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DEW Construction Breaks Ground on Bow Elementary School Project

Bow, NH – DEW Construction announced it celebrated the groundbreaking for the Bow Elementary School Addition and Renovations Project, which took place on Oct. 30. The event brought together key stakeholders, [...]

Awards

Amenta Emma Awarded for Multi-family, Affordable Housing Projects

Hartford, CT – Amenta Emma Architects announced it received a Merit Award in the 2023 AIA Connecticut Design Awards program, and two HBRA of Connecticut Home Building Industry (HOBI) Awards for [...]

Kaplan Construction Receives ABC’s EIC Award for Trust Early Learners Project

Boston – Kaplan Construction announced that its work on Trust Early Learners has earned an Excellence in Construction (EIC) Merit Award in the Institutional category from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts [...]

Green

Assessing the Embodied Carbon in our Building Practices

by John D. Hyde

After years of focusing on operational carbon reduction, it has become evident that this approach alone will not mitigate the building industry’s climate impact. As such, we’re turning our attention toward reducing embodied carbon emissions. Building owners, [...]

New Innovations Offer Exciting Possibilities for Reducing Carbon in Precast Concrete

by Jim Schneider

Many designers instinctively resist the use of concrete in sustainable design, noting obvious reservations regarding the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by the concrete industry. That is not an incorrect observation: [...]

Carbon Neutrality in Design and Construction

by Scott Bates

Environmentally conscious clients, especially those in the academic and life science markets, have shifted their focus to constructing new and renovating existing buildings to be carbon neutral. A recent example that showcases [...]

BE+ Holds 2023 Green Building Showcase

Boston – Built Environment Plus (BE+) recently held its 2023 Green Building Showcase Awards Program and Celebration at the newly constructed Amazon L4 Tower in Boston’s Seaport, with over 275 in attendance. [...]

Spectrum IT Completes Vineyard Wind Site Security Project

Dedham, MA – Spectrum Integrated Technologies (Spectrum IT), the low-voltage technology division of J&M Brown Company, has completed design, construction and integration of security systems at the New [...]

Restoration/Renovation

Abbot Completes Chimney Repairs at Jewish Community Center in Newton

Newton, MA – Abbot Building Restoration Company, Inc. announced it recently completed significant chimney repairs at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Newton. As the building had been taking on water for some time, [...]

Mixed-use

10 World Trade Receives First East Coast Double Platinum WiredScore Certification

Boston – Boston Global Investors (BGI) announced that 10 World Trade, located in Boston’s Seaport District, has received the East Coast’s first Double Platinum WiredScore and SmartScore Certification. The [...]

Multi-residential

$6.2M in Financing Issued for Affordable Housing on Cape Cod

Sandwich, MA – Senior citizens and residents with disabilities living at the 44-unit Shawme Heights Apartments in Sandwich will have affordable rents extended for the long term and the property will see approximately $1.6 [...]

Training and Recruitment

Griffin Electric Recognizes Apprentices, Instructors During National Apprenticeship Week

Holliston, MA – Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. (Griffin Electric) announced it recently recognized the apprentices and instructors of its in-house Apprenticeship Training Program. With the week of Nov. 13-17 marking [...]

NAIOP Massachusetts: Holiday Party

Nov. 28 at 4:00 p.m.

NAWIC Boston: Voices of Change

Nov. 28 at 5:30 p.m.

PWC Boston: Fireside Chat

Nov. 29 at 5:30 p.m.

MBC: Holiday Breakfast for a Cause

Nov. 30 at 7:30 a.m.

Philanthropy

MBTU and Union Contractors Donate Over $40,000 to Helmets to Hardhats

Boston – Ahead of Veterans Day, Massachusetts Building Trades Unions (MBTU) and union contractors honored the contributions of local veterans, raising more than $40,000 for the career pathways program Helmets to [...]

City Kids Supports Steps to Success in Brookline

Brookline, MA – City Kids recently donated $5,000 to Steps to Success to support its elementary and middle school programs. City Kids is a youth education nonprofit created by City Realty Group managing partners, [...]

People

Amenta Emma Personnel Announcements

Boston – Amenta Emma Architects announced it recently welcomed Tim Reagen, AIA as senior project architect in the Boston office. With an extensive background in housing affordability and urban development, Reagen brings [...]

TFMoran Welcomes Lessard

Bedford, NH – TFMoran announced it welcomed Jeff Lessard as a CAD technician in the Bedford office. Lessard has over 24 years of experience in AutoCAD design in support of survey, engineering, land planning, and development. He earned his Certificate of [...]

Whynott Named Marketing Specialist

Holliston, MA – Colantonio Inc. announced the recent hiring of Marketing Specialist Briana Whynott. Whynott joins the firm with seven years of marketing experience and two years in the construction industry. Her background includes creating and [...]

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