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The 87,000-sq-ft mass-timber building framed using cross-laminated timber embodies 2,300 metric tons less carbon than an equivalent steel- or concrete-framed building.

When Harvard University realized that several of the life science start-up companies associated with its innovation program needed specialized wet-laboratory space, the school decided to accommodate the start-ups by providing a facility.

Design-assist contracts for a curved exterior wall helped prevent change orders and keep the $79-million facility on schedule.

The 16.5-MW-capacity solar photovoltaic array sited on a former 130-acre hog ranch is more than twice the size of most of New England’s solar energy installations. 

The first project to interconnect the nation’s first commercial offshore wind farm to the mainland power grid made Rhode Island the first state in the nation to benefit from this type of renewable power source.

The nine installations at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art are artist James Turrell’s largest collection of publicly accessible experiential art.

A two-story, 150,000-sq-ft vehicle maintenance, operations and storage facility was finished in 25 months despite unanticipated below-grade obstructions from a razed 19th-century building.

The "tuning fork" defeated what was called an unbuildable site with innovative engineering.