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Northern N.E. Bay State Industrial Welding Awarded 2013 Image of Welding Award
Bay State’s Boston Strong Shop Staff Hudson, NH - Bay State Industrial Welding & Fabrication, Inc. of Hudson was presented with the 2013 Image of Welding Award for the Small Business Category at this year’s FABTECH Expo in Chicago. The American Welding Society and the Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee selected Bay State as the recipient of this award based on various contributions by Bay State to the welding industry in recent years. Bay State donated time, materials, and service to erect the fallen I-beam
from the World Trade Center at the Benson Park 9/11 Memorial Site. In addition, Bay State regularly sponsors and supports local events and organizations such as the Associated Builders and Contractors New Hampshire & Vermont Chapter, the Young Professionals Group, the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, and Building Dreams for Marines. The company regularly donates time to providing students with hands-on demonstrations and is initiating a welding apprenticeship program geared toward high school and college aged individuals.
Hotel Vermont Gets AGC/VT Award Burlington, VT - PC Construction’s recently completed Hotel Vermont project received top honors at the recent Associated General Contractors of Vermont Annual Dinner. The $14.4 million eco-friendly independent luxury hotel was recognized with a Best Builders Award in the Building/New Construction category. The new six-story, 85,000sf, 125room boutique hotel boasts 2,200sf of meeting space and over 9,500sf of outdoor space, including Burlington’s first hotel green roof with views overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. The project is currently pursuing LEED Silver certification. The hotel’s urban location presented challenges for the PC Construction team. The tightly constrained site was prone to heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic. In addition, the hotel was built in 45 feet of green space between the parking garage and the road, restricting the worksite.
Hotel Vermont Erecting and installing structural steel, precast, siding, and glass required cranes and other large equipment operating in very limited space on a heavily populated street. The team’s emphasis on safety and extensive pre-task planning resulted in a successful safety performance.
Meridian to Renovate Barracks
Strafford, NH - The New Hampshire Army National Guard barracks in Center Strafford will receive a series of renovations this fall and winter, with work expected to be completed next spring. Meridian Construction, selected by the state to handle the general contracting responsibilities for the project, will perform services that include renovations to the bathrooms, laundry room, boiler rooms and sleeping quarters of two separate structures in the facility. The two structures, called Upper Foss and Lower Foss, are 4,600sf and 4,800sf in size, respectively, with total project costs estimated at $779,893. When asked about the challenges, Bill Hickey, project manager at The H. L. Turner Group, the architecture and engineering firm for the project, says, “As with all renovations, the design and construction team has overcome the challenges of incorporating new mechanical systems and code-compliant bathrooms into existing spaces. The new mechanical system is high-efficiency. All plumbing fixtures will
be low flow.” The project will include demolition work, as well as modifications to the interior layout of the two structures. The layouts for the bathrooms and the laundry room will be modified, and both buildings will be equipped with new card / proxy reader security systems. New doors and frames will be installed within the new spaces, and the new bathroom layouts will include new plumbing and underslab drainage to the existing septic system. Boiler room renovations will involve coordinating existing equipment with new mechanical equipment, and a new mechanical AC system will be installed along with required electrical work. Additional project-related work will include site construction, concrete, masonry, wood and plastics, thermal and moisture protection, finishes, specialties, and sewer and water connections. The project is scheduled to be completed on April 1, 2014
Job Corps Center Progressing Designed by Miller Dyer Spears Bedford, NH - Construction of the new Job Corps Center on Dunbarton Road in Manchester is progressing on schedule. Eckman Construction is the general contractor for the project. Nine acres of the 19-acre site was cleared, over 90,000 cubic yards of ledge was blasted, and the campus buildings where young people will live, study, and learn a trade are now under construction. The buildings that will make up the center include dormitories, a classroom building, recreation facility, dining, a wellness/ administration building, and a gatehouse. The project is scheduled for completion in early 2015. Job Corps Centers are funded through the Department of Labor, and
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NH Job Corps Center under construction they currently train more than 60,000 students at 125 centers nationwide. The NH Job Corps Center was designed by Miller Dyer Spears, Inc. of Boston, and the construction contract was awarded to Eckman Construction last spring.