Farrar Equities, LLC and Crosspoint Associates, Inc. Team on New Long Wharf Hotel
Plans for a new 57-room, four-story hotel in Newport, RI are moving along. Located at the corner of Long Wharf and America’s Cup Avenue, the new hotel will replace a two-story building which formerly housed a Hooley store and the Corcoran, Peckham, Hayes, Leys & Olaynack PC Law Firm. Developers of the proposed hotel, Farrar Equities, LLC and Crosspoint Associates, Inc., have named the upscale boutique property the ‘Brenton Hotel’ after Brenton Reef located at the entrance to Narragansett Bay….
Discovering and Implementing Strengths in the Workplace
“What leaders have in common is that each really knows their strengths, has developed their strengths, and can call on the right strength at the right time.” – Dr. Donald Clifton, father of strengths-based psychology and inventor of CliftonStrengths. As part of Leadership Rhode Island’s “Make RI Stronger” initiative, Karen King, Managing Director of Administration at DiPrete Engineering, uses Gallup CliftonStrengths to provide strengths-based training to Rhode Islanders in an effort to boost engagement and well-being. Over the past five…
Celebrating National Engineers Week
National Engineers Week highlights the good work done by engineers across the country and raises public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to quality of life. In honor or National Engineers Week we asked some of our team members what they love most about engineering and why they chose their specific field. Here’s what we learned: “I have always been drawn to environmental science because of my love of the outdoors and nature,” said Chris Sutter, Environmental Scientist. “Here at DiPrete…
Q&A with Pamela Aybar, Civil Engineer
Q: What were you doing prior to joining DiPrete Engineering? A: Before joining DiPrete, I was working at an engineering firm in Pawtucket for three years as a civil designer. Prior to that, I was working as an onsite field engineer in the Dominican Republic (DR). Q: How did you decide to become a Civil Engineer? A: It’s funny because as a little girl I wanted to be a lawyer which could not be more different from engineering. My family…
Women in Construction Highlight: Sheryl Guglielmo
Sheryl Guglielmo joined DiPrete Engineering in 2006 after earning a degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. As a Project Manager, Sheryl is responsible for client satisfaction throughout a project’s life cycle. Over the past five years, the majority of Sheryl’s work has been concentrated in the Massachusetts markets. She is currently working on a number of the firm’s projects in Dedham, Canton, Fall River, Walpole, Norwell, Belchertown, and Methuen. She has also had the opportunity to reach…