08-02-19 By KATHARINE KEANE Plus, the solar road pilot program in France has failed, research on the economic viability of energy storage for solar and wind power, and more design-tech news from this week. Boston-, Houston-, and Phoenix-based architecture firm Shepley Bulfinch has awarded Rice University assistant professor of architecture Jesús Vassallo the Shepley…
By Katherine Guimapang Jul 29, ’19 1:45 PM EST “The award grants funding to a faculty member — or team of faculty members — to conduct research that investigates materials or sustainability. Vassallo was selected for the award for his project “Tall Timber.” — Boston Real Estate Times Spanish architect, writer, and assistant professor at…
AUTHOR: Susan Shelby, FSMPS, CPSM on August 8, 2019 Marking a corporate anniversary is a fun PR and marketing initiative, one that promotes pride in the organization and builds goodwill with a company’s constituents. Companies are rightfully eager to mark the accomplishment and share the momentous occasion with employees, clients, partners, and other audiences.…
Keeping Track of the Industry’s Vital Signs edited by Anne DiNardo Opening UP Home Base embraces an open, flexible office model for its new clinic that delivers outpatient mental healthcare and support services to veterans and their families Founded in 2009, Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital program, is dedicated…
August 6, 2019 The largest class A office building along Route 128 will go up at the hands of Gilbane Building Co. workers. Developer Hobbs Brook Management announced the selection Tuesday morning. Gilbane will provide preconstruction and construction management services for the 500,000-square foot speculative building at 225 Wyman St. in Waltham’s Hobbs Brook Office Park.…
Disruptive Technologies “Smooth” Facility Management for PTC’s New Global Headquarters By Marc Margulies and John Civello New technologies are disrupting traditional ways of working and standard concepts of workplace design and facility management. These so-called “disruptive technologies” for real estate and facility management functions offer opportunities to fundamentally change the workplace paradigm in three…