North Atlantic Sponsors

AECOM is a global company providing design and management services in the transportation, facilities and environmental markets. AECOM is ranked 1st in architecture in the Architectural Record; among the nation’s top 100 ‘pure’ design firms in ENR magazine; and in the Top 50 Engineers/Architects in Building Design & Construction magazine. Currently serving clients in more than 60 countries, AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering outstanding solutions that create a better world in which to live and work. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www.aecom.com.

Daniel O’Connell’s Sons has been in continuous, successful operation since 1879. Our firm has deep roots in all types of construction throughout New England. We’ve built ballet schools, museums, massive bridges, academic buildings, and office towers. Through generations of experience, we have gained an unparalleled degree of in-house technical expertise and the wisdom to serve as a trusted advisor in the planning and building needs of our clients. From our headquarters in Holyoke MA and offices in Boston and New Haven, we offer a full range of preconstruction and construction management services. Our fully-staffed engineering and estimating departments can deliver early program guidance, accurate budgets, critical path schedules, and logistical planning.

The Structure Tone organization has constructed over 15M sf of space for academia in the United States and abroad. Our diverse portfolio encompasses urban and suburban higher education campuses, as well as K–12 and college preparatory institutions. The staff resources, financial strength, geographic diversity, and breadth of in-house technical capabilities of Structure Tone are ideally suited to meet the high-level construction demands of the academic community.

Our extensive experience has afforded us valuable insight into the special requirements of construction in the educational environment. Safety, security, logistics, and construction phasing are key issues. Our dedicated academic construction staff is thoroughly familiar with the special needs of working in student and faculty occupied space on active campuses. Communication with campus facilities staff is a top priority, and we are sensitive to scheduling construction operations with regard to the academic schedule.

Another key facet of our success is our ability to work collaboratively with architects and engineers to achieve solutions that best meet our clients' programmatic, budget, and schedule goals. Over our 42 years of experience, Structure Tone has forged successful professional relationships with many leading academic architecture and engineering firms, enabling us to contribute as a valued and trusted partner.

Symmes Maini & McKee Associates believes in the power of design to achieve positive change in the world. Embedded in our firm’s approach is a multi-disciplinary practice model that combines architecture with in-house engineering, interior design, master planning, sustainable design, commissioning and permitting, among others. The firm has the expertise and the resources to create buildings that are not only architecturally compelling, but that achieve specific utility – meeting exacting client demands while improving the quality of life in the communities in which they are located.

As a research-based firm, SMMA understands the academic world and the imperative of deep collaboration with colleges and universities to achieve consensus among administration, faculty, students and donors. Campus architects and facilities professionals work with SMMA architects, engineers, master planners and landscape architects, and these combined teams are entrusted with the dual charge of stewardship and transformation of institutional buildings and landscapes. The result is completed projects that draw their inspiration from a particular institution’s mission, culture and traditions.

Founded in 1969, ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge is a nationally-recognized architectural design firm, providing services in the fields of architecture, planning, and interior design. Over the past forty years, ARC has worked with higher education institutions on a range of project types including science and technology facilities, research laboratories, classroom and administrative buildings, campus and conference centers, student and faculty residences, libraries, and athletic facilities. With an emphasis on innovative and sustainable design, the firm has garnered more than 75 awards from a wide range of professional organizations and publications. For more information, visit: www.arcusa.com.

ICON's mission of “shaping where you want to be” results in sustainable, innovative living and learning environments, helping students to better build their lives. Our nationally recognized, sustainable design practice has been the recipient of multiple awards for livability: an EPA Award for Smart Growth Achievement, the National Terner Prize for the nation’s most innovative & sustainable housing, and multiple Builders Choice Design Awards. ICON offers unique and targeted experience for our Higher Education and Institutional clients.​

Tecton Architects is a multi-specialist architectural, interior design and master planning services firm with a wide array of notable clients.  For over thirty years, Tecton has been known for outstanding design and responsive and accurate integrated service delivery.  This philosophy consistently provides for the most appropriate and exciting project solution.  We are truly in it with you from inception to ribbon cutting; it is what sets Tecton apart.  We invite you to learn more about Tecton – our projects, our people and partners that embody the solutions we can deliver for you.

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company was founded in 1909 and has continued to be successful ever since by providing construction management, general contracting and design/build services nationwide.  With over 30 offices across the country, Whiting-Turner has been consistently ranked by ENR as a top builder of Higher Education, Healthcare, Retail and Offices facilities.

Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates, Inc. (HSH), is a transportation consulting firm founded in 1987 and specializing in transportation planning, traffic engineering, civil engineering, and public involvement/strategic planning. HSH has an extensive history of working with colleges, universities, and other institutions on campus master plans, parking, pedestrian circulation, campus roadway design, and other key issues, crafting creative solutions that improve quality of life for campus communities. Recent clients include Harvard University, Worcester State College, Tufts Dental School, Towson University, Wellesley College, Brown University, Simmons College, Cornell University, and several campuses of the University of Massachusetts. For more information, contact Jane Howard at jhoward@hshassoc.com.

Perry Dean is a nationally recognized design firm based in Boston serving colleges and universities, civic, and cultural institutions. The firm’s work for educational clients varies in size and type — from programming and master planning, to new building design, renovations, and additions to existing facilities. Each project reflects our core values of environmental, economic, and social sustainability. The firm believes that great design is born of a deep understanding of the institution’s culture and the client’s objectives.  Only with true collaboration between the client and design team can creative and responsible planning lead to the enhancement of the institution’s value and standing.

Shawmut Design and Construction is a national construction management firm that builds for distinguished college and university clients in the North Atlantic Region. As an ESOP (employee-owned) company, Shawmut delivers exceptional and personalized service. Project teams take the time to truly listen to an institution’s goals and concerns while applying comprehensive management tools and resources. Shawmut’s unique business model further enhances our team’s ability to apply specialized expertise to the unique challenges of each project.

As a leading architecture, planning, and design firm, Shepley Bulfinch works with education clients to create spaces where tomorrow’s ambitions are realized. We draw on our ambition, expertise, and passion for design partnership to synthesize our clients’ vision into a plan of action and physical form. We are a community with a pluralism that makes room for diverse thinking. We work across our studios in Boston, Phoenix, and San Francisco, inspiring and challenging one another in an environment and a culture that are open and flexible. We are committed to environmentally responsive design. A corporate member of the US Green Building Council since 2001, we are a certified EnergyStar Partner and a charter signatory of the AIA 2030 Commitment to net zero energy building design.​

Timberline Construction is a full service General Contractor and Construction Management firm located in Canton MA. Timberline Construction began operations in 2002.

Offering the most effective delivery methods for its clients whether construction management, hard bid, or design build, Timberline Construction has grown the company resume to include projects for many of the largest retail, telecommunication, residential, hospitality, higher education, healthcare and corporate clients in the Northeast.
Timberline Construction with $25 Million of gross revenue and 85 employees continues a successful growth pattern. We deliver each project today as a master builder with our eye always on the future, offering the most effective construction technology and methodology for the wide scope of services that is both a necessity and priority to fulfill our client’s needs. Our goal is to create a long-term relationship with every client regardless of the project size.

Founded in 1925, WSP is an internationally recognized engineering consulting firm with a staff of over 500 technical and support personnel throughout the United States. The firm is based in New York City with national offices in San Francisco, Boston, Houston, Seattle, and Washington D.C. Our parent company, WSP Group has 200 offices in more than 35 countries world-wide. Our full list of services includes: HVAC, Security Systems, Electrical, Information Technology, Audio/Visual, Plumbing, Mission Critical/Data Centers, Commissioning, Fire Protection, Architectural Lighting Design and Green Sustainable/LEED.