Monthly Archives: June 2011

The New Massachusetts Building Code: What You Should Know

Raffe Khazadian, a Project Manager at Signer Harris Architects and  Carl Nelson at Rolf Jensesn & Associates gave a presentation about changes to the Massachusetts Building Code at the Northeast Buildings and Facilities Maintenance Conference.  Raffe and Carl addressed a large crowd of Facility Managers and summarized some critical differences between the 7th Edition and the [...]

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Go Team SHA

  On Thursday, June 2nd, Team SHA gathered on the Boston Common to run in the 28th Annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge.  Our 11-member team ran the 3.5 miles on a cool, windy night with 12,000 other participants, all out to give back to the community – proceeds from this year’s race were donated to [...]

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The effect of mixed-use facilities on campus

We recently conducted a Building Performance Review of St. Ann’s to determine how the facility’s design shapes learning. In order to obtain quantifiable results, we enlisted the expertise of researcher / analyst Erin Carlon to create and conduct a survey that would yield data about the building’s impact on the school. In general, the Building [...]

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