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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

American Energy Management 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 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.

SLAM Opens Office in Providence

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

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.