Happenings
BSC’s Belmont Center Improvement Project Featured in the Boston Globe
Belmont, MA – BSC has been working with the Town of Belmont to plan and design improvements to Belmont Center. The project, which features a thorough public participation process, was recently featured in the January 2, 2011 issue of the Boston Globe. BSC Group is providing transportation planning consulting services for the project, which involves…Read More
BSC’s West Meadow Cemetery Project Featured in Hartford Courant
The 1,116 gravesite expansion of the West Meadow Cemetery in Newington, CT was featured in the September 21, 2010 issue of the Hartford Courant. The expansion project was designed by BSC Group's engineers and landscape architects. The article highlighted key features of the project: the expansion of gravesites, the inclusion of cremation niches, and the creation…Read More
Ingeborg Hegemann Contributes to Review of 2009 Interim Regional Supplement to the USACOE Wetland Delineation Manual
The Interim Regional Supplement to the US Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Northcentral and Northeast Region document is one of a series of regional supplements to the Corps' 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual, which provides technical guidance and procedures for identifying and delineating wetlands that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction under Section 404…Read More
BSC Celebrates Groundbreaking for East Hartford Fire Station
On August 16, 2010, the Town of East Hartford, CT held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new 16,000 sf Brewer Street Fire Station. BSC Group has provided a variety of planning and design services for the new station, including stormwater management, site utilities, landscape architecture, and emergency traffic control technology. The project is seeking LEED…Read More
Kurt Prochorena, PE, LEP, LEED AP and Marybeth Murphy, RLA, LEED AP Provide Expertise in Rain Garden Design
Kurt Prochorena, PE, LEP, LEED AP, director of operations for BSC's Connecticut office, and Marybeth Murphy, RLA, LEED AP, a BSC senior landscape architect, have prepared an article to share their expertise in the design and implementation of rain gardens. The article outlines the advantages of incorporating this sustainable stormwater mangagement system, and provides insight on…Read More
Kurt Prochorena, PE, LEP, LEED AP Appointed as International Council of Shopping Center’s Connecticut Alliance Private Sector Chair for 2010
Kurt Prochorena, PE, LEP, LEED AP, director of BSC's operations in Connecticut, has been appointed to serve as the International Council of Shopping Center's (ICSC) Connecticut Alliance Private Sector Chair for 2010. ICSC is the global trade association of the shopping center industry consisting of over 60,000 members that include shopping center owners, developers, managers,…Read More
Oyster Shell Park Selected for Sustainable Sites Initiative Pilot Program
BSC's award-winning Oyster Shell Park was selected by the Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES)™ as one of the first landscapes to participate in a new program testing the nation's first rating system for green landscape design, construction, and maintenance. Oyster Shell Park will join more than 150 other projects as part of an international pilot project…Read More
BSC Celebrates Successful Recycling Program
Like many firms, BSC Group has dedicated itself to internal efforts to conduct business in a more ecologically friendly manner. We have implemented programs to enhance energy efficiency, limit the consumption of paper and other materials, and increase recycling. A tally of 2009' recycling efforts reveals the following positive results for our firm: 3.32 esimated…Read More
Oyster Shell Park Featured in Norwalk on the Move
BSC's award-winning Oyster Shell Park project was highlighted in the February, 2010 issue of Norwalk On the Move, a publication of the Hour Publishing Company and the Norwalk Redevelopment Authority. The article, written by Susan Sweitzer of the Norwalk Redevelopment Authority, features a discussion of the complex design issues that BSC Group's landscape architecture team…Read MorePages: