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Senior environmental planner Greg Sampson presented a discussion on LEED Certification at a Green Building workshop hosted by the Boston Bar Association. Greg's discussion focused on the benefits of pursuing LEED certification, such as positive public relations, enhanced marketability to potential tenants, and improved employee recruiting. He then drew from his experience in guiding the…Read More

The Korean Church of Boston's expansion plans were recently awarded the 2008 Architect Magazine Progressive Architecture award. Brian Healy Architects' design of a children's chapel and community center for the Brookline church was recognized for its careful blending of contemporary architecture with the church's original 1950's structure. BSC Group provided civil engineering and landscape architecture…Read More

BSC Group received a Merit Award from the Connecticut Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) for our work on the University of Connecticut’s Burton Family Football Complex and Mark R. Shenkman Training Center. The annual award recognizes “Engineering Excellence” and honors distinctive projects that promote exceptional client service; social, economic or sustainable…Read More

After two years of planning, fundraising, property purchase, and land transfers, Winslow Park in Worcester, MA, is finally under construction. BSC Group has provided landscape architectural services for the redevelopment of a derelict one-half-acre parcel in the City of Worcester into a park that will provide a valuable community resource in an urban area rife…Read More

In an event hosted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and the Mayor of Boston, the Downtown Crossing consultant team presented their final recommendations for improvements to the district on November 27th. The presentation was a culmination of the project team's work over the past 12 months and detailed the strategies for economic and urban…Read More

The Hingham Shipyard redevelopment project was featured during a workshop at the 23rd annual Build Boston conference at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The workshop featured "lessons learned" for one of the region's notable planned communities. The panel included members of the development firms - Sea Chain LLC, Samuels & Associates, Lennar Northeast,…Read More

On October 4th, BSC presented at a workshop sponsored by Coastal Carolina Tomorrow (CCT). The workshop focused on wetland permitting after the Carabell/Rapanos Guidance, which has affected the process by which the US Army Corps of Engineers claims jurisdiction of wetlands. The resulting regulation has affected North Carolina's statewide permits to impact wetlands, resulting in…Read More

BSC has been selected to provide site design, survey, and environmental permitting services to improve the drainage system at the Fisher's Island Golf Course in New York, which is subject to salt water flooding during parts of the year.Read More

BSC has been selected to develop a conceptual restoration plan for the second stage of the Mill Creek Aquatic Habitat Restoration Initiative in Chelsea, MA, involving a combination of invasive plant species control (primarily Phragmites australis), native species re-establishment, stream-side stabilization, and other habitat improvements.Read More

BSC Group is part of the design team for a $150 million, 500,000-sf manufacturing facility in Devens, MA. The firm has provided civil/site engineering, wetlands, landscape and survey services for preparation of permitting documents under the Devens Enterprise Commission's streamlined Unified Permit Process. The permitting package, which was prepared in less than three weeks, was…Read More