HIgh-Profile: MEP Supplement 2016

Annual MEP Supplement

March 2016

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M/E/P - Building Energy

N E W E N G L A N D FA C I L I T I E S D E V E L O P M E N T N E W S

2016

Maintaining a Clean Water Environment

by Patrick T. Hulton

Town of Putnam, CT pump station / courtesy of The Associated Construction Company / page 3

INDUSTRY EXPERT ARTICLES

Glenn Kingsbury

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Patrick T. Hulton

Also inside: PJ Kennedy Celebrates 90 Years!

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John C. Cannistraro Jr.

Michael Nicoloro

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Joan Fontaine

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Plus: News of people and companies that plan, design, install, and power mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems for New England Facilities.

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March 2016

Performance Guarantees and Flexible Financing for Energy Retrofit Projects Through NECA’s Energy Conservation and Performance Platform (ECAP)

by Glenn Kingsbury

Building owners planning energy retrofit projects have the bottom-line concern of improving their building’s energy performance; that is, lowering energy consumption and operating costs. Above all, they seek to have a performance guarantee of the energy savings the retrofit project will achieve. The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) has come up with an answer to their concerns. NECA’s Energy Conservation and Performance Platform (ECAP), is a program specially designed to provide NECA members and their clients with turnkey access surety and financing solutions for energy upgrade projects.

Commercial building energy retrofits can encompass upgrading various aspects

of a building’s systems to improve the facility’s energy performance and operating cost. Projects can include energy-efficient lighting upgrades, power and electrical distribution upgrades, renewable energy installations, HVAC building automation enhancements, data center upgrades, and more. Key considerations for the building owner in undertaking an energy retrofit project are, invariably, cost and performance guarantees.

The NECA ECAP program removes the obstacles associated with the implementation of planned energy retrofit projects by seamlessly integrating performance guarantees and flexible financing solutions into the project.

NECA ECAP allows owners to undertake energy conservation projects that come with performance guarantees and that will increase their building’s property value. And, the ECAP program eliminates the need to borrow or invest money and also eliminates engaging a third-party engineer.

So how does the NECA energy conservation and performance plan achieve this? The NECA ECAP’s project development work-flow streamlines the development process to align the project

sales, engineering, underwriting, and financing efforts.

The platform was successfully launched nationwide in 2014 and is currently being introduced by NECA contractors to their clients for commercial, educational, healthcare, and public facility retrofit projects throughout New England.

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tions for all emerging technologies that affect building performance, operating costs, and occupant productivity. And, NECA has been at the forefront of researching, developing, and initiating sustainable energy practices that make a real difference in property management costs.

Glenn Kingsbury is executive manager, NECA Boston Chapter.

ACEC to host “Academy Awards” Boston – The American Council of Engineers (ACEC) of Massachusetts will host its “Academy Awards of the engineering industry” to celebrate the year’s outstanding engineering achievements of its members. Hear about the best projects of 2016 and help to honor the firms and clients that created these projects.

Included with the Engineering Excellence Awards will be the Young Professional of the Year Award and the ACEC/MA Education Corporation Scholarship Award.

The event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel,

David Vivilecchia, 2015-2016 ACEC/MA president

Cambridge. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m.

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Maintaining a Clean Water Environment

by Patrick T. Hulton

In municipalities throughout New England, public concern for clean and healthy water environments is knocking heads with aging wastewater treatment infrastructure systems. As population densities increase, these systems, over 50 years old in some instances, have become ineffective or incapable of handling the increased flow of waste from residences and businesses into treatment facilities.

Failures often result in the backup and overflow of sewage into streets, recreational waterways, and sometimes even into homes, placing the public’s health and the overall water environment at risk.

Critical to the water treatment infrastructure are the many pump stations (also called lift stations) that house the centrifugal pumps designed to move waste from source to treatment facility via underground gravity pipelines. Proper functioning of these lift stations, with

their sophisticated control systems, is essential to monitoring and controlling the flow of waste and consequent preservation and maintenance of fragile water environments.

In growing, revitalized communities like Putnam, Conn., the local economy is heavily dependent upon the recreational use of its water resources, including the Quinebaug River, which courses through the town. The historic dam, waterfall, and lake in the downtown central business district is an attractive greenspace which draws numerous visitors to the town center on a daily basis. Realizing the importance of protecting this valuable natural asset, Putnam has undertaken a comprehensive program over the past seven years to upgrade the entire lift station system and attendant facilities.

The town of Putnam’s water program has been supported by the construction efforts of The Associated Construction Company of Hartford, Conn., which is nearing completion of its 11th pump station overhaul for Putnam. Associated’s services to the town began in 2010 with the construction of the $1.5 million wellfield and chemical treatment facility.

Working closely with the town manager and its public works director, as well as the design firm of Fuss & O’Neill out of

Town of Putnam, CT pump station / courtesy of The Associated Construction Company

Manchester, Conn., Associated helped to further advance Putnam’s wastewater management program at a significant cost savings to the town, performing the 11 lift station upgrades for a total cost just slightly in excess of $3 million — a small price to pay to insure protection against environmental degradation and to ensure preservation of the town of Putnam’s precious water resources.

Associated will soon be closing the book on the Putnam project, but it is not done constructing water system improvements which support good, clean environmental practices for Connecticut

towns and cities. The company has just completed construction of a new 4.3 million gallon water storage tank for the city of New Britain, and will soon be undertaking a major $850,000 upgrade to the town of Brooklyn’s lift station system in the spring of 2016. The company proudly continues to support Connecticut municipalities in their efforts to maintain clean water environments for their residents and guests.

Patrick T. Hulton is director of legal compliance at The Associated Construction Company in Hartford, Conn.

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March 2016

In Today’s Rising Tide of Construction, How to Avoid Getting Beached

by John C. Cannistraro Jr.

With a pipeline of $7 billion worth of projects currently scheduled to break ground, yielding 14 million sf of new development, there is no question that Boston is riding the wave of a construction boom. This work is more diverse than ever, including a reimagined TD Garden, luxury apartments and hotels, office skyscrapers, hospital and university expansions, and perhaps the first casino, which may be a destination in and of itself.

With a spotlight on Boston from investors all over the world, why is this the perfect opening for our industry to shine?

Times of plenty offer opportune moments to cultivate self-reflection, as that same tide will eventually recede and one must prepare for that inevitability.

At Cannistraro, we are growing a culture of continuous improvement at every level throughout the company. Our commitment to perpetually questioning how and why we do things a particular

way has driven us to start at the beginning: How do we conduct the preconstruction process? When analyzing multiple projects in various phases of design in an environment of impending deadlines, an all-inclusive price is often short-changed.

The old adage that “haste makes waste” is never truer than when bidding jobs.

There is no question that project delivery methods using early collaboration ensure optimal plans and thereby break trail in Lean construction. Unlike the past, which was driven by two-dimensional

Why have we historically accepted the promise of an inefficient construction process that discouraged discourse when discourse and collaboration have been shown to eliminate waste? drawings, today, the three-dimensional model requires that all steps of the schematic design and construction documents be developed concurrently. This process expedites delivery of coordinated drawings prior to the commencement of construction. Why have we historically accepted the promise of an inefficient construction process that discouraged discourse when

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discourse and collaboration have been shown to eliminate waste? Whereas Lean construction requires an upfront strategic investment in planning with all trade contractors at the table, its benefits are quickly measurable by an exponentially more efficient building process coupled with quantifiable cost savings. After all, for this fantastic building cycle to continue, we all need to sharpen our pencils.

When properly implemented, a Lean construction approach, project planning, prefabrication, and modularization clearly maximizes outcomes for everyone. The key to Lean practice is simple: early onboarding, creative thinking, and open

channels of communication within and between teams throughout the life of the project. At present, with construction trades and management staff approaching 100% employment, it is necessary, now more than ever, to realize efficiencies in order to accommodate increasing project capacity. With the cost of construction steadily rising, innovation is the only hedge to inflation.

As we strive to work productively for clients and each other, keep in mind that some day this wave will crash, and we need to be able to do more with less right now.

John Cannistraro Jr. is president of J.C. Cannistraro in Watertown, Mass.

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Education Is the Key Editors note: News and information about the Eastern Massachusetts plumbing industry can be found in a monthly newsletter, “The Pipeline,” published by “Massplumbers” Plumbers and Gasfitters local 12. The following is an excerpt from the January 2016 “Pipeline.”

We may be in the midst of winnowing candidates to nominate for president of the United States, but the presidency of the Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors Association Joe Cannistraro (formerly the PHCC of Greater Boston) was decided earlier this year [April 2015]. Members voted Joseph C. Cannistraro, the CFO of J.C. Cannistraro in Watertown, to head the organization’s executive board.

Cannistraro brings years of experience to the leadership role. He also brings an abiding interest in education and learning to the position. He plans to leverage the resources of the GBPCA and encourage other member contractors to take advantage of the organization’s educational opportunities.

Through its affiliation with the Mechanical Contractors Association of America and the Plumbing Contractors of America, the GBPCA offers training and best practice models in areas such as project management. Cannistraro is hopeful that by pursuing education and working together, GBPCA members can help themselves, help one another, and make the organization stronger.

He credits his parents, John Cannistraro Sr. and Rita, for nurturing his belief in the importance of education.

The fifth of seven children, Joe describes himself as the “well-adjusted middle child.” His father started a one-man plumbing shop in 1963 that, under his and his siblings’ leadership (three of his brothers work alongside him), has grown into the largest family-owned mechanical construction firm in New England.

Taking on a leadership position wasn’t a birthright according to Cannistraro.

“My father established conditions that we needed to fulfill.” School was a top priority. The GBPCA president wasn’t even sure he wanted to work in the family business or the plumbing industry.

For the full article and more visit: https://issuu.com/artofcom/docs/the_ pipeline_january_2016.

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NECA ’16 Boston Board of Directors

NECA 2016 Board of Directors: seated (l-r) Joseph Bodio, governor – LAN-TEL Communications; Joseph McCluskey Jr., president – E.G. Sawyer Company, Inc.; Michael McDonald, vice president – McDonald Electrical Corporation; William Weber, treasurer – Gaston Electrical Co., Inc. Standing (l-r): Kristen Gowin, assistant manager – NECA Boston Chapter; Alan Scharfe, secretary – John A. Penney Company, Inc.; Kathleen Guinee, director – Aetna Fire Alarm Service Co., Inc.; John McLaughlin, director – Sullivan & McLaughlin Companies; David Noon, director – J. & M. Brown Company; Glenn Kingsbury, executive manager – NECA Boston Chapter.

West Newton, MA – The Boston Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) confirmed its 2016 directors and officers at its annual chapter meeting in January. Joseph McCluskey Jr., of E.G. Sawyer Co., Inc. was elected to serve a two-year term as the chapter’s president.

Board members not pictured: Thomas Driscoll, director – E.S. Boulos Company; Paul Guarracino, director – J.M. Electrical Company, Inc.; Ronald Koning Jr., director – State Electric Corporation; John Quinci, director – Cruz Electric, Inc.; Gregory

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Somerville, MA – Select Development Corporation has partnered with Solect Energy of Hopkinton to install a 28 kW solar energy system on the roof of its Union Square location. The solar array is expected to cover up to 100% of the building’s annual electricity use in public and common areas.

In addition to the solar installation, Select Development has taken other measures to reduce its carbon footprint, including the installation of water-efficient plumbing fixtures, waterless urinals, and sustainable landscaping materials and methods. The company is currently evaluating solar opportunities for two existing properties and plans on incorporating solar energy sources in all new projects.

As a company focused on renovating historical buildings for the modern age, Select Development Corporation was looking for ways to improve the sustainability of its properties, in order to help reduce its carbon footprint. The company decided on doing so with a solar energy installation.

“Solar is an excellent way of supporting the environment and reducing a property’s operating costs, especially in urban settings where wind or geothermal energy sources are not always practical,” said Don Warner, president and founder of Select Development. “With solar energy, all you really need is a large unencumbered roof with direct sun exposure, not obstructed by taller buildings or trees.”

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March 2016

Patrick J. Kennedy & Sons, Inc. Celebrate 90 Years of Success

RECENT PROJECT PHOTOS 1] Essex Technical High School Danvers, Massachusetts Work performed: HVAC General Contractor: Gilbane Architect: Design Partnership (l-r) Patrick Kennedy, Paul Kennedy Sr., and Paul Kennedy Jr.

Patrick J. Kennedy & Sons, Inc., a family-owned, third-generation, full-service, union mechanical contracting firm with experience in plumbing, HVAC, and automatic temperature controls, recently celebrated its 90th anniversary.

Boston – Paul Kennedy Sr., with his son Paul Kennedy Jr. and nephew Patrick Kennedy, maintain the family tie that Paul Sr.’s father began 90 years ago. The company relocated from Boston’s South End to a much larger facility in Dorchester in 1992 and has since expanded with the opening of a new prefabrication facility just down the street in 2008.

Recent projects completed include plumbing and HVAC for the new University of Massachusetts Boston General Academic Building, HVAC for the Essex Agricultural & Technical High School, and plumbing for Mass Port’s Black Falcon Cruise Terminal.

The firm, presently 60-employees strong, is a proud member of Plumbers Local 12 and Pipefitters Local 537.

For nearly a century, the company has built a solid reputation for quality, performance, and integrity, by

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having an understanding of what must be done to deliver a successful project, while maintaining a long-term customer relationship, according to Paul Kennedy Sr., president of the firm.

“We pride ourselves in building lifelong relationships with our customers by offering what we believe is the very best service; we can do that because we are union,” said Kennedy. “Throughout the years, our family and staff have worked diligently to uphold the concept of customer satisfaction our father instilled in us. As we celebrate 90 years in business, we can proudly look back at past successes and look forward to continuing to deliver the outstanding level of service that is the hallmark of Patrick J. Kennedy & Sons, Inc.”

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UMass Lowell Aiken Street Lowell, Massachusetts Work performed: HVAC General contractor: Walsh Brothers Architect: ADD

3] Victor Apartments Boston, Massachusetts Work performed: Plumbing General contractor: Suffolk Construction Architect: ADD 4] Historic Renovation of Coddington Building Quincy, Massachusetts Work performed: HVAC & building automation General contractor: Nauset Construction Architect: Wessling Architects 5]

UMass Boston General Academic Building #1 Boston, Massachusetts Work performed: Plumbing & HVAC General contractor: Gilbane Architect: Wilson Architects

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Massport Consolidated Rental Car Facility East Boston, MA Work performed: Plumbing General contractor: Suffolk Construction Architect: Parsons Brinkerhoff

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Griffin Electric Wires FSU Hemenway Hall

Framingham State University, Hemenway Hall / photo by Ellenzweig Architects

Holliston, MA – Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. provided the onsite electrical installation work for the recently completed Hemenway Hall and Annex upgrade project at Framingham State University (FSU).

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Maintenance (DCAMM) authorized and oversaw the services of Barr & Barr, Inc., of Framingham, who served as the project’s construction manager; Ellenzweig Architects, of Cambridge, the project’s designer of record; and BR+A, of Watertown, the project’s electrical engineer.

Griffin Electric was responsible for removing the existing 1,000-amp service within Hemenway Hall and replacing it with 1,000-amp emergency power and 1,200-amp normal service, within new and existing panels located throughout the facility. Renovating the site lighting and fire alarm system within the existing structure, as well as providing new lighting and power to the six-level addition, was performed in phases, as the building remained occupied during construction.

Anticipating a LEED Silver designation, recycled and locally extracted materials were used throughout the construction, in addition to low-volatile organic compound (VOC) building products and low-mercury fluorescent lighting. Stormwater collection and the extensive utilization of natural daylight assisted in the promotion of renewable, clean energy at the facility.

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Taking Control of Energy Costs

by Michael Nicoloro and Joan Fontaine

Managing fluctuating energy costs is a fundamental challenge facing commercial real estate developers and owners.

Building owners and tenants need reliable access to stable, affordable sources of energy. The unpredictability of longterm availability and prices is a common source of worry for developers and real estate owners alike.

But they don’t have to remain hostage to the energy markets’ fluctuating prices and availability. They can take control of their power needs, producing their own power and meeting their thermal needs with independent energy districts.

Independent energy districts are relatively small (a half-acre or more) power plants that can be developed on a corporate campus or other development project.

They are sized to meet the specific energy needs of the development they serve and can be configured to operate on most fuel sources, including oil, natural gas, pro-

pane, and biofuels. They also provide a remarkable degree of flexibility, because if one fuel source experiences a spike in price or availability shortages, they can be reconfigured to burn a different fuel. Switching from oil to natural gas or propane, for example, can be staged seamlessly with dual-fuel boilers.

Independent energy districts must conform to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes as well as local, state, and, sometimes, federal regulations. They can be built in industrial settings as well as on office campuses. The authority having jurisdiction — typically the local fire department — determines what types of permits are required, but a municipality may also require other approvals. The approval and construction process typically takes 18 months to several years. The districts can generate as much energy as needed, depending on the amount of land and fuel available.

They can sell excess electrical capacity to others or back to the grid.

In 2009, natural gas prices plummeted below those of oil. Today, natural gas is the most attractive fuel for most companies because it combines affordability with availability and sustainability. Over the next generation, natural gas will serve as the essential “bridge fuel” that will help America transition from fossil fuels to renewables.

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Natural gas offers flexibility because it is available in several forms. The most common, of course, is pipeline gas. For companies with direct access to local gas distribution systems, pipeline natural gas can be the perfect fuel choice for an independent energy district. The gas is drawn directly from pipelines, which are typically provided by local utilities. The

9 insulated storage tanks, vaporization systems to convert the LNG back to a gas form so it can be burned, off-load pumps to transfer the LNG transport contents to storage tanks, and service pipes to convey the vaporized LNG from storage to the end-use equipment. CNG, on the other hand, requires a “mother” station where the CNG tube trailers can be loaded, a decompression — or “daughter” — station to warm gas during depressurization to the desired working pressure and a piping system to connect the daughter station to the rest of the apparatus and distribute the natural gas throughout the district.

The CNG Option

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primary drawback to relying on pipeline gas is that utility-provided fuel can be subject to all-too-frequent price spikes.

Where pipeline gas is not readily available or costs are not stable, independent energy districts can use other fuels. The two primary alternatives, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG), offer effective “portable pipeline” options.

In essence, they permit companies and institutions to create their own pipelines.

Utilizing LNG or CNG as a primary fuel source requires specific infrastructure. For instance, LNG requires

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Independent energy districts that use CNG rely on just-in-time delivery, meaning they require no onsite storage. Tube trailers are delivered as needed. This option is the least capital-intensive; the bulk of the cost is built into the cost of the natural gas. The capital investment required may involve converting boiler burners, setting up a tube trailer manifold offload area, and other incidentals. The area needed to accommodate this installation will depend on how many tube trailers will be needed to maintain a sustained supply to the enduse equipment. A two-bay trailer offload area would take up less than a half acre; capital costs could be as high as about $150,000. The high-density polyethylene tube trailer can hold a nominal 350,000 cubic feet (350 Mcf) of CNG. continued to page 10

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TFMoran Acquires N.H.- Based Firm Safety • Integrity • Longevity

Bedford, NH – TFMoran, Inc., a fullservice engineering firm with offices in Bedford and Portsmouth, announced the purchase of Auburn-based structural engineering firm Steffensen Engineering Associates, Inc. The acquisition began after Peter Steffensen, president and founder, announced his retirement late last year after more than 40 years as a structural engineer.

“We are proud to have Steffensen Engineering become part of TFMoran.

We are also happy to announce that Steffensen’s two project managers, Stephen Richard and Louis Cote, have joined our structural team and will continue to provide their long-term clients with excellent structural engineering

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services,” said Paul Sbacchi, PE, TFMoran’s chief structural engineer.

Richard and Cote have over 60 years of combined experience in the design of various building types, including educational, commercial, industrial, residential, multifamily, and renovation projects.

Denron Completes Upgrades Nashua, NH – Denron Plumbing and HVAC, LLC. of Manchester recently updated the boiler plant for Southern New Hampshire Health Systems’ behavioral health, immediate care, and rehabilitation facility at 29 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua.

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Boiler replacements

Independent energy districts using LNG need onsite storage and thus require a capital investment in storage tanks and associated equipment. Boiler conversions may also be required. LNG-fueled districts are better suited to larger energy consumers that require stored fuel as insurance to maintain continuity of service; they are less likely to suffer a break in service than CNG-fueled districts because of the onsite storage feature. Both CNG and LNG systems should have a secondary energy source as a backup. For example, an LNG facility with two vertical 18,000-gallon storage tanks would be equivalent to about 2,975 Mcf. For perspective, this would equate to about nine CNG tube trailers.

A two-tank LNG facility would require about a half-acre site; capital costs could be as high as about $1 million. Larger facilities could require 50 acres or more; capital costs also would be much higher.

Land requirements are dependent on storage needs and the facility’s proximity to property lines.

The Bottom Line

Creating an independent energy district

obviously requires a significant investment and commitment beyond the turnkey approach to purchasing energy offered by local utilities. However, while the creation of the necessary infrastructure can necessitate a substantial upfront capital expenditure, those costs can be recouped very quickly, in as little as a couple of years. Since independent energy districts are designed to operate for many years, they can deliver significant cost savings for an extended period.

Building owners can’t afford wild fluctuations in the price of the fuel they use to power and heat their facilities.

Unexpected interruptions to fuel supplies can also wreak havoc. By taking control of their own power and thermal needs with independent energy districts, developers and facility owners can eliminate energy uncertainty, assuring that they always have reliable and affordable access to the energy they need.

Mike Nicoloro, PE, is senior vice president of Energy Services at Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc. in Concord, N.H. Joan Fontaine, PE. is vice president of the firm.

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EASTERN NEW ENGLAND SETS ITS SITES ON QUALITY AND SAFETY IN ELECTRICAL AND TELECOM CONSTRUCTION. NECA and IBEW set the standard for excellence in electrical, telecom, and renewable energy projects throughout Eastern New England.

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Take a close look at just a few of the recently completed projects by NECA Greater Boston Chapter members. It will tell you where to turn for the highest standards in electrical, telecom, and renewable energy construction.

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IS YOUR WATER TREATMENT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE? • WATER TREATMENT: Chemicals, Equipment and Testing Services

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March 2016