Awards

Worcester, MA – The Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) held its Home for Good fundraiser and award ceremony on May 5 at Worcester’s Polar Park.

During the Home for Good at Home Plate event, MHSA recognized four individuals and a related organization, highlighted MHSA’s initiatives and recent achievements, and raised funds in support of efforts to end homelessness across the Commonwealth.

Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Worcester’s city manager since 2014, received the Canon Brian S. Kelley Public Servant Award. In his current role, Augustus has overseen an economic resurgence and investments in housing, new business growth, and development.

Alex Corrales, CEO of the Worcester Housing Authority (WHA), received the Bob Ray Partnership Award. He helped to launch the WHA’s Real Estate Development division to address the shortage of affordable housing in Worcester. WHA project, “A Place to Live,” will build 24 apartments

Alex Corrales (l) and Joe Finn

Edward M. Augustus, Jr. (l) and Joe Finn

for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness.

James Arthur Jemison, former deputy undersecretary of the Department of Housing & Community Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was presented with the inaugural Rep. Byron Rushing Commitment to Housing Award. Jemison specializes in city planning, urban development and revitalization, and housing policy, and became the City of Boston’s inaugural chief of planning in May.

Pamela Schwartz and the organization she heads, the Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness, received MHSA’s Cornerstone Award. An attorney by training and a former city councilor who represented Northampton, Schwartz works with the network and its 200 partners across Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire counties, focusing their efforts on racial equity and the root causes of homelessness.

“Throughout their long and distinguished careers, each one of our 2022 honorees has endeavored to make life better for the most vulnerable among us. Their dedication to social justice and innovation in housing is unparalleled,” said Joe Finn, president and executive director of MHSA.

James Arthur Jemison (l) and Joe Finn

Pamela Schwartz; Joyce Tavon, senior director of policy & programs, MHSA; and Joe Finn

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Rocky Hill, CT – The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) recently announced the winners of its 2022 Project Team Awards. The CBC recognizes outstanding building projects that exemplify project team excellence and represent the best practices in teamwork by project owners, architects, engineers, constructors and trades. Each year, the organization recognizes projects whose team members have met or surpassed goals and achieved higher project quality through this close collaboration.

First: The Linden at Brookfield (Submitting firm: KBE Building Corporation) Merit: Chapel Haven Schleifer Center Independent Living (SAIL) Building Project (Submitting firm: SLAM)

First: WYSH House (Submitting firm: Montagno Construction) Merit: Colt Gateway, LLC, U-Shape Apartments (Submitting firm: NDC Commercial Construction, Inc)

First: Rockview Phase II (Submitting firm: LaRosa Building Group)

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First: Twenty-Three Lynwood Place Renovation (Submitting firm: Petra Construction Corporation)

Merit: Torrington Savings Bank, Bristol Office (Submitting firm: NDC Commercial Construction, Inc.)

First: Boys and Girls Club of Hartford’s South End (Submitting firm: Bartlett Brainard Eacott, Inc.)

First: Cigna – Wilde Building Renovation (Submitting firm: Bartlett Brainard Eacott, Inc.) Merit: Rowland Technology Addition/ Expansion/Renovation (Submitting firm: Milestone Construction Service, LLC)

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First: Connecticut Children’s Infusion Center and Gastrointestinal Clinic (Submitting firm: C.E. Floyd Company) Merit: American National Red Cross – Facility Reconfiguration and Renovation (Submitting firm: Wohlsen Construction Company)

First: Emergency Department at Bristol Hospital (Submitting firm: Phase Zero Design) First: Fairfield University Dolan School of Business (Submitting firm: Gilbane Building Company) Merit: Sacred Heart University, Upper Quad Phase 3 (Submitting firm: Consigli Construction Co., Inc.) Honorable: University of Connecticut Athletic District Development (Submitting firm: Daniel O’Connell’s Sons)

First: Stratford High School (Submitting firm: Turner Construction Company)

First: 87 to 85 Trumbull Street Move Project (Submitting firm: Petra Construction Corporation) Merit: CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts (Submitting firm: Bartlett Brainard Eacott, Inc.)

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Pease Drinking Water Treatment Facility Portsmouth, NH – Weston & Sampson recently received the 2022 Overall Winner of Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies New Hampshire chapter (ACEC-NH) for the Pease Drinking Water Treatment Facility project in Portsmouth.

The project was in part selected because of its unique approach to removing PFAS from drinking water wells, ensuring safe, reliable drinking water for the community. The award was presented at the ACEC-NH Engineering Excellence Awards event on May 19.

East Hartford, CT – The Construction Institute (CI) announced the recipients of its 2022 Annual Awards. The awardees are recognized as some of the industry’s most outstanding leaders, committed to CI’s mission of promoting cross-industry collaboration.

The David N. LaBau Lifetime Recognition Award goes to Steve Blovish, retired, Bartlett Brainard Eacott, Inc. The award honors a lifetime of dedication to CI and a continued impact on the AEC industry. Blovish began a 35- year career working for Bartlett Brainard Eacott as a project engineer in 1985, being promoted to superintendent in 1986, project

Steve Blovish manager in 1988, and working as a project executive from 2000 until his retirement in July 2020. Blovish has been an active member of CI since 1990, serving on the board of directors for more than a decade.

F. Michael Ayles

The Distinguished Service Award goes to F. Michael Ayles, FAIA, principal, Antinozzi Associates, for significant contributions during his many years of service as a volunteer with CI, serving on the advisory board and as one of the creators of the institute’s AEC Leadership Conference. Since joining Antinozzi Associates in 1994, he held continued to page 44

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