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Pro Con Inc. completes Gordon College project

Pro Con Inc was the architect and construction manager for the design build renovation of Easton Dining Hall and Gillies Cafe in the three story Lane Student Center on the campus of Gordon College. Plans called for the Easton Dining Hall to be updated with new interior finishes including new flooring, wainscoting on the walls, valences, and paint. The existing raised platform seating areas were removed and replaced with 12 high-backed wood booths around the room's perimeter. A combination of free-standing dining tables of various sizes provide seating in the remainder of the room, enabling the hall to offer seating for 542 persons. New 6-foot diameter energy efficient lighting chandeliers have been suspended from the 28-foot ceiling. The second phase of the project entailed building a new entrance vestibule for Gillies Café and enlarging the café by removing two interior walls. The additional space enables booth seating along the room's perimeter along with new lighting fixtures. New flooring was installed and the interior walls have been repainted.
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Weston & Sampson earns award from ACEC for Arlington DPW job

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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Ask the Electrician: Is summer a prime time for commercial electrical maintenance?

Ask the Electrician: Is summer a prime time for commercial electrical maintenance?

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State legislature ends session without passing PLA bill - by Joe Camilo

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Massachusetts taxpayers dodged a bullet when the state Senate didn’t take up legislation passed by the House in the waning moments of the legislative session that would have made it easier for municipalities and state agencies to use union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects.
Ask the Electrician:  How do I prepare my commercial building for a disaster?

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