Category: Owners Developers & Managers

Boston, MA When you think about IFMA your mind constantly goes to the great networking events such as the Holiday Gala and the Golf Tournament. IFMA’s main focus is to provide an avenue for facilities managers to learn and develop. In October IFMA Boston hosted a session for its Thought Leaders focusing on Creating a Roadmap to a Digital FM. Douglas Shapiro from Gartner led the discussion on how different software packages and other technologies

Canton, MA The Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts (ABC-MA) has selected Bowdoin Construction as a Merit Award winner for the Reiser project. Work entailed a 46,000 s/f warehouse addition with an active rack system, and a new commercial showroom for food preparation. All work was completed while keeping the existing facility fully operational. Bowdoin was presented with the award at the Excellence in Construction Awards dinner held at the Westin in Waltham on November 1st. 

Dorchester, MA Historic Boston Inc. (HBI) has begun construction on the historic Upham’s Corner comfort station that will transform the neglected building into Sip ‘&’ Spoke, a café, bike repair shop and meeting place for the neighborhood.

Melrose, MA This holiday season, Metro Credit Union employees partnered with The Salvation Army in support of their Angel Tree program. The Salvation Army national holiday assistance program provides new clothes and toys for roughly 1 million children who otherwise may go without gifts. Donors select anonymous children (known as “Angels”) and fulfill their wish lists, which include a toy of the child’s choosing and sizes for essential winter clothes. 

Boston, MA Six new directors were elected to the MassEcon board at their annual meeting, along with the re-election of four board members and six directors named as officers and executive committee members. The new directors elected to the board of the 25-year-old pro-business nonprofit organization headquartered in Watertown, are: Tamara Small, CEO-elect of NAIOP; Theresa Conroy, vice president of TD

Pembroke, MA Acella Construction Corporation, now celebrating its 15th year in business as a leader in construction management throughout greater Boston, welcomed state senator Vinny DeMacedo on a tour of the company’s 38 Washington St. location and in recognition of the firm’s anniversary.

Over the last 12 months we have written several articles for NEREJ about Massachusetts’ new solar incentive program known as SMART. After much anticipation, the program opened for applications on November 26th. Although most people expected a robust number of applications, the flood of new projects was perhaps greater than expected and is strong evidence of the popularity of solar in the Bay State.

Stoughton, MA 2018 has been a momentous year for John Curtis, president of Curtis Construction. His company celebrated the momentous milestone of twenty years of being one of the premier construction management firms for private and non-profit housing developers in Southern New England.

Ask the Electrician: What is an arc flash, and what is the purpose of an arc flash warning label? You’ve probably seen warning labels about arc flashes on electrical equipment, but do you know what an arc flash actually is?  First off, the word “arc” is used to describe electricity moving through the air between two points. That shock you get when you touch a metal door knob? That’s an arc. Lightning is an arc too–just on a much, much larger scale. 

New England’s longest-lasting growth run continues and 2019 will be a year of uncertainty. What are the disruptor’s this year?  A/E/C: Rising construction costs that we thought were baked into Boston’s market in 2018 are expected to trend upward and supplier margins will pressurize further due to trade wars on the international stage. CBRE notes higher import prices coupled with a surge in wages could lead to inflationary pressure in 2019. Labor forces are participating above national trends, think low unemployment and solid

West Bridgewater, MA Haynes Group, Inc. was recently recognized by the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) annual STAR Awards for marketing excellence in the construction industry. Haynes Group was the recipient of the 2018 SUPERSTAR/STAR Award for Employee Communications: Newsletter and Photography: Locations. 

Worcester, MA DPS Group and Hodess Cleanroom Construction have completed a proprietary cell therapy manufacturing facility for Mustang Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Mustang Bio engaged Hodess as prime consultant on the design/build project, and Hodess selected DPS Group for its depth of experience designing current cGMP manufacturing facilities. DPS Group’s Boston office provided architectural and engineering services for the new facility.