Project Manager Kristen Tomlinson’s passion for quality construction is equal to her obsession with all things equine. On both topics, her guidelines for success have a lot in common. Here she describes the parallels in four buckets–plan, do, check, and act:
01 Plan
Recognize your responsibilities and be accountable for them. Communicate to others what you expect of them.
Define potential risks and assess them with your team’s strengths and weaknesses in mind. Gauge the…
On May 2nd Tocci Building Companies was privileged to host the first Young Professionals event in conjunction with the North Suburban Chamber of Commerce and Sandler Training. The event was intended to link and educate rising leaders who live or work in the north suburban area from Lexington to Stoneham and North Reading to Concord.
With the help of Jason Hartz from Sandler Training, this first event focused on the wants and needs…
Upcoming plans for an, innovative, mixed-use urban development will enhance the historic Forthill neighborhood of Roxbury, Massachusetts. As the community eagerly awaits this new development, the current owner’s group Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation decided to take the existing abandoned site for a new twist. The enthusiastic owners have temporarily turned the buildings and site, an eight-acre urban wasteland that was once an MBTA bus yard, over to local artists to create images on and around…
The USGBC recently recognized Harmon Cove, a recently completed Tocci project, as LEED for Homes Silver. The 116 unit project obtained credits for:
• Quality Management for Durability, an Innovation & Design Process credit that recognized the team’s planning, management, and verification of building quality
• Very High Density of residential units – with 116 on the two acre lot
• High Efficiency Irritation System, Plumbing Fixtures, and Fittings
•…
Too often, mistakes occur because of assumptions or human errors. Tocci uses Laser Scanning to avoid mistakes on restoration and adaptive use projects.
WHAT IS LASER SCANNING
The laser scan device is a few notches up from the tri-pod mounted transits and theodolites we all know and love! The laser scanner registers every building element visible. Yes, everything, right down to the size of the period at the end of this sentence. The scan-team will…
