Tag: collaboration
SoNo Collection Honored with CBC Award
Norwalk, CT – The SoNo Collection, a newly constructed retail mall located in South Norwalk, was recently recognized by Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) with a Project Team Award of Merit in the Commercial/Industrial Large category. The project, owned by Brookfield Properties Retail, was a joint venture between Farmington-based KBE Building Corporation and Irvine, Calif.-based VCC […]
Towers|Golde Designs Landscaping for Yale West
West Haven, CT – Previously used as a headquarters and laboratory facility for a major pharmaceutical company, this 100+ acre site is now the home of Yale West Campus and its seven research institutes, Yale School of Nursing, and a community of over 1600 faculty, students and staff. Towers|Golde, after developing the master plan, was […]
LAN-TEL Provides Field Hospital Tel/Data
Boston – In the fast-track conversion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) into a temporary 1,000-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patient care, LAN-TEL Communications, Inc. has installed the facility’s phones to the network allowing for internal communications. The project also entailed the NECA contractor’s verification of the telecom system to the network for […]
Morse High School in Bath, Maine to Open in 2020
by Katie Sweet The community of Bath, Maine has committed some serious resources into building a brand-new high school, slated to open in December. Morse High School in Bath sits on a new location at 34 Wing Farm Parkway. Built for the students of Bath and seven other towns, this school will be well-equipped for […]
Women Overcome Obstacles, Find Success in A/E/C Industry
Submitted by C.E. Floyd Middletown, CT – According to the most recent statistic from the National Association of Women in Construction, women make up 9.9% of the construction industry. C.E. Floyd is proving to be an exception. Women make up 20% of the company and staff multiple all-female project teams from the office management side. […]
ICYMI: PWC CT’s AEC Industry Women – A Twenty-Twenty Vision for the Future
Hartford, CT – On Jan. 28, the Professional Women in Construction Connecticut Chapter (PWC CT) held its February event, called AEC Industry Women. The event began with networking, followed by dinner and the presentation. The panelists included Ruth Ducharme, project manager of Shawmut Design & Construction; Lisa R. Humble, RA, NCARB, project manager of DAS-Construction […]
SLAM Team Completes Surgery Center
Hartford, CT – S/L/A/M Construction Services (SLAM CS) and the design-build team recently joined Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a member of Trinity Health Of New England, at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 35,000sf, $26 million Lighthouse Surgery Center in Hartford. The new center is a joint venture between Saint Francis Hospital, Lighthouse […]
AEC Technology and the Future of Smart Building
by Sara Mannes The start of the decade provides an opportunity to both take a step back and evaluate the past 10 years’ innovation, and to look forward and envision how present-day changes are propelling us into a new era of “smart building.” This past November, the Archimedia Solutions Group, the parent group of Makepeace […]
Fostering Collaboration Through Improv with Rob DiNinni
by Emily Langner On episode 19 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Rob DiNinni, founding member of StageCoach Improv, a unique company specializing in team building and corporate skills training for individuals and organizations. DiNinni and his team use improvisation to teach key corporate competencies in the areas of communication, leadership, sales, presentation, and conflict […]
Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders of the AEC Industry
Leaders trying to create collaborative cultures tend to focus on instilling the right values or designing the right space. They tend to overlook the fact that collaboration requires certain skills. – Francesca Gino, Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration, Harvard Business Review by Nancy Greenwald For more than 44 years, the mission of the Construction […]
