By MICHAEL SMITH, Valley Breeze & Observer Staff Writer   The Hope Mill in Scituate, vacant for a more than a decade and crumbling, was the subject of a public hearing by the town Planning Board on Oct. 18 at Scituate High School. A project to place 207 apartments at the Hope Mill site off Route 116, near the Coventry line, is finally seeing movement. (Breeze photos by Michael Smith) SCITUATE – The Scituate Planning…

Three miles south of Block Island, R.I., the winds of change are in the air. A 400-ton wind turbine frame has been set into place — the first of five for Deepwater Wind LLC’s wind farm project. The wind farm will export 90% of the island’s power back to the mainland grid through a new undersea transmission cable, the Block Island Transmission System. “We’re incredibly proud to be at the forefront of a new American…

2015 is DiPrete Engineering’s 25th anniversary, and the tributes keep rolling in. Sean Cutting, President of Cutting Edge Homes in Ashland, MA lauds DiPrete as a firm that completes projects to the client’s and town’s expectations. "Working with them was a refreshing experience," he said.  Together the firms completed a town-mandated drainage system in west Newton, Massachusetts.  “It was the first time Cutting Edge Homes worked with DiPrete, but not the last,” added Cutting. Jeffrey Saletin, President…

Greg Guglielmo An article by DiPrete Vice President Greg Guglielmo was recently featured in New England Real Estate Journal. He discusses how consulting firms can find value in a developer’s perspective. He points out the importance of varied backgrounds and skill sets when it comes to construction, mentioning Joe Penney, a new member of DiPrete, who brings expertise from both the engineering and development side of the industry. “When team members' backgrounds are complementary, moving…