From a $16-million sewer separation project to a $60-million Thai temple, this year's Best Projects competition showcased a broad list of winners from across New England.
Commissioned to honor Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, this $60-million temple and meditation center is the largest Buddhist temple built outside of Thailand.
The relocation of this information management firm's headquarters from a 128,000-sq-ft, nine-floor office to a two-floor, 112,000-sq-ft space required advanced planning and ongoing communication.
It took a lot of coordination with local utilities, state agencies and various stakeholders for the team to build this 202,000-sq-ft, steel-framed arena and 27,000-sq-ft convention center.
Located on the Brookline/Boston town line, this project's primary objective was to separate sanitary flows from Brookline's 120-year-old combined brick sewer system by installing large diameter sewers to redirect the flows into the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's (MWRA) regional interceptors and treatment facilities.
The 644,000-sq-ft Alfond Center for Health at MaineGeneral Medical Center is an acute care hospital built to consolidate services from two MaineGeneral facilities in Augusta and Waterville.