Day 327- Step Right Up!

Today's photo comes from the Cannistraro Service Group booth at the NEBFM show at the BCEC where we're giving away Service Group golf balls to those who can beat the putt-putt challenge. The trade show brings out building owners and facility managers every June.

Day 326 - Rolling in to NEBFM'13

Day 326 - Rolling in to NEBFM'13, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

This week the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) hosts the area's largest facility management trade show and conference....and Cannistraro Service Group will be there in more ways than one! We invite facility managers, builders and property managers to visit our booth for a quick round of "trade show booth golf," and to stop by the official show Social Media Pavilion sponsored by J.C. Cannistraro. Then be sure to check out a presentation by Michael Cannistraro on Wednesday June 12th. For more information, visit the show's website: www.proexpos.com/NEBFM/index.php

Day 325 - Socia Media in Construction

Day 325 - Socia Media in Construction, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Cannistraro has been very active over the past couple of years in the social mediasphere and invites you all to interact with us on our Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, and YouTube accounts. The Cannistraro Marketing Department has shared its social media experience with various industry associations including the Massachusetts Building Congress, the Associated General Contractors of America and the Construction Institute. Next week, they will participate in a panel as part of the Northeast Building and Facility Management Show in Boston.

And if you haven't already, please remember to vote for Cannistraro in the Boston Business Journal's "Social Madness" competition pitting the most "social media savvy" companies against each other here in the Boston area.
www.bizjournals.com/boston/socialmadness?ana=twt

Photo credit: ENR Magazine

Day 324 - Hot off the Presses

Day 324 - Hot off the Presses, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Blog readers this morning get an early look at the cover Cannistraro's latest edition of Shop Talk; our first ever anniversary issue. Publishing on June 20, 2013, the official 50th anniversary of the company, this special issue features in depth interviews and a retrospective from 1963 to today.

Day 323- Spaulding Rehab in High-Profile Monthly

Day 323- Spaulding Rehab in High-Profile Monthly, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's photo shares some press on Cannistraro and their work on Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. The healthcare facility, run by Partners Healthcare, recently unveiled its 262,000sf patient-centered hospital to the public. J.C. Cannistraro served as the mechanical, electric and plumbing engineer on the project. Elsewhere in the publication, John Cannistraro Jr, President of Cannistraro, praised the growing healthcare industry in the Boston area for all the lives they have saved and the patients they serve every day.

Day 322- Caught up in that Social Madness

Day 322- Caught up in that Social Madness, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Boston Business Journal's Social Madness competition. Mimicing the style of March Madness, the competition consists of local companies competing for attention on their social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Today's pictures shows one of Cannistraro's co-ops engaging with Cannistraro on those social media platforms. We challenge you to engage on our social media sites and to vote for us in the competition here: www.bizjournals.com/boston/socialmadness.

Day 321- Plumbing Wedding

Day 321- Plumbing Wedding, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's screenshot was taken from a wedding blog called "Rock N Roll Bride." This particular wedding was held at The Plumbing Museum attached to Cannistraro's corporate headquarters in Watertown MA. The wedding was complete with plumbing themed decorations and plenty of puns. Bride, Tracy, was quoted as saying “we got married amongst a wide variety of antique toilets! I’m probably the first bride to be told, ‘we’ll move these urinals out of the way the day of your wedding.’" To learn more about this unique wedding at The Plumbing Museum visit www.rocknrollbride.com/2013/06/plumbing-pee-wee-herman-we....

Day 320 - A View from the Seaport Streets

Day 320 - A View from the Seaport Streets, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Summer weather has arrived in Boston just in time for the weekend. In fact, many people will likely spend time in Boston's thriving, revitalized Seaport District where so many new construction projects are under way. One such project, Waterside Place, is really coming along. In fact, passers by along the streets of the Seaport (more specifically in front of the Renaissance Waterfront Hotel where this photo was taken), are currently seeing this progress first hand. Cannistraro is the specialty contractor delivering Plumbing, HVAC and Fire Protection on this high-rise, multi-family residence.

Day 319 - Celebrating Excellence in the Built Environment

Day 319 - Celebrating Excellence in the Built Environment, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

One week ago this evening the Boston Chapter of IFMA (International Facility Management Association) held its 10th annual Awards of Excellence Gala. Representatives from Cannistraro and Cannistraro Service Group were proud to be in attendance as they rooted for the Hogan-Wrentham project...a nominee for Best Large Project for 2013.

Day 318 - Boston Construction & Development

Day 318 - Boston Construction & Development, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Yes, that's a Cannistraro hard hat on the emcee of this morning's BISNOW Construction and Development Summit held at the historic Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. Among the topics of discussion being thrown around by a panel of the area's top developers were the need for prefabrication, modularization and early collaboration with contractors and subcontractors....all perfect topics to come up in an event sponsored by J.C. Cannistraro!

Day 317- Bowling for NAWIC

Day 317- Bowling for NAWIC, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's blog photo is of some Cannistraro employees who participated in the National Association of Women in Construction bowling fundraiser. Kourtney Thomas, a Project Manager and Estimator for Cannistraro is Treasurer for the Boston chapter of NAWIC. Team Cannistraro was proud to be a part of this event that helps deliver scholarships to women in the construction industry.

Day 316 - Safety Week 2013

Day 316 - Safety Week 2013, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's photo comes compliments of one of Cannistraro's Assistant Project Managers on the Novartis Cambridge Campus Expansion project. In honor Safety Week 2013 last week, Skanska and the rest of the project team gave team members the opportunity to take a fun photo in front of a green screen of the job site in return for an actual photo of someone working safely on site. Kudos on this creative way to promote the importance of working safely!

Day 315- Social Madness

Day 315- Social Madness, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's blog post is about Social Madness! The Boston Business Journal has put together a competition to see what company social media pages in the area get the most activity. Cannistraro has decided to participatre and today we ask you to find and like, follow, etc. our social media pages. The competition actually starts on June 3 so make sure you drop by and say hello between then and July 9!
www.facebook.com/jccannistraro
www.twitter.com/jccannistraro
www.linkedin.com/company/j.c.-cannistraro-llc

Day 314- BIM at the Shop

Day 314- BIM at the Shop, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's photo shows a different side of BIM. In this photo we see a Cannistraro employee at the pre-fab shop in Wilmington using BIM to prepare for prefabrication using the automated welding machines located right outside of his door. The technology used in prefabrication is rapidly improving and expanding and Cannistraro has been taking advantage of that all along the way.

Day 313 - Lucky Numbers

Day 313 - Lucky Numbers, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's unassuming photo of the parking lot at Cannistraro's Watertown, MA headquarters is significant because of the building seen across the way. In honor of day 313 of posts on this blog, we celebrate Mr. C's favorite lucky number "3-1-3" with a look at the 313 Pleasant Street Building (home to the Cannistraro Service Group). In fact, this photo was even taken looking out the window of Mr. C's office!

Day 312 - Hope is around the Corner

Day 312 - Hope is around the Corner, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

For the past year we've covered the progress of the Mirebalais Hospital project in Haiti; a cause that was very important to everyone here at J.C. Cannistraro. While our firm's role has been played on the ground in Haiti, we are impressed with what we've seen and experienced. John Cannistraro, Jr. visited the site of the new Mirebalais Hospital at the end of April for the fourth time, and when he returned, he shared stories of hope. The beautiful landscape seen in today's photo conveys this hope in the form of an open air healing garden within this beautiful state-of-the-art hospital.

Day 311- Recaping Cambridge Center

Day 311- Recaping Cambridge Center, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's photo is from an interview of the Project Manager and Foremen for the Cambridge Center Capital Improvements project. Cannistraro worked on HVAC improvements including boilers and cooling towers for buildings 3, 4 and 5 at Cambridge Center. The most interesting thing about this project is how the Layout Foreman, Kevin (front right in the photo) produced hand-drawn sketches for every part of the buildings' mechanical infrastructure before Cannistraro began work. In some cases, these sketches went directly to the pre-fab shop for construction. Technology is important but sometimes doing it by hand is necessary and in those cases we see the human side of technology.

Day 310 - World Class Healthcare Facilities

Day 310 - World Class Healthcare Facilities, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Recent headlines have really reminded us here in the Boston area just how lucky we are to have the absolute best hospitals in the world right in our back yard. Driving through the West End of the city of Boston yesterday, and seeing the bustling Mass. General campus really drove that point home. In homage to that sentiment, today's photo is the road view of MGH (a longstanding Cannistraro customer), where you can see the state-of-the-art Lunder Building rising from the middle of the hospital campus. On the other side of that building is Storrow Drive and Boston's iconic Charles River.

Day 309- Time Capsule

Day 309- Time Capsule, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's blog photo is from the Cannistraro time capsule! Michael Cannistraro signed and sealed a copy of our 50th anniversary invitation and is keeping it in a time capsule to be reopened at the company's 75th anniversary.

Day 308 - Titans of the Industry

Day 308 - Titans of the Industry, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Earlier this morning Cannistraro President John Cannistraro, Jr., President and CEO of the Kohler Company David Kohler, and Hugh Kelliher, Executive Director of the PHCC of Greater Boston met in Watertown inside the historic Plumbing Museum. Shown in the photo above, this is no doubt an impressive trio of Plumbing experts!