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Bird’s eye view of the completed Greenough Boulevard Greenway Expansion along the Charles River

The Greenough Greenway Boulevard Expansion in Watertown and Cambridge, won multiple awards for sustainability. Learn more.

Locations

Watertown, Massachusetts

Located 10 miles outside of Boston, VHB’s Watertown Headquarters is home to more than 400 professionals working together every day to deliver future-focused solutions for our clients and communities. For more than 40 years, VHB has brought together the most inspired and innovative engineers, designers, planners, and scientists to examine projects from every angle and to help move complex infrastructure initiatives forward for a more sustainable future.

260 Arsenal Place #2
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472

Phone: (617) 924-1770

Park in visitor parking and ring doorbell. The MBTA Bus 70 stops in front of office.

Meredith Avery smiling in a Dark gray blazer.

Meredith Avery, ENV SP

New England Regional Manager

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Awards!

ENR-NE Design Firm of the Year (2024) 

Boston Business Journal’s #1 Best Place to Work (2024) 

ACEC DEI award (2024)

BBJ Corporate Citizenship Award (2024, 2023, 2020)

Boston Business Journal Largest Engineering Firms in MA (#2 in 2022)

Northeastern University Outstanding Employer Award (2022)

Commercial Brokers Association Collaborating Partner of the Year (2022)

Boston Globe Top Places to Work in MA (2021)

NAIOP MA DEI Impact Award (2020)

 

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Featured Content

Videos

40+ years of Transportation in Massachusetts

Meredith Avery shares insights on climate adaptation strategies

Tom Jackmin talks design-build

Bob Penfield shares insights on alternative project delivery

White Papers

Donny Goris-Kolb examines climate justice

Jocelyn Gambone examines repositioning big box retailers

Niki Hastings & Joe Herr discuss adaptive signal control technology

Representative Projects

Aerial view of the former Fort Devens Military Base

Fort Devens Reuse Plan Devens, MA

Hub on Causeway exterior view of the main entry and active streetscape

The Hub on Causeway Boston, MA

View from the waterfront depicting people walking on the boardwalks and using the public open space with the renovated turbine halls in the background set amongst the mixed-use development.

776 Summer South Boston, MA

Massachusetts coastline on sunny day.

Revolution Wind Farm Onshore Acoustic Bat Surveys Rhode Island and Massachusetts

VHB booth during a community engagement pop up event in Randolph, MA.

Randolph Digital Equity Plan Randolph, MA

Map view of the Blanchard Wheeler Corridor with red dotted lines depicting roadways and buildings inside representing affiliated developments.

Blanchard/Wheeler Corridor Vision Plan Burlington, MA

Young woman leaning on electric vehicle while it charges.

UMass Electric Vehicle Charging Plan Amherst, MA

Screenshot of the proposed I-495/I-90 interchange.

I-495 at I-90 Interchange Improvements Design-Build Hopkinton and Westborough, MA

Street view of proposed retail establishments along Crawford Road.

Fitchburg Airport Vision Plan Fitchburg, MA

Bridge base documented during visual assessment

MassDOT Bat Monitoring—Environmental Services On-Call Contract Massachusetts

Exterior view of the Burlington Mall’s new retail shops including Shake Shack and Joss & Main.

Burlington Mall Sears Repositioning Burlington, MA

Interchange of Interstate 95 and Third Avenue with new sidewalks, crosswalks, and a connected Prospect Hill Lane.

Route 128/I-95 Land Use and Transportation Study Newton to Lexington, MA

A power truck installs new electric power poles.

Merrimack Valley Reliability Project New Hampshire & Massachusetts

The Route 79 and I-195 interchange in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Route 79/I-195 Interchange Improvements Fall River and Somerset, MA

Parking area and entrance to Rand-Whitney in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Rand-Whitney Headquarters Worcester, MA

Middlesex Turnpike in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Middlesex Turnpike Bedford, Burlington, and Billerica, MA

Active pedestrian streetscape surrounding a mixed-used building in the Pattern District.

Pattern District Newton, MA

Rendering of a Class A speculative lab building with an active streetscape.

Boynton Yards Somerville, MA

A jogger runs past Takeda’s new facility at 300 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge.

Takeda | 300 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA

Street view of the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Broad Institute Cambridge, MA

A giraffe statue welcomes visitors outside of the Lego store at Assembly Row.

Assembly Row Somerville, MA

Aerial view of The Home Depot’s 775,000-square-foot Operations Center in Tewksbury, MA.

The Home Depot Operations Facility Tewksbury, MA

Electrical grid for energy project.

Eversource Environmental Services New England

Entrance to The Center for Life Science in Boston, Massachusetts.

Center for Life Science Boston, MA

Pathway in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell JAM Plan Lowell, MA

A man monitoring noise at Markley Summer Street, Boston.

Non-Major Comprehensive Plan Boston, MA

Bristol-Myers-Squibb facility in Devens, Massachusetts.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Biologics Manufacturing Campus Devens, MA

Astra-Zeneca’s multi-building campus is backed by natural woodlands.

AstraZeneca Waltham and Weston, MA

VHB designed an application for MassDOT using the RTTIS signs.

MassDOT Go Time Mobile Application Massachusetts

Rock Row

Rock Row Westbrook, ME

China Rail Cars in new assembly plant.

China Railway Rolling Stock Manufacturing Facility Springfield, MA

The curved glass wall office building at 300 Binney Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts is pictured at dusk.

Biogen | 300 Binney Street Cambridge, MA

The Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research is seen from across Massachusetts Avenue. A view of the gateway into the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research at dusk.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research Cambridge, MA

Artist rendering of Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ compact fusion device, SPARC.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Headquarters & Campus Devens, MA

Oblique aerial rendering of the exploratory lab building with adjacent parking lot and parking garage.

99 Coolidge Avenue Watertown, MA

Water fountain at the Pfizer campus in Andover, Massachusetts.

Pfizer Andover, MA

Aerial view of Peabody Essex Museum at night.

Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA

Rendering of Medfield State Hospital Redevelopment

Medfield State Hospital Medfield, MA

View overlooking the Partners HealthCare campus in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Mass General Brigham Somerville, MA

VHB staff engage with members of the Randolph, MA community at an outdoor event.

Municipal Digital Equity Planning Massachusetts

Birds fly over the truck bays at the FedEx Distribution Center in Natick, Massachusetts.

FedEx Distribution Facility Natick, MA

Workers at a Transportation Management Center.

Transportation Management Centers Nationwide

Transmission tower against a colorful sunset

Environmental & Engineering Services for National Grid New England & New York

Highway overhead variable message sign that reads MassDOT test.

MassDOT ITS On-Call Services Statewide, MA

Aerial image of Natick Mall

Natick Mall Natick, MA

Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums Cambridge, MA

VHB builds highway crash geocoder tools for DOTs using Esri technology.

Highway Crash Geocoding Systems Nationwide

Rendering of pedestrians and cyclists traveling through the research and technology park

Alewife Park Cambridge, MA

Pedestrian activity at the Ink Block Development in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ink Block Boston, MA

Rows of solar panels line a grassy field on a closed landfill in Canton, Massachusetts.

Canton Landfill Solar Facility Canton, MA

Multi-story building with glass façade in urban setting .

BWH Transformative Medicine Boston, MA

Bird’s eye view of the completed Greenough Boulevard Greenway Expansion along the Charles River

Greenough Boulevard Greenway Expansion Watertown and Cambridge, MA

Campus view of Mathworks office in Natick, Massachusetts.

MathWorks Headquarters Natick, MA

Pedestrian-friendly restaurant at Patriot Place in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Patriot Place Foxborough, MA

Pedestrians stroll along Lansdowne Street outside of Fenway Park in Boston.

Fenway Park Boston, MA

Aerial rendering of Future Suffolk Downs site.

Suffolk Downs East Boston and Revere, MA

Campus view of Education First in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Education First Cambridge, MA

Street view of the Prudential Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Prudential Center Redevelopment Boston, MA

Allston Yards

Allston Yards Allston, MA

People playing tennis at the outdoor tennis courts with the Margot Connell Recreation Center in the background.

Boston College Margot Connell Recreation Center Chestnut Hill, MA

A rendering of rowhomes for the Town of Whately.

Massachusetts Housing Partnership Boston Metropolitan Area, MA

The District Entry in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The District Burlington Burlington, MA

Workers use a crane and other heavy equipment to perform construction on an MBTA rail bridge over a street next to a body of water.

Six Bridge Rail Replacement Massachusetts

Visitors walk along the boardwalk at Underground at Ink Block in Boston.

Ink Block Understory Boston, MA

Boston’s Climate Action Plan will help prepare for anticipated climate change impacts.

Boston Climate Action Plan Update Boston, MA

Wigwam Pond boardwalk and fishing pier.

Wigwam Pond Public Access and Recreation Plan Dedham, MA

Sunrise Senior Living

Sunrise Senior Living Newton, MA

Design of bridge showing the Cape Cod Rail Trail extension crossing the Bass River.

Bass River Bridge & Coastal Hydraulic Study Dennis-Yarmouth, MA

Stevens Mill from below with a blue sky in the background.

French River TIF District and Stevens Mill Redevelopment Dudley and Webster, MA

Kingston Substation Rebuild

Kingston Substation Rebuild Kingston, MA

MBTA Red Line and Orange Line Signals Systems Upgrades Design-Build

Red Line/Orange Line Signals Upgrades Boston, MA

MBTA commuter rail on the South Coast Rail in Massachusetts.

South Coast Rail Southeastern Massachusetts

Boston’s historic South Station.

South Station Expansion Boston, MA

Cityscape with a prominent Boston MBTA transit system 'T' sign, surrounded by modern buildings and a clear blue sky.

MBTA Communities Act Zoning Compliance Support Massachusetts

News + Insights

A bridge over water with an industrial plant below it.

Project Milestone Project Win

VHB to Support MassDOT's Tobin Bridge Long-term Planning Study
Jim Kersten, Katie Mancinelli, Matt Duranleau, Lourenço Dantas, Niki Hastings, and Carrie McInerney stand together smiling in front of the VHB booth at the Moving Together Conference wearing business attire.

Conferences & Events Massachusetts

VHB Shares Project Insights at MassDOT Moving Together Conference
Bryce Corlett smiles at the camera wearing a blue shirt and glasses.

Key New Hire

Bryce Corlett Joins VHB to Strengthen Coastal Engineering and Resiliency
People working and collaborating in office area.

In the News Technology

Dale Arnt and Mike Altobello Featured on Robin Website
Kathleen Keen speaking in an office setting.

In the News People + Culture

Kathleen Keen Featured on Northeastern University College of Engineering News
Group of construction workers and students in safety gear standing together in a line at a construction site.

Massachusetts

I-495/I-90 Improvements Project is the Spotlight of the Moles’ Annual Student Day
The visitors walk the project site, with a crane in the background.

Project Milestone Massachusetts

Southeastern New England ITE Visits 495/90 Project Site
Map of Newport project area.

Project Milestone

VHB Clients Secure Crucial Grants to Advance Community Projects
A photo of Brittany Gesner, a woman with curly brown shoulder length hair in a pink shirt.

People + Culture Massachusetts

An Interview With Brittany Gesner: The Changing Dynamics of Industrial Development
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