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Angelo Tempesta
MEP Director

EDUCATION
Blue Hills Technical Institute,
A.S. Heating, Ventilating & AC Technology
Northeastern University,
HVAC Continuing Education

LICENSES & AFFILIATIONS
American Society for Healthcare Engineering
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
National Fire Protection Association
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
33

YEARS WITH BARR & BARR
24

Personal commitment, leadership by example and extensive, diverse experience come together to make Angelo the
consummate professional. Whether he’s working on a performing arts facility, classroom room or a laboratory, he takes
the time to understand the project and the needs of the organization. Having been the lead MEP estimator throughout the
Northeast, Angelo is well versed in the level of planning needed to minimize the impact of the building process in any setting.

SIMILAR PROJECTS

Framingham State University (DCAMM), Framingham, MA Amherst College, Amherst, MA
188,000 SF, LEED Silver. Th e academic facility upgrade includes a 230,000 SF. Th is four story Science Building is organized into fi ve
four-story addition that houses 16 teaching laboratories, including wings that resolve the massing into individual elements that respect
related prep and supply spaces, plus faculty research spaces, joined to the scale and reinforce the character of the overall campus. Th e
the existing facility by a four-story atrium space. Selective interior “science commons” is a multi-story space that unites the fi ve wings.
renovations in the existing Hemenway Hall and the Annex provide Th e project scope includes upgrades to the campus infrastructure
a fully accessible, substantially improved teaching environment. that will support the new Science Center and new Greenway
dorms, including steam, chilled water, stormwater, sanitary sewer,
Framingham State University (DCAMM), Framingham, MA electric and tele-data.
37,000 SF. Th e renovations will provide fully accessible substantially
improved teaching environments for classroom and laboratory Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
spaces such as Reptile Rooms, complete Nursing Suite and Lab, 230,000 SF. Th e largest building project in the University’s history,
Math Suite, Geography Science & Lab, Fabric Design Studio, the six-story Life Sciences Complex consolidated classroom and
Computer Science UNIX Lab, additional classroom spaces & laboratory instructional space for biochemistry, biology, and chemistry.
supporting staff offi ce spaces. Th e new Milton atrium also conjoins the chemistry department
whose research facilities are situated in the Center for Science and
Bridgewater State University (DCAMM), Bridgewater, MA Technology located next to the Life Science Complex.
211,300 SF, Pursuing LEED Silver. Partial demolition and
renovation of the Marshall Conant Science Building, plus a Eastern Connecticut State University (CT DCS), Willimantic, CT
major addition. Th e project provided more than 85 labs, 18 118,000 SF. Th e Fine Arts Center will combine teaching, performance
general purpose classrooms, an observatory, a rooftop botanical and exhibit spaces for the Performing Arts (Music and Th eatre)
garden and greenhouse, offi ces, and support space for the biology, Departments and Visual Arts Department as well as general purpose
Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geography, Math, Computer classroom space. Th e Center will include a 300 seat auditorium, a
Science and Physics Departments. 100 seat Proscenium Th eatre and a fl exible 125 seat Studio/Black
Box Th eatre that can be arranged in multiple seating confi gurations.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
70,000 SF. Building 31 renovations to the Departments of UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics & Astronautics will 178,000 SF. Th is is the fi rst new out of the ground non-science pure
include the creation of more contiguous offi ce and departmental academic building built on campus in the last 15 years. Th e four
space, a two-story fl ying robotics lab, a new emergency generator, story Integrative Learning Center consists of a mix of department
new elevators, improved pedestrian circulation, insulation of lab faculty offi ce space, teaching labs, long distance learning classrooms,
space, new HVAC and electrical equipment and infrastructure a fully operational Broadcast Studio, Black Box Journalism Studio
upgrades to meet code, safety and fi re protection requirements. and classrooms. Th ere are specialized rooms for fi lm editing, fi lm
screening, speech perception, computer labs and auditory phonetics
labs. Th e classroom space consists of 17 high technology classrooms
and lecture halls with a total capacity of over 2,000 seats.