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V O L . X X V I N O. I V F E B R UA R Y 2 4 , 2 0 2 0 10 www.kevindhancock.com THE SEVENTH POWER One CEO's Journey into the Business of Shared Leadership Author: Kevin Hancock — Release Date: 2/25/2020 Books Available for Sale Online: "What if everyone on earth felt trusted, respected, valued, and heard?" A corporate executive loses his voice and discovers a new pathway to organiza- tional excellence built on the premise of dispersed power and shared leadership. Increasingly, leaders are going to gain influence by making themselves smaller, not bigger. Decision-making responsibility is going to be shared, not collected. –Kevin Hancock BUILDING BUSINESS BY PETER BY PETER VAN ALLEN VAN ALLEN FURMAN BLOCK IN PORTLAND TAKES SHAPE Hebert Construction is taking advantage of the so-far mild winter to make good progress on the Furman Block, at 100 Parris St. Szanton Co. of Portland plans 46 1-bedroom units and five studios. e site will be age restricted, 55 and older, and the project will have options for a range of income lev- els. It's on the former city maintenance depot site, which was sold to various developers. Hebert Construction is working from plans by Archetype Architects. An opening of December 2020 is planned. Elsewhere, Szanton and Hebert are winding up work on 48 Hampshire St. in Auburn, with 53 units. A spring opening is planned. R E N D E R I N G / C O U R T E S Y O F S Z A N T O N C O. NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE INDUSTRY PM Construction Co. of Saco overseeing construction of a 45,000-square-foot addition to the Cedars retirement com- munity in Portland. e site will include assisted living as well as 60 resident rooms. Elsewhere, PM is managing the large-scale renovation of the historic Vickery building on Water Street in Augusta, where it is creating 23 residen- tial units and three retail sites. Maine Post & Beam continues its expansion in North Yarmouth. Last year, it finished the large barn-like workshop and this year it is finishing up a separate building that will house the company's offices. Maguire Construction of Yarmouth has a building going up at 392 Route 1 in Freeport. Langford & Low Construction of Portland is building the $10 million, 19,000-square- foot medical building for MaineHealth and Western Maine Health. e two- story medical office building is on the Stephens Memorial Hospital campus in Norway. e building is under construc- tion on the hospital's Main Street cam- pus. It will open by the end of the year. Portland-based SMRT handled the design. Reed & Reed of Woolwich is replacing two bridges in Gardiner, the Maine Street Bridge and the aptly named Bridge Street Bridge. American Aerial Services Inc. has cranes on site at 40 Free St., putting up steel framework on a condo building being developed by J.B. Brown & Sons. Allied/Cook Construction is managing the project. R E N D E R I N G / C O U R T E S Y O F P M C O N S T R U C T I O N C O. A 45,000-square-foot addition to the Cedars retirement community in Portland overseen by PM Construction Co. of Saco. A 51-unit apartment building at 100 Parris St. in Portland, developed by Szanton Co.

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