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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: January 20, 2017
Hickey joins Structure Tone as VP of sector development
John Hickey, Structure ToneBoston, MA Veteran construction professional John Hickey, LEED AP, has joined Structure Tone’s Boston office as vice president of sector development, focused on building the construction management firm’s work in the life sciences, higher education and healthcare sectors.
Hickey has over 25 years of experience in Boston’s hospital, pharmaceutical and academic communities, most recently at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he served as interim director of construction. His areas of expertise include programming and space planning, budgeting and estimating, cost control measures, scheduling, project planning and preconstruction, among others.
A Wentworth Institute of Technology alum, Hickey is an accredited LEED AP professional, ASHE-certified construction manager, City of Boston ABC-licensed builder, Unrestricted Commonwealth of Massachusetts licensed supervisor and a licensed City of Cambridge builder. He is also OSHA 30-Hour Certified.
Structure Tone’s Boston office employs over 100 construction professionals and oversees more than $200 million in construction projects each year throughout the Greater Boston area.
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