Cutler Assoc. awarded contract for 304,000 s/f whse./dist. facility - $9m

NE Real Estate Journal

By Editorial Staff

Cutler Associates signed new contracts with several key corporate clients including Griffin Land and American Superconductor. Cutler Design is the architect for all these projects. Read More >>

Ensuring Bargain Buying Becomes a Value Proposition

High Profile

By Fred Mulligan, PE, DBIA

There is a silver lining in the current economic cloud – this is a great time to be a purchaser of design and construction services. As a result of a worldwide slowdown, pressure has come off of commodity prices. Locally, the slowdown has resulted in increased competition for a reduced flow of work. Read More >>

Cutler Accepts DBIA Award Partnered with DiMella Shaffer

High Profile

By Editorial Staff

Hartford, CT - The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) recently awarded Cutler Associates the prestigious National Design-Build Excellence Award for its recent new residence hall project at the University of Hartford. Read More >>

Spotlight Project: Lowry Park Zoo

Associated Builders & Contractors

By Editorial Staff

"Cutler Associates is proud to be a part of Lowry Parks continued growth. Having grown up in Tampa I’ve watched this zoo transform itself into a national leader of family Zoos. Read More >>

Mount Ida College Gets to Have its Cake and Eat it Too

High-Profile

By Editorial Staff

The reaction of Rod Shaffert, vice president of Cutler Associates' Scholastic Division, to Jim Alexander's initial call regarding his firm's newest project at Mount Ida College was simple:  "You mean... they want to have their cake and eat it too!" Read More >>

Cost Estimators Say it With Numbers

Design Cost Data

By Fred Mulligan

Setting appropriate expectations and managing to them is the key to client satisfaction.  If there is any doubt whether this is true, promise a child a trip to the ice cream parlor and fail to deliver.  The issue will become quite clear.   (As seen in Design Cost Data, Jan/Feb 2008)  Read More >>

The Cutler Story: Nice Guys Finish First

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

By Robert Z. Nemeth

Whoever said that nice guys finish last has never met Melvin Cutler and Frederic Mulligan.  While turning a business born of frustration into an industry leader in design-build delivery, these two men have earned a reputation for honesty, loyalty and generousity. Read More >>

Doing Things Differently

Construction Today

By Chris Petersen

There wasn't even a name for what Cutler Associates, Inc. did for its clients when it started building in the Worcester, Mass. area 35 years ago.  Today though, there is:  design/build. Read More >>

Controlling Construction Costs: The Opportune Time for Change

Banker & Tradesman

By Frederic H. Mulligan, P.E., DBIA

The design and construction industry is seeing unprecedented volatility, driven by market forces that are reducing affordability for owners and developers. Read More >>

On the Job -- Shawn McGuinness

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

By Andi Esposito

Shawn McGuinness, architect and design project manager at Cutler Associates, Inc. in Worcester, Mass. shares some interesting insights into her job and career. Read More >>

A Strong Link in the CHAIN

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

By Jay Whearley

Human beings -- 600 by one count in Central Massachusetts, as many as 2,000 by another -- have no place of their own to sleep at night.  Reason enough to make "yes" the only correct response when asked to help do something about it, right?  That's the way Cutler Assistant Project Manager, Patrick Spencer sees it. Read More >>

Teaming: Defining the Human Element Leads to Campus Housing Success

Design-Build DATELINE

By Rod Shaffert, P.E., LEED AP

The real challenge in successful design-build delivery is the human element.  This challenge starts long before concrete is poured or schedules drawn, when the multitute of forces which shape the project begin to take form. Read More >>

Design-Build Delivers

Commercial Builder/Architect

By Mark Ward, Sr.

In 1985, only five percent of all projects were built using design-build.  Now, it is on the verge of overtaking what has been the predominant method of project delivery -- design-bid-build.  Here's why. Read More >>

Design-Build Gives Education Something to Think About

Design-Build DATELINE

By Fred Mulligan, P.E., DBIA

In recent years, design-build has gained widespread acceptance as a proven and effective method of delivering construction projects. It now represents a substantial and growing market segment Read More >>

Building Community Values

Construction Today

By James Scalzitti

Worcester, Mass.-based design/build contractor Cutler Associates says it builds relationships and creates value for its clients.  Its success is based on a mission to create value for its diverse customers. Read More >>

Doing the Right Thing

Worcester Business Journal

By Kim Ciottone

Cutler Associates has bucked industry tradition since its founding when it comes to a longstanding custom of giving expensive liquor to clients during the holiday seasons. Instead, Cutler, a Worcester-based design/build construction firm, has raised toasts to the health of its community by raising money - making contributions "in the seven-figure range" to non-profit, charitable and cultural organizations chosen by its clients, employees, subcontractors and vendors. Read More >>