Construction Begins on UMaine’s Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center

Construction Begins on UMaine’s Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center

Construction is now underway of Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center (EEDC) at the University of Maine. Designed by WBRC Architects Engineers and Ellenzweig of Boston, the state-of-the-art $78 million, 105,000-square-foot, three-story facility is being built by Consigli Construction. In response to the COVID-19 situation, the building’s April 23, 2020 groundbreaking was celebrated virtually. Over… Read more »

Remote Workplace Notice

Remote Workplace Notice

Dear Clients & Partners, As many of you are aware, our entire nation is focused on slowing the progress of the virus COVID-19. To do our part to protect you, our staff, and the public, we are implementing the following procedures until the current crisis has passed: Working Remotely: As of Wednesday, March 18, our… Read more »

Jocelyn Boothe Promoted to WBRC Senior Associate

Jocelyn Boothe Promoted to WBRC Senior Associate

WBRC, a full-service architecture and engineering firm with offices in Maine and Florida, announces the promotion of Architect Jocelyn Boothe to Senior Associate and Shareholder. She was invited to become a shareholder by WBRC’s Board of Directors unanimously in recognition of her leadership, innovative solutions, and exemplary service to clients. Jocelyn Boothe, AIA, NCARB, is… Read more »

WBRC Promotes Johnson, Wheeler, Comstock & Freire to Firm Associate

WBRC Promotes Johnson, Wheeler, Comstock & Freire to Firm Associate

WBRC has promoted four of its outstanding professionals to Firm Associate. They are Architects Tyler Johnson, Jacob Wheeler, and Adam Comstock and Senior Architectural Designer Mauren Freire. “This promotion indicates our belief that these professionals have what it takes to be part of our firm’s leadership,” says WBRC CEO Doug Whitney. “Tyler Johnson, Jacob Wheeler, Adam… Read more »

Hartford Fire Station Wins F.I.E.R.O. and Firehouse Station Design Awards

Hartford Fire Station Wins F.I.E.R.O. and Firehouse Station Design Awards

Hartford Fire Station in Augusta, Maine has earned both an Honor Award (Gold) at the F.I.E.R.O. Fire Station Design Awards and a Silver Award in the Renovation category at the Firehouse Station Design Awards. The F.I.E.R.O (Fire Industry Education and Resource Organization) awards program was held in conjunction with the group’s annual Fire Station Symposium.… Read more »

Hartford Fire Station Receives Maine Preservation Honor Award

Hartford Fire Station Receives Maine Preservation Honor Award

Maine Preservation has selected Hartford Fire Station in Augusta for a 2019 Honor Award. These annual awards celebrate excellence in historic preservation leadership, rehabilitation, and craft in the state of Maine. Hartford Fire Station was built when horse-drawn pumps were still in use, and its 1920 apparatus bay floors and doors were not designed to… Read more »

WBRC Welcomes Architect Stefanie Wason

WBRC Welcomes Architect Stefanie Wason

Stefanie Wason, AIA, has joined WBRC as a licensed Architect. Stefanie worked previously at Apicella + Bunton Architects in New Haven, CT, where she served on a variety of projects at Yale University. She also served as Lead Architectural Designer and Project Manager at Lubrano Ciavarra Architects in Brooklyn, NY, where her projects included performing… Read more »

Hartford Fire Station Ribbon Cutting

Hartford Fire Station Ribbon Cutting

We are so pleased to have worked with Augusta Maine Fire-Rescue on the historic Hartford Fire Station, along with Mitchell Associates Architects and Nickerson & O’Day. Learn more about this project here.