Industry Veteran Matthew Thompson Joins Gilbane Chicago

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Gilbane Building Company announced that Matthew Thompson joined the team as Operations Manager for its Chicago office. Thompson has two decades of experience in the Midwest commercial construction industry and will bring his design, construction and development expertise to the company’s growing Chicagoland portfolio. Before joining Gilbane, Thompson spent 20 years managing projects and project teams across various sectors in the Midwest, including criminal justice, laboratory, multi-family housing, defense and historic preservation projects. He has a degree in civil engineering from Purdue University and graduated with distinction from Northwestern University’s MBA program. At Northwestern, Matt specialized in analytical consulting, management … Read more

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Gilbane Building Company, Wentworth Institute of Technology Break Ground on New Athletic Field, Integrated Parking Structure

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Gilbane Building Company, STV and CD Smith have broken ground on a new integrated parking garage and athletic field project for Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by CD Smith, the new fields and integrated parking structure will support Wentworth’s continued growth as an institution and further improve the quality of student life. The softball and soccer fields will meet NCAA regulations, with a future field expansion planned that will accommodate 200-500 spectators and athletes. The new athletic field and integrated parking structure is slated for completion by 2023.

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Gilbane Building Company Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of Life Sciences Development

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Gilbane Building Company, Gensler and the entire project team celebrated the official opening of the 225 Wyman Street development, a 507,000-square-foot, five-story, ground-up life sciences facility in Massachusetts. LEED Gold designed by Gensler; the new facility is engineered to accommodate a 60% lab to 40% office ratio. It offers tenants large, flexible, column-free floor plates for custom workplace configurations with additional structural and MEP capacity to accommodate a range of lab tenant needs. In addition to constructing the base building, Gilbane is providing construction management services for these custom laboratory tenant fit-outs. The facility is connected to a 1,495-space garage … Read more

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Gilbane Building Company Breaks Ground on Two K-12 Projects in Massachusetts

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Gilbane Building Company broke ground on the new Florence Roche Elementary School in Groton, Massachusetts and the West Elementary School/Shawsheen Pre-School in Andover, Massachusetts. The New West Elementary School and Shawsheen Pre-School On June 3, local and state officials joined representatives from the Andover School District, the Massachusetts School Building Authority, PMA Consultants, Gilbane Building Company, and SMMA, to celebrate the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new 170,000-square-foot West Elementary School and Shawsheen Pre-School. Set to be built directly behind the existing West Elementary School, with less than 30 feet between the new and old foundations, the site is also … Read more

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Gilbane Building Company Tops Out at Union Square in Somerville

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Representatives from US2, Redgate Real Estate Advisors, Spagnolo Gisness & Associates and Gilbane Building Company gathered to celebrate the official topping out of the 194,000-square-foot, Class A, mixed-use life sciences building at Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. With seven stories of lab- and office-ready space, and a two-story mechanical penthouse to support life sciences tenants, the new building will feature lab-ready infrastructure, flexible and efficient floorplans, as well as a range of onsite amenities. Upon completion, the facility will provide a research and development environment for synergistic collaboration and discoveries. Along with the return of public transit via the new … Read more

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