New VP for Facilities Management
02-03-2025
Boston College has named Patrick O’Hern, senior director of project management services at Dartmouth College, as its new vice president for facilities management, effective February 3. He succeeds Dan Bourque, who is retiring at the end of January after 16 years of service to BC.A highly respected manager with 26 years of experience across corporate, commercial, residential, and higher education sectors, O’Hern has spent the past 14 years at Dartmouth supervising internal and contractual staff to support new building construction and major renovation projects for academic, residential, and athletic facilities. Read more in BC news
A fond farewell: BC Facilities Management VP Dan Bourque prepares to depart at semester's end
11-21-2024
After 16 years of helping ensure the moving parts of Boston College run as well as possible, Vice President for Facilities Management Daniel Bourque is preparing to turn off his office lights and depart the Heights at the end of this semester. Read more in BC News
Esri Highlights BC Campus GIS
09-10-2024
Since taking the position of GIS/lifecycle data analyst at Boston College in 2021, Kevin Hess has made substantial improvements to the accuracy, security, and value of the institution’s spatial data. By adopting a hybrid solution that shares public data via ArcGIS Online and manages sensitive facilities data securely and efficiently in ArcGIS Enterprise, Hess implemented a modern GIS for Boston College. Read the full success story in Esri's ArcUser along with their profile of Kevin Hess.
245 Beacon Wins Awards
11-29-2023
245 Beacon recently won two industry awards: 2023 New England Architecture Awards -- Honor Award in the Institutional/Commercial category & International Institute for Sustainable Labs (I2SL) 2023 Sustainable Labs Award for Excellence in Energy Efficiency.
Pete Frates Center Wins Engineering Award
09-21-2022
The Pete Frates Center won first place in the Region I ASHRAE Technology Awards for the new building – institutional category. This award signifies successful and innovative building design focused on occupant comfort, indoor air quality, and energy conservation. Read more about the award from the project's engineers.
BC Facilities Updates Sustainable Operations Guidelines
08-31-2022
Boston College has released an update to an initial set of Sustainable Operations Guidelines that were developed in 2015. The guidelines include information associated with energy use, green cleaning, water use, landscaping, purchasing, materials management, refrigerants, and the campus vehicular fleet. The updated guidelines were developed with both current and aspirational practices in mind, and they will be updated periodically to include new recommendations and best practices. Download the updated guidelines
Pete Frates Center dedicated
03-26-2022
The dedication of the Pete Frates Center, the 31,000-square foot indoor baseball and softball facility on Brighton Campus named in honor of the late BC baseball captain and 2007 graduate, took place on March 26 at 11:30 a.m. Read the announcement in BC News and the Boston Globe article published after the event.
Four decades of fixing
03-01-2022
After 41 years at BC, Facilities Services lead mechanic Michael Franks retires. Read the full article in BC News
Scientific Exploration
02-09-2022
Boston College recently opened 245 Beacon Street, a state-of-the-art science building that’s home to the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. Here’s a look at the beautiful facility. Read the full article in Boston College Magazine
Time Lapse Video: 245 Beacon Street
01-31-2022
After two years of construction, 245 Beacon Street opened for the start of the spring semester. It features 157,000 square feet of office and laboratory space, classrooms, maker spaces, and common areas, and is home to the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society as well as BC’s Computer Science Department, Human-Centered Engineering Department, and the Shea Center for Entrepreneurship. Watch video
Renovations for Dining Complete
01-14-2022
After seven months of renovations, the redesigned Carney Kitchen dining hall on the third floor of McElroy Commons began welcoming diners to the modern facility on January 14. The space consists of four different stations, each with a unique concept and meal options that rotate on a three-week schedule. Read the full article in BC News
A career to be proud of
12-14-2021
Al Travaglini ’73 returned to BC as a custodian. He’s retiring more than 36 years later as a director. Read the full article in BC News
BC Dining Launches Green2Go
03-01-2021
With the significant increase in the amount of single use containers, BC Dining is providing a more sustainable alternative. Launched in Feburary, Green2Go is a reusable to-go container program offered at all three of the main dining halls—Stuart, McElroy, and Lower. Students can take to-go food in a G2G container, which is a BPA-free and made out of 5% recycled #5 plastic. They can be taken anywhere and then turned back to the dining hall to be washed and recirculated.
"A Second Life"
02-10-2021
A centuries-old oak tree on the edge of Boston College’s Brighton Campus will be removed next week due to failing health—but rather than disappear altogether, its trunk will undergo an unusual transformation.
Ken Packie, a Massachusetts artist who specializes in wood sculptures, has been commissioned by the University to carve the tree’s nearly six-foot-wide base into a three-dimensional portrayal of the Holy Family, celebrating Boston College’s Jesuit Catholic heritage and recognizing the historical significance of the Brighton Campus.
Office of Sustainability Expands Composting Program to Student Dormitories
02-01-2021
Previously only offered at the dining halls, the Office of Sustainability is expanding the campus composting initiatives to student dormitories. Starting Feburary 3rd, compost toters will be located outside of most dorms on Lower, Newton, and Upper Campuses. Students will be able to divert more food waste from landfill and all compost will be convereted to fuel to power a waste treatment plant north of Boston.