Hayley Kenyon, a Keene State College senior, has spent the past three months working as an intern at the construction site for the new Cheshire County Courthouse in Keene, NH. She spent two mornings a week on site, working alongside Rick Bushway, MacMillin’s Superintendent. Kenyon and Bushway made brief but regular visits to MacMillin’s headquarters, and recently we had the opportunity to ask some questions. Name: Hayley Kenyon Hometown: Exeter, RI Keene State College Coursework: Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 2014. What made you decide to do an internship at a construction site? I took two courses in construction management during my junior year and my teacher suggested that he could help me find an internship. I wanted to connect what I was learning in the classroom to real-life experience and knew I had to take advantage of the opportunity. I was given a choice of working on-site at the Courthouse or with a group still in the planning and preconstruction phase and chose the Courthouse even though I knew it would mean some cold mornings. What did you think you might learn? In my commercial construction classes we studied architectural drawings and how they are translated by the trades on-site. There are often disconnects between what is shown on the paper and what needs to be built. I saw some examples of how easy it is for […]
DEW adds Key Staff
John Edwards, Project Manager: John Edwards has joined the company as Project Manager. Edwards brings over nineteen years of construction experience to the firm, having managed a diverse range of projects including the new Brattleboro Food Co-op Plaza and the historic Bixby Memorial Library in Francestown, NH. Edwards is currently managing the construction of the new branch of Mascoma Savings Bank in Hartford, VT. Edwards holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Engineering from Clarkson University, is a registered professional engineer in the states of VT and MA, and is certified in Healthcare Construction. Steve Hart, Project Manager: Steve Hart has joined the company as Project Manager. Hart brings over 30 years of construction experience in estimating, superintendence and project management, working with clients including the Windham and Windsor Housing Trust in Brattleboro, VT and Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH. He is currently completing renovation projects for the Putney School in Putney, VT. Hart holds a degree from Wentworth Institute of Technology and served in the U.S. Marine Corp. Carol Marsigliano, Project Administrator Carol Marsigliano has joined the company as Project Administrator. Marsigliano has eight years in the construction industry and is a certified payroll specialist. Marsigliano is currently working with the team completing renovations at the Putney School in Putney, VT and new construction of the Scott Farrar Home in Peterborough, NH. Marsigliano holds a bachelor’s degree from Keene […]
Cheshire County Courthouse Construction in the Spotlight
The Keene Sentinel reporters spoke with MacMillin Project Superintendent, Rick Bushway and Monadnock Economic Development Group about the Courthouse construction and the complex financing behind the project. New Market Tax Credits are helping to finance the project. http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/courthouse-complex-is-on-budget-on-track/article_bbc46cb3-6840-5771-8643-3153779dfd77.html
