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Carpenters' union helping build its own headquarters

Carpenters' union helping build its own headquarters


August 11, 2010
This article first appeared in the 200907 issue of BD+C.



The New England Regional Council of Carpenters headquarters in Dorchester, Mass., is taking shape within a 1940s industrial building. The Building Team of ADD Inc., RDK Engineers, Suffolk Construction, and the carpenters' Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, is giving the old facility a modern makeover by converting the existing two-story structure into a three-story, 75,000-sf, LEED-certified building.

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