February 2022
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Construction Begins on Conn. School
BTEA Announces New Leadership Boston – The Building Trades Employers’ Association (BTEA) Northeast announced the appointment of Thomas S. Gunning as the organization’s new executive director. Gunning previously served as director of labor relations. In his new role, he is taking on forward thinking policies including diversity and inclusion, as well as spearheading mental health and substance recovery initiatives in the construction industry through the BTEA Northeast’s National Recovery Week, to be held this spring. “As one of the largest union construction contractor associations in the Northeast, we’re proud of the Gunning tradition that has evolved from this work,” noted Gunning’s father, Thomas J. Gunning, who will now serve as executive director emeritus following
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his service of almost 30 years from 1992 until December 2021. “Tom brings a new, innovative direction to the table that addresses a changing industry and the needs of a new generation of construction professionals. “
Registration Open for SCUP Conference Amherst, MA – The Society of College and University Planning – North Atlantic (SCUP) will be holding its 2022 Regional Conference at UMASS Amherst on March 16-18. The SCUP North Atlantic Regional Conference is a professional gathering of institutional colleagues and professionals dedicated to advancing and championing the power of integrated planning in higher education. The conference was last held at UMASS Amherst 11 years ago. Entitled “Together Again: Reimagining the Future,” this year’s event will celebrate institutional resilience. Higher education planning leaders will share their stories of integrated planning solutions for solving the pressing problems the industry is currently facing, and explore innovative new ideas for reimagining the future of higher education.
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South Windsor, CT – Gilbane Building Company has begun construction phase activities for the new, 102,000sf Pleasant Valley Elementary School in South Windsor. With resounding voter approval, the new elementary school will be built under the third and final phase of South Windsor’s 10-year elementary schools master plan, which encompassed the replacement of four elementary schools in the district. Gilbane successfully delivered the Eli Terry, Orchard Hill, and Philip R. Smith Elementary Schools as part of the first two phases of the plan. Construction of the new school will be in close proximity to the existing facility. While the existing school is 43,300sf, the plan for the new building is to be a
total of 102,000sf. The new school will accommodate nearly 700 elementary school students and 110 half-time preschool students and will feature a new field and playgrounds, as well as a space dedicated for preschool students with special needs. “We’re very proud of our longstanding partnership with South Windsor and are excited to deliver this final school in their 10-year plan just as successfully as the first three,” said John Hawley, vice president and business unit leader for Gilbane in Connecticut. Designed by Drummey Rosane Anderson, Inc., the Pleasant Valley Elementary School project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2023.
For more info, visit https://www.scup.org/ conferences-programs/north-atlantic-2022regional-conference/
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