Consigli’s Patricia Palmiere Receives “Women in Preservation” Award from Preservation Massachusetts

BOSTON, Mass. – In  recognition of Patricia Palmiere’s work and leadership to preserve timeless landmarks across Massachusetts, Preservation Massachusetts recently awarded her the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award. Palmiere is a project manager for Consigli Construction Co., Inc.

Since 1988, Preservation Massachusetts’ highest honor, the Paul E. Tsongas Award, has recognized the very best in historic preservation efforts, individuals and achievements in our Commonwealth. This year, the group celebrated the success, leadership and accomplishments of “Women in Preservation” marked by the re-naming of the pivotal award to the Paul and Niki Tsongas Award as a fitting tribute and recognition of Congresswoman Tsongas’ own contributions to historic preservation.

Palmiere earned this recognition through her work on the restoration of a number of significant Boston area landmarks including the Longfellow Bridge rehabilitation where she
served as lead architectural coordinator.

The bridge’s distinctive architectural features are being preserved or restored, while deteriorated structural elements of the bridge are carefully rehabilitated. Palmiere was responsible for managing the masons performing the work, including the dismantling, restoration and rebuilding of the bridge’s historic “salt and pepper” towers which involved crane and barge coordination for deconstruction and transport.

Under Palmiere’s management, and working with several state agencies, granite quarried from the same source originally used for the bridge construction was used to recreate elements removed from the bridge during renovations completed in the 1950s.

Today, Palmiere is managing the façade restoration of Harvard University’s Smith Campus Center. Completed in 1966, the center’s restoration includes concrete repair, window repair and replacement, hazardous material abatement and cleaning of the building façade.