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Phase IIB of the Boston Public Library McKim
Building Restoration won the 2001 Harleston
Parker Award for Architectural Excellence. Lee Kennedy
Co. completed the project in 1997 with the legendary architectural
firm of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott. The award
is to honor the most beautiful piece of architecture within
the city limits of Boston. Subsequently, Lee Kennedy Co. was
recently awarded Phase IIC of the McKim Building Restoration.
The $14 million project will run through the fall of 2003.
Chairman Lee Kennedy and CEO Bob McCluskey
traveled to Havana, Cuba with the Harvard
Graduate School of Design, Urban Studies Program.
Havana, founded in 1519, boasts an irreplaceable architectural
heritage in desperate need of repair. A select group of executives
was chosen from the fields of preservation, design, and development
to meet with local Cuban officials and offer expertise in
historic restoration and urban design strategies. Lee and
Bob were chosen for their extensive knowledge in restoration
and preservation. They were the only members of the group
from a general contracting company.
On The Board
Director of Marketing Shaila
Kennedy was appointed Treasurer of the Associated General
Contractors. As former secretary, she was the first woman
to ever be named an officer of the AGC of Massachusetts.
President Lee Michael Kennedy
was elected to the Board of Directors of the Colonel Daniel
Marr Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester. He also was selected
by Boston City Council President Michael F. Flaherty to the
Finance Committee.
Chairman Lee M. Kennedy
was elected to the Board of Directors for the Francis Ouimet
Scholarship Fund and Society.
Lee Kennedy Co. recently accepted the Liberty
Mutual Group Gold Safety Award. The Gold Safety Award
recognizes the commitment that the Company has made to safety
and the accomplishments of all its employees in this regard.
Given to companies based on information for the years 2000
and 2001, the award recognizes the willingness of Lee Kennedy
Co.'s Safety Director, Mike Boyle, and the rest of the Company's
employees to go the extra mile. Lee Kennedy Co. is one of
only three companies within its General Contracting SIC group
of 1,542 other companies to receive this award.
Personnel Space
New additions to the Company include Senior
Project Manager Lois Kelley, Preconstruction
Manager Matthew Taubman, Superintendent
Steve Dionne, Assistant Superintendents
Tim Chase and Brian
Senk, Human Resources Coordinator Kara
Forrand, Government Liaison/Quality Control Paul
Pennie, Project Accountant Doris
Youngman and Staff Accountants Mary
McGuirk and Adriana Alexandrescu.
Chris Pennie has been promoted
from project superintendent to general superintendent.
Building Opportunities
Lee Kennedy Co. is the first general contractor
in the city to partner with Youth Build
Boston to provide graduates co-op opportunities. Youth
Build Boston is a non-profit construction training program
for individuals aged 18-24 years. The program emphasizes leadership
development and the importance of community rebuilding. Students
in the program learn field experience, primarily in residential
construction. Lee Kennedy Co. is introducing co-ops to the
facets of commercial construction. Twenty-year-old Doel Lopez
from Hyde Park is working at the Hotel Commonwealth jobsite
gaining exposure to large-scale construction management.
In Site
If you haven’t visited lately, www.leekennedy.com has
been renovated! New features of our site include
• Lots more photographs and improved page design
• Information about works in progress
• Listing for career opportunities
• Details about our preconstruction services
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