11-Lot Conservation Development Approved in Middletown
Brennan Construction & Restoration has teamed with Crossman Engineering, DiPrete Engineering, and attorney Bob Silva to design and build a new conservation development on Mitchell’s Lane in Middletown known as Stone Bridge Farm. Conceptual work for this property has been ongoing for many years. Following acceptable soil testing conducted with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) to support a community septic system in 2017, the site was eventually approved by the Middletown Planning Board as an 11-lot conservation…
BankNewport Washington Square Undergoes Total Redesign
BankNewport has teamed up with Sage Environmental, DBVW Architects, and DiPrete Engineering to redesign and redevelop its 12,000 square foot office at Washington Square in Newport. The team is creating plans to update the ADA accessibility to the front doors as well as the drive through configuration and pedestrian access connections to the abutting roadway. They are also upgrading the current utility services and redesigning the parking lot. All upgrades have been approved by the City’s Historic District Committee in…
Innovate Newport Wins Grow Smart RI Award
DiPrete Engineering would like to congratulate Innovate Newport on receiving a 2019 Outstanding Smart Growth Project Award from Grow Smart RI. DiPrete provided parking and stormwater improvements for Innovate Newport as well as landscape design. With an eye toward stimulating the City’s Blue Tech industry, the City of Newport transformed a North End historic school building into a hub for the region’s growing innovation economy. Dubbed Innovate Newport, the $8 million project renovated and repurposed the former Sheffield Elementary School…
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 Washington Square in Newport. DiPrete…
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….