Retail: Re-purposed and Re-positioned
The site, 650 Bald Hill Road, formally known as Rhode Island Mall, is currently undergoing a transformation to re-purpose and re-position itself from a vacant, abandoned space to over 165,000 square feet of inline retail. The ‘mall’ property is also partially occupied by Walmart, Kohls, and Sears, has long been vacant and was formerly home to smaller retail tenants such as Gap, Spencer Gifts and Tape World. Over time, as customers’ preferences changed to lifestyle centers and online shopping outlets,…
2016 Marks 30 Years for Chris Duhamel
DiPrete Engineering would like to congratulate Chris Duhamel on his 30-year anniversary with the firm! Chris’ relationship with DiPrete Engineering started at Merrimack College where he was classmates with Dennis DiPrete. Chris went on to receive a Masters in Civil Engineering from URI and was later recruited by Dennis to join his Massachusetts based consulting firm. In 1988, Dennis founded DiPrete Engineering with its headquarters in Cranston, RI. Since the beginning, Chris has played an active role in helping to grow the company…
Class is in Session
This semester, Bob Babcock, Land Surveying Department Manager at DiPrete Engineering, is teaching a course called CET231 Surveying II at New England Institute of Technology (NEIT). The class, a field lab involving survey techniques and processes, includes topics such as survey measurement theory, history of surveying, and how surveying relates to land development. “When the opportunity to teach presented itself, it prompted me to want to share some knowledge and take on a challenge that would open up new experiences,”…
Congratulations, Kevin DeMers!
The Rhode Island Chapter of the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently inducted DiPrete Engineering’s Senior Project Engineer, Kevin DeMers, as its President. ASCE represents members of the civil engineering profession worldwide serving as a resourceful non-profit to students and professional engineers for well over a century. As an undergraduate at the University of Rhode Island, Kevin became a member of ASCE and took advantage of the opportunities that the organization had to offer. Being part of a peer group…
Newport County’s New Family & Sports Center
Longplex, a 167,000 square foot family and sports center, is coming to Tiverton, RI and will be located in the town’s industrial park along Progress Road. Owner James Long of Middletown has hired LDL Studios of Providence, Bobby Quint of CFGS LLC and DiPrete Engineering for their site engineering expertise. Cris Offenberg from Silva, Thomas, Martland and Offenberg Ltd. was instrumental in the sale of the parcel and obtaining land use approvals. The center will provide an indoor and outdoor…