Consigli Wins AGC Build New England Grand Honor Award for NMR Temple and Meditation Center

BOSTON, Mass. —   The Grand Honor Award for New England's top construction project was presented to Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and the Wat Nawamintararachutis Thai Temple and Meditation Center building team by the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts at the organization's biannual Build New England Awards Gala held on Oct 8 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Build New England recognizes outstanding project teams for their collaborative approach to planning, designing and building facilities that meet the vision and goals of the owner and enhance the community in which the project resides. Receiving recognition with Consigli for the largest Thai Buddhist Temple outside of Thailand, built in Raynham, Massachusetts, were NMR's project director Paul Chapple R.E. Development, Inc.; architects ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge; engineers BALA|TMP and subcontractors Interstate Electric and Colony Drywall.

The new $60-million meditation center combines building styles, materials and craftsmanship from both Eastern and Western cultures and serves both the Thai community and its neighbors as a temple, as well as a place for events and education about Buddhism and Thai culture. Opulent finishes and royal artifacts including multiple Buddha statues, some over 15 feet tall and weighing up to four tons, had to be imported, reassembled and installed by the project team.

Consigli was the only construction firm to receive a total of three awards in this regional juried program comprised of professionals from all facets of the built environment. In addition to receiving the AGC's top award for the Wat Nawamintararachutis Thai Temple and Meditation Center, Consigli also received a Merit Award for Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary Trailhead House, located in Boylston, Massachusetts and Biogen's World Headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Photo courtesy of John Horner.