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18 High-Profile Focus: Corporate and Interiors October 2026

Fidelity dining area / Photos courtesy of J & M Brown Fidelity Investments collaborative hub area

Boston – J & M Brown Company has completed the electrical fit-out of Fidelity Investments’ new world headquarters at 245 Congress Street in Boston’ s Seaport District. The build-out of Fidelity’ s offices is central to the redevelopment of Commonwealth Pier, formerly the Seaport World Trade Center. J & M Brown Company’ s scope encompassed all electrical systems, including power distribution, lighting and fire alarm systems, across all three floors of the 1,220-foot-long building.

The Dedham-based NECA Boston contractor worked with general contractor Turner Construction, architect CBT, electrical engineer Arup and owner Pembroke Real Estate.

The J & M Brown Company electrical

www. high-profile. com project team, headed by Senior Project Manager Pat O’ Neil and General Foremen Bill Marchant and Mike O’ Hare, supervised a field crew of 75 electricians at peak construction.

The power distribution requirements included J & M Brown Company’ s installation of 22 electrical closets, which house 400A electrical panels, switchboards and circuit breakers. The energy-efficient lighting and lighting control system includes more than 14,000 LED lighting fixtures, with numerous custom decorative and millwork fixtures. The facility’ s atrium incorporates four interior courtyards, complete with an architecturally designed water feature and accent lighting.

J & M Brown Company prefabricated

Middlebury, CT – Amara Associates, Amara Engineering and Construction Management Consultants( CMC) have introduced Amara Collaborative, a shared identity reflecting the team’ s collaborative approach to architecture, engineering and construction.

The new identity is built around the idea that projects are clearest when viewed through a single, shared lens. Amara Collaborative brings architectural, engineering and construction perspectives together through its Collaborative Process, designed to provide centralized leadership and a shared framework for decision-making.

“ Amara Collaborative is a natural evolution of who we have become as a team and how we have always wanted to work with our clients,” said Peter Amara, RA, NCARB, principal.“ The name reflects the collaborative nature of our work and our belief that projects are stronger when everyone is working

Peter Amara

toward the same vision.”

The same leadership, team and legal structures remain in place, and clients can expect the same services, relationships and technical expertise. The team continues to serve property owners, developers, tenants, builders and other project stakeholders from early concept through design, construction and occupancy. numerous electrical, lighting and fire alarm components for the project, working more than 9,000 hours in its prefabrication facility.

The fire alarm system project, headed by J & M Brown Company Fire Alarm Division Project Manager Paul Healey and General Foremen Alan Mahagan and Jim Heffernan, includes more than 2,150 fire alarm devices, including smoke and heat detectors, speakers and strobes, which tie into the base building fire alarm system. J & M Brown Company also installed the base building fire alarm system at Commonwealth Pier.

The nearly three-year electrical construction project, which began in late summer 2023, was completed as scheduled in June 2026. Fidelity Investments took occupancy of the Seaport headquarters in September 2026, and 2,100 staff members will work full time at the Commonwealth Pier building.

O’ Neil credits project coordination among all trades, led by Turner Construction, as a critical factor in achieving the project’ s scope. Planning and coordinating the electrical crew as it worked concurrently on various aspects of the fit-out across the facility were among the major challenges the team met.

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