Repairing Point Judith
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused substantial damage across the coasts of the Northeast. Today, the United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE) and the State of Rhode Island are working to repair the beach area and the easterly breakwater at Point Judith in Narragansett. DiPrete Engineering has teamed up with RC & D Construction, a civil and environmental contractor that specializes in marine construction, to provide pre-construction survey, bathymetric survey, construction survey and as-built services. “This is an interesting and challenging…
New IYRS Building to Withstand Flooding
DiPrete Engineering has teamed up with Wilson Architects, Thompson Consultants and Odeh Engineers to design the International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS) of Technology and Trades’ newest building at the Newport Campus. This building will bring its Composites Lab to Newport from its current location in Bristol. The school’s new 20,240 sf building, which will be two stories tall above flood elevation and includes 32 parking spaces at grade below the building, is located on Thames Street in Newport. DiPrete and…
DiPrete Employees Take Advantage of New England Waterways
There’s nothing better than a New England summer! While Rhode Island is known for its beaches, ponds, and rivers, Massachusetts also provides remarkable places for fishing, boating, kayaking and scuba diving – and our employees here at DiPrete Engineering are taking full advantage of what these areas have to offer. Here are a few of their stories: Audie Osgood, Project Manager, has been hunting and fishing for as long as he can remember. Having grown up freshwater fishing in Pennsylvania with…
Bike MS: Ride the Rhode
Employees and friends of DiPrete Engineering recently participated in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual Bike MS: Ride the Rhode event held June 18-19, raising a total of $14,145 that will support research to help find a cure for multiple sclerosis. DiPrete Engineering employees have formed the core of the PT riders team that has participated in the MS Society’s 150-mile bike ride for the past 11 years after being introduced to the ride by Dennis DiPrete, Principal of DiPrete…