CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Acentech Inc. recently announced that it has completed consulting work for the Albert Sherman Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, located on the Worcester campus. Acentech provided audiovisual systems design and architectural acoustical services for the new 512,000-square-foot LEED Gold-certified building. The $400-million biomedical research and academic facility was designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge and built by Suffolk Construction. The project’s challenge was the close integration of the audiovisual technology with the architectural and mechanical aspects of the building design. Acentech designed audiovisual systems for a variety of spaces, including four interconnected trauma simulation rooms … Read more

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tucker Mechanical announced that more than 150 of its employees and members of Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, donned EMCOR Pink Hard Hats and assembled to form a giant pink ribbon, EMCOR's “signature” event, in a “Call to Action” in support of breast cancer awareness as part of EMCOR’s “Protect Yourself. Get Screened Today.” Campaign. The event was held at Amistad Park in New Haven, Conn. This was the fourth year that Tucker Mechanical has joined with Yale for this event. An official EMCOR Pink Hard Hat plaque was presented to … Read more

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Concrete contractors with exemplary safety records for 2012 were recognized by the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Mo., at the association’s Annual Conference on Sept. 19 in Columbus, Ohio. W. Burr Bennett Awards for Safety Excellence were given to specialty contractor T.A.S. Commercial Concrete Construction, Houston, Texas and general contractor, T.B. Penick & Sons, San Diego, Calif. These awards are presented in partnership with CNA, Chicago, Ill., to contractors that place the highest priority on safety. Entries are judged on three years of safety performance indicators, values and trends; a self-assessment checklist of company … Read more