Newport Collaborative Architectsand Bianco Giolitto Weston Architects merge services retain employees

Newport Collaborative Architects will merge with Bianco Giolitto Weston Architects of Middletown, Conn. The combined company will take the name Northeast Collaborative Architects (NCA). Newport Collaborative Archts. was founded by Michael Abbott and John Grosvenor in 1981. The merger would create new market opportunities and save costs by combining back-office functions. No employees at either firm will lose their jobs as part of the merger and the combined company will maintain existing offices in Providence, Newport and Middletown, Conn. Newport Collaborative Archts. oversaw renovation work at the Providence Performing Arts Center, designed the Community College of R.I. Newport campus and some of the townhomes in the new mixed-income project, Newport Heights.