Milestone Anniversaries: 20 Years for Michael Gavitt
Senior Survey Project Manager, Michael Gavitt, marked 20 years with DiPrete on May 22. Michael has been with the firm since finishing up his bachelor’s in civil engineering from URI. “I started working with DiPrete the day after graduation,” said Michael, while taking courses alongside VP Chris Duhamel, who was working on his master’s degree at the time. Duhamel suggested he come work for DiPrete, and 20 years later he’s still here — and happy. “Land surveying never gets boring,”…
Virks in the Works
Molly Titus is set to make all that is old new again, at a site in Cranston. DiPrete Engineering has teamed up with NEMD Architects to renovate the Virks building — keeping some architectural elements that give the structure its unique character. Molly is overseeing renovations at the Pastore Center where 50,000 square feet of a former institutional hospital is being transformed into offices for the RI Department of Health & Human Services. The brick building has four stories and…
Brett Dellit’s Big Move
If you haven’t met Brett Dellit yet, just listen for the Australian accent! Brett joined DiPrete on May 26 as a project engineer and formerly worked in engineering on the Gold Coast. He has settled in Wakefield with his wife Marilyn and baby son Luca. “Colleagues and friends pointed me in the direction of DiPrete,” said Brett, who moved to the U.S. in February. “I was very impressed with what I saw.” Brett is an internationally chartered professional engineer on…
Summer Intern: Nick Hetland
Nick Hetland of Pawtucket — a Civil Engineering major who just finished his third year of a five-year bachelor’s/master’s program at the University of Rhode Island — is working with Project Manager Eric Prive. An interest in problem solving drives Nick to engineering. He’s been on site at Village at the Waterfront and is getting a better sense of the general lifespan of a project. He explained that Prive wants him to spend some time with surveyors and learn about…
Katie DiPrete Joins the Team
Katie DiPrete, a recent graduate of the University of Richmond in Virginia, has joined the team as an environmental scientist working with Chris Sutter. Katie will be a full-time, familiar face around the office until she leaves in September to pursue a master’s degree in environmental science. “I’m considering Duke University in North Carolina as well as URI,” says Katie. Taking after her father, Dennis DiPrete, Katie has a full to-do list ahead: AutoCAD tutorials, soil testing, GPS mapping, wetland…