Tocci Building Companies has hired three people to staff construction projects.
Michael Collins joins Tocci as project manager and assistant superintendent primarily assigned to the Hartz Mountain Harmon Cove project in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Drew Dana is a cost estimator in the planning and cost estimating department working primarily on the 140 Pleasant St. project in Watertown, Mass.
Dave Pilcher is an assistant project manager allocated to the 75/125 Binney St. project in Cambridge, Mass.
Hartz Mountain's Harmon Cove is a mixed-use community that includes residential, office, retail, hospitality, and healthcare space in New Jersey's Meadowlands. As assistant superintendent, Michael Collins will provide leadership as the liaison to the owner and subcontractors, and will provide day to day field management. Prior to joining Tocci, Michael worked for Callen Construction in Cherry Hill, New Jersey as construction manager and superintendent. He also served as construction manager and owner's representative at Winther Investment Inc. in Philadelphia, and as quality assurance manager and sales representative at Northeast Building Systems in Levittown, Pa. He holds a business administration degree from the University of Maryland.
As a cost estimator on the 140 Pleasant Street Project, 65 units of luxury housing on the Charles River in Watertown, Mass., Drew Dana understands building science, materials and systems, and Building Information Modeling. He combines traditional estimating expertise with virtual design to do high level cost engineering. Drew is a thorough analyst who works with subcontractors and vendors to determine system specifications, installation parameters and costs to meet the project budget. He has a bachelor's degree in engineering management and construction management from Norwich University, and is a former sergeant in the U.S. Army.
Joining Tocci as an assistant project manager, Dave Pilcher works on the 75/125 Binney Street Project, a biopharmaceutical laboratory building in Cambridge, Mass. Dave comes from an architectural and construction background with more than 20 years of experience working in the store planning and construction departments of major retailers such as Grossman's and Shaw's Supermarkets. He has also served as a superintendent overseeing tenant fit-out construction for retail as well as federal government projects. Pertinent experience includes extensive work constructing LEED Certified, ground-up life science buildings ranging in size from 500,000 to 750,000 SF. Dave earned a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Nationally recognized as a leader in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), TocciBuilding Companies has been delivering intelligent building solutions for more than a century. Built upon a tradition of successful relationships with clients within working living and healing environments, the company specializes in lean construction and sustainable building projects throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.