Tag: June’20
Getting Back to Work: Decoding the Guidelines for Workplace Compliance
by Emily Langner In episode 25 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Dan Titus, CEO of HRP Associates, an environmental consulting firm headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut with 11 locations nationwide. As more AEC professionals begin returning to their places of work during the coronavirus pandemic, illness prevention and risk mitigation are an important part […]
Publisher’s Message: June 2020
It’s been over two months since the stay-at-home orders were put in place due to the pandemic. Businesses are beginning to slowly reopen all across the nation. This doesn’t mean that things will go back to normal. The real question is: What is the next normal? That’s how Ellen Feldman Ornato, founding partner of The Bolder Company, refers […]
HGA Welcomes Milly Baker
Boston – HGA welcomed Milly Baker, AIA, LEED AP, as senior medical planner and associate vice president in the healthcare group in Boston. Baker has more than 30 years of healthcare design experience. She has served in senior design positions for architecture firms and in-house planning for a healthcare organization, bringing strategic insight from the […]
Mechanical Insulation is Essential for Strategic Cost Savings for Mass. Health Care Facilities
by Jim Lister Healthcare facilities manage strict budgets, and are often forced to make tough decisions about where to allocate precious resources. In the new world of COVID-19, those resources are under unprecedented strain, and hospital owners, developers and facility managers are under even more pressure to be smart about expenses. Research shows that professionally-installed […]
Elaine Construction Promotes Wasserman
Newton Upper Falls, MA – Elaine Construction Company, Inc. announced the promotion of Erin Wasserman from assistant project manager to project manager. She joined Elaine in 2018 bringing with her a background in architecture and design/build. She has worked on large-scale, complex projects including the recently completed 100,000sf fit-out of two floors for Burns & […]
Getting Back to Normal Safely
Submitted by Alpine Environmental Chelmsford, MA – The COVID-19 pandemic has created widespread and considerable challenges for individuals, communities, and businesses. As the economy begins to open back up and people return to work, steps can be taken to minimize the risk of a spike and ease employees’ fears. Providing sanitation areas around the office, […]
Maugel Redesigns Hospital Units
Attleboro, MA – Maugel Architects recently announced the redesign of the inpatient pharmacy and central sterilization unit at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro. Sturdy Memorial is a full-service, independent, financially stable, not-for-profit acute care community hospital. Maugel worked closely with the hospital, Equity Alliance, and Columbia Construction to expand and modernize the pharmacy and to increase […]
Part 4: Bioregional Urbanist Design Principles
Toward Resource Self-sufficiency – One Region at a Time by Philip Norton Loheed As president of Earthos Institute, I have helped to create Bioregional Urbanism, a process to encourage changes back to “One Planet Living.” This is the fourth of ten installments describing Bioregional Design principles. Re-inhabiting: Imagine that our designs to restore the [sustainable] […]
How Diversity & Inclusion is Making Us Stronger in Times of Crisis
by Sean O’Brien In the face of crisis, like those brought on by recent events, the focus moves to preserving life and livelihood. We all have a responsibility to keep our employees safe, support the communities we live in, serve our clients, and protect our companies. The focus can move to what’s “urgent” at the […]
