Boston, MA Construction management firm Structure Tone has added Nick Cassaro to its team as senior project manager to help the firm continue to develop its work in the life sciences sector. Cassaro has spent nearly a decade working on construction projects for healthcare and life sciences organizations. His projects include full-scale campus developments, complex lab renovations and expansions, manufacturing facilities, process development labs, infrastructure upgrades, and pilot-scale lab and manufacturing.
The union building trades, specifically IBEW Local 103, have long been a path to the middle class for U.S. workers, including for myself and my family. After I graduated from Lynn Vocational Technical Institute’s electrical shop, I was able to achieve a sustainable career and livelihood through Local 103 as an apprentice, and then as a licensed journeyperson, long before the pandemic hit.
Eastham, MA NEI General Contracting, an award-winning general contractor and construction management firm, has completed the Village at Nauset Green for Pennrose, LLC. The $16.4 million, 65-unit development provides much needed affordable and workforce housing by offering 39 affordable units for people earning 60% of the area median income (AMI), 11 affordable units for people earning 30% of the AMI, and 15 workforce units. Four units are ADA accessible.
Wareham, MA The Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB) presented Team Redbrook with another six Prism Awards at a recent virtual awards ceremony. The annual awards celebrate the best of the best in the region’s residential building industry. The new village’s four Gold awards included top honors in the most coveted categories: Best Team of the Year and Best Ad Campaign.
Lebanon, NH JSA Design has formed a partnership with The Michaels Organization for the design and development of graduate student housing on a 53-acre parcel owned by Dartmouth College on Mount Support Rd. After a period of due diligence with the city and the initial design stages kicking off earlier in the year, groundbreaking on construction officially commenced late this summer.
Stamford, CT EPOCH Senior Living is setting a new standard of excellence in senior living with the premiere of Waterstone on High Ridge, an elegant boutique hotel-style community for seniors featuring independent living, assisted living and memory care with a full array of best-in-class amenities and services. Located at 215 High Ridge Rd. on a wooded campus next to a conservation area, Waterstone on High Ridge features 146 residences.
Franklin, MA Lauring Construction has been selected by Amego Inc. to construct eight new buildings in a campus setting at 724 Washington St. Construction will be completed by fall of 2021. Amego is committed to supporting people living with autism and other developmental disabilities at home, school, work, and as members of their families and communities. Founded in 1971 by the Sangree Stokes family, Amego continues to serve its very first student and the first adult diagnosed with autism to receive state funding in Massachusetts.
Stoneham, MA Allen & Major Associates, Inc. (A&M) in partnership with Wood Partners, provided landscape architectural design and construction support for ALTA Clara at the Fells, a 261-unit multi-family located in Stoneham, MA adjacent to the Middlesex Fells Reservation. Resort inspired landscape amenities to include a zero-entrance heated saltwater pool, with an associated cabana outbuilding that features gas grills, a custom outdoor kitchen area, bar and TV watching area, outdoor showers, and restrooms.
For those looking to achieve the highest degree of energy efficiency, there is no higher standard than passive construction. While this specialized approach to building was first pioneered in the U.S. during the energy crisis of the 1970’s, it was among Passive Home Builders in Germany that the five building-science principles behind Passive Construction were further refined, and where its rigorous energy efficiency qualifications were strictly formalized.
No one can argue that 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic have created major stressors in our personal and professional lives and have caused many of us to experience greater levels of stress, anxiety, depression and fear. Even before COVID-19, one in five Americans suffered from a mental health condition and about 50% of people are diagnosed with a mental health illness or disorder within their lifetime.
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