CONWAY — After being brought in three sections via flatbed trailer over the Kancamagus Highway from Lincoln early Tuesday, the fabled Flying Yankee was back on the former Boston & Maine Railroad tracks now owned by the Conway Scenic Railroad by 11:41 a.m. for the first time since the sleek, 1935-vintage locomotive was retired in 1957.
Effective August 13, 2024, the State Fire Code will be updated to the 2021 editions of NFPA 1 and NFPA 101
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Effective July 1, 2024 the NH State Building Code adopts the 2021 Editions of the IBC, IRC, IPC, IMC & IEBC. Please Note that the 2018 Edition of the International Energy conservation Code remains adopted. These Codes are in effect, though the previously adopted 2018 Editions may still be used for projects permitted through January 1, 2025.
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For more information and a full listing of Codes and Standards adopted by the NH Fire Code & NH Building Code please visit the “Fire & Building Codes” page on the NH State Fire Marshal’s Website.
CONWAY — Ushering in a new era in multi-stage residential design, the Conway Planning Board on July 28 gave unanimous conditional approval to the expansive, 83-acre Ridgeline Community to be developed by Continuum Health Services LLC north of Kennett High in Redstone.
CONWAY — Following a full site-plan review July 14, the Conway Planning Board gave unanimous 7-0 conditional approval to the Bluebird Project LLC to create eight rental apartments in the historic 19th-century former Bunker Building at 109 Pine St. in North Conway Village.
Planning board member Eliza Grant recused herself from the discussion, as she is a partner with Kit Hickey in the Bluebird Project LLC, a local for-profit housing group.
Project consultant Kate Richardson of Bergeron Technical Services of Conway reviewed how the project last month received a special exception and variance from the Zoning Board of Adjustment for greater density.
CONWAY — According to George Wiese, “These are good times for Conway Village.”
The executive director of Mountain Top Music made that remark Feb. 15 while giving a tour of the ongoing $1.2 million renovation of the 1931-built Bolduc Block in the center of the village, which was purchased in 2015 for $220,000 by Mountain Top.
The centerpiece of the renovation is restoring the fire-damaged Majestic Theatre, though the final work of upgrading the theater’s sound and film equipment will be done outside of the scope of the current project.
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The March-April edition of New Hampshire Home Magazine features an article on one of Bergeron Technical’s projects, Tamworth Distilling and Mercantile. Bergeron Technical Services provided Project Administration, Planning and Design Services for the project in its entirety. Beautiful photos in the article highlight the Distillery and repurposed Tamworth Garden building. The Distillery is a brand new, state of the art building, built to resemble a 19th century New England barn in homage to the distinct agricultural origins of the practice of distilling, while utilizing today’s technology to ensure an efficient and safe building. The barrel house was originally built in the 1890’s and was an exposition center used for boxing matches and basketball games; it was later used by the historic Barnstormers Theater for rehearsals and summer performances, it sat vacant for many years before being moved, renovated and reconfigured as the Distillery’s Barrel House. The Garden’s gallery seating lofts are still intact, giving this building a new purpose while maintaining a vital historical feature harkening back to the Town of Tamworth’s colorful and rich past.
Read the article here: Tamworth Distilling Article from Spring 2017 edition of NH Home
Architect: Distillery – SISR Architecture, Marlow, NH; Barrel House – Bergeron Technical Services, North Conway, NH
Structural Engineer: JSN Structural Engineers, Portsmouth, NH
Construction: Bauen Corp., Meredith, NH
KATE RICHARDSON RECEIVES CFPS
Bergeron Technical Services of North Conway is pleased to announce the certification of associate Kate Richardson as a Fire Protection Specialist.
The Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) program is operated by the National Fire Protection Association. The Certified Fire Protection Specialist Board was formed in 1971 for the purpose of documenting competency and offering professional recognition for individuals involved in fire protection, fire safety, and fire prevention and the CFPS is internationally recognized as a mark of achievement within the fire protection field.
Individuals must pre-qualify for eligibility to become a CFPS by demonstrating sufficient education and/or work experience within the Fire Protection field before passing an examination exhibiting that knowledge.
Bergeron Technical Services provides many consultant and design services relative to the fire prevention, safety and protection of sites and structures including Life Safety inspections and plan reviews, building and site design services, fire protection systems design, fire code inspections, reviews and analyses and third party plan reviews for the State of NH Fire Marshal’s Office.
Kate joins Bergeron Technical Services’ owner/manager Shawn Bergeron in achieving this certification to mark their knowledge and experience within the field of Fire Protection. In addition to the CFPS, Kate is also certified by the International Code Council as an Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner and Residential Inspector as well as being licensed and permitted in the State of NH as a Home Inspector and Septic System Designer.
