Construction Underway for Citizens Bank Corporate Campus
Construction of the new Citizens Bank Corporate Campus located off of Greenville Avenue in northern Johnston, RI is moving along smoothly, with a new exit and entrance ramp onto Route 295 currently in the works. The site’s wetland crossings are also being installed with arch culverts, and an extension of utilities to service the site and the surrounding area are underway. The pace at which this project was conceived, designed, and permitted has been set on a very fast-track involving…
Expert Article – Innovative Development Strategies to Maximize Value in Today’s Retail Centers
By: Greg Guglielmo Retail development is in an ever-changing state of flux. Today’s retail centers are focused on those tenants that provide something that is impossible to buy online. Whether it is restaurants, hotels, medical, service-related, or specialty destination stores, we are in new era of tenant mix. What has not kept up with this change is parking regulations. Suburban communities frequently have zoning codes that require parking as if each use is separate and distinct, and that ensures there…
Sharon MA’s New and Improved Public Safety Facility
With construction of a new $24.75-million public safety facility in Sharon, MA complete, the buildings are now up-and-running and open to the public. Three new buildings – at the site of the town’s old police station and Department of Public Works (DPW) facility on South Main Street – are now home to both fire and police departments, with a shared lobby and 911 center. Working alongside Kaestle Boos Associates (KBA), Building Engineering Resources, McMahon Associates and Universal Environmental Consulting, DiPrete Engineering provided civil engineering…
The Sun is Shining on Solar Power in RI and MA
Solar development projects in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island are increasing at a substantial rate. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) documents the progress states make on efficiency measures. ACEEE ranks states in six categories including State Government initiatives, building energy codes, utility incentives, combined heat and power, transportation, and appliance standards. Massachusetts and Rhode Island are now ranked number 1 and number 3 respectively. Currently, construction of the new Gold Meadow Farm Solar Development located in…
Westerly Community Credit Union’s Newest Branch
DiPrete Engineering has teamed up with NES Group, DRL Architects, Kenyon Law Associates, John C. Carter and Company, TRAC Builders, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., and BETA Group, Inc. on the construction of a new Westerly Community Credit Union (WCCU) branch and operations center located at 4979 Tower Hill Road in Wakefield, RI. Expected to be open June of 2018, the new operations center will be a two-floor, 27,000 square foot facility housing a number of employee departments including a call center,…