Tag: Connecticut
Svigals + Partners Reimagines Bridge
New Britain, CT —. Architecture, art and advisory firm Svigals + Partners recently announced the completion of the Main Street Overpass project with collaborators Fuss & O’Neill engineering, designers Pirie Associates, Richter + Cegan landscape design, SignPro fabricators, and Laveiro as general contractor. Civic leaders and residents are now celebrating the new ‘Beehive Bridge’, a […]
Tecta America Sponsors Benefit
Burlington, MA – The 12th Annual Mix. Mingle. Bowl for Education to benefit the Simon Youth Foundation will be held at Kings Bowl in Burlington. This year Tecta America New England is the King Pin sponsor for the event. Richard MacTaggart, Tecta’s operations manager, announced that bowling teams from Billerica and Brockton will be attending […]
Fang Shu Joins Amenta Emma Team
Hartford, CT – Amenta Emma, a design oriented architectural firm based in downtown Hartford, announced that Fang Shu has joined the firm’s Mixed-Use studio and is currently working on a new mixed-use, multi-family community at 540 New Park in West Hartford. Prior to joining Amenta Emma, he held internships at Clive Lonstein in New York, […]
SMPS CT 2019/2020 Board of Directors
Hartford, CT – The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Connecticut Chapter announced the board of directors for the 2019/2020 program year, which begins on September 1. Nichole Petersen, director of marketing for Flow Tech, Inc., is the chapter’s 2019/2020 president. This will mark her fifth consecutive year serving on the SMPS CT board of […]
Community/Senior Ctr. Cuts Ribbon
Newtown, CT – The town of Newtown’s new community and senior center opened its doors after a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on July 19, attended by local officials, community leaders and nearly 200 residents and new members. The new 35,210sf facility, designed by QA+M Architecture, gives residents centralized access to community activities in a contemporary environment, […]
Newman Architects Transform Former UConn Campus into Ideanomics’ Global HQ
West Hartford, CT – Transformation is underway at the former University of Connecticut campus with the announcement of the proposed Master Plan for Fintech Village, global headquarters of Ideanomics, a publicly-traded New York-based technology company. The plan redevelops the former commuter-based college campus into an entrepreneurial work-live-play campus and an international center for financial technology […]
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 […]
Whitney Ctr. Upgrades to Save Energy
Hamden, CT – Whitney Center, a full-service retirement community with 244 residential units, is working with staff and vendors to find ways to reduce its carbon footprint. Engineers from United Illuminating (UI) and Southern Connecticut Gas (SCG), both subsidiaries of AVANGRID, provided insights to interpret and verify energy audit results. New energy conservation goals warranted […]
EEB Reps Tour Watson Facility
West Haven, CT – In June, representatives from the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Board (EEB) attended a facility tour of Watson, Inc. Vice President Gavin Watson presented various sustainability efforts and energy efficiency initiatives implemented at the West Haven/Orange facility, which produces ingredient systems and products for the food and supplement industries. Watson explained that they […]
Lockheed Garners First Place Award
South Windsor, CT – Lockheed Window Corp. of Pascoag, R.I. garnered a first place 2019 Project Team Award for Orchard Hill Elementary School, the district’s first project in a 10-year master plan to replace all four elementary schools in South Windsor. The building covers an area of 72,000sf and is built to house over 570 […]
