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Archibald and Dufresne join Dacon's PDA Assoc.

Stephen Archibald, AIA, and Meghan Dufresne have joined PDA Associates Inc. — the architectural component of Dacon Corp. Archibald is on-board as a senior project architect and Dufresne as an architectural designer. Archibald has worked in the architectural field for more than 25 years. In 1992, he founded Archdesign, Inc., a full-service firm that provided clients in the Boston area with services including master planning, feasibility studies, and complete architectural design and project administration. Dufresne worked with Archibald as an architectural designer at Archdesign, Inc. for two years. Prior to joining Archdesign, Inc., she was an architectural designer at Innovative Collaborations in Boston. She earned her bachelor's degree at Boston University in 1996 and her master's degree in architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2005. Dufresne has extensive experience in the design of corporate, biotechnology, warehouse, medical and institutional projects.
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