The future home of Biogen Idec's general and administrative functions is well under way. Cannistraro is there to put in fire protection and plumbing products that were mostly pre-fabricated in Cannistraro facilities. Today's trip to 225 Binney Street, one of the buildings that will be a part of the Alexandria Center at Kendall Square, focused on safety and the results were very positive. Cannistraro is always proud to put safety first on construction sites!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Day 298 - Cannistraro Collaboration Center
We've often shared stories of the success of our ongoing co-op program throughout the course of this blog. As part of our continuing commitment to mentorship and education, we are proud to unveil the Cannistraro Collaboration Center, a new breakout space at the Flanagan Campus Center at Wentworth Institute of Technology. It is fitting that the words "innovate" and "collaborate" adorn this newly sponsored area on campus as they are action words that most certainly describe a semester (or career) at J.C. Cannistraro.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Day 297- #HumanBIM
This week Cannistraro has been participating in the BIMForum in Miami, Florida where AEC professionals from around the country have gathered to discuss the human component of BIM and collaboration. One recurring theme this week is the power of shared knowledge in the information age. Social media is playing a major role in conveying this message, and there is no better example than the dynamic Twitter discussion yielded by John Cannistraro's presentation posted to this blog yesterday. In today's post we show some of the chatter that was shared among all those interested in the concept of #humanbim.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Day 296 - Live from the BIMForum
JCC President John Cannistraro Jr. Hit the BIMforum stage in Miami, FL discussing the generation gap in the AEC industry. While he kept the audience laughing, the demographic details he shared were quite telling.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Day 295- Taking the Plunge
This past Saturday, the first wedding ceremony at The Plumbing Museum occurred. It was complete with plumbing influenced decorations (seen above) and plenty of plumbing puns. Congrats to the happy couple who we hope won't be the last to "take the plunge" at The Plumbing Museum.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Day 294- Pre-Fab Panorama
Today's photo is a panorama taken at the Cannistraro Pre-Fabrication Facility in Wilmington, MA. This facility is a 40,000 square foot Plumbing and HVAC shop complete with overhead cranes, plasma cutters, and automatic welding machines. In the picture, you can see how large the space is and that's only the HVAC side!
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Day 293 - Waterside Tops Off
Today we share a great photo taken by our friends at the Boston BISNOW from yesterday's "Topping Off Ceremony" at the forthcoming Waterside Place project. This 350,000 sf building will be a high-rise multi-family residence complex with some mixed-use retail space as well. Cannistraro is performing all mechanical trades including HVAC, Plumbing and Fire Protection on this lean project for Suffolk Construction and the Drew Company.
Read the full BISNOW coverage of the topping off ceremony here: tinyurl.com/c994pkw
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Day 292 - Proud Americans, Proud Bostonians
In light of yesterday's tragic events here in Boston, it was difficult to find a photo/story to share as today's post. We contemplated not posting at all today, or even this week. Then we were reminded of an embroidered symbol on the sleeve of many of our own Cannistraro work wear...the American flag. This symbol reminded us that we are fighters and that we are proud. Americans are proud of our country. Bostonians are proud of our city. We are back at work today. And while our hearts are heavy and our guards are up, we stand together.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Day 291 - Preventative Maintenance Programs
The past two years have proven to be an exciting period of growth for the Cannistraro Service Group. From large conference facilities (as shown in today's photo) to laboratories to office or high-rise residential buildings, Cannistraro Service Group technicians are forming PM relationships with facility managers across the Greater Boston area.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Day 290 - Riser Logistics
Today's post is a great photo from a laboratory/office project along Memorial Drive in Cambridge, MA from a few years ago. Once the prefabricated riser assembly was produced from the BIM, it was delivered to the job site, carefully rigged and installed using precision and field experience.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Day 289 - Cross Generational Collaboration
You hear a lot about the generation gap in the workplace, but at Cannistraro we believe that each age demographic brings learning opportunities and varying skill sets. Today's post is a great example of cross-generational collaboration between a Baby Boomer, a Generation-Xer and a couple of Millennials. Stay tuned for more on this topic in a couple weeks as Cannistraro participates in the Spring BIM Forum where the topic of discussion is the "Human Side of BIM."
Monday, April 8, 2013
Day 288- Waterside Gets Cooler
Today's photo shows a delivery of the cooling tower bases for the Waterside project to the pre-fab shop in Wilmington. One would think moving such large units would be a huge project but the team in Wilmington didn't even break a sweat moving these babies. Good thing our film crew was there to catch the whole thing on tape!
Friday, April 5, 2013
Day 287 - Prefab in all shapes and sizes
We've shared a lot of photos of large, industrial piping that has been prefabricated in the Cannistraro fab shop over the past year. BIM-enabled prefabrication however, is not limited to major piping systems with large diameter mains and risers. In fact, From support systems to laundry connections (shown above), there are dozens of creative way to use prefabrication to deliver a safer, higher quality project.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Day 286 - Fab Shop Filming
The videography process continues as the 50th anniversary of J.C. Cannistraro draws closer. Yesterday our film crew visited our HVAC and Plumbing manufacturing facility where they spoke with both prefabrication managers, a BIM coordinator and an assistant project manager. The welding stations and cranes were busier than ever and the footage came out great. More to come soon about this 50th retrospective.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Day 285 - Point Cloud Integration
For renovation or expansion projects that require a comprehensive BIM process, the need for laser scanning often exists. Using the laser scan generated point cloud, Cannistraro coordinators and detailers can create accurate, buildable models as shown in today's photo taken in the HVAC Coordination Department.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Day 284 - Simultaneous Celebrations
Cannistraro isn't the only company celebrating a 50th anniversary in 2013...as it turns out, our media partners at the New England Real Estate Journal (NEREJ) were founded in 1963 as well! In fact, the Journal's current issue is a historic anniversary issue in which Cannistraro has both an ad and a retrospective article. Congratulations to everyone at the NEREJ for this impressive milestone! If you haven't already, definitely check out the digital edition of this week's Anniversary Issue: digital.turn-page.com/i/118093/74
Monday, April 1, 2013
Day 283- Rally Against Cancer
Today, for the opening day of the Red Sox season, the entire Cannistraro office raised $800 for the Jimmy Fund's Rally Against Cancer fundraiser. As an added benefit for their contributions, Cannistraro employees were allowed to wear their Red Sox gear to work. Everyone came dressed to win and to watch the opening game against the New York Yankees. Today's photo is a shot from the event where we made our own Green Monster!
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