GZA GeoEnvironmental Awarded Contract for Engineering Repair at West Hartford Dam
West Harford, CT - GZA GeoEnvironmental, , Inc.,has been retained by The Metropolitan District (Hartford, CT) to provide engineering design and repair services at Reservoir Dam #2 located in West Hartford CT.

The American University for Medical Studies – Kuwait: – A Case Study in Campus Planning in the Gulf Region by Jerrell Angell, AIA, LEED AP and Dan M. Muntean, ARB, RIBA
Designing higher education facilities in the Middle East offers great challenges to Western architects. For the most part, campus planning efforts in the Arabian Gulf Region are based on a combination of Western standards as well as the practices, programmatic requirements and site influences particular to local regulations, traditions, and culture. These influences [...]

Essex Bldrs to Construct Elm Place – VMY Vitols Architects
Essex Bldrs to Construct Elm Place VMY Vitols Architects Cambridge, MA - Essex Builders Corp. has secured a $3.6m contract from Just-A-Start Corporation to construct Elm Place, a 25,000sf mixed use development in Cambridge. The Architect of Record, VMY Vitols Architects, Inc. of Newton prepared construction documents employing a conceptual design developed by Dingman Allison Architects, Inc., P.C. of Cambridge. The four story building will incorporate a tasteful blend of select retail space at street grade with nineteen residential units. Since 1968, Just-A-Start Corporation has been assisting working and retired families in Cambridge and surrounding Metro North communities to meet basic family needs. It provides services to homeowners and renters to help increase their quality of living; offers education and workforce training opportunities that enhance career prospects and earning power; and develops, rehabilitates and preserves sorely needed, affordable rental and ownership housing. Cambridge, MA - Essex Builders Corp. has secured a $3.6m contract from Just-A-Start Corporation to construct Elm Place, a 25,000sf mixed use development in Cambridge.

FDA HQ Gets LEED Gold
Silver Spring, MD – KlingStubbins, in association with RTKL, announced that Building One, the new “front door” of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Headquarters Consolidation at White Oak in Silver Spring is the first renovation project in the GSA National Capitol Region to achieve a LEED-NC Gold Certification.

Acentech Services for Fenway Health – Anshen+Allen Architects
Boston, MA - Acentech Inc., a multi-disciplinary acoustics, audiovisual systems design, and vibration consulting firm provided consulting and design services for The Ansin Building of Fenway Health, a new state-of-the-art health facility and research center in Boston’s West Fens neighborhood.

Jones Lang LaSalle Gets BU Project – ADD Inc. Architect
Boston, MA - Jones Lang LaSalle was awarded the contract to provide construction management services for Boston University’s approximately 45,000sf Biochemistry Department’s Breast Cancer Research Center, Amyloid Research Center and Cancer Center within the Conti Biomedical Research Center on their Medical Campus in Boston.

Hall President Of Bioengineering – Wendi Goldsmith CEO
Salem, MA - Bioengineering Group, a woman-owned earth science and engineering consulting and design firm headquartered in Salem announced that company President Wendi Goldsmith was named CEO and William (Bill) Hall was appointed President.

BWK GC for Vet Center
Haverhill, MA - BWK Construction Co., Inc. served as the General Contractor for the ground-up construction of a multi-unit housing development, which provides affordable housing for veterans.

Jones Lang LaSalle Wins 45,000-square-foot Interior Construction Assignment for Boston University on Their Medical Campus
Boston, MA — Jones Lang LaSalle was awarded the contract to provide construction management services for Boston University’s approximately 45,000-square-foot Biochemistry Department’s Breast Cancer Research Center, Amyloid Research Center and Cancer Center within the Conti Biomedical Research Center on their Medical Campus in Boston. The customized build-out on four floors is valued at $7 million.

Ian Fisher Joins PB
Boston, MA – Ian Fisher has been named a Senior Capital Estimator in the Boston office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, (PB), a global infrastructure strategic consulting, planning, engineering and program/construction management organization.