Up Front
Dacon Breaks Ground on Manufacturing Addition
Sharon, MA – Senior Metal Bellows, a 60-year-old precision components manufacturer, broke ground with Dacon last fall for a two-story, 47,000sf addition to its Sharon facility. The project consists of a flexible 25,700sf manufacturing space on the first floor with a 21,300sf open plan for corporate offices and full-service lunch room on the second floor. […]
Publisher’s Message – February 2019
Thanks for reading our February 2019 issue. We’ve got two focuses this month. We start off our Restoration & Renovation section with an article by HP’s own Emily Langner. Emily interviewed Alison Frazee, assistant director of the Boston Preservation Alliance (BPA), on how the nonprofit agency is expanding its vision to include legacy businesses, neighborhoods, streetscapes,and […]
RWU Celebrates Topping Off
Bristol, RI - Roger Williams University recently held a steel topping-off ceremony, marking completion of the steel framework for a laboratories building for RWU’s School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management. On Dec. 17, 2018, a steel beam, bearing an evergreen tree and signed by trustees, administrators, alumni, donors, faculty, and students, was hoisted into […]
UMass Dartmouth Builds Residence Hall with $132M Bond
Dartmouth, MA – MassDevelopment issued a $132,185,000 tax-exempt bond on behalf of Provident Commonwealth Education Resources II Inc. (PCER), a public-private partnership that will use bond proceeds to build, furnish, and equip a five-story, 306,900sf residence hall at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The new facility, which will house approximately 1,210 mostly first-year students, will […]
Heilind Marks Construction Progress with Beam Signing
Wilmington, MA – Heilind Electronics, based in Wilmington, topped off the construction of its new 60,000sf addition with a beam signing, marking the construction’s progres Erland Construction of Burlington, ahp Architects and DB Roberts also joined the ceremony.
O’Connor Way Senior Housing Breaks Ground
Boston – Caritas Communities, a nonprofit providing very low income individuals with permanent housing, broke ground in South Boston on 46 units of affordable housing for seniors. Completion is scheduled for February 2020. The architect is Davis Square Architects of Somerville. The general contractor is Bilt-Rite Construction Inc. of Boston. Caritas Communities was joined by Boston […]
Suffolk Breaks Ground at UMass Dartmouth
Dartmouth, MA – UMass Dartmouth broke ground on a $134 million housing and dining complex designed to transform the student living and learning experience on campus. The project will create 150 construction jobs and 400,000 people hours of work. The facilities will open when students arrive for classes in fall 2020. The project construction will be […]
Manafort Brothers Celebrates 100 Years
Plainville, CT – Manafort Brothers Inc., a Connecticut demolition and construction company, recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The celebration included an elegant evening gala that was recently held at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville for more than 800 family, friends, business and industry peers, and political leaders. The official ribbon-cutting ceremony is one of many […]
HP’s 2018 Groundbreaking Year In Review
Editor’s note: Groundbreakings reported here to HP are in order of date posted on www.high-profile.com blog. This list with active links to the full stories can also be achieved online by clicking the the “Upfront” tab on , and then “Groundbreaking” in the drop down menu. Did we miss your groundbreaking event? Do you have […]
PROCON Completes First Dual-Branded Hotel
Waltham, MA – The newly completed, 117,000sf Residence Inn/Fairfield by Marriott celebrated its grand opening recently with a ribbon cutting. XSS Hotels was the developer, and PROCON was the designer and construction manager. Both firms are based in Manchester, N.H. The companies worked closely with Marriott International to create a blended lobby for a seamless customer […]
