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Bond Bros. receives Construction Management Assn. of America award of the year for MIT/Lincoln Lab HUSIR project

BOND (Bond Brothers) Civil & Utility division was awarded the Award of the Year from the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) for the MIT/ Lincoln Laboratory HUSIR replacement project. The New England chapter of the CMAA celebrated outstanding projects, individuals and students in various categories at the 17th Annual Project Achievement award ceremony. BOND was acknowledged for exemplarity work on the MIT/LL HUSIR project with the 2011 Renovation/Modernization (construction less than $10 million) Award of the Year. The awards committee, composed of owners and professional construction managers, considered overall outcome, quality and safety management, cost and schedule management, safety, complexity, innovation and customer satisfaction as the basis for the award. The committee described the BOND MIT/LL HUSIR project as "complex, unique, and a success." BOND served as the general contractor on the intricate rigging and heavy lift project which involved removing a 150-foot diameter geodesic radome covering a high security satellite imaging radar system, known as the Haystack Ultra-Wideband Satellite Imaging Radar (HUSIR). Key stakeholders also acknowledged at the ceremony were Keystone Construction & Maintenance Services, Inc. and The Hallamore Corp., as vital organizations in the completion of the unique project. During the ceremony, 13 student scholarships were also presented to deserving undergraduate and graduate construction management students. BOND was proud to award Wentworth Institute of Technology student, James Lee, the Edward Bond Foundation Annual Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement.
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Arlington, MA Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc., has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 58th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA). The award comes for leading the renovation of the Arlington Department of Public Works (DPW) facility.
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