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Education

Griffin Electric Completes Electrical and Telecom Work at Deerfield Academy

Deerfield, MA – Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc.( Griffin Electric) announced it recently finished an electrical renovation on a 62,000sf dining hall at Deerfield Academy. Located in Deerfield, the private boarding and day school serves students in grades 9-12, and its dining hall will accommodate approximately 650 students.
Established in 1797, Deerfield Academy is one of the oldest secondary schools in the country. Academy leaders aimed to modernize its central dining space, first constructed over 75 years ago, without sacrificing the unique atmosphere known by generations of graduates. In addition to expanding the size of the hall to accommodate more seating, renovations included a large production kitchen, state-of-the-art bakery, employee dining space, and two dishwashing rooms.
Griffin Electric’ s team handled a wide
scope of electrical work on the project, such as the restoration of historic lighting throughout multiple rooms as well as the installation of a new district generator, fire alarm, boiler plant, and 94K solar

Technology and Innovation

Suffolk Launches AI-enabled‘ Jobsite of the Future’

Rendering courtesy of Robert Benson Photography
array. The Griffin team also implemented utility upgrades and oversaw all telecom work on-site, including the integration of the dining hall’ s fiber optics network with the rest of campus.
Fontaine Brothers, Inc. served as the project’ s general contractor. RFS Engineering served as the electrical engineer, while Architectural Resources Cambridge( ARC) was the architect.
Boston – Suffolk has formally launched Jobsite of the Future, an AI-enabled operating model designed to transform how construction projects are delivered nationwide.
Powered by Suffolk’ s decade-long investment in clean data, advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, Jobsite of the Future embeds AI Engineers in active project teams to improve decision-making and efficiencies and modernize the construction process. It consists of innovation workspaces located onsite at projects, equipped with advanced AI tools and real-time project data managed by AI Engineers. The firm’ s representatives say the AI Engineers focus on three core areas where artificial intelligence can have the greatest impact on the built environment: design, schedule and process.
“ Jobsite of the Future is our boldest investment yet,” said John Fish, chairman and CEO of Suffolk.“ As costs continue to rise, labor shortages persist and productivity declines, the construction industry has reached an inflection point. We believe Jobsite of the Future and our use of artificial intelligence and data will fundamentally change that trajectory and redefine how America builds for generations to come.”
More than 10 years ago, Fish made an early investment of more than $ 100 million
in data, technology infrastructure and innovation capabilities to position Suffolk for the future. Suffolk’ s clean data lake contains approximately 293 terabytes of structured construction data, which is the equivalent of roughly 75 billion pages of PDFs. That investment is the foundation
for Suffolk’ s AI-enabled construction ecosystem. Unlike traditional innovation initiatives that operate remotely from active projects, Suffolk’ s AI Engineers
are embedded directly on jobsites and participate in project meetings, including schedule updates, requisition reviews, submittal coordination and shop drawing reviews. Their proximity to operations allows them to identify inefficiencies firsthand and rapidly deploy AI-enabled solutions that improve execution and productivity.
Jobsite of the Future is currently being deployed across multiple sectors and projects nationwide, including higher education, healthcare, aviation, gaming, mission critical and mixed-use developments. Representatives of Suffolk say the initiative is delivering measurable operational improvements through AIenabled tools and workflows, including:
• Faster schedule updates through voiceenabled scheduling technology that reduces multi-day processes to a matter
of hours.
• AI-assisted design review tools that identify drawing conflicts and coordination gaps before construction begins, helping reduce costly downstream rework.
• AI-powered procurement and delivery tracking systems that improve visibility into supply chain risks and lead times.
• Computer vision and site intelligence technologies that reduce time spent documenting and recalling jobsite conditions.
• AI-driven operational playbooks that accelerate information retrieval and improve process compliance across project teams. Suffolk’ s Jobsite of the Future also operates in coordination with 100MAG, the company’ s centralized innovation and AI hub based in Boston. 100MAG serves as the“ nerve center” of Suffolk’ s innovation ecosystem, supporting project teams in the field, further developing in-house AI solutions, integrating design and supply chain capabilities, and scaling proven technologies across the enterprise. Technologies validated through Jobsite of the Future and 100MAG are then integrated into the company’ s operational playbook and standardized systems and shared through regional CoLabs to ensure scalable implementation across projects nationwide.
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