Tag: collaboration
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 […]
Maugel and J. Calnan Complete Olympus Restack
Waltham, MA – Maugel Architects and J. Calnan & Associates (JC&A) announced the completion of the 122,000sf restack of the Olympus office and manufacturing facility in Waltham, which houses their Scientific Solutions business. Olympus Scientific Solutions is a manufacturer of innovative non-destructive testing instruments used in industrial and research applications ranging from aerospace, power generation, […]
SGA Completes TitletownTech Innovation Center
New York – SGA, a Boston and New York-based architecture, planning and interior design firm, announced that it recently completed TitletownTech, an innovation center built by Titletown Development, the development arm of the Green Bay Packers. TitletownTech (Titletown being the nickname for Green Bay) is a joint venture of the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft. […]
BIM is Not the Solution
by Chad Wisler BIM has been around for well over 20 years and has taken hold of our building industry within the last decade. The sales pitch from the software developers was incredibly strong and the AEC industry transitioned to using BIM. However, as part of that transition, we lost the Discipline of Design. Senior […]
Griffin Completes Elec. Installation
Johnston, RI – Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. has completed electrical installation work at the new Citizens Bank campus in Johnston. Two four-story office buildings, in addition to a contact center, amenities building and connector building, as well as a four-story parking garage, make up the new 420,000sf campus. Cushman & Wakefield of Boston served […]
Balancing Enclosed and Open Office Spaces Creates New Workplace Paradigm
by Terri Frink On the top floors of the iconic Gold Building in downtown Hartford, Conn., sits the new headquarters of Virtus Investment Partners, a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers with $101.7 billion in assets under management. The new 65,000sf space offers spectacular views of the region, including the Connecticut River and the Travelers […]
Gilbane Completes Office at Pier 4
Boston – Gilbane Building Company’s Boston office recently completed construction management services for the 117,000sf Cengage office at Pier 4 in the Seaport District. Cengage, a global education and technology company, relocated from Fort Point’s Channel Center to the distinctive Block L4 Tower, where its multi-floor office features a workspace designed to encourage collaboration and […]
