Wellesley, MA – At the biennial Associated General Contractors Build New England Awards Gala on October 6, 18 project teams were recognized by a jury of professionals for their outstanding efforts toward successfully completing construction projects throughout the New England area.
Grand Honor Award winning team planned, designed and built the Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion. Boston Harbor Islands Alliance was the consortium that conceived the project, Utile was the primary designer and Turner Construction, with its key subcontractors S&F Concrete, Shawn Keller and Valley Crest built the facility to draw attention to the many harbor islands available for residents and tourists to visit.
Honor Awards:
– Cambridge Public Library was the renovation and addition of a much-used facility. It was built by Consigli Construction & JF White Contracting as the joint venture construction team and designed by William Rawn Associates with Ann Beha Architects.
– Lunder Building at MA General Hospital, Boston – Turner Construction was the constructor and NBBJ was the architect for this innovative medical facility.
– Yawkey Center for Cancer Care project, Boston – The addition of this facility to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute built by Walsh Brothers Inc. and designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, now allows the delivery of genuine bench-to-bedside cutting edge research to take place.
– Shalin Liu Performance Center project, Rockport, MA – Shoehorned into a tight commercial area in the heart of Rockport’s tourist area, Shalin Liu was built by Consigli Construction of Milford and designed by Epstein Joslin Architects.
– Ocean House project, Watch Hill, Rhode Island – Dimeo Construction and Centerbrook Architects & Planners, modernized and added space to this nineteenth century hotel, which has been a landmark of the Watch Hill area.
Merit Awards:
– Archstone Avenir, a downtown Boston mixed-use project, was designed by ICON architecture and built for the owner, Trinity Financial, by Dimeo Construction.
– Building E62 for MIT’s Sloan School of Management project, Boston – This flagship facility brings together the faculty of the Sloan School under one roof. Walsh Brothers constructed the building and Bruner/Cott and Moore Ruble Yudell were the architects.
– Mass. State House Roof Replacement/Renovations project, Boston – JK Scanlan was the constructor with Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger the primary designer for this historic icon in the heart of Boston.
– D Justin McCarthy College Center project, Framingham – Colantonio was the constructor with CBT Architects; the owner is Framingham State University with MA State College Building Authority overseeing the project.
– The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts in Rhode Island for Brown University was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and built by Shawmut Design and Construction
– Concord Free Public Library, Fowler Branch project, Concord, MA – was designed by Johnson Roberts with C.E. Floyd Company as the constructor for the Concord Free Public Library, Fowler Branch.
Performance Awards :
– Medical School Ambulatory Care Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester was designed and built by the team of Consigli Construction & Payette Associates.
– The Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea is a facility dedicated to caring for individuals living with ALS and MS and was designed by DiMella Shaffer Associates and built by Erland Construction of Burlington.
– Park87, Cambridge – Tocci Building of Woburn was the constructor and Khalsa Design was the architect for this forward-thinking housing project for AbodeZ Development.
T- he Elliot at River’s Edge Ambulatory Care Center, Manchester, NH, was designed by Cube 3 Studio and built by Suffolk Construction and Eckman Construction.
– The Lofts at Perkins Park in Lowell is the renovation of two mill buildings into a residential facility and built by Charter Environmental and designed by Ganek Architects for Mira Development.
– Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall at Wellesley College is the modernization of a 1920s facility. It was designed by Ann Beha & Associates and built by Lee Kennedy Co.