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Awards
Boston – Suffolk was recently recognized with a Healthcare Facilities Symposium Distinction Team Award at the 2022 Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo in Long Beach, Calif. This award was granted to the project team that recently completed the Hale Family Building project at Boston Children’s Hospital.
The Team Award focuses on a project team that has worked together to change the face of healthcare design through innovation, creativity, efficiency and teamwork.
Constructed by Suffolk and designed by Shepley Bulfinch, Boston Children’s Hospital’s new 11-story (with three additional levels below ground), 565,000sf Hale Family Building enables Boston Children’s Hospital to provide improved and efficient care while better supporting the teams who deliver that
(l-r): Uma Ramanathan, principal, Shepley Bulfinch; Rachel Marrano, senior project director, Boston Children’s Hospital; Steve Goulet, project executive, Suffolk; Stephanie Altavilla, senior project director, Boston Children’s Hospital; SueEllen Donahoe, director, facilities planning & space management, Boston Children’s Hospital; and Ann Belz, VP, Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo
care. The facility addresses growing patient volume and the delivery of highlevel tertiary and quaternary care by adding space to improve patient flow
Spectrum IT Awarded by NECA
Spectrum won a Project Excellence Award at the NECA 2022 Annual Convention.
Bethesda, MD – Spectrum Integrated Technologies (Spectrum IT), the tel/ data and security system division of J&M Brown Company, Inc. based in Dedham, Mass., was recently recognized by the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) with the 2022 NECA Project Excellence Award in the Low Voltage/Technology category for its Boston Beer Company Nationwide Integrated Security Project.
NECA established the awards program to showcase the exceptional work its members perform throughout the country. Spectrum IT was recognized at the NECA 2022 national convention in Austin, Texas on Oct. 17.
The project scope entailed Spectrum’s design, engineering, installation, integration and commissioning of security systems at Boston Beer Company’s headquarters facility in Boston, as well as at the company’s Sam Adams breweries and tap rooms in Boston, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The project also included comprehensive security system installations at Boston Beer’s Angry Orchard brand brewery and tap room in Walden, N.Y.; Dogfish Head breweries and tap rooms in Miami, Fla. and Milton, Del.; and at the Angel City Brewery/Truly LA for the company’s Truly LA seltzer brand. All security systems tie in to Boston Beer headquarters.
Spectrum IT director, Steve Feldman, said, “Being recognized by NECA nationally for the Boston Beer Company security system project is truly an honor. Spectrum is proud to partner with Boston Beer and Sam Adams in expanding and integrating the company’s state-of-the-art security system at locations throughout the U.S. The project required extensive planning and a cooperative effort between the Spectrum IT and the Boston Beer/Sam Adams management teams, coupled with reliable support from our security system vendors and subcontractor partners throughout the country.” and operational efficiencies for acute care, critical care, diagnostic and other ancillary services on the hospital’s main campus.
Industry-leading technologies have been incorporated into the building, including an IMRIS trolley MRI system and a pneumatic tube system which transports patient samples through the building to an automation line in the clinical laboratory. The Hale Family Building is the first pediatric institution in the world to incorporate either of these cutting-edge solutions.
The project team focused on a singular purpose: to build the very best healing space possible for operating on and treating children of all ages who require a wide spectrum of care. Any critical element requested was carefully reviewed by multi-disciplinary teams who collaborated to implement innovative solutions and resolve challenges in a timely and effective way.
Jane Kaplan Peck Recognized by DBEDC
Jane Kaplan Peck (l) and Kim Lyle, CEO of DBEDC
Boston – Kaplan Construction announced that Chief Operating Officer Jane Kaplan Peck was honored by Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC) for her longtime contributions to the organization.
DBEDC held a “Reunion Gala,” its first in-person fundraising event since the pandemic began, on Sept. 22 at Venezia Restaurant Boston in Dorchester, Mass. Sponsors and longtime supporters, partners in DBEDC’s mission, community members, elected officials, business leaders and more gathered to honor longtime contributors and collaborators. Judy Cohn of Judy Cohn Housing and Relocation Services, J. Nathaniel Hailey of Construction Services Consultation Company, and, in memoria, former DBEDC employee John Mahony were all recognized alongside Kaplan Peck.
Kaplan Construction collaborated with DBEDC on the Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Center, the historic Pierce Building, and the Leyland Street senior living facility. In addition to partnering on these construction projects, Kaplan Peck and Kaplan Construction have provided financial support over the years.
Habitat for Humanity Awarded
Hartford, CT – Habitat for Humanity of North Central Connecticut (HFHNCC) has been selected as a winner in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2022 Housing Innovation Award Competition for the Affordable Homes category. The award was given in recognition of the organization’s certified Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) located on Forbes Street in East Hartford.
This is the second time the organization has been a Housing Innovation Award recipient. In 2020, HFHNCC was the Grand Prize winner of the Affordable Housing – Single-Family Detached category for its Roosevelt Street Home in Hartford, the organizations’ first Zero Energy Ready home.
“Two years ago, we had a goal to build a home that would make homeownership more sustainable and affordable for our clients,” said Karraine Moody, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of North Central Connecticut. “We achieved that goal, and since then, we have upheld a commitment to build all of our new homes to meet or exceed Zero Energy Ready requirements. This award validates that commitment and fuels our dedication to provide sustainable construction to everyone.”
Completed in March 2022, the Forbes Street house is a 1,600sf, 2-story home with four bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. It
Ben Adams of MaGrann Associates and Karraine Moody accepted the Housing Innovation Award.
features airtight construction, triple-pane windows, a ductless mini-split heat pump, ENERGY STAR certified appliances, and a heat pump water heater. The home also meets Indoor airPLUS and FORTIFIED Roof requirements, is EPA WaterSense and ENERGY STAR 3.1 certified and solar ready.
With a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) index of 34, the home is approximately 60-70% more energy efficient than a typical new home, saving the homeowners nearly $600 in annual energy costs.
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Windover Wins Autodesk AEC Award
Beverly, MA – Windover Construction announced it has won an Autodesk AEC Excellence Award. This is the company’s second time winning the international award for transforming construction with its use of leading-edge technology.
Windover won the “Accelerating Transformation” award from Autodesk for its groundbreaking use of technology on the Cabot Street YMCA affordable housing project in Beverly. Windover’s team accepted the award during the Autodesk Excellence Awards, part of the Autodesk University conference, in New Orleans on Sept. 27.
For the complex 44,000sf renovation and vertical expansion of the 100-yearold Cabot Street YMCA, Windover combined technology such as laser scanning, drone surveys, BIM, and 4D planning to mitigate risk and inform decision-making in real time. Through the project, the building was transformed to provide additional units of affordable housing for the community by expanding from 45 single-room occupancies to 67 studio apartments.
The project was also the first to use a pioneering construction solution: the prefabrication of telescopic fit-out studs, produced through collaboration between teams across the globe and leveraging the cutting-edge capabilities at the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston, where Windover is an Outsight Network resident developing tech-first solutions to transform the future of construction.
Windover collaborated with Autodesk, New Zealand-based cold-form steel machinery company Howick Ltd, and Canadian software company StrucSoft to utilize the adaptive industrial construction technique to fabricate telescopic panels for the Cabot Street YMCA from a digital model where they were then easily transported and adapted to fit the unique dimensions of the space.
BPDA Approves New Developments
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24 Drydock Avenue the adjacent Boston Ship Repair (BSR) business. This project will also improve the public realm by expanding sidewalks, upgrading landscaping, street lighting and access to new public open space, while continuing to support the needs of truck traffic in the RLFMP. The project will create a publicly accessible landscaped plaza. Building utilities will be located above ground to protect against sea level rise.
120 Bowdoin Street
The project at 120 Bowdoin Street in Dorchester will convert what is now vacant land into a new 5-story mixed-use building comprised of housing and retail space. The rent to lease the retail space will be subsidized. The building will contain 38 new units, seven of which will be income-restricted. In addition, the design of the building acknowledges the local context of triple decker residential buildings, and contributes to the urban fabric with an active ground floor with retail space, and a welcoming public entrance with a new shaded sidewalk path to the Geneva Cliffs. It will also include a solar roof, in support of sustainability goals.
65 Wareham Street
Preserving the existing facade of three buildings on Wareham Street in the South End, the 65 Wareham Street project will build new lab/office space, as well as retail space. The building will total five stories once completed. The street-level retail use will activate the Wareham Street side of the development. This project will improve the public realm by replacing all sidewalks on the easterly side of Plympton Street. In addition, the project will support parks, open space, and South End cultural programming with a $25,000 contribution.
