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Project of the Month: Ocean Builders to complete 66,000 s/f facility for Castle Self-Storage in Weymouth

Ocean Builders and Castle Self-Storage team up for the fourth time for a new three-story, 66,000 s/f self-storage facility, with architect Roth & Seelen, Inc., of Hingham, as has become the custom of both Ocean Builders and Castle. The project will be complete this fall. This facility includes the latest technology in energy management equipment, such as all LED lighting and environmentally-controlled heating and air conditioning to assure the best possible conditions for the self storage units, no matter what the exterior weather may be. Uniquely, on the southwest side of the facility will be exterior accessible storage units for the convenience of outdoor users. Ocean Builders has completed four other Castle facilities over the years and is also active in all markets of commercial construction from car dealerships, office renovations, retail and restaurant, manufacturing to food processing facilities all over greater New England, including Mass., Rhode Island, Maine, and N.H. Over 25 years of general contracting experience goes into every project. Ocean Builders can provide design-build services to meet any needs. With an experienced staff of superintendents who pride themselves on the ability to coordinate construction activities without interruption to the clients ongoing operations, Ocean Builders has become one of the premier general contractors in client satisfaction. Benjamin Bastianelli III, owner of Ocean Builders, has spent 35 years in the construction industry and the last 25 years building a quality company whose pride is in its ability to complete projects efficiently and cost effectively. Roth & Seelen, Inc., is a full-service architectural firm providing professional services to commercial, industrial and institutional clients throughout Mass. Roth & Seelen's engineering consultants on the Castle Self-Storage project include: KMM Geotechnical Consultants, LLC, of Hampstead, NH; structural engineers, Branagan Engineering, Inc., of Hingham, Mass.; and mechanical/electrical engineers South Shore Engineering Team, of Hanover, Mass.
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