DiPrete Engineering breaks ground on 425,000 s/f for Citizens Bank

Shown (from left) are: Len Bradley, Chris Sutter, Joe Duhamel, Dennis DiPrete, Senator Jack Reed, Dana Nisbet, Brian Giroux, Bob Babcock and Nicole Reilly

Johnston, RI Citizens Bank held a groundbreaking for its new 3,200-employee corporate campus. The site/civil project team led by DiPrete Engineering includes Pare Corp. (offsite utilities and geotechnical) and Beta Group (traffic and highway) in collaboration with Elkus Manfredi Architects, CRJA-IBI Group, and supported by GZA GeoEnvironmental, BR + A, and McNamara Salvia. Cushman & Wakefield is representing Citizens as the owner’s project manager, Premier Development is responsible for site work, and Dimeo Construction Company is completing the building. Construction must be completed by June of 2018.

The campus will include 425,000 s/f of new building, structured parking, athletic fields, tennis and basketball courts, and walking trails. The building itself will feature collaborative work space, a call center, executive offices, dining and fitness facilities. Throughout the campus there will be 60 acres of preserved space that includes wildlife paths and an extensive stormwater system for protection of wetlands and sensitive areas. There are also three large culverts that span three wetland crossings.

In addition to the campus itself, this project includes a new interchange for I-295, infrastructure improvements along Greenville Ave., extension of utilities to service the site and the surrounding area, and remediation of an onsite landfill.

“As a civil engineer, this is one of the most complex projects we have been part of, as it involves almost every aspect of engineering and a significant amount of regulatory permits in a short amount of time,” said Nicole Reilly, P.E., senior project manager at DiPrete Engineering.