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…
SMRT Architects and Engineers Adds New Principals
Three employees have joined our ownership ranks, as we continue our growth with nationwide practices providing planning, architecture, and engineering services to clients in healthcare, justice, science / technology / manufacturing, education, corporate, and government sectors. Kristen Damuth, AIA, NCARB, CSI is known for her strong project management skills, particularly valued by her healthcare and…
Hospice Project Featured in Maine Home + Design
Hospice of Southern Maine’s CEO Daryl Cady couldn’t have said it better, “As a health care and business leader in our community, we believe caring for the health of people and the environment go hand in hand.” Bringing those same values to the design of their new building, SMRT is thrilled this new facility allows…
Flyleaf Portable Reading Room Wins Unbuilt Honor Award from Boston Society of Architects
We are incredibly honored and excited to announce that we have been awarded a 2020 BSA Honor Award for the Flyleaf Portable Reading Room in the Unbuilt Architecture and Design category. Over one year ago, SMRT entered Archhive Books’ Portable Reading Room competition, an international design challenge that tasked its participants with creating a modular book-sharing…
Day One Energy Analysis: How Early, Data-Driven Decisions Deliver Sustainable Buildings and a Lifetime of Cost Savings
Performance-based energy analysis produces valuable metrics that can influence design decisions early in the project, when design changes are easier and less costly to incorporate