We’re SMaRTer Together
SMRT loved partnering with the Maine Celtics to host the SMaRTer Together Design Challenge. This challenge gave high school students from Casco Bay High School, Cheverus High School, and Gorham High School the opportunity to design a fictional new arena for the Maine Celtics. SMRT architects and engineers mentored the students, offering them an exciting opportunity to learn about the fields…
A Climate Solution and Economic Opportunity
SMRT President Ellen Belknap was recently interviewed by the Maine Monitor to discuss the sustainability benefits of using Mass Timber. This material is prominently used in SMRT projects like the University of Southern Maine Portland Residence Hall and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. Click here to read more about how Mass…
SMRT Featured in Medical Construction & Design Magazine
In the November/December issue of Medical Construction and Design Magazine, Derek Veilleux, senior principal and director of SMRT’s health and wellness practice, explains how designers are using patient feedback to inform a new approach into creating a less stressful environment at these off-campus facilities. “As health systems continue to shift routine patient care and elective…
SMRT Partners With Maine Celtics to Host Student Architecture Design Competition
PORTLAND, Maine – SMRT Architects and Engineers and the Maine Celtics, the NBA G-League affiliate of the Boston Celtics, are teaming up for the first ever student architecture design competition. This challenge offers students an opportunity to learn the critical aspects of sports and arena design with one-on-one guidance from SMRT architects and engineers. Teams…
SMRT Announces 4 New Members of Ownership Team
SMRT Architects and Engineers is pleased to announce the expansion of its ownership team, promoting four employees to the role of associate principal. Benjamin Halleck, PE (Associate Principal and Senior Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Group Leader) Ben manages advanced technology facility projects, ranging from first-of-kind system design to wafer semiconductor fabrication as well as utility planning…
Mass Timber “Revolution” – SMRT Featured in MaineBiz
Ellen Belknap, President of SMRT Architect and Engineers spoke at last month’s Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech) event about the potential future of producing mass timber and cross-laminated timber in Maine. “When we have mass timber available to us locally, it will be a game-changer,” she said. Belknap’s discussion centered on how to…
Harold Alfond Foundation Gift Positions The University of New England as a Health Professions Education Hub
In October of 2020, the Harold Alfond Foundation gifted $30 million to The University of New England. This gift supports the design and construction of a new 110,000 square foot medical education facility on the Portland Campus that will house UNE’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM), relocating them from the Biddeford campus. This facility will…
Roux Institute Featured in 2021 Educational Interiors Showcase
The freshly completed Roux Institute at Northeastern University in Portland, Maine has been featured in Endeavor Business Media’s American School & University 2021 Educational Interiors Showcase. This year’s 31st annual competition honors excellence in educational interiors and facility planning, featuring today’s most effective learning environments. Seventy-five projects were considered based on criteria that include spaces…
WELL, Now: How WELL’s Health-Safety Rating System Provides a Safer Path Back to Work
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, awareness and wariness of building safety skyrocketed. In response to this crisis, the WELL Health-Safety Rating system was developed to be a low barrier threshold to improve a space’s overall health impact.
Healthcare Design in a Post-COVID World
Where is healthcare design headed in a post-COVID world? Derek Veilleux, Director of SMRT’s Health and Wellness Practice, shared his thoughts with BD+C Magazine. Some of the highlights include maintaining the human touch aspect of healthcare, the need for speed in healthcare design through alternative delivery methods such as IPD and incorporating prefab and modular…