New England Construction articles from August 2008

New England Construction archives from August 2008

Suffolk Awarded Renovation Project.
August 11, 2008... Staff Suffolk Construction Company has been awarded a renovation project at Boston's Logan International Airport for Northwest Airlines gates in Terminal E. The $8-million project will include a fit-out for the relocation of Northwest...

Thomas W. Sammarco Died Suddenly.
August 11, 2008... Staff Thomas W. Sammarco , of Center Conway, NH, and Millis, MA, died suddenly and tragically on Monday, June 30, 2008, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Wakefield, N.H. "Tommy" was married on Sunday, June 29, 2008, to...

Perkins Eastman Names New Marketing Manager.
August 11, 2008... Staff The Stamford office of international design and architecture firm Perkins Eastman is pleased to announce that Meredith Berman Lovejoy has joined the 85-person office as marketing manager. With more than 13 years of industry...

Berry Construction Names VP for CT Operations.
August 11, 2008... Staff William A. Berry & Son, Inc. , of Danvers, MA, has named David Henderson vice president of Connecticut operations. Henderson, who is a 20-year industry veteran, will work out of Berry's New Haven office. Formerly a project executive...

Lee Kennedy Co. to Build Parking Garage.
August 11, 2008... Staff Lee Kennedy Co. has begun construction of a three-story, 31,000-square-foot parking garage for St. Luke's Hospital - the New Bedford site of Southcoast Hospitals Group in Massachusetts. The 341-space garage is located on the hospital...

J.M. Coull Wins Award.
August 11, 2008... Staff J.M. Coull announced today that the firm has been awarded the esteemed Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) "Platinum" award for 2008 from the National Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The STEP awards are presented...

Dispute Between MTA and MPA.
August 11, 2008... Staff According to an article in The Boston Globe, a dispute between the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Massachusetts Port Authority over cracks and leaks in the Big Dig construction has cost taxpayers $8.3 million. The Turnpike...

New Fire and Rescue Station.
August 11, 2008... Staff The construction of a new fire and rescue station by SouthCoast-based Bufftree Building Company is well under way in Wellfleet, MA. John J. Keenan, president of the project's architectural firm, Keenan & Kenny Architects, Ltd. of...

JM Coull uses eBid eXchange.
August 11, 2008... Staff J.M. Coull of Maynard, MA, recently announced that it has deployed an online system to facilitate the management of its pre-construction procurement process. The first construction company on the East Coast to roll out eBid eXchange,...

Suffolk Celebrates Construction Milestone.
August 11, 2008... Staff Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. recently celebrated the topping off of the Hebrew SeniorLife NewBridge on the Charles project - an important scheduling milestone for this project. Suffolk provided nearly two years of...

William A. Berry and Son Names New Project Executive.
August 11, 2008... Staff William A. Berry & Son, Inc. , has named Paul Rollins , P.E., as project executive. A graduate of West Point, Rollins has worked in the construction industry for more than 20 years. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and has...

GZA Names New Senior Project Manager.
August 11, 2008... Staff GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. , one of the area's leading environmental and geotechnical consulting firms, has announced that Frank S. Vetere, P.E. , LSP has joined the company as a senior project manager in their North Hampton, New...

User-Friendly Automation.
August 11, 2008... By Daniel C. Brown P.J. Keating uses Topcon SAS Edited by Joanne Ray If you want to earn state payment bonuses for smooth asphalt paving, it's better to be good than lucky. And to be good, your paving crew has to be patient enough...

VMHA Field Day and Expo.
August 11, 2008... By Joanne Ray More Than 400 People Attend The annual VMHA Field Day & Expo was held on May 14 at the Barre Municipal Civic Center in Barre, Vermont. More than 400 people attended. The day kicked off with welcomes from Barre City...

Chadwick Named Volvo Dealer.
August 25, 2008... Staff Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc., one of New England's Volvo Construction Equipment dealers, has recently been named an authorized Volvo Machinery & Compaction Equipment Dealer. Volvo CE acquired the road machinery division of Ingersoll Rand in...

J.M. Coull Promotes Sean Cruise.
August 25, 2008... Staff J.M. Coull, of Maynard, MA, recently presented Fitchburg State College junior Sean R. Cruise of Lakeville, MA, with the inaugural Daniel A. Mahoney Scholarship. The award was presented to Cruise by J.M. Coull President Andrew Coull,...

DiCristofaro Named Vice-President of Sales Support and Safety.
August 25, 2008... Staff Virginia DiCristofaro of Warwick, RI, was named vice-president of Sales Support and Safety for A.E. Bragger Construction Co., Inc. DiCristofaro is the fourth generation to enter the management of the waterworks construction...

Gilbane Names David Jolin Vice-President.
August 25, 2008... Staff Gilbane Building Company has named David W. Jolin, vice-president. Jolin is a nine-year veteran of the company and has a total of 14 years of experience in the construction industry. He serves as regional controller in the New...

Landmark Begins Renovation Project.(Landmark overview)
August 25, 2008... Staff Landmark Structures Corporation of Woburn, MA, has started work on a 7,500-square-foot addition and 9,500-square-foot renovation project at Blanchard's Liquors headquarters in West Roxbury, MA. The project, slated for completion in...

Students Get Scholarships.
August 25, 2008... Staff Twenty students planning futures in the equipment rental industry were awarded a total of $34,000 in scholarships from the ARA Foundation for 2008/2009. The scholarships range from $1,000 to $3,000 each for recipients who are...

Seven Hills Completes Expansion.
August 25, 2008... Staff Seven Hills Academy has successfully completed an expansion to its facility in Devens, MA, and added several sustainable components to create a healthier, more efficient educational environment. Overseen by Consigli Construction Co.,...

Huggins Hospital Breaks Ground on a New Century of Care.
August 25, 2008... Staff Huggins Hospital, a critical access community hospital in Wolfboro, NH, broke ground recently on a $52-million expansion project. The new hospital will be a 101,000-square-foot efficient and modern facility incorporating the latest...

Brown and Yale To Build Two Buildings.
August 25, 2008... Staff Brown University and Yale University have hired Shawmut Design and Construction, along with Stern Architects, to complete two buildings on the historic Ivy League campuses. Yale University in New Haven, CT, is putting in a building...

Hydroelectric Renewable Energy Project.
August 25, 2008... Staff GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc., one of the area's leading environmental and geotechnical consulting firms, recently assisted Crane & Company with a feasibility study and grant application with the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative...

Consigli Opens New Office.
August 25, 2008... Staff Consigli Construction Co., Inc. has opened an office in Enfield, CT, to better serve clients in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. In Connecticut, the company is currently overseeing a $32-million restoration and renovation of...

J.M. Coull Promotes Daniel Cobb.
August 25, 2008... Staff J.M. Coull, a full-service construction company, has promoted Daniel Cobb to the position of project manager. Cobb joined J.M. Coull in 2006 after graduating from Fitchburg State College. In his previous role as assistant project...

E.T. & L. Corp.'s Jennie Lee Colosi Talks About Women In Construction.(Company overview)
August 25, 2008... By Joanne Ray 1. Who are you as a business? What do you do and how many employees do you have? E.T. & L. Corp. is a woman-owned, heavy and highway contractor founded in 1945 and located in Stow, MA. We perform general contracting...

Compact Equipment Gets Into Tight Spaces.
August 25, 2008... By Joanne Ray Greener Keeps the Job Moving After a late ground-breaking and difficult winter weather conditions, the Admiral Hill Apartment Complex project in Chelsea, MA, is moving along as scheduled thanks to Greener Excavating. ...

Middletown-Norwalk Transmission Project.
August 25, 2008... By Matt Watkins -- VP of Regan Communications Burns & McDonnell Excel in Program Management Role Edited by Joanne Ray Over the years, growing consumer demand for electricity had created a bottleneck to the electric system in...

CASHO Holds 29th Annual Equipment/Technical Show.
August 25, 2008... By Joanne Ray More than 100 vendors attend show The Connecticut Association of Street and Highway Officials, Inc. (CASHO) held their 29th annual Equipment/Technical Show in May at the MountainRidge Special Event Facility in...