SPEC is a process engineering firm based north of the Boston, serving the northeast US. We offer full design-build services. Over the past 17 years, we’ve developed a method enabling us to be one of the fastest and most efficient firms in the industry. We've worked across a variety of industries including specialty chemicals, coatings, pharmaceuticals, energy storage, cellulosic ethanol, solar panels, biopharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, and microelectronics. We've scaled up many of these technologies from a lab scale to pilot through commercialization.

Clients and Projects

SPEC caters to a wide range of clients. Our unique approach to process engineering has helped in hundreds of large-scale installations in such industries as specialty chemicals, coatings, pharmaceuticals, energy storage, cellulosic ethanol, and more.

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Approach

The SPEC approach is a modified design/build model, correcting the deficiencies in a typical design/build project as practiced by others in the construction industry.

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Our Problem Solvers

SPEC staffs, in-house, all the disciplines necessary to seamlessly execute all our design/build projects, including: process, electrical, and mechanical engineers; industrial architects; construction/project managers; and controls engineers.

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Blog & News

Assessing Property Conditions: What an Industrial Client Should Consider When Moving to a New Location

Last year, we wrote a post outlining specific physical building characteristics industrial clients should consider when reviewing real estate, particularly from a cost perspective.  While these factors are important, it is also important to consider more macro-scale factors like code compliance and municipal requirements that would not only affect the cost of a project, but also the feasibility.

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