Boston—The Residence Inn by Marriott Fenway – Boston hotel, designed by Group One Partners, Inc., was selected by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as the focus of its SteelDay event series held Fri., Sept. 28 at the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston.
The hotel was recognized for its use of the Girder-Slab System and D-Beam® that allows for low floor-to-floor height requirements for multi-story residential buildings. This enabled Group One Partners, Inc. architects to add an additional floor to the Boston high-rise.
“We’re honored to be acknowledged by the AISC for our innovative use of steel in the design of this new hotel,” says Antonino Donato AIA, senior project manager/designer for Group One Partners, Inc., and who presented at the event. “Using the Girder-Slab System was a cost- effective way to meet our design standards while improving the project development time.”
The SteelDay event kicked off with presentations by the hotel owner and design teams to a group of Boston-area architects and engineers. The event concluded with jobsite tours of the hotel currently under construction (corner of Burlington and Brookline Avenues in Boston).
Residence Inn by Marriott Fenway – Boston is an eight-story, extended-stay hotel with 175 guest rooms. It features a custom lobby, custom guestrooms, restaurant lease space, retail lease space, rooftop terrace (with views to Fenway Park), indoor swimming pool open to the rooftop terrace, fitness center, meeting room, extensive green roof, and below grade parking for 50 cars. The hotel is under construction with an anticipated completion date of May 2013.