In New York, Consigli received the Best Project Award in the K-12 Education category, as well as Awards of Merit in both the K-12 Education and the Restoration/Renovation categories. In New England, Consigli received the Best Project Award in the Higher Education/Research category and an Award of Merit in the Energy/Industrial category.

Read more about each of the five award-winning projects below:

ENR New York Awards
Best K-12 Education Project: Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for Performing Arts
Consigli transformed Emma Willard School’s historic, century-old Alumnae Chapel into a state-of-the-art performing arts center and community hub, preserving 80% of the original structure to avoid 6,000 metric tons of embodied carbon. The renovation restored the limestone façade, slate roof, and baroque organ while adding a 20,000-square-foot subterranean arts wing beneath a green roof to expand theater, music, and dance resources—all designed for enhanced acoustics, sustainability and modern functionality.

K-12 Education Award of Merit: Allen Center for the Creative Arts and Technology
Hackley School’s Allen Center for the Creative Arts and Technology is a new 50,000 sq. ft. hub for creative learning, complete with a 550-seat auditorium, black box theater, art gallery and advanced digital media labs. Built with 700 tons of steel to achieve its striking curvature and cantilevers, the LEED Gold-certified facility integrates layered acoustic systems and a rainwater harvesting green roof for sustainability. Consigli overcame significant site challenges, including excavating more than 15,000 cubic yards of granite and installing over 300 rock nails for stabilization, while minimizing disruption to campus operations.

Restoration/Renovation Award of Merit: NYBCe Consolidated Campus
To create New York Blood Center (NYBC) Enterprises’ first-ever consolidated campus, Consigli transformed the former Avon headquarters into a 185,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that houses NYBC’s lifesaving research, blood collection, and cell therapy manufacturing operations. The adaptive reuse project integrated 600+ pieces of lab equipment within the existing footprint, leveraging five low-clearance mechanical mezzanines and advanced laser scanning for precision. Featuring high-efficiency heat pumps with heat recovery and a specialized vivarium, the facility sets a new standard for sustainable laboratory design in urban environments.

ENR New England Awards
Best Higher Education/Research Project: Ragon Institute of Mass General Brigham, MIT and Harvard
Ragon 2.0 in Kendall Square creates a 323,000-square-foot hub for cutting-edge medical research, featuring advanced wet and dry labs, tissue culture rooms, and a vivarium. Its centerpiece—a dramatic single-helix staircase—connects collaborative spaces within a complex façade of 15 systems, 120,000 square feet of curtain wall, and a mass timber skylight. Built on a tight urban site with extensive prefabrication and design-assist coordination, the LEED Gold-certified, all-electric-ready building exceeds efficiency goals by 60%, incorporating triple-pane glazing, heat recovery systems, and a vegetated roof for sustainability and urban ecology.

Energy/Industrial Award of Merit: UNH Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Tank
Consigli and its energy division, Arch Energy, delivered a 1.4-million-gallon Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tank for the University of New Hampshire—an innovative solution equivalent to a 15,000-kWh battery. Designed to store 10,400 ton-hours of chilled water for release during peak demand, the $10.3 million project significantly reduces energy costs and environmental impact. Delivered using a design-build approach, the team overcame confined-space and high-angle challenges with enhanced safety protocols and community training. As a cornerstone of UNH’s WildCAP climate action plan, the TES tank sets a model for higher education decarbonization and long-term sustainability.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Award-winning projects and teams will be honored at regional event celebrations this winter, as well as featured in ENR’s November issue.

Learn more about the ENR Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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The Consigli Construction Co., Inc. team completed a meticulous transformation of the school’s historic Alumnae Chapel – built in 1910, and one of the campus’ original buildings – into a new performing arts center and community gathering space equipped with enhanced acoustics and critical modernizations.

The full-gut renovation of the century-old chapel included the preservation of its one-of-a-kind baroque organ, as well as the restoration of its limestone façade and a full replacement of its slate roof, including structural upgrades to the wood trusses that support the chapel’s iconic vaulted ceilings. Through the preservation of approximately 80% of the renovation’s original structure, Consigli was able to support long-term campus sustainability goals by avoiding an estimated 6,000 metric tons of embodied carbon

In addition to reimagining the school’s 44,000-square-foot stone chapel into a 450-seat concert hall, Consigli also added a new 20,000-square-foot subterranean arts wing adjacent to the chapel to further expand resources for theater, music and dance. Housed beneath an accessible green roof, the sustainable new space also reduces overall energy usage by leveraging its below-grade structure’s soil thermal mass.

In addition to its Best Project recognition, Consigli also received an Award of Merit in the K-12 category for Hackley School’s Allen Center for the Creative Arts and Technology, as well as in the Restoration/Renovation category for NYBC’s new consolidated campus.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Read more about the project in ENR here.

Learn more about the ENR New York Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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Ragon 2.0 – located in the heart of Kendall Square – serves as a new, centralized hub for the trailblazing scientists, researchers and staff that support the Ragon Institute’s unique partnership in advancing medical innovation worldwide. Designed to foster collaboration, the 323,000 sq. ft. building features state-of-the-art resources for the Institute’s groundbreaking research, including wet and dry labs, tissue culture rooms and a vivarium equipped with holding and procedure space. A striking, single-helix monumental staircase – comprised of 36 tons of steel and 15 tons of terrazzo and finishes – serves as the building’s centerpiece, delivering visual connectivity across the Institute’s disciplines.

Located on a tight urban site near sensitive facilities, the project required complex demolition, strict work-hour coordination and vibration monitoring to protect neighboring structures. The building’s intricate façade incorporates 15 different systems and more than 120,000 square feet of curtain wall, along with a 1,200-square-foot mass timber skylight and stone sourced from a Swiss quarry. A 16-month design-assist process and extensive offsite prefabrication ensured quality, streamlined project schedule and mitigated pandemic-related supply chain challenges.

Certified LEED Gold, the all-electric-ready building exceeds environmental efficiency goals by more than 60%. The building features triple-pane glazing, heat recovery chilled and hot water plants, high-efficiency plumbing fixtures and a vegetated roof covering more than half the building area to enhance stormwater management and urban ecology.

In addition to this award, Consigli also received an Award of Merit from ENR New England in the Energy/Industrial category for the University of New Hampshire’s Thermal Energy Storage Tank, as well as several other New York regional awards.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Read more about the project in ENR here.

Learn more about the ENR Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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This 50,000-sq-ft facility redefines creative learning spaces with a 550-seat auditorium, 100-seat black box theater, rehearsal and instructional areas, flexible computer science classrooms, and the school’s first art gallery. The building also features a senior painting studio, digital media labs, and a soaring atrium that connects all levels.

Delivering this complex project required overcoming significant site challenges, including excavating more than 15,000 cubic yards of granite and installing over 300 rock nails for stabilization, while minimizing disruption to campus operations.

The structure’s unique curvature and three massive cantilevers demanded 700 tons of steel—double the typical tonnage for a building of this size. Acoustic performance was also prioritized throughout the five-story building, incorporating layered soundproofing, STC-rated doors and specialized flooring to ensure optimal sound quality and control.

Additionally, the Allen Center achieved LEED Gold certification and incorporates innovative sustainability features including a unique rainwater harvesting system that supports irrigation for the building’s green roof – enhancing the campus ecosystem – while also functioning as a sound-dampening element of the new theater.

In addition to this award, Consigli also received an Award of Merit in the Renovation/Restoration category for its work with New York Blood Center Enterprises on its new campus, as well as the top project award in the K-12 Education category for Emma Willard School’s Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for the Performing Arts.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Read more about the project in ENR here.

Learn more about the ENR Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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An innovative adaptive reuse project, Consigli Construction Co., Inc. transformed the former Avon corporate headquarters into a new, state-of-the-art hub for NYBC, bringing its tri-state operations – including lifesaving research, blood collections, processing and cell therapy manufacturing – into its first-ever consolidated campus.

The 185,000-square-foot facility underwent a comprehensive transformation to accommodate more than 600 pieces of laboratory equipment within its existing footprint. Unable to expand outward, the project team maximized every square inch of interior space while integrating complex building systems into five mechanical mezzanines, each with only 7 feet of slab-to-deck height. Early laser scanning and fast-tracked demolition provided precise as-built conditions, enabling efficient design and installation.

Sustainability was a key focus, with high-efficiency air source heat pumps featuring heat recovery supporting both heating and cooling—setting a benchmark for sustainable laboratory design in urban environments. The project also included a vivarium constructed as a concrete masonry unit structure within the existing building, featuring a cast-in-place concrete deck with more than 250 coordinated penetrations to meet stringent structural and environmental performance standards.

In addition, Consigli also earned regional project honors in the K-12 Education category. The firm received an Award of Merit for Hackley School’s Allen Center for the Creative Arts and Technology, as well as the category’s Best Project Award for Emma Willard School’s Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for the Performing Arts.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Read more about the project in ENR here.

Learn more about the ENR Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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Delivered by Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and its energy division, Arch Energy, the 1.4-million-gallon TES tank is an innovative campus solution that is roughly equivalent to a 15,000-kWh battery, delivers long-term energy efficiency for UNH. Reflecting a $10.3 million investment by the University, the new TES tank was designed to produce chilled water during off-peak hours to significantly lower campus energy costs and reduce environmental impact. The tank, and its interconnection to the existing plant, allows for a minimum of 10,400 ton-hours of stored chilled water to be released as thermal energy during peak hours.

Using a design-build approach with DN Tanks, Consigli and its design partners ensured successful preconstruction and construction phases by maximizing client and project team collaboration and bolstering efficiency throughout the life of the project. The project team overcame significant challenges, including confined space and high-angle work hazards inside the 47-foot-tall, 80-foot-diameter tank. Enhanced fall protection protocols were implemented, and the team partnered with the local fire department for a high-angle rescue training exercise. When traditional gear proved unsuitable, the team donated construction-grade fall protection and rigging equipment, strengthening community safety and partnerships.

The TES Tank serves as a model for higher education institutions pursuing ambitious decarbonization planning and is a key feature of UNH’s own climate action plan, WildCAP, which aims to cut the university’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% in 2050 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2100.

In addition to this award, Consigli also received the top project award for New England in the Higher Education/Research category for The Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Brigham, MIT and Harvard, as well as several other New York regional awards.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Read more about the project in ENR here.

Learn more about the ENR New England Regional Best Projects Awards here.

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The largest academic project in Colby College history, and the campus’ new home for music, cinema studies and performance, theater and dance departments, the 74,000 sq. ft. Gordon Center serves as one of the most advanced and innovative performing arts facilities in New England. To achieve the Gordon Center’s innovative design, complete with highly specialized acoustical treatments able to adapt to multiple disciplines and performance types, Consigli collaborated closely with the design team and performed meticulous quality assurance work to ensure that the Center’s performance spaces met design specifications and standards.

Completed on a busy, occupied campus and sited on bedrock that required blasting in a heavily-trafficked area to install foundations and utilities, Consigli exceeded jobsite safety standards and prioritized the protection of the Colby College community through extensive safety planning and constant communication with students and faculty.

Leveraging its in-house resources and expertise, Consigli enlisted both its proven prefabrication approach to streamline delivery and minimize on-site work during inclement weather, as well as its self-perform division to perform the installation of the building’s custom limestone façade and parts of the acoustic panel installation.

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Consigli and its energy division, Arch Energy, have worked collaboratively with project partners to rapidly electrify 345 Hudson by replacing steam and natural gas systems. Using proven, innovative technologies from Electric.nyc, Phase 1 will enable renewable energy within the existing building infrastructure and replace outdated systems powered by steam and natural gas with smart electric-powered systems. Leveraging these new systems, 345 Hudson and adjacent buildings will be connected through micro-grids to create shared, efficient and circular heating and cooling.

Once complete, 345 Hudson’s retrofit is expected to reduce emissions by at least 70 percent and support compliance with New York City’s Local Law 97, which mandates large buildings significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Developed by Hudson Square Properties (HSP), a collaboration between Hines, Trinity Church Wall Street, and Norges Bank, the award-winning project received NYSERDA’s first Empire Building Challenge grant to support decarbonization efforts.

Members of the Consigli and Arch Energy teams, alongside project partners, received the award at a Nov. 12 celebration hosted by ENR.

Read more about the project in ENR’s November issue here.

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The Davis Center, the College’s center for the advancement of institutional diversity, equity and inclusion, connects multiple buildings on campus and transformed existing facilities to better reflect the Center’s mission and serve current and future academic and cultural needs. Through a major new addition and comprehensive energy retrofit renovations to the 19^th century Rice and Jenness Houses, the new Davis Center provides fully accessible resources and community spaces for students and faculty.

Utilizing mass timber and engineered wood hybrid materials, the all-electric project removed fossil fuel-based heating systems and was built to rigorous environmental standards to support the College’s commitment to sustainability. It is targeting Petal Certification under the Living Building Challenge, as well as strict Energy Use Index requirements to reduce energy loads on campus.

Project teams recognized by ENR’s panel of judges were evaluated on their ability to overcome challenges, contribute to industry innovation and benefit the community, as well as overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Learn more about the project here.

View the full list of ENR New England’s 2024 honorees here.

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Members of the Consigli Construction Co., Inc. project team joined representatives from Bowdoin College and HGA at the ENR Award of Excellence gala in New York City this week to celebrate their design and construction achievement. The winning projects are drawn from the Regional Best Projects Awards series, which represents outstanding projects and projects teams from across the country.

Matthew Tonello, Eric Bottaro and Emerald Boisselle-Byers of Consigli; Rebecca Celis of HGA; John Simoneau of Bowdoin College.

The first pure, commercial-scale mass timber structure in Maine, the $28.5 million, 46,000 sq. ft. and 100% electric project was completed on schedule in less than two years despite significant impacts to supply chain and schedules. The project team was evaluated on how well it was able to overcome challenges and contribute to industry innovation, as well as on overall excellence in design, construction and safety execution.

Read the full Best of the Best feature in ENR here.

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