Today marked the official start of construction for two new barns at the University of Vermont Miller Research complex. One barn will be used for research, the other for instructional use by the CREAM program (Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management). This is the first phase of a three-phase $10 million upgrade of the farm. Tom Vogelmann, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences says a lot has changed since the old facility was built back in the 1960s, including the size of the cows. They have been bred to be 30 percent larger than they were 40 years ago. And more space will allow the program to grow. With agriculture becoming increasingly important, the university would like to see the farm complex become the “farm for the future.” One of the challenges for modern farms will be to become as energy-efficient as possible, Vogelmann said. The new barn will be built with a goal to become energy neutral down the line. The new barns will be structurally equipped for solar panels, to be added at a later time, and they’re looking at methane digesters to create bio-gas. DEW Construction Corp. was hired as general contractor for the project and S2 Architecture is providing architectural services. The project is slated for completion in September of this year.
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Vermont Public Places Award
DEW Construction Corp., Studio Place Arts, Chris Miller, Swenson Granite Company/Rock of Ages, and the Vermont Community Foundation received a 2014 Merit Award on Thursday, March 19 for the Granite Zipper Pocket Park, in Barre, VT. The Vermont Public Places Awards program was organized to honor Vermont’s public places. The Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Vermont Planning Associations, the Vermont Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vermont Section and the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Council initiated the Vermont Public Places Awards to recognize special public spaces, the corridors that connect them, or networks of public spaces which have been defined or enriched by planning or design, as well as regulations that promote positive, public uses and benefits. The five person Jury, consisting of one member from each of the sponsoring organizations, was very impressed with all of the entries. Jim Donovan, ASLA, representing the Jury and the organizations said, “Once again we are very pleased with both the diversity and the high quality of the submittals to this program this year. They show that Vermont continues to value the importance of public places, the corridors that connect them, or networks of public spaces, from small public parks to the private natural and created places opened to the public. We hope that our next Public Places Award Program in 2016 highlights an […]
118 Prospect Street Flyby
Check out this flyby of our 118 Prospect Street Office Building Project in White River Junction, VT.
Quail Ridge Senior Housing Flyby
Check out this flyby of our Quail Ridge Senior Housing Project in Lebanon, NH.
Barre City Place Project Wins Award
Great news! DEW’s Barre City Place Project received an Associated General Contractors of Vermont Best Builders Award for outstanding quality of work and effort in the New Building, Community Development category. Congratulations to the DEW team, partners, subcontractors and design team members who worked on the project.
