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22 Hartford Business Journal • June 15, 2015 www.HartfordBusiness.com ▶ ▶ Robinson+Cole's construction group recently joined Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity to build an East Hartford home. The team built steps to the front and back of the house, added lattice work around the front porch, and painted inside. Robinson+Cole's construction group consists of litigators and transactional attorneys who have worked on all types of construction projects including commercial and industrial buildings, educational facilities, healthcare facilities, multi- family residences, hospitality, environmental remediation, roads, bridges, power and infrastructure projects. ROBINSON+COLE LAWYERS BUILD WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ▶ ▶ Robert Bruzas, a personal banker at Farmington Bank (standing, right) discusses the links between academic subjects and actual workplace skills with West Hartford students from Hall and Conard high schools during the bank's second annual JA Career Walk. The Career Walk, organized by Junior Achievement and several businesses in West Hartford Center, provided students a glimpse into the real world of business right in their hometowns. This was the second consecutive year that Farmington Bank's West Hartford Center branch hosted students participating in the JA Career Walk. ▶ ▶ The Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau presented its "2015 Bring It Home Awards" to six state residents for their contributions to making Connecticut a successful meetings, convention and sports events destination. The presentations were made at the recent Connecticut Governor's Conference on Tourism at the Connecticut Convention Center. Winners included John V. Bazzano, the city of Hartford's town and city clerk; Patricia Patusky, director and superintendent of recreation for the town of Stratford's recreation department; Chief James P. Wardwell and Sergeant Adam Rembisz of the New Britain Police; Stacey Stachow, museum store manager at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; and Don Westfall, general manager of Connecticut Sportsplex in North Branford. FARMINGTON BANK HOSTS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT CAREER WALK CT CONVENTION & SPORTS BUREAU HONORS SIX RESIDENTS OF NOTE SHIPMAN & GOODWIN RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL RECOGNITION FOR EXPORT WORK Hartford law firm Shipman & Goodwin was honored recently with the President's "E" Award for Export Service. Shipman was the only law firm to receive the award, which is the highest rec- ognition any U.S. entity can receive for supporting export activity. The ceremony took place at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented the award to Shipman & Goodwin partners Ross H. Garber and Glenn M. Cunningham in recognition of the firm's significant contributions to increasing U.S. exports. • • • S/L/A/M AWARDED FOR DESIGN OF BELIMO AMERICAS' BUILDING Glastonbury-based The S/L/A/M Collaborative Inc. was recently honored with an American Institute of Architects Connecticut Business Award for its design of Belimo Americas' new 195,000 square-foot North American headquarters in Danbury. The building comprises 129,000 square feet of logistics and manu- facturing space, 15,000 square feet of test labs, and 51,000 square feet of office space. Belimo is a Swiss-owned company that designs, manufactures and distributes actuators and valves. The award acknowledges projects that enhance the built environ- ment and achieve business goals, such as growth, branding identity, or future positioning. • • • CIGNA VP WINS CASE IN POINT PLATINUM AWARD Beth Chiappetta, vice president of operations at Cigna, earned the high- est honor for Case/Care Manager Leadership at the sixth annual Case in Point Platinum Awards, which recog- nize the most successful and innova- tive case management programs and people who help improve health care across the care continuum. Chiappetta leads Cigna's clinical team supporting its disability benefits unit. She was recognized for her leadership and creativity that enables Cigna's clinical staff to help customers return to work and to life after a disabling injury or illness. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to accolades@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. Pictured (from left) are Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce; Ross Garber, Shipman & Goodwin partner; Glenn Cunningham, Shipman & Goodwin partner. Belimo Americas' new 195,000 square-foot North American headquarters in Danbury. Beth Chiappetta ACCOLADES & MORE