New England Construction articles from January 2009

New England Construction archives from January 2009

CoreNet Announces Awards.
January 12, 2009... Staff CoreNet Global New England announces the winners of the 2008 Awards of Excellence in Best New Workplace. The award recognizes a corporate workplace constructed within the last year that demonstrates an innovative application of space...

MASCON and Frank Beliveau Auctioneers Team Up for Auction.
January 12, 2009... Staff MASCON and Frank Beliveau Auctioneers are pleased to announce that they will partner to produce a used equipment auction to be held on the MASCON exhibit floor January 22 & 23, 2009, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. In...

Landmark Structures Constructing 18 Affordable Housing Units.
January 12, 2009... Staff Landmark Structures Corporation has been awarded a contract from New Boston Ventures to construct 18 affordable housing units for Brookford Dalin Dean Homes in Roxbury, MA. The $4.3-million project will encompass seven two-family...

William A. Berry & Son Named to Hall of Fame.
January 12, 2009... Staff William A. Berry & Son, Inc., of Danvers, MA, has been inducted into the Massachusetts Building Congress' Hall of Fame. Berry was nominated by MBC members and selected as a winner by a Hall of Fame special award jury based on its...

J.M. Coull Completes Project.
January 12, 2009... Staff J.M. Coull announced recently that the company completed construction of the 97,000-square-foot Northeast Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Services in Gloucester, MA. The facility will be immediately leased to the...

John D. Sinnott Joins Gilbane.
January 12, 2009... Staff John D. Sinnott recently joined Gilbane Building Company's Rhode Island District as district manager. In this role, Sinnott will be responsible for overseeing excellence in execution of all facets of Gilbane's Rhode Island...

AJ Martini Appoints New Project Manager.
January 12, 2009... Staff The Winchester-based construction management firm, AJ Martini, has recently appointed Laura A. Wrisley as project manager. Wrisley joins the team with an expertise in tenant interior work. Most recently Wrisley was a project manager...

Paul Hemphill Joins STV.
January 12, 2009... Staff Paul F. Hemphill, CCM, AC, is joining STV as a senior associate and regional manager of the firm's New England construction management group. Hemphill will be based out of STV's Boston office and will be responsible for all...

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, 2009 Forecast.
January 12, 2009... By Joanne Ray The New England Economic Partnership (NEEP) released the annual five-year economic forecast for the U.S. and New England recently at the fall conference held at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. The NEEP is a nonprofit...

New Sewer Pump Station in Wethersfield, CT.
January 12, 2009... Staff United Concrete Builds Sewer Pump in Plant Out with the old. In with the new. That was the project theme in Wethersfield, CT, recently when Empire Pavement teamed up with United Concrete to build a new sewer pump...

Boston Hosts Annual Greenbuild Show.(Conference news)
January 12, 2009... By Joanne Ray More than 25,000 attend each day More than 25,000 people visited more than 1,300 vendors during the annual Greenbuild conference and exhibition held at Boston's BCEC from November 19-21, 2008. Greenbuild is presented...

Connecticut DPW and CT DPS Host Groundbreaking Ceremony.
January 26, 2009... Staff The Connecticut Department of Public Works (DPW) Commissioner Raeanne V. Curtis and Department of Public Safety (DPS) Commissioner John A. Danaher III recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Connecticut Forensic Science...

Columbia Construction Announces Awards.
January 26, 2009... Staff Columbia Construction announced recently that two of their staff recently passed the exam to become LEEDA[R] Accredited Professionals. Dave Stodden , LEED AP, has a B.S. in civil engineering and has worked at Columbia for seven...

Greater Boston Labor Council Honors Leaders.
January 26, 2009... Staff The Greater Boston Labor Council recently honored several leaders for their achievements supporting the labor movement. Frank Callahan , president of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council (MBTC), received the special award along...

Arbortech Wins Prestigious Nova Award.
January 26, 2009... Staff Arbortech of Leominster, MA, announced recently that the AS160 Brick and Mortar Saw has been awarded a prestigious 2008 NOVA Award by the Construction Innovation Forum (CIF). Formed in 1987, the CIF is an international, nonprofit...

J/Brice Design International Gets Recognized.
January 26, 2009... Staff J/Brice Design International, a Boston-headquartered hotel interior design firm, has recently been ranked 7th among the top 10 Architectural & Interior Design Giants in the Northeast by Reed Business Information's Interior Design...

Onset Computer Corporation Unveils New Product.
January 26, 2009... Staff Onset Computer Corporation, the "HOBO" data logger company, recently unveiled the HOBOA[R] U30/ETH Remote Monitoring System, an industrial-grade energy monitoring system that provides real-time, remote access to energy and...

Columbia Construction Company Celebrates Groundbreaking.
January 26, 2009... Staff Columbia Construction Company celebrated the Groundbreaking for Special Olympics Massachusetts' (SOMA) new state-of-the-art headquarters, the Yawkey Sports Training Center. Centrally located in Marlborough, MA, the new...

Columbia Completes Project.
January 26, 2009... Staff Columbia Construction recently completed a 115,000-square-foot Diagnostic Reagent Facility Expansion for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics in East Walpole, MA. The expansion was in response to the industry's growing demand for Siemens'...

Suffolk Recognized as Top Place to Work.
January 26, 2009... Staff Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in an employee-based survey project driven by The Boston Globe. Suffolk was ranked sixth on the overall list, and was listed fourth on...

EMCOR Services New England Mechanical Gets Award.
January 26, 2009... Staff EMCOR Services New England Mechanical (NEMSI), one of New England's leading mechanical services contractors, has been awarded first place in the 2008 Design/Build Award program sponsored by Contracting Business magazine, a leading...

USGBC Honors Green Building Leaders.
January 26, 2009... Staff The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named the recipients of its 2008 Leadership Awards. The awards recognize companies and individuals that signify vision, leadership and commitment to the evolution of green building design...

One year down. Many to go!!!
January 26, 2009... By Joanne Ray Well, I made it. My first year as editor of New England Construction magazine was a success. I couldn't have done it without the help of our New England Sales Representative Al Fournier, who showed me the ropes. ...

Macadam and Chip Seal Combo Gets the Job Done Right.
January 26, 2009... By Joanne Ray Riverside Asphalt Services Paves in Weymouth. Combining the chip sealing process with macadam proved to be the answer to getting the job done right at Webb Memorial State Park on Route 3A in Weymouth, MA. Recently,...

LoJack Saves the Day for Paving Company.
January 26, 2009... Staff Two skid steers missing from Riverside yard. When contractors install LoJack recovery systems into their machines, it is the one thing they hope to never use. That was not the case recently for Paul Fulmore from Riverside...

The Value of a Safety-Conscious Builder.
January 26, 2009... By Joanne Ray with contributions from Jerry Kingwill, principal of Cobb Hill Construction, Inc. Safety Programs encourage a healthy workforce. With safety being the No. 1 concern on job sites these days, it has become increasingly...