Gilbane Building Company Earns Project Award for Rhode Island Veterans Home

BRISTOL, R.I. – Gilbane Building Company was recently honored with a project award for the Rhode Island Veterans Administration Home. The firm received a Project Achievement Award in the projects over $50 million category from the Construction Management Association of America, New England Chapter. The projects, located throughout the New England region, are selected by panels of local prominent industry professionals. Projects are evaluated on the ability of the teams to overcome challenges, project safety, innovation, customer satisfaction and overall management of quality, cost and schedule.

The Rhode Island Veterans Home provides skilled nursing and residential care to Rhode Island war veterans. Services include social, medical, nursing and rehabilitative care. The intent of this project was to provide Rhode Island and its veteran residents with state-of-the-art living and a residential atmosphere within a comfortable community environment.

The new 208-bed, 260,000 square foot home was designed by Brewster Thorton Group Architects of Rhode Island and SFCS of Virginia and encourages mobility, activity and socialization.

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