Best K-12 Education: Saugus Middle-High School

The new school, which has 1,360 students, was designed to support a STEAM-based curriculum that includes “learning pods, flexible project areas, makerspaces and tech shops including a woodshop, broadcast studio, coding and web/graphic design lab and 3D design and computer-aided design labs,” according to the project team.

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Award of Merit Highway/Bridge: Bunker Creek ABC Bridge Replacement

While replacing the existing 15-ft-long concrete slab bridge for this $7.2-million project, the team faced challenges that included compressible soils and tidal conditions. Because a sealed cofferdam was not employed, all work was conducted during 8-ft tidal cycles.

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Q4 Tech Report: Moving On to the Next Normal

At this point, well into the era of working with COVID-19, questions over remote work, remote collaboration and better awareness of the workforce on construction jobsites can seem like settled issues.

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Best Highway/Bridge: L1332-C3 Terminal B Entrance Roadways

Reconstructing a busy roadway is tough under any circumstances. But undertaking such a major project at Logan International Airport, where hundreds of thousands of passengers arrive and depart each week in cars and buses, presented a host of challenges. 

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Excellence in Sustainability Best Project: Finch Cambridge

One of the first large-scale multifamily Passive House-certified  developments in Massachusetts, this $34.2-million project was also the largest new multifamily affordable housing projects in Cambridge in 40 years. 

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