Maynard Jordan Planetarium celebrated its 70th anniversary at a “star-studded” celebration on Saturday, November 2 at the University of Maine in Orono. This iconic resource is part of Versant Power Astronomy Center, a facility designed by WBRC, which opened in 2014. The celebration served as the official kick-off for a $1.3M fundraising campaign for technology… Read more »
(Bangor and Portland, ME – November 2023) – South Portland Middle School has earned the 2023 Honor Award for Integration of Sustainable Features from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Maine. The award was presented to the school’s design team, WBRC, at ACEC of Maine’s 2023 Fall Forum on November 15 at the… Read more »
WBRC and Thornton Tomasetti have together received the 2022-2023 Grand Conceptor Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Maine for Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center (EEDC) at the University of Maine. The award was presented at ACEC of Maine’s 2022 Fall Forum on November 10 in Freeport, ME. ACEC… Read more »
Every major building project has important milestones. Today, the University of Maine celebrated the Topping Off Ceremony of Ferland Engineering Education & Design Center (EEDC). This construction milestone (also called a Topping Out or Beam Raising Ceremony) is when the final structural beam is placed on a building. Ferland EEDC, a 108,000 SF, $78M state-of-the-art educational center, was designed by WBRC and Ellenzweig, and is being built by Consigli. Construction began in May 2020 and is slated for completion in August 2022. Topping… Read more »
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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 »
Acadia Federal Credit Union recently celebrated the grand opening of their new branch in Bangor with a ribbon-cutting and a whole week of activities. It’s been such a pleasure to work with them on this project. Read more about this project here.
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 »
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 »
Bangor Housing recently hosted a block party and ribbon cutting for their new Capehart Play Park. WBRC’s team led the design of the park. Learn more about this project here.
