Engineering News

July 10, 2014 - Rhode Island   Meals will become a much more pleasant experience for students at the University of Rhode Island (URI) thanks to an $8 million expansion of Butterfield Dining Hall. DiPrete Engineering handled the site engineering for the three-phased project. The upgrade added 7,500 s/f to the existing building, a paved plaza for greater pedestrian access between the dining hall and residence hall, and an expansion of the loading dock. Read…

June 12, 2014 - Rhode Island   The New England Institute of Technology - East Greenwich, RI The New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) has expanded its locations with a 220-acre campus that features a remodeled 265,000 s/f building as its centerpiece. The new location is a multi-phased project that may eventually include student housing, dining services, and sports facilities. "The East Greenwich site is intended to feel more like a traditional college campus," said…