DEW Construction is excited to announce that Matthew Wheaton has recently joined the company as the newly appointed Manager of Preconstruction Services. Mr. Wheaton will be responsible for the flow of communication between the client, DEW and designers. He will oversee and ensure that permitting deliverables are being met by the design teams, estimates are prepared timely, schedules are developed, and design deliverables are met, while coordinating with BIM services and maintaining client relationships. Mr. Wheaton is a graduate of Norwich University with a Master Degree in Architecture and Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Studies. He was previously employed by TruexCullins Architects.
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DEW Construction Receives Regional Award
DEW Construction recently won Engineering News Record’s 2012 Best Projects competition in the retail/hospitality category for the New York region, which includes New York, New Jersey, and New England. The award ceremony was held at ENR headquarters on November 13 in New York City. DEW won the award for their work as construction manager for Hotel Jay and Pump House Waterpark at Jay Peak Resort in Jay, Vt. “DEW couldn’t be more pleased to have the Hotel Jay and Pump House Waterpark recognized as one of the best 2012 projects in New England. The project is unique and involved a real team collaboration where everybody involved pulled their weight. It is a great accomplishment,” says Don Wells, president of DEW. ENR is a national trade magazine published weekly by McGraw Hill and is a publication widely read by the construction industry. ENR’s Best Projects competition invites companies to submit summaries of their top construction projects, which must meet a list of criteria, including the obstacles faced during design or construction and how these challenges were managed. Companies were required to describe innovation and creativity and provide details about how their projects helped elevate industry standards. Hotel Jay and Pump House Waterpark comprise a 272,000 square-foot space at the base of a ski resort. The 176-room hotel, clad in clapboard and shiplap siding has gas fireplaces in all guest rooms; 11 […]
DEW & Employees Donate Turkeys to Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf
DEW employees rallied together to raise funds to buy turkeys for the Chittenden County Emergency Food Shelf. They were able to raise $450 in three days from office employees. DEW’s Community Involvement Committee matched the gift amount dollar for dollar for a total donation of $900. After several media outlets aired stories this week about the food shelf needing 2700 turkeys this year, DEW employees gave generously to help their community. This morning, members of the committee took the funds and purchased 1,716 pounds of turkey and delivered them to the food shelf. “I was overcome by how thankful they were,” said Janelle Leduc, Office Manager for DEW. “They immediately wanted to shake our hands and get our photo for their Facebook page.” Rob Meehan, Director of the Food Shelf told DEW that he is overwhelmed by the support the food bank has received since putting out the call for help. “We have an amazing community.” DEW agrees. Thank you to all the office employees who came together for this great cause. Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday.
DEW Awarded Bombardier Mass Transit North/West Expansion Project
DEW Construction Corp. is please to announce we have been hired as Construction Manager for the new Bombardier Mass Transit Facility North and West Expansion project located in Plattsburgh, NY. The project consists of two additions, a 56’ high, 64,000 sf north addition, and a 35’ high, 23,000 sf west addition to an existing industrial building/light-rail train factory. Each section will include either the extension of existing or inclusion of new interior crane systems. In addition, interior and exterior train tracks will be extended and tied into existing rail lines. Demolition of four existing buildings is necessary before the commencement of new construction. Preconstruction will start immediately with construction slated to begin December 2012. The project is designed by Wiemann Lamphere Architects.
DEW Awarded Jay Peak Resort – Stateside Projects
DEW construction is happy to announce that we have been awarded the new Jay Peak Resort – Stateside Projects. Project Description: Skier Services and Café/New Day Lodge – This is a 12,000 square foot skier service building to replace the existing Stateside Chalet. This new day lodge will include food service and seating for approximately 300 people at one time. There will be also be space for guest day-use lockers, retail, rest room facilities, ticket sales/customer service, and a ski school sales desk. Stateside Hotel Suites – This is an 84 room mid-range efficiency hotel with additional space for restaurant, retail, swimming pool and leisure area, and common area. The entire building is anticipated to be in the range of 70,000 square feet. The residential rooms are not planned to have kitchens. Lodge and Townhouses, Phase 2 – This project consists of 80 dwelling units – 20 units are in two, ten unit townhouses and the remaining are in cottage style buildings similar to the Golf and Mountain Suites project. Supporting Infrastructure – All projects have elements of common infrastructure. Given the proximity of the hotel and day lodge to one another the common infrastructure for these two buildings will consist of water source and mains, sewer mains, primary power relocation and underground burial, telephone cables, and data lines to be relocated and/or buried, and improvements to parking and drop-off […]
