New England's Facility Design & Construction News
Up-Front

Boston – A groundbreaking was held recently for Bunker Hill Community College’s new Student Success Center. Behind the building’s planning, engineering, and construction are [...]
Mixed-use

Boston – The Peebles Corporation recently filed a new Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) for Parcel 13 in the Back Bay, located at [...]
J.E.D.I.

Washington – The American Institute of Architects (AIA), in partnership with the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota, has published a new supplementary edition of the Guides for Equitable Practice, titled [...]
Green

Washington – North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and Ørsted announced a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to construct the company’s U.S. offshore wind farms with an American union workforce. A first-of-its-kind in the [...]
Philanthropy

Pittsfield, MA – On April 22, employees of Pittsfield-based architectural and engineering firm, EDM, volunteered at Earth Day events at two area environmental education sites: Spicebush Swamp Park [...]

Quincy, MA – Margarita Kvacheva, CEO of LBC Boston, announced she has raised over $56,000 for Sunflower of Peace to support Ukrainian citizens affected by the war. Temple B’nai Moshe [...]
Organizations and Events

Boston – ACE Mentor Program of Greater Boston announced that the 8th annual ACE Networking Event will occur on June 9 at the Artists for Humanity Epicenter. ACE awarded $142,000 in scholarships [...]
Build Better Podcast
by Emily Langner

On season 2, episode 15 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Marc Margulies, principal and senior partner at Margulies Peruzzi, and Joe Finn, president and executive director of the Massachusetts Housing & Shelter [...]
On season 2, episode 15 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomes Marc Margulies, principal and senior partner at Margulies Peruzzi, and Joe Finn, president and executive director of the Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance. They are working to change the ways in which homelessness is addressed in Massachusetts, something that continues to be a complex issue and one that demands immediate solutions. 
Margulies and Finn talk about their mission to create an efficient, cost-effective, and replicable model of new construction designed specifically to address the needs of long-term and chronically homeless people in the state.
Special thanks to our sponsor Rhino PR.

May 18 from 4:00 - 7:00pm

May 19 from 3:00 - 8:00pm

May 25 from 6:00 - 9:00pm
Awards

Rocky Hill, CT – The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) recently announced the winners of its 2022 Project Team Awards. The CBC recognizes outstanding building [...]

Glastonbury, CT – The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) has been recognized by the Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) for three Project Team Awards, winning for outstanding building [...]
People

Wellesley, MA – Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC MA) recently welcomed Marion Jones, MPA in the newly created position of director of workforce development & industry inclusion. She began her [...]



Salem, MA – Jones Architecture announced that Christian Strom passed his architectural licensure to become a Registered Architect (RA). Strom joined Jones in 2014 with 10 years of experience working in [...]