111 Hyde Road, Farmington
Diversified Project Management has completed project management services for TRUMPF’s new 83,000-square-foot Laser Innovation & Technical Excellence building, a research and manufacturing facility in Farmington. TRUMPF is a producer of fabricating machinery, as well as lasers used for industrial production technology.
Based in Newton, Mass., DPM is an independent project management consulting company that specializes in construction, renovation and relocation projects for corporate, education, health care, manufacturing and biotech clients. The company also has offices in Hartford and Stamford.
TRUMPF’s new $20 million facility will be used to further develop lasers and expand TRUMPF’s production of laser resonators. The building’s features include research labs and a 55,200-square-foot production hall. DPM was retained by TRUMPF to manage the construction of the new research and manufacturing facility, which will be staffed by approximately 120 employees.
RFR Raises Funds
RFR Realty, owner and manager of seven Class A office buildings totaling 1.8-million-square-feet in Stamford, helped raise $72,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of the same city.
Now in its 13th year, the RFR Realty 5K Corporate Run/Walk is organized annually by the firm to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Stamford. The money was raised through the corporate and individual sponsors who pledged to help the organization and its programs.
More than 700 employees of regional businesses ran or walked the course on May 15.
“This is a great athletic event which supports an excellent cause,” said Margaret Carlson, portfolio director for RFR Realty in Stamford. “We just completed our 13th year and the race is more popular than ever.”
RFR Holding LLC is a prominent Manhattan-based commercial owner/developer with a growing national portfolio. In addition to its Stamford portfolio, the firm owns and manages approximately 9 million square feet of prime office and retail space in Manhattan, and it controls additional properties in Miami’s South Beach and Las Vegas, as well 2,500 luxury residential units in Manhattan.
Rail Car Prototype Built
The Connecticut Department of Transportation and MTA Metro-North Railroad are giving a preview of the M-8 commuter rail car interior.
The interior “mock-up” was built by Kawasaki Rail Car, the M-8 rail fleet manufacturer in Japan, this winter, and transported by ship for testing and review. ConnDOT and MNR are making the interior mock-up available for customers to view the inside design, color and seat configuration of the M-8 rail fleet.
The interior mock-up is 27 feet long by 11½ feet high by 9½ feet deep, and weighs 16,825 pounds. Inside the stainless steel container is a recreation of an M-8 interior, with its red, beige and yellow color scheme. Highlights include high-back seating, a vestibule area, luggage racks, bathroom and other amenities.
The model has been on display at the New Haven and Stamford stations, and is slated to make an appearance at Grand Central Station.
The M-8 prototypes are scheduled to arrive for testing during the second half of 2009. The current schedule calls for the state to receive 10 rail cars per month starting in the spring of 2010. The delivery of new M-8 rail cars will take until mid-2012 for completion of the entire 300-car order.
“I’m sure our customers will agree that this car interior is deluxe with comfortable head rests, wide windows, gently curved arms rests, bright lighting and a pleasant color scheme,” said Metro-North President Peter A. Cannito. “We all eagerly await the arrival of these new cars.”
The New Haven Line provides more than 124,000 rides every weekday and that number is growing at about 5 percent a year. And despite its older fleet, the New Haven Line’s 286 daily trains are operating on time 98.1 percent of the time, according to ConnDOT.
