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Value energy efficiency

Energy efficiency still reigns supreme as the least expensive and most abundant energy resource. It doesn’t generate as many headlines as other resources, such...

Who’s On the Board?

Mission: The Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America provides an educational, character- and citizenship-building program to more than 13,000 youths in southeastern...

New PawSox stadium win for city, state

To the Editor, I am in favor of Senate Bills 990 and 989 and support Pawtucket’s responsible effort to construct a new stadium on its...
University of Rhode Island 
College of Engineering – Phase I
East Alumni Road, South Kingstown
Students in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering will christen their new building at the start of the fall 2019 semester, marking the completion of a $125 million project that began in February. Phase I, funded by a bond issue, is the largest construction project in URI’s history. The 190,000-square-foot facility will house seven of the university’s eight engineering programs: biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, industrial and systems and mechanical (ocean is based at the Narragansett Bay campus), in addition to general university classrooms. Ballinger is the prime architect and engineer for the project, with associate architectural firm DBVW Architects. Dimeo Construction Co. is the construction management firm, and Odeh Engineers is the project’s structural engineering firm. The key feature of the five-floor building is its truss support system – often used in bridge designs – which eliminates the need for interior support columns. Three, 270-foot trusses create a four-story “bridge” that will house teaching laboratories, departmental offices, research laboratories and graduate student areas. Upon completion, the space will also include a new engineering quadrangle featuring an exterior patio, the university’s first student shop for around-the-clock equipment access and a robotics laboratory that will allow URI to hire additional faculty.  / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

New Construction September 2017

University of Rhode Island College of Engineering – Phase I East Alumni Road, South Kingstown Students in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering will...

Let’s break for lunch

Do most of your employees eat breakfast at work? Yes 28.6% No 71.4% Unsure 0% Where do the majority of your employees take lunch? The break room 50% Unsure/other 25% At...

Lists: Property & casualty insurers

Oldest insurers: 1. Providence Washington Insurance Co. | Incorporated: 1799 2. Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co. | Incorporated: 1800 3. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. | Incorporated: 1835 SOURCE:...
STORYTELLER: Chris Forte works part time at the Home Depot on Charles Street in Providence, where his responsibilities include retrieving carriages from the parking lot and assisting customers with loading heavy purchases into their cars and trucks. He enjoys telling stories and interacting with customers. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Following guide of consent decree, Rhode Island improving opportunities for mentally...

In June 2013, federal investigators filed a complaint in U.S. District Court accusing Providence and Rhode Island of segregating individuals with intellectual and developmental...
HISTORIC SITE: Charles A. Morton and Colleen B. Titmas are co-owners of Bowerman Associates Inc., which is handling the parish-hall addition to the historic Grace Episcopal Church, above, at 300 Westminster St. in Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Designer with delicate hand in demand

One of the most challenging environments in construction is the addition or renovation that has to be built while the workplace continues on, usually...
ASSISTING: Karin Rondeau, family nurse practitioner at the new Randall Square location of Providence Community Health Centers, talks with her medical assistants, Leslie Alvarez, left, and Celia Ortiz. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PCHC moves to larger facility to meet growing demand

Providence Community Health Centers Inc. has traded its Chad Brown Street location for a larger 1 Randall Square facility in Providence to meet growing...
LENDING SUPPORT: Donald H. DeHayes, University of Rhode Island provost and vice president of academic affairs, says URI is sensitive to the cost of education and spends $100,000 on financial aid each year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tuition, fees up at Rhode Island colleges, universities

In the fall, Rhode Island’s public-college students will find their education a little more expensive. The fiscal year 2018 state budget included across-the-board tuition...
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