USBD explores biotech: Part 2
Part two of our four part series on biotechnology development features Massachusetts Biotechnology Council director Peter Abair discussing the boom of biotech construction in Boston. Boston is one of...
View ArticleBoston Properties: Atlantic Wharf
Mike Cantalupa, Senior VP of Development at Boston Properties discusses Atlantic Wharf, one of firm’s largest developments in the Boston area.
View ArticleUSBD Explores Biotech: Part 4
In the final installment of our four part series on development in the biotechnology industry, Steve Carbonneau, president of life science-focused construction company The Richmond Group discusses the...
View ArticleBuilding Energy 12: Paul Eldrenkamp
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz sits down with residential remodeler and NESEA Building Energy 13 chair Paul Eldrenkamp to discuss low-energy construction and the challenges presented in low-energy...
View ArticleBuilding Energy 2012: Paul Eldrenkamp Part 2
In part two of our interview, NESEA Building Energy 2013 chairman Paul Eldrenkamp discusses quality control in green building and how a green building plan can help contractors sign new clients.
View ArticleHistoric Building meets Today’s Technology: The Shalin Liu Performance Center
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz took a look at construction of the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts. In part one of a two-part series, Alan Joslin of Epstein Joslin Architects...
View ArticleInterior and Acoustic Design: The Shalin Liu Performance Center
In part two of USBD contributor Elissa Mintz’s series on the Shalin Liu Performance Center, architect Deborah Epstein of Epstein Joslin Architects discusses her unique approach to the interior design...
View ArticlePerformance space design: map-lab and Pierce Hall
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz sat down with David J. Silverman, president and founder of Boston-based architecture and planning firm map-lab. One of map-lab’s specialties is design of performance...
View ArticleArts Expansion: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz talked with Tony Miliote, Vice President of the Academic and Institutional Group at Shawmut Design and Construction about the expansion and renovation of the Isabella...
View ArticleSpotlight on: Benchmark Construction
Mike Magers, Carpentry Manager, and Bill Glen, Project Manager, of Benchmark Construction in Chicagoland sat down with USBD to talk about the firm’s carpentry division, expanding from a subcontractor...
View ArticleSpotlight on: The Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz kicks off her series on public library construction by speaking with Robert Maier, Director of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Maier discusses the...
View ArticleSpotlight on: Benchmark Construction’s Public Projects
USBD talked with Andrew Pizza, Site Infrastructure Director for Chicagoland-based Benchmark Construction. Pizza oversees much of the company’s public infrastructure projects through large clients like...
View ArticleFrom Old to New: Cambridge Public Library’s $75M Addition
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz spoke with James Hervol, project executive for the $75 million Cambridge Public Library renovation and addition. The project included a green-roofed underground parking...
View ArticleEmployment in the Carpentry Sector
In part 3 of our series on Benchmark Construction in Chicagoland, Illinois, Bill Glen and Mike Magers of Benchmark’s carpentry division discuss the state of employment for carpenters, membership in...
View ArticleThe effect of HUD 232 on healthcare construction
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz spoke with William Nicholson, CEO of The Congress Companies, a group of building companies specializing in healthcare facilities, about development in the healthcare...
View ArticleArchitectural Profile: MIT’s Koch Institute
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz interviewed Dominick Roveto, design principal at Ellenzweig. Roveto was project architect for the 365,000 square-foot Koch Institute for Integrative Research at the...
View ArticleBuilding the MIT Media Lab
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz spoke with Alan Steinberg of BOND Brothers about the construction of the new Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
View ArticleConstruction challenges: The new MassArt residence
In the second part of her series on the new residence hall at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USBD contributor Elissa Mintz spoke with Jim Grossmann of Suffolk Construction about the...
View ArticleFacilitating on-campus housing: The Massachusetts State College Building...
USBD contributor Elissa Mintz spoke with Edward Adelman, executive director of the Massachusetts State College Building Authority, which supports the on-campus student residence needs of state...
View ArticleThe building process: Part 2 of our interview with Edward Adelman
In part two of our interview with Edward Adelman, executive director of the Massachusetts State College Building Authority, Adelman discusses the project financing and building process.
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