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101 Smith Place
101 Smith is a 215,000 SF lab ready building in Cambridge, MA and is part of the growing life science campus referred to as The Quad. The landscape design intent was to create a simple yet elegant composition of lawn, shade trees and low groundcover plantings that act as a foreground to the building. Lush…Read More
CambridgePark Drive Residential Development
BSC was selected by the Hanover Company to provide engineering services to support the construction of 50 CambridgePark Drive, a 294 unit multi-family residential complex with ground floor retail in Cambridge, MA. Prior to construction, BSC supported the project's permitting process, which included an Alewife Overlay District and Floodplain Special Permit from the Cambridge Planning…Read More
Cambridge Discovery Park
BSC played an integral role in permitting for the development of Cambridge Discovery Park, requiring close coordination with the Cambridge Planning Board (Project Review Special Permit, Flood Plain Overlay District Special Permit, and District 4 Dimensional Relief Special Permit); Cambridge and Arlington Conservation Commissions (ANRADs, Superseding Order of Conditions and NOIs); Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act…Read More
Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club Ecological Resiliency Project
BSC Group conducted planning, engineering, and landscape design to integrate ecologically resilient measures to protect the existing 13-acre golf course from sea-level rise and tidal inundation. BSC designed a combination of natural and engineered design solutions to mitigate the effects of inland and tidal flooding through the relocation and restoration of a tidal creek, creation…Read More
Green Infrastructure Design for Cambridge Discovery Park
BSC Group provided integrated services for the redevelopment of a research and development facility with six new buildings and two structured parking garages. Cambridge Discovery Park is located within the 100-year floodplain to the Little River and required the application of Green Infrastructure design elements to compensate for the displacement of floodwaters caused by the…Read More
Cape Arundel Cottage Preserve
Cape Arundel Cottage Preserve is a three-season residential community near the southern Maine coastline. BSC served as the landscape architect for the site and planting design of Phase 1 of the development of the 200-acre property. Elements of the first phase include the main clubhouse, pool with waterfall, pavilion, fire pits, bocce courts, yoga lawn,…Read More
Wesleyan University Steam and Hot Water Distribution
Working with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineer vanZelm Engineers, BSC was hired by Wesleyan University to provide civil engineering services in support of three projects to replace aged steam distribution systems on the Wesleyan campus. The systems were replaced with two new steam systems and a hot water system. The three projects traversed a variety of…Read More
The Watch Factory
Perched on the banks of the Charles River, the Watch Factory has undergone extensive redevelopment from an underutilized 150-year-old mill complex to a modern mixed-use development, comprised of approximately 400,000 square-feet of restaurant, café, residential and office space. BSC Group provided civil design services for the nine-acre project site and prepared a traffic impact study…Read More
The Tremont at Northwest Park
BSC was retained by the Nordblom Company to design and oversee the construction of Tremont Residences at Northwest Park, a 180-unit rental apartment complex in Burlington, MA. BSC was responsible for the programming, preliminary design, and cost estimating for two courtyards totaling 27,100 square-feet. This included the preparation of detailed designs for various site amenities,…Read MorePages: