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Griffin Completes Electric Reno for MCC
Lowell, MA – Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. of Holliston recently completed the electrical installation work for the renovation of Middlesex Community College’s Academic Arts Center in Lowell. The 18,000sf, two-story historical building is listed on state and national registers of historic places. Consigli Construction of Milford served as the project’s general contractor, with Leers Weinzapfel Associates of […]
New Lebanon Elementary School Highlight
Pascoag RI – Lockheed Window Corp., a local commercial construction company, takes pride in ensuring its projects focus on sustainable design. The New Lebanon Elementary School is just one example displaying the Lockheed team’s commitment to reducing their environmental footprint. This project is currently slated for completion before the new year and is designed to […]
Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center Opens
Cambridge, MA–The Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center recently opened at Harvard University. Designed by Hopkins Architects, who partnered with local executive architects Bruner/Cott, the 96,242sf project is a radical re-appraisal of the 10-story, 1966 Holyoke Center building designed by Josep Lluis Sert. It is part of a wider, ongoing “Common Spaces” initiative by the university to […]
BSA/AIA Announces the 2018 Harleston Parker Medal Finalists
Boston – The BSA/AIA has announced the finalists for the 2018 Harleston Parker Medal. This annual award seeks to recognize “the single most beautiful building or other structure” built in the metropolitan Boston area in the past 10 years. The 2018 Harleston Parker Medal Finalists include: As If It Were Already Here by Janet Echelman Collier Memorial by Höweler and Yoon […]
UMass Amherst Lab Designed to Save Energy
Amherst, MA – The Life Science Laboratories building at UMass Amherst was designed to foster excellence in research while reducing energy consumption. To prevent thermal bridging where 40 steel cantilevers penetrate the building envelope, Wilson Architects and Lim Consultants specified structural thermal breaks, reducing energy loss by 50% where utilized and contributing to the project’s […]
Timberline Builds New Home for Local Youth
Roxbury, MA – Timberline Construction Corporation recently completed a 12,500sf ground-up project for The Home for Little Wanderers in Roxbury. The Home for Little Wanderers’ mission is to ensure the healthy behavioral, emotional, social, and educational development and physical well-being of children and families living in at-risk circumstances. Timberline successfully worked in collaboration with owner’s project […]
ABC MA Announces 2018 EICA Winners
Waltham, MA – The Massachusetts Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC MA) recently congratulated the 16 member companies that earned Eagle and Merit Awards at the 26th annual Excellence in Construction Awards (EICA), which recognizes overall excellence in project execution, craftsmanship, safety, innovative elements and challenges, and client satisfaction. The diverse group of winners includes: Bald […]
Reconstruction Begins in Upham’s Corner
Boston – Historic Boston Inc. has begun reconstruction of Upham’s Corner Comfort Station, on Columbia Road in Dorchester, that will transform the building into Sip ‘&’ Spoke, a café, bike repair shop and meeting place for the neighborhood. The City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development designated the redevelopment to the partnership of Historic Boston Inc. […]
ABC Awards Crescent Crossing
Bridgeport, CT – Viking Construction has received an Excellence in Construction Award from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut for work as general contractor on the $60 million Crescent Crossing residential project in Bridgeport, built on the site of Connecticut’s first public housing complex. Viking redeveloped the 3.5-acre site, which, originally built in 1943 as Yellow […]
PROCON Wins 2018 ABC NH/VT Awards
Bedford NH – PROCON, of Manchester, won three Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC NH/VT) Excellence in Construction awards. It was standing room only at the Manchester Country Club in Bedford as A/E/C professionals throughout the region gathered for the annual ceremony. The 83-year-old design-build firm won for three Massachusetts-based projects: Homewood Suites by Hilton in […]
