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NIBS Installs New Board Chair and Officers
National – The National Institute of Building Sciences board of directors voted to approve the installation of four new officers. They include: Carl Hedde, Chair – Head of Insurance Practice at One Concern James Timberlake, Vice Chair – Founding Partner with KieranTimberlake Thomas Phoenix, Treasurer – Principal with CPL Architects and Engineers Thomas Izbicki, Secretary […]
View the COVID-19 Massachusetts Guidelines and Procedures for Construction Sites
View the Massachusetts guidelines and procedures for all construction sites and workers at all public work here: https://www.mass.gov/covid-19-guidelines-and-procedures-for-all-construction-sites-and-workers-at-all-public-work These guidelines and procedures must be implemented at all times on all construction sites. They include: COVID-19 Employee Health, protection, guidance and prevention Supplemental Guidelines for Construction Sites Enforcement of the COVID-19 Safety Guidelines and Procedures for […]
Cambridge Issues Construction Guidance for Still-Active Sites
Cambridge, MA – NAIOP Massachusetts, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, issued the following update on the city of Cambridge’s “Mandatory Guidelines for Construction During COVID-19 Pandemic for Contractors Working During the Moratorium,” dated April 2: On the evening of April 2, the city of Cambridge released guidance for currently active construction sites. The guidance does […]
Survey: Infrastructure Stimulus Critical for U.S. to Emerge from Current Crisis
National – Recently, CG/LA infrastructure surveyed U.S. infrastructure executives on whether a robust infrastructure stimulus was critical for the country to emerge from the current COVID-19-driven economic crisis. Here are the topline findings: 94% of respondents answered “yes” to whether an infrastructure stimulus was critical for the United States to emerge from the current crisis. 69% […]
Funding Provided for Cranston Warehouse Property
Cranston, RI – Washington Trust’s Commercial Real Estate Group recently provided $13.6 million to EIM Plainfield Pike, LLC, an affiliate of Equity Industrial Partners, for the refinancing and renovation of a warehouse property located at 2700 Plainfield Pike in Cranston. The warehouse is conveniently located just off I-295 and less than ten minutes from I-95, […]
EBI Consulting Opens New Office
Quincy, MA – EBI Consulting announced the opening of its new office. Having outgrown its original Quincy office, opened in 2012, the company has relocated to a larger facility in the same city. The new facility boasts professional office space for 19 architecture and engineering professionals, a private executive conference room, printing facilities, employee break […]
Manchester Firm Awarded Roof Replacement Project
Manchester, NH – Brookstone Builders, Inc., construction managers and general contractors headquartered in Manchester, recently announced they have been awarded a roof replacement project by Hillsborough County of New Hampshire. Mark Brockelman will serve as Brookstone Builders’ project manager. The scope of work will involve replacing 23,000sf of existing shingle roofs on three buildings at […]
Survey Shows Trends in Code Compliance During COVID-19
National – The International Code Council surveyed building and fire departments to learn how code officials are coping with the professional challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. From March 22 through April 1, more than 1,150 respondents from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia provided input. Respondents came from jurisdictions of […]
Architectural Firm to Redesign NJ Property
New York – SGA, a Boston and New York City-based national architecture, interior design, planning, branded environments and virtual design construction practice, announced that the firm has been selected by Thor Equities Group to redesign 95 Greene Street as a “lab ready” building suited for life sciences, pharmaceutical, green tech, ag-tech, healthcare, and medical tenants […]
Boston Firm Donates Masks, Gloves to BMC
Boston – Vicinity Energy, headquartered in Boston, has donated 2,000 gloves and 1,000 protective masks to Boston Medical Center in an effort to support the region’s health care workers with the protection they need to treat patients with the coronavirus. Through conversations with Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and at the direction of the Boston […]
