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Dave Flanagan was a loving husband, father, experienced and
proficient engineer and a good friend and will be greatly missed.
Dave had over 22 years of experience in the Civil
Engineering/Land Development profession.
He was a graduate of Northeastern
University class of 1985
where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. Dave became a licensed Professional Engineer
in Massachusetts in 1996 and obtained
licensure in the state of New
Hampshire in 2004.
Dave began his professional career in 1985 as a project
engineer with Norwood Engineering Co., Inc. where he was involved with a number
of residential and commercial projects. His work experience included preparing
21E environmental studies, surveying, and soil investigations. In 1992 Dave joined Sumner Schein Architects
and Engineers (SSAE), a nationally recognized architectural engineering firm.
While at SSAE, Dave managed a multitude of commercial land development projects
for such clients such as CVS/pharmacy, Wal-Mart, Target, and Staples as well as
for regional and national developers who specialized in the construction and
renovations of regional shopping centers, malls and commercial projects in New
England.
Dave continued to manage an array of commercial land development
projects for Carter & Burgess, a nationally recognized engineering architectural
firm based in Fort Worth, TX, which merged with SSAE in 1999. Some of Dave’s notable
projects include Westgate Mall expansion (Brockton,
MA), renovations to Jordan
Hospital (Plymouth,
MA), Northwoods Crossing (Taunton,
MA), Wal-Mart (Halifax,
MA), Lowe’s (Kingston,
MA), Searstown Mall Redevelopment (Leominster, MA), Warwick
Mall Expansion (Warwick,
RI) and a multitude of others. In addition to his New England work, Dave successfully
secured land use permits for an 800,000 square foot distribution center in
Nebraska as well as for several Staples projects in
Texas.
His dedication to his work and clients and his constant
efforts to perform at a high level, lead him to be promoted to Department Head
of the Land Development Division of Carter & Burgess’s Boston office.
Dave joined R J O’Connell
& Associates in February 2007 as a Senior Associate and Senior Project Manager
where he developed a reputation as one of the best in the industry in managing,
permitting, and performing construction phase services for commercial land
development projects for local and national developers and his long time retail
clients.
Beyond work Dave was a dedicated family man and between
family and work he some how managed to squeeze in a little time for hobbies. He
enjoyed mountain biking, working out, aquariums, fishing and going to the beach,
but above all he enjoyed spending time with his family. He and his wife Lynne
were married for 22 years and had three beautiful children. Dave was very proud
of his children Samantha age 18, Erika age 16, and Christopher age 6, he loved
them so much. This was evident to all as he shared his stories and photos of
them. At times a newspaper clipping of an accomplishment would be displayed
proudly in and around his office for all to see. At the company outing Dave’s
commitment to his children was evident as he spent hours with Christopher in
the pool helping, instructing and enjoying every minute of it.
Samantha was President of her graduating class from
Cardinal Spellman
High School and is continuing her education at The University of Miami pursuing
degrees in communications and international studies.
Erika is a junior at
Cardinal Spellman
High School and an honor
student as well.
Christopher is in first grade and enjoys playing with model
trains, Lincoln
logs and playing soccer.
Dave will be sadly missed by his mother Elizabeth for whom
he cared for diligently and lovingly since his father’s passing.
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