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DiPrete’s Newport Branch is Hard at Work

DiPrete Engineering’s Newport branch is gearing up for another busy summer. The lead team which includes Christopher Duhamel, Principal, Molly Titus, Project Manager, Joseph Duhamel, Project Engineer, Skyler Mills, Project Engineer, and Alex Avery, Landscape Architect, is currently involved in a number of projects on Aquidneck Island and parts of South County. The Newport team is working with BankNewport and DBVW Architects on the redevelopment and renovation of the company’s original building located at 10…
Sheryl Guglielmo
April 30, 2019
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DiPrete Designs Landscape for O’Hare Academic

The O’Hare Academic Center at Salve Regina University in Newport recently completed a $26 million building expansion and renovation to its landscape and hardscape around the building. The project, which added 23,000 square feet to the Center, includes indoor and outdoor dining areas as well as outdoor terraces overlooking the University’s oceanfront grounds. In collaboration with RGB Architects, DiPrete Engineering provided landscape design for the new patio and plaza area, a canopy entrance, parking area,…
Sheryl Guglielmo
June 11, 2018
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DiPrete Celebrates its Women in Construction

The effort started with the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), a group of 16 women founded in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1950s. These women were all actively employed in the construction industry and were looking for a support system. Back then, only 8.9 percent of those working in the U.S. construction industry were women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Today, engineering, construction, and architectural firms (among others) across the country…
Sheryl Guglielmo
April 2, 2018
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Transforming a School Into a Modern Office Building

Rendering of Innovate Newport's exterior The Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island has teamed up with Northeast Collaborative, Studio TROIKA and DiPrete Engineering to repurpose and transform the old Sheffield School located in Newport into a modern office building known as Innovate Newport. This 13,000 sf, three story building located on Broadway will provide a wide range of high tech office suites, rooms and meeting spaces with the latest technology available. The $7.1 million project…
Sheryl Guglielmo
April 12, 2017
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Wendy’s Now Open

DiPrete Engineering has successfully completed design and construction on its 4th Wendy’s project.  The ground-up project is located in the North Kingstown Crossing Plaza, at the former Fiddlesticks Miniature Golf Course. The 3,000-square-foot footprint represents Wendy’s new sleek and contemporary prototype. We collaborated with the town to create a design that complimented its character while still demonstrating Wendy’s bold brand transformation,” said Senior Project Engineer, Jason Clough.  “We adapted the design to resemble a colonial…
Sheryl Guglielmo
September 30, 2015