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ReArch Properties Hires Biama

South Burlington, VT – ReArch Properties brand. Company recently welcomed Biama works in tandem with Michael Biama to the team as the ReArch Company’s construction director of property management business development team, of& leasing for ReArch Properties. fering clients property manage-

Biama is responsible for ment services post-construction. growing ReArch’s development and property management He manages all current contracts portfolio. He spearheads all for ReArch Properties tenants business development efforts Biama and leases various development and works closely with the marketing properties, including Technology Park in department to grow the ReArch South Burlington.

Phase Zero Design Welcomes Dziob

Simsbury, CT – Phase Zero Design recently welcomed Jessica Dziob to its architecture and interior design firm. Dziob is taking on the role of business development manager. This position is a first of its kind for the Simsbury-based company.

With almost 20 years of experience in retail banking and financial services, Dziob brings a wealth of experience developing and maintaining business relationships. Having held roles in management, business development, sales, and marketing, she will play a vital role in the firm’s continued Dziob dedication to strengthening client relationships.

Hunt Registered Landscape Architect

Hunt Boston – Warner Larson announced that Emily Hunt is now a registered landscape architect in Massachusetts.

With over five years of professional experience, Hunt is currently working on several parks and school campus projects, including the long-awaited $5.5 million Healey Schoolyard in Somerville and the Stoneham High School.

Cutting-Edge Cannabis Construction

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contractor, civil engineers, and equipment vendors in a project’s early stages is key to avoiding potentially costly and timeconsuming change orders throughout construction.

Creating a stable, controlled environment that can produce repeatable results is one of the most important elements of cannabis construction. Cultivation and vertically integrated facilities must be precisely controlled for humidity, lighting, airflow, and temperature to prevent mold or mildew growth or pest infestation. Facility systems such as lighting, electrical service, and HVAC are also important elements to consider, and it is critical to evaluate options and standards associated with these systems. For example, in addition to the appropriate lighting type for efficiency and effectiveness, proper design and layout must be considered to avoid plants getting too much or not enough light.

Cannabis grow and cultivation greenhouses and vertically integrated facilities require thoughtful design, so it is essential to partner with an experienced team that understands the nuances of space ratios, proper ventilation, and so much more. The design-build process removes the risk of overspending on design and construction by providing clients with a firm price proposal and yields an average overall delivery speed 33% faster than that of traditional planand-spec construction. This project delivery method produces the most advanced, high-tech, and cost-effective cannabis facilities in the industry.

Parker Snyder is director of business development for ARCO National Construction New England.

Wohlsen Hires Labanara, Promotes Herrman

Hamden, CT – Wohlsen Construction Company announced the hiring of Bob Labanara as director of business development, and the promotion of Erik Herrman from project manager to director of project planning and scheduling.

In his new role, Labanara will foster client relations and pursue new opportunities as Wohlsen continues to grow in the Connecticut region. Prior to entering the AEC industry, he was a lobbyist in the state capitol for nearly 15 years. He also led business development efforts and oversaw project pursuits for construction projects throughout Connecticut and New York.

In his new role, Herrman will play a central role in the development, update, management, and reporting of project schedules across all regions. He will be responsible for the continued improvement of Wohlsen’s construction scheduling strategy. Herrman joined Wohlsen as a project engineer in 2015.

Labanara Herrman

Shaffert Joins Bowdoin

Worcester, MA – Bowdoin He brings more than 35 years Construction announced that of construction experience with Rod Shaffert has joined the a comprehensive background firm as vice president/project building academic, medical, corexecutive to lead its Worcester porate, industrial, senior living, office and growth initiatives in residential, and retail facilities.central Massachusetts.

Shaffert’s duties include cliShaffert is a past-president ent advocacy, business developand current board member for ment, pre-construction oversight, Shaffert the Design Build Institute of construction operations support, and America – New England Region and is assurance of customer satisfaction and a corporator of the YMCA of Central retention. Massachusetts.

Weston & Sampson Welcomes Two

Boston – Weston & Sampson, an interdisciplinary design, engineering, and environmental services firm, recently welcomed Johnathan Law as a senior project manager in its Boston design studio, and Brett Seamans as a senior landscape architect in its Rocky Hill, Conn. design studio.

Law has over 19 years of experience on a range of streetscape, university campus planning, and open space improvement projects that merge his design and technical expertise. He has completed numerous master planning design projects through his relationships with both private developers and local architects.

Seamans’ experience includes project management as an urban designer, nonprofit arts manager, graphic designer, and historic preservationist, with a particular area of interest and expertise in transforming challenging sites into valued cultural and ecological places.

Law Seamans

DiPrete Welcomes Burnett

Cranston, RI – DiPrete planning through permitting and Engineering announced it hired construction. Gregg Burnett as vice president Prior to joining DiPrete, of the firm. Burnett worked for Greenberg-

Burnett joined the team Farrow as the civil department in February, and has over 20 manager and before that, as a years of experience in the civil engineering industry integrating project engineer for Brassard infrastructure needs and strategic Design and Samiotes Consulpermitting requirements on Burnett tants in Massachusetts. His focus a broad range and scale of projects, has been on commercial, residential, and from site selection and conceptual land institutional sectors.

Two Join IESC’s Co-op Program

North Billerica, MA – Two local vocational school students are the latest to join the co-op program at Interstate Electrical Services Corporation (IESC): Cody Flint of Chelmsford and Jackson Dallas Mark of Westminster.

Flint, who is currently a senior at Nashoba Valley Technical High School, says that when he was offered the chance at a co-op position at Interstate at its UL-certified prefabrication facility in Tewksbury, he jumped at the opportunity to work under licensed electricians. “I love working with my hands and feel that electrical technology allows me to do that while at the same time providing the intellectual challenges that I find so stimulating.”

Interstate brought on Mark, a graduating senior at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, in a co-op position working in the company’s prefabrication Operations Center as a 3D detailer. In his role in the detailing group, he leverages his computer savvy and familiarity with 3D design applications, contributing to the detailing process using software like Autodesk Revit.

Flint Dallas Mark

Margulies Perruzzi Adds Chan

Boston – Margulies Perruzzi also provide support during the (MP), a New England construction observation phase. architectural and interior design With 18 years of experience, firm, announced that Alvin Chan has worked on numerous Chan has joined the firm as an academic and high-performance architectural designer in the labs such as Pfizer, Broad Science Studio. Institute, and cleanrooms at

Reporting to Imran Khan, the Massachusetts Institute of AIA, LEED AP, associate prin- Technology (MIT). In addition cipal, Chan will be responsible Chan to programming and planning, for drawing and document production his responsibilities included test fits and throughout all design phases. He will daily interaction with clients.

Timberline Hires Davis

Canton, MA – Timberline to ensure thorough project Construction Corporation (Tim- evaluation and identification of berline) recently welcomed Jim critical resources to successfully Davis, LEED AP as director of complete construction. preconstruction services. Davis joins Timberline

In his new role, Davis will most recently from Cushman focus on providing an exceptional & Wakefield where he was vice level of service for Timberline’s president/project management clients early in their process of director in Boston. He has partevaluating options, budget and Davis nered with owners and design the constructability of their upcoming teams, bringing extensive project manprojects. He will draw upon his 15 agement, construction, procurement and years of experience representing owners estimating experience to the team.

Gordon & Rees Bolsters Team in Northeast

Boston – Tasia Perkins and Shaun Loughlin recently joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as construction attorneys.

Perkins is an associate with the construction practice group in the Hartford office. Her practice focuses on construction and surety law, business litigation, and the negotiation of all types of construction contracts.

Loughlin is an associate in the firm’s Boston office and is a member of the construction practice group, representing both design professionals and contractors in complex disputes.

“Tasia and Shaun are great additions

Perkins Loughlin

to the firm’s construction practice group and will assist us in our efforts to continue expanding the group through the northeastern United States,” said Jay Gregory, managing partner of the Boston office.

DPS Group Adds Senior Project Managers

Boston – DPS Group, a privately-owned, global engineering, procurement, construction management and validation (EPCMV) firm serving high-tech process industries, announced that John Doring and Bill Rochelle have joined the company as senior project managers reporting to the director of project management, Matt Hubbs.

Doring and Rochelle will plan and organize all architectural and engineering functions specific to their respective projects, coordinate interaction between project teams and clients, and provide guidance on technical resource loading.

Doring has over 35 years of experience in project management and construction management across multiple industries, including pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, chemical, industrial, and healthcare. Rochelle has over 25 years of experience leading large, crossfunctional capital projects, and delivering project commitments that meet customer expectations in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Doring Rochelle

Suffolk Welcomes Two

Boston – Suffolk, a builder and real estate enterprise, announced it has hired Patrick Brophy as the senior director of external affairs in the Northeast, and Wan Li Zhu as the managing director of Suffolk Technologies, the firm’s venture capital arm that invests in technology startups transforming the built world.

Brophy will be responsible for building and expanding key relationships in the local government and business communities. Prior to his role at Suffolk, he was a 26-year veteran of Boston city government and served in administrations for Boston Mayors Menino, Walsh and Janey. In 2015, Mayor Martin Walsh appointed him to serve the City of Boston as his chief of operations.

Zhu will be responsible for Suffolk’s investment and partnership activities that accelerate industry-wide adoption of breakthrough innovations. He is a founding advisor to Suffolk Technologies and worked closely with Jit Kee Chin, Suffolk chief data and innovation officer, and the Suffolk executive team since 2019 to establish the venture capital arm. Prior to his work at Suffolk Technologies, Zhu was a partner at Fairhaven Capital.

Brophy Li Zhu

Curry joins GNCB

Old Saybrook, CT – GNCB Consulting Engineers, P.C. welcomed Thomas Curry, Jr., PE, SE to the team in the position of senior engineer.

He joins the firm with eight years of experience in the design of low-rise, mid-rise, and highrise building structures.

Projects include design and construction inspections for the Riverview Cinemas & Playhouse in Southbury, construction administration for the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven, and the design of the 69-story Harborside 8 residential tower in Jersey City, N.J.

Curry, Jr. Delphi Promotes Dettenrieder

Waltham, MA – Delphi Construc- to joining the executive team. tion president, Keith Shaw, an- She brings more than 15 years nounced the promotion of Lindsay of construction industry experiDettenrieder to the role of director ence, having held positions with of finance at the multi-market Shawmut, Trinity, and Tocci.construction management firm. “We could not be more

She will play a key role in human resources with overall pleased to officially welcome responsibility for management of Lindsay to Delphi’s executive the company’s H.R. policies and Dettenrieder team. She has more than disbenefits as well as spearheading talent tinguished herself as a leader, not only acquisition and hiring. in the work she has done here at Delphi

Dettenrieder joined Delphi Construc- but throughout her career on the financial tion in 2018 and served as controller prior side of construction,” Shaw said.

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