{"id":14363,"date":"2016-10-11T09:18:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=14363"},"modified":"2016-10-11T09:18:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:18:50","slug":"suffolk-construction-hosts-virtual-groundbreaking-for-headquarters-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2016\/10\/11\/suffolk-construction-hosts-virtual-groundbreaking-for-headquarters-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffolk Construction hosts virtual groundbreaking for headquarters expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Event celebrates Suffolk\u2019s commitment to ‘building smart’ and introduces new innovation lab\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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BOSTON, Mass. (Oct. 11, 2016) \u2013\u00a0Suffolk Construction<\/a>,\u00a0one of the most successful,\u00a0privately held building contractors in the country,\u00a0hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 38,000 square-foot addition and complete interior renovation of its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. In lieu of a traditional groundbreaking ceremony, the event featured innovative virtual reality technologies that imitated the groundbreaking ritual and provided a virtual model rendering of the project.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the start of construction, Suffolk Chairman and CEO\u00a0John Fish<\/a>, Suffolk Northeast President\u00a0Angus Leary<\/a>\u00a0and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wore virtual reality headsets while event attendees had the opportunity to watch a virtual animation of the new building being erected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis virtual groundbreaking event marks an important milestone for Suffolk, and is symbolic of our build smart approach and how we think differently and push the boundaries of what is possible on our projects,\u201d said John Fish, Chairman and CEO of Suffolk Construction. \u201cOur team is fully committed to transforming the construction experience for our clients and leveraging state-of-the-art technologies and processes.<\/p>\n

Suffolk leverages the latest\u00a0Virtual Design and Construction (VDC)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Lean Construction<\/a>\u00a0principles to enhance team-wide collaboration, eliminate waste and increase efficiencies on all of its projects. For example, virtual and augmented reality technologies are used to immerse clients in the building experience and identify any unforeseen issues before breaking ground. These same innovative technologies and processes are being implemented on Suffolk\u2019s headquarters expansion project.
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The expanded headquarters will include collaborative workspaces, an amphitheater, a new employee cafeteria, fitness and wellness center, second-floor terrace and an outdoor basketball court. It will also feature an Innovation Lab where new and existing technologies will be tested and implemented on Suffolk projects. Construction is currently underway, with the new addition to be completed October 2017. The complete interior renovation will be completed December 2018.<\/p>\n

To view footage of the virtual groundbreaking experience, click\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0Theia Interactive created the virtual groundbreaking experience for Suffolk Construction. The virtual reality experience was built using Unreal Engine\u2019s software platform exclusively for the HTC Vive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Event celebrates Suffolk\u2019s commitment to ‘building smart’ and introduces new innovation lab\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 BOSTON, Mass. (Oct. 11, 2016) \u2013\u00a0Suffolk Construction,\u00a0one of the most successful,\u00a0privately held building contractors in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}