Category: Construction Design & Engineering

In-person workplace collaboration and support offer benefits - by Scott Naigles

In-person workplace collaboration and support offer benefits - by Scott Naigles

March 22, 2024
COVID-19 profoundly changed how and where corporate employees work. With the pandemic in the rear-view mirror, a debate is underway about the merits and efficiency of work-from-home versus in-office attendance. But there is a third way that is getting less attention: the benefits of on-site corporate support. 
Toll Brothers set to open 20-home Newbury Glen in Hopkinton, MA

Toll Brothers set to open 20-home Newbury Glen in Hopkinton, MA

March 22, 2024
Hopkinton, MA Toll Brothers, Inc.’s newest single-family home community will be opening for sale in late spring 2024. Newbury Glen will feature 20 single-family homes on one acre or larger home sites located on Fitch Ave. near the starting line of the Boston Marathon.
Shepley Bulfinch celebrates 150th anniversary with BAC exhibit

Shepley Bulfinch celebrates 150th anniversary with BAC exhibit

March 22, 2024
Boston, MA Shepley Bulfinch is celebrating its 150th anniversary of continuous practice. Recognitions commence with an exhibition at The Boston Architectural College’s (BAC) McCormick Gallery to celebrate the firm’s forward-thinking buildings and spaces that have inspired living, learning, and healing since 1874.
VBA Construction Managment expands New Leaf Energy’s headquarters

VBA Construction Managment expands New Leaf Energy’s headquarters

March 22, 2024
Lowell, MA New Leaf Energy, a renewable energy developer, needed to quickly expand and remodel their headquarters to meet the needs of their growing team and business. They chose VBA Construction Management to deliver the fast-moving and complex-schedule project that included a 4,000 s/f expansion in a total project area of 17,500 s/f.
Chapman Construction begins install of 800MW Vineyard Wind 1 project’s electrical service

Chapman Construction begins install of 800MW Vineyard Wind 1 project’s electrical service

March 22, 2024
Sandwich, MA Chapman Construction Group, Inc. (CCGI), has been awarded and is underway with construction operations associated with the completion of offshore construction, installation and commissioning of the 800MW Vineyard Wind 1 project’s electrical service platform (ESP).
Dellbrook|JKS hosts Annual Company Meeting

Dellbrook|JKS hosts Annual Company Meeting

March 22, 2024
Foxboro, MA On March 7th, Dellbrook|JKS gathered over 200 employees at Gillette Stadium’s Optum Field Lounge for its Annual Company Meeting – a night dedicated to reviewing the past year’s successes while charting the course for the firm’s future endeavors.
JC&A, Boston Properties, BR+A Engineers and Perkins+Will complete facility for Lyra Therapeutics

JC&A, Boston Properties, BR+A Engineers and Perkins+Will complete facility for Lyra Therapeutics

March 22, 2024
Waltham, MA J. Calnan and Associates (JC&A) celebrated the grand opening of a new facility at 880 Winter St., for Lyra Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to addressing unmet medical needs in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). 
Haggstrom named director of sustainability at JCJ

Haggstrom named director of sustainability at JCJ

March 22, 2024
Hartford, CT JCJ Architecture (JCJ) has appointed experienced senior project architect and sustainability advocate, Eric Haggstrom, AIA, LEED AP, to take over the role of director of sustainability. An architect with 15 years of experience in projects ranging from civic, higher education, healthcare, and K-12 education
Walker Development expands D9 division

Walker Development expands D9 division

March 22, 2024
Marlborough, MA Walker Development & Construction Management, Inc. has expanded its self-performing division, D9 Construction Services. “As our company continues to flourish and offer top-rated construction management services, so has the evolution of our self-performing team.
Contractors, beware: General liability insurers wrongfully denying claims for damage by defective subcontractor work - by Eric Eisenberg and Robert Ferguson

Contractors, beware: General liability insurers wrongfully denying claims for damage by defective su...

March 22, 2024
As a contractor, you are familiar with working together with subcontractors – delegating project scope as part of the overall job. However, when a subcontractor’s work is defective, who is liable for the damage? This is not an unfamiliar issue to contractors – more than likely you have responded to one or more claims
Dakota DesignStaff, Inc. celebrates 30 years

Dakota DesignStaff, Inc. celebrates 30 years

March 22, 2024
Woburn, MA Dakota DesignStaff, Inc. has reached a significant milestone of 30 years in business. Founded in 1993 by architect John Donahoe, AIA and now led by president, Eric Wright, Dakota has established itself as a trusted boutique architect’s staffing agency serving the Boston/New England A/E/C marketplace.
Springfield water treatment  plant to go forward without  project labor agreement - by Joe Camilo

Springfield water treatment plant to go forward without project labor agreement - by Joe Camilo

March 22, 2024
I’m pleased to say that I’ll be using this month’s message to convey some good news. Last month, I wrote about the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s split decision to use a union-only project labor agreement to build the $325 million West Parish Water Treatment Plant. But as of the end of February, I can report that the project has gone out to bid without the PLA.