Category: Construction Design & Engineering

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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). 

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

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.

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

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.

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.