Elizabeth Paquet participated on an expert panel at the 48th Annual Surety Claims Meeting of the Surety Claims Institute (SCI) held at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, MD (June 21-23, 2023). The title of the panel's topic was "Price Escalation, Inflation, and the Post-Pandemic World - Impacts to the Surety." Along with Elizabeth, the other invited panelists included Melissa Rice (Crum & Forster) and Melissa Lee (Attorney at Manier & Herod). As a construction expert and project manager involved with managing and monitoring numerous surety-claims-related projects in recent years, Elizabeth brought the construction consultant's perspective to the panel.
Marcus Lehner is a key member of Beacon's Medford, MA Construction Consulting team. Marcus joined Beacon in 2014 following his graduation from Northeastern University with a degree in Civil Engineering. After working on a wide range of assignments for Beacon in the NYC area, Marcus took a "break" for a year to obtain a Masters Degree in Structural Engineering (also from Northeastern University). He completed his degree while still working part-time for Beacon. After obtaining his masters degree, Marcus re-joined Beacon full time, relocating to our Medford, Massachusetts office where he has proven to be an invaluable member of our team. Marcus brings a high level of technical competence to every assignment, but is also an excellent communicator and highly skilled at analyzing construction projects. For more than 9 years, Marcus has helped Beacon's clients to successfully complete a broad range of assignments...
Beacon was retained by a leading surety company to help with the completion of a specialized marine construction project in Somerville, MA, just a few miles northwest of Boston. The project entailed the replacement of the "Somerville Tide Gate" which is part of the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority's (MWRA) combined sewer overflow (CSO) system. Tide gates are devices that help isolate sewer system piping from natural bodies of water and/or prevent river water from entering a sewer (or sewage treatment system) during high tides and river flooding events.
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! It's hard to believe that Memorial Day weekend is already here. This year has truly been flying by. So far, 2023 has been a very busy year for everyone here at Beacon. We have added new team members and are working on new projects all across the U.S. As always, I would like to thank our many great clients who turn to Beacon to take on the most challenging construction consulting assignments, particularly when it comes to evaluating and turning around troubled projects...
Myat Cyn joined Beacon Consulting Group in 2018 as a project engineer and has proven to be an invaluable member of our team. Based on her hard work, positive attitude, dedication to serving Beacon's clients, and technical competence, Myat was promoted to the position of Assistant Project Manager in 2021. Since joining Beacon, Myat has worked on a wide range of Construction Consulting assignments. Myat is a graduate of New York Institute of Technology where she received a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Myat is a member of Women In Surety and has been a featured panelist at the ABA's 2023 Fidelity & Surety Mid-Winter Conference. She is based out of Beacon's New York City office. Please read on to learn more about Myat...
Beacon was recently selected by a leading Surety to provide construction consulting services related to a building renovation project for a New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) facility in the Bronx, NY. The Surety retained Beacon following the default of the General Contractor (GC) on the project. The building, located in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, is a 2-story (plus basement) office building which houses offices for the DOT's Parking Violations Bureau and Highway Operations. Built in 1926, the 17,700-sf building features a red brick facade and originally housed the Old Westchester Square Municipal Court...
The Roman Empire started expanding beyond the Italian peninsula in the 3rd Century B.C. By the second century AD, the Roman empire ranged from Britain’s Atlantic coast to Mesopotamia in the east (the current location of Iraq) and down to North Africa in the south. It is estimated that more than a 20% of the world’s population was under Rome's rule at the peak of the Empire's power. One legacy left behind from this great Empire are the ruins of many buildings, amphitheaters, roadways, seawalls, sewer systems, bridges, and aqueducts which are now historic sites scattered across Western Europe and other areas...
Happy March! March is always a great month here in the Northeast U.S., with longer, warmer days signaling the end of winter. For Beacon, March 3, 2023 represented a major milestone: The 20th Anniversary of the founding of Beacon Consulting Group, Inc (03/03/2003). Please see my full note in this month's E-News regarding our 20th Anniversary and some of Beacon's highlights over the past 20 years...
As I write this note, I'm down working in Beacon's New York City office. This is just a few short blocks from where Beacon was founded 20 years ago this week. At that time, I was a young engineer in my early 30s. I had spent the last several years working in Construction Consulting and had worked my way up to managing the fast-growing New York office for a national construction consulting firm. They were busy and exciting years. Starting a new business was a pretty big risk back then. My wife Laura and I had one young daughter and were planning to have more kids soon. I had a stable career and lots of opportunities for growth. However, I saw that there was a tremendous need for the kind of company that Beacon Consulting Group would become...
John Yeung joined Beacon Consulting Group as a Project Manager in 2006, working in Beacon's New York City office. By 2012, John was managing Beacon's New York office and was then promoted to Vice President in 2017. John has more than 30 years of experience working in Construction Management and Construction Consulting. We caught up with John this week and asked him a few questions. Please click below for the full article...
