Sports Complex in Newport County Nearing Completion
Tiverton, RI’s new 187,000 square foot family and sports center, next to Route 24 in the Tiverton Industrial Park, is nearing completion. The facility, known as Longplex Family Fitness & Sports Center, is 80% complete with all site work done and steel fully erected. “We are just working on the interior now,” says Jim Long of Middletown, owner of the sports complex. “We are currently sealing the building with windows and doors.” The center will provide an indoor and outdoor space…
Q&A with Marianne Diffin, Civil Engineer at DiPrete Engineering
Q: When did you join DiPrete Engineering and what role do you play at the firm? A: I joined DiPrete in June of 2016, after attending Chris Duhamel’s Capstone course at the University of Rhode Island. I had been in school for an extended period, getting a degree first in Environmental Science before switching over to Civil Engineering. My previous work was largely field and environmentally-oriented, with an internship at an environmental engineering firm the summer prior to working at…
Emerson Torrey Helps Organize Tom Petty Hurricane Relief Concert
Last month, a group of local musicians, including DiPrete Engineering’s very own Director of Information Technology, Emerson Torrey, held a concert called “A Higher Place,” to benefit those affected by 2017’s treacherous hurricane season across parts of Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean. Not long after deciding to hold the hurricane relief concert back in October, classic rock musician Tom Petty passed away. “Right then, we knew we wanted to feature songs of Tom Petty’s at the benefit,” said Emerson. “Not…
DiPrete Celebrates its Engineers
Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, National Engineers Week highlights the good works done by engineers all across the country. National Engineers Week is held annually in the same week as President George Washington’s birthday, since Washington is considered by many to be the nation’s first engineer due to his surveying work. This year, DiPrete Engineering celebrated National Engineers Week by recognizing team members’ dedication and accomplishments over the years. “For over 20 years, our talented and…
East Providence to Receive New O’Reilly Auto Parts
Rendering by Studio 401 Architecture Plans for an O’Reilly Auto Parts in East Providence have received approval from the East Providence Zoning Board and the developer to begin construction this month. Owners of the property, Schiavo Enterprises, a commercial real estate development company in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have teamed up with DiPrete Engineering, New England Construction, Studio 401 Architecture and Narragansett Improvement Co. to build the facility. The new 7,200 square foot O’Reilly Auto Parts will sit between an…