BOSTON—A group of real estate professionals have formed a multidisciplinary industry team to conduct a knowledge share of current best practices and due diligence around workplace design and construction requirements adapting to changes in codes and regulatory amendments in the post-COVID-19 world.
Named Boston Real Estate COVID Consortium, the group includes experts from the project management, construction, commercial real estate brokerage, commissioning, code review, design, environmental engineering, technology, and furniture sectors.
“We believe innovative project strategies and checklists around these disciplines will assist our active clients and other real estate leaders in assessing new in-office and remote work requirements as they bring their employees back to work and going forward,” the group said. “The ultimate goal is to develop a ‘toolkit’ of best practice resources that could be rolled out as part of ongoing and new project work. Boston’s Real Estate and A/E/C Covid Consortium is committed to providing relevant, reliable and user-friendly insights on a weekly basis.”
Boston Real Estate COVID Consortium was co-founded by STV|DPM, an owner’s project management firm Vice President and Project Executive Denise Pied, and Director of Business Development, Sandra Gucciardi.
Here is list of the founding members of the Real Estate COVID Consortium:
| DISCIPLINE | COMPANY | PARTICIPANT | TITLE |
| Architect | SGA | Gable Clarke | Partner, Director of Interior Design |
| Audio Visual | Adtech Systems Inc | Jarod Mallory | Vice President, Solutions & Engineering |
| Phil Muscatello | SVP, Marketing and Business Development | ||
| Brokerage | 128 CRE | Adam T. Meixner | Senior Partner |
| Code | Code Red Consultants LLC | Chris Lynch | Principal |
| Construction | Lee Kennedy | George McCarron | Project Executive |
| Commissioning Agent | Synergy Consultants | Steve Rizzo | President |
| MEP Engineers | WB Engineers | Ray Doyle | Managing Principal, Life Sciences |
| Mike Quigley | Chief Operating Officer | ||
| Environmental | PES Associates | Stephan White | President |
| Furniture | Environments at Work | Amy Lalezari | Partner, Director of Client Solutions |
| Owner’s Project Manager | STV/DPM | Sandra Gucciardi | Director of Business Development |
| Eva Hamori | Senior Project Planner | ||
| Denise Pied | Vice President, Project Executive | ||
| John Waitkunas | Vice President | ||
| Design Engineers | STV Incorporated | Michael Camoscio | Associate/Senior Engineer |
Boston Real Estate COVID Consortium’s mission is to conduct a knowledge share of current industry best practices and due diligence around workplace design and construction requirements adapting to changes in codes and regulatory amendments in the post-COVID-19 world. Its founding members represent multiple disciplines of the real estate industry, including architecture and interior design, audio visual integrator, code consultants, commercial real estate brokerage, commissioning agents, environmental engineers, general contractors, furniture dealers, MEP/FP engineers and owner’s project managers.
