Tag: November’19
Publisher’s Message: November 2019
This is our special ABX edition of High-Profile. ABX is the largest architecture and building event in the Northeast. With over 300 exhibitors and 100+ workshops, there is something for everyone, not to mention networking! This year, HP will be on the trade show floor at booth #235. Be sure to stop by and say hello to […]
Designing A Child’s Wish Via Virtual Reality
Submitted by Dacon Nurturing the imaginative mind is something all parents desire for their children. As an essential element for dexterity and cognitive and emotional strength, play enhances perceptual development, emotional growth and social interaction. With play and learning hand-in-hand, technology offers operational capabilities, fine motor skills and long-distance communication, teaching children the symbiotic relationship […]
Preserving Boston’s Waterfront: LAB/LSA’s Blue Necklace Project
by Emily Langner In episode 17 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Mark Reed and Stephanie Goldberg, founding principals of the Boston-based architecture and design firm, Lab / Life. Science. Architecture, Inc. (LAB/LSA). They talked about the threat climate change poses to Boston, Cambridge, and surrounding neighborhoods, and their proposal for a permanent solution […]
‘Brick Lady’ Inspires Next Generation of Tradeswomen
by Emily Langner On Dec. 11, Lynn Donohue DiPetta, territory manager at Consolidated Brick, will receive her 40-year pin from the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 3 Boston. After becoming the first and only female member of the Bricklayers Local 39 in 1979, she will again make history as the first woman to celebrate 40 […]
WELL: Improving Health and Well-Being with Antonia Ciaverella
by Emily Langner In episode 16 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Antonia Ciaverella EDAC, WELL AP, LEED AP BD+C, Fitwel Ambassador, architectural designer with Tecton Architects. Ciaverella shared the specific ways a company or organization can achieve the WELL certification, the first rating system to focus exclusively on the impacts of buildings on […]
Green Bonds: Financing the Path to Sustainability
What is a Green Bond? by Mike Eardley A green bond is a type of bond that finances new or ongoing environmentally friendly projects aiming to combat climate change. These typically consist of projects aiming to improve the energy and sustainability of buildings and facilities, wastewater management, transportation, and other efforts to reduce negative effects […]
Healthy, Resilient and Sustainable Schools
by Brad Miller and Gabriella Henkels In August 2019, The Washington Post published an article “2°C Beyond the Limit: Extreme Climate Change has arrived in America.” The article analyzes the average temperatures in different sections of the U.S. from 1895 to 2018. The results show that some parts of the U.S. have already exceeded the […]
Construction Begins on New Market
DiPrete Engineering Provides Site Engineering Salem, NH – Seasons Corner Market has teamed up with The Torrey Company, DiPrete Engineering, Ayoub Engineers & Architects, Vanasse & Associates, Inc., and MHF Design Consultants, Inc. to design and construct its newest store in Salem. Seasons is a New England-based convenience store with 37+ stores throughout N.H., Mass., […]
CTGBC Honors 2019 Green Building Award Winners
New Haven, CT – On Oct. 3, the Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC) held its annual Green Building Awards at the Common Ground High School in New Haven. John Mandyck, CEO of Urban Green Council in New York City, was a featured keynote speaker at the event. This year’s award winners are: Atelier Ten Award […]
PROCON Wins ABC NH/VT Awards
Bedford, NH – The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC NH/VT) held its 2019 Excellence in Construction Awards ceremony recently at the Doubletree Hotel in Manchester. PROCON of Manchester was recognized for three of its projects: the Pro Star Aviation hangar in Londonderry; the Assembly Row mixed-use development in Somerville, Mass.; and Rand-Whitney Container in Worcester, […]
