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Sheryl Guglielmo

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Expert Article – Innovative Development Strategies to Maximize Value in Today’s Retail Centers

Greg Guglielmo, Vice President at DiPrete Engineering By: Greg Guglielmo Retail development is in an ever-changing state of flux. Today’s retail centers are focused on those tenants that provide something that is impossible to buy online. Whether it is restaurants, hotels, medical, service-related, or specialty destination stores, we are in new era of tenant mix. What has not kept up with this change is parking regulations. Suburban communities frequently have zoning codes that require parking…
Sheryl Guglielmo
October 26, 2017
Engineering News

Sharon MA’s New and Improved Public Safety Facility

With construction of a new $24.75-million public safety facility in Sharon, MA complete, the buildings are now up-and-running and open to the public. Three new buildings – at the site of the town’s old police station and Department of Public Works (DPW) facility on South Main Street – are now home to both fire and police departments, with a shared lobby and 911 center. Working alongside Kaestle Boos Associates (KBA), Building Engineering Resources, McMahon Associates and Universal Environmental Consulting,…
Sheryl Guglielmo
October 26, 2017
Engineering News

The Sun is Shining on Solar Power in RI and MA

Overall Site Plan Layout Solar development projects in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island are increasing at a substantial rate. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) documents the progress states make on efficiency measures. ACEEE ranks states in six categories including State Government initiatives, building energy codes, utility incentives, combined heat and power, transportation, and appliance standards. Massachusetts and Rhode Island are now ranked number 1 and number 3 respectively. Currently, construction of…
Sheryl Guglielmo
October 26, 2017
Engineering News

Westerly Community Credit Union’s Newest Branch

Rendering by DRL Architects DiPrete Engineering has teamed up with NES Group, DRL Architects, Kenyon Law Associates, John C. Carter and Company, TRAC Builders, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., and BETA Group, Inc. on the construction of a new Westerly Community Credit Union (WCCU) branch and operations center located at 4979 Tower Hill Road in Wakefield, RI. Expected to be open June of 2018, the new operations center will be a two-floor, 27,000 square foot facility housing…
Sheryl Guglielmo
October 26, 2017
Engineering News

Bradley named principal at DiPrete Engineering

CUMBERLAND – Len Bradley, of Cumberland, has been promoted to principal at DiPrete Engineering. Bradley is a technical and strategic adviser to DiPrete’s engineering team. He joined DiPrete Engineering in 2000 after completing more than a decade of engineering and design work throughout Southern New England. “Len knows all of the ins and outs of the engineering field,” said Dennis DiPrete, president of DiPrete Engineering, in a release. “Client and team members alike recognize him…
Sheryl Guglielmo
October 25, 2017