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of natural-disaster events that have raised the awareness of the need for coastal resilience.”
Clippership Wharf in East Boston is a good example. The waterfront residential complex was developed by Lendlease with landscape design by Tighe & Bond and Halvorson, and building design by the Architectural Team. The tiered site includes a harbor walk at the lower level, public access and open spaces at mid-level, and residences and a courtyard above. A ‘living shoreline,’ the first in Boston’s urban harbor, recreates the coastal habi- tat through the introduction of native plantings
“Our challenge is prioritizing how we can capitalize on all these opportunities in the market.”
and wave-dissipating features to accommodate future sea-level rise, creating a natural flood barri- er protecting tenants and other inland properties.
Tighe & Bond has also significantly expanded its capabilities in the MEP — mechanical, elec- trical, and plumbing — area, Belitz said. “We’ve added a significant number of resources there. That’s to serve our existing client base, but it’s also in response to the pandemic, when we were asked to do a fair amount of air-quality work.”
Other growth areas have included traffic and roadway projects as well as asset management, he added. Meanwhile, the firm’s traditional niches in water, wastewater, and other types of projects remain strong.
“We’re still really well-diversified in terms of
the services that we can provide to our clients,” he went on. “We’ve trade- marked a terminology we call the whole-asset approach, which says
we can support a client’s needs on whatever their assets are, from the outset of a project all the way
to completion, and that’s because we provide such a broad array of services to our clients.”
At the same time, “I
think the stimulus money
that’s coming from the
Infrastructure Investment
and Jobs Act aligns really
well with the services that
we provide as an organization, including our core water and wastewater services and our environ- mental work related to brownfield remediation. Our challenge is prioritizing how we can capital- ize on all these opportunities in the market.”
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Founded in 1911 to consult on broad-based civil-engineering projects, Tighe & Bond eventual- ly came to specialize in environmental engineer- ing, focusing on water, wastewater, solid-waste, and hazardous-waste issues, and its growing diversity of expertise has been a buffer against economic downturns in any one area.
Currently, 60% to 65% of its projects are public contracts with municipalities and state govern- ment agencies throughout New England and
River Valley Co-op in Easthampton is one of the first net-zero- energy grocery stores in Massachusetts.
(Photo by Tighe & Bond)
New York, and 35% to 40% are private work for a diverse group of industries.
“It’s a great thing to be diversified during an economic slowdown,” Belitz said. “The diversity of the services we provide has always been ben- eficial for us.”
That’s particularly important during times of unusual economic disruption, like the current environment.
“We’re always trying to keep an eye on the economic conditions,” he told BusinessWest. “We are partnering very closely with our clients on
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