Consigli Construction’s Matt Tonello honored at UMaine
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Matthew Tonello, center, was inducted into the Francis Crowe Society at UMaine, along with fellow alum Kevin Libby. Giovanna Guidoboni, at right, is the dean of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing.
Matthew Tonello has been inducted into the University of Maine’s Francis Crowe Society, as an alumni who has made significant contributions to the engineering profession.
Tonello is a project executive at Consigli Construction Co. Inc., in its Portland office, and leads projects across academic, corporate, life science, health care and cultural sectors. He has been an integral part of Consigli’s regional leadership for more than two decades and has led key corporate initiatives in landmark restoration and mass timber construction.
Tonello is recognized for his efforts to advance mass timber as a sustainable building material, and has led the successful completion of award-winning projects, including the state’s first 100% mass-timber structure — Bowdoin College’s John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies and Barry Mills Hall.
In 2016, Tonello co-founded the Maine Mass Timber Advisory Council, which advises the University of Maine’s Mass Timber Commercialization Center, and serves as a research and development partner with the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono to innovate timber lamination and procurement processes.
Tonello serves on the Maine Preservation board of trustees. He also leads a committee on engineered-wood products and cooperation between Finland and the state of Maine.
Prior to joining Consigli, Tonello spent 10 years as a structural engineer focused on timber structures, and is a registered engineer in Maine and Massachusetts.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Univ. of Maine, a master’s in structural engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell and a dual master’s degree in business administration and real estate development and entrepreneurship from Boston University’s Graduate School of Management.
The Crowe honor society is named after Francis Trenholm Crowe, who graduated from the university in 1905 and was the chief engineer of the Hoover Dam. Crowe is known for his pioneering work on major water infrastructure projects in the American west, and innovative dam construction techniques that continue to be influential today.
In addition to Tonello, the society honored four other alums and extended invitations to 250 engineering graduates.
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