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July 2021

July 2021 Focus:

Life Sciences and Awards

Operating beyond its useful life, the Gant Science Complex is undergoing a major, multi-phased renovation to meet UConn’s rise in student enrollment in STEM programs. / Full story page 23

INDUSTRY EXPERT ARTICLES:

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FEATURING AWARDS FROM...

Nauset Begins Construction on Mixed-use Development SMPS CT Holds Marketing Communications Awards BPDA Board Approves New Developments

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Brennan Continues Work on Science/Engineering Center EnviroVantage Restores B&M Caboose Groom Construction Awards First DEI Scholarship The New Bedford Port Society Complex Receives Paul & Niki Tsongas Award

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UConn’s Gant Science Complex Undergoes Multi-phase Renovation

A Conversation with RISE Together’s Herby Duverné

SMPS CT Holds Marketing Communications Awards

Barnes Building Management .........................50 BL Companies...................................................... 8 Boston Plasterers.................................................. 8 Brennan Consulting........................................... 35 BVH..................................................................... 20

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Life Sciences..............................................18

Connecticut Temperature Controls .................. 34

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Copley Wolff Design Group............................. 34

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Dacon................................................................. 15

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Multi-Residential...................................... 43 Education.................................................. 44 Restoration and Renovation.................... 45

Nauset Begins Construction on Mixed-use Development

BPDA Board Approves New Developments

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DPR.......................................................................13 Eastern States Insurance Agency, Inc.............. 32

Corporate................................................. 46 J.E.D.I........................................................ 47

Dimeo Construction Company......................... 25

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Publisher’s Message

We’re publishing ten groundbreakings this month. It’s exciting to see so many new developments coming to life in New England, after a year of challenges and many projects being put on hold. Check out the story on HMTX Industries’ world headquarters in Norwalk, Conn. on page 9. It is on track to be the first Living Building Challenge Petal certified project in the state of Connecticut.

In one month, we lost two esteemed leaders, each extremely talented and committed to his work: Blasdel Reardon and Mark Stebbins. Blasdel served as a mentor to my father and High-Profile founder, Michael Barnes. Both men will be missed. Read more about their contributions and impact on our industry on page 7. This month, we highlight the thriving life sciences sector. Firms like DPS Group are being asked to convert existing commercial spaces into cGMP Facilities. Vice President Eddie Skillington suggests using outdoor space “to house solvent tanks, bulk gasses, a chiller plant, or backup power generation” to save valuable internal square footage. That’s literally thinking outside the box. Turn to page 19 to read the article.

HMTX Industries world headquarters

Tis the season! Is it Christmas in July? Sort of. This month is our biannual focus on industry awards. The Connecticut Building Congress recently announced its 2021 Project Team Awards, honoring

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outstanding building projects that exemplify project team excellence and represent the best practices in teamwork by project owners, architects, engineers, constructors and trades. Check out the winners on page 38. I was thrilled to get to attend ABC NH/VT’s Spirit of Ethan Allen Evening Cruise on Lake Champlain on June 24. It was so nice to laugh, chat, and share a drink with colleagues in person once again, and enjoy a summer evening. Check out the feature on ABC NH/VT’s recent safety awards and graduation on page 28.

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Up-Front PROCON Remembers Mark Stebbins

Blasdel Reardon Passes Away at 85

Hooksett, NH – Architectural and construction management firm PROCON announced its chairman and CEO, Mark R. Stebbins, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on June 17. Stebbins grew up as a contractor’s son in the North End of Manchester, and worked in the summers for his father’s construction company. In 1979, he started working alongside his father at PROCON and began what would become a long career and lifelong passion for developing real estate.

Hingham, MA – Blasdel A. Reardon, 1997 president of the Massachusetts Building Congress (MBC), passed away on May 3 at 85 years old, after a courageous battle with leukemia.

Representatives of PROCON say Stebbins felt a deep need to give back to the community and that he was generous both financially and with his time and expertise, pushing nonprofits to think strategically, collaborate, and develop sustainable models. According to the firm, Stebbins grew PROCON to the largest design-build construction company in New Hampshire. He also worked alongside two of his children, John Stebbins and Jennifer

was a consummate networker who belonged to many organizations and left his indelible mark on many, adding that his gift was to include everyone in every conversation, bring newcomers into any group he was in, and mentor all to the benefits of a personal network. A funeral Mass was held at St. Paul Parish in Hingham on June 3.

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Thomas, as they joined the business in the last decade. Representatives of PROCON say Stebbins felt a deep need to give back to the community and that he was generous both financially and with his time and expertise, pushing nonprofits to think strategically, collaborate, and develop sustainable models. Together with his wife Sally Stebbins, he supported organizations helping children and families throughout New Hampshire and the arts in Portsmouth.

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Reardon was an active participant in the MBC organization for over 30 years. As the president of A. F. Underhill, Inc., he provided fire stopping and life safety services to many of the major construction projects in Greater Boston. Representatives of MBC say Reardon

Like Kathy Barnes, co-founder of High-Profile, Reardon was from Cincinnati. He was instrumental in introducing HP to the MBC membership and the construction industry. In the first issue of HighProfile Monthly, Reardon, then MBC president, offered his construction maxim: “Quality, Safety, Price: Choose any two.” I am grateful for his guidance. We will miss him. – Michael Barnes, co-founder of HP

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Londonderry, NH – FreudenbergNOK and The Granite Group officials were joined by business leaders for the groundbreaking ceremony of their 64,000sf facility in Londonderry. The warehouse addition will increase the overall size of the building to 305,624sf. Freudenberg-NOK will move into the new addition while The Granite Group will take over the existing square footage. The buildings are adjacent to the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport runway. Glenbervie selected Manchesterbased PROCON as the designer and construction manager for the project. “Our new expanded facility supports both Freudenberg-NOK and The Granite Group’s continued growth. They have been outstanding tenants for over 19 years and we are happy to continue our relationship,” said John Kane, partner of Glenbervie LLC. Freudenberg-NOK is a market and technology partner for demanding applications, including sealing technology and electro-mobility, and The Granite

Rendering of Freudenberg-NOK and The Granite Group’s expanded facility

Group distributes plumbing, heating, cooling, water and propane supplies to contractors and fuel dealers across New England. “We have been aggressively expanding our branch footprint through both organic growth and acquisitions. In the last five years we have grown from 29 to 46 locations and counting. We know this location truly is the heart of our organization and we are excited to invest in our team at Central Distribution to give them the space and resources needed to fuel our future growth,” said Bill Condron, president and CEO of The Granite Group. The building is expected to open for business in spring 2022.

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HMTX Industries Breaks Ground on World HQ

HMTX Industries world headquarters

Norwalk, CT – New materials flooring company HMTX Industries has broken ground on its new world headquarters in Norwalk. The four-story, 24,000sf project aims to directly address the growing issue of climate change. With a continued commitment to sustainability, the new HMTX Industries world headquarters is on track to become the first Living Building Challenge Petal Certified project in the state of Connecticut. HMTX Industries is also the first flooring company to pursue the Living Building Challenge. As a living building, the HMTX facility is intended to be largely self-sufficient while creating a positive impact on the people and natural

systems that surround it while producing zero carbon emissions. The HMTX building is designed to be energy positive with over 100% of the

HMTX Industries world headquarters

building’s power demand coming from onsite PV panels with an estimated 144,000 kWh/yr in solar power. It has a predicted energy use intensity (EUI) of 18 with ultra-efficient envelope and mechanical systems, a 60% reduction from baseline office buildings of the same size and location; passive cooling with operable windows and skylights; and natural daylighting by facade optimization and sunshade louvers. Water conservation features include a rainwater capture and reuse system with a 5,000-gallon storage tank to provide gray water for flush fixtures and utility uses; low-flow fixtures throughout the entire building; and three separate rain gardens

that treat storm water naturally and provide on-site retention and infiltration. Employee health and wellness has also been taken into consideration in the design, with natural daylighting in every space; the highest ventilation standards; and biophilic design features including a 1,700sf green roof with native flowers, shrubs and trees. Interior design and landscape will feature artwork by local and worldwide artists, and the ecologically conscious facility will also provide spaces for artists-in-residence design studios. Construction manager Shawmut Design and Construction is partnering with McLennan Design and its founder, Jason F. McLennan, on the project.

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Everett, MA – Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (Greystar) celebrated the groundbreaking of 85 Boston Street in Everett alongside Everett Mayor, Carlo DeMaria; State Senator Sal DiDomenico; State Representative Joseph McGonagle; and Alfred Wojciechowski, a principal with CBT Architects. The project is a joint venture between Greystar and Cigna Investment Management. Greystar will perform construction management for the project. The 5.9-acre site will be developed with 650 new apartments across two six-story buildings with 33 affordable on-site units. The groundbreaking sets the stage for the first building, The Mason, comprised of 330 rental units and on-site parking for approximately 400 cars.

Designed by CBT Architects, The Mason will activate the building’s streetscape for residents and neighbors. Approximately 5,000sf of retail plus a variety of amenity uses will line the building’s frontage along Vale Street, while a raised bike lane with a public bike share station, new sidewalks, and landscaping all contribute to the enhancement of the pedestrian thoroughfare. For building residents, on-site amenities include a courtyard with a pool and grilling stations, individual and collaborative spaces to support remote working, a fitness center with a studio room for classes, dining and lounge areas, a pet-friendly park, and a community room that can host private and public community events.

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Groundbreaking Held for Monogram Facility

Rendering of Monogram Foods’ facility (l-r) Chuck Reilly, VP of sales, Dacon; Sal Barba, project executive; Karl Schledwitz, CEO of Monogram Foods; Jim Fiorentini, Mayor of Haverhill; Kevin McCall, CEO of Paradigm Partners; Daryl Carter, director of architecture, Dacon; Kevin Quinn, CEO of Dacon

Haverhill, MA – Monogram Food Solutions, Paradigm Partners and Dacon recently broke ground on a new 135,000sf manufacturing and processing facility. A manufacturer of value-added food products, Monogram will be utilizing this facility for its sandwich product lines. To mark the event, collectively the Monogram Loves Kids Foundation, Paradigm Partners and Dacon’s Designed with Dignity philanthropy program donated $15,000 to Emmaus Incorporated. Begun as a grassroots shelter effort in the mid 1980s, Emmaus today is comprised

of 15 renovated historic homes offering permanent housing, temporary shelter, food, job counseling and life skills education. These funds support Emmaus’s efforts to defeat homelessness by helping 60 families move into their own homes during the upcoming year. Emmaus is the inaugural recipient of Dacon’s new Designed with Dignity philanthropy program, which highlights community organizations creating measurable change by matching client donations to local community projects. States Kevin Quinn, Dacon’s CEO,

“We couldn’t have asked for a more laudable community enterprise than Emmaus to launch Designed with Dignity. We believe that local organizations empower change and that positive change can transform the trajectory of a person’s life. Consistently, Emmaus has achieved this since their inception. Working at the intersection of activism, awareness and support, Designed with Dignity financially aids those brave enough to create long lasting change.”

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Procopio Breaks Ground on Mass. Developments

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Lynnfield, MA – The Procopio Companies (Procopio), a full-service construction, development, and advisory company, announced it has secured a $14 million construction loan from Salem Five Bank, and has broken ground at 635 Main Street in Wilmington. The transaction closed in late December 2020. Lume will include a new threestory, 74,000sf multifamily housing development with 39 apartment units, and an additional 10 townhomes. As a $20 million project, Lume is positioned to take advantage of Boston’s expanding life science cluster, just a short walk from the Wilmington MBTA train station, located on the Haverhill Line. OVER 25 YEARS

The development was designed by architecture firm DMS Design, and Procopio will serve as the construction management company for the project. Lume had a complex entitlement process that took over three years to complete, given its location directly abutting the active MBTA Haverhill Line railroad tracks. The Procopio Companies estimates Lume’s completion date to be fall 2022. Procopio also recently broken ground at The Somerset, a new luxury mixeduse development in the coastal city of Winthrop, just north of Boston. The development received a $7.7 million loan from North Shore Bank, secured in September 2020.

The Somerset / Rendering by Khalsa Design

The Somerset is a 22,000rsf boutique multifamily property with 29 residential units and 1,119sf of retail space on the ground level. The project was challenged by an extremely tight site, requiring zerolot-line construction in a busy central business district. Procopio will be the construction management team on the project, with Khalsa Design serving as the architect. The estimated completion date for The Somerset is July 2022. Procopio also announced the recent groundbreaking and financing of Mosaic, a mixed-use development at 37 Buffam Street in Lynn. The project received a $32 million construction loan from Berkshire Bank with the total cost of the property

Mosaic / Rendering by DMS Design

at $47 million. The transaction, involving the Boston-headquartered bank, closed in late January 2021. Mosaic is a six-story, 147,000sf mixeduse development with 146 units and a 3,500sf ground floor designated for retail and restaurant space. The project involved in-depth planning and coordination across multiple teams including construction management company Dellbrook|JKS and architecture firm DMS Design. Mosaic was a zero-lot-line urban site, and required The Procopio Companies to coordinate with three separate ownership groups to assemble the development parcel. Procopio estimates Mosaic’s completion date to be July 2022.

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Bowdoin Begins Work on Athletic Center

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Bradley Athletic Center / Rendering by Jones Architecture

Boston – Work is underway on the new Bradley Athletic Center at Boston Trinity Academy in Boston. School administration, members of the board of trustees, and local officials attended a ceremonial groundbreaking event held recently. When complete, the new 8,800sf facility will house a 4,200sf basketball court, along with bleachers, courtside seating, locker rooms, a prep kitchen, and office space. Additional exterior work involves the installation of new drainage utilities, curbed islands, site lighting, and paving in the parking lot area, along

with new sidewalks, fencing, and other landscaping improvements. At the event, Frank Guerra, headmaster of Boston Trinity Academy, said, “We are excited because the Bradley Athletic Center will not only be a facility for us to host games with students cheering and stomping their feet for our teams, but also because it will give us space for our authentic community to gather together in unity.” Construction manager Bowdoin Construction is working in concert with Jones Architecture to make this vision a reality.

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Boston – Officials from Fenway Sports Group Real Estate (FSGRE), a subsidiary of Fenway Sports Group (FSG), and the City of Boston joined representatives from Gilbane Building Company and D’Agostino, Izzo & Quirk Architects, Inc. on June 7 to celebrate the official topping out of the new 91,500sf MGM Music Hall at Fenway. Designed by D’Agostino, Izzo & Quirk Architects, Inc., the new, state-ofthe-art performing arts center is being constructed in the triangular lot on the corner of Lansdowne and Ipswich Streets. Once complete, the four-story venue will accommodate 5,000 patrons and play host to musical acts from around the

globe. In addition to hosting live shows and concerts, the new space will have a variety of uses and offer the opportunity to partner with local schools, colleges, and other neighborhood organizations to create an epicenter for the performing arts community. During the ceremony, attended by members of FSG ownership and City Councilor Kenzie Bok, a gold steel beam representing the venue’s naming rights sponsor, MGM, was signed by all attendees, including over 100 members of the project’s construction team. The new MGM Music Hall at Fenway is expected to be complete in fall of 2022.

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Elliot Hospital Expansion Breaks Ground

Members of the BOND Building project team (l-r): Donato Zullo, labor foreman; Bob Mischler, VP of operations, Eastern New England; Jerry Hammersley, senior superintendent; Sam Lorden, assistant project manager; Greg Hogg, safety team leader; Alex Follett, project manager; Kristen Carroll, virtual design & construction manager; Mike Walsh, VP of healthcare & life sciences; and Chris Fogg, VP of Integrated Services

Manchester, NH – BOND Building Construction, Inc. (BOND Building) has officially broken ground on an emergency department expansion project for Elliot Hospital in Manchester. The BOND Building project team and executives celebrated this milestone alongside elected officials, hospital leadership and other healthcare providers at a groundbreaking ceremony on June 18. Speakers included Joyce Craig, Mayor of Manchester; Dr. Greg Baxter, president of Elliot Health System; and Dr. Joseph Guarnaccia, medical director of the Emergency Department at Elliot Hospital. BOND Building will provide designbuild services for the 22,000sf project. The phased renovation and addition will include three new trauma bays, 32 private

rooms, four pediatric exam rooms, and six psychiatric evaluation rooms to treat the nearly 65,000 patients that visit Elliot’s emergency department every year. It will house acute treatment, circulation, nurse station and staff areas, reception and waiting, security, support space, and an X-ray machine. The project was originally slated to begin last year but delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The additional time gave the design-build team an opportunity to redesign the reception, waiting room and triage areas as well as add a rapid treatment area to the floorplan. The modifications will allow the hospital to isolate infectious patients, increase ventilation and air filtration systems, and add additional oxygen

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ports to care for an increased number of patients, making it better equipped to handle future pandemics. The designers for the project are e4H, Simon Design, Fuss & O’Neil and BR+A. The first phase, expected to be completed in February 2022,

will include construction of the new building and moving reception, triage, and rapid triages areas into it. Phase two will include moving the rest of the emergency department and services into the building. The full project is expected to be completed in early 2023.

Partnership Advances Senior Housing Toledo, OH – Welltower Inc. announced the formation of a new relationship with Monarch Communities, a vertically integrated senior living provider. Monarch develops, operates, design-builds (with its affiliate, PROCON) and owns senior living communities. Monarch is a new brand founded by industry veterans Michael Glynn, Ross Dingman, and Andrew Teeters, who have decades of senior living experience. This new relationship is focused on developing, re-developing, and managing next-generation integrated independent and assisted living communities. Welltower’s investment in Monarch will give Welltower exclusive access to Monarch’s expertise in developing and operating senior living communities in premium micro markets throughout the

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United States. The partnership is breaking ground this month on its inaugural senior housing development, Monarch Cooper’s Corner, located in New Rochelle, N.Y. Welltower and Monarch are also working together to reposition several Welltower communities in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.

PWC CT Awards Student Scholarships Hartford, CT – The Professional Women in Construction Connecticut Chapter (PWC CT) recently awarded $48,000 in student scholarships, along with a $5,000 donation to the Connecticut Chapter of the ACE Mentorship Program. Scholarship applicants must be currently enrolled in or entering into a two-year or four-year college undergraduate or graduate program to study a construction-related discipline. Recipients must be attending a college or university on a full-time basis and can reapply for the PWC CT scholarship each year of their schooling. PWC CT awarded the following students with individual $3,000 scholarships. • Ariana Chandarpal, Architecture, Roger Williams University • Micah Chen, Civil Engineering, Cornell University • Guadalupe Jeffers, Interior Design, University of New Haven • Caitlin Jenkins, Civil Engineering, University of Connecticut

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Lowell High School Celebrates Topping-off Boston – The City of Lowell, the Massachusetts School Building Authority, Lowell Public Schools faculty and students, and the community recently celebrated the topping-off of the gymnasium at the new Lowell High School. Lowell residents were invited to sign the structural beam hoisted in place in advance of the topping-off celebration. The gymnasium is part of a larger development effort, comprising a modernization and expansion for Lowell High School. The $343 million project is slated to be fully complete for the 20262027 academic year. The new school is not only the largest in the city’s history, it is also among the largest projects for the Massachusetts School Building Authority. The project

(l-r) Suffolk project manager, Pannha San Chung, and her daughters, Olivia and Vivian, took part in the public beam signing prior to the topping-off.

Representatives of the City of Lowell, the Massachusetts School Building Authority, Lowell Public Schools, and the project team gathered for the topping-off ceremony.

encompasses 622,777sf, comprising 388,262sf of renovated space and 234,515sf of new construction, including the gymnasium and Freshman Academy. Upon completion, Lowell High School will serve 3,520 students in grades 9-12. The design mines history – the school’s own as the nation’s first co-ed public high school, the city’s, and the site’s — to create a unique 21st-century learning environment that celebrates the future of K-12 education in Lowell. With the school sitting on the historic Merrimack Canal, the design leverages the idea of canals as “connectors” in order to enhance the educational experience through multiple lenses and reinforce the school’s civic presence within the community. The centerpiece of the design is a new

campus quad flanked by the new academic and gymnasium additions. This outdoor space creates a natural oasis visible from multiple spaces throughout the school and community, connects to the historic Merrimack Canal and Lucy Larcom Park (a part of the Lowell National Historic

Park), and helps create a street edge via a new pedestrian boulevard. The project’s construction manager is building contractor Suffolk; the owner’s project manager is Skanska USA Building, Inc.; and the architect is Perkins Eastman.

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Focus: Life Sciences Greater Boston’s Life Science Market: A Post-Covid Spotlight positions being created than people to fill them. To lure new employees, salary increases and innovative amenities like on-site childcare, grocery, pharmacy, and other concierge services are now being added to employment incentives.

by Jennifer Hamwey As we head into Q3 2021, Greater Boston real estate markets continue to shift while some economic trends remain steadfast, particularly in the life sciences. According to the Milken Institute, Massachusetts ranks No. 1 in the State Technology and Science Index where it has been since 2002, and Boston continues to outpace the nation in biotech and life sciences, with San Francisco and San Diego making up the remainder of the top three. Massachusetts has a well-funded university system, a highly skilled workforce, and a concentration of top hospitals. Because of innovative research programs and emerging technologies, local universities and hospitals bolster the region as a global leader. Post-Covid growth drivers include a federal emphasis on funding, reshoring manufacturing, rapid expansions of pharmaceutical production within the continental U.S., and Massachusetts tax benefits for construction, infrastructure and training. Funding and Labor

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of all venture capital in the U.S. in 2020, and with a 3% increase from last year, the National Institutes of Health budget for healthcare research to universities and institutions is forecasted to grow to $43 billion in FY 2021. While the Massachusetts Biopharma Funding report for 2020 showed the state experienced its best funding year of all time, financing in Boston’s biotech arena was staggering in Q1 2021, where more than half of all new capital raised in the city was attributed to this one sector and also broke records. Life science employment numbers are up 4.9% from 2020 and exceeding most sectors in growth. High demand and workforce acquisition and retention are staffing obstacles as there are more

Boston cranes pepper the skyline and robust construction downtown is partly due to new lab and conversion space while an additional 21 million sq. ft. of life science and R&D space has been approved inside the 128 corridor, almost doubling the square footage already in operation. Eight million square feet is already under construction or in conversion at this time and the remaining is slated for delivery by 2024. Because of Boston and Cambridge space limitations and strong absorption, expansion to inner suburbs and the corridors of 495, 128 and the Mass Pike are underway. Submarkets to watch include the Seaport, Somerville, Lexington, Watertown, Waltham, Dorchester, and Norwood. Vacant office complexes due to pandemic work-at-home arrangements, reevaluations by REITs, and biotech tenants seeking occupancy in short timelines

are fueling an office-to-lab reposition trend. Barriers to lab conversion include existing loading limitations, floor plate spacing, floor-to-floor heights, electrical and HVAC demands. New to programming trends are dedicated collaborative and flex space and outsourcing of both amenities management and facilities management. With a push from the Baker administration, biomanufacturing facilities may be the sleeper product for land development outside of 128 with Worcester, Marlborough, Framingham and Devens seeing activity. Manufacturing space within an hour of downtown is in demand with an already stressed inventory and e-commerce competing for similar specs. The cap for life science products in Greater Boston is on the move and some experts say there is no ceiling. Housing, e-commerce, finance, and other sectors will show increased activity as the region’s biopharma market is at the beginning of its journey. Sources: CBRE, JLL, MASSBIO, Federal Reserve, Milken Institute, BLS Times, Hunneman, NIH Jennifer Hamwey, PE is principal at PCS.

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Converting Existing Real Estate to cGMP Facilities

by Eddie Skillington In dense metropolitan areas like Greater Boston, undeveloped, appropriately zoned land for life sciences facilities with essential services and amenities nearby is becoming uncommon. Converting existing spaces to current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) facilities rather than “greenfield” construction is trending, with drivers including speed to market, cost, and location. DPS Group works with clients to evaluate existing properties against their unique program needs. We advise owners/ developers on preparing properties for life sciences and novel therapeutics uses in both single and multi-tenant buildings, and have designed state-of-the-art facilities that began as office buildings, call centers, warehouses, and even mail sorting facilities. Our experience lends itself well to the following discussion about emerging patterns in the conversion of commercial real estate to cGMP manufacturing facilities.

Building size, shape, layout, and division are significant considerations. While cGMP space is the heart of the facility, it is typically 20-30% of the building. Support spaces, office, labs, loading docks, mechanical, warehouse make up the balance. Personnel and materials flow throughout the facility is one of the key components to its success. The single-use platforms that are favored for novel therapies create challenges of space requirements for storage of necessary on-hand materials and waste generated. Outside space to house solvent tanks, bulk gasses, a chiller plant, or backup power generation is also a consideration to avoid using valuable internal square footage. Attention should be paid to geographical location. Access to highways, airports, public transport, parking, and amenities are all criteria to attract a workforce and sustain business operations. So what does the ideal building look like? Attributes include sufficient unobstructed floor to underside of structural steel height for manufacturing space. The height to add a walkable mezzanine or platform above cGMP space is highly desirable. Sufficient space for mechanical/HVAC, electrical, plumbing and fire protection services

to run above the clean space, with clean room equipment below, is preferable. Maintenance access from above enables servicing of components without contaminating the clean environment and leading to production downtime. A wide structural column space allows for more flexibility in designing cleanrooms and ease of use for modular pre-fabricated cleanroom solutions.

Converting property requires careful evaluation of existing utility capacity and recognizing potential infrastructure upgrades. Modifying existing HVAC systems needs careful planning; new rooftop equipment can require structural reinforcement to support the additional weight. The existing structural steel is rarely sufficient to support such equipment. Also to be considered are the power consumption of other mechanical systems needed to support the facility. Converting property requires careful evaluation of existing utility capacity and recognizing potential infrastructure upgrades. Modifying existing HVAC

systems needs careful planning; new rooftop equipment can require structural reinforcement to support the additional weight. The existing structural steel is rarely sufficient to support such equipment. Also to be considered are the power consumption of other mechanical systems needed to support the facility. Electrical upgrades can be lengthy and are almost always on the project’s critical path. Natural gas, sewer, water, waste treatment and data availability must also be accounted for. Often there is a rush into selecting a building before understanding program requirements. We experience greater success encouraging clients to model their process and massing needs first, then help them source the right facility to repurpose. Additionally, we help landlords jumpstart a facility by upgrading a property in a tenant agnostic fashion that will suit a variety of programs, often resulting in time and cost savings for occupants. Identifying and planning for a client’s needs ensures thoughtful planning and use of space in converted facilities. Eddie Skillington is vice president of business development at DPS Group.

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Eppendorf Completes Facility Expansion Rgenta Therapeutics Moves to Woburn

Enfield, CT – Dacon announced it has completed the expansion of Eppendorf’s manufacturing operations within the life science company’s Connecticut regional facility. Eppendorf’s competencies are focused in three key areas: liquid, sampling and cell handling. From basic lab applications to sophisticated molecular biology, Eppendorf acts as a partner supplying scientific instruments that ensure valid and complete research studies. Noted product innovations include the first spectral line photometer and semi-automated work station. This project is in response to new sales growth. The 10,000sf ISO-8 clean room will house injection molding operations

Woburn, MA – Rgenta Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing oral treatments for historically incurable diseases, has leased 5,400sf at TradeCenter 128 in Woburn, a business and technology campus managed by Cummings Properties. “Having outgrown our shared space in Cambridge, we were determined to find a convenient, high-value location that would support our continued evolution,” said Rgenta CEO and co-founder, Simon Xi, Ph.D. Rgenta’s team of small-molecule drug developers is currently focused on pioneering new medicines for cancers and neurological disorders. The new space is a Biosafety Level 2 facility and features a newly constructed cell-culture room, specialty gas distribution, and an expansive window line as well as new

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Entegris Expands Life Sciences Facilities product line currently used to produce and deliver vaccines worldwide. The company anticipates hiring nearly 200 additional employees with engineering and production experience throughout 2021 to support increased demand for its products. The expansion of Entegris’ biopro-

cessing facilities comes as the pharmaceutical sector increases demand for high-purity systems designed for freezing, transporting, storing, and thawing drug substances. In addition to COVID-19 vaccines, these solutions are also applicable in the production of other treatments and therapeutics.

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Billerica, MA – Entegris, Inc., a supplier of advanced materials and process solutions for the semiconductor and other high-technology industries, announced the expansion of its Life Sciences manufacturing facilities located in Billerica, Mass.; Bloomington, Minn.; and Logan, Utah. Entegris has also started development of its Life Sciences Technology Center, located at its headquarters in Billerica. The facility will be dedicated to providing

application testing, process development, and solution demonstration services for bioprocess technologies including freeze, thaw, and filtration applications. The expansions are part of Entegris’ capital expenditures plan to invest approximately $30 million in life sciences capacity and capabilities this year, in addition to the $10 million invested in 2020. The facilities will develop and manufacture bioprocessing assemblies, such as its Aramus critical fluid handling

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Hidden Features Future-proof an old Workhorse at UConn’s Gant Science Complex

by Alan Vanags You would be forgiven for thinking that UConn’s Gant Science Complex is a brand-new STEM building. For those in the know, however, the building, which has housed UConn’s science programs since the early 1970s, has undergone a remarkable transformation. What was a tired brick-clad workhorse will soon be a vibrant center for science teaching and research. Along with its notably modern design and new collaboration spaces, there are more than a few unseen features that have given the building its new life. As can often be the case when it comes to the MEP engineering components of such a comprehensive renovation, the best work often goes unnoticed, a sure sign of the project’s success and long-term viability. Built in the mid-1970s, the 285,000sf Gant Science Complex was home to departments of environmental and evolutionary biology, physiology and neurobiology, and physics for several

Operating beyond its useful life, the Gant Science Complex is undergoing a major, multi-phased renovation to meet UConn’s rise in student enrollment in STEM programs.

decades. The renovation of this campus landmark is part of Next Generation Connecticut, the 2013 initiative to expand educational opportunities, research, and innovation in the STEM disciplines at UConn. Providing MEP/FP & technology, as well as site/civil engineering consulting to Goody Clancy, principal architect, and

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arrive at optimal classroom standards. This required more robust MEP utilities support, including distributing electrical, technology and plumbing underfloor to each collaboration table, which required coordination with the furniture vendor to conceal and provide proper access to utilities. Meanwhile, the university’s data center, which is housed on the main floor of the building and serves as a critical nerve center for the whole of campus, had to remain undisturbed and online throughout. BVH designed all new services out to the site, separate

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from the existing locations. This allowed us to back feed the existing data center, taking only redundant portions off-line at a time and allowing for fully continuous operations. Additionally, we developed a separate step-by-step MEP drawing set dedicated specifically to the data center conversion process, giving the contractor a detailed plan for carrying out this complex execution and ensuring a seamless transition with no disruptions. MEP systems played an integral role in helping the building achieve its LEED Gold target. HVAC measures included energy recovery heat pipes for lab exhaust

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Labs, Labs, Labs: Higher Ed Role in Red-hot Demand

by Kevin Chronley Universities across New England are leveraging their legacy in STEM facilities more than ever for educational training and fundamental research to fulfill an emergent need for technical lab space. This shift is powered by relentless innovation and significant opportunities in biopharmaceuticals, healthcare, medical devices, and environmental and life sciences. The higher education sector plays an invaluable role in addressing the long-recognized top challenge in these technical fields: trained human capital. It is no coincidence that innovative, technology-driven business markets are co-locating and thriving in areas with major academic institutions. Developing these technical spaces on established and historic campuses comes with inherent challenges, particularly with utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and unique user requirements. Delivering on these requirements begins with understanding

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the research space needs of the end users. Academic labs typically focus on the following specializations: • Engineering, materials, and physics • Environmental sciences • Chemistry • Biology and medical device research • Clean room • Vivarium (animal care) • Biopharmaceutical – life sciences (gene therapy, RNA/DNA, process development) As designers and builders, we focus on understanding the unique requirements of each of these spaces to ultimately fulfill the science goals. A major part of this

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involves ensuring that the lab spaces are driven by suitable infrastructure systems: • Power requirements to support science and safety compliance. • Mechanical HVAC (separation strategies and air pressurization schemes). • Building management systems (BMS) for measuring, monitoring, and managing the research space. • Cleanable, wipeable surfaces (flooring, walls, ceilings, and lighting). • Wet and dry lab benches. • Biosafety and chemical hoods (exhaust ventilation and impacts to HVAC). • Laboratory gases (storage, distribution, and possible monitoring).

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The Future of Work: Ecosystems

by Kate Davis There is a great deal of chatter right now about the hybrid-remote workplace. Everyone just wants the answer and therein lies the problem. Hybrids don’t naturally occur. They occur only as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics. They require intention, necessity, humility, curiosity, experimentation and an innovative spirit. Our workplaces are no different. The beauty of hybrid work ecosystems is that they are inherently authentic and simple. Authenticity and simplicity, however, are not easy to achieve. Pre-pandemic, our desire to mitigate risk forced over reliance on trends and benchmarks, a sort of expected “Easy

Button” for workplace creating a false sense of security in the knowledge that someone, somewhere had done it before without catastrophic outcomes. This was always flawed logic because no two organizations have exactly the same mission, vision or values. If there are no benchmarks for where we find ourselves now then how do we forge a new path? Decouple Talent Value from Space

Pressure to reduce square footage has been driving the standard workplace metric of usable square feet per seat (usf/ seat) down dramatically over time with even executive level offices taking a hit and clocking in at a 16% reduction in the last decade. This push was always coming from the position of asking, “How can we spend less on real estate?” Great offices have been increasingly understood as having a role in attraction of talent and beacons of culture, but often fell short of truly expressing a company’s mission, vision and values. Usf/seat may have looked like efficiency, but it created a value-based equation that could never hope to quantify effectiveness.

A global crisis and more than a year of working from home has given talent the time to reprioritize and adjust not only to new ways of working, but reliance on new tools, expectations around increased responsibility, and autonomy. This acquired taste for independence requires asking the question from a different perspective: What do we need to support our single biggest investment, our talent? Growth in Infrastructure vs. Footprint

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building a strong, flexible infrastructure to support the changing nature of work over time? We don’t need more space. We need smarter space. Intentional Presence vs. Expected Presence

If we can work from anywhere, then where do we want to work? We will always need places that allow us to share knowledge, be inspired, generate ideas, and pool resources and perspective. There was never a rule that mandated all this and deep work had to happen in the same place, at the same time, Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Designing for talent aggregation, interaction and even a little friction provides a vital spark for creative knowledge work. Creating affordances for greater environmental control and choice can support effective conditions for focus and flow. An ecosystem that relies on policy, technology and contextual nuance of place can unlock the potential of our greatest asset: our people. Kate Davis is principal and director of commercial interiors at HKS.

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Community A Conversation with RISE Together’s Herby Duverné RISE Together is a minority-owned development firm bridging the communication gap, engaging with the community, and providing a connection between residents and businesses to foster significant growth and development opportunities in Boston. High-Profile did a virtual sit-down with RISE Together’s CEO, Herby Duverné, about the company’s mission to put communities first, give everyone a seat at the table, and promote value creation in Boston’s neighborhoods. High-Profile: Can you tell our readers a little bit about yourself? Herby Duverné: I came to the United States at 20 years old from Haiti without money and speaking no English. From there I worked my way up from a grocery store bagger and janitor, put myself through college and graduate school, and achieved success in the world of corporate security and emergency management. I obtained both my undergraduate and master’s degrees from Northeastern University. I have spent more time in Boston than any other place as a student, a business owner, entrepreneur, and developer. I was raised by a single mother who spent

HP: What would you say has been your biggest challenge in life, both personally and professionally, thus far? HD: Personally, my biggest challenge in life is seeing all the good that I could do and realizing that I am limited by time and sometimes resources. Professionally, my biggest challenge is making sense of the data in terms of where the economy will be in two to three years. Having the foresight to predict, especially in real estate, is key to success.

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the majority of her times working so she could provide for me and my sister, and I believe that I am a product of my community. My community played a large part in shaping the way I grew up and who I am today, and I want to be part of the transformation of some of Greater Boston’s communities.

HP: How does one go from studying criminal justice in college to becoming a real estate developer? HD: Ah. I have never been asked this question before. I am an entrepreneur and that means I am in the value creation business. When talking about building wealth, especially for Black and brown people, real estate is one that you can count on for a high level of success most of the time. Real estate and my work at RISE Together gives me an opportunity to see where I can create wealth throughout the community and with other people. HP: Can you tell us how RISE Together came to be?

HD: I founded RISE Together as a development and investment company. I approached longtime friends Jim Grossmann and Brian Anderson, veterans in the real estate industry, to partner with me to create RISE Together. HP: Your firm’s website reads, “Lifting all Boston communities through development.” How is RISE Together doing just that? HD: RISE Together is currently working on several projects locally, and our goal is to ensure those communities are not only reflected in the projects we are creating, but they are participants in the success. Our method proactively brings people together, giving everyone a seat at the table, and working as one toward a common cause: a thriving, diverse, and healthy neighborhood. HP: Can you share your firm’s mission? HD: We have found a lack of consideration and flexibility in the existing development process. What I mean by that is, we have found landowners many times would like to participate in the longer-term continued to page 43

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Focus: Awards ABC NH/VT Hosts Safety Awards and Graduation Concord, NH – The Associated Builders and Contractors of NH/VT (ABC) hosted a safety awards and graduation BBQ on June 10 to celebrate the 2021 Construction Safety Awards recipients and graduates of the Future Leaders in Construction and Construction Supervision Certificate programs. The event was also attended by New Hampshire governor, Christopher T. Sununu. “New Hampshire and Vermont are privileged to have so many contractors who infuse workplace safety on jobsites across the region,” said Josh Reap, president and CEO of ABC NH/VT. “Despite the pandemic, 2020 was one of the safest construction years on record.” Seventeen people graduated from ABC’s leadership and jobsite training programs in 2021. Individuals that go through ABC training often ascend into roles of greater leadership and responsibility within their respective companies.

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Sununu shared a message of optimism for the state’s rapid economy recovery, which is leading the region. Reap thanked the governor for listening to industry and being partner to keep construction essential and workers safe during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. “We were fortunate to continue working safely with the adoption of rigorous PPE requirements and to have a partner who listened to the industry, used data and science to develop COVID protocols. Because of that, New Hampshire construction workers could continue earning a living and meet the ongoing demand for more housing and infrastructure.”

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Universal Window Projects Earn Awards Marlborough, MA – Universal Window and Door, a manufacturer of custom window solutions for historic restoration and commercial construction projects, provided windows for three separate historic restoration projects that were honored with awards this spring, as well as an award from the Urban Land Institute late last year. All four projects involved historic structures that had been converted into affordable and market-rate housing. The renovation of the Cobbet Hill Apartments in Lynn, a 1930s-era school converted into an affordable 117-unit complex, earned the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award from Preservation Massachusetts; The Tyler, a vacant former school built in 1936 and transformed into 70 mixed-income apartments for seniors by the Winn Companies, was presented with a Merit Award recognizing “the rescue, re-use, or recycling of historic Connecticut places,” by Preservation Connecticut; and the Lofts at Cargill Falls Mill, the 1807 site of one of Connecticut’s first successful cotton mills converted into 82 residential rental units above commercial storefronts, was awarded first place in the Large Multi-Family/Mixed Use category by the Connecticut Building Congress (CBC).

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In late October of 2020, the Montgomery Mill Apartments in Windsor Locks, Conn., a historic, long-vacant mill building transformed into 160 units of mixed-income housing, was awarded the annual Urban Land Institute’s Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing award. The project had also earned a Merit Award from Preservation Connecticut in 2020. In recent years, projects for which Universal has supplied historic replica windows have earned multiple honors from historic preservation entities. Universal windows have also been installed in hundreds of projects that are listed with the National Register of Historic Places.

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Port Society Complex Receive Award New Bedford, MA – The New Bedford Port Society Complex (Seamen’s Bethel and Mariner’s Home) has been selected by Preservation Massachusetts to receive the 2021 Paul & Niki Tsongas Award for the preservation of the two buildings. Founded in 1830, the Port Society has served the needs of the maritime community for nearly two centuries and continues to do so, as new cenotaphs are added to the wall of the Bethel memorializing fishermen who are lost at sea. The Bethel is still used today for weddings, funerals, baptisms, and community celebrations. The Mariner’s Home has been adaptively restored for museum exhibit space and office leasing. Since 2010, the Port Society has been working with preservation architect, JM Booth Associates, to restore these two historic buildings. In 2017, after a year of intense fund raising, the major restoration and transformation of the buildings began. Designs were created and approved by both the Massachusetts Historical Commission and the National Park Services. A new fully accessible addition connecting the two buildings with new elevator and lobby were designed and

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Landry/French won Overall Project of the Year in the 2021 Build Maine Awards Competition.

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constructed. The transformation was completed in 2018 and the buildings began their new life as both a nondenominational chapel and a museum. After almost a decade of preservation work, the project is considered the showcase of the New Bedford Whaling Historical National Park by the National Park Service.

Scarborough, ME – Landry/French Construction received Overall Project of the Year in the 2021 Build Maine Awards Competition for Abbott Laboratory’s Westbrook facility. Sponsored by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Maine, the award was presented at AGC’s annual event at the Portland Sheraton at Sable Oaks on May 12. This is Landry/French’s fourth AGC Build Maine award. Landry/French received the top award for the lighting-speed renovation of a 145,000sf Olympia Sports Distribution Center into manufacturing space so that Abbott could ramp up its production of COVID-19 test kits. In a record 60 days, Landry/French renovated 50,000sf, with nearly 30,000 additional square feet

completed 30 days later. The project was designed by SMRT and construction included over 200 subcontractors on the busiest days. The unprecedented urgency of the project required co-locating team members on site, including the architects and engineers. Despite the fast-track nature of the project during a pandemic, the project was delivered as promised and with 306,000 work hours with zero lost time accidents. The project received the award based on the five categories: contribution to community, innovation in construction techniques or materials, meeting the challenges of a difficult job, environmental sensitivity, and responsiveness to client needs/satisfaction.

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Worcester, MA – The annual Worcester Chamber of Commerce Business Awards ceremony was held on May 20. The Menkiti Group, a minorityowned Certified Business Enterprise, was among the award recipients for both 6 Chatham Street and 401-405 Main Street in Worcester. Both properties received the Silver Hammer Award, given by the chamber each year to acknowledge construction or rehabilitation projects that provide an extraordinary impact on the physical landscape and assist in revitalizing the community. The property at 6 Chatham Street, also known as Chatham Lofts, is a collection of 24 luxury apartments in the heart of the theater district that highlight the building’s unique architectural features. The buildings at 401-405 Main Street have served as a home for generations of downtown Worcester businesses over the past 167 years.

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The Menkiti Group set out to reconstruct both landmarks by paying respect to the architectural details of the original structure. The goal is to restore

the properties to their former splendor and breathe new life into the halls. Haynes Group managed the renovation of 401-405 Main Street. The team upgraded core building systems, constructed a new exterior storefront, and restored the historic facade. Detailed restoration of brick masonry, stone, wood, and cast-iron facade elements was accomplished by Raymond James Restoration with the guidance of architect Greg O’Connor. “We are grateful for the meticulous restoration completed by local artisans Gregory J. O’Connor Associates Architects, Elton + Hampton Architects, Raymond James Restoration, Haynes Group, and R.P. Masiello who collectively breathed new life into the structures,” said Mark Rengel, vice president of development at The Menkiti Group.

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operations were powered by renewables, enabled by Schneider’s own technologies and leveraging renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). By placing sustainability at the heart of its current supply chain strategy, known as the STRIVE (2021-2023) program, Schneider plans to have 70 net-zero carbon Plants and Distribution Centers by 2025 and progressively pursue further energy and carbon efficiencies across all of its manufacturing and warehousing facilities. In January 2021, Schneider was also recognized by Corporate Knights as the most sustainable corporation in the world and in May, Schneider ranked fourth in the Top 25 Corporate Supply Chains ranking by Gartner.

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SMPS CT Holds Marketing Communications Awards Farmington, CT – On May 12, SMPS CT honored local AEC professional service firms and marketers at its bi-annual Marketing Communications Golden Gala Awards ceremony. The virtual event recognized excellence in marketing communications by professional services firms and dedicated SMPS marketers for their exemplary marketing projects, campaigns, and materials. Cathy DeFrances-Vittorio, director of business development for Fuss & O’Neill, and Keith Claytor, owner and photographer of TimeFrozen Photography, served as emcees. BL Companies won in the Crisis Management and Communication category and the Best Internal Newsletter category. BVH Integrated Services took the Video category; Elements won the Corporate Identity/Rebranding category; and Flow Tech, Inc. won the Special Event category. Lane Construction Corporation was honored in the Judges’ Choice and Social Media – Basic categories. Best Website went to QA+M Architects. The People’s Choice Award was a tie between BL Companies’ “The Owners’ Manual Newsletter” and Flow Tech, Inc.’s “You can BARLEY tell it’s work! The 6th Annual Flowtoberfest.”

The event also recognized three marketing and business development professionals with professional achievement awards. SMPS’s most prestigious award, the James Bancroft Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented to Bernice Rios Bako, FSMPS, SMPS president-elect. A member of SMPS for over 25 years, Bako has held several positions within the organization, most notably as president of SMPS CT when the chapter was awarded the 2002 National Striving for Excellence Grand Prize.

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This year’s Grace Waldvogel Member of the Year award honored Carly Olson for going above and beyond for the chapter as the 2020-2021 co-chair of SMPS CT’s Education Committee. The Trail Blazer Award was presented to Julia DeFrances, chapter treasurer and a member of the newly created Education Committee.

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Celebrating the Construction Institute’s 2021 Champions of Change by the CI Editorial Committee In the world of design and construction, teams matter. No one can construct a building alone. You need skilled partners from multiple professions for every aspect of the job – from design and engineering to construction to creating beautiful interiors, to ensuring that functional elements like heating and electricity are properly designed and installed. What’s the conclusion? That effective teams require diverse viewpoints and skills to thrive. That is one of the principles underlying conversations about diversity and inclusion. And the statistics back it up. For example, a recent report revealed that gender-diverse companies are 25% more likely to achieve aboveaverage profitability compared to less diverse organizations. Women remain underrepresented in the design and construction industry. Without doubt change is happening and we expect that change will accelerate as we expect new construction industry jobs to balloon by almost 2 million in 2022. Each year, the Construction Institute

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Gaglio, Sr., founder and president of Viking Construction, Inc. and Rachel Palisin, director and owner of Hoffmann Architects, Inc. Gaglio followed in his grandfather’s footsteps learning craftmanship and values that led to the creation of Viking Construction. Since the earliest days of the company, he has purposefully looked to hire women in leadership roles, from Viking’s CAO, who has helped guide the growth of the company for 30 years, to the management team that runs the office, to the field, where one of Viking’s most experienced construction managers is a woman. Gaglio continues to encourage the next generation of young men and women through the Viking Scholarship Program. He wants to encourage women to join the vast construction industry and play a role in creating the buildings and structures in our communities. Hoffmann Architects specializes in the rehabilitation of building exteriors. As director of Hoffmann Architects’ Virginia office, Palisin is only the second woman in the firm’s 44-year history to head an office. She began in the New York office, where she was instrumental in hiring multiple women for the team, and she continued to make herself available for support as these new hires adjusted to the

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Sasaki’s work on the 798 Arts District emphasizes the arts as a central theme; retains the essential qualities of the historic industrial aesthetic; develops strategies to make the district more visible and connected to the city; and encourages a wide variety of arts-related and contemporary uses to ensure a vibrant and dynamic district.

Boston – Sasaki, a global design firm with offices in Boston, Denver, and Shanghai, announced that one of the firm’s projects, the 798 Arts District in Beijing, China, has won a 2021 Asia Pacific Urban Land Institute (ULI) Excellence Award, with two additional Sasaki projects named as finalists: Xuhui Runway Park China, and Jiading Central Park, both in Shanghai.

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CBC Announces 2021 Project Team Awards Rocky Hill, CT – The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) honors outstanding building projects that exemplify project team excellence and represent the best practices in teamwork by project owners, architects, engineers, constructors and trades. Each year, the CBC recognizes projects whose team members have met or surpassed goals and achieved higher project quality through this close collaboration. The following are this year’s project team awards:

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FIRST PLACE: St. Michael Church in Pawcatuck, Conn.; Submitted by Petra Construction Corp.

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FIRST PLACE: Westport Weston Family Y (Phase 2) in Westport, Conn.; Submitted by Turner Construction Company MERIT AWARD: Connecticut State Office Building in Hartford, Conn.; Submitted by Gilbane Building Company

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FIRST PLACE: Indian Spring Pond Dam Water Transmission Main Replacement in Greenwich, Conn.; Submitted by Luchs Consulting Engineers Commercial/Industrial (small)

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FIRST PLACE: Fair Haven Community Health Clinic in New Haven, Conn.; Submitted by NDC Commercial Construction

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FIRST PLACE: University of New Haven Bergami Center for Science, Technology & Innovation, Buckman Hall and Associated Infrastructure in West Haven, Conn.; Submitted by BVH Integrated Services K-12 Schools (large)

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FIRST PLACE: Rehabilitation of Bridge 00196, I-95 Over Route 1 in Norwich, Conn.; Submitted by O&G Industries

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Mixed-Use Nauset Begins Construction on Mixed-use Development the residential portion consists of 50 apartments with all-electric appliances and a unit mix of 15 one-bedrooms, 33 two-bedrooms and 2 three-bedrooms. All units in the building are age-restricted (One resident in each unit must be 55 years or older.), and 20% of the units (10 total) will be available to households earning at or below 50% of Area Median Income. Over 2,000sf of tenant amenity space will be located on the building’s ground floor, including a reception lounge featuring a common area with flexible 1180 Boylston Street / Rendering by CBT Architects

Brookline, MA – Demolition is complete and foundation work is underway as Nauset Construction begins the transformation of the site of a former gas station into 50 luxury apartments above 6,500sf of ground floor retail space for owner Chestnut Hill Investments, LLC. Located at the corner of Boylston Street (Route 9) and Hammond Street, 1180 Boylston Street will be an upscale, transit-oriented, walkable residential community for residents aged 55 and older.

seating options, a fireplace and access to the building mailroom and management office, as well as a clubhouse room with a fireplace, large screen, wet bar and space available for private functions. The project presents multiple challenges, including implementing hydrostatic design provisions such as rock anchors due to the high water table and removal of ledge to allow for the installation of a complex foundation system comprised of both mini-piles and pipe piles providing structural support for the new mixed-use building.

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Designed by CBT Architects, the six-story wood-frame structure will be constructed over a steel podium concrete slab on deck with two levels of below grade parking for 70 vehicles. The building, curved at the corner where Hammond and Boylston Streets intersect, will feature a metallic panel exterior facade with various finishes and custom colors. The ground floor will be adorned with Thermory real wood cladding. Designed with sustainability in mind,

RISE Together Gets Approval for Projects Boston – RISE Together, a minorityowned and community-oriented development company in Boston, announced it has received Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board approval for a residential project located at 7-11 Curtis Street in East Boston. The 33,512sf development will remove a dated structure and replace it will two new buildings and 17 spaces of below grade parking. The residential community will include 29 units, four of which will be income restricted. As part of RISE Together’s mission, the team will be working with local organizations and investing back in the East Boston community. The team has committed $30,000 to the area surrounding the McLean Playground, improving the pedestrian experience near the MBTA Wood Island Station. The funds will also contribute to street infrastructure improvements. The project is sustainably conscious, with a commitment to LEED standards in both design and construction. The team includes local architect Jonathan Garland Enterprises, a 100% Minority Business Enterprise certified company, and long time East Boston residents, Seth Williams and Michael Burri. RISE Together also announced

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Marr Scaffolding Company’s Scaffold Division is installing over 1,300 linear feet of sectional scaffold at Buildings 1400 and 700 at One Kendall Square.

86 Essex Street / Photo courtesy of Fishbrook Design Studio

the approval of a residential project in downtown Haverhill, Mass. Located at 86 Essex Street, the project will restore the exterior of a 7-story industrial building in the downtown area, and renovate the interior to create a new residential community for the city. The proposed mixed-use project is consistent with the building stock and reuse of mill structures in the surrounding neighborhood and represents the opportunity to have an infill mixed use project that will serve to bring additional stability to the area by improving conditions and property values. The development will encompass 42 residential units and ground floor commercial space. The project team also includes architect Fishbrook Design Studio.

Cambridge, MA – Located in the heart of Kendall Square in Cambridge, One Kendall Square is a mixed-use campus with lab, office and retail space that spans 676,000sf. Since May, Marr Scaffolding Company’s (MSC) Scaffold Division has been installing scaffolding at two locations – Building 1400 (The Genzyme Building) and Building 700 – for general contractor Wise Construction, Winchester. Over the next six months, 900 linear feet of sectional scaffold at 74 feet high will be erected at Building 1400, while 400 linear feet of sectional scaffold built to a height of 80 feet will be erected at Building 700. Due to the volume of scaffold product to be erected, a daily crew of up to 10 Marr scaffolders has been working in phases to install 200 linear feet at a time. As maintenance work on the facade is completed, crews dismantle and reinstall the scaffold, leapfrogging 100 feet to the next section. Debris netting has been installed alongside the scaffolding. Throughout the project, Marr has worked carefully around numerous duct towers to provide full access to the facade of both buildings. At Building 1400, Marr has installed a sidewalk brow to provide

Marr installed a sidewalk brow at Building 1400 to provide overhead protection for pedestrian traffic on Binney Street.

overhead protection for pedestrian traffic, and has accommodated a high volume of vehicular traffic on busy Binney Street. At Building 600, overhead protection has also been built to protect a 30-foot-long AC unit and 30-foot-long main transformer at ground level. Going forward, Marr will install scaffolding on a small portion of the front facade at Building 600 at One Kendall Square.

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BPDA Board Approves New Developments Boston – The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) board recently approved five new development projects that will create 58 residential units. A minimum of 15 units will be designated income-restricted. The approved new development projects represent 668,978sf and will support 461 construction jobs and 479 direct jobs.

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Faulkner Hospital’s inpatient addition and campus improvements

The approval of the Institutional Master Plan for Faulkner Hospital allows the hospital’s addition and campus improvements to move forward, including the inpatient addition consisting of approximately 98,000sf with 78 new inpatient beds, added parking, significant transit improvements and new bicycle facilities along Centre Street. The project at 80-110 West Broadway will convert the ground floor of the

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existing 4-story building into a smaller restaurant/cafe space, while preserving the outer facade of the building. The remainder of the site will be redeveloped with a new 5-story mixed-use building. The new building totals 87,000sf. The entire site comprises 12 adjacent parcels

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and is made up of 21,700sf. Located in the Bay Village neighborhood, 25 Isabella Street will revitalize the vacant Our Lady of Victories Church to turn it into a multifamily homeownership development that will include 18 residential units, two of which will be income-restricted, 21 garaged parking spots, a bike room, and improvements to the surrounding sidewalks, landscaping, and open space. The overall building totals 39,785sf. The 4198-4206 Washington Street project would create a new 5-story mixeduse building, including 31 residential units, as well as retail space and space for a community theater. At least 13 of the 31 units will be income-restricted. Located in Charlestown’s Thompson Square, 1-2 Thompson Square will

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demolish the one-story addition on the west side of the Charlestown Savings Bank building and construct an approximately 23,826sf, five story, “L” shaped addition to the existing building that will include residential ownership units.

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Driftway Place Begins Construction

July 2021

Malden Approves Mixed-Use Project

Gensler’s concept design for 11 Dartmouth Street

Construction is underway at The Residences at Driftway Place mixed-use development in Scituate.

Scituate, MA – New England construction management firm, Dellbrook|JKS, has begun construction at the Residences at Driftway Place alongside architect Cube 3 studio and owner The Drew Company. The new 110,000sf mixed-use project, located near the MBTA Greenbush station, consists of six buildings, five of which include podium construction with 160 parking spaces (exclusive of MBTA parking). Phased construction includes four,

3-story residential buildings with 78 units, a 3-story mixed-use building, and a 8,914sf single story retail building. The residential units are evenly split between one and two bedrooms and include 11 affordable units. New utilities will be installed throughout the site to support the new infrastructure and will be LEED Silver certifiable. This is Dellbrook|JKS’ fourth transit-oriented community situated near the MBTA commuter rail.

Malden, MA – Quaker Lane Capital, a real estate development, investment, and advisory services company and certified minority business enterprise, along with Turnbridge Equities, a vertically integrated real estate investment firm, announced they have received Special Permit approval from Malden’s City Council for their newest project, 11 Dartmouth Street. In 2019, Quaker Lane and Turnbridge Equities acquired both the 11 Dartmouth Street property and parcel along with 21 Pleasant Street, also known as the Granada Building, in the city of Malden, a designated Massachusetts gateway city. Located in an opportunity zone, the partnership envisions the 11 Dartmouth Street property as an ideal location for a Class A, mixed-use property with potential for life sciences in the core of the

city’s central business district, just steps to a multi-modal subway, commuter rail, and bus hub within minutes to Downtown Boston and Cambridge. Quaker Lane enlisted Gensler as the architect to provide the concept design for the 9-story project which is slated to be Malden Center’s first LEED-certified office building targeted at innovation-driven tenants, including public and private sector organizations as well as entrepreneurial and research and development focused firms. Influenced by community feedback, Quaker Lane decreased the building 25% from its original proposed height, while also increasing parking significantly for a total of 145 spaces. The estimated completion date for 11 Dartmouth Street is as early as 2023.

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Multi-Residential Dellbrook|JKS Completes VIVA Lakeshore

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Bridgewater, MA – New England construction management firm, Dellbrook|JKS, alongside the Claremont Companies and CUBE 3 studios, has completed construction at VIVA Lakeshore. The 400,000sf project included

slab on grade new construction of 300 units across two, 5-story wood framed buildings with a combination Nichiha/ Hardie siding facade and satellite garage parking for 60 vehicles. VIVA Lakeshore has a mix of

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value creation that comes with land redevelopment. The current development process is built around a sale of that asset that generates a one-time revenue event. At RISE Together we approach these sellers and are flexible enough to allow them to contribute all or some part of this asset and stay in the entire development deal. This replaces their old income with a steadier source of income and in many cases increases the income. We also work with the seller to find job placement for their current employees in either the development or elsewhere. It’s a more

holistic, inclusive, and flexible approach to real estate development that shares in the value creation. HP: If you could share one piece advice for a young professional entering this industry, what would that be? HD: I will say, without a doubt, it is to pick a mentor and a sponsor. A mentor is someone who can teach you what you need to know. A sponsor is someone who can open doors for you. Success in real estate has a lot to do with genuine relationships.

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a diverse range of lab spaces for a local Ivy League university that include: • Specialized Equipment for Engineering and Physics – Air cannon (materials testing) – Non-ferrous lab (materials isolation and testing) – Physics experimentalist lab (equipment testing and development) – Helium recovery (collection and gathering of waste gases for environmental recovery and reuse) • Biomolecular Sciences – Bio-safety level 1 & 2 labs – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) imaging – Redundant and reliable power and HVAC systems

• Animal Care Facilities – Baby and canine behavioral – Free-range primate behavioral and testing facilities – Tissue culture – I nnovative and best in class AAALAC facilities • Plants and Biology • CAR – vehicle and materials New England is globally renown as an educational hub that drives innovation in life sciences, healthcare, material sciences, and beyond. The fuel for this innovative business engine is trained human capital, and the facilities that incubate the innovation are these labs. Kevin Chronley is vice president of A/Z Corporation.

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studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom options with apartment amenities that include in-unit washer/dryers, central air conditioning, hardwood floors, and patios or balconies. Community amenities include a resort-style and youth pool, a 24hour fitness center, recreation room, playground, theatre room, business

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center, bike storage and repair center, outdoor grilling and dining, co-working spaces, and 10,000sf of landscaped open activity areas. Located between routes 24 and 495, VIVA Lakeshore is also in proximity to the Wrentham Outlets and Patriot Place, and is 15 minutes away from the Bridgewater Commuter Rail Station.

NHPF Acquires Funding for Housing New Haven, CT – The NHP Foundation (NHPF), in collaboration with the City of New Haven and WRSHIP, announces the acquisition of funding to create a townhome development containing 56 rental apartments along with a clubhouse community center, coffee shop/bakery, interior parking, playground, and a community gazebo in a neighborhood with nearby public transportation, grocery and other retail, schools, recreational areas and daycare. The New Haven United Nations International Peace Garden is adjacent to the new housing and shall remain onsite. The MLK Boulevard/Tyler Street Family Housing development, located in the West River neighborhood and consisting of rental townhomes, is designed to serve households earning 30%, 50%, and 60% AMI and also contains market rate rental units to create a mixed-income community. The proposed development has been designed to achieve certification with Passive House Design standards for energy efficiency and conservation of resources. WRSHIP, incorporated in 2001, is the

New Haven “SHIP” (self-help investment plan) of a national movement active since the 1960s and organized by AfricanAmericans, who pooled resources to undertake development in their communities, not having been able to gain access to capital through traditional banks and financiers. “The project represents the first new housing to be constructed on a vast stretch of land in New Haven that has been vacant for over four decades,” said Anthony Dawson, president of WRSHIP. “It is also a major step for the inclusion of New Haven’s African American community in major economic endeavors.” The project was made possible via NHPF’s Affiliate Program which provides expertise to mission aligned affordable housing developers/owners and municipal and community organizations in need of resources to renovate existing assets or to develop new properties. NHPF has developed 13 affordable housing communities via the Affiliate Program, with the New Haven development becoming its first in Connecticut.

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July 2021

Education Gilbane Selected as CMR for School Project

Wakefield, MA – Superintendent David DiBarri and the Northeast Metro Tech (NEMT) Building Committee announced that Gilbane Building Company has been hired as the construction manager at-risk (CMR) for NEMT’s new school project. Designed by architect Drummey Rosane Anderson with PMA Consultants

Northeast Metro Tech rendering

serving as the owner’s project manager, the new school will allow NEMT to grow its enrollment from 1,270 students to 1,600, a 26% increase. The increase in available seats is expected to dramatically shorten the district’s annual waitlist, which on average totals approximately 400 students. The district is wrapping up the schematic design phase, through which details of the design and cost estimates are being finalized. The Schematic Design Report is slated to be submitted to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), a state agency that supports the funding of capital improvement projects in the Commonwealth’s public schools,

for consideration in July. The building project is estimated to cost $317.5 million, and the MSBA will contribute between $110-1,140 million in grant funding to support the project, a total which will be finalized in August. Northeast’s 12 sending communities will be responsible for the remainder of the project costs. Tax impact information for all 12 communities will be available this summer, and voters will have the opportunity to vote on the project this fall. The new NEMT High School will address the current facility’s outdated building systems, including ADA accessibility and code compliance upgrades, in addition to overcrowding.

The new school will feature 21st-century learning environments, improved Individualized Education Program (IEP) accommodations, state-of-the-art shop space, expanded program offerings, a new primary access roadway from Farm Street to reduce traffic congestion, a fullsize gym, a 750-seat auditorium, outdoor space for learning, and a new cafeteria. With a focus on sustainability, the project is targeting LEED Silver+ certification with energy-efficient mechanical systems, provisions for solar panels, and vegetated roofs. The compact, four-story design will feature an upperlevel courtyard, roof decks, and a doubleheight library rotunda.

Brennan Continues Work on Science/Engineering Center

Wilkins Science and Engineering Center / Rendering courtesy of Payette

Barnstable, MA – Brennan Consulting, Inc. is currently working on Cape Cod Community College’s (CCCC) new Wilkins Science and Engineering Building. The state-of-the-art STEM building will encompass 37,000sf and cost $38 million. The center will serve as an incubator for ideas of new technologies and aims to have a low carbon footprint.

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Brennan Consulting has been working on this project since the design phase and will be working throughout the construction phase. Brennan performed land surveying and civil engineering design, permitting, and construction documents/administration to correct the inaccessibility presently pervasive throughout CCCC. Working with DCAMM’s Statewide Accessibility Initiative, Brennan identified areas from the parking lots to the campus facilities including all pathways, sidewalks, and walkways that did not meet Massachusetts Accessibility Initiative as well as ADA requirements. Utilizing its new campus base mapping

and performing extensive field analysis and measurements, Brennan identified and prioritized the deficient accessibility paths. Brennan designed new alignments and measurements to correct the situation in high priority locations. The Wilkins parking lot was expanded and a new parking lot was added to create more parking for students and staff. Currently, Brennan Consulting’s advanced construction layout services are underway on this project. This brings it’s own set of challenges as the new Wilkins

Center will be shoehorned in between three other pre-standing buildings. High accuracy survey calculations were necessary as the new building will also serve to interconnect several other campus buildings. The buildings will be linked by indoor pedestrian bridges. Representatives of Brennan Consulting say Governor Baker’s announcement of a $2.6 billion Capital Plan for 2022, $87 million for public higher education projects, indicates construction trends in this sector will not slow any time soon.

New Norwalk High School to be Built Norwalk, CT – Gilbane Building Company has been selected by the Town of Norwalk to provide construction management at-risk services for the new, 328,407sf Norwalk High School. Designed by Kaestle Boos Associates (KBA), the new facility will be built in multiple phases over a 46-month schedule to accommodate operations of the existing school, which is adjacent to the project site and will remain occupied during construction until its eventual demolition. The new high school will accommodate

new and improved educational spaces and technologies for approximately 2,000 students, including new classroom/lab spaces, a gymnasium, kitchen/cafeteria, auditorium, natatorium, and parking. The existing science wing will remain and undergo a complete renovation. The Gilbane team has developed strict safety and logistics measures to ensure minimal disruption to the surrounding community and to prioritize student safety. The new Norwalk High School is slated for completion by February 2027.

July 2021

Restoration and Renovation Technolutions Completes Two Workplaces

Technolutions headquarters in New Haven, Conn. - experiential lobby / Photos by Halkin Mason Photography, courtesy of Svigals + Partners

New Haven, CT – Architecture, art, and advisory firm Svigals + Partners announced the completion of renovations for the local headquarters of educational software developer Technolutions. The firm also announced the completion of Technolutions’ new workplace in Portland, Ore. Tasked with concurrently designing both offices in a style that reflects Technolutions’ state-ofthe-art product and bold mission, Svigals + Partners worked with contractors and subtrades at each location to execute

similar designs with congruous finishes and branding. Now located in downtown’s Connecticut Financial Center, the Technolutions headquarters relocated from the nearby Gold Building in a move that allowed the company – founded in 1994 by entrepreneur and philanthropist, Alexander Clark – to consolidate its operations from three separate floors to a spacious and vibrant 21,000sf layout on the 22nd floor. Svigals + Partners’ design of the floor plan and the palette of furniture and finishes served as

EnviroVantage Restores B&M Caboose Raymond, NH – On Memorial Day, the Raymond Historic Society dedicated a restored 1932 Boston & Maine Railroad Caboose to A. Willis Goddard. In 1969, Willis and nine other members established the Raymond Historical Society. Her grandson, Scott Knightly, and his company EnviroVantage, donated the restoration work to be done to the historic railcar in his grandmother’s honor. Restoration efforts on the caboose, named “Old Rusty” in recent years, began in September 2020 with the setup of scaffolding to aid in encapsulating the caboose with a plastic tent before sand blasting the entire structure. These precautions were an important part of the safety regulations taken because the aging paint contained lead and needed to be handled and properly disposed of by EnviroVantage’s technicians. After the paint was removed, the 16 windows in the caboose were taken to be reframed and repaired, and a rust inhibitor and final coats of paint were applied. As the windows took shape in the EnviroVantage shop, the caboose’s roof surface was coated with Herculine truck bed compound, donated by Lowes in Epping. The final coats of paint, as well as the logo, were created and applied by

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a model for the company’s Portland office expansion, where Technolutions was planning to expand from a partial floor to occupy the full 16,000sf plate. Anchoring both environments is a blue glass-enclosed room used for conferencing and frequent team meetings, surrounded by 40 workstations, call rooms, casual gathering areas, and a breakroom with drop-down projection screens and cameras that capture the entire room for virtual company-wide meetings. Strategically installed speakers and projectors allow for full audiovisual access in all the office and meeting zones. The experiential lobby includes a perforated metal ceiling illuminated from behind that creates a dynamic effect of a starry sky in motion. Piped-in music and rotating, digital images sustain the futuristic aesthetic, as does the reception desk which, illuminated by colorful LEDs

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from underneath, seems to be floating untethered by gravity. For the New Haven location, much of the mechanical, engineering, and plumbing infrastructure also received significant upgrades, and private offices were outfitted with glazing to give internal spaces access to natural daylight and views.

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Highball Graphics of West Ossipee before Thanksgiving 2020. The new blue caboose now greets visitors in the Raymond Historical Society yard next to three other railcars: a 1932 Whitcomb engine, a 1953 refrigerator box car, and a 1944 push car. The B&M Railroad N-5 Series of caboose were common on rural branch lines where they served as a mobile office and quarters for the conductor and brakemen. In the late 1960s, the N-5s received the famous scheme of blue sides with red ends, black roof, white trim, and a large B&M logo on either side.

Boston – Abbot’s Small Projects Division recently completed a concrete repair project at Mass General Brigham Hospital’s campus in Charlestown, Mass. Based on Abbot’s longstanding relationship with this institution, Abbot was contracted to repair two deteriorated concrete awnings/overhangs on the garage across from the Center of I mmunology and Inflammatory Diseases at 149 13th Street. Abbot sound tested the concrete to determine areas of delamination, removed the loose and debonded concrete, and patched these areas with Euclid Chemical Eucorepair V100 repair mortar to match the existing profile. In certain larger areas where concrete forms could be used, Abbot added epoxy coated rebar where necessary, and poured the concrete repair mortar with aggregate into the forms. When all of the repairs were

Mass General Brigham Hospital

completed, Abbot painted the awning with an elastomeric paint to match the existing color and texture. For access to the overhead work area, Abbot utilized a small scissor lift that provided a secure work platform for the crew.

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July 2021

Corporate

SLAM Opens Office in Providence

DGT Celebrates 25th Anniversary Boston – DGT Associates, a New England surveying, engineering, and subsurface utility mapping firm, celebrates its 25th anniversary, having completed more than 6,130 projects in the region and across the nation. Founded in 1996, DGT’s work and expertise have led to the development of landmark properties around New England, including Fenway Park, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, the Prudential Center, Harvard Business School, Longwood Medical Area, and the project where Bob Staples and Michael Clifford, DGT’s founders and principals, first met: the Big Dig. “We’re proud to celebrate our 25 years and proud to call New England our home,” said Staples. “Beyond DGT’s history, we’re honored to carry forward the rich history and knowledge of this region held within our 144 years of archival data. Our files, and the work they represent, serve as the bedrock for our communities, and we feel a great deal of responsibility to

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maintain and leverage this information for the betterment of our communities, today and tomorrow.” DGT Associates was one of the nation’s earliest adopters of subsurface utility mapping in 1997 as a safer, more accurate alternative to traditional practices, and continues to expand its work in this domain. Clifford said, “As we embark on the next 25 years in business, we will continue to embrace the latest technologies, both above and below ground, for safer work practices and more reliable information our clients can build on, literally.”

Gwynn Systems Joins AEM

Providence, RI – The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM), with offices in California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, adds Rhode Island to the roster, expanding its services to One Davol Square, a former mill building converted to first class office space, in the heart of Providence’s Jewelry District. The 5,000sf office is sized to accommodate SLAM’s planned growth in the primary market of education and secondary market growth in the corporate workplace and healthcare sectors. SLAM opens the office with eight employees with immediate plans to double the personnel by hiring locally based talent for ongoing projects. The Providence office will be managed by SLAM principal, Catherine “Cathie” J. Ellithorpe, AIA, who joined the firm in 1994 and has developed an expertise in the public education and corporate sectors. “I’m honored to lead the firm’s new home in Rhode Island and provide our clients with a team located in their backyard,” says Ellithorpe. “We find the communities in Rhode Island open to exploring progressive approaches to educational design and they also have a high regard for sustainable and energy efficient structures. These are principles we embrace at SLAM; the synergy with our Rhode Island clients continues to grow. We are very excited to be a local firm.” Nearly 30 years ago, SLAM registered as a corporation in Rhode Island and

(l-r) Mark Rhoades, Catherine Ellithorpe, and Glenn Gollenberg at SLAM’s new office space in Providence, R.I. / Photo courtesy of SLAM

began serving the states healthcare sector. Its portfolio in the higher education sector also began to significantly grow and, in 2007, SLAM entered the public education market. “From the beginning, our team has felt at home doing business in Rhode Island,” says Glenn Gollenberg, AIA, SLAM principal. “Over the years, our momentum in higher education, complemented by consistent market growth into the K-12 public education sector led us to naturally solidify our roots in Rhode Island. I am hopeful the future will continue to provide opportunities for our talented team of experts in the design and programming/ planning of K-12 educational spaces.”

BVH Joins Salas O’Brien

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Westborough, MA – American Energy Management (AEM), a Building Automation Systems (BAS) systems integrator, announced that Gwynn Systems, Inc. has joined the company. Representatives of AEM say Gwynn’s team of five brings with it an outstanding reputation for customer service and a strong base in the Boston market, and AEM’s experience with Niagara, Distech Controls and ASI controls will be significantly enhanced by Gwynn’s experience with AAM/ABB/Cylon products. “The acquisition of Gwynn Systems makes perfect sense for our growth strategy,” said Rocco Derrigo, president of AEM. “Their expertise in servicing complex and high security environments

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will help us enhance our service offerings, while AEM’s expertise with emerging technologies and system migration strategies will benefit the existing Gwynn customer base.” The merger was complete on June 1, when the entire Gwynn team began working for AEM at the Westborough location. “Over the past 43 years, we have earned an outstanding reputation for performance and customer service among our customers in areas as diverse as commercial office, healthcare, education, lab space, R&D and retail. The addition of Jerry and his team aligns perfectly with our goal of providing best-in-class service to the building automation/building intelligence market,” added Derrigo.

The BVH team celebrated joining Salas O’Brien at a company cookout with Salas O’Brien CEO, Darin Anderson, on June 15.

Santa Ana, CA – Salas O’Brien announced that BVH Integrated Services has joined the company, marking a significant expansion into New England for Salas O’Brien and creating a combined firm of 43 offices, more than 1,100 team members, and 290 registered professionals. The merger closed on June 1, and news was shared soon afterwards with both the BVH and Salas O’Brien teams. The BVH team’s capabilities and portfolio complement Salas O’Brien’s existing work in New England, particularly with large higher education clients pursuing carbon neutrality goals. As the next step in Salas O’Brien’s strategy to be local everywhere, with international resources, the BVH team

will continue to be managed by its current leaders and will adopt the Salas O’Brien name after a transition period. The BVH team will also collaborate with teams from across Salas O’Brien with the goal of offering a single point of contact for a wide variety of in- house engineering and related services. “I cannot imagine a better merger partner for BVH than Salas O’Brien,” said Karl Frey, CEO of BVH. “Our clients will benefit from the increased expertise we can now offer, but even more importantly, they can rest assured that our local team remains engaged and ready to serve them, both now and long into the future. The future is bright for our team and clients with Salas O’Brien.

July 2021

J.E.D.I.

HP’s new J.E.D.I. section is designed to highlight the people, companies and organizations that are implementing principles to further justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in their workplaces and communities.

Groom Construction Awards Scholarship AEC Orgs Launch Diversity Image Library Salem, MA – Groom Construction Co., Inc recently awarded its first Annual Diversity Equity & Inclusion Scholarship to Marvelous Akande, a Lynn English High School student. Groom instituted the annual scholarship program for historically underrepresented demographics, as well as students entering the construction management field through an academic track. Born in Nigeria, Akande says she fell in love with art and architecture at an early age after taking a technical drawing class at her boarding school. At this time, her father worked in the U.S. and her brothers lived with family. Her father eventually moved Akande and her family to the U.S., three days before she started high school. Akande plans to take a gap year to serve in the National Guard while training as a carpentry and masonry specialist. Having been accepted to several colleges, she has chosen to attend The University of Massachusetts Amherst Honors College where she will study architecture. Akande currently has an internship at HGA Architects through the Career Paths Programs at Girls Inc. Akande states her role model is Lix

(l-r) Marvelous Akande; Dwight Groom; and Ericka Pasersky, senior VP, construction management, at Groom Construction

Ogbu, a socially conscious architect who addresses spatial/racial justice in her community centered work. Akande said, “Architecture is a vehicle to promote cultural awareness. I will work hard to be a mentor and role model for others someday.” “Groom Construction is pleased to award this scholarship to such an exceptional young person who is destined to make a mark on this world,” said Dwight Groom, principal at Groom Construction.

San Francisco – The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Autodesk launched the Construction Diversity Image Library, a collection of photographs for use by the media featuring diverse individuals in the construction workforce. The library will launch with an established collection of images and as part of the initiative, organizations from across the design, engineering and building industry are invited to contribute additional photographs. In both 2019 and 2020, the annual workforce survey conducted by the AGC and Autodesk identified a steady and unfulfilled demand for more talent, with up to 80% of contractors reporting they are unable to find skilled workers. To fill the workforce gap and deliver on the growing call for more buildings, construction needs to attract and retain new talent. The Construction Diversity Image Library provides editors and journalists with a resource to easily access imagery that showcases diversity in construction as it exists today and empowers the industry to appeal to new, diverse talent. “As the saying goes, you can’t be what

you can’t see,” said Allison Scott, director of construction thought leadership, Autodesk Construction Solutions. “By increasing the diverse representation of construction professionals in the media, we can show that a career in construction is within reach for people who may never have considered it an option.” All submitted images are for editorial use only by media publications. If used in editorial coverage, images will be credited to the contributing organization.

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Two Join The Marr Companies

Aiello Becomes Licensed Architect Boston – New England an architectural designer once architectural and interior design he finished his education,” said firm, Margulies Perruzzi (MP), Daniel P. Perruzzi, Jr., AIA, announced that Matt Aiello LEED AP, principal and senior has earned his registration partner at Margulies Perruzzi. from the Commonwealth of “He is a detail-oriented Massachusetts and is now a designer with strong technical licensed architect. and visualization skills. We Aiello joined Margulies congratulate Matt on earning Aiello Perruzzi in 2018. “Matt was an his registration and becoming architectural intern with our firm and a licensed architect and are thrilled to continue our collaboration with him.” we were happy to welcome him back as

Rotunda Promoted to Studio Manager Portsmouth, NH – Maugel Architects announced that Britni Rotunda, AIA, has been promoted to the DeStefano Maugel studio manager position for the firm’s Portsmouth office. Prior to her new leadership position, Rotunda served as a project architect at DeStefano

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Maugel Architects, where she was responsible for overseeing many of the studio’s largest and most complex projects. She has over 10 years of project management experience across a wide range of projects in the custom residential and commercial markets.

DPS Group Hires Kashuba Boston – DPS Group announced and operations for pharmaceutiit has added Kurt Kashuba as dical, biotech, and semiconductor rector of construction. Reporting industries. to Carl Bradbury, senior director After managing key assignof construction, Kashuba will ments that have played important oversee all field staff in the roles for some of the leading construction management group manufacturers in these indusand work closely with clients to tries, Kashuba has exceptional ensure the successful execution Kashuba knowledge of process equipment of capital projects. and modern manufacturing techniques Kashuba brings over 25 years of exfor cGMP compliance. perience devoted to management, design,

Metro Walls Welcomes Medaglia Manchester, NH – Metro Walls recently welcomed Jim Medaglia to its team. He will serve as Metro’s general manger for the fast-growing Acoustical Ceiling Division. With years of experience in commercial construction and ceilings, Medaglia will oversee the estimating, project

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management, and quality control for this division. “We’re excited that Metro’s ACT Division has experienced so much growth this past year. With Jim overseeing this team, we’re confident our acoustical services will see even more success for years to come,” said Bryan Hussey, EVP of Metro Walls.

Christopher Lane Named Principal Boston – Finegold Alexander Architects announced Christopher Lane, AIA, MCCPO has been promoted to principal, joining the firm’s leadership team. He has been an architect with Finegold Alexander for over 25 years and is involved in nearly all of the firm’s work involving complex preservation and fast

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track schedules for public, higher education, K-12 and private development clients. Lane’s expertise is in historic preservation and adaptive reuse, and he has unique knowledge of construction methods and materials used to blend existing and historic building fabrics with new construction elements.

Boston – Haywood Vo has joined The Marr Companies’ Engineering Team as an associate engineer. His responsibilities include assisting the sales staff in the design and preparation of project drawings tailored to customer specifications; visiting projects to scope job requirements to find the most efficient, economical, and safe solutions; and troubleshooting jobsite problems to rectify them appropriately. He will report directly to Engineering Manager Charles Pham. He comes to Marr with prior industry experience as a field engineer for Jay Cashman, Inc. He will play a key role in the successful and safe operation of equipment and services in the field. The Marr Companies also announced the appointment of Brian C. Swanton

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as accounting manager. He will work closely with the company’s CFO and is responsible for the management of all centralized accounting functions for the four Marr entities. Most recently, Swanton was senior property accountant with The RMR Group, Newton, Mass. Prior to that, he was senior assurance associate with Marcum, LLP, Boston.

TFMoran Welcomes Two Bedford, NH – Sophie Haddock has joined TFMoran’s Landscape Architecture department as a landscape designer and assistant land planner. Haddock obtained a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture with a minor in community planning this May from the University of Rhode Island (URI). She is the recipient of the 2021 Academic Excellence Award from the URI Landscape Architecture department. Her coursework included community planning, planting design, plant protection and landscape surveying. TFMoran also announced Benjamin Hodsdon has joined its Civil Engineering department as an intern for the summer. He is working in both the Bedford office and the Portsmouth office.

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Hodsdon is in the Honors Program at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), working toward his Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering. He was recently involved in design and fabrication of a data-collecting freshwater salinity buoy, which he presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference at UNH.

Weston & Sampson Welcomes Three Rocky Hill, CT – Weston & Sampson recently announced it has expanded its Connecticut operations with the hiring of three senior hydrogeologists. Rob Good, Jr., PG, Good, Jr. LEP has over 40 years of professional experience conducting geologic and hydrogeologic investigations nationally and internationally. This includes environmental and water supply projects, saltwater encroachment studies, hydrogeologic impact assessments for mining and proposed developments, and others, including third-party expert testimony. John Zbell, PG, LEP has over 22 years of experience including environmental site assessments, soil and groundwater remediation, and UST regulatory compliance for private and municipal clients. Zbell has worked closely with staff from

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Kapareiko

the CTDEEP to bring environmentally impacted sites into compliance with the Remediation Standard Regulations. Michael Kapareiko, PG, LEP has over 19 years of experience including water supply source development and permitting, hydrogeologic assessment, and environmental site assessment projects for private and municipal clients, including water supply projects for multiple golf course clients. Kapareiko has also worked with NYSDEC and CTDEEP to obtain water withdrawal/diversion permits for many water system operators.

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July 2021

Jewett Welcomes New Hires

ReArch Company Welcomes Two

Fremont, NH – Jewett Construction Company, a New England regional design-build construction management firm and general contractor, recently announced the addition of Mike D’Anjou as project manager, Alyson Phillips as assistant project manager, John Martin as assistant project manager, and Kaylee Pingree as project accountant. D’Anjou is a certified project management professional who brings an extensive amount of both domestic and international experience in various fields including construction, engineering, and manufacturing environments. Representatives of Jewett say his knowledge of the construction industry and ability to find creative ways to increase net margins demonstrate what an integral part of the firm’s continued growth D’Anjou will be. In her role, Phillips ensures that each project is exceptional and results in the highest level of client satisfaction. Representatives of the firm say Phillips’ passion for her work and commitment to her team is what brought her to Jewett Construction, and that she is excellent at coordinating the efforts of the design team and subcontractors. Martin will help continue to strengthen Jewett’s commitment to clients throughout the Pine Tree State. Martin started his career as a field engineer where he managed $20 million worth of

South Burlington, VT – ReArch Company announced the arrival of Leo Bresnahan as a superintendent, and Jordan Royer as marketing coordinator. In his role, Bresnahan will be responsible for ensuring the client’s goals, design team, project management team, vendors, and subcontractors are met while focusing on safety, budget, communication, quality control, schedule. Bresnahan has over 24 years of experience as a superintendent and 36 years of experience in a range of commercial projects in the municipal, educational, and industrial sectors. Royer will work closely with the director of marketing and the Business Development team to strengthen the ReArch Company brand. He is responsible for proposal creation and

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commercial building projects, established client relationships, and mentored new field engineers. Representatives of the firm say his knowledge of the construction community and his demonstrated past performance in Maine makes him an integral part of the firm’s continued growth. Pingree started her career as a staff accountant for Bauer Hockey. Representatives of Jewett say she is excellent at communicating information to multiple departments and making sure needs are met on all sides of a project.

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interview preparation, and serves as a graphic designer for the marketing department. Royer concentrates on continually improving logos, branding, and marketing collateral, and aids with videography editing. Royer has nearly 15 years of experience in media content and marketing creation as well as client recruitment, customer service, and contract negotiation.

Van Zetta Named Director of Safety Waltham, MA – Delphi Construction president, Keith Shaw, announced the promotion of John Van Zettaa to director of safety. Van Zetta has been with the company since 2018 and served as safety manager prior to receiving this promotion. As director, he will continue to institutionalize the high standards of safety

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he established as safety manager. Prior to joining the Delphi team, Van Zetta was director of environmental, safety, and compliance for a New York based heavy civil construction firm. He is an authorized OSHA outreach trainer and a National Safety Council first aid and CPR instructor.

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Calendar BSA July 13 at 8:30 AM Planning for the Next 100 Years: The Story of the L Street Station Redevelopment Join the Hilco Redevelopment Partners and Redgate Capital Partners to hear about their plans for placemaking, project phasing, and strategies for managing risk over the lifespan of a multi-year development, as they discuss the improvements and redevelopment of the L Street Station in South Boston. July 21 at 12:00 PM EDI Network: Listening Session Join the BSA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Network for a lunchtime listening session. Bring ideas for how to create a more equitable profession and help identify resources that firms and individuals need to implement EDI policies. The session will help to inform fall/winter programming for the EDI Network.

AGC ME July 13 at 9:00 AM Living Building Virtual Tour This module will include a virtual tour of the Hitchcock Center in Amherst, Mass., one of only a few fully certified

Living Building Challenge buildings in the world. Participants will explore the philosophy of LBC certification which seeks to “move beyond being less bad and to become truly regenerative,“ and interact with members of the design team.

Construction Institute July 13 at 3:00 PM 2021 Connecticut Golf Tour This day of golf will be held at Indian Hill Country Club, and is part of CI’s tour of four Connecticut golf courses: nine holes, once a month (May through August), leading to the Golf Classic on Sept. 23.

AGC MA July 15 at 4:00 PM Casual Conversations with Kick Ass Women in Construction Join AGC MA and BWiC to hear from prominent women within the commercial construction industry as they share the intentional and the serendipitous; their heroes and the villains; the opportunities captured, lost, and set free; and what they spend too much time doing with their time.

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July 19 at 12:30 PM New and Prospective Member Virtual Orientation Thinking about joining SMPS Boston? Sign up for this fresh and reformatted new member event. New and prospective members are invited to the orientation which is virtual this year.

July 26 at 10:00 AM 2021 Golf Tournament Join AGC CT at Tumble Brook Country Club for its 2021 Golf Tournament. Registration is still open for golfers and Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, Inc. sponsors.

Built Environment Plus July 21 at 12:00 PM Addressing PFAS in the Built Environment for Public and Environmental Health The goal of the session is to help participants understand where Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) might be found, develop strategies to eliminate them in their work, and illuminate the long term efforts needed to identify safer alternatives for use in buildings. August 12 at 9:00 AM Health and Wellness Roundtable Join the BE+ Health and Wellness Roundtable, a venue for architects, designers, construction managers, and sustainability professionals to discuss issues related to healthy buildings.

ASM July 29 at 10:00 AM Protect, Connect, Educate 25th Annual Golf Tournament Enjoy a full day of golf at Pine Hills Golf Club. Golfer price includes green fees, lunch, reception/dinner, gifts and prizes.

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ELA August 14 at 1:00 PM Shade Gardens: Embracing the Dark Side Creating lush and vibrant gardens in the shade tends to frustrate even the best gardeners. How does one infuse more color, adventure, and intrigue into those spaces? Join the Ecological Landscape Alliance for this shade gardening workshop that blends site-specific assessment, design strategies, and plant options to help enliven the imagination.

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Neon Marketplace, a new and innovative brand in the convenience store industry, recently broke ground on their 5,500sf building at 1776 Post Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. Read the full story in our August 2021 issue.

Do you have an interest in retail projects? Are restaurants and hotels a target for your business development? If so, join us in High-Profile’s annual focus on the people and companies that are most active in New England’s retail and hospitality sector.

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