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Sheryl Guglielmo

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Public Safety Facility in Sharon, MA Becomes Safer

DiPrete is providing civil engineering support in design permitting and construction for a $24.75-million, public safety facility in Sharon, MA. The building – at the site of the current police station and shared with the DPW facility on South Main Street – will house both fire and police departments, with a shared lobby and 911 center. DiPrete is working with Kaestle Boos Associates (KBA), Mitchell Associates, Building Engineering Resources,  McMahon Associates and Universal Environmental Consulting…
Sheryl Guglielmo
November 30, 2015
Engineering News

Exercising Ingenuity: An Engineering Workout

Getting a pad-ready site produced for a two-story LA Fitness health club at 615 Pawtucket Ave., Pawtucket, R.I., was quite a workout! The new location marks LA Fitness’ 3rd Rhode Island store. The site is located in two municipalities — Providence and Pawtucket — and required the demolition of a multi-level building, abatement work and a retaining wall, among other challenges. DiPrete collaborated with many entities including The Procaccianti Group, Studio 222 Architects, Northstar Project…
Sheryl Guglielmo
November 30, 2015
Engineering News

Riverfront Business Park, Freetown, MA

DiPrete is in the early planning and design stages for Riverfront Business Park, a mixed-use development on a portion of 390 acres in Freetown, MA. The team is collaborating with civil engineering firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) to complete the project located between Route 24 and the Assonet River The front portion of the site which is in a Planned Mixed Use overlay district will include a mixture of commercial, office and retail spaces as…
Sheryl Guglielmo
November 30, 2015