VHB, ENR New England’s 2024 Design Firm of the Year, is lead designer for the 495/90 exchange project in Massachusetts.
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ENR New England has named VHB its 2024 Contractor of the Year. VHB will be featured in the May issue of ENR New England along with Top Design Firm rankings, including firms from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.
VHB will also be honored at the ENR New England Regional Best Projects Awards later this year.
Headquartered in Watertown, Mass., VHB has more than 30 locations throughout New England, New York and New Jersey, the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast. The company, which has 13 offices in New England, attributes its regional revenue growth in part to increased federal funding for infrastructure projects. However, VHB says its “special sauce is really its deep customer relationships, awareness and positioning in New England in all of our markets.”
VHB says “these differentiators have allowed the company to seize opportunities and move quickly when the financing pieces fall into place.”
For example, the company began contracting with the intent to deliver alternatives years in advance, so when current design-build opportunities presented themselves, such as the I-495/I interchange improvements -90, it was ready. The nearly $400 million design-build project is one of the largest and most complex transportation projects in Massachusetts since the Big Dig. VHB is outfitted with contractors Barletta Heavy Division Inc., O&G and Aetna Bridge Co.
VHB is currently focused on the transition to clean energy and how it can support customers throughout the transition lifecycle. The firm recently launched its Practice of Energy Evolution.
classified vhb No. 2 with revenue of $191.22 million on last year’s ENR New England Design Firm list. The year before, the company was No. 3 with 161.00 million in regional revenue.
Check out the May issue of ENR New England to see where VHB ranks in this year’s rankings.
Justin Rice is editor of ENR MidAtlantic and ENR New England
