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Massachusetts Building Congress Hall of Fame Gala...pg. 7

Erland Completes E.M. Kennedy Ctr. Reno...pg. 33

Pro Con Completes Aviv Expansion - KDA Architects...pg 19.

CT College New London Hall Celebrates Opening...pg. 37

New Balance World Headquarters- Architect Elkus Manfredi

AISC SteelDay FocusResidence Inn Designed by Group One Spaceworks Completes Two ProjectsBARNES Begins Steel Project

The Micheli Center Launch - Suffolk CM - Isgenuity Designer...pg. 20

The New LEED: LEED v4By Suzanne Robinson

Revisiting the Test Fitby Stephanie Goldberg

edition Metric Begins the Bay House - David M. White Architect...pg. 39

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Boston - The New England SIoR chap-ter announced matthew T. fair of cushman & Wakefield | Hayes & Sherry of providence, R.I. as the 2012 Rw holmes Scholarship Re-cipient. Incoming Na-tional SIoR president Terry Smith joined the New England chapter in congratulating fair and discussing the growth SIoR has achieved globally.

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Boston - New officers and directors were installed during the massachusetts Building congress (mBc) annual hall of fame gala held recently at the westin hotel, South Boston. John cannistraro Jr. of J.c. cannistraro, Inc., having successfully completing his year as mBc president, handed over the gavel to Ben goldfarb of Nau-set construction corp.

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“Speaking of Architecture,” like the conference overall, will appeal to ar-chitects, engineers, contractors, and other building industry professionals from all firm sizes and professional levels.

moderated by Renée loth, editor of ArchitectureBoston magazine and Robert campbell fAIA, architecture critic at The Boston Globe, the panel includes peter Kuttner fAIA, David lee fAIA, Andrea leers fAIA, william Rawn fAIA, and Nader Tehrani.

peter Kuttner is the president of cambridge Seven Associates, a multidis-ciplinary firm that received the 1993 AIA Architecture firm Award.

David lee is a partner at Stull and lee, Boston, and a past president of the BSA. currently he is an adjunct professor at the harvard graduate School of Design.

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Nader Tehrani, head of the Depart-ment of Architecture at mIT School of Ar-chitecture and planning, is also principal and founder of NADAAA.

“This panel at ABX will offer mul-tiple perspectives on the evolution of the collaborative process, civic engagement, technological advancements, the architec-ture profession, and the building industry as a whole,” said BSA president laura wernick AIA.

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congress (mBc) recently held its sixth An-nual hall of fame gala. The new inductees are Dana farber cancer Institute; Darmo-dy, merlino & co., llp; and The Driscoll Agency. They join the other outstanding firms who were recognized for their con-tributions to the built environment and to the greater communities in which we live and work.

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Representatives from Darmody, Merlino & Co. included (l-r): Larry Sexton, Dennis Barbo, Robert Boyle, Joseph Fazuzza, and Michael Meyers.

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In 2007, the leadership of the massa-chusetts Building congress launched the mBc hall of fame. Its purpose: to recog-nize and celebrate legacy companies and organizations whose longstanding contri-butions make a lasting impact on the in-dustry, on their community, and for their clients.

The hall of fame Dinner Emcee & guest Speaker was Dan Roche, award-winning sports anchor and reporter for cBS Boston’s wBZ-TV News.

The business portion of the meet-ing included the passing of the gavel from now past-president John cannistraro of J.c. cannistraro to the new incoming president Ben goldfarb of Nauset con-struction.

goldfarb said, “The mass Building congress hosted a dynamic and diversi-fied crowd of AEC and related profes-sionals that came together last night to recognize and honor some of the indus-try’s most renowned organizations, while making valuable contacts and most impor-tantly having fun.”

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I had the good pleasure of chatting with Daniel marr III during the network-ing hour at the massachusetts Building congress hall of fame event recently. The marr companies are previous hall of fame inductees. Dan, his uncle Rob-ert, and brother David are all past presi-dents of the organization. considering that the four marr businesses provide specialized products and services, con-tributing to the area’s overall growth and development, I asked Dan if he has seen

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Laura Cannistraro, of J. C. Cannistraro, and John Karras, of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger enjoying the reception. John and Laura are

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High-Profile: Facilities Development News

middletown, RI – The foundation is complete and sitework is continuing for a new homewood Suites by hil-ton hotel developed by first Bristol corporation to be lo-cated at 384 west main Street in middletown. pro con Inc of manchester, N.h. is the archi-tect and construction manager for the $8.2 million design-build hotel project, which will be first Bristol’s sixth hotel in massachusetts and R.I.

The four-story, 72,500sf hotel will have 92 hotel rooms, with parking for 110 vehicles. The hotel will offer a variety of spacious studio and one-bedroom suites, with fully equipped kitchens, and for guests requiring larger accommodations, the hotel will offer a three-bedroom two-baths suite.

The hotel will provide an elegant, yet comfortable home away from home

atmosphere for the guests. The lodge area will feature the reception desk, snack shop, guest buffet, comfortable seating, and a conference room. The lodge will also offer a fitness room, an indoor pool, an outdoor sports court, a barbecue grill and patio area, and a guest laundry facility.

pro con Inc began sitework on the project in may and has scheduled a march 2013 completion date for the project.

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Abington, mA - campanelli construction, a division of campanelli of Braintree, announced the groundbreaking of cape cod lumber, Inc.’s new 136,858sf retail, warehouse, and office fa-cility in Abington. cam-panelli construction is the exclusive construction manager on this project.

The new project is only a short dis-tance from cape cod lumber’s existing facility, will serve as the company’s head-quarters and operations center and will contain a convenient drive-through lumber yard serving building professionals.

The facility will include 13,970sf office, 116,888sf warehouse, and 6,000sf retail space.

In addition, there will be four exte-rior rack-supported lumber storage sheds constructed, totaling 32,800sf.

campanelli construction has teamed with RKB Architects of Braintree and en-gineers BARNES Buildings & manage-ment group, Inc. of weymouth.

A completion date is set for late January 2013.

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High-Profile: Facilites Development News

providence, RI - Johnson & wales Universi-ty recently broke ground on its new parking structure in providence. The six-story, 750-car, open parking struc-ture will be located at the intersection of Richmond and pine streets in the Down city historic District.

ceremonial shovels were used by Joseph calde-ira, senior associate, Vision

3 Architects; merlin Deconti Jr., senior vice president of facilities management, Johnson & wales University; Bradford Dimeo, president, Dimeo construction co.; governor lincoln D. chafee; mim Runey, Johnson & wales University providence campus president; John Bowen, Johnson & wales University chancellor; mayor Angel Tavares; and Arthur Stadig, vice president and man-aging principal, walker parking con-sultants to commemorate the occasion.

In association with walker park-ing consultants, Vision 3 Architects’ role as image architect includes ex-terior façade design, coordination of all permitting activities including the providence Downcity District Review commission approvals, coordination of sitework and landscape architecture, as well as design of the first-floor commer-cial space on Richmond Street.

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View of new parking structure

The rendering shown here was identified as one channel center on page 28 of our octo-ber issue. It is, in fact, a rendering of 25 channel center (to the left) and a section of 35 channel center (right).

Construction of the first phase of the Chan-nel center project was completed in 2004 by con-struction manager A.J. martini, Inc. for Beacon capital partners.

The first phase involved the renovation of a former industrial building at 35 channel to cre-ate 44 residential units, and the construction of 25 channel center, a new, 13-story building creating 74 condominium units.

The complex included an underground parking garage that spanned both build-ings and 4,500sf retail and restaurant space.

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“we are excited to open our new cor-porate headquarters at one Rogers Street,” said Dan Ryan, vice president, real estate and facilities at pegasystems. “working with the principal group, our landlord,

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BRA oK’s $276 million in New projectsEstimates 1,527 New Jobs

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Boston - The BRA Board unani-mously gave final approval for the $172 million expansion and addition to the Bos-ton University School of law complex lo-cated at 765 commonwealth Avenue. The construction will create learning and study space and update outdated facilities.

The iconic 18-story Boston Univer-sity law School designed by Jose luis Sert was built in 1964. Boston University’s plans call for the rehabilitation of the ex-isting law School exterior and renovation of its 150,000sf interior. The proposal also calls for an approximately 95,000sf, 96-foot addition on the west side of the law

School above the existing one-story cen-tral Boiler plant building. The law School rehab and expansion will make room for formal and informal student social space, a dining area, group study facilities, and the expansion of the school’s professional education programs.

project construction is slated to be-gin in winter 2012-2013 with completion expected for fall 2015. The project was previously approved under Boston Univer-sity’s 2000-2010 Institutional master plan. The board’s approval reflects recent revi-sions to the project.

Boston - The BRA Board unani-mously approved the rehabilitation of two buildings in the North End to serve as the home of the North Bennet Street School, a nationally recognized center for fine crafts-manship.

The school will rehabilitate 61,00sf in 130-140 Richmond Street and 152 North Street and add a two-story, 4,000sf link to an existing low-rise facility at 150 North Street. The connecting building will house classrooms and public education areas. The North Bennet Street School will also make improvements to Richmond Street and North Street. The school will share programming space and educational op-portunities, a gallery, and more with the community.

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Boston - The BRA Board unani-mously approved $1.8 million, resulting from the construction of the w Boston hotel and Residences, to be used for the creation of affordable housing. The monies from the recently completed building in the theater district will help finance approximately 145 affordable units at nearby parcel 24 bounded by Kneeland, hudson, and Albany streets.

The $120 million project planned for parcel 24 is being developed by New

Boston fund in partnership with the Asian community Development corpo-ration. The two-phase project will cre-ate 362 new units of housing, including the approximately 145 affordable rental units, and 200 market-rate rental units.

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Boston - The BRA Board unani-mously approved new housing for the va-cant gate of heaven gymnasium building at 616 East fourth Street in South Boston. The $6 million project will breathe new life into an unused building and comple-ment the reuse of the neighboring gate of heaven rectory building.

The existing 10,474sf gate of heaven gymnasium will be converted into a four-story residential building with 24 units, including three affordable units.

The project includes 21 parking spaces lo-cated in a garage below the building, six of which are located within the adjacent rectory building garage. The building will have entrances on East fourth Street and I Street.

The development team consists of the developer, cronin group, llc, and architect, french Architects, Inc. con-struction is anticipated to begin in January 2013 with an estimated completion date of march 2014.

Hotel for New Brighton Landing

Allston/Brighton - The BRA Board unanimously approved a 140-175 key hotel with 75 parking spaces next to the future New Balance world headquarters. previ-ously, the BRA Board unanimously ap-proved office space, a sports complex, a commuter rail station, retail, restaurants, and open space as part of the New Brighton landing project.

New Balance’s goal is to create a

corridor of renewed activity along guest Street through public infrastructure im-provements, new jobs, and public, open space to promote health and wellness.

The development team is composed of New Balance, Elkus manfredi Archi-tects, goodwin procter, howard/Stein-hudson, Inc., carol R. Johnson, Inc., Beals Associates, and Epsilon Associates.

New Brighton Landing New Balance Rendering by Elkus manfredi Architects

The BRA Board unanimously ap-proved new housing for South huntington Avenue. The 196-unit building will add new family and affordable living options in Jamaica plain.

olmsted place is a $75 million proj-ect at 161 South huntington Avenue that replaces the former location of the home for little wanderers. The 253,00sf build-ing will have a four-story and five-story component with a unit mix of studios, one-, two-, and three-bedrooms, including 30 affordable units. The project includes 156 parking spaces of which 147 are par-

tially below grade and nine at grade.The project is moving forward after

an extensive community process. As a re-sult of neighborhood stakeholder input, the developer changed the project’s massing, decreased parking in front of the building, and increased the number of three-bedroom units and the number of affordable units.

olmsted place is being developed by Boston Residential group llc with architect ADD Inc. The project will create 225 construction jobs and is anticipated to break ground in April 2013, with an esti-mated 18-month construction period.

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Gate of Heaven gymnasium building Rendering by architect, french Architects, Inc.

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Boston - The BRA Board unani-mously approved a six-story residen-tial building with 30 rental units, 18 parking spaces, and a green roof for 1085 Boylston Street, a parking lot one block from massachusetts Avenue and

Boylston Street. The BRA Board ap-proval is contingent upon design review approval.

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Boston - located at 320 Summer Street within Boston’s Innovation Dis-trict, Spagnolo gisness & Associates, Inc. (SG&A) is designing a first-class, approxi-mately 100,000sf headquarters for remote desktop company logmeIn, Inc. The com-pany is making the move from its current location at Unicorn park in woburn to this rapidly developing area of Boston in feb-ruary 2013.

A former textile mill, the brick and beam site logmeIn chose to house its new headquarters is comprised of eight levels, including a dramatic mezzanine level. The design program accommodates a maxi-mum capacity of 500 employees through

the use of efficient floor and workstation planning, made more efficient by Log-MeIn’s policy of no enclosed offices.

This open environment is supported

by many various types of meeting rooms and open collaboration spaces, encourag-ing the company’s culture and core con-cept of connectivity.

Employees and guests are greeted by a video feature wall, which displays large-scale versions of the company’s business card next to a photo of the employee. The image and text run in a loop and feature all staff, immediately connecting visitors to employees and employees to each other.

Also off the reception area is a three-

story atrium that leads to the mezzanine and café levels, encouraging both visitors and employees to engage with the space. The café is 4,000sf, accommodating 185 seated employees, and is fully transform-able to house both small meetings, large conferences, and every event in-between.

Topping off this design is an approx-imately 5,000sf roof deck with sweeping views of the Boston skyline designed by landscape architects carol R. Johnson and Associates.

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Boston - The Residence Inn by mar-riott fenway-Boston hotel, designed by group one partners, Inc., was selected by the American Institute of Steel construc-tion (AISc) as the focus of its SteelDay event series held in September at the hotel commonwealth in Boston.

The hotel was recognized for its use of the girder-Slab System and D-Beam that allows for low floor-to-floor height requirements for multi-story residential buildings. This enabled group one part-ners to add an additional floor to the Bos-ton high-rise.

“we’re honored to be acknowledged by the AISc for our innovative use of steel in the design of this new hotel,” says An-tonino Donato AIA, senior project man-ager/designer for group one partners, Inc.

The SteelDay event kicked off with presentations by the hotel owner and de-

sign teams to a group of Boston-area archi-tects and engineers. The event concluded with jobsite tours of the hotel currently un-der construction.

Residence Inn by marriott fenway- Boston is an eight-story, extended-stay hotel with 175 guest rooms. It features a custom

lobby, custom guestrooms, restaurant lease space, retail lease space, rooftop terrace, indoor swimming pool open to the rooftop terrace, fitness center, meet-ing room, extensive green roof, and be-low-grade parking for 50 cars. The hotel is under construction with an anticipated completion date of may 2013.

The project team includes owner/developer Boylston properties; archi-tect group one partners, Inc.; general contractor John moriarty & Associates and structural engineer mcNamara/Salvia, Inc.

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Newport, RI - The city of Newport held a groundbreak-ing ceremony recently with local and state officials to mark the start of construction of a new lawton Valley water Treatment plant in portsmouth and up-grades to the treatment processes at the Station No. 1 water Treatment plant in Newport.

The event was held at the Station No. 1 water Treatment plant in Newport.

The Newport city council awarded a design-build con-tract valued at $67 million for the water treatment plant improvements to the joint venture of Wakefield, Mass.-based AE-com and Torrington, conn.-based c.h. Nickerson & co. Assisting in the oversight of the project as the city’s advisor is the en-gineering firm CDM Smith Inc. The proj-ect includes the design and construction of a new lawton Valley water treatment plant and improvements to the Station No. 1 wa-ter treatment plant. These new facilities are scheduled to be in service by December 31, 2014.

The lawton Valley water Treat-ment plant is currently designed to treat 7

million gallons of water every day. It will undergo a full demolition and will be re-placed by a more efficient facility with the same capacity.

The upgrades at both facilities will incorporate an advanced water treatment process using granular activated carbon contactors, which will remove organics from the water as well as improve the aes-thetic quality in terms of taste and odor. once completed, the Newport water treat-ment plants will be the only facilities in Rhode Island to have advanced treatment.

c.h. Nickerson’s construction plans will allow both facilities to remain fully operational even as the extensive renova-tions are under way.

groundbreaking for water plant RenosJoint Venture of AEcom and Nickerson

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Boston - Spaceworks Architectural Interiors of Boston has recently completed a 5,000sf pilot project by Iron mountain at its headquarters at 745 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. The project is testing the flexible, quiet, and 100% reusable wall and glass front product in consideration for upcom-ing projects and renovations. The project took place over an accelerated three-week schedule.

Iron mountain is currently testing the product for ease of installation, flexibility in the field, and user satisfaction with the acoustical properties. Successful thus far, Spaceworks has recently been awarded a second project in the same facility.

The architect is margulies perruzzi Architects, Boston. The contractor is R.w. hyde construction, Belmont. The projects are managed by Iron mountain’s real estate group and Jones lang lasalle – property

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tory Science Building (NlSB). The build-ing will contain research, imaging, and computation facilities in addition to labora-tories for interdisciplinary research teams.

The NlSB will be built in two phas-es, each of which will be approximately 72,000sf. The first phase will be ready for occupancy in late 2012, and a second phase will be built as flexible shell space. When finished, the NLSB will house 64 faculty members and their research groups.

The contractor for the project is whiting -Turner, framingham.

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Bank of maine Redesignedconstructed by Risbara Brothers

falmouth, mE - gawron Turgeon Ar chitects designed the interior fit out of The Bank of maine’s new full-service banking center at The Shops at falmouth Village, located on Route 1 in falmouth.

constructed by Risbara Brothers in only eight weeks, this 2,600sf space is made up of a retail branch and mortgage and loan offices.

gawron Turgeon Archi-tects designed the interiors to have The Bank of maine’s branding in-corporated into the design: cur vilinear

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Barrington, RI – Vision 3 Architects designed the new 12,000sf addition and renovations to the existing 36,000sf facil-ity for the Bayside YmcA in Barrington.

Demolition of the existing pool and locker room is proceeding, to make way for the pool addition. The addition will include a six-lane lap pool and family play area, as well as locker rooms and lounge space for

members.The project also includes interior

renovations to the existing building and redevelopment of the site. The facility is scheduled to remain open throughout the 10 month construction period.

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medford, mA - Berenson Associ-ates has awarded Essex Builders of west-wood a contract to complete landlord im-provements at the location of the former outback Steakhouse in their fellsway plaza property in medford, massachu-setts.

The work entails subdividing the

7,500sf space for three new tenants: weight watchers; massage Envy, and European wax center.

“we are pleased to welcome three new businesses to fellsway plaza,” stat-ed gene o’Brien, a vice president with Berenson Associates.

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hanover, mA - Steel construction specialists, BARNES Buildings & man-agement group, Inc. of weymouth has be-gun steel erection for a new sports complex currently under construction at the original site of Star land Amusement park in ha-nover.

The long established amusement park, well known for its driving range, bat-ting cages and speedway, is now under the new ownership and development of Star land holdings, llc. The entire building site is being renovated to accommodate two new large indoor sports arenas. one arena will house an indoor soccer and la-crosse field and, the second will feature eight tournament size basketball courts on

hardwood floors. Two other support and administration buildings complete the ex-pansion program.

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peabody, mA – pro con Inc, of man-chester, N.h., has completed the Aviv cen-ters for living 124,000sf expansion project at 240 Lynnfield Street. KDA Architects of Voorhees, N.J. was the project architect, and pro con Inc was the construction man-ager. Koningisor, luciano & Associates of framingham managed the project.

The new $35 million building, which enables Aviv centers for living to sup-port a broad continuum of care and offer centralized healthcare and administration in one location, is called the waldfogel health center.

The energy-efficient building expan-sion was designed and built to attain lEED silver. As part of the initial site work, rock ledge at the site was crushed and re-used as structural fill. The building’s sustain-able design features include a white roof

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Norwell, mA - campanelli construc-tion of Braintree recently broke ground on the new South Shore medical center facil-ity. The 80,000sf medical building located on longwater Drive in Norwell is expected to open in late 2013 and will consolidate South Shore medical center’s existing Norwell office and its Weymouth facility into one location. The facility will be the anchor of a planned medical campus situ-ated in Assinippi park in Norwell.

This will be campanelli construc-tion’s third medical facility project.

The new center is being jointly devel-oped by South Shore medical center and foxRock properties of Quincy. The facility will feature 100 examination rooms and 70 medical offices, along with easier access, additional parking, less traffic, comfortable waiting rooms and care areas, and more ad-vanced diagnostic and treatment equipment for the center’s team-based care of patients.

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waltham, mA - Dr. lyle micheli recently launched construction of the new center that will bear his name. opening in march 2013, The micheli center for Sports Injury prevention is the next step for sports medicine and training.

Suffolk con-struction will be ex-ecuting the building of The micheli cen-ter. Isgenuity is the designer of the space, and Suffolk is doing the demolition and rebuild.

The center is located at 9 hope Ave in waltham, which is the building connect-ed to children’s hospital in waltham.

The micheli center focuses not only on treating sports injuries, but also working on a personal program to prevent athletes from obtaining injuries in their sport. The center will offer a multitude of services, from running programs to coaching clinics, in hopes of bringing awareness to injury prevention.

At the micheli center, athletes are

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Dr. micheli, the founder of The mi-cheli center, is also the director of the Di-vision of Sports medicine at Boston chil-dren’s hospital and clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at harvard medical School.

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By Suzanne Robinsonhave you heard of lEED? At a re-

cent family reunion I was surprised how many of my relatives knew about the green building rating sys-tem. So I’m going to go out on a limb and bet you have too. I’ll even hazard a guess that the terms fSc, opR, and Voc* are

familiar popularized in part by the lEED rating system.

There have been several iterations of LEED over the years. Take the first lEED rating system, lEED for New construction and major Renovation, aka lEED-Nc. It started out as lEED-Nc v2.0. If was followed by a v2.1 and a v2.2 before we landed at the current lEED-Nc v3 (aka lEED-Nc 2009). The new versions were issued to keep up with reference standards, for example changing from AShRAE 90.1-2004 to AShRAE 90.1-2007, and adjust-ing the credits here and there, but nothing too drastic. All the changes were relatively modest and quickly accepted.

Enter lEED v4, the newest update to the lEED rating systems. It was origi-nally called lEED 2012, except it’s still in the works and won’t be released until next year, so it has been rebranded to lEED v4. As part of its consensus-based process, the USgBc goes through a series of public comment periods before the final LEED rating system is published. And, boy, did the public speak. Individuals and lobby-ists alike voiced concerns. To say there are some changes to the lEED rating system is an understatement.

There are more brand-new credits in-troduced than old ones being updated. In all the previous versions of lEED, there were always five main sections (site, wa-ter, energy, materials, and indoor environ-mental quality), and now there will be three more (integrative process, locations and transportation, and performance). There are more rating systems to choose from. Data centers, warehouses & Distribution centers, and hospitality are all being add-ed to the lEED roster of rating systems for new commercial buildings. And there are a slew of new terms to become familiar with and learn: SAN, mlo, EpD, sDA*, just to name a few.

This is a lot of change. Some of the public sentiment was that this was too much too fast. Instead, keep the steps small and gradual like it was with the pre-vious versions of lEED. for most of us in the building industry, lEED has become familiar. If a project is pursuing lEED,

not a problem. Finding a specific low-Voc adhesive option would take days of research even five years ago, now, not a problem. lEED has become familiar and relatively easy. It could be argued that we have become complacent with lEED. Is it time for a change? Are the proposed changes in lEED v4 too much?

I remember a slide in a marketing powerpoint the USgBc published years ago, and long gone. It made the point that lEED was intended for the top-perform-ing buildings. The top 10%, if I remember correctly. The USgBc’s intent of lEED was never to have every building be cer-tified. The intent of LEED was market transformation – to continuously raise the bar. has the market transformed? You bet!

Material options, low-flow plumb-ing fixtures, and consideration of passive design strategies (i.e. daylight harvesting) are all more prolific than 12 years ago

when LEED first entered the market. Not only have the product options changed but design and construction approach has changed too. At the core of lEED is inte-grated design.

for example, as mEp engineers, you can give us an architectural design and space program and tell us to put in a system that works. No problem, we’re engineers, we can always find a solution. But is this the best solution for the project? would we have done things differently? Do we have suggestions that could have reduced our load calculations and improved the build-ing’s performance? You bet, and lEED has opened the door for a more collaborative approach in early design.

This new version of lEED aims to provide the second wave of market transformation. Is it going to be challeng-ing? You bet. Is it going to be a bumpy road? Yup. The USgBc addresses these concerns in part by allowing projects to choose between lEED v3 and v4 until June 2015. lEED isn’t perfect, but the whole point of lEED is to provide that necessary paradigm shift in the market to allow us to be the environmental stew-ards we need to be for future generations. personally, I think the protests only go to show that lEED is on the right track. If it was easy we’d all be doing it. And one day, hopefully, we all will.

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Almost exactly one year ago today we wrote an article about test fits for biotechnology. Focussing

on how Revit can assist in the analysis of space, our article demonstrated how, through BIm software, we can develop si-

multaneously plans, 3D space and pro-gram. Since then, our office has continued to work with clients on multiple such test fits, often recreating their spaces in three or four different locations. Interest-ingly, this opportu-nity has allowed us

to see how the expression of a company’s vision is transformed through its location, from one property to the next. In some lo-cations, the change is simple, rooms can-not fit properly, or there is too much space. however, something more fundamental is happening through these iterations; the in-sertion of the project in different locations changes the fundamental organizational expression of the company by altering the way in which the parts of the program in-teract, thus assisting the client in solidify-ing their vision for the future.

The desire on our client’s side to see their spaces in multiple locations has increased for us. This has come from two angles. first, brokers have recommended the client to test three or four locations.

Second, the potential client has come for-ward and requested one or two additional reviews, often at their expense. The re-wards are great: confidence in the selected location stems from broader experience. A much clearer sense of how the company sees itself both from a functional/interac-tive standpoint and as an expression of identity develops from multiple analyses.

Recently, we had the opportunity to conduct test fits for a company contemplat-ing very different locations, one in cam-bridge and the other in the western sub-

urbs. By using Revit, we were quickly able to analyze the spaces and generate plans and program. By harnessing the data as-pect of the software, we were able to spend more time looking at the relationship be-tween various aspects of the space. from the client’s side, there was a strong desire to have transparency through the labs and from office to open office, promoting col-laboration and a sharing of resources. As well, the need for proximity of office to lab was essential, as write-ups and analyses were conducted at desks, not within the lab

space itself. what we found: that though the footprints of the two options were simi-lar, the location of the core elements (ele-vators, mechanicals spaces) influenced the relationship of the rooms. The client and broker were able to look at these spaces not only from a cost perspective, but from how the interrelationship of the labs and offices functioned. Taking the step to signing the lease was made more secure knowing that the essential interactivity of the parts was preferred in the selected space and that needed proximities were retained.

we have moved on to develop the design with the client within their selected location. The lessons learned about the company and their priorities for their head-quarters informs the design and reinforces the interaction of programmatic elements, giving the team a head start. Though the design has changed shape in the ensuing months, the vision has remained intact. The value of iterative test fits is further proved in the continued design of the selected lo-cation. By looking at a project from differ-ent angles and perspective, what is impor-tant to a client becomes clear as the team can analyze the strengths of each location. These lessons carry through from the test fit stage to the completion of the project, informing decisions and leading to a better project.

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by Peter J. Daveywhile I was writing this article, the

local news report indicates hurricane San-dy, currently off the coast of florida, is ex-pected to travel north, increase in strength, and have major impact upon the Northeast

corridor. Arriving on or near halloween, this massive hybrid storm is colloquially being referred to as “frankenstorm,” and meteorologists are warning North-east residents to pre-pare for high winds, heavy rain, possible snow, and the asso-

ciated damage that they deliver.having felt the earth move beneath

our feet with an earthquake earlier this october, New Englanders are increasing demand for security and glass retention window films. Facilities and business con-tinuity managers are securing their proper-ties in an effort to mitigate potential dam-age resulting from high winds and violent weather.

Security window films were initially developed to address international con-cerns regarding terrorist activity and for the less publicized, yet highly destructive, vandalism. A low-profile, high-perfor-mance measure of security, security win-dow films are tough, shatter-resistant films that help hold glass together during severe

weather, smash-and-grab crime, and explo-sions.

compared to the expense of glass re-placement, a security window film retrofit is an affordable option for improved safe-ty. Repercussions of not installing security window film can be costly. Revenue loss due to production stoppage and delayed return of employees, customers, and oc-cupants warrant the investment. mini-mizing costs related to personal injuries and repairs to damaged property surely justify the purchase. An installation of safety window film increases the probabil-ity of a rapid return to business as usual.

changing weather patterns and lon-ger and more intense heat waves have led property owners and managers to react by improving their building’s energy efficien-cy through the application of quality solar control window films. An application of in-sulating, low-e window films conserves en-ergy and reduces heat gain and loss through windows all year long – substantially re-ducing HVAC expense. Some low-e films manufactured using wavelength-selective metals, which block more of the solar spec-trum than conventional metals and can re-duce air conditioning costs by blocking up to 73% of the sun’s heat in warmer months. In colder months, they reduce heat loss by up to 30%. Their construction enables their metal coating to reflect more interior room heat back into the room. comfort is thus improved by a reduction in temperature fluctuations and drafts.

If your building is already equipped with low-e windows, a quality window film can still be applied to enhance their perfor-mance. A low-e window can block up to 90 percent of UV radiation. After an installa-tion the same window can block more than 99% of the UV radiation that contributes

to a building’s heat gain and loss. Some films qualify for LEED credits, and instal-lations can pay for themselves within three years and sooner as energy costs continue to rise.

There are a variety of applications for window film, including energy conser-vation, safety and security, privacy, glare reduction, as well as designer and archi-tectural film options. Additionally, low reflectivity and high clarity, non-metallic window films are also available. Metals

can corrode over time in moist conditions and can interfere with cell phone signals and wi-fi transmissions.

Although warmer summers, colder winters, and potentially damaging storms are increasing demand, a commitment to install security and solar control win-dow films should be a priority – changing weather patterns or not. The energy con-servation and safety benefits gained from a quick, clean, quality window film installa-tion that brings a rapid return on investment should provide more than enough incentive to invest. for large commercial projects, a knowledgeable window film dealer should have access to sophisticated energy analy-sis software that can accurately predict energy usage and savings before and after a specific window film installation. For those who are still procrastinating, perhaps a dose of old-fashioned common sense is in order…better safe than sorry.

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KBE has constructed higher education projects on campuses throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Maryland. Its recent projects have included the construction and renovation of dining halls, athletic centers, residence halls, academic buildings, administrative facilities, laboratories, garages, student unions, animal barns, horticulture facilities, and even boathouses. Literally leaving no stone unturned, KBE has also constructed such campus necessities as parking lots and roadways, code upgrades, mold and hazmat abatement, utility/IT infrastructure, site work, and site infrastructure.

Over the last 15 years, KBE has built more than 2 million square feet of facilities on 15 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic campuses, totaling $400,000,000 in construction costs. Even with this impressive array of projects, KBE is not typically a company that completes a project and moves on to the next campus. The firm’s preconstruction, support, and construction professionals pride themselves on creating long-lasting relationships with the staff and faculty of each college or university, coming back time and time again to perform maintenance or to complete other renovations and additions. Building strong relationships with the area’s trade contractors is another point of pride.

In Connecticut alone, KBE has completed nine projects at the University of Bridgeport, eight at the University of Connecticut, seven at Wesleyan University and Eastern Connecticut State University, six projects for Western Connecticut State University, two at the University of Hartford, and more than 250 projects for Connecticut College. In Maryland, KBE has completed five projects at St. Mary’s College and two at the University of Maryland.

KBE has also made a name for itself in higher education by introducing Asset Reinvestment, a KBE initiative designed to improve deferred maintenance. Deferred maintenance is one of the least glamorous, but most pressing, issues facing college and university facility managers today.

KBE has been owned by Mike Kolakowski, Eric Brown, and Simon Etzel since 2007.

Educational construction projects represent the largest market in KBE’s $300 million portfolio.

KBE has offices in Farmington, CT and Columbia, MD to better serve all of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

The average KBE employee has been with KBE for at least ten years. Many senior employees have been employed by KBE for more than 25 years.

Last year, KBE’s 50 Ways to Make a Difference initiative donated more than $22,000 and 2,400 hours of community service to organizations throughout Connecticut and Maryland.

Renovations at McMahon Dining Hall were completed this August. The 14,000 square foot, $7.1 million project includes a 5,500 square foot addition and comprehensive renovations to create a new dining facility with all new kitchen equipment. The project was designed by PCA. This is KBE’s eighth project for the University. Past projects include Hilltop Residence Hall, the award-winning renovation and addition to the Student Union, and code upgrades to more than 50 buildings on the Storrs campus and three satellite campuses.

KBE has been working with Hood College since 2009 on an extensive, $20 million, campus-wide facilities improvement program. The second phase included construction of six new tennis courts and renovations to the College’s Aquatic Center, which was completed in August of 2012, with KBE’s design-build partner, The Design Collective. KBE also established an endowment fund to partially support a head tennis coach position at Hood College. KBE will be donating $25,000 over five years to the fund.

The $17 million Science Center at Connecticut College’s historic New London Hall renovated the 26,000 square foot building and added a 10,000 square foot addition. The new life and computer sciences center includes classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, a modernized greenhouse, and an Electron Microscopy Suite. Forty-five geothermal wells provide 100% of the building’s heating and cooling needs. The project is pursuing LEED Gold. KBE and Payette Architects met the highly accelerated schedule – a 44-month design and construction schedule compressed to just 26 months.

KBE recently completed the $32.8 million Hillside Residence Hall at University of Rhode Island. Designed by Lerner | Ladds + Bartels, the striking, five-story, 97,618 square foot residence hall provides 429 beds, multi-purpose spaces, classrooms, and residential life offices. Designed for LEED Silver certification, the facility features solar water heating system, radiant heating, green roofing, recycled building materials, and reclaimed rain water for the surrounding gardens.

KBE also completed life safety upgrades to the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union Hall. The $1.9 million project included a new fire alarm system, new sprinkler system, fire door replacement, stair guard rail, and new ceilings. The work also included architectural renovations to the commuter lounge, replacements of emergency lighting and exit signs, and asbestos abatement. The facility remained partially occupied throughout the construction, and the upgrades were completed in May.

Not surprisingly, therefore, maintenance and enhancement projects at existing facilities are very difficult to get funded, although they are extremely vital to creating a strong campus aesthetic that attracts students.

KBE’s Asset Reinvestment program groups together multiple facilities improvement projects into a single, linear building program that is not only easier to fund, but can often be completed over summer break. Currently, KBE is completing Asset Reinvestment projects at Connecticut College in New London, Hood College in Frederick, MD, and the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT.

Another important aspect of KBE’s philosophy is its commitment to “green” construction. KBE and its design partners routinely collaborate with colleges or universities to design projects that meet LEED certification standards or other sustainable design standards.

In the past six months, the firm has completed major projects at five campuses in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maryland, including:

• McMahonDiningHallattheUniversityofConnecticut;• HuntsingerAquaticandTennisCenteranddininghallrenovations

atHoodCollegeinFrederick,MD;• thenewScienceCenteratConnecticutCollegeinNewLondon;• HillsideResidenceHallattheUniversityofRhodeIsland;and• RenovationstotheRecreationCenteratRhodeIslandCollege.

KBE’s employees are very proud of the collegiate additions, renovations, and deferred maintenance upgrades they’ve completed throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Maryland. Even if their collective work would not constitute the largest campus in the country, they like to think it would be the most impressive.

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KBE Building Corporation is proud of its close ties to higher education. The employees joke that if you placed in one location every academic building, residence hall, student union, athletic center, and administrative facility that the firm has built on campuses across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, you might have the largest campus in the country.



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KBE has constructed higher education projects on campuses throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Maryland. Its recent projects have included the construction and renovation of dining halls, athletic centers, residence halls, academic buildings, administrative facilities, laboratories, garages, student unions, animal barns, horticulture facilities, and even boathouses. Literally leaving no stone unturned, KBE has also constructed such campus necessities as parking lots and roadways, code upgrades, mold and hazmat abatement, utility/IT infrastructure, site work, and site infrastructure.

Over the last 15 years, KBE has built more than 2 million square feet of facilities on 15 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic campuses, totaling $400,000,000 in construction costs. Even with this impressive array of projects, KBE is not typically a company that completes a project and moves on to the next campus. The firm’s preconstruction, support, and construction professionals pride themselves on creating long-lasting relationships with the staff and faculty of each college or university, coming back time and time again to perform maintenance or to complete other renovations and additions. Building strong relationships with the area’s trade contractors is another point of pride.

In Connecticut alone, KBE has completed nine projects at the University of Bridgeport, eight at the University of Connecticut, seven at Wesleyan University and Eastern Connecticut State University, six projects for Western Connecticut State University, two at the University of Hartford, and more than 250 projects for Connecticut College. In Maryland, KBE has completed five projects at St. Mary’s College and two at the University of Maryland.

KBE has also made a name for itself in higher education by introducing Asset Reinvestment, a KBE initiative designed to improve deferred maintenance. Deferred maintenance is one of the least glamorous, but most pressing, issues facing college and university facility managers today.

KBE has been owned by Mike Kolakowski, Eric Brown, and Simon Etzel since 2007.

Educational construction projects represent the largest market in KBE’s $300 million portfolio.

KBE has offices in Farmington, CT and Columbia, MD to better serve all of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

The average KBE employee has been with KBE for at least ten years. Many senior employees have been employed by KBE for more than 25 years.

Last year, KBE’s 50 Ways to Make a Difference initiative donated more than $22,000 and 2,400 hours of community service to organizations throughout Connecticut and Maryland.

Renovations at McMahon Dining Hall were completed this August. The 14,000 square foot, $7.1 million project includes a 5,500 square foot addition and comprehensive renovations to create a new dining facility with all new kitchen equipment. The project was designed by PCA. This is KBE’s eighth project for the University. Past projects include Hilltop Residence Hall, the award-winning renovation and addition to the Student Union, and code upgrades to more than 50 buildings on the Storrs campus and three satellite campuses.

KBE has been working with Hood College since 2009 on an extensive, $20 million, campus-wide facilities improvement program. The second phase included construction of six new tennis courts and renovations to the College’s Aquatic Center, which was completed in August of 2012, with KBE’s design-build partner, The Design Collective. KBE also established an endowment fund to partially support a head tennis coach position at Hood College. KBE will be donating $25,000 over five years to the fund.

The $17 million Science Center at Connecticut College’s historic New London Hall renovated the 26,000 square foot building and added a 10,000 square foot addition. The new life and computer sciences center includes classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, a modernized greenhouse, and an Electron Microscopy Suite. Forty-five geothermal wells provide 100% of the building’s heating and cooling needs. The project is pursuing LEED Gold. KBE and Payette Architects met the highly accelerated schedule – a 44-month design and construction schedule compressed to just 26 months.

KBE recently completed the $32.8 million Hillside Residence Hall at University of Rhode Island. Designed by Lerner | Ladds + Bartels, the striking, five-story, 97,618 square foot residence hall provides 429 beds, multi-purpose spaces, classrooms, and residential life offices. Designed for LEED Silver certification, the facility features solar water heating system, radiant heating, green roofing, recycled building materials, and reclaimed rain water for the surrounding gardens.

KBE also completed life safety upgrades to the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union Hall. The $1.9 million project included a new fire alarm system, new sprinkler system, fire door replacement, stair guard rail, and new ceilings. The work also included architectural renovations to the commuter lounge, replacements of emergency lighting and exit signs, and asbestos abatement. The facility remained partially occupied throughout the construction, and the upgrades were completed in May.

Not surprisingly, therefore, maintenance and enhancement projects at existing facilities are very difficult to get funded, although they are extremely vital to creating a strong campus aesthetic that attracts students.

KBE’s Asset Reinvestment program groups together multiple facilities improvement projects into a single, linear building program that is not only easier to fund, but can often be completed over summer break. Currently, KBE is completing Asset Reinvestment projects at Connecticut College in New London, Hood College in Frederick, MD, and the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT.

Another important aspect of KBE’s philosophy is its commitment to “green” construction. KBE and its design partners routinely collaborate with colleges or universities to design projects that meet LEED certification standards or other sustainable design standards.

In the past six months, the firm has completed major projects at five campuses in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maryland, including:

• McMahonDiningHallattheUniversityofConnecticut;• HuntsingerAquaticandTennisCenteranddininghallrenovations

atHoodCollegeinFrederick,MD;• thenewScienceCenteratConnecticutCollegeinNewLondon;• HillsideResidenceHallattheUniversityofRhodeIsland;and• RenovationstotheRecreationCenteratRhodeIslandCollege.

KBE’s employees are very proud of the collegiate additions, renovations, and deferred maintenance upgrades they’ve completed throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Maryland. Even if their collective work would not constitute the largest campus in the country, they like to think it would be the most impressive.

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KBE Building Corporation is proud of its close ties to higher education. The employees joke that if you placed in one location every academic building, residence hall, student union, athletic center, and administrative facility that the firm has built on campuses across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, you might have the largest campus in the country.



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Subcontractors included: sitework/septic system: Ao construction, Inc.; con-crete supplier: preferred concrete corpo-ration; foundations: S&S concrete form construction, Inc.; concrete slab/pads: John oliveira & Sons Stamped concrete; masonry: Dp masonry, Inc.; metals: west-bay welding & fabrication, Inc.

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claremont, Nh - construction of a complete energy retrofit for a his-toric landmark in claremont has

recently been completed and already seen throughout New hampshire as a model on how to preserve buildings that are a part of the state’s history.

Union Block Building was built in 1888 with a commercial design, replacing Brown’s wooden Block, which burnt in 1879. Recently, Union Block has become the heart of redeveloping the town’s com-mercial center. with 36,000sf of historic commercial and residential space it be-came evident to the owner that in order to attract and retain tenants there were sub-stantial improvements needed.

The project was overseen by the New hampshire Division of historical Resourc-es and an architectural historian, funded through grants and loans by the commu-nity Development finance Authority. The project was managed by Bruss construc-tion and Integrated Business Energy Asso-ciates (IBEA).

The framework for the project was provided through an energy audit by the Jordan Institute. This work formed the Ba-sis of Design provided to the design team headed by white/laurin Architects. IBEA performed measurement and verification services on the building, and Bruss con-struction managed and implemented the energy-efficiency measures set out in the proposal. The building remained operation-

al throughout the entire six month process.The retrofit improvements to the en-

velope included: installing new low-e insu-lated glass and doors at some of the store-front, refurbishing a historic skylight with low-e insulated glass, adding spray foam and blown-in cellulose to the attic for an R-value of 60, and air sealing the basement. hVAc work included adding mechanical ventilation and solar thermal hot water sys-tem. The most significant part of the project involved changing the heating system from a one-zone steam system to a multi-zone forced hot water system, fired by wood pel-let boilers This project is a positive example of how to improve occupant health, safety,

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portsmouth, RI ARc/ Architectural Resources cambridge announced that a dedication ceremony for the opening of the new, $5.7 million St. martin’s house at portsmouth Abbey School in portsmouth, was held on recently.

Designed by ARc and constructed by middletown, R.I.-based Advanced Building concepts, the 27,000sf St. mar-tin’s house is a student residence for boys, containing 30 student beds and three fac-ulty residence units organized in a central corridor style. A large common room and central study area have quickly become an important community space for the boys in St. martin’s and neighboring dorms.

The shingle-style exterior and cop-per roof respects the local New England village vernacular and references the exist-ing architectural style of the campus, and

its placement opposite St. Brigid’s house, also designed by ARc and constructed in 2007, reinforces the concept of a “campus green” at the heart of the residential cam-pus.

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Deerfield, MA - Erland construction of Burlington recently complet-ed a new 22,000sf student/faculty residence hall for Deerfield Academy. Teaming with ARc/Architectural Re-sources cambridge, Erland completed the new dormitory hall in early August 2012.

This two-story, wood-framed structure features three faculty apartments and 30 single bedrooms for students. The new residence hall also has common rooms on each floor, a game room, and four bathrooms.

Premium finishes include quarter sawn maple trim and a slate roof with copper flashings, gutters, and down-

spouts. Several sustainable components were also incorporated into this building, including photovoltaic solar panels, low Voc paint and adhesives, solar hot water system, and open cell foam insulation.

Deerfield Academy is an inde-pendent secondary school committed to high standards of scholarship, citizen-ship, and personal responsibility.

methuen, mA - ARc/Architectural Resources cam-bridge announced that a dedica-tion ceremony was held recently for the opening of the new wil-liam h. Brown Boathouse, lo-cated along the merrimack Riv-er in methuen.

The project was designed by ARc for phillips Academy in Andover and built by manches-ter-based windover construc-tion. project manager was gala-nis consulting of Ipswich.

The 16,755sf, single-story boathouse serves as the new home to the phillips Academy crew. The facility con-tains six boat bays for housing up to 30 racing shells, a boat-repair bay, athletic support spaces including team changing and locker rooms, offices for coaches, and meeting spaces. The building also houses a great room, public restrooms, pantry, care-taker’s apartment unit, and new mechanical support areas.

An old existing prefabricated metal

building was transformed to its new use with a handful of modest but carefully se-lected upgrades to the structure, including new metal panel siding and new oversized glass openings to maximize natural light coming into the building.

The double-height great room will form the hub of activity on race-day events, with new glazed openings along its north-ern and eastern sides, providing spectators with the opportunity to watch the races from indoors.

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providence, RI - BoND of Everett, mass. has been selected to provide con-struction management services for the comprehensive renovation of Brown Uni-versity’s Barus and holley Building and prince laboratory.

Serving the university’s engineering and physics departments, the Barus and holley Building and prince laboratory

will receive critical infrastructure upgrades – including new switchgear, cooling tow-ers, chillers, heat exchangers, boilers, air handling units, and exhaust fans – that will extend their capacity to support the sensi-tive ongoing research carried out by staff and students. The project’s scope also in-cludes the installation of a new fire alarm system and the modernization of two exist-

ing elevators. Using an integrated project

delivery (IpD) method, BoND will work closely with Brown University, architect Imai Keller moore, engineer wSp flack + Kurtz, and electrical and mechani-cal subcontractors to develop a detailed sequencing and phasing plan that will maintain 24x7 oper-ability in the buildings’ laborato-ries, while minimizing disruption to other adjacent departments.

Dedicated in June 1965, the seven-story, 220,000sf Barus and holley Building houses the uni-

versity’s engineering and physics depart-ments, including 117 laboratories, 150 of-fices, and classroom and lecture hall space. The two-story prince laboratory, built in 1962, contains research space, a machine shop, and offices. Their renovation will as-sist Brown in achieving long-term master plan goals.

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Boston - After wrapping up three academic projects this summer at Smith college and Northeastern University, Jm coull has continued on at Northeastern with renovation projects in the mugar life Sciences Building.

The summer projects at Smith col-lege in Northampton involved renovations to five student residence halls. Lorin Starr of Amherst was interior designer. A fast-tracked plan was implemented to complete the renovations during the summer, and the project was completed on time and under budget.

Northeastern University awarded two projects to Jm coull over the summer, including work in forsyth hall and mugar life Sciences Building. The team com-

pletely renovated a 187-seat mugar lecture hall, including extensive hVAc construc-tion, ductwork, and piping in the hallways, and improvements to adjacent offices, cor-ridors, and stairwells. A laboratory renova-tion and upgrade was undertaken simulta-neously in forsyth hall.

The work in mugar life Sciences Building continues this fall with three projects. These include renovations to two chemistry laboratories, including heavy mechanical system installations, and the conversion of offices to a student advising suite. The building continues to be heavily used throughout construction, so the work is being carefully scheduled to minimize any disruption to ongoing activities.

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framingham, mA – Erland construc-tion, Inc. of Burlington recently completed major renovations, and a

grand opening was held at the Edward m. Kennedy community health center at 354 waverly St. in framingham.

Teaming with Steffian Bradley Ar-chitects of Boston, Erland renovated the existing office building into approximate-ly 8,000sf of clinical space, which nearly doubled the center’s previous capacity.

An addition to the medical office building features a new lobby and eleva-tor. The entire first floor was renovated, along with a portion of the third floor. The second and third floors were occupied by other businesses that remained in operation throughout the building’s renovations.

The major challenge on this project was maintaining handicap access to the second floor, once the existing elevator lobby was demolished, for the human ser-vices tenants that remained – including a 24/7 suicide hotline.

collaborating with the town’s el-evator access board, Erland built a tem-porary enclosed wheelchair lift to enable handicapped access to the second and third floors throughout construction of the new elevator.

The new location now features ex-amination rooms, patient rooms, a laborato-ry, private offices for patient consultations, and staff conference rooms. New sprinklers were installed throughout the building, which was completed during nights and weekends in occupied areas to ensure mini-mal disruption to current tenants.

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Springfield, MA - Springfield College, during its october board of trustees meeting, honored Erland con-struction, Inc. in recog-nition of the company’s fulfillment of multiple building and renovation projects at the college.

“we are extremely pleased with the excep-tional working relation-ship we have had with Erland over the years re-sulting in several state-of-the-art facilities,” said Springfield Col-lege president Richard B. flynn. “of special note was Erland’s co-operative spirit and responsiveness when the college was struck by the tornado that ravaged western massachusetts on June 1, 2011. Erland’s staff was on campus within 24 hours, and within the week they had begun work to repair and restore damaged facilities.

“Renovations to three of our resi-dence halls – International, Reed, and massasoit – were extensive, yet all were ready for occupancy for the fall semester. They were unbelievably helpful. To this

day, people are amazed at what was ac-complished in such a short time, and the final results were outstanding.”

The partnership between Spring-field College and Erland Construction, Inc. began in 2008 and has encompassed four different projects. In addition to the tornado repairs in 2011, Erland has man-aged construction of the new wellness and Recreation complex; the new Richard B. flynn campus Union; and the gut/rehab of the Judd gymnasia, which now houses the Stizter YmcA center.

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cambridge, mA - Berkeley Building com-pany, mIT housing De-partment, and hecht and Associates Architects have teamed up to complete the renovation of seven ex-isting kitchens at mIT’s well-known Senior house on the cambridge campus.

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Subcontractors included caliper woodworking corporation (millwork), SR Dodge Inc.

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Bedford, mA – c.E. floyd compa-ny completed work at Thayer Academy in Braintree and concord Academy in mass. and Fairfield Country Day School in Fair-field, Conn. in time for the 2012 school year.

Eck|MacNeely Architects and C.E. floyd partnered to renovate Thayer Acad-emy’s cahall campus center. The Tiger’s Den has been relocated to the second floor and houses the new wrestling center and a multi-purpose area for social gatherings.

The first floor was renovated to

house the student commons for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors; the school store and offices for the student office, commu-nity council advisor, upper school dean of students and school store manager. The Ju-dith Bryant hale ’56 courtyard was also created, giving the students an outdoor gathering space as well.

c.E. floyd worked with lilley.Dadagian Architects to complete the mo-riarty Athletic campus at concord Acad-emy. The school purchased 13.5 acres and

converted the site to playing fields with a fieldhouse, that contains a common room with granite fireplace, bathrooms, boys’ and girls’ changing rooms, athletic train-ing room, an office, and support space to cater events. Extensive sitework was done to create six tennis courts, two soccer/la-crosse fields, a baseball diamond, and a field hockey field. Bioretention ponds on site are used to irrigate the grass fields.

working with peterman Architects, C.E. Floyd added a second floor to Fair-

field Country Day’s Middle School and completely renovated the first floor of the building. The second floor contains science labs, classrooms, and a vegetative roof to be used as an outdoor classroom. c.E. floyd also performed a complete exterior renovation to the historic Bronson house.

In addition, c.E. floyd completed minor renovations at lawrence Academy in groton, mass. and The carroll School in lincoln, and a utility relocation at The groton School in groton.

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manchester, mA - win-dover construction announced the completion of a new dormi-tory for The cambridge School of weston.

partnering with the design teams at pinck & Associates and Eck | MacNeely Architects, Win-dover completed this fast-tracked project in less than 12 months.

Known as The warren house, the 11,000sf dormitory in-cludes 24 student beds and three faculty apartments. In addition to the residential rooms and apart-ments, the building has a large common space with adjacent kitchenettes, a comput-er and group study room, summer storage space for students and faculty, outdoor com-

munity space and a large kitchen classroom. During the entire process, a strong

emphasis was placed on integrating eco-friendly materials and design elements.

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Boston - goody clancy announced that it has completed the design of the new 19,900sf Ron-ald Rettner hall for media Arts and Innovation at the University of Rochester.

The design is based on visual openness and transparency, with the ac-tivities and team collaboration inside the facility visible to students passing by and through its prominent wilson quadrangle location.

The building will include space on each floor overlooking the level below to encourage interactive teamwork. open floor plans and a flexible, adaptable design for all interior spaces will allow for easy re-configuration and improvisation for work-ing teams.

In addition to fostering new methods for learning and teaching, the new build-ing will serve as a vital connection point on the Rochester campus. It will connect the upper Eastman quadrangle with the lower wilson quadrangle, with students walking through the building and down a new con-necting stairway offering a full view of the activities inside.

goody clancy’s selection as the cen-ter’s designer was the result of an invited design competition.

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New london hall is the oldest and original building on this prestigious cam-pus. As part of this project, the building has been upgraded and positioned to serve the next generation of research and education. The building is provided with state-of-the-art botany, biological, robotics, computer science, and general research and teaching spaces. The building supports both formal and informal interaction space utilizing strategically located spaces, vision glass, and supporting projection and presentation capabilities.

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metric has been involved with the Bay house for more than a year, working closely with the architect, the owner’s project man-ager, and the developers to ensure that the steel podium, wood-framed building would be built in a cost-effective manner. The estimating team used value engineering to reduce the cost of construction, while still maintaining the high-quality workmanship that metric provides.

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High-Profile Focus: Multi-Residential / Assisted Living

peterborough, Nh - metro walls has been hired by cutler Associates to com-plete a large scope of work at The Villages at River mead in peterborough.

River mead is an assisted and inde-pendent living community that is adding a new 108,000sf building within 33 wooded acres across from the original campus, just steps away from downtown peterborough.

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wellesley, mA – waterstone at wellesley, a new mixed-use senior resi-dential complex, has been recognized as a winner in the “Best New Development: Se-nior housing” category by the 2012 multi-housing News Excellence Awards. The awards recognize the multi-family indus-try’s most noteworthy people, companies, and properties across the country.

Designed by Elkus manfredi Archi-tects for National Development, water-stone at wellesley is a collection of three buildings combining 120,000sf of rental housing with retail and medical offices. waterstone’s site was selected for its loca-tion in the historic New England mill area of wellesley and its beautiful waterfront exposure along the charles River. A retail and medical office building forms the street edge of the project, serving as a gateway to the two senior residential buildings — 86 residential units for independent living and 52 for assisted living.

The independent living building in-cludes 86 residential units, a formal dining room, a resident bar/lounge, private din-ing rooms, and an informal café with an outdoor dining terrace, plus a living room, library, theater, activity rooms, and tech-nology center. The assisted living build-ing includes 52 residences, a living room, formal and private dining rooms, a library with private study carrels, activity rooms,

and a “country kitchen” opening onto a private outdoor terrace. facilities shared by the two buildings include a fitness facil-ity, an indoor swimming pool with views to the river, a hair salon, and a multi-purpose common room. There are a total of 280 parking spaces on-site, with 140 located in a heated underground garage connecting the two residential buildings.

The project is a venture of owner/developer National Development and Ep-och Senior living. other team members included wellesley Design consultants, Inc. for interior decoration; wozny Barbar & Associates for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering; Veitas & Veitas Engineers for structural en-gineering; and Stantec consulting for land-scape design. The project was constructed by cranshaw construction.

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Brookline, mA - con-struction on the $8.35 million condominium project in the fisher hill neighborhood of Brookline for Boston-based developer New Atlantic De-velopment corporation has been completed. The 24-unit olmsted hill represents the culmination of eight years of community planning to bring more affordable housing to the town, and residents are al-ready beginning to move in.

Designed by cBT Architects, the moderate income homes were designed to fit seamlessly into an existing neighbor-hood originally planned by the renowned landscape architect frederick law olm-sted, designer of the Emerald Necklace and central park.

The project was developed by Nauset construction corporation in two phases, the first being the demolition and back-filling of the former Brookline reservoir, which was taken offline in the ’50s when Brookline tied into the mwRA system. “The site preparation may have been the most impressive part of this project,” said Terry Stretch, senior project manager for Nauset. Two enormous underground tanks were removed and filled in with 45,000 cu-bic feet of compacted fill to manufacture a regular site. That preparation also included the installation of subdivision utilities and

the construction of a new street, olmsted Road.

The second phase was the creation of 11 lots; 10 were sold at market value to help finance the affordable portion of the project, with the remaining lot designated for the three-building, 24-unit condomin-ium development, complete with an un-derground parking garage for 34 vehicles. Designed to look like a turn of the cen-tury estate, the development is comprised of a 16-unit “main house,” a courtyard, a “guest house” with four more units, and another four-unit “gate house.” “from an architect’s perspective it really integrates affordable housing into this established neighborhood in a way that doesn’t single it out,” said Ellen perko, associate princi-pal at cBT Architects.

olmsted hill will provide a highly sustainable, green lifestyle for its residents. All units are Energy Star certified and are LEED certifiable.

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wenham mA - windover construc-tion has recently been selected as the builder for penguin hall, a 50 acre estate in wenham that will be transformed into a senior independent living community.

Developed by wise living and de-signed by EgA Architects, the project in-cludes 192 total homes, ranging from 850sf to over 2,000sf.

Built in 1929 by Ruby Boyer mill-er, penguin hall’s original mansion and grounds feature period architecture in a unique estate setting. In addition to an ex-tensive renovation of the existing mansion, the project will include the construction of three new manor houses, each housing 12 to 16 residences. The entire project will have a 1930s style to maintain the estate’s historic elegance.

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project principal Jim mullen is particularly proud of the project’s new direction. “pen-guin hall served Ruby Boyer miller as an elegant summer retreat and then mullen communications as a distinguished cor-porate headquarters. There is no one better than windover to ready it for a new career as an elegant Senior Independent living community.”

Amenities include a restaurant, well-ness center and spa, lap and plunge pools, gardens with a four-season greenhouse and access to gordon college’s academic cur-riculum. Every home comes with a thor-oughly equipped kitchen and sunroom ringed with windows. Both the connected and independent homes, as well as the heated, below-home parking, are elevator-served.

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Randolph, mA - pro con Inc has com-pleted the first of three new apartment build-ings in the Rosemont Square community, and residents began moving into the new apartment homes in September. The com-munity is being developed by The praedium group, a New York city-based national real estate investment firm and its partner, Bea-con communities of Boston, residential real estate owners, developers, and managers. The 120 new apartment homes will comple-ment the existing 384 garden-style apart-ments at Rosemont Square. Davis Square Architects of Somerville, mass. is the proj-ect architect, and Stantec consulting of Bos-ton is the landscape architect. pro con Inc of manchester, N.h. is the general contractor for the Rosemont Square expansion project.

Each of the 840sf, one-bedroom apart-

ments features a fully furnished kitchen with Energy Star appliances, washer and dryer, and individual balconies with sliding glass doors. Six of the units are accessible apart-ments, and some units have open kitchen floor plans. The new apartments are located in three, four-story garden-style buildings with elevators.

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fitchburg, mA - lo-cal authorities joined winn Development, colantonio, Inc., and local residents re-cently at a ribbon cutting cer-emony to celebrate the long-awaited opening of fitchburg place, a 42,528sf affordable senior housing development in fitchburg. formerly known as groop Townview Towers, the development was over six years in the making.

The newly renovated apartment units offer 20th cen-tury architecture with modern one bedrooms for seniors age 62 plus. Eight units provide handicapped accessibility.

colantonio began the $8.5 million project in 2006. The 10-story public hous-ing complex was being restructured into an assisted living facility. In June 2007, how-ever, funding issues halted construction. The building sat dormant for the next five years.

winnDevelopment, the real estate development arm of winncompanies, joined the fitchburg housing Authority to acquire and redevelop the property into 96 units of affordable rental housing for the elderly and disabled.

Steffian Bradley Architects designed the transformation that includes a large kitchen and community space for gather-

ings; a communal living room; a learning center complete with computers and print-ers; a wellness/exercise center; a large laundry room; a comfortable reading room; a sunroom; and a private outdoor patio.

fitchburg place consists of afford-able, modern, and fully-appointed one-bedroom apartment homes for seniors. Residents will enjoy many community ame-nities, including a lounge, laundry facilities, a wellness room, fitness center, computer learning space, library, and patio area. The property also boasts Energy Star appliances and lighting, an upgraded high-efficiency hVAc system with co-generation, and an on-site management and leasing

The building received a new roof, and the fire and safety systems were upgraded.

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High-Profile: Awards

Boston - margulies perruzzi Ar-chitects announced that the firm’s inte-rior design for philips has won the 2012 coreNet global New England’s Award of Excellence for Best New workplace. The award was given in the small build-ing renovation category for philips’ new office at 200 Minuteman Road in Andover.

The annual Best New workplace Award recognizes a corporate workplace constructed within the last year that dem-onstrates innovative application of space

layout, design, and applicability to pur-pose, as well as functional utilization of technology that significantly improves the performance of the organization.

For the 32,000sf interior fit-up of Philips’ new office environment, the in-terior architecture and corporate design translated the company’s shift in work and corporate culture into a high performance workspace that aligns with work-from-home practices and technology, provides collaboration space and privacy.

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waltham, mA – coreNet New Eng-land has awarded the new Americas head-quarters offices of the French 3D software pioneer Dassault Systèmes (DS) the Best New workplace 2012 Award of Excellence.

Designed by Elkus manfredi Archi-tects and constructed by columbia con-struction, the offices are located at 175 wyman Street in waltham in the heart of the Route 128 tech corridor. The new 212,000sf DS campus represents the strategic consoli-dation of the company’s eight massachusetts software brands, bringing 800 employees from separate offices — with a capacity for 900 — into one shared culture. The design goal was to empower everyone — research-ers, designers, customers — to seamlessly innovate, share, and experience in 3D.

Elkus manfredi created an open, col-

laborative environment that nourishes the energy of each DS software brand while bringing them into closer creative connec-tivity. In addition, the new headquarters is designed to be a prototype of sustainability not only for DS facilities and employees across the globe, but also for DS custom-ers as they work with the company to re-duce the carbon footprint of their products. LEED Gold certification for Commercial Interiors is currently pending.

other members of the architecture, engineering, and management team in-cluded hobbs Brook management: campus owner and operator, Jones lang laSalle: project manager, AhA consulting Engi-neers: mEp engineer, and Symmes maini & mcKee Associates: engineer for data center and computer lab.

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concord, Nh - North Branch con-struction, Inc. received two awards at the Associated Builders and contractors (ABc) Nh/VT chapter - Excellence in construction Awards ceremony held at the capitol center of the Arts in concord in october.

North Branch received the Excel-lence in construction Award for the his-toric renovation of the Sugar River mills Apartments in claremont. charlie Dirac from the preservation of Affordable hous-

ing joined project manager Joe campbell and the rest of the North Branch team in accepting this award.

North Branch also took home anoth-er Award of Excellence in the commercial over 10 million Dollar category for the $11 million Northeast Rehabilitation hospital in portsmouth. president of North Branch construction Ken holmes gave the accep-tance speech for this award, joined on stage by Bonita cook and mike parma from JSA Architects.

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North Branch Construction and JSA Architects with their Award of Excellence. (l-r): Katie Lopes, Bonita Cook, Ken Holmes, Kevin Temple, Karen MacDonald, Carol

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watertown, mA - Sasaki announced that its design for the University of massachusetts Amherst campus Recreation center has been selected for an Athletic Business 2012 facility of merit award.

Sasaki’s sports practice has more than 30 years of experience planning and designing athletic and recreational projects on over 200 campuses nationwide.

The new recreation center is sited at a prominent location along commonwealth Avenue to reinforce the university’s goal of promoting rec-reation and wellness. The building is a

fresh adaptation to the architectural style of the campus and ushers in a new era of health and fitness opportunities for students.

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hamden, cT – hoffmann Architects, an architectural and engineering firm spe-cializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors, has been named the 2012

corporate honoree of the Year by the Southern connecticut chapter of BomA

International Southern connecticut BomA, part of the Building owners and managers Association, recognizes mem-bers who, according to chapter president

Deb Smith, “have consis-tently contributed to the success of the Associa-tion,” by awarding thendis-tinction of honoree of the Year.

hoffmann Architects was recognized in octo-ber at the chapter’s Awards gala in Darien.

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hamden, cT – This year marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of hoffmann Architects, an architectural and engineering firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors, with offices in Hamden, New York City, and Arlington, Va.

Since its founding in 1977, hoff-mann Architects has grown to become nationally recognized for its expertise in identifying and remediating deteriora-tion in building envelope components, including façades, roofs, windows, structural systems, parking garages, pla-zas/terraces, and historic and landmark structures.

Over the course of the firm’s prac-tice, the firm has received a number of design awards for rehabilitation and restoration, including New York city landmarks conservancy lucy g. moses Awards for restoration of the chrysler Building and of Scholastic, Inc. head-quarters; the massachusetts historical commission preservation Award for restoration of the washburn Shops at worcester polytechnic Institute; the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New England Regional council Design Award for work at the Dome of the Unit-ed States capitol; the National Trust for historic preservation honor Award for the restoration of Radio city music hall and the gE Building at Rockefeller cen-ter, and many others.

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21 September 2012 – This year marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Hoffmann Architects, an architectural and engineering firm specializing in the rehabilitation of building exteriors.

Since its founding in 1977, Hoffmann Architects has grown to become nationally recognized for its expertise in identifying and remediating deterioration in building envelope components, including facades, roofs, windows, structural systems, parking garages, plazas/terraces, and historic and landmark structures.

Over the course of the firm’s practice, Hoffmann Architects has received a number of design awards for rehabilitation and restoration, including New York City Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Awards for restoration of the Chrysler Building and of Scholastic, Inc. Headquarters, the Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award for restoration of the Washburn Shops at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award for the restoration of Radio City Music Hall and the GE Building at Rockefeller Center, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New England Regional Council Design Award for work at the Dome of the United States Capitol, and, together with Gwathmey Siegel + Associates Architects, Design Awards from the New York State and Connecticut chapters of AIA for renovation of the landmark Art + Architecture Building at Yale University (now Paul Rudolph Hall).

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• December 3, - 5:30 p.m.long wharf Theatre, New ha-venAwards Reception honoring the recipients of the 2012 AIA connecti-cut Alice washburn awards, business awards, design awards, drawing awards, and people’s choice awards.Enjoy a festive cocktail reception. Tour the newly renovated theatre. View im-ages of winning projects.• December 5, 9 -11 a.m. (registration AT 8:45 a.m.)cloud Based computingAIA connecticut, 370 James Street, Suite 402, New havennJoin phil marshall from the Datamat group, Inc., Norwalk and glastonbury, for an informative program on cloud-based computing. learn how cloud-

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hamden, cT - The connecticut Building congress began its program cal-endar with “Alternative Energy & Sustain-ability: choate’s Kohler Environmental center.”

With its status as the first net-zero energy facility at a secondary school in the New England, the Kohler Environmental center was an outstanding example for this program on alternative energy and sustain-ability.

located on 266 acres of undeveloped land east of the school’s main campus in wallingford, the 31,325sf academic and residential facility includes a research-quality greenhouse, laboratory spaces, classrooms, residential quarters for faculty and students, and many environmental de-sign features. In addition to being the first-of-its-kind net-zero facility, the project is expected to achieve lEED platinum certi-fication.

Key members of the project team of-fered important advice for anyone seeking to replicate this project’s success. “when one builds a first-of-its-kind project like the Kohler center,”commented Ron goodin, with fletcher-Thompson and cBc presi-dent, “time and planning become increas-ingly important. In the end, the team com-pleted a difficult project in time for the start of the school year.” cBc is in the process

of planning a follow-on program for the spring to gain further insight into the build-ing’s performance and its contribution to the students’ education.

panel members included owner Da-vid Terrel, associate director of facilities, choate Rosemary hall School; construc-tion manager lisa cenotti, Shawmut De-sign and construction, Inc.; william Swee-ney, Shawmut Design and construction, Inc.; and solar panel installer carter wild-ing-white, RgS Energy, Inc.The modera-tor was martin onorato, Robinson & cole, immediate past president of cBc.

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Shelton, cT - fletcher Thompson, an architectural, en-gineering, and interior design firm, announced that Daniel L. casinelli, AIA, lEED Ap, will assume the leadership position as principal of fletcher Thompson’s K-12 market sector.

casinelli has served as project architect, project man-ager, and principal during his 16 years at fletcher Thompson, and has over 25 years of experience in the field of archi-tecture. his expertise encompasses master planning, design, construction document development, interior design, contract ad-ministration, project coordination, and the direction of support staff in the accomplish-

ment of project assignments. casinelli has assisted in

delivering successful projects for schools that include french-town Elementary School in Trumbull, that was recently fea-tured in American School Board Journal’s learning by Design; a renovation and expansion to wilton high School that was

recognized by American School & University as an outstanding Building for its auditorium and music space, and middlebrook middle School in wilton, that was honored with an

outstanding Building designation in American School & University’s Architec-tural portfolio.

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New haven, cT - The new 15 mwe cogeneration expan-sion at Yale University’s Sterling power plant in New haven was recognized with the 2012 honor Award for design excellence and sustainability from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) con-necticut chapter.

Designed by charney Ar-chitects with Vanderweil power group, a division of Boston-based Vanderweil Engineers, the plant provides steam, chilled water, and electricity to Yale School of medi-

cine and Yale New haven hospital.The conversion of the Sterling power

plant to a co-generation facility enables the university to produce electrical and thermal energy simultaneously, improving efficien-cy and saving up to 18,000 metric tons of

carbon equivalents a year, ac-cording to the Yale Office of Sus-tainability. The project involved draining and converting an ex-isting 3-million-gallon thermal storage tank into a new 15 mw plant, which also features 5 mwe of future expansion capacity.

highlights of the design include two 7.5 mwe com-bustion turbine generators, two hRSg’s each with 95,000 pph steam capacity, two 185-foot stainless steel exhaust stacks, combustion air inlet air cooling

during summer, chilled water free cooling in the winter, new 5,500-ton chiller expan-sion including field-erected cooling tower and commissioning, and a new DcS plant ScADA system.

Yale power plant Awarded Designed by charney with Vanderweil

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for the sixth consecutive year, Standard Builders has ranked among the top companies that have demonstrated common characteristics that bring out the best in their employees and leaders and help them succeed even in a diffi-cult economy. The Hartford Courant re-cently published a list of the best places to work in the hartford region. Standard Builders made the list at No. 16 out of

50 and also received a special award for ranking No. 1 in the Ethics category.

The firm has been consistently recognized since 2007 on both the busi-ness and practice sides of the indus-try for who they are and what they do: from the ccIA Excellence in Safety, to project Team Awards, to the Agc Build connecticut, to the cBc project Team Awards, and the Best places to work.

Standard Builders Ranked ‘Top’

New hartford, cT - The Boy Scouts at camp workcoeman have a new rifle range, thanks to KBE Building corporation and a number of its subcontractors.

Established in 1924, camp workcoeman is one of the oldest operating Boy Scout camps in the country. located in New hartford on over 500 acres, the camp is open year-round, and typically serves over 1,300 scouts in the summer seasons.

In february 2011, the camp’s 12x40-ft. rifle range collapsed under heavy snowfall. The new rifle range was funded in part by a $10,000 donation from KBE Building cor-poration. The balance of the funding came from an insurance claim payment; a dona-tion from mK construction of $1,500 in manpower and materials; volunteers from castle concrete, Xenelis construction, and Richard corporation; equipment use provided by Elite construction Rentals; framing materials provided by Sanford and Hawley; and a National Rifle Association grant of $4,800.

Through these many contributors, the rifle range was available for the sum-mer 2012 session. The new rifle range is 16x64 ft. and can accommodate a .22 rifle or shotgun.

Several years ago KBE completed two other pro bono projects for the connect-icut Boy Scouts where, like the rifle range, all the material and labor was donated.

The grand re-opening for camp Workcoeman’s rifle range featured a ribbon “shooting,”where eight Boy Scouts aimed rifles at a ribbon that surrounded the rifle range. Representatives of KBE, including principal and cEo mike Kolakowski, at-tended the ribbon shooting in order to pres-ent the $10,000 donation.

KBE Rebuilds Scout’s Rifle Range

Mike Kolakowski, and Steven Smith,CEO of the Conn. Rivers Council pose with KBE’s financial

contribution to the camp.

A Boy Scout takes aim at the ribbon.

Vernon, cT - Suburban Subaru of Vernon has contracted with Jewett Auto-motive Design & construction of Ray-mond, N.h. to renovate its facility at 24 hartford Turnpike in Vernon.

This extensive renovation includes two additions: a 9,360sf pre-engineered metal building for the new service depart-ment, and a 2,160sf conventional steel showroom and new vehicle delivery area.

The project includes selective demolition and site work, structural steel and metals work; concrete; masonry; roofing; ACM panels; EIfS; aluminum storefront doors and glass; acoustic ceiling systems; de-sign-build plumbing, hVAc and electrical work; and all finishes.

Bruce Ronayne hamilton Architects of New Ipswich served as architects.

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glastonbury, cT – purcell Asso-ciates, Inc., a glastonbury-based civil, structural, and transportation engineer-ing firm, announced that it has become a part of Alfred Benesch & company. Benesch provides multi-disciplined en-gineering and environmental services

nationwide and is headquartered in chi-cago. Purcell’s offices in Glastonbury and Boston will be integrated into Ben-esch’s mid-Atlantic Region.

“we look forward to what the fu-ture holds for Benesch.” said wally Iv-ers, president of purcell.

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Newport, RI – A proj-ect at the Newport Navy Base’s officer training command quarters was re-cently completed by Spino Bros., Inc., the masonry subcontractor.

The company is an officially licensed dealer for Nudura, the manufacturer for the Insulated concrete forms (Icf) that were used on this project.

Naval Base project completed

Newport Navy Base’s officer training command quarters

Mansfield, MA - RDK Engi-neers attended an open house in Sep-tember celebrating the completion of a 300 kw roof mounted solar array for miller Recycling corporation of Mansfield.

RDK provided electrical engi-neering services on the project that included interconnection design and subsequent documentation required to support the installation of the 1,200 panels.

The design incorporated com-bined boxes, inverters, and intercon-nection to the grid. The system will be utilized by the facility to offset 90% of its own traditional energy needs.

RDK worked in conjunction with Energy Systems & Installation (ESI), who served as the project management firm,

providing overall design and installation services on the project.

The miller Recycling solar array project marks the third project that the two firms have completed together, while an-other five are currently under way.

RDK Attends miller open house

300 kW roof-mounted solar array

Attending the open housel (l-r): Dave Courte-manche (RDK); Randy Miller (Miller Recycling);

Bob Reale (RDK); Jeff Bessom (ESI); Corey Wolff (ESI); and Bob Persechini (RDK).

hooksett, Nh- Exterior Designs was hired by North Branch construction to perform the exterior cladding at the pSNh building in hooksett. The project included exterior metal stud framing, sheathing, and the installation of omega lite Acm panels all performed while the building remained fully operational.

Now that the project is complete, the building has a new updated look that will serve pSNh well for many years to come. Exterior Designs is based in manchester, N.h. and specializes in exterior cladding for commercial buildings throughout New England.

North Branch hires Exterior DesignspSNh project completed

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cambridge, mA - Roundhill con-struction announced that the company has completed its build-out of office and lab space for crashlytics at one Kendall Square in cambridge.

Roundhill construction created 4,500sf office space on a fast-track sched-ule for crashlytics, a startup company that creates debugging, crash-reporting, and analysis software for mobile computer de-vice applications. crashlytics will be based at Building 200 within one Kendall Square.

partnering with Roundhill and Beal on the project was R.E. Dinneen Architects & planners.

The project comes hard on the heels of the completion of another collaborative

project involving Roundhill construction and The Beal cos. Roundhill recently com-pleted the fit-up of 4,400sf of new office space at 70 fargo St. in Boston on behalf of The Beal cos. and its joint-venture partner, Rockpoint group.

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Inside this IssueWindover Construction Completes Three School and College ProjectsBOND CM for UMass Fitchburg State Project Erland Tops Off New School Center with Robert Olsen + Assoc.LLD Designs, KBE Builds URI’s Hillside Residence HallProfile: CTA Cements Place as Leading School BuilderCutler Associates’ Design Build Anna Maria College Holds Open HouseOldcastle Precast Awarded Liberty Terrace DormitoryBC Project Achieves LEED PlatinumTewksbury High School Tops OffUMass Lowell Begins Steel ErectionSuffolk Construction Builds The Victor Luxury ApartmentsPro Con Breaks Ground For Aviv Center for Living, KDA ArchitectContracting Specialists AwardedGround Breaking for Bristol HotelConstruction Starts on New Storrs CenterIncreasing Natural Gas Demand in NE by Douglas PopeMIT Sloan: Archieving Acoustical, Audiovisual, and Technological SuccessColleges Carving out New Space on Existing Campuses by Julie Nugent

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Boston - BoND announced four new additions to the firm’s staff, welcoming Blake wilcox, charlie harting, Stephen macKean and Adam Reynolds. These key hires mark over 15 new employees to join the construction company in the past year.

wilcox joins BoND as mEp manag-er and brings over eight years of construc-tion industry experience to the firm. He has successfully completed numerous high-profile and complex projects, including a major lab renovation for the mitre corpo-ration and the renovation of the historically significant Residences at Russia Wharf.

Joining the firm as senior project manager, harting brings more than 25 years of industry experience, having man-aged both preconstruction and construction for major academic projects throughout greater Boston. his past work includes the Data center at mIT-Bates linear Accelera-tor and restoration of the custom house Tower and the John hancock Berkeley Building. harting most recently worked for Suffolk construction company as a senior project manager.

Stephen macKean, with more than 35 years of experience providing precon-struction services including budgeting, constructability reviews, and value analy-sis, joins BoND as senior estimator. he most recently held the position of chief

estimator for James J. welch co. in Salem, where he managed all aspects of estimating for preconstruction and bid management.

Recently-appointed assistant proj-ect manager Adam Reynolds, lEED Ap comes to BoND from columbia construc-tion company with more than seven years of project management experience. he has worked on high-profile projects including gillette world headquarters and Boston University’s college of fine Arts.

BoND Announces New hires

Reynolds MacKean

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Boston, mA - fletcher Thompson announced the addition of george Delegas, AIA, as princi-pal of its Boston office.

Delegas brings over 30 years of architectural and planning ex-perience to the firm, managing the entire design and construction process for clients in mass., R.I., N.Y., fla., and overseas.

he will lead fletcher

Thompson’s education prac-tice group, where his experi-ence, which includes assisting in needs assessments for over 1,800 public schools, will sup-port the firm’s K-12 market sec-tor. he also has planned and de-signed projects for colleges and universities, housing, and state and national governments.

fletcher Thompson Adds Delegas

cambridge, mA - ARc/ Architectural Resources cam-bridge announced that madaline hale, NcIDQ, IIDA, lEED Ap ID+C, has joined the firm as a senior associate and director of interior design.

hale has 25 years of di-verse interior design experience with projects in fields ranging from higher education, science and technology to corporate and health care.

hale most recently was affiliated with Perkins+Will in Boston, and also has worked with Bay State firms Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott and The hale Design Studio, as well as several washington, D.c.-based firms. In addition to science, cor-porate, and health care-related projects, she has designed high-

profile interior projects at world-class universities across the country, in-cluding harvard, cornell, Tufts, and Duke.

hale Joins ARc

Hale

cambridge, mA - ARc/ Architectural Resources Cambridge announced that Kelly C. Bliss has joined the firm as an associate and the new director of business development. In her new position, she is charged with oversight of business development initiatives.

She has served as director of business development and marketing at several architectural firms in the Greater Boston and Raleigh, N.c. areas in a career spanning more than two decades.

prior to joining ARc, she was marketing principal at lavallee Brensinger Architects, and she served as director of marketing at the Boston office of architectural firm Perkins+Will.

Kelly Bliss Joins ARc

Bliss

Bedford, Nh - Eckman construction company, Inc. announced that Jeffrey Troisi has joined the Eckman staff as building information modeling (BIm) coordinator and as-sistant project manager. he has 12 years of commercial con-struction experience in New hampshire and massachusetts, which includes both public and private projects.

Troisi is proficient in the use of the Autodesk applica-tions Navisworks, Revit, and Design Review.

Troisi Joins Eckman

Troisi

Boston - Kaplan construction announced that Nathan peck, lEED Ap has joined the firm as a senior project manager. he will also contribute to Ka-plan’s business development efforts.

with more than 10 years of expe-rience in the construction industry, peck has filled a wide range of construction roles throughout his career.

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S. Russell, m.D. mu-seum of medical his-tory and Innovation, the genzyme Allston landing facility Ex-pansion (phase 2), and two projects for the New England Aquarium, the marine mammal center and

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Kaplan Adds peck

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Attleboro, mA - Nadeau corpora-tion recently recognized its employees for many years of dedicated service.

Celebrating 15 years with the firm are John walmsley, controller with 42 years of experience in finance/construction, and Al messier, project manager, who devotes his time to teaching in the winter months.

founder and president, Ernie Nadeau, has 38 years of experience in construction;

mark menard, a senior project manager with 35 years in the industry, celebrates his 20 year anniversary; and Bob whirlow, project superintendent, celebrates 25 years with the company.

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cambridge, mA - Acen-tech Inc. announced that Evelyn R. way, INcE, has joined the firm as a senior consultant in the architectural acoustics and mechanical systems group. She brings a proven ability to inte-grate acoustic recommendations into the overall design of a proj-ect, engaging with architects and end users to achieve acous-tically superior buildings.

way has eight years of broad proj-ect experience, leadership, and a highly developed skill set in room acoustics, sound isolation, and building systems

noise control design for a range of educational and professional projects. Be-fore joining Acentech, she was a co-founder and prin-cipal of pin Drop Acoustics in chicago.

her project experi-ence at pin Drop includes the geva Theatre center in

Rochester, New York; the mcAninch Arts center of college of Dupage in glen Ellyn, Illinois; and the cayman Academy Auditorium in the cayman Islands.

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Acentech welcomes way

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Boston - lee Kennedy co. has hired Jason Edic to lead the firm’s award-winning safety pro-gram. with nearly 20 years in the construction industry, he has led health and safety programs for construction managers and owners alike, giving him a well-rounded perspective on construc-tion safety.

Edic will be responsible

for growing lee Kennedy co.’s active safety program and work to enhance the company’s em-ployee and subcontractor train-ing efforts as well as educate em-ployees and clients on lKco’s insurance programs.

formerly, he served as manager of harvard University’s Environmental health & Safety construction Services group.

lee Kennedy hires Edic

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Needham – Resource options Inc. (RoI) announced that Matthew Allard has joined the firm as job coordinator for the firm’s construction division.

In his role Allard will be responsible for workforce de-velopment and employee operations. his previous experience in woodworking and carpentry will allow for a seamless tran-sition into his new role.

RoI hires Allard

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maynard, mA - Six staff members have been promoted in Jm coull, Inc.’s project managemen department.

Dan cobb and marc moschella are taking on new roles as senior project man-agers, overseeing the work of several proj-ect managers at once. Jami Anderson, Josh Deming, and Rob hennessy have been named project managers; heather waice was promoted to assistant project manager.

moschella has been with the com-pany for 10 years, managing projects in the healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and micro-electronics divisions.

Cobb has been with JMC for five years. his résumé spans healthcare, insti-tutional, and advanced technology projects.

Anderson, Deming, and hennessy

each served as assistant project manager for five years prior to being promoted to project manager. waice, a one-year em-ployee, has been supporting the activities of the company’s preconstruction and op-erations departments in preparation for her promotion to assistant project manager.

Recent promotions

Moschella Cobb

Boston - Richard (Rick) w. Kuhn, AIA, a nationally recognized architect, recently joined the Boston office of EYP Architecture & Engineering as a principal and lead designer.

In his new role, Kuhn will provide design leadership for the firm’s higher education, gov-ernment, and corporate sectors.

Kuhn has more than 25 years of diversified design experience rang-

ing from academic and cultural in-stitutions to complex, large-scale mixed-use urban projects.

he designed major projects in his previous positions as design principal and lead designer at sev-eral prominent national architec-tural firms and a senior designer at Richard meier & partners, no-tably working on the J. paul getty

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holliston, mA, - colantonio, Inc. welcomed several new staff members to the general contract-ing/construction man-agement firm.

Superintendent Sean phelan recently joined the firm with over 25 years experi-ence supervising and managing construc-tion projects. his background includes work on academic, bio-imaging laboratory and assisted living projects. he is current-ly overseeing the Biosafety level 3 lab Renovation at Umass medical School in worcester.

Superintendent gregory Rondeau, who also has 25 years of construction ex-perience, has specialized in the academic, healthcare, and large residential complex markets. he is now supervising the reno-vation of the three-story lincoln Town of-fices building, a former schoolhouse built in 1908, designed to meet lEED Silver certification standards.

John Thomas brings 37 years of con-struction experience to his position as site superintendent on the f.A. Day middle School Renovation project in Newton. he is an expert in exterior sitework, demolition, interior plumbing and electrical excava-tion work, underground tank systems, and more. his extensive background in public construction includes dozens of large K-12 school projects throughout New England.

Tara Coleman is Colantonio’s first fe-male superintendent. her 12 years of expe-rience includes green historical renovation in the public market and new construction of affordable housing on the private side. She is currently at the helm of the f.A. Day middle School project in Newton, renovat-ing portions of the building’s interior and building six additional classrooms.

marketing coordinator Jill Shastany joins the firm with degrees in both writing and french. After spending time teaching English to high schoolers in france, she has signed on to teach social media to old timers at colantonio and contribute her skills to the firm’s overall marketing initiaves.


colantonio welcomes five

Phelan

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morrisSwitzer Environ-ments for health announced the following staff additions: Joanne macIsaac, NcIDQ, IIDA, lEED Ap joins morrisSwitzer as direc-tor of interior design bringing over 30 years of interior design, and interior architecture expertise within the healthcare field. Prior to joining the company she served as principal of interior design for TRO Jung | Brannen.

Jennifer Lane, RA joins the firm as a registered architect with over 10 years of experience. her past architectural experi-ence includes working with Boston-based hKT Architects.

michael Kalustov, lEED Ap joins the Willston, Vt. office of MorrisSwitzer, bringing 10 years of design experience. prior work experience includes projects for Payette Associates and Shepley Bulfinch.

Ahmed mahious joins morrisSwitzer as a project manager, with over 20 years of experience in project management and plan-ning within the healthcare field. Formerly he served as project manager and medical plan-ner at Tsoi/Kobus & Associates.

lisa Bonnet, lEED Ap ID+c joins the firm as an interior designer, with hos-pitality and healthcare design experience. She worked at pickett Design Associates in culver city, calif.

Scott pakulski brings 30 years of design, production, and project manage-ment experience to the firm. His past ar-chitectural experience includes working with Maine- and Boston-based firms on a

variety of educational, commer-cial, municipal, and healthcare projects.

Andrea costello joined the Williston office. She is on the de-sign team for new construction at North Shore long Island cohen children’s hospital.

caitlin Torrance will work as a CAD technician and office

assistant in the portland, maine office. She will be assisting with various projects at many different stages of design.

Ken Grobb joins the Williston office as IT manager for all locations of morris Switzer. his previous work includes hamp-ton Direct, williston, Vt. as an IT Intern.

Alicia fligg will work in accounting and office management at the company. She has extensive experience in office ad-ministration and customer service.She pre-viously worked at moulton concrete, llc in Lebanon, N.H. as office manager.

Robert Shakar, lEED Ap joins the Williston, Vt. office of MorrisSwitzer; bringing five years of design experience. prior experience includes work on the Ver-mont Veterans home in Bennington as well as projects of various scopes and sizes in commercial, residential, and education.

Toshea Drew recently finished her master’s degree in architecture at the Uni-versity of Illinois. She joins the morris Switzer’s Eastern maine medical center design team and will learn about the local building construction, building codes, and the practical side of how buildings are con-structed.

morrisSwitzer Staff Additions

MacIsaac

medway, mA - Ironwood commer-cial construction welcomes Jim Andrews as assistant project manager and Brad wil-liams as project superintendent to its team.

Andrews’ work/internship experi-ence includes: harvard School of public health, Novartis’s facilities department, and project management with other con-tractors within the construction industry. he is a member of IfmA (International fa-cilities managers Association).

originally from portland, maine, williams spent four years in the Air force before becoming a union carpenter. for 10 years he sharpened his skills and advanced

to superintendent. his past clients include lincoln properties, NorthShore medical center, ITT Tech, Berkeley Investments, and wight & co.

Ironwood welcomes Two

providence, RI – Vision 3 Architects, an architectural and interior design firm located in providence, has hired Andrew mcKeen as an intern architect. he previ-ously worked at lifespan on the facilities management/design team. he is currently a member of the project teams working on University of Rhode Island - Butterfield hall and faith Baptist church.

Also, Robert Santaniello AIA, lEED Ap BD+c, was recently promoted by Vision 3 Architects to healthcare team leader, adding to his current responsibili-ties as senior project manager of the firm.

As healthcare team leader, Santa-niello is responsible for client contact and project management and is involved in all

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SfNE December 6, - Doubletree hotel, westbor-ough, mass., 5 - 8 p.m.Steel fabricators of New England Annual Dinner meetingAfter the Storm - creat-ing a winning Strategy for Your Business, presented by gregg m. Schoppman, princi-pal of fmI corporation. for more informa-tion and to register: http://www.ssfne.org.

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