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Contractors Donate to Recovery Center
Brockton, MA – IBEW Local 103 and NECA Greater Boston contractors joined Teen Challenge recovery center in celebrating the official ribbon cutting of its new national headquarters in Brockton. Throughout a year of construction, Local 103 and NECA donated all of the electrical work to the project, totaling more than $1 million in labor and […]
Keune Joins Boston Architectural Firm
Boston – Architect, historian, and author Eric Keune has joined the Boston studio of Perkins and Will as design director. Under Keune’s leadership, the studio will advance its commitment to design excellence, providing clients with beautiful, bespoke, sustainable placemaking solutions. Keune’s portfolio of global projects includes a 13-building campus and training center for Swiss pharmaceutical […]
Wareham Firm Promotes Kane
Wareham, MA – James F. Kane, chief operating officer of the A.D. Makepeace Company, has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of the company. Kane will replace Michael P. Hogan, who will shift to direct the company’s Redbrook operations in Plymouth as president and CEO of Agawam Development Company, LLC. Kane has been […]
Seaport Residences Nears Completion
Boston – Gables Residential, a firm specializing in multifamily development and management, announced that the apartment community, Gables Seaport, located on 501 Congress St., will open in March 2020. In conjunction with Drew Company, Gables Residential is bringing a 23-story, 307 apartment home building to South Boston’s Seaport District, an area which has been transformed […]
Portsmouth Architectural Firm Adds Two
Portsmouth, NH – Market Square Architects PLLC, announced two new additions to its Portsmouth-based firm. Sothea Cheney, AIA, has joined the company as a project architect and Rebecca Ruby, as a project manager. Cheney brings over 15 years of experience and most recently served as an associate and project manager at a large regional firm. […]
Metro Walls Opens South Shore Branch
Manchester, NH – Metro Walls announced that it has expanded operations with crews working throughout the South Shore of Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and Rhode Island doing commercial framing, drywall and acoustical ceilings! Heading the charge for this new branch will be general manager Jay Rocha, who comes to Metro with over a decade of commercial […]
It IS possible to be ‘Off-Grid’ in Snow Country!!
by Caroline DiDomenico When I tell people I’m off the grid in northern New England, I’m often met with a quizzical look; they usually think it means I’ve just turned off my cell phone and computer for the weekend. When they hear the real explanation, and then learn that I work for a major New […]
Reshaping Construction with Prefabrication
by Melissa Sheffy Off-site prefabrication is no longer an emerging trend. It has become the new normal in construction as more and more owners and developers realize the benefits of building with pre-engineered cold form steel (CFS). This sea-change is the result of several converging factors. According to a recent study by the Foundation of […]
SWOT Analyses Are Worthwhile for Every Business
by Susan Shelby What a SWOT Can Tell You, and How to Get Started The familiar SWOT table is taught in every entry-level business class. It’s so commonplace that you may wonder if it’s even worthwhile to undertake. Or maybe your company did a SWOT a few years ago, and you haven’t thought about it […]
Climate Change And The New Normal
by Joseph A. Barra Climate Change is rapidly becoming a lightning rod of exposure for the design community. This article explores the impact this phenomenon is having upon the way engineers practice and the standards by which they are judged. There are a variety of ways to describe climate change and its impact on the […]
