Day 311- Recaping Cambridge Center

Day 311- Recaping Cambridge Center, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's photo is from an interview of the Project Manager and Foremen for the Cambridge Center Capital Improvements project. Cannistraro worked on HVAC improvements including boilers and cooling towers for buildings 3, 4 and 5 at Cambridge Center. The most interesting thing about this project is how the Layout Foreman, Kevin (front right in the photo) produced hand-drawn sketches for every part of the buildings' mechanical infrastructure before Cannistraro began work. In some cases, these sketches went directly to the pre-fab shop for construction. Technology is important but sometimes doing it by hand is necessary and in those cases we see the human side of technology.

Day 310 - World Class Healthcare Facilities

Day 310 - World Class Healthcare Facilities, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Recent headlines have really reminded us here in the Boston area just how lucky we are to have the absolute best hospitals in the world right in our back yard. Driving through the West End of the city of Boston yesterday, and seeing the bustling Mass. General campus really drove that point home. In homage to that sentiment, today's photo is the road view of MGH (a longstanding Cannistraro customer), where you can see the state-of-the-art Lunder Building rising from the middle of the hospital campus. On the other side of that building is Storrow Drive and Boston's iconic Charles River.

Day 309- Time Capsule

Day 309- Time Capsule, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Today's blog photo is from the Cannistraro time capsule! Michael Cannistraro signed and sealed a copy of our 50th anniversary invitation and is keeping it in a time capsule to be reopened at the company's 75th anniversary.

Day 308 - Titans of the Industry

Day 308 - Titans of the Industry, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

Earlier this morning Cannistraro President John Cannistraro, Jr., President and CEO of the Kohler Company David Kohler, and Hugh Kelliher, Executive Director of the PHCC of Greater Boston met in Watertown inside the historic Plumbing Museum. Shown in the photo above, this is no doubt an impressive trio of Plumbing experts!

Day 307 - Laboratory BIM

Day 307 - Laboratory BIM, a photo by JC Cannistraro on Flickr.

We begin the week with a look inside a building information model. The mechanical room taking shape in the screenshot above gives you an idea of the complexity of the preconstruction process on a state-of-the-art laboratory in the Boston/Cambridge area.