you’re celebrating 20 years, where do you see the firm in another 20 years?

DO: I see our success continuing by providing excellent service to our clients.

We do this by keeping current with trends in the industry and embracing the latest technology that our industry offers.

HP: What are you most proud of?

DO: I’m proud of all the work that we do.

I’m proud of our staff that supports me.

We’re able to deliver above and beyond what our clients want and need!

A.J. Letizio Enterprise Center – new corporate headquarters building, Windham, N. H. (l-r) State Representative Richard M. Haggerty and David H. O’Sullivan, president, O’Sullivan Architects, Inc.

Liberty Mazda dealership – new showroom and service area expansion, Wakefield

Shea Concrete Products new corporate headquarters, Amesbury

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KEMS Corporation – mixed-use residential and commercial building, South Boston

Groom Construction Congratulates O’Sullivan Architects on their 20th Year Anniversary!

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Focus: Interior Design, Workspace, and Corporate Facilities BXP’s Modern IT Offices Complete Designed by Visnick & Caulfield, built by JDL Corporate Interiors Boston – Boston Properties (BXP) recently employed Visnick & Caulfield (VC) to design a new and modern space in its Boston office for its technology team and pay homage to BXP’s roots in the city.

As one of the largest owners, managers and developers of Class A office properties in the United States, Boston Properties was founded in 1970 and has since expanded to New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Opting for a sleek and transitional space, the new IT office features a predominantly open plan, with a handful of strategically placed glass privacy and meeting rooms, enabling multiple ways to work and collaborate. To create additional privacy but continue to allow light to flow throughout the space, VC looked to add distraction banding. At the suggestion of James Whalen, Boston Properties’ CIO/ CTO, VC investigated how to incorporate various map images of Boston into the banding’s graphics.

The topography of Boston has an interesting history. The harbor was once much larger and has over time accommodated

Opting for a sleek and transitional space, the new IT office features a predominantly open plan, with a handful of strategically placed glass privacy and meeting rooms, enabling multiple ways to work and collaborate. the city’s growth through landfill projects.

Back Bay, the neighborhood BXP calls home, did not exist until it was filled in during the mid to late 1800s. Much of the land used to create what is known as Boston Harbor today came from areas like Beacon Hill, which was once 60 feet higher than it is now. The parallels between Boston’s topographical evolution and Boston Properties’ role in the city’s development made this a natural pairing, as both are integral parts of the city’s fabric.

One challenge the project’s story faced was that the graphic sources, topographical maps, did not effectively translate into distraction banding. To portray the harbor would have meant a fair amount of blank space would be included in the graphic design to illustrate the surrounding water.

If a large section of the banding was left

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clear, the distraction banding would not fulfill its purpose. To rectify the inconsistencies in Boston’s shores, it was determined that a stylized approach should be taken.

Boston’s topography was digitally manipulated and generalized to create a pattern which would fill the banding.

The organically shaped groupings that resulted from this design choice created a dynamic contrast with an otherwise linear space. The placement of the distraction banding has the added effect of making it look like the graphics are applied to conference room and office walls when viewed from across the space, multiplying the graphic’s visual impact. The Herman Miller chairs placed around the office reiterate the curves of the topographical design and provide pops of colors to break up the neutral color palette.

Furniture brings color not only to the offices but to the pantry as well. Blue chairs line either side of the central island.

This blue color references the BXP logos on the glass panels of the entrance and ties the space together. A central gathering area (in lieu of a formal reception area) is designed to help visitors feel immediately welcomed into the space. The hospitality is enhanced by the keen selection of finishes which hint toward a residential style with the two-toned cabinets, herringbone backsplash, and light-wood flooring. The design of the new IT space brings the feeling of home to a corporate interior, further embracing Boston as BXP’s “home”-town.

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October 2019

Death and Resurrection: The Next Act for Suffering Shopping Centers and Malls

by Anthony Amenta As we continue to write obits for major retailers, among them ToysRUs, Kmart and dozens of others, I think we can officially announce the death of retail as we know it. Even the most conservative form of retail shopping, grocery, is being challenged by internet buying and home delivery.

The silver lining is the extreme value that exists in the suffering shopping centers and malls. There is an incredible opportunity, through mixed-use development, to create a second vibrant life for these properties if developers are willing to take the chance. It may be the only way to survive!

In our old economy, the automobile drove development, hence our extensive highway system, suburbs and shopping sprawl. Nobody thought much about the need to drive everywhere. Today’s millennials and Gen Z’ers want something different. With the disappearance of the stay-at home mom as family shopper,

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the consumer world has morphed into a “buy it now” from anywhere at any time.

Time is valuable. Young workers are done with long commutes to the office.

They want convenience in a new way – in holistic communities where they can live, work and play. Even better if there is a transit hub nearby. They also want a more affordable alternative than what is available in urban centers.

What better opportunity to create an affordable community than our existing retail centers? Many of these centers already have the criteria for success – a large land area, well-located in suburban locations, flexible zoning and vacancies to enable a complementary mix of uses. The best mixed-use communities combine office, residential, entertainment and small retail – places to go to the gym,

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get a haircut, or buy a gift at a pop-up shop – within a mini ecosystem. Adding a residential component to these centers will almost always be a no brainer. In fact, they may become the essential ingredient.

Residential renters and buyers will be

attracted to a walkable environment, where cars can be relegated to the periphery, and traditional retailers and other uses will benefit from the built-in additional foot traffic.

There is no one recipe for success. As developers evaluate individual markets, some communities might be anchored by office, and others by entertainment (restaurants, bars, movie theaters) as a destination. Ideally, these new centers are pedestrian oriented and large enough to create critical mass. Size matters, as do a number of other factors, but risks to developers are tempered by the strengths and opportunities still viable at existing development sites.

There is a tremendous pent-up demand for the type of lifestyle today’s consumers want. Our retail centers are the answer, and the sooner our centers make the transition to a true mixed- use community, the easier and less costly it will be. The time is now, and the remaining tenants in our centers are watching.

We encourage developers to wake up and embrace the potential of mixed-use.

It’s a fantastic opportunity for the new paradigm.

Anthony Amenta, AIA is a founding partner and principal at Amenta Emma Architects, an award-winning architectural firm with offices in Hartford, Conn.; Boston; and New York City.

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Letter from IIDA New England President

UPCOMING EVENTS

Meaghan Kennedy, IIDA, NCIDQ, interior designer at Bergmeyer Last summer at IIDA New professional, industry and England’s Board of Directors student members throughout Annual Retreat, the Board their careers. left with an ambitious We advocate for the legal strategic plan and a need recognition, support and to define our mission. Our protection of the profession. mission statement didn’t We enhance the value appropriately encompass all interior designers provide to our chapter strives to do for the community. our nearly 650 members.

We celebrate the impact The strategic plan hit various of design on the human Meaghan Kennedy important areas but those experience.” were not identified in our In June, we looked back mission statement. A taskforce was on a fantastic year of growth, crossed formed and after much discussion and many things off our strategic plan ‘to-do much more word-smithing, we had our list’ and made a plan for the year ahead. new mission statement.

I’m thrilled that this year has already seen members advocating for their profession at the state house in three of our states.

We have seen two classes of designers- emerging professionals (our IIDA HQ “Best Thing Ever” winning Emerging Leaders Network) and midcareer professionals (our Leadership Exploration and Development program) meet monthly to advance their careers and share their experiences. IIDA NE cares and our philanthropy committee enhances “IIDA New England is a robust our impact on the local community. network, supporting the continued IIDA members have volunteered to advancement and development of prepare a home for a homeless family with

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Up & Out: A Heading Home Program, sweated out in a spin class to raise money for Artward Bound, and will be crafting in late November to make the Italian Home for Children in Jamaica Plain festive for the holidays.

We are also looking forward to celebrating our 21st Annual Fashion Show- Portals, and the committee has shown courage shifting the status quo and bringing new changes and energy to the show. We are excited to once again see our beneficiary, YouthBuild take the runway on looks designed by high school students.

As president, I am incredibly proud by what a group of volunteers can make happen – our chapter has one of the highest numbers of volunteers of all other chapters, and it shows in our breadth of offerings for our members and the impact volunteering has on our committee members. We are working hard to live up to our mission statement – it’s ambitious but we are nothing but a community of over achievers.

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2019-2020 IIDA NE Board of Directors IIDA New England has a new online database of CEUs available to its members. The database will showcase Industry members’ IDCEC approved in-person ContinuingEducation offerings and help our Professional members locate CEU presentations of interest.

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Is it time for a new role? Or maybe you’re looking for the perfect employee? Either way, don’t miss the opportunity to check out IIDA NE’s Job Postings page! The cost to post a position is $100 for 30 days.

To submit an open position, visit https:// www.iidane.org/job-postings. Check back regularly for new postings! Please contact Sarah Long at sarahannelong@ outlook. com with any questions.

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October 2019

Open Your Mind to the New(er) Open Space

by Daniel Perruzzi, Jr. As designers of high-functioning workplaces, we understand that the term “open office” elicits a lot of commentary (often negative). Many articles, blog posts, and other social media posts indicate the transition to an open office can lead to a perceived loss of privacy, increased distractions and decreased productivity, a break-down in collaboration, and even increased stress and illness.

The open office is not a new concept, and it is one that continues to gain global momentum as office designs become more progressive. But, if research indicates that organizations moving to more open work environments is here to stay, then why all the negative press? The issue stems from the definition of the “open office.”

The New(er) Open Office

The typical characteristics of an open office, the ones that everyone thinks of first, often include minimal interior walls, a few private offices, meeting spaces, and a vast expanse of open workstations.

Now, consider a mindset shift and break through your own resistance and preconceived notions.

The high-functioning workplaces we design include multiple work settings (cubicles, benches, private pods, and yes, sometimes private offices) designed to create smaller neighborhoods that are more relatable. They include a range of choices for meeting, collaborating, and socializing. The goal for any new workplace design is to create an environment where collaboration is enhanced, where learning from others is promoted, and where the culture of a given organization can flourish. Properly designed, the “open office” can achieve all these goals.

We have learned in our practice that creating this dynamic workplace requires attention to the following principles.

Communication about the goals for the new workplace design must be communicated by management to the staff before design even begins. It sounds simple, but it is so critical, and many companies skip this step. Being clear about the goals for the new workplace helps connect staff to the effort. This builds their sense of belonging to that space, and their commitment to its success.

Collecting programming information that will comprise the new workplace should be an effort that engages the entire

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staff. We regularly employ a robust series of interactions including online surveys, town halls (large collections of staff designed to collect thoughts), meetings with key staff and thought leaders, and embedding designers to observe real work activities. No single design can possibly satisfy every need. The simple act of asking for input from everyone will drive up the level of satisfaction with the final design while providing a rich trove of design input.

Tune the program carefully to ensure the workplace is never just a collection of work settings and conference spaces.

It should include work settings that respond to how work is performed at a given organization. Designing new meeting spaces around the typical size and cadence of meetings, and providing them with appropriate technology, goes a long way toward a successful outcome, as does providing rich collaboration opportunities.

Keep the staff informed as the workplace design evolves. Regular updates to the staff are essential to keeping them engaged. Offer updates on design as well as the schedule for delivering the new workplace.

Workers today have been found to react best to changes in their workspace when they were provided choices for where to work. The ability to work at a workstation, or in a large open area surrounded by colleagues, in a privacy pod, or in a casual place enables staff to select the work environment that best meets their needs.

Workplace designs fail for a variety of reasons, least of all because they are an open office design. The workplace is a powerful tool that can drive creativity and productivity in any organization, but like anything else, it requires thoughtful planning, communication, and design.

Daniel Perruzzi, Jr., AIA, LEED AP is a principal and senior partner at Margulies Perruzzi.

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Mountain Ridge Restores Historic Clubhouse

by Corey Casale West Caldwell, NJ – Mountain Ridge Country Club has completed phase one of the club’s multi-phase, multiyear capital improvement plan. With guidance from Studio JBD and Jefferson Group Architecture, along with member focus groups and management input indicating that membership demographics had changed, club leadership reached an imperative decision to expand and improve the member dining and bar areas of the club, as well as an increased outdoor dining experience and a new “Tee House.”

Through a facility master plan followed by architectural and interior design services, the club was able to follow a path to restore and improve key areas of one of the four remaining historic Clifford Wendehack clubhouse buildings still in use in New Jersey. The “Tee House” was designed to match original architectural features, as was the clubhouse addition which houses the expanded member dining and bar areas.

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Designers repurposed furniture and fixtures whenever possible, discovering multiple opportunities to blend new products and finishes with existing features. Decades old metal lockers were refinished and encased with millwork for a classic yet timely result. Specific furniture, textured finishes and artwork were selected to preserve the historic appearance and characteristics of the clubhouse dining areas.

When finally revealed to the membership, their reaction was nothing short of astounding. From interior details to the exterior architectural scheme, members and guests will continue to experience the history and culture of Mountain Ridge Country Club and enjoy Clifford Wendehack’s vision and design for many years to come.

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October 2019

Dyer Brown Innovates, Renovates and Expands Headquarters

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Boston – While celebrating over 50 years of architecture and interior design innovation, nationally renowned architecture and interiors firm Dyer Brown recently turned their workplace strategy expertise inward to redesign their own office. The firm has announced the completion of the renovation and expansion, which has transformed their headquarters into the kind of world-class, high-performing workplace they are renowned for designing for the successful

and prominent companies, including several Fortune 500 companies, in the firm’s North American portfolio.

Taking themselves through the same engagement and visioning workshops they apply to their efforts for clients, Dyer Brown investigated their own company culture revealing preferences among the staff for a space that supports employee wellbeing, productivity, and satisfaction.

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process is tailored specifically to the firm, emphasizing Dyer Brown’s unique culture and drawing inspiration from the firm’s hospitality portfolio to create a cozy yet professional setting. The renovated offices also feature a number of elements that represent the firm’s recent innovations in interior design, presenting to visitors and clients a living, threedimensional portfolio.

“At Dyer Brown, we believe culture must drive design,” says Brent Zeigler, AIA, IIDA, Dyer Brown’s president and director of design. “Our most successful projects start with full engagement with the client company’s staff and leadership, uncovering essential insights into their company culture and workflow. We recognized that we had to take the same approach for our own office redesign to be a success.”

The project’s lead designers conducted a series of comprehensive, LEAN-inspired design exercises and various surveys that Dyer Brown’s entire staff took part of, a process that ensured everyone’s voice was heard. The team anticipated some of what the process would uncover, but many key insights were unexpected – for example, the preference for comfortable and even “cozy” spaces that the staff believed would foster creativity and spontaneous conversations.

A variety of furniture options suit individual work styles and encourage various seating postures.

The top-level goals of the project for the staff as revealed by the workshops indicated a desire for an office that would: • support employee health and wellbeing • enhance productivity • offer on-the-job satisfaction (i.e. a comfortable work environment), and • be a workplace to feel proud of. continued to page 30

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MP Leads PTC Award Team

Akamai HQ Nears Completion Boston – The new Sasaki-designed global headquarters of Akamai Technologies, located at 145 Broadway in Kendall Square, is nearing completion with a ribbon-cutting planned for November.

The 480,000sf project consolidates six current Akamai locations into one 19-story tower that seamlessly and thoughtfully connects all of the company’s departments and groups, linked by a continuous mile-long path affectionately known as the Aka-mile.

The design creates a loop of interconnected spaces that support knowledge sharing, information

PTC headquarters / Photo by Warren Patterson Photography

and partner at Margulies Perruzzi. “We are proud to have our efforts recognized with this BD+C Building Team Award.”

The design and construction team for PTC’s new headquarters includes: • Margulies Perruzzi: Architecture and interior design • Gilbane Building Company: Construction manager • Cresa: Owner’s project manager, site selection, lease negotiation, transaction management, and workplace strategy • BALA Consulting Engineers: Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, IT, and security design; core and shell engineer for 121 Seaport • McNamara · Salvia: Structural design • Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting: Lighting design • Communications Design Associates, Inc. (CDA): Audiovisual system design • Amaze Design: Design consultant for Corporate Experience Center • 96pt.: Branding/Graphics • Acentech: Acoustics • CRJA/IBI Group: Landscape design of PTC’s rooftop terrace • Fitzmeyer & Tocci Associates Inc.: Commissioning • AKF Group: Code consulting • Collective Wisdom Corporation: Specifications • Campbell-McCabe: Hardware specifications • Entegra Development and Investment, LLC: LEED consulting • Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH): Building envelope

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The 480,000sf project consolidates six current Akamai locations into one 19-story tower that seamlessly and thoughtfully connects all of the company’s departments and groups, linked by a continuous mile-long path affectionately known as the Aka-mile.

gathering, brainstorming, and invention across the vertical campus.

A project of this scale, ambition and complexity entailed a complex delivery process with close coordination between the Sasaki design team, the project management team, Northstar; the developer, Boston Properties; the contractor, Turner; and the subconsultant team.

Pickard Chilton is the Design Architect for 145 Broadway. Stantec is the Architect of Record.

To take advantage of efficiencies in the construction timeline, early packages were released to coordinate floor openings, steel modifications, MEP systems, and core modifications.

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Boston – Margulies Perruzzi (MP) announced that the project team for PTC’s new global headquarters has been recognized as a gold-level winner of the Building Design + Construction (BD+C) Magazine 2019 Building Team Awards.

The project team, led by Margulies Perruzzi; the Boston office of Cresa, project manager for the project; and Gilbane Building Company completed the interior fit-out of a new 250,000sf global headquarters at 121 Seaport Blvd. in Boston for PTC, a global provider of award-winning, market-proven solutions that enable industrial companies to differentiate their products and services, improve operational excellence, and increase workforce productivity.

The annual BD+C Building Team Awards recognize newly built projects that best exemplify the collaboration between owner, architect, engineer, and contractor to produce buildings that exhibit architectural and construction excellence.

Submissions are judged based on the quality and excellence of the design, engineering, and construction as well as how the full project team and client worked together to overcome challenges that resulted in the success of the project.

PTC’s global headquarters was one of only five Gold winners, and one of 14 projects, to be honored with a Building Team Award this year.

The design of PTC’s new headquarters is truly transformational in every way,” said Janet Morra, AIA, LEED AP, principal

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Salem Glass Celebrates 90th Anniversary

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s rapidly as the world is changing every day, there are still enduring successful companies in our community. This year, the Salem Glass Company celebrates its 90th year in business. The firm is a third generation, family-owned glazing contractor and manufacturer that considers itself 90 years young.

The company has been headquartered in Salem, MA. for the entirety of its 90 years, though in 2002, a gleaming new 50,000sf modern facility was built to house both the administrative and manufacturing arms of the business. One of the many keys to success for Salem Glass has been the ability to apply its knowledge and expertise to every phase of its clients’ projects from pre-construction services, to fabrication, to installation.

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equipment that lines the production floor.

“Our hand fabrication has always been top notch,” said Jim Miller, executive vice president, “but adding our new automated CNC machinery has made it even better.

It’s unmatched.” He added, “We know we constantly need to advance. Standing still and resting on our past successes will lead to failure. We try a lot of new techniques and technologies because it’s the only way we’ll remain the best. We are not afraid to invest in our people and in our equipment.”

Many years ago, the industry was driven by material costs. Early on, Salem Glass recognized that labor costs would become a primary concern and retaining well-trained employees would become essential. Employees are regularly trained in safety and their crafts. They are given the responsibility and authority to get their jobs done well. Experimental efficiencies abound from custom rack-dollies to unique, retrofitted vehicles that improve employee safety and minimize the risk of damage during the transport and handling of materials. “We are process driven. The less material handling, the better,” said Larry Miller, executive vice president.

“When you give people what they want, when they want it, where they want it, you win customers for life.”

Through three generations of family ownership, the company has proudly employed engineers, project managers, fabricators, installers, and office staff that also include fourth generation family members. Bringing their homegrown talent to bear on large projects has been the key to maintaining the high level of customer satisfaction required to thrive and grow

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for nearly a century. It does not happen by accident. It takes planning, perseverance, and ecstatic customers. According to Larry Miller, “We recognized long ago that it is vital for us to control every aspect of the process from the cradle to the grave. That’s the only way anyone can assure a client that the end result will be flawless. With total control, we can influence price, quality, and flexibility.”

Salem Glass has been involved in some of the most high-profile projects in the Northeast. As one of the largest union skin contractors in New England (and one of the only contractors with excellent vendor relationships dating back to the World War II era), customers have looked to Salem for help with complex projects

like the Government Center MBTA, South Station Transportation Complex, The Koch Institute at MIT, and the breathtaking conoid glass wall of the Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Heading toward a second century, it’s crystal clear that the Salem Glass commitment to excellence is unbreakable.

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Ironwood Pharmaceuticals to Move into New Digs

Boston – TRIA, a partner-led architecture firm, announced it is designing a new headquarters in downtown Boston for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a gastrointestinal (GI)-focused healthcare company.

TRIA was selected to provide space planning and corporate interior design services for the design and build-out of Ironwood’s new 39,000sf headquarters at 100 Summer St. The project team includes architect TRIA, general contractor Lee Kennedy Construction, and MEP/FP engineer WB Engineers.

Relocating from Cambridge, Ironwood expects to complete the move to its new office in the fourth quarter of 2019.

TRIA’s design is intended to provide an efficient and collaborative workspace in an open concept office plan.

Collaboration areas with soft seating will

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be interspersed to create neighborhoods throughout the open office, which will also offer bench seating and personal lockers.

Wooden millwork elements break up the open space further to serve as subtle room dividers while creating storage and semiprivate nooks.

The office will provide a variety of workspaces for heads-down work and collaboration including a library, huddle spaces, phone rooms, and conference rooms of various sizes. To encourage interaction and movement, Ironwood’s new office will feature a large multi-use café space, a coffee bar, and locker rooms with showers.

The design melds industrial and organic architectural elements to give the space a unified feel. Exposed ceilings, columns and concrete floors are softened by wood finishes and earth-tone colors, distinctive to each neighborhood. Slatted-wood

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Celebrating 60 Years!

Photos of KBE senior leadership and employees through the years.

KBE BUILDING CORPORATION Since 1959, KBE Building Corporation has been building the spaces where people live, work, play, learn, eat, sleep, shop, worship, and more. From its beginnings as the in-house construction arm of a retail developer, KBE today is the flagship business in the KBE Companies, with more than $750M in work under contract. The firm’s projects have taken its staff up and down the Eastern Seaboard, and today, into metropolitan New York and out West, as its business has expanded.

A Brief History Over the last six decades, KBE has prevailed through eight recessions, been part of architectural trends from Post Modernism to Green Buildings, and built projects using everything from blueprints to the proverbial napkin sketch to Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a guide.

1959: Company lore has it that, back in 1959, Simon Konover - well-known retail developer, exceptional philanthropist, and an immigrant and Holocaust survivor began developing retail properties, working out of the trunk of his car. And while he was at it, he decided to start a construction company to build his projects - and thus the earliest incarnation of KBE came into existence. The firm went through a couple of name changes, starting off as Sikon Corporation in 1966, changing to Konover Construction Corporation in 1987, and finally renamed KBE Building Corporation in 2009 as the result of a senior management buy-out.

1959-MID-1980S: Throughout the late 1950’s and well into the mid-1980s, the company’s name was synonymous with retail construction, cutting its proverbial teeth in a market that’s known for being tough as nails, rough-and-tumble, and lightning fast. The company built a reputation for meeting tough budgets and tougher schedules on everything from big boxes to strip centers to malls and more. By the mid-1980s, as the nation and the construction industry climbed out of a global recession, the business began to branch out into other markets, working with many diverse clients. KBE was no longer operating as an in-house construction firm but performing work in its own right and building for a broad client base that continues to grow today.

1999: With a strategic focus on business growth, the firm began to expand into new regions. KBE Mid-Atlantic opened its doors in Columbia, Maryland in 1999, serving clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The regional office is celebrating its 20th anniversary in business this year.

2007 -2009: In 2007, three of its senior partners - Mike Kolakowski, Eric Brown, and Simon Etzel - acquired the company in a management buyout. On January 1, 2009, the company officially unveiled its new name - KBE Building Corporation - using the last name initials of the three new owners.

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The Give and Take of Open Floorplans

by Kathryn Mease Open workspaces are a major topic of debate. The ‘pro’ column lists the merits of eliminating the hierarchy of offices, improved collaboration, and the financial benefit of reducing the number of square feet per person. Nay-sayers cite higher stress levels from distractions and noise, a significant increase in interruptions leading to reduced productivity, and a decrease in general job satisfaction.

However, the need for these types of spaces is hard to deny. With companies focusing on lean processes and fiscal responsibility, it seems unlikely that we’ll return to the time of plentiful private offices.

So, what if we lean into the swerve?

If we’re headed in that direction out of necessity, can we make these spaces prosperous? I believe we can. Sure, we can read articles titled ‘Why It’s Time to Ditch Open Office Plans’ and throw in the towel. But, when people spend 90,000 hours of their life at work*, isn’t

Open lounge along main circulation spine / Photos by Nat Rea Photography

it our responsibility to make them better instead?

Tecton Architects embraced this responsibility when approaching an office

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Within the scope of this renovation, both the call center and the more traditional workspaces would be dramatically expanded.

Our working theory was that, for these

View of open work stations with small group areas

spaces to be successful, balance between what is taken from and what is given to the employees is essential. We know from the many articles warning us about removing private offices that noise and distractions must be avoided. Acoustics, then, must be a priority.

With this in mind, we took a layered approach to acoustics. Where carpet was not appropriate, rubber sheet flooring lessens the noise of footfall. We removed the low, under-performing ceiling and sprayed the structure above with K-13

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October 2019 insulation. This absorbs noise created inside the space, and insulates it from outside noise, like loud rainfall. A tunable white noise system impedes the carrying of voices. In the call center and over open soft-seating areas, acoustic ceiling clouds boast a high noise reduction coefficient. All eleven of the various-sized conference rooms have highly absorptive Tectum ceilings. As an added benefit, the industrial-leaning look of these elements well-supports our overall design intent.

Beyond acoustics, elements of choice and wellness are also new additions. By locating all conference spaces on the interior, the new layout provides daylight to every employee. Glass fronts on conference rooms allow light into many of these spaces. To give the staff the chance for greater comfort and control over their individual stations, each employee now has a sit-to-stand adjustable desk. The square footage saved by these concise workstations yielded space for a wide variety of phone rooms, meeting spaces and opportunities for individuals to get away from their workstations. They also provide real motivation to do so with potentially distracting conversations.

The outcome: a quiet workspace where people can focus and have plenty of places to collaborate. The staff is engaged, and even bring their families to see the space.

Maybe it isn’t time to ‘ditch’ the open office; first let’s rethink the balance. Let’s

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give more than we take. *Business Insider, August 2018 Kathryn Mease, NCIDQ, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC, is associate and senior interior designer with Tecton Architects in Hartford, Conn.

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Boston – Hello Raye, the office design technology platform that fosters seamless collaboration between interior design firms and furniture suppliers, announced that it has closed a $5 million seed round, with $2.5 million committed in 2019 and an additional $2.5 million commitment expected to be released in 2020. This round was led by both angel and corporate investors.

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Dyer Brown Innovates, Renovates and Expands Headquarters continued from page 22

“The updated headquarters could not be anything like a typical corporate interior,” says project manager Alex Dupnik. “We needed to provide a space for our coworkers that would feel comfortable yet productive, and inspiring.

For visiting clients, we wanted to offer moments of surprise elements that defy expectation, to encourage them to think outside the box.”

The result is a space that offers Dyer Brown staff a variety of furniture options to suit individual work styles and encourage various seating postures. Employees avail themselves of mezzanine workstations with sit-to-stand desks – illuminated by overhead fixtures constructed from noiseattenuating materials – as well as lounge spaces with charging ports for devices, hoteling areas, uniquely appointed small “speakeasy” meeting rooms (available to book using a web-based scheduling app), and wall-inset individual upholstered cubbies.

When not engaged in heads-down work, Dyer Brown’s staff now also have choices for meetings, eating, relaxing and personal care. The reception area is designed as a front-and- center “café” with counter seating, chic pendant lighting and still and sparkling water on tap, a space with a distinctly informal feel, like a coffee bar. The new programming also

The variety of workspaces and furniture options available to Dyer Brown employees are expected to help boost productivity, promote wellbeing, and enhance on-the-job satisfaction.

offers eight reservable meeting spaces of varying sizes, doubling the number of rooms previously available to book for formal and informal meetings with clients and/or coworkers, and the hospitalityinspired design scheme offers a variety of seating and furniture types to ensure comfort and enhance productivity.

And, in support of employee wellbeing and productivity, the redesign includes amenities such as lockers, a shower room, a mother’s room, and a “wellness room” for quiet reflection, meditation, and catnaps.

“The engagement workshops made clear

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that wellbeing is central to our firm culture, so health and wellness became major drivers of the design,” says Zeigler.

“Most notably, all of the workstations feature new sit-to- stand desks. These were mentioned multiple times in the workshops, and after investigating the costs and potential benefits, we decided to invest in these desks rather than in new chairs. So far, the reaction has been strongly positive.”

The revamped headquarters also serves as a kind of living portfolio, making it a uniquely robust tool for engagement, education and business development.

According to Dupnik, “A question from a visiting client about something as simple as a paint color can lead to a discussion integration of corporate brand identity, or a visit to the bathroom might cause a visitor to ask about our touchless faucets, turning the conversation toward the benefits of a workplace wellness strategy.” Another technological innovation expected to draw the interest of visitors, says Dupnik, is the color-temperature-tunable lighting in the “design library” that allow designers and clients to observe finish materials in the anticipated environment of a completed project. “We’re noticing more and more staff host client meetings in the library, as opposed to a meeting room, because of this feature.”

Dyer Brown employees can book meetings in uniquely appointed small “speakeasy” spaces using a web-based scheduling app.

“But the most important aspect of the design, for us and for our visitors, is how well the design reflects and supports our culture,” says Zeigler. “That is what we want potential clients to take away from their visit: that their own workplace project can and should reflect their corporate culture as much as our headquarters does for us.”

Following the renovation, Dyer Brown’s leadership expect to have a lasting impact on those who come into contact with the firm, driving new areas of thinking and discussion in the world of workplace strategy and design.

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October 2019

Exterior Designs Moves Office

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Londonderry, NH – Exterior Designs, commercial cladding experts, announced that its office has moved to 184 Rockingham Road in Londonderry. This space will accommodate the company’s staff to better serve its customers.

The interior of the office features some

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Marlborough, MA – Coreslab Structures (CONN) Inc. recently finished supplying and installing the Architectural ThinBrick Precast Concrete Cladding Panels for a new office building in Marlborough.

The building was constructed in two phases in order to allow flexibility in meeting market needs.

It consists of smooth lines and different brick finishes which bring a

formal and expansive feeling to the sprawling footprint. Underground and elevated surface parking made great use of the site’s limited footprint.

By getting the precaster on board early in the construction process, design assistance, material selection, and fabrication scheduling was taken into account in order to ensure the project’s on-time delivery.

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Restoration and Renovation Isaac Blair & Co. Helps Transform Haddon Hall into Luxury Residences installing shoring on the building’s first floor to support the six existing columns at that level. Next, Marr Crane & Rigging (MC&R) is utilizing a 90-ton crane to transfer 4200 lb. steel beam sections to the first floor through openings in the exterior wall. Fabricated by Lawton Welding, these beams sit on the foundation wall to carry the load while an engineer-designed jacking system (using 150-ton jacks) applies an upward pressure to mitigate column settlement. Finally, the basement columns will be removed one-by-one and replaced by steel beams to provide the necessary, on-going foundational support.

by Katherine Marr At the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Berkeley Street in Boston sits number 29 Comm. Ave., a thin, 11-story structure built in 1892 as a Parisian-style apartment hotel. Known as Haddon Hall, the hotel was considered an architectural atrocity as it did not conform to the four-story townhouse style of the Back Bay. In fact, its presence marshaled the community to work to add height restrictions to codes that were written years earlier in 1857.

Prior to the use of elevators, buildings were never higher than five stories as that was the acceptable height people were expected to climb. Haddon Hall was converted to professional suites in 1928.

The building is now being transformed into luxury residences.

Since early June, Marr’s specialty shoring company, Isaac Blair & Co., has been working for Metric Construction to install shoring throughout the building while interior demolition is underway.

An essential component of planning and day-to-day operations has been a focus on safely working around existing support systems in the building, while

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also designing shoring that meets the renovation needs.

The basement of the building is being renovated to house vehicular parking, which requires the building’s support columns at the basement level to be removed and replaced by steel beams.

To accomplish this, Isaac Blair is first

Steel beam sections, weighing 4200 lbs. each, are fed in by crane to the first floor.

An engineer-designed jacking system (using 150-ton jacks) applies an upward pressure to mitigate column settlement on the first floor.

For the interior renovation, shoring towers are being installed on each of the 11 floors to allow for the demolition of an existing masonry wall that runs from the roofline down to the third floor. MC&R is utilizing a 90-ton crane to transfer the shoring equipment to the upper floors.

As the shoring towers are installed, steel beams will be set in place at each level to permanently support the structure.

Isaac Blair will continue to shore the building for an estimated one year as construction continues.

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Green SITES: Developing Sustainable Landscapes and Investing in the Greater Good

by Emily Langner Established almost two decades ago, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) has become a wellknown green building system, providing “a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings.”

More recently, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has added another program for evaluating and achieving sustainable design, the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES).

The SITES program is based on the understanding that “land is a crucial component of the built environment and can be planned, designed, developed and maintained to protect and enhance the benefits we derive from healthy functioning landscapes.” SITES includes a rating system used for creating sustainable and resilient land development projects, and demonstrates how “the work of developers, property owners, landscape architects, engineers, planners, architects, and others can protect, restore, and enhance ecosystem services.”

While the LEED certification focuses on buildings, SITES can be applied to

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projects located on sites “with or without buildings.” According to Christine Wilson, landscape architect with Copley Wolff Design Group, “What’s special about the SITES rating system is that it is site-focused, more holistic, and encompasses everything from early planning stages of a project through the design, construction, and on-going

operations and maintenance.”

The SITES rating is achieved through a point-based system, allowing all project types to be able to receive the certification by fulfilling goals related to the specific project. Wilson says this allows for flexibility in how the rating is achieved, but requires all members of a project to come together in the beginning and to

Copley Wolff established functional storm water systems for UCONN’s new Student Recreation Center, reducing outdoor water use for landscape irrigation.

be on the same page about the different elements they will incorporate into the project.

In August, the University of Connecticut (UCONN) opened its new continued to page 39

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should include the preservation of significant interior and exterior spaces.

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by Matthew Guarracino Boston’s architecture is a robust blend of old and new styles, from the majestic symmetry of South Station to the crystalline exterior of Millennium Tower. As part of the city’s development resurgence, more companies are establishing a corporate presence in neighborhoods like the Seaport District, remaking the regional skyline.

At the same time, many in Boston remain steadfast in their efforts to protect and celebrate beautiful structures. While employers update huge parcels within the city limits, and new, cutting-edge residential and retail developments pop up, it is critical these contemporary structures be offset by a movement to preserve the city’s rich history, including its many religious symbols.

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Mixed-Use Nauset Completes Central Square Development

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Cambridge, MA – Nauset Construction has completed Ten Essex, a mixed-use development consisting of 46 apartments and 3,000sf of retail, in the heart of the revitalized Central Square Cultural and Business District. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in July and occupants began moving into Ten Essex in September.

Designed by Golden Architects of Quincy, project architect; Perkins Eastman; and Mark Boyes-Watson Architects, the six-story wood-frame structure was constructed over a steel

podium concrete slab on deck with below grade parking, and features a natural stone veneer and metal panel exterior facade.

The residential portion consists of 46 apartments including three studios, 10 one-bedrooms, 19 two-bedrooms, and 14 three-bedrooms, with five of the apartments designated as affordable. Each rental unit is furnished with contemporary amenities including Energy Star HVAC and appliances, Quartz countertops, Thermafoil kitchen cabinets, a Nest Thermostat, and in-unit washer/dryers.

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Tenants will also have convenient access to Blue Bike Hubway Station, Yoga Works, Cafe Nero, Vim Spa, and a bike repair shop on the premises.

The parking garage includes free bicycle parking, and the complex earned a walk score of 97 and bike score of 98 from walkscore.com.

Morris M. Naggar, principal of 3MJ Realty, which developed and owns Ten Essex, said that he is hoping to enhance the ambiance of the neighborhood

character by adding a microbrewery or a unique restaurant in the vacant retail space at Ten Essex.

Given that the site is in a bustling retail area with zero lot lines, the project required extensive coordination with the city of Cambridge. “The site is in a highly trafficked area, which is why our experience working on dense urban infill projects in Cambridge is so important,” said Nauset Construction president, Anthony Papantonis.

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SITES: Developing Sustainable Landscapes continued from page 35

Student Recreation Center, a three-story, 191,000sf state-of-the-art facility located at the heart of the university. The center is the first building on campus to establish a goal for both LEED Gold and SITES certified ratings.

“SITES certification includes many beneficial elements that people don’t often consider, and they’re not difficult to include. It’s just a different mindset from how it’s traditionally been done.”

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Permeable pavers reduced outdoor energy consumption, minimized light pollution and provided optimum site accessibility, safety and wayfinding for UCONN’s new facility.

Copley Wolff, a landscape architecture and planning firm located in Boston, worked with Ian Dann, landscape architect for UConn’s University Planning, Design and Construction team, along with JCJ Architecture; Langan, civil engineer; and Turner Construction, general contractor; to complete the ambitious project for the university.

Of the project, Sean Sanger, principal at Copley Wolff, says, “The design process was similar to what we typically do, in that it is collaborative, crossdiscipline, and engaging in the public process.” To achieve the SITES rating, the team incorporated green infrastructure including bringing in native plants and installing permeable paving in the parking lots to address stormwater issues, and

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composting the clippings produced from mowing the grass.

Wilson, Sanger, and Becky Rupel, also a landscape architect at Copley Wolff, say the SITES certification is on par with the standards they already use within the company. Both Wilson and Rupel are SITES accredited professionals, which allows them to educate and guide their clients toward certification.

Rupel says, “SITES is a good opportunity for projects that are more landscape or more site-oriented to be rewarded for the contributions they are making.” She says that SITES looks at project sites as part of a bigger system, and allows companies to evaluate the role their projects play in the delicate balance of that ecosystem, and contribute positively in the face of climate change. “It has a lot of potential to really quantify those things that don’t get quantified otherwise; all of the things that we as designers have the potential to impact. SITES captures a lot of those ideas really well.”

Sanger says, “It’s something that needs to be understood and bought in by everybody for it to work. It’s all for the greater good. SITES certification includes many beneficial elements that people don’t often consider, and they’re not difficult to include. It’s just a different mindset

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from how it’s traditionally been done. It’s a different way of thinking about how we do things in this century with more sensitivity to our environment.” He adds, “A lot of little things added up can make a difference.”

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Education

Brown Announces New Sports Complex

SFNE Awards $3,000 in Scholarships Plainville, MA – The Steel Fabricators of New England (SFNE) announced that three $1,000 scholarships have been awarded to students who will use the funds to further their education in the trades. The scholarships were awarded to Andrew Sidewater from New Britain, Conn.; Megan Pelissier from Jaffrey, N.H.; and Gordon Murray from South Portland, Maine.

Sidewater will continue at Central Connecticut State University, where he has spent five years studying construction management. He hopes to graduate next spring. He also works full time as a project coordinator for Engineered Building Products, located in Bloomfield, Conn.

Pelissier will be a junior in the fiveyear Architectural Engineering Program at Norwich University this fall. She also works at Apollo Steel, LLC, located in Jaffrey, N.H., where she assists with detailing and part specifications for Apollo Steel’s fabrication shop.

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The SFNE scholarship was funded by member donations from Accufab Iron Works; Capone Iron, Inc.; D. Cronin’s Welding Service; Giza Steel; Rens Welding & Fabricating; S.L. Chasse Steel; and The Steel Supply Company.

Scholarship recipients must have been accepted to, or currently attending, a technical school or two- or four-year degree college program, or participating in a graduate degree program for civil engineering, architectural engineering, construction engineering, structural engineering, welding technology or construction management programs.

Rendering of Brown University’s lacrosse and soccer center

Boston – A design-build team of ARC/ Architectural Resources Cambridge and Suffolk Construction will plan, design, and construct Brown University’s new soccer and lacrosse complex.

The three-story facility will include dedicated team locker rooms, a training room, head and assistant coaches’ offices, and team meeting spaces.

Spectators will enjoy an expansive, modern grandstand and a new scoreboard, as well as concessions and restrooms located on a concourse level. The building will have event space for game day hosting and team gatherings, and players will have direct access between team locker rooms and the field through a tunnel.

Fundraising for the complex, targeted for completion by the 2020-21 school year, is well underway.

Brown’s director of athletics, Jack Hayes, says the success of the lacrosse and soccer programs contributed to the decision to build the new 22,500sf building. “The lacrosse and soccer programs at Brown have long and storied traditions, great student-athletes and outstanding coaches,” Hayes said.

Kia McNeill, head coach of women’s soccer, said that a state-of-the-art lacrosse and soccer facility like the one planned at Brown is rare at the college level and its presence will greatly expand the university’s ability to recruit top student-athletes.

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2019 JATC Program NECA’s Largest

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Dorchester, MA – NECA Boston Chapter and IBEW Local 103 reported that the 2019 first-year Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC) of Greater Boston apprenticeship class is the largest, most diverse in the program’s history. The incoming class is comprised of 409 apprentices and includes 362 men, 47 women, 155 minorities and 30 U.S. military veterans. The apprentices started their in-depth training on September 9.

In total, 1,393 apprentices are

currently registered in the JATC Greater Boston training program – 1,262 are in the five-year Electrical Construction Program and 131 apprentices are in the five-year Telecommunications Systems Technician Program.

During the course of the training, apprentices undergo 10,000 hours of on-the-job training with experienced journeypersons or systems technicians, as well as 1,000 hours of intensive classroom instruction conducted by fully-qualified and certified trainers before graduating as

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fully-licensed journeymen and women or licensed systems technicians.

Apprentices are trained in specialty labs and shops, which simulate settings found in the field. The labs include highvoltage, primary and emergency power, electrical distribution, industrial controls, access and CCTV security systems shops and many others. The JATC facility also includes a ground-mounted solar array and wind turbine on which apprentices receive hands-on training in renewable energy installations. These facilities

provide power back to the electrical grid and power to both JATC buildings.

The Greater Boston JATC, created and co-sponsored by NECA Boston Chapter and IBEW Local 103, is recognized as among the highest-rated and most prestigious apprenticeship training programs in the country. Classes are conducted in the JATC’s state-of-theart headquarters and teaching facilities at 194 and 170 Freeport St. in Dorchester, on the IBEW Local 103 campus.

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Connecticut Svigals + Partners Reimagines Bridge

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New Britain, CT – Architecture, art and advisory firm, Svigals + Partners, recently announced the completion of the Main Street Overpass project with collaborators Fuss & O’Neill, engineering; Pirie Associates, design; Richter + Cegan, landscape design; SignPro, fabricators; and Laveiro, general contractor.

Civic leaders and residents are now celebrating the new “Beehive Bridge,” a project combining structural reinforcements for a highway overpass with a complete redesign incorporating public works of art, sidewalks, bike lanes and pocket parks.

The renovation marks the completion of the latest phase of this streetscape project to unite the city, both literally and

symbolically, which was long ago divided by a highway, Route 72.

With the primary goal of creating an active business and entertainment corridor in the downtown area, the project connects Broad Street with the Little Poland neighborhood and the New Britain Plaza business district.

Working from the firm’s stated vision of “a world of prosperous, compassionate communities,” Svigals + Partners created a design scheme for a pedestrian-friendly streetscape with an abstract take on the “beehive” theme that has long been associated with New Britain. The city’s official seal prominently features a beehive and the motto “Industry fills the hive and enjoys the honey” in Latin.

The bridge’s design incorporates contemporary artwork integrated directly into the structure.

Colorful translucent panels in a honeycomb pattern present an abstract take on the “beehive” theme that has long been associated with New Britain.

The concept, envisioned by Svigals + Partners, for the 265-foot-long overpass features colorful translucent panels in an abstract honeycomb pattern that separate the overpass visually from the highway below. In shades of gold and yellow, the panels produce a variety of patterns and

colors depending on the time of day and position of the sun. Building on the theme, the design then incorporates contemporary artwork integrated directly into the structure: four large-format stainless-steel honeybee sculptures, and an outsized beehive in the center of the bridge.

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CES Celebrates 25th Anniversary Middletown, CT – Consulting Engineering Services (CES), a nationally recognized mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection firm founded in Connecticut, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

More than 300 clients, employees and friends celebrated the quarter century anniversary recently at an open house in Middletown with live music, food trucks, craft beer and hand-selected wine.

In 1994, the company was launched in founder, George Keithan’s, basement.

The business quickly outgrew its startup space and moved to Middletown, which it has called home for the last 22 years. CES has thrived during the past two decades, opening five new offices and growing to more than 120 employees.

Strategic growth in New York City; Norwood, Mass.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; San Antonio, Texas; and Bozeman, Mont.; has allowed for exceptional personalized service throughout the United States.

“We have always put the client’s best interest first. We want them to be happy and are relentless in our focus on finding the right solutions to every problem, every time. This has been our simple strategy for success over the last 25 years and it carries true into our future,” says George Keithan, founder.

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technologies, implementing energy and resource saving MEP systems into homes and commercial properties across the country.

A recent internal strategic planning exercise resulted in the company’s first tag line: “Inviting Possibility.” The coined phrase exemplifies the firm’s nimble nature, encouraged curiosity, optimism

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and internal platform for growth. The firm also developed a mission statement and list of values through an inclusive all-employee introspective exercise, memorialized on a new website, www. ceseng.com.

“CES has delivered incredible projects, personal careers have flourished here, and employees are empowered to run with their passions and start new initiatives. We have shown time and time again that we are engineers who are not just thinkers, but doers. The possibilities that we invited have brought us to where we are today and they will carry us into the future. As we commemorate 25 years of service, we gratefully look to the opportunities ahead,” says Michael Walsh, president.

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Connecticut Supports Efficiency Projects Orange, CT – Millions of dollars are available to Commercial and Industrial (C&I) utility customers across the state to help support energy efficiency upgrades and new efficiency projects. Through a new dashboard feature on the Energize CT website, C&I customers can view the energy efficiency project funding availability for programs including new construction, new equipment and retrofit.

It also includes process equipment.

Experts at United Illuminating (UI), Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG) and Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG), subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc., can help customers assess and determine project opportunities and related savings.

Energy engineers provide both financial and technical assistance through these incentive programs, helping their customers in each step, from energy audits to project installation to incentive check presentations. Incentive availability changes throughout the year as funds are dispersed for completed projects and commitments are made for new projects.

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Build Better Podcast Designing for the Cannabis Industry with Brian Anderson In episode 15 of the Build Better podcast, HP’s publisher, Anastasia Barnes, welcomed Brian Anderson, founding partner of Anderson Porter Design, to talk about designing and building for the cannabis industry and what he and other professionals across the nation are doing to set guidelines for responsible cultivation and manufacturing of cannabis products.

Anderson has over 25 years of experience in the field of architecture, and over five years of concentration in architecture for the cannabis Industry. He and his firm have an extensive background in integrated security, clean room and bio labs which, combined, give them much of the experience and knowledge required to design these facilities.

Having completed over 25 retail dispensaries and over 900,000sf of cultivation facilities, the team is wellversed in the many facets of these unique projects, including the ways to adhere to the state of Massachusetts’ strict energy requirements. Anderson says, “Massachusetts leads the nation in targeting energy sustainability, so the bar is set very high here.” As a result, he adds, the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) in the state has embraced those regulations

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and requires that anyone entering the industry must conform to them.

This means that cannabis growers and manufacturers have to look for energyefficient methods of lighting and cooling the spaces, seek out materials that best contain that energy, and work with utility companies to pursue the options that contribute to energy savings.

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nia Cannabis Industry Association and also chairs the National Cannabis Industry Association’s (NCIA) Facilities Design Committee. He and 17 other professionals across the nation formed the committee this year to support the cannabis industry and “broaden their position in the regulated environment of energy policy and building science and engineering.”

The NCIA works to defend and expand the responsible cannabis industry by protecting legal cannabis businesses, defending state laws, and advancing federal policy reforms. The purpose of the organization, and of the committee, Anderson says, is to “set guidelines so the industry can operate within those guidelines.” Because the industry is not currently regulated on a federal level, the mission requires looking ahead to the time when the FDA will control the manufacturing of cannabis products, and planning accordingly.

Anderson says, “I think we need to look through the lens of the FDA and say, how do we make sure that the space in which the drug is manufactured contributes to the health and wellness of the people who consume it?” With a drug that crosses the blood-brain barrier, many factors must be considered, including operating clean and sterile facilities, and seeking alternatives to harmful pesticides traditionally used on other plants. Additionally, a priority should be put on indoor air quality, worker safety, and energy consumption.

Ultimately, Anderson says, his goal with NCIA’s Facilities Design Committee is to “set guidelines so the industry can operate within those guidelines,” and to “do something to help the industry advance.” He is excited to have found a way to apply all of his experience to a new and growing industry, and to help businesses in the space continue to develop and build responsibly.

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Philanthropy Griffin Electric Helps Students

Griffin employees with backpacks ready for distribution

Holliston, MA – Wayne J. Griffin Electric recently donated new school supplies to two local community non-profits to help students get a successful start to the new school year. As a result of the efforts and generosity of Griffin’s employees, over 75 backpacks filled with supplies were distributed to kids ranging in ages from preschool to high school.

This year, Griffin was able to expand its reach and provide student necessities to a local food pantry and a family homeless shelter in the area.

As part of Griffin Electric’s back-toschool project, the team donated time and resources to ensure students received age-appropriate backpacks and supplies in time for the start of the school year.

The opportunity to support charitable

Tecta America Sponsors Benefit Burlington, MA – The 12th funds to help curb the dropout Annual Mix. Mingle. Bowl for epidemic as well as providing Education to benefit the Simon scholarships to first-generation Youth Foundation was held college students and those with at Kings Bowl in Burlington. demonstrated financial needs.

This year, Tecta America New During the month of England was the King Pin September, the Tecta America sponsor for the event.

New England Brockton, Mass.

Richard MacTaggart, Tecta’s and E. Hartford, Conn. offices operations manager, announced Richard MacTaggart collected wish list items for that bowling teams from Billerithe Ronald McDonald House ca and Brockton attended the event which Charities in Providence, R.I. and helps Simon Youth Foundation raise Springfield, Mass. respectively.

Metro Walls Rides for a Cause

Motorcycle enthusiasts from Metro Walls, Exterior Designs, Atlantic Prefab, and Patriot Building Systems at the First Annual Rally for a Cause in Manchester Volunteers prepare for the backpack drive

organizations through donations and volunteering is central to the company’s culture, and the experience of working on diverse projects across New England and the Southeast gives the company an opportunity to develop ties to many local communities.

Unified Hosts Charity Golf Event

Manchester, NH – Metro Walls recently participated in its First Annual Rally for a Cause, a motorcycle ride for charity. This year’s beneficiary was The National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. With “Mike’s Match,” $1,585 was raised for the cause.

The trip started at Metro’s home base of Manchester and ended at the wellknown Broken Spoke Saloon in Laconia.

Motorcycle enthusiasts from Metro Walls, Exterior Designs, Atlantic Prefab, and Patriot Building Systems all attended.

“This year we had 25 riders and our goal is to grow this tradition. This event was both fun and rewarding. It was a chance to spend time with employees and friends while giving to a cause that matters,” said Mike Dion of Metro Walls.

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Anastasia Barnes interviews guests in the AEC/O world discussing how we can transform our industry by embracing forward-thinking ideas, new technology and innovative solutions. Meet the leaders, visionaries and disruptors that are taking action to build a better world.

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Woburn, MA – Unified Construction Group of Woburn hosted its third annual charity golf tournament recently at Turner Hill Golf Club. The annual tournament brings together over 100 golfers to raise money for a different cause or charity each year.

Its first tournament in 2017 benefited the Make-A-Wish Foundation and allowed a young boy a trip to Disney World while the 2018 tournament raised money to benefit the DiStefano Family Trust. Peter DiStefano, a longtime colleague and friend to Unified Construction Group, was diagnosed with stage IV glioblastoma and the proceeds from the tournament have been used to benefit DiStefano, his wife, and children.

This year, the Boston College Campus School is the beneficiary of the funds

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In episode 15 of the Build Better podcast, HP’s publisher, Anastasia Barnes, welcomes Brian Anderson, founding partner of Anderson Porter Design, to discuss designing and building for the cannabis industry and what he and other professionals across the nation are doing to set guidelines for responsible cultivation and manufacturing of cannabis products.

raised from the event.

The all-day tournament consists of 18 holes of golf played by various representatives of Boston’s construction industry on Turner Hill’s scenic course. Golfers represent general contractors such as Suffolk Construction, Columbia Construction, Bond Brothers, and Boston Children’s Hospital, and subcontractors such as Aaxiom, Charles George and Pro Cut.

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Awards

VC Finalist at SBID Awards

Suffolk in Top 20 in Green Bldgs.

Boston – Suffolk is ranked as the 20th largest green buildings contractor in the country in Engineering News-Record’s annual listing of the “Top 100 Green Buildings Contractors.”

The rankings are based on companies’ revenue for construction services generated in 2018 from projects that have been registered with or certified by a third-party organization that sets standards for measuring a building’s or facility’s environmental impact, energy efficiency or carbon footprint. Such groups include the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Building Initiative.

In 2018, Suffolk, a leading national

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innovative builder, recorded $1.118 billion in green revenue, of which $717 million was earned for sports, entertainment and civic projects, placing the company as the third-largest contractor in that sector.

Among Suffolk’s notable green projects completed in 2018 is the Bentley University multipurpose arena in Waltham, which was the first standalone ice arena in the country to achieve LEED Platinum certification from the USGBC.

Boston – Visnick & Caulfield (VC), a firm of professionals specializing in providing interior design services in Boston, has been named a finalist in the “Residential Design Over £1 Million” category of the SBID International Design Awards 2019 in London.

The project, “Arcadia House,” was selected by the technical panel, followed by the judges, in the first two stages of the process. The judges’ decisions are then finalized by a third tier online public vote, where all finalists’ designs are judged by the public.

“Visnick & Caulfield is honored to be named a finalist by the judges of this prestigious international design award program. The Arcadia House embodies our design mantra on responding to human centric goals of comfort, function and wellbeing within an inspirational

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space,” states Burt Visnick, co-founder and principal architect at VC. The SBID International Design Awards has firmly established itself as one of the most prestigious interior design awards in the global design calendar.

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Southern New England Higher Education Hartford, CT – Professional Women in Construction Connecticut Chapter (PWC CT) kicked off its 2019-2020 programming with Issues and Impacts – Southern New England Higher Education, a panel featuring New England’s most prominent university planners, facility managers, and architectural/construction professionals.

HP’s publisher, Anastasia Barnes, attended the event, which took place on Sept. 24. The panel focused on New England universities’ leadership with regard to cutting-edge strategies and initiatives in the built environment.

PWC CT is devoted to creating and strengthening ties with industry peers, seeking to support, advance, and connect

(l-r) Panelist, Trina Learned of Connecticut College, and moderator, Laura Cruikshank of University of Connecticut

women and promote diversity within architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and related industries.

CI’s 25th Annual Golf Classic

Hebron, CT – The Construction Institute (CI) hosted its 25th Annual Golf Classic at Blackledge Country Club on September 11. Anastasia Barnes, Sara Mannes and Brett Sooy of High-Profile Monthly volunteered for the mid-morning portion of the event.

The event began with a continental breakfast followed by a shotgun start and lunch. After the tournament, CI hosted a block party featuring beverage tastings,

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mini golf and networking opportunities for attendees not interested in golfing.

The night closed with a reception, dinner, and awards ceremony.

The Construction Institute, University of Hartford is a non-profit, non-partisan association of diverse professionals working to improve the industry by sharing experiences and knowledge, advancing relationships, and developing business leaders.

(l-r) Sara Mannes, High-Profile; Jay Moskowitz, City Point Partners LLC; Benjamin Goldfarb, Nauset Construction; Jan Breed, Mass. Building Congress; Joe Flynn, Allsteel; Lorenzo Harper, Commodore Builders; and Phillip Bucciero, Nauset

Boston – The Massachusetts Building Congress (MBC) hosted its Fall Opener event at the Allsteel office showroom, located at 200 State St., on Sept. 25.

Anastasia Barnes and Sara Mannes of High-Profile attended the event alongside many of the A/E/C industry’s top leaders.

The event allowed attendees to begin the autumn season with relaxed networking on Allsteel’s roof deck.

Beverages and hors d’oeuvres were served throughout the evening as guests enjoyed the harbor views and late summer weather.

The MBC provides business and networking forums for professionals in the A/E/C community with programming, social and fundraising events, educational forums, and more.

Event attendees enjoying the sunset on Allsteel’s rooftop patio

View of the sunset along Boston Harbor from Allsteel’s rooftop patio

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People

Poyant Names Surprenant

EnviroVantage Welcomes New Team Epping, NH- EnviroVantage, an environmental specialty and demolition contractor, recently welcomed Bradford Chabot as the firm’s new controller, Joe Gross as project manager over Gross the Aberdeen Proving Ground Project, and Barry Weeks as project manager at EnviroTech in Stoneham.

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Together they bring more than seven decades of industry experience and knowledge to the firm.

Alpine Promotes Clasby Chelmsford, MA – Alpine Environmental, an environmental abatement company located in Chelmsford, announced the promotion of Theresa Clasby to general manager.

With 20 years of experience within the construction industry, she has been working as the administrative director for the past five years.

“Alpine has a strong legacy in the abatement industry that has been built around a talented and committed team and I am excited to be part of it,” Clasby said.

“There is a great energy in a company where pivotal leaders within the organization have Clasby been with the company from the beginning,” she noted.

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New Bedford, MA – Poyant, a completed training with the sign manufacturer and branding International Sign Association specialist, has named Jeanne in digital signage, project Surprenant associate project management, and sign design. manager.

Before joining Poyant, She supports clients of Surprenant taught in both Dion Signs, the newly acquired Texas and Massachusetts for 15 sign company founded in years. She also has worked as a Central Falls, R.I., and handles customer service representative Surprenant multiple accounts, including at Davico Manufacturing and Southcoast Health, Burger Metropolitan Press.

King, Carpionato Group, Bank Newport “Jeanne is an excellent addition to and Navigant Credit Union. the Poyant team,” said Stephanie Poyant Moran, director of sales operations for During her time at Poyant, she has attended the NSSA Sign Expo and has Poyant.

Jewett Welcomes Two Raymond, NH – Jewett Construction recently hired two new team members.

Lauren Biddle was hired to work as a project accountant and administrative assistant at the company’s location in Raymond.

Biddle has over six years of experience in various business and accounting roles.

She began her career as an accounts receivable/accounting assistant.

Eric Woodmansee joined the team as an assistant project manager. He has over 12 years of experience in the field.

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Calendar For more information about these events visit high-profile.com

BSA October 15 Emerging Professionals Network Fall Planning Meeting BSA Space, 19 Congress St., Boston Join the BSA Emerging Professionals Network (EPNet) and co-chairs and meet other emerging AEC professionals, learn about EPNet’s plans for 2019 and 2020.

October 16 Family Design Day: Around the World with Lego BSA Space, 19 Congress St., Boston Humans have been building structures across the globe for millennia. But have you ever seen them built out of full cans of food? Canstruction 2019 is the inspiration for this day of design.

NAIOP MA October 17 Coffee with Colleagues The Experience Center at The St. Regis Residences, Boston Jump start your day with this popular, fun and informal networking event.

October 17 Changing the Game for Women in Commercial Real Estate Nutter McLennan, & Fish, LLP The 10th Annual Women of Influence Luncheon. Dr. Patti Fletcher, author of Disruptors: Success Strategies From Women Who Break the Mold, will moderate a panel of female executives who represent different perspectives.

November 15 Negotiating Skills: Art, Science, or Luck?

LINK NAIOP Member Lounge @ Allsteel, Inc. Is negotiating an art or science? Are negotiating skills something you are born with or can it be learned?

October 23 What’s Next for Harvard’s Allston Transformation Nutter McLennan, & Fish, LLP Harvard University is committed to transforming Allston into a community and campus where learning, research and entrepreneurship can blossom. The University is advancing plans for an Enterprise Research Campus.

October 17 PTC Program Event & Tour PTC, 121 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA After 25 years in the suburbs, PTC leadership decided it was the right time to bring about a major transformation. Join us to hear the “inside story” of how this transformation came to be.

October 25 Anatomy of a Commercial Building 101 LINK NAIOP Member Lounge @ Allsteel, Inc. Join NAIOP for a detailed look at the related codes that CRE professionals need to understand.

October 17 Annual Oktoberfest SBC Restaurant & Beer Bar, Milford CT

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Dinner Meeting

October 22, 2019 Backyard Brewery | Manchester, NH 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Fabricated Structural Steel Case Update Plan to attend the SFNE Networking Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 for an update on AISC’s trade case against imports of fabricated structural steel from China, Canada, and Mexico. This was in response to a surge of fabricated structural steel imports from these countries, including more than 1 million tons in 2018. This 2018 figure represents a 32% increase over the case’s period of investigation between 2015 and 2018.

In March, the International Trade Commission (ITC) preliminarily determined that imports from these countries are causing injury to domestic fabricators.

The case has now moved to the Commerce Department for the calculation of dumping and subsidy margins, and fabricator participation will be critical this fall if there is any chance of winning this case.

Staff, board members, and trade counsel for AISC will present on the details of this case, answer questions, and discuss how critical it is for SFNE members to participate.

Please register to attend this important event.

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November 7 2019 NAIOP MA Distinguished Real Estate Awards Gala The Westin Boston Waterfront Join NAIOP as we honor MIT Investment Management Company.

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SMPS Boston October 17 Radically Relevant with Tim Asimos CIC Boston Learn how to fix your firm’s target audience and break through the noise with audience-focused marketing.

November 7 SMPS Boston Reception at ABX Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Join the Boston Chapter of SMPS for informal networking, lively conversation, and fantastic raffle prizes

ABC CT October 18 Emerging Leaders Group: Hartford Wolfpack Hockey Game and Networking Event 1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford, CT October 24 Excellence in Construction Awards Aqua Turf Club, Southington, CT

ABC MA October 24 Annual Octoberfest Bearmoose Brewing in Everett, MA

ABC NH/VT October 24 Excellence in Construction Awards Downtown Manchester Hotel

USGBC MA October 23-24 Design 4 People Conference The Innovation & Design Building Design 4 People is the first conference of its kind that will inspire, celebrate, energize, and help you discover new ways to help people through design.

AGC MA October 24 AGC MA Build New England Awards The Intercontinental Hotel

Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance October 29 Merrimack Valley Smart Growth Summit: The River, Our Water, Our Land: Managing for Climate Challenges UTEC, 35 Warren St., Lowell, Mass.

Join us for a regional summit about how water can strengthen or undermine the Merrimack Valley’s development and quality of life.

ACEC/MA October 29 Everest Senior Executive Roundtable UMass Club This Roundtable offers an opportunity to professionally network with senior leaders from the member firms of ACEC/MA.

ABX November 6-7 Architecture Boston Expo (ABX) Boston Convention & Exhibition Center The largest building and design tradeshow and conference in the Northeast attracting 8,000 architects, builders/contractors and design professionals.

IIDA NE November 7 21st Annual Fashion Show Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Join us to witness over two dozen talented teams from our chapter battle it out on the runway in front of full house and a livestream audience.

IFMA Boston October 24 YPN Career Development: The FM Journey Amundi Pioneer 60 State Street Boston, Mass.

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