Seekonk’s New and Improved Animal Shelter
Construction of a new $1.6M animal shelter for the Town of Seekonk is complete. The new 2,500 square foot shelter is located at 100 Peck Street adjacent to the Town Hall. The shelter received an additional $300,000 from Save-a-Pet to help fund the project. The Town of Seekonk worked with Brewster Thornton Group Architects, Coletta Contracting Company, Inc., Odeh Engineers, Creative Environment Corp., and DiPrete Engineering to design and construct the new building. The new shelter provides Seekonk Animal Control with modern facilities to care for…
Executive Vice President Greg Guglielmo Featured in NEIT Tech News
Architectural Grad Builds His Career from an Internship What made you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology (NEIT)? I knew NEIT would be a good start to my education after high school. My first tour of the Post Road campus in Warwick had me hooked. Also, I was fortunate enough to have been awarded scholarships to NEIT which afforded me the opportunity to continue my education at a reasonable cost. At the time I attended, NEIT only had…
Warwick’s New Woman-Centric Development
h.a.Fisher Homes, a premier home building and real-estate company located in Warwick, RI, has teamed up with Resnick & Caffrey and DiPrete Engineering to create a new subdivision known as Hawthorne Ridge. Located on Greenwich Avenue in Warwick, the 2.5-acre development will be located minutes to I-95, as well as plenty of restaurants and retailers. “Hawthorne Ridge is a beautiful location that will offer privacy, functionality, and great design to all of its future homeowners,” said Hugh A. Fisher, Founder and President of h.a.Fisher…
Q&A with Jennifer Colson, Site Designer/Proposal Coordinator
Q: How has your background shaped your career and how has your role with the firm evolved over the years? A: My background is in architecture so when I got out of school I wasn’t thinking I was going to be a site designer or involved in proposal work. When I started working at DiPrete I was beginning to realize that architecture was only one facet of the entire design process and that there are several important phases such as…
Construction Underway for Citizens Bank Corporate Campus
Construction of the new Citizens Bank Corporate Campus located off of Greenville Avenue in northern Johnston, RI is moving along smoothly, with a new exit and entrance ramp onto Route 295 currently in the works. The site’s wetland crossings are also being installed with arch culverts, and an extension of utilities to service the site and the surrounding area are underway. The pace at which this project was conceived, designed, and permitted has been set on a very fast-track involving…