Diversified Project Management
Encyclopedia
Founded in 1989, Diversified Project Management is a New England
-based Owners’ Representative consulting company headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts
. With additional offices in Hartford, Connecticut
and Stamford, Connecticut
, Diversified Project Management specializes in programming, project management
, construction administration
, FF&E coordination
and move-planning services for corporate, education, health care, manufacturing and biotechnology construction, renovation and relocation projects.
office in 1989 with the mission of providing objective tenant representation, project programming, construction administration, facilities management and move coordination services. Diversified Project Management later founded its Hartford office in 1996 to better serve the Hartford, New Haven and Western Massachusetts
markets. In 2007, Diversified Project Management added its Stamford location, serving Fairfield
and Westchester
counties in Connecticut and New York.
. This research center houses the departments of Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry and Neuroscience. With 60 new laboratories, the project modernized and expanded laboratory and research capacity at Brown by 50 percent. It was designed to encourage scientific collaboration among faculty; staff and students by uniting complementary research under one roof.
. The multi-phased relocation management was broken into three projects focusing on moving employees into the new space, relocation into the vacated and renovated existing space and bringing staff in from various CVS facilities in the surrounding areas. Over 1,000 staff members were moved in the process. Along with master timeline generation and overall move management services, DPM oversaw the furniture knockdown/reconfiguration and installation of new systems.
Finance Department, by consolidating seven offices into 200000 square feet (18,580.6 m²) of space on two-and-a-half floors at The Schrafft Center, in Charlestown, Massachusetts
. The project scope included programming and move management for approximately 800 people.
retained Diversified for the renovation of 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of office space and relocation of over 300 employees in Bedford, Massachusetts
. DPM’s responsibilities included overall project management, design development coordination, general contractor selection and administration, value engineering, voice and data coordination, furniture selection and management and move planning. Diversified acted as MRO’s representative.
Diversified was retained to manage Acme Packet’s
office and lab build out and relocation. Acme Packet relocated from their single, floor office space in Woburn to a new two-story state-of-the-art building in Burlington, where they nearly doubled in size to 43061 square feet (4,000.5 m²) of space as the sole tenant. The move involved 84 staff members, 60 workstations, manufacturing areas and a test lab.
Diversified was retained to provide project management for Jewish Family & Children’s Services relocation to a 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) building in Waltham, Massachusetts
. The move involved 120 employees from two separate locations in Newton and Boston.
Research Institute
DPM managed the relocation for 120 employees into a180000 square feet (16,722.5 m²) laboratory and office in Andover, Massachusetts
. The project included renovating and expanding building #4 on the Andover campus to include more office space and the addition of an elevator and stairway. Simultaneously building #5 on the campus was demolished to make way for the construction of a new 180000 square feet (16,722.5 m²) office and laboratory building. A connector was built between building #4 and the new building to facilitate easy access between the buildings for company personnel.
from its facility located at the University of Connecticut
Campus at Avery Point in Groton, Connecticut
. Diversified oversaw the entire 60000 square feet (5,574.2 m²) project from the evaluation and selection of a new property to the coordination of the move into the new space. The office facility is designed for 170 employees and 10-percent of the real estate was designed as research lab space.
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
-based Owners’ Representative consulting company headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
. With additional offices in Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
and Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
, Diversified Project Management specializes in programming, project management
Project management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
, construction administration
Construction management
Construction Project Management is the overall planning, coordination and control of a project from inception to completion aimed at meeting a client’s requirements in order to produce a functionally and financially viable project that will be complete mingement is project management that applies...
, FF&E coordination
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment
Furniture, fixtures and equipment is an accounting term used in valuing, selling, or liquidating a company or a building.FF&E are movable furniture, fixtures or other equipment that have no permanent connection to the structure of a building or utilities...
and move-planning services for corporate, education, health care, manufacturing and biotechnology construction, renovation and relocation projects.
Management team
- Robert M. Keeley, Jr., President
- Philip Leonard, Vice President of Operations, Boston, MA
- Roger N. Saleeby, III, Vice President of Operations, Hartford, CT
- Pat Forbes, Project Executive, Boston, MA
- Frank Kennedy, Project Executive, Boston, MA
- John A. Waitkunas, Project Executive, Boston, MA
- Tony Zulkeski, Project Executive, Boston, MA
- Mark DuPre, ASHE, Assoc. AIA, Project Executive, Hartford, CT
- Joy M. Gustat, Business Development Manager, Boston, MA
- Carolyn Hern, Business Development Coordinator, Boston, MA
History
Diversified Project Management established its BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
office in 1989 with the mission of providing objective tenant representation, project programming, construction administration, facilities management and move coordination services. Diversified Project Management later founded its Hartford office in 1996 to better serve the Hartford, New Haven and Western Massachusetts
Western Massachusetts
Western Massachusetts is a loosely defined geographical region of the U.S. state of Massachusetts which contains the Berkshires, the Pioneer Valley, and some or all of the Swift River Valley. The region is always considered to include Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, and the...
markets. In 2007, Diversified Project Management added its Stamford location, serving Fairfield
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...
and Westchester
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
counties in Connecticut and New York.
Academic
Diversified provided move management services for the 170000 square feet (15,793.5 m²) Life Sciences Facility at Brown UniversityBrown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. This research center houses the departments of Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry and Neuroscience. With 60 new laboratories, the project modernized and expanded laboratory and research capacity at Brown by 50 percent. It was designed to encourage scientific collaboration among faculty; staff and students by uniting complementary research under one roof.
Corporate
Diversified managed the corporate relocation project for CVS into their 217000 square feet (20,160 m²) Support Center Expansion space in Woonsocket, Rhode IslandWoonsocket, Rhode Island
Woonsocket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 41,186 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state. Woonsocket lies directly south of the Massachusetts border....
. The multi-phased relocation management was broken into three projects focusing on moving employees into the new space, relocation into the vacated and renovated existing space and bringing staff in from various CVS facilities in the surrounding areas. Over 1,000 staff members were moved in the process. Along with master timeline generation and overall move management services, DPM oversaw the furniture knockdown/reconfiguration and installation of new systems.
Healthcare
Diversified was hired to centralize Partners HealthCare'sPartners HealthCare
Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994...
Finance Department, by consolidating seven offices into 200000 square feet (18,580.6 m²) of space on two-and-a-half floors at The Schrafft Center, in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Charlestown is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and is located on a peninsula north of downtown Boston. Charlestown was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it became a city in 1847 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874...
. The project scope included programming and move management for approximately 800 people.
High Tech & Industrial
MRO SoftwareMRO Software
MRO Software, Inc. - formerly known as PSDI, was a software firm based in Bedford, Massachusetts, which published Maximo, the top-selling Enterprise Asset Management system in the market....
retained Diversified for the renovation of 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of office space and relocation of over 300 employees in Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford, Massachusetts
Bedford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is within the Greater Boston area, north-west of the city of Boston. The population of Bedford was 13,320 at the 2010 census.- History :...
. DPM’s responsibilities included overall project management, design development coordination, general contractor selection and administration, value engineering, voice and data coordination, furniture selection and management and move planning. Diversified acted as MRO’s representative.
Diversified was retained to manage Acme Packet’s
Acme Packet
Acme Packet is a company based in Bedford, Massachusetts which produces and markets Session Border Controllers , multiservice security gateways and session routing proxies . It is a public company incorporated in Delaware...
office and lab build out and relocation. Acme Packet relocated from their single, floor office space in Woburn to a new two-story state-of-the-art building in Burlington, where they nearly doubled in size to 43061 square feet (4,000.5 m²) of space as the sole tenant. The move involved 84 staff members, 60 workstations, manufacturing areas and a test lab.
Non-Profit
Jewish Family & Children’s ServicesDiversified was retained to provide project management for Jewish Family & Children’s Services relocation to a 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) building in Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
. The move involved 120 employees from two separate locations in Newton and Boston.
Pharmaceutical and Biotech
EisaiEisai
Myōan Eisai was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with bringing the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism and green tea from China to Japan. He is often known simply as Eisai Zenji , literally "Zen master Eisai"....
Research Institute
DPM managed the relocation for 120 employees into a180000 square feet (16,722.5 m²) laboratory and office in Andover, Massachusetts
Andover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was incorporated in 1646 and as of the 2010 census, the population was 33,201...
. The project included renovating and expanding building #4 on the Andover campus to include more office space and the addition of an elevator and stairway. Simultaneously building #5 on the campus was demolished to make way for the construction of a new 180000 square feet (16,722.5 m²) office and laboratory building. A connector was built between building #4 and the new building to facilitate easy access between the buildings for company personnel.
Public/Municipal/State/Government
Diversified managed the relocation of the United States Coast GuardUnited States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
from its facility located at the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
Campus at Avery Point in Groton, Connecticut
Groton, Connecticut
Groton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 39,907 at the 2000 census....
. Diversified oversaw the entire 60000 square feet (5,574.2 m²) project from the evaluation and selection of a new property to the coordination of the move into the new space. The office facility is designed for 170 employees and 10-percent of the real estate was designed as research lab space.