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Highlighting GTA’s Deirdre Pio!

  MEET DEIRDRE PIO, DIRECTOR OF INTERIOR DESIGN!   We have an amazing team here at Gawron Turgeon, and today, we’d like to highlight our Director of Interior Design, Deirdre Pio! Deirdre has been with Gawron Turgeon since 1995, beginning as an intern, working her way to a Project Manager position where she led projects that touched on every department, to working on and leading interior design efforts in her director role.   "I like to take a holistic approach to creating spaces for people,...

Maine Veterans’ Home Augusta is Occupied!

  Move-in day has arrived! Beginning March 22nd, the Maine Veterans' Home in Augusta is occupied! This project will introduce a 'sense of place' that is created through an expansive community center, loop road that connects homes & amenities, and ease of access and security. View the video below created by Maine Veterans' Homes:   Move In video from Maine Veterans Homes on Vimeo.   About Maine Veterans' Home Augusta: This 138-bed, 179,475 SF nursing home has adopted a new concept–The Small House–as a more innovative, caring...

Celebrating Women in Construction Week with Jenna!

  MEET JENNA SEARS, CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATOR!   In honor of not only International Women’s Day on March 8th, but also Women in Construction week, we would like to highlight our Construction Administrator, Jenna Sears! Arriving at Gawron Turgeon last year, Jenna has already made her mark on projects like Breakwater Commons, Hillside Village, and Mousam River Dentistry. To celebrate all that is Jenna, we’d like to take a deep dive into her career and how she landed at Gawron Turgeon.   Jenna began her career with...

IIDA Award Winner: Best in State

IIDA Award Winner

Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C. is excited to share that we were announced as an IIDA award winner at the association's 12th Annual New England 2019 Design Awards. We were selected as "Best In State" in the Senior Living category for The Mooring On Foreside, which has won a number of awards since its completion. Deirdre Pio, our Director of Interior Design, attended the awards event in Boston and had the pleasure of representing the Gawron Turgeon Architects team to accept this award. The...

Winter progress for Falmouth House Expansion

OceanView at Falmouth is expanding its Falmouth House with a renovation and addition to two assisted living wings, updates to many of the common interior spaces and a major overhaul of the commercial kitchen. Designed by Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C., construction progresses on schedule, despite the winter conditions. JBW Construction is taking advantage of cold, but clear, days to continue steel erection under the coordination of Benchmark Construction. Temporary plastic tenting enables the crew to work in slightly more comfortable conditions!...

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Maine Veterans’ Homes ‘Small House’ Project

The design process for the Maine Veterans' Homes 'Small House' Project began in January 2016, through a national collaboration between Maine Veteran's Homes and Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C., Plunkett Raysich Architects, TJM Consulting, IMEG Corp, Stantec, and Pierce Engineers. After three years of intense design, planning, bidding and negotiations, we're excited that construction can now begin. This 138-bed, 179,000 SF nursing home adopts a new concept—The Small House—as a more innovative and caring way to provide long-term transition care and memory...

cPort Credit Union ribbon-cutting ceremony

It's official! The fifth and latest cPort Credit Union formally opened its doors for business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this week, after a soft opening in December 2018. This latest cPort project differs from other cPort branches—and many banking branches in general—by being a pedestrian branch. This decision supports Portland’s downtown trend for reducing reliance on motorized vehicles. With no drive-thru, this branch instead offers its members a bike rack for convenient bike storage when visiting the building, along with...

Winter construction on Schooner Estates Memory Care

Construction in Maine during the winter poses a few challenges. The recent cold snap means that to keep on schedule, construction crews must innovate to overcome the challenge of frozen ground. For the Schooner Estates Senior Living Community in Auburn, ME, Landry/French Construction has built a temporary tented structure around the CMU elevator shaft so the masonry is protected and remains warm. They are blanketing and heating the interior of the foundation to thaw out the ground frost—36” deep in some...

cPort Credit Union Soft Opening

We’re excited to announce that the latest cPort Credit Union branch opened its doors for business today! This latest cPort project differs from other cPort branches—and many banking branches in general—by being a pedestrian branch. This decision supports Portland’s downtown trend for reducing reliance on motorized vehicles. With no drive-thru, this branch instead offers its members a bike rack for convenient bike storage when visiting the building, along with handicap accessible sidewalk entries. Congratulations to Gene Ardito (President & CEO of cPort...

Stroudwater Lodge - Exterior

Stroudwater Lodge in Maine Home+Design

Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C. is proud to have been selected to showcase one of our recent senior living projects in Maine Home+Design's December 2018 Architecture Issue. Stroudwater Lodge is a unique senior living community located in Westbrook, Maine. Owned and operated by Northbridge Companies, GTA designed this community to support their mission of offering lifestyle choices with life enriching opportunities for seniors. Stroudwater Lodge offers state-of-the-art independent- and assisted-living opportunities on a peaceful, woodland campus, while maintaining easy access to the cultural...