Dacon and Carpionato Props. complete two office/research and development building projects

Interior, Offices at the Crossings

Exterior, Offices at the Crossings

Conference Room, Offices at the Crossings

Office, Offices at the Crossings

Warwick, RI Dacon Corp. has completed the construction of two buildings for Carpionato Properties. The two three-story office buildings total 184,000 s/f and are located in the master-planned Offices at the Crossings suburban office park owned by Carpionato Props. at exit 12A on I-95. Dacon is a Natick, Mass.-based design/build, architectural and construction management firm that specializes in the design and construction of corporate office facilities. Carpionato is a leading New England property development company.

Davol Inc. / C.R. Bard, Inc.

The first building is a 120,000 s/f, three-story, brick, glass and curtainwall headquarters and research and development center for Davol, a 100-year-old Rhode Island company which is a division of C. R. Bard, Inc. Davol is the market leader in comprehensive soft tissue reconstruction, and delivers trusted products and techniques used in the medical arena for hernia repair, specialized surgical procedures, fixation and biologic implants. Davol's solutions have consistently demonstrated positive patient outcomes with proven results, and provide full clinical support, standardization and training as well as patient education.

The Davol building is highlighted by a three-story main atrium with a decorative stairway. The company's executive, administration and human resources offices are located on the second and third floors. R & D laboratories and pilot plant suites, as well as an employee cafeteria and exterior patio, are located on the first floor. C. R. Bard's 55,000 s/f headquarters renovation in Murray Hill, N.J. was also recently completed by Dacon.

Building 200

Dacon also constructed the 64,000 s/f sister building using matching building features for the masonry, glass and curtainwall exterior façade. Carpionato developed this building with two tenants occupying approximately 50% of the building, including EMC Insurance Company and MetLife.

The Crossings Office Park

The 87 acre Offices at the Crossings office park has 2,000 feet of frontage on I-95 and is located one exit south of the airport exit. The Crossings also includes such amenities as a Crowne Plaza hotel and will soon have a Boston Sports Club full service health and fitness facility.

Kelly Coates, senior vice president for Carpionato said, "Dacon delivered these first two buildings on budget and on schedule. MetLife, EMC Insurance Company and Davol are very pleased with the product."

Carpionato Properties

Alfred Carpionato, president of Carpionato said, "I want to congratulate Davol and Bard on their new headquarters for Davol and I want to thank them for anchoring our latest office park development. "

Carpionato is based in and committed to Rhode Island. The firm is currently developing office, retail, hotel and residential projects through out Rhode Island and south eastern Massachusetts.