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Boston, MA - The Boston Red Sox have again hired NER Construction Manage-ment, Inc. of Wilmington to perform restoration services at historic Fenway Park. Specifically NER is restoring and waterproofing the concrete poured in 1912, at
one of the oldest baseball parks in the US. The complete scope of work must be completed in the off-season, and for Massachusetts, that means working through the harsh months of winter to restore the concrete. NER has worked on several projects at the park, as recently as last summer on the bleacher sections, but the main portion of the job started last Novem-ber on a 180,000sf area including above and below the original grandstand. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Architects of Cambridge is the architect of record on the job.
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NER Construction at FenwayUnder the Tent for Historic Renovation in Winter
NERConstruction Management, Inc.
867 Woburn St. Wilmington, MA 01887Ph: 978-988-1111 / Fax: 978-988-1110
178 Front Ave., West Haven, CT 06516Ph: 203-937-6666 / Fax: 203-937-06333
Special Services Division31 West St., Randolph, MA 02368
Ph: 781-963-1300 / Fax: 781-961-1379
Work proceeds beneath tents that provide a favorable environment forconcrete restoration.
Patching ceilings Worker preps cement in form.
Form prepared for pouring of cement.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:BWK at Phillips Academy as GC for Historical RenovationE.Burman Completes Work at RI Philharmonic SchoolGetting Green Together: An Interview With SMMA’s Bob Hicks and Mark ZarrilloBuy, Renovate, or Build – How Do You Decide? by Robert DuvalBasics in Residence Halls by Nancy Goodwin, AIA, LEED APBeverly High School Renovations a Joint Venture of CTA and KBECampus Climate Action and Facilities Growth by Kurt Teichert, LEED APNew England Conservatory Selects Tishman CM - Wessling ArchitectsLee Kennedy Awarded Riverway House Project at Wheelock CollegeShawmut Completes Renovation at Brown U, Architect Lerner/Ladds + BartelsDelta Awarded Montessori School Project - Seitz ArchitectsWindover Lands Two School Projects -Tappé ArchitectsBergmeyer Designs Suffolk U Café CTA Construction School Projects Plus Healthcare Facilities, Calendar, People and more...
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AMERICAN
PLUMBING
GOES GREEN!
American Plumbing & Heating Corporation is
proud to announce their membership to the U.S.
Green Building Council.
American Plumbing and Heating recognizes the important role educated Contractors play in the
design and construction of sustainable, high performance green buildings. APH is pleased to
announce Project Manager Jonathan Kearley has recently joined the ranks of LEED Accredited
Professionals.
American Plumbing and Heating has integrated multiple green building strategies in their recent
acquisition and subsequent renovation of their new corporate headquarters located at 1000
Cordwainer Drive in Norwell, MA.
This impressive building includes:
100% of their 34,000 sq/ft. warehouse lighting has been replaced with high-efficiency occupancy
sensor fixtures saving 45,200 kWh annually.
Daylighting in 75% of all occupied spaces equipped with photo-responsive controls to maintain
consistent light levels.
Manual override capabilities that enable all non-emergency interior lighting to be turned off during
non-business hours.
75% of roofing materials are constructed of high emissivity and highly reflective materials to
minimize cooling loads.
High-efficiency irrigation system equipped with rain shut-off sensors.
90% of all regularly used plumbing fixtures are electronically controlled, low flow fixtures assisting
in wastewater reduction.
American Plumbing & Heating Corporationis honored to complete the Plumbing and Fire Protection work
at another signature project in Boston.
Featuring inhouse fabrication for plumbing and fire protection in our new corporate HQ.
American Plumbing & Heating is proud to be part of the Walsh Brothers’ TEAM atthe new Northeastern University Dorms
Northeastern University Parcel 18 West, located at 1153-1159 Tremont Street is the latest addition to the Huskies Campus. The project was designed by Kyu Sung WooArchitects, Engineered by R. W. Sullivan and built by Walsh Brothers. This project consists of four buildings including a twenty-two story, nineteen story and nine storyDormitory Style Residences as well as a five story Administration Building. The four buildings surround a beautifully landscaped courtyard.This impressive project includes:
• 6 miles of sanitary waste and storm piping• 11 miles of water piping
• ¼ mile of natural gas piping• Over 1800 plumbing fixtures
• 15 miles of fire protection piping• 5700 fire sprinkler heads
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AMERICAN
PLUMBING
GOES GREEN!
American Plumbing & Heating Corporation is
proud to announce their membership to the U.S.
Green Building Council.
American Plumbing and Heating recognizes the important role educated Contractors play in the
design and construction of sustainable, high performance green buildings. APH is pleased to
announce Project Manager Jonathan Kearley has recently joined the ranks of LEED Accredited
Professionals.
American Plumbing and Heating has integrated multiple green building strategies in their recent
acquisition and subsequent renovation of their new corporate headquarters located at 1000
Cordwainer Drive in Norwell, MA.
This impressive building includes:
100% of their 34,000 sq/ft. warehouse lighting has been replaced with high-efficiency occupancy
sensor fixtures saving 45,200 kWh annually.
Daylighting in 75% of all occupied spaces equipped with photo-responsive controls to maintain
consistent light levels.
Manual override capabilities that enable all non-emergency interior lighting to be turned off during
non-business hours.
75% of roofing materials are constructed of high emissivity and highly reflective materials to
minimize cooling loads.
High-efficiency irrigation system equipped with rain shut-off sensors.
90% of all regularly used plumbing fixtures are electronically controlled, low flow fixtures assisting
in wastewater reduction.
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Featuring inhouse fabrication for plumbing and fire protection in our new corporate HQ.
American Plumbing and Heating recognizes the important role educated Contractors play in thedesign and construction of sustainable, high performance green buildings. APH is pleased toannounce Project Manager Jonathan Kearley has recently joined the ranks of LEED AccreditedProfessionals.
American Plumbing and Heating has integrated multiple green building strategies in their recentacquisition and subsequent renovation of their new corporate headquarters located at 1000Cordwainer Drive in Norwell, MA.This impressive building includes:
100% of their 34,000 sq/ft. warehouse lighting has been replaced with high-efficiency occupancy sensor fixtures saving 45,200 kWh annually. Daylighting in 75% of all occupied spaces equipped with photo-responsive controls to maintain consistent light levels. Manual override capabilities that enable all non-emergency interior lighting to be turned off during non-business hours. 75% of roofing materials are constructed of high emissivity and highly reflective materials to minimize cooling loads. High-efficiency irrigation system equipped with rain shut-off sensors. 90% of all regularly used plumbing fixtures are electronically controlled, low flow fixtures assisting in wastewater reduction.
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As a new signature building on the Avenue of the Arts, the Griffin Center successfully unifies the neighborhood’s residential heritage with its newer institutional scale.”
Dedication April 1, 2009
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“Faced with an extremely challenging project and a highly aggressive schedule, Perkins+Will and Bond are creating a transformative addition to the campus.”
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Bedford, Nh - Nh cIBoR members recently an-nounced their newly elected president for 2009 at their annual meeting and dinner held at the Derryfield Country club in manchester.
Arthur Slattery was selected by his peers because of his many years of service in the commercial real estate community and his knowledge of the industry.
The New hampshire commercial Investment Board of realtors (cIBoR) is a professional organization with more than 500 members that is dedicated to the advance-ment of commercial real estate and commercial real estate practitioners.
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The leaders of four major state building agencies outlined their upcom-ing building programs and answered questions at a well-attended massachu-setts Building congress (mBc) Breakfast event recently.
Katherine craven, executive direc-tor, massachusetts School Building Au-thority (mSBA), detailed the size, scope and progress of its $44 billion cash man-agement department. David B. perini, commissioner of the Division of capital Asset management, commonwealth of massachusetts (DcAm) outlined current and future projects and included some fa-vorable words about the introduction of cm at risk as a delivery system for public work. Edward Adelman, executive direc-tor, mass. State college Building Author-ity, spoke about its activities and Stephan chait, director of capital projects, Uni-versity of massachusetts Building Au-thority outlined Um projects and plans.
The abundance of projects in prog-ress and coming on line was a welcome break from the gloomy news coming from the private sector.
The program was presented in coop-eration with the Associated Subcontractors of massachusetts.
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Boston, mA - The Isabella Stewart gardner Museum confirmed that the Supreme Judicial court of massachusetts has ruled that the museum’s proposed Restoration and Expansion project may proceed. A The Restoration and Ex-pansion project includes a new building designed by pritzker prize-winning architect Renzo piano and The Renzo piano Building workshop.
Strategic planning for the project began nearly a decade ago. for the past year, the gardner museum has worked with the At-
torney general for the commonwealth of mas-sachusetts to seek court approval that its plans meet the parameters of Isabella gardner’s will.
The museum’s plans have also been reviewed and approved by leading historic, pres-ervation, and regulatory agencies, including the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), the massachusetts histori-cal commission (mhc), the Boston landmarks commission (Blc), and the Boston preservation Alliance (BpA).Isabelal Stewart Gardner
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Boston, mA - walsh Brothers, Inc., a Boston-based construction management firm, is now erecting steel at the Dana farber cancer Institute site on Brookline Avenue.
Each day, the Boston Iron workers Union local 7 steelworkers on-site have painted the names of patients who are in the Jimmy fund clinic for cancer treat-ment.
The on-site team gets the names of the kids who will be in for that particular day from the nurse managers in the pediat-ric clinics, and the ironworkers spray their names on the beams, much to the delight of the patients.
clinic Kids cheered by Iron workersPatients in the Jimmy Fund Clinic are delighted to see their names painted on the beams
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warren, VT – The board of directors at Yestermor-row Design/Build School an-nounced that Kate Stephenson is the School’s new executive director.
Stephenson first came to the Yestermorrow in 2002 as a design/build intern and has held a variety of positions within the organization. She has served as an associate director and then director of operations. She has been serv-ing as the school’s interim executive direc-tor since october of 2008.
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and novices,” said Stephenson. “I’m ex-cited to help bring the school to new levels of influence and impact.”
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Eric greene of American welding company and treasurer of Structural Steel fabricator of New England (SfNE), will present the Theory of con-straints at the SfNE Spring Dinner meeting Thurs-day, April 23 at the Executive court, manchester, N.h. Although his focus will be from a steel fabri-cators, perspective and explain its application to the steel fabrication community, the talk will apply to all industries. During this meeting greene will explain how to apply the Theory of constraints to learn the value of increased throughput, reduced work-in-process, improved productivity and increased prof-itability. “Being profitable must be the goal of any company,” says greene.“It’s simple but accurate and it’s a logical starting point!”
To get a registration form go to: www.ssfne.org/calendar of events.
‘Theory of constraints’Surviving the Economic Downturn
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foxborough, mA - The installation of the exterior metal panels is under way on the new marriott Renaissance hotel and Spa at patriot place. S & S hotels, llc of manchester, N.h. is developing the four-star, 150-room hotel and spa, and colwen management Inc. of Nashua will manage the resort.
pro con Inc, of manchester, N.h. is the architect and construction manager for the project, which is being financed by RBS citizens Bank.
“The five-story hotel is bustling with carpenters, dry wall installers, and painters who are applying the interior and exterior finishes on all levels,” stated pro con’s project manager. “The curtain wall windows have been installed in the hotel’s public areas, allowing for amaz-ing views of the adjacent gillette Sta-dium, and the hVAc work is continuing on all floors.”
The hotel’s public spaces will include a stylish 98-seat restaurant, a private dining room, a lounge with 60-foot bar and stone hearth oven, a flex-ible space conference room, an enclosed business center, a club lounge on the 5th floor, fitness center, indoor pool and a full service spa with 14 treatment rooms that will offer facials, massages, body wraps/scrubs, nail care, and hair care.
The Kraft group is developing patriot place, which when complete, will include more than 80 stores and restaurants; several entertainment ven-ues including a 500-seat jazz club and a 14-screen movie theater; a sports medi-cine and healthcare clinic; “The hall at patriot place”, the New England patriot’s hall of fame museum and pro shop; and the Renaissance hotel and Spa.
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SFNE - Steel Fabricators of New England Spring Dinner Meeting
Thursday, April 23, 2009Executive Court, Manchester, NH
During this meeting you can learn how to apply the “Theory of Constraints”
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landmark Named gc for ZUmIX project East Boston, mA - land-
mark Structures corporation has been retained to serve as general contractor for a joint venture ren-ovation project between ZUmIX and the East Boston community Development corporation.
The estimated $2 million project, currently under way, will encompass the renovation of a 9,000sf former firehouse at 260 Sumner Street in East Boston into the new home of ZUmIX, a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to building community through music and the arts.
ZUmIX and the East Bos-ton community Development corporation, in a joint venture,
purchased the former firehouse from the City of Boston.
The circa-1900 structure, known as the Engine company 40 firehouse, has been com-pletely gutted; once the construction project is completed over the next nine months, the renovated building will house offices, a radio station, recording studio, a music production studio, classrooms and performance space for ZUmIX. The new building will be a lEED® certified structure.
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wins New Business $12 m in New contracts
worcester, mA - cutler Asso-ciates, a worcester-based design and construction firm, recently signed new contracts with several key cor-porate clients including Griffin Land, American Superconductor, and New Balance. cutler Design is the archi-tect for all three projects.
“Adding this new work to our current projects here in New Eng-land and our offices in Pennsylvania and florida yields the highest back-log we’ve had in three years,” said fred mulligan, president of cutler Associates.
cutler will design and build at 304,000sf warehouse and distribu-tion facility for real estate developer Griffin Land in Windsor, Conn. Cut-ler Design is the architect for the $9 million project, which is scheduled for completion in July.
In addition, a new project is underway at American Supercon-ductor in westborough, mass.
A third contract was signed for the design of a new conference facil-ity.
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westport, mA - Bufftree Building company is busy at work on the construc-tion of a new 3,000sf, wood frame Beach Services Building designed by the architec-tural firm of Stephen Kelleher Architects.
The new structure, to be completed in June 2009 before the start of the summer season, complements the unique horseneck Beach environment of sweeping dunes, endless ocean beach and estuary habitat.
“Stephen Kelleher Architects is pleased to be working with Bufftree Build-ing company on the third phase of the re-development of the 600-acre horseneck Beach State Reservation with the Depart-ment of conservation and Recreation,” said Stephen l. Kelleher, A.I.A., principal Architect/Owner of the Fairhaven firm.
“Bufftree has been awarded a $1.6 million construction contract for the new
Beach Services Building at horseneck Beach in westport. This building will be-come the flagship facility of the central plaza. The project includes administration offices, lifeguard quarters, first aid station and a comfort station. The building is de-signed in the historic New England shingle style and will match the two award-win-ning bathhouses completed in the summer of 2008.”
New Beach Services Building Underway Bufftree gc, Stephen Kelleher Architects
Rendering of new Beach Services Building at Horseneck Beach Photo courtesy of Stephen Kelleher Architects
Rowley mA - windover con-struction, Inc., of manchester-by-the-Sea, announced that it plans to pursue a renewal of its permit to develop a 54-unit active adult community on what is currently the grounds of car-riage pines golf course (formerly Rowley country club) in Rowley.
windover is expected to appear before the Rowley planning Board this spring. construction of the de-velopment, however, is not slated to begin for at least two years, during which time the golf course will re-main open.
when constructed, the devel-opment is slated to take place on the front 30 acres of the parcel and will include a club house and amenities for homeowners. windover agreed to put the balance of the land – approxi-mately 60 acres – into a conservation restriction that will keep the land as open space.
windover also decided to dedi-cate its resources to its construction management and real estate develop-ment practices and has entered into a two-year lease with B&D golf Enter-prises, Inc. to operate the golf course.
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Amherst, MA - ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge announced the dedication of four new residence halls designed by the fi rm for the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Dimeo Construction Co. of Providence, R.I. was the construction manager for the $93 million project.
UMass offi cials held a dedication ceremony in August for the opening of the 864-bed project known as the North Residential Area.
ARC completed the design of the four new apartment-style residence halls in September of 2005 and construction started in June 2005. Totaling 325,000 sf, the fi ve-story buildings were designed to relate to the earlier residence halls that incorporate brick exteriors, pitched roofs and dormers. A brick banding pattern
along with glass bay windows help to dif-ferentiate the new buildings from existing building s on campus.
Each unit includes four bedrooms with cable and Ethernet connections, two full baths, a common living room/kitchen area, a pantry, fl oor-to-ceiling windows, and air-conditioning.
“Seeing this building open is the realization of much hard work and creativ-ity on behalf of a great project team that included our staff, Dimeo Construction
and UMass personnel,” said Mark Dolny of ARC. “Working together, we exceeded the University’s goal of providing a com-munity for students who want the con-venience of on-campus housing with the advantages of a more autonomous living situation. These residences represent a new
housing prototype for UMass, one that will allow the University to stay competitive with other top universities from around the country.”
Situated on a 19-acre site, the build-ings are organized around two quadrangles to encourage a sense of community and collegiate competition among the houses. The complex is located near outdoor spaces to encourage use of nearby fi elds for intra-mural teams.
The project marked the fi rst new on-campus housing construction at
UMass Amherst since the early 1970s. The University now has 45 residence halls, however none are designed in the apartment-style layout of the new complex. The last residence halls built at UMass Amherst, the Sylvan complex, includes Brown, Cashin and McNamara halls, was completed in 1971. The oldest residence hall is Thatcher, built in 1935. With the addition of the New Student Residences, UMass now provides on-campus living space for approximately 12,200 students.
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Pro Con Inc. is the Architect and Construction Manager for The Woodland Club at the Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond in Manchester, NH
Manchester, NH – Pro Con Inc is the architect and construction manager for the `Woodland Club at the Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond. The 6,358 sf facility is a planned amenity for the new development of 487 condominiums in North Manchester, which will be comprised of five distinct neighborhoods.
Waterford Development of Needham, MA is the developer of the planned community, which will include The Highland Homes of 75 single-family residences; Woodview Cottages at Woodland Pond, which will consist of 158 town homes; Overlook at Woodland Pond, which will include 40 town homes; The Carriage Homes, which will total 64 units in eight buildings; and the Residences at Woodland Pond, which will consist of two 75-unit luxury buildings with underground parking. Each neighborhood will be its own condominium and participate in a master association which will own the Woodland Club.
The Neighborhoods at Woodland Pond is an environmentally-sensitive development of distinctive homes adjacent to a 600 acre conservation preserve and the giant rhododendron forests of north Manchester. The community will offer the benefits of a country lifestyle and still have easy access to the city’s extensive shopping, dining and entertainment.
The two-story Woodland Club will serve as the social and recreational center
of the community and is designed to be an extension of their personal living space. The lower level of clubhouse will offer cardiovascular and aerobic workout rooms with women’s and men’s locker rooms, and a high-definition theater with stadium seating.
There will also be an outdoor pool, hot tub and cabana facility as well as two tennis courts that will serve the community. The first floor will offer residents many options for entertaining, socializing and relaxing.
The clubhouse’s great room will feature a cathedral ceiling, hardwood flooring, an oversized stone fireplace, comfortable seating options and two sets of French style doors that open up to a screened porch.
The library will provide a quiet respite with custom cabinetry, access to WIFI and a flat screen TV. The dining room will offer formal seating for up to 16 persons, crown moldings, and a built-in buffet area. The gourmet kitchen has been designed to enable guests or caterers to prepare full meals with easy access to the dining room.
Pro Con Inc. has designed the clubhouse to complement the classic New England style community. Plans call for the clubhouse’s exterior to have a stone façade on the ground floor level and clapboard on the first floor. Construction of the clubhouse began in June 2006 and Pro Con has scheduled a December 2006 completion date.
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By Robert Duval“Should we purchase, renovate, or
build new?” is perhaps the most common question asked of facility engineers at Tf-Moran Inc. All too often, they find that owners and managers of schools and other institutions are too focused on sale price or
construction cost. however, Tfm is quick to point out that these costs are only one com-ponent of a build-ing’s true cost, also known as its life cycle cost. life cy-cle cost means the total cost of own-ing, operating, and
maintaining a building over its “remaining useful life.”
Everything – and everyone – has a “remaining useful life.” while we may wish to avoid thinking in those terms personally, it is the key to making wise investments in buildings. for example, if the choice is be-tween putting up a new build-ing that will cost $10 million and last for 20 years, versus renovating an existing build-ing that will cost $6 million but only last 10 years, which choice actually “costs” less? In this simple example, you can easily see that building new costs $500,000 per year, while reno-vating costs $600,000 per year. And over the entire 20-year period, the renovations will actually cost $12 million, since they have to be done twice.
of course no real project is ever that simple. one must also factor in mainte-nance costs, repair and replacement costs, energy costs, as well as the cost of borrow-ing money. only when all this is taken into account do the true costs of a building proj-ect emerge clearly.
It should come as no surprise that energy costs alone are taking an increasing slice of the building cost pie. As a result, energy-efficiency improvements are be-coming increasingly attractive. As an ex-ample, say a new boiler costs $100,000 and saves $10,000 per year on energy costs. Is the payback period 10 years then? Not if the existing boiler must be replaced in a few years anyway due to inadequate size or
poor condition. As in the first example, the old boiler actually costs substantially more because of its shorter remaining useful life. when remaining useful life is taken into account, the payback period is often only a fraction of the apparent payback period.
how is a life cycle cost of a build-ing calculated? Despite the complexities, for an existing building the process is fairly simple and straightforward. first, a team of building professionals examines all major building components and systems, and cat-alogues two basic facts for each: remain-ing useful life and replacement cost. This is called a facility condition assessment. historical energy consumption and the cost of maintenance and major repairs can then be added in, and all of this cost data is an-nualized.
from this assessment, the true cost of owning a building (usually over a 20 year period) can be determined. This process not only works for institutional owners, but also for prospective building buyers as well: what may at first appear to be a bar-gain may, after a condition assessment and
life cycle cost analysis are completed, turn out to be quite another story.
The process is not particularly ex-pensive, although it obviously depends on the complexity of the building under con-sideration – simple buildings (e.g., class-rooms, dormitories, offices, warehouses) will often cost only a few cents per square foot, while complex buildings (e.g., hospi-tals, factories, historic buildings) will cost correspondingly more. The value of the information gleaned – if it prevents a bad investment – can be enormous.
with professional facility condition and life cycle cost reports in their hands, facility owners and managers will find clear and compelling answers to the ques-tion “Buy, renovate, or build?”
Robert Duval, PE LEED AP is a prin-cipal and chief engineer of TFMoran Inc. For more information please contact him at (603) 472-4488 or [email protected] .
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High-Profile: Facilities Development News
Boston, mA - Suffolk construction company, Inc. announced that, for the second straight year, the company has been recognized by Training magazine as one of the nation’s elite organizations in learning and development.
Suffolk was the second highest-ranked construction company in the coun-try on this year’s “Training Top 125” list
and again ranked in the prestigious top 50 (#44), which included notable companies representing all industries and sectors.
Suffolk’s learning and development program ranked higher than familiar na-tional companies, such as UpS, Sun micro-systems, Intel, Ameriprise financial and others.
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It should come as no surprise that ener-gy costs alone are taking an increasing slice of the building cost pie. As a result, energy-efficiency improvement s are becoming in-creasingly attractive
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portsmouth, Nh - Since The music hall in portsmouth emerged as a nonprofit arts center in 1988, it has garnered numerous awards and recognition for its remarkable historic structure and the site’s many ties to history.
most notably, in 2003, the 1878 theater, the oldest in New hampshire, earned national recognition when it was designated by the U.S. Senate as an “American Treasure” in the federal “Save America’s Treasures program” sponsored by the National parks Ser-vice and the National Trust for his-toric preservation.
In 2008, the theater was hon-ored by Nh preservation Alliance
with an award for the 2006 and 2007 restorations of its 900-seat audito-rium, including the proscenium arch and dome ceiling.
Now, with the renovation and expansion of its Beaux Arts lower lobby completed last fall, the music hall, its architects and designers have been awarded an “Excellence in Ar-chitecture” award by the New hamp-shire chapter of the American Insti-tute of Architects.
The merit Award was accepted by music hall Executive Director pa-tricia lynch, TmS Architects’ John merkle and Nicole martineau, and construction manager John DeStefano of DeStefano & Associates.
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Westfield, MA - The American council of Engineer-ing companies of connecticut presented Tighe & Bond and the Aquarion water company of connecticut with an Engineer-ing Excellence grand Award for the palmer Dam Rehabilitation / Dean’s mill water Treatment plant Improvements project.
The award was presented at an association dinner at the Inn at middletown recently. Tighe & Bond, based in Westfield, Mass., provided engineering and con-struction phase services for the $18.5 million project, which was constructed by Daniel o’connell’s Sons of holyoke, mass.
Design and construction of the im-provements presented a number of inter-
esting challenges, including the need to maintain undiminished operation of the active public water supply reservoir and the treatment system at all times. Tighe & Bond was able to adapt and design “on the
fly” during the construc-tion phase of the project and keep pace with the expedited schedule.
The new chemical building cast integrally into the southern face of the dam added a level of complexity to the project but provided a space con-scious and sustainable de-sign. great measures were taken during construction to protect water qual-ity without interruption of service,
The Music Hall has garnered numerous awards.
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Boston, mA – The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the eight re-cipients of the 2009 AIA Young Architects Award; among those honored was haril A. pandya, AIA, a senior associate and senior project manager/designer at cBT Archi-tects. This national award honors individu-als who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. Young Ar-chitects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer re-gardless of their age.
while at cBT, pandya has managed several significant projects and project types – including several office reposition-ing projects totaling more than $100 mil-
lion for The Black-stone group in Boston, New York, Boca Raton, pitts-burgh, Detroit and washington, Dc.
pandya is very active in the AIA and a driving force behind the creation of Boston Society of Architects’ first Young professionals Advisory council. he is cur-rently working with South Shore habi-tat for humanity in designing an afford-able, sustainable housing prototype and is managing the construction of a house in Stoughton.
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Brookfield, CT - Artemis landscape Architects, Inc. has re-ceived two connecticut Design Awards from the connecticut chapter of the American Society of landscape Architects.
The first award, a merit award in the Built works category, is for Litchfield Hills, a residential property in washington, conn. Al-though the home is situ-ated at the top of a hill with beautiful views, Artemis founder and lead landscape architect Tara m. Vincenta was faced with several chal-lenges when designing the landscape im-provements.
Because the 12-acre site is com-prised of steep slopes, there was very little level land directly adjacent to the home’s interior living spaces. In addition, wet-lands and an extensive conservation zone limited potential areas for development. The design approach was to create a level platform upon which to organize the out-door living spaces directly surrounding the home, with a swimming pool as a central organizing element. The new grading and driveway courtyard also created a better sense of arrival to the residence.
The second merit award, in the
landscape Architectural communications category, recognized Sol Environment (Sequential outdoor learning Environ-ment), a unique outdoor play and learning environment for children and families liv-ing with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related challenges.
Vincenta was inspired to develop the Sol Environment concept after she participated in a professional development class on healing and therapeutic garden de-sign. Artemis has been evolving the Sol Environment concept for three years, and is now marketing the design to communi-ties, institutions and individuals interested in new alternatives to playgrounds.
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Artemis wins Two Design Awards
An aquatic learning/water play introduces a sequence of natural water features to teach about unique ecosystems and provides opportunities to overcome fears and sensitivities
through a variety of fun, engaging activities.
A horticultural therapy area provides gardening activities that foster communication, social interaction, sensory integration
and development of both fine and gross motor skills.
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cambridge, mA - Jones lang la-Salle, a leading financial and professional services firm, completed construction on two residential condominium buildings totaling 447,000sf for pan Am Systems in Northpoint, cambridge.
1 Earhart way consists of 132,000sf of space on eight floors with 99 one-bedroom loft style units and one level of underground parking. 2 Earhart way is 315,000sf on 12 floors with 230 one-to three-bedroom flats and duplex units and a two-level underground garage.
Design features of the project in-clude: an interior courtyard with bamboo
garden, Italian Arclinea kitchens, solid sur-face counters, bamboo floors, glass stair-ways, and glass and metal finishes.
Jones lang laSalle’s construction team was led by Sr. Vp and project Execu-tive peter Stankiewicz.
1 Earhart way was designed by cBT Architects. Architects Alliance served as the design firm for 2 Earhart Way.
Other participating firms on the proj-ect were: cosentini Associates, mcNamara/Salvia, Inc., and haley & Aldrich. The con-dominium sales agent is The collaborative companies.
Northpoint condos completed
Billerica, mA – construction is un-derway for Brightview at Billerica, a new senior living community located at 199 concord Road. Brightview at Billerica will offer personalized residential care services for seniors and a selection of lifestyles in-cluding assisted living and dementia care. The $11.5 million design-build project is being developed by Shelter Development of Baltimore, md. and will be operated by Brightview Senior living. pro con Inc of manchester, N.h. is the architect and con-struction manager for the Billerica prop-erty, which will be the second Brightview-constructed community in massachusetts.
Brightview at Billerica will have 58 apartments for assisted living and 26 apart-
ments for Alzheimer’s and dementia care. The apartments, which are all under one roof, will range in size from 300 to 950sf and offer the residents a variety of floor plans and service options.
The two-and-a-half-story, 67,400sf apartment community will offer a vibrant social environment where housekeeping, dining, transportation, and maintenance are provided by a caring staff. plans call for the community to have two elegant din-ing rooms, two living rooms, a large multi-purpose/activity room, a café/bar, a beauty/barber salon, and several other amenity spaces that will provide for a vibrant life-style.
pro con managing Design-Build for Brightview Sr living community
High-Profile: Multi-Residential Facilities Development News
worcester, mA - landmark Structures corporation, a full service general contractor/construction man-agement company since 1993, has completed construction of a new media room and adjoining deck at christopher heights Assisted living in worcester.
The 700sf addition houses the media room at the assisted living cen-ter. Also built was an adjoining deck with steps leading to the facility’s out-door garden.
Serving as architect for the proj-ect was Adrianne hoffman of Smook Architecture & Urban Design in Bos-ton.
“The addition of a media room adds a wonderful amenity for the com-munity at christopher heights,” said william J. glasser, president/cEo of landmark Structures. “we’re proud to have had the opportunity to work on a project that will provide pleasure for so many people.”
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prefab: The permanent Answer for classroom Space Needs
School districts across America are facing new challenges every day to ac-commodate growing student enrollments and create versatile learning spaces.
But tackling those new challenges with old solutions isn’t always the best ap-proach – particularly when timetables are tight and creating high-quality new space as quickly as possible is the goal.
more and more, prefab building solutions are the smartest way for school officials to address a wide variety of class-room space needs. prefab, or modular, classrooms have long been relied on as a temporary answer to school district and university space needs. It’s an efficient way to provide expanded learning space immediately while more permanent plans are being developed. And the modern tem-porary classroom has come a long way in terms of the quality of the learning envi-ronment.
Quite simply, the best thing we can do for school districts with changing space needs is to make a temporary classroom that doesn’t feel … temporary. Because the reality is that some temporary classrooms wind up sticking around on a school cam-pus for 10 years, 15 years or more. we’ve recognized that – our entire industry has recognized it – and so the products we de-velop need to reflect that reality.
for the school district or university, the upside of prefab classroom solutions is huge when measured in time savings
alone. The design and permitting phases of prefab and site-built projects proceed roughly on the same track and timetable. But once site development and foundation work is complete, the speed to completion of prefab really accelerates. That’s be-cause the classroom or other project is un-der construction – off site in a warehouse – concurrent to the site development work. project completion for a prefab building project can be achieved as much as 50 per-cent faster than with site built methods.
This controlled process also means
controlling cost overruns – a traditional and costly headache for many permanent school expansion projects.
It is no small thing that the prefab construction industry offers a more sus-tainable, eco-friendly way to create long-term classroom and other spaces.
There is less materials waste with prefab because of the controlled, factory setting in which construction is performed. Air quality of the final project is never compromised because of moisture settling into framing materials - also because of
the factory-controlled setting. And there is less site disturbance and less impact on surrounding property and the construction process is safer.
flexibility. Adaptability. Sustain-ability. Those are the principles inherent to a high-quality prefab classroom project
what for many years has been a standard temporary answer for schools and universities is now a legitimate – and in many ways preferable – option for per-manent classroom construction.
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Wayland, MA - ArchitectureInvolution LLC (Ai3) andTriumph Modular announced
the formal launch of the CASE 21 class-room solution – a high-performance learn-ing environment employing state-of-the-art green design, organizational layout,and technology integration.
CASE 21 (Creative AcademicSustainable Environments for the 21stCentury) was conceived by Ai3 as ananswer to the thousands of poorlydesigned classrooms that are con-structed each year in the UnitedStates.
"Before they crack a singlebook, many students across Americaare being put at a disadvantagebecause the classrooms they are tryingto learn in work against them," saidScott Dunlap, co-founder and partnerat Ai3. "Many typical classrooms – ascurrently designed – ignore the posi-tive effects that daylighting, ventila-tion, air quality, acoustics, sightlines,technology integration, sound rein-forcement and other key factors haveon learning. We have been incorporatingthese positive effects into our design phi-losophy for several years and the resultsare undeniable. Students learn better,smarter and faster in these environments."
CASE 21 employs Ai3's advancedunderstanding of the ideal learning envi-ronment to address these factors and max-imize the benefits of smart classroomdesign: Integrated technologies to provide
students and their educators the mosteffective new learning tools; proper use ofnatural daylight; ventilation systemsdesigned for optimum air quality; and themost finely tuned acoustics and sightlines.
In addition, CASE 21 integrates themost advanced principles of green, sus-tainable design to maximize energy effi-ciency, minimize environmental impact,and provide a classroom setting that is
genuinely healthy. Ai3 partner and co-founder Jim Jordan, who is credited withhaving designed the widely acclaimedMassachusetts School Building AuthorityModel School (Whitman-HansonRegional High School), has led the designcharge regarding green design, sustain-ability, and LEED certification for theCASE 21 project.
"The CASE 21 classroom itself – in
many ways – can be a learning tool asapplied to sustainable design principles,environmental responsibility, and theeffective use of technology," said Dunlap."Above all, our kids deserve the bestchance we can give them at being success-ful in school. The research is pretty con-clusive that the more healthy and comfort-able a classroom environment, the betterthat students and teachers will perform."
CASE 21 is being launched at a timewhen school districts across the countryare coping with the challenge of address-ing their facility needs. The traditionalanswer, however, has been substandardtemporary educational space (for meetingshort-term enrollment bulges), or complexmajor construction projects (for long-termneeds) that often require a five- to seven-year timetable and the inevitable problem
of cost overruns.CASE 21 combines the most
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factors. Installation is executed bythe most experienced technicians inthe modular industry. The construc-tion and installation process wasdeveloped based on years ofresearch and practical experience atTriumph Modular – the nation'sleading provider of high-quality per-manent and temporary modularbuildings for education, health care,and other key economic sectors.
"Scott Dunlap and his partnersat Ai3 have designed the perfectclassroom. What we have is the per-fect system for building and deliver-ing it, on time and on budget, to theexact specifications for any school
district," said Cliff Cort, president andCEO of Triumph Modular. "Many com-munities are in crisis over the challenge ofmeeting their school facility needs. CASE21 allows them to create the most out-standing learning environment availablefor their students, while avoiding the time-delay and cost overrun headaches thathave traditionally defined school construc-tion projects.”
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waterbury, cT - A unique design featuring a graphic time line has been created by Svigals & part-ners for the new $24 million North main Street El-ementary School in waterbury. construction of the 76,000sf K-8 school is scheduled to begin in 2010.
firm founder, architect cum sculptor Barry Svigalis provided this description of the artwork ap-proved to decorate the building’s façade:
“waterbury’s North main Elementary School will use the idea of a graphic time line to organize the exterior of the building. Bands of differently col-ored and textured bricks will stretch over the façade, weaving in and out of windows, and punctuated peri-
odically with small sculptures. These bands, and the sculptures lodged within them, will tell some of the stories that knit waterbury into a ‘place’ - the time lines of the people, objects, natural forces and histo-ries that are pivotal to the neighborhood and city.”
Svigalis & partners is noted for the integration of hand-made sculpture and ornamental art into the interiors and façades of every project it undertakes sets it apart from the mainstream of today’s educa-tional design.
other key design elements include a circular entry plaza, and a low, gently curving glass entry that joins the two main building blocks. The school
is slated for completion in 2012 and will serve 550 K-8 students. In addition to the classrooms (two per grade), administration offices and service spaces, the facility will contain a gymnasium, cafetorium/kitchen and media center.
The construction team includes Dimeo con-struction, New haven, construction manager; mi-chael horton Associates, Inc., Bramford, structural consultants; MEP Engineer, Bloomfield, BVH inte-grated services; Stantec, Inc., hamden, landscape ar-chitects; and clarence welti Associates, glastonbury, geotechnical.
Svigals & partners Architects Designs Elementary SchoolDimeo cm, Team includes michael horton, BVh, Stantec, and clarence welti Associates
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High-Profile Focus: Institutions and Schools
marlboro, mA - wrenn construction Services Inc. was hired by the hillside School in marlboro to perform numerous small projects to their existing aged facili-ties. hillside School is a private boarding middle school for boys, grades 5-9. It is unique in that it has the only working farm for any middle school in massachusetts.
Although small, these projects all had their challenges, as in most cases the buildings were more than 100 years old and in dire need of both structural and ar-chitectural upgrades.
During the demolition of the plastered walls it was discovered that 100% of the existing wall framing had considerable rot and the structure was being held in place by the wall plaster system. Demolition of plaster was stopped, the entire roof system was shored and wall framing reinforced to properly support the roof loads. The exterior walls were insulated, new exterior windows and vinyl siding was in-stalled.
This project, along with the others completed by wrenn construction Services for the hillside School, brought the existing buildings up to current codes and archi-tectural standards for the continued use of the school’s students and staff.
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cutler Associates recently completed the renovations of two historic residence halls in New England. Both mount ho-lyoke college and the Uni-versity of New hampshire elected to use the design-build delivery system to insure that the project was well designed, well built, met budget constraints, and strict time constraints.
Safford hall at mt. holyoke college, construct-ed in 1897, occupies a prominent spot on Skinner green. Utilizing the design-build delivery system, cutler Design success-fully developed a plan for upgrading the building systems within Safford hall. This integrated project delivery approach al-lowed cutler Design to work with mount holyoke facilities Staff, Residential life, Engineers, and subcontractors to develop solutions that will provide the best value to mt. holyoke.
cutler Design reprogrammed the building to transform an underutilized for-mer dining hall space into student lounges and a ‘golden pear’ kitchen area. In addi-tion, two of the floors were redesigned to accommodate the relocation of offices and dorm rooms. At the same time, the team addressed accessibility issues, completely updated the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and updated the finishes to restore the grandeur of this magnificent structure.
fairchild hall at the University of New hampshire was constructed in 1915. cutler Associates teamed with Dimella Shaffer Architects for the largest design-build renovation project completed within the University System of New hampshire. The design-build approach allowed both teams to work seamlessly to design and build a high-quality residence hall.
This transformation provided updat-
ed building systems and amenities, while maintaining the facility’s historical charac-ter and maximizing the total bed count. The newly renovated hall has air conditioning and is fully accessible with the addition of an elevator and a modified central entry. The project also included replacement of the slate roof, exterior masonry repairs, and drainage improvements.
A porch was added to the quad-side terrace in order to make the recreation room more usable and comfortable by re-locating the entry that previously opened directly into the space. The mission-style woodwork from the recreation room was carried throughout the interior, maintaining the relevancy and consistency of the archi-tectural details.
Both residential halls were success-fully renovated to meet the requirements and standards of the students today while preserving the historical appearance. De-sign-build is an ideal delivery method for historic residence hall projects, where the collaborative effort of all team members is required to provide effective solutions to the challenges of these grand buildings.
Rod Shaffert, P.E., LEED AP is Vice President of the Scholastic Division at Cut-ler Associates, Inc., a design-build firm with offices in Massachusetts, Pennsylva-nia, and Florida.
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littleton, mA- Delta Design & construction has been awarded a $1.7 million new construction and renovation project at oak meadow montessori School in littleton.
oak meadow mon-tessori School, founded in 1977, is a not-for-profit independent school and en-rolls 270 students age three through grade eight.
The scope of work will involve the addition of a 7,000sf arts center and gym-nasium. The combined arts and cultural center will be acoustically isolated from the gym by a sliding partition wall. This project will create a large meeting space where, for the first time, the entire school can gather together. The increased space will allow for a greatly expanded arts, mu-sic and physical education program for the children. The renovation of the existing school will create additional library space for each age group of students and new of-fice space for the faculty and admissions staff.
“The design idea behind this proj-ect was to create multiple uses for each new space, allowing for the most effective use of the budget, while expanding on the school’s desire to offer arts and expressive
activities throughout the daily curriculum,” said patti Seitz, of Seitz Architects.
“As per design, we will be including super high insulation throughout the proj-ect as well as ultra efficient heating sys-tems. we’re installing energy saving light-ing and lighting controls and will achieve maximum use of day lighting,” said Tony pagano, project manager for Delta.
on the exterior of the building there will be a peace garden created for the stu-dents, faculty and staff. This garden will have seating and will be protected by build-ing on all sides. one of its features will be a rain garden, which will recycle the rain runoff from the roof into native plantings that surround the building.
The fast-track project will break ground in early march and will be com-pleted in an aggressive 24-week schedule. This project is largely funded by a fund-raiser that was initiated by the parents of oak meadow students.
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Boston, mA - lee Kennedy co. has been awarded a $10 million residence hall renovation at wheelock college.
The fast-track project began in feb-ruary after a short preconstruction period. working with Dimella Shaffer in a design- build capacity, lee Kennedy co. will com-plete the project on an aggressive 29-week schedule to accommodate student move-in for the fall 2009 semester.
lee Kennedy co. will perform a full gut rehab and expansion of the existing four-floor residence hall to increase student capacity to 128 beds over 31,000sf. The
team will complete extensive structural upgrades, infill the rear of the building and install new MEP systems, finishes and an elevator. Exterior work will include selec-tive masonry repairs and the installation of all new windows in addition to utility up-grades and the creation of new walkways.
The Riverway house renovation marks Lee Kennedy Co.’s first partnership with wheelock college and the continu-ation of a long relationship with Dimella Shaffer. The two firms are currently work-ing together on another full-scale renova-tion at Boston college.
Acella Renovates Univ Tech ctr Boston, mA - Acella construction corporation recently completed a 4,500sf
renovation of the Education Technology center at the Snell library at Northeast-ern University in Boston.
The renovated space includes a new wall configuration that created individ-ual offices for the staff. The new space, which features a dirt wall system through-out, also has a kitchenette, training lab, resource library, digital media suite, and recording studio. The space will be used to train staff on how to utilize technology for teaching.
In addition to the renovation of Education Technology center, Acella con-struction recently completed its seventh laboratory renovation at Northeastern University in the last 12 months.
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lee Kennedy Awarded Riverway house project at wheelock college Designed by Dimella Shaffer
Andover, mA - Delta Design & con-struction of medford recently completed the renovation of the Timken Recital hall at phillips Academy.
phillips Academy, founded in 1778, is a co-educational, non-profit, residential secondary school located in Andover.
The scope of this project included fast-track renovation and acoustical up-grade to the Timken Recital hall.
The renovation also introduced an expanded stage, new lighting, adjustable acoustical panels and window treatments, to transform the hall into an excellent
acoustical and visual setting for musical performance. This project was completed in five weeks in order to be open for the new academic year.
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High-Profile Feature: Brown University
providence, RI - Shawmut Design and construction has completed a sophisti-cated, design-build renovation to create
the J. walter wilson Student Resource Building at Brown University. In conjunction with archi-tect lerner/ladds + Bartels, Inc., the design-build team transformed an existing 65,000sf life sciences building into a five-floor multi-purpose center.
The design-build team consisting of Shawmut, lerner/ladds + Bartels, odeh Engi-neers, Inc., and wozny/Barbar & Associates de-livered this project on an extremely accelerated design and construction schedule of only nine months from award to occupancy.
The project consisted of major inte-
rior renovations, new building fenestrations, a five-story entrance addition, and exterior site improvements. The project also included the construction of a new 3,000-ton chiller plant de-signed by wm group that serves as a regional plant to feed new and existing buildings along Brown’s campus walk.
The project transformed space previously used as biochemistry laboratories into a multi-purpose student services center. The five-floor facility now houses the campus mail center, Brown Card office, University Registrar, inter-national student center, writing center, Rose writing fellows, college Venture, Academic Resource Center, the Chaplains' office, Psycho-logical Services and financial Aid.
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Boston, mA - The New England conservatory has selected Tishman con-struction corporation (Tcc-mA) as the construction manager for the façade resto-ration of four campus buildings in Boston, one of them Jordan hall, a National his-toric landmark, and two of them listed on the National Register of historic places.
The New England conservatory is the oldest independent school of mu-sic in the United States, founded in 1867. wessling Architects, Inc. of Quincy, mas-sachusetts is the architect.
The project consists of exterior res-torations to four buildings, including:
• Jordan Hall (290 huntington Ave.) – This acoustically superb, 1,013-seat hall has been central to the musical life of New England ever since it opened in 1903. Tishman will manage restoration of the limestone, terra cotta and brick façade; complete roof replacement; restoration of wood windows on the primary façades; and replacement of some wood windows with aluminum on the back alley.
• 295 Huntington Ave. – Res-toration of slate roofs and brownstone and brick façade, and replacement of existing windows.
• 241 St. Botolph Street – Re-placement of existing windows with new aluminum ones, and restoration of the brick façade. This building is on the National Register of historic places.
• 33 Gainsborough Street – Se-lect repairs to the brick façade.
Tishman will begin construction in spring 2009. The project is esti-mated to cost $15 million and will be completed in late fall 2009.
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Boston, mA - Suffolk Education re-cently announced that it was selected to manage interior renovations at two Brown University residence halls—caswell hall and Slater hall. Residence hall improve-ments will include the relocation of kitch-ens, changing of floor plans and renova-tions to the kitchen, lounges and restroom facilities. The project scope will also in-clude mEp and utility relocations. The renovation project will be completed on an accelerated schedule.
The caswell hall and Slater hall renovations will present logistical chal-lenges to the Suffolk Education project team. The residence halls are located in the bustling center of the Brown Uni-versity campus and are adjacent to nu-merous academic and administrative buildings and student/pedestrian pas-sage ways, which will complicate con-struction material deliveries and stor-age. Another significant challenge on this project will be the complex mEp and utility relocation work, which will require careful pre-planning before the project team can begin the renovation process.
Suffolk Education has recently been expanding its portfolio of success-ful projects on the Brown University campus—Suffolk project teams have successfully managed renovations to
the Brown Bookstore, lecture hall and Barbour and hegeman hall, which were similar to the size and scope of the renova-tions planned for caswell hall and Slater hall. Suffolk Education has recently man-aged successful renovation projects for additional prestigious colleges and univer-sities, including harvard University and mIT, among others.
Dedham, mA - The Rashi School, the Boston area Reform Jewish Day School, currently located in Newton, announced that construction has begun on its new fa-cility on the hebrew Seniorlife campus, NewBridge on the charles, in Dedham.
with this project, the Rashi School, home to 300 students in grades K-8, will secure a permanent home after moving numerous times in its 22-year history. The new facility will be specifically designed to accommodate Rashi’s rigorous and unique academic program, which caters to stu-dents’ individual learning styles, and will include state-of-the-art academic and ath-letic facilities.
The new Rashi will be built on 17 acres along the banks of the charles River, adjacent to hebrew Seniorlife’s New-Bridge on the charles continuing care se-nior facility currently under construction, completing a multi-generational campus for greater Boston’s Jewish community.
Rashi secured $23 million in tax-ex-
empt bond financing issued by MassDevel-opment and purchased from century Bank and has selected Suffolk construction to complete the work. The school hired Zions Bank to structure the tax-exempt bond is-sue on its behalf.
Slated to open in fall 2010, the new privately funded 82,000sf building, de-signed by hmfh Architects Inc., will be LEED certified, meeting the standards of the US green Building council’s leader-ship in Energy and Environmental Design, and will feature modern classrooms with “smart boards,” wireless Internet through-out the building, a fully-equipped science lab, a 10,000-volume library, a bright art studio and dedicated music room, commu-nity spaces for prayer and holiday celebra-tions, a spacious auditorium for performing arts, a regulation sized gymnasium, sports fields and two playgrounds, a dedicated room for before- and after-school pro-grams, a modern kitchen and cafeteria and outdoor classroom and assembly space.
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are seeking ways to maximize the dollars they have left in their budgets. Everyone wants to spend budget dollars in the wisest way pos-sible because every penny counts.
The Society for college and Univer-sity planning (ScUp) provides professionals in higher education the opportunity to share what is and is not working when it comes to strategic and master planning, financial and resource planning, physical and infrastructural plan-ning, and more. In particular, ScUp focuses its resources on the integration of planning on campus.
our members, known af-fectionately as “ScUpers,” are sometimes new to planning, but more often they have had long and illustrious careers, both on campus and at firms. SCUPers seek to avoid “reinventing the wheel” when it comes to planning—to learn from successful (and not-so-successful) campus-based projects—and to find new ways to save money and be more sustainable.
ScUpers are curious, friendly, and knowledgeable. They are motivated to do the best job they can in developing integrated plans that will grow and positively shape their institutions. ScUp is unique among higher education associations in that we rec-ognize that members who work for firms, such as architectural, engineering, and con-
struction firms, have just as much to share as their institutional colleagues. In fact, many ScUp members move from institutional to corporate jobs and back again several times during their careers. As a result, ScUp does not differentiate its members by assigning corporate folks to an associate membership role. corporate members are full, voting,
office-holding members of our so-ciety, and we welcome their exper-tise. for more on ScUp’s culture, visit www.scup.org/membership/culture.html.
ScUp does provide some opportunities to increase corporate visibility among our members, but our membership is based on profes-sional development and long-term relationship building, rather than business development. The sharing
of knowledge and experience is the very es-sence of ScUp.
please take a moment to learn more about ScUp and what we have to offer. In ad-dition to our annual, international conference and idea marketplace in July each year (port-land, ore. in 2009), we offer regional confer-ences and special one-day events. ScUp’s mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic regions are both having conferences in march. please join us!
ScUp is located at 339 East liberty, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, mich. 48104. Visit www.scup.org and check out our calendar of events at www.scup.org/calendar.
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could the idea of shared sustain-ability initiatives help thaw the often chilly relations between
universities and their host communities? on friday march 20, Bob hicks AIA, lEED Ap and mark Zarrillo fASlA, AIcp of Symmes maini & mcKee As-sociates, along with wellesley college’s peter Zuraw, will present a panel pro-gram called “getting green Together – Town/gown Sustainability planning” at the ScUp’s 2009 Northeast Regional conference in New York city.
we asked hicks, a senior associate and project manager, and Zarrillo, a princi-pal and campus master planner at SmmA, about their presentation and the big idea behind town-gown climate change col-laboration.
High Profile (HP): how much coop-eration are you seeing today between uni-versities and local communities on green programs?
Bob Hicks (BH): Some communi-ties are already working closely with uni-versity groups on sustainability actions, and some have yet to consider it. overall, I would say we are beginning to see much more interest. It comes about when both parties realize there is a strong mutual in-terest in reducing greenhouse gasses. And since they all share the same resources and breathe the same air, it makes perfect sense to find ways to work together and achieve a broader impact.
HP: what are some of the ways the
two can work together?Mark Zarrillo (MZ): we believe
there are several places where cooperation and a combined front will work. Recy-cling, energy reduction, transportation and waste management are issues with large-scale impact on carbon reduction goals. whether you represent a college or a mu-nicipality, the challenges and opportuni-ties are similar. I know as a member of the Town of Brookline planning Board, and its representative on the town’s climate Ac-tion committee, that we are after the same outcome as the colleges – reducing energy costs and saving money. getting there can be made easier by combining efforts.
BH: It’s true. Just take one example reducing the collective carbon footprint, recycling. These days, the market for re-cycled materials is disappearing. Team-ing up to find creative solutions can lead to new ways of addressing these problems. The University of connecticut, for exam-ple, opens up a store once a month to sell
off surplus furniture and equipment. The Storrs residents are their biggest custom-ers, and the program is seen as a win-win. In other communities, the task of collect-ing appropriate data before any decisions can be made is a huge burden. colleges can supply help in the form of student labor through internships or graduate research projects.
HP: what gets in the way of these shared initiatives?
BH: There is no established mecha-nism in most communities for working together beyond the usual boundries. You have well-intentioned people on both sides, but too often there is no visible link or place to go to review the opportunities and goals together.
That’s why we suggest as a first step that a climate action or sustainable action summit be arranged. At the outset, this can simply be a forum for each to learn about what the other is doing or attempting to do. The overlapping goals and the tasks to get there will quickly become clear, and the process of teamwork can start right away. we recommend that these meetings have a facilitator to help keep the discussion on track and to use an advance agenda to get the full benefit of a discussion.
HP: Is there a framework or a pro-cess already in existence that can help make teaming more successful?
MZ: There is an organization called IclEI-local governments for Sustain-ability, which is a global association of lo-
cal governments committed to advancing climate protection and sustainable devel-opment. currently, there are more than 500 US cities and towns taking part, and 1,000 around the world. Among other things, this association provides technology tools and a practical protocol for local governments to follow as a benchmark. many of the IclEI tools can be applied in partnership with universities.
HP: how optimistic should we be that a shared approach will catch on any-time soon?
MZ: As universities implement green campus programs or conform to the Amer-ican college and University presidents climate commitment, they are seeing that they can only go just so far on their own. They are part of a larger community with overlapping issues and sustainable ideals. Some of the issues that pete Zuraw has dis-cussed with us are how wellesley college, which has been operating a co-generation facility for 10 or so years, interfaces with the town of wellesley and NSTAR.
BH: mark’s right about that. one thing we are all beginning to realize is that the financial resources for implementing any kind of community or campus im-provement program are going to be scarce for the foreseeable future. So the rationale for getting together is greater than ever now. why not broaden the vision and ex-pand beyond your own green island?
getting green Together: An Interview with SmmA’s Bob hicks and mark Zarrillo
High-Profile Feature: Society for College and University Planning
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Bergmeyer to Design Suffolk University caféBoston, mA - Bergmeyer Associates,
Inc. of Boston was selected to design the renovations to a new “café on the com-mon” at 150 Tremont Street, on the first floor of a 450-bed residence hall at Suffolk University. The café is a 130-seat, 5,000sf dining facility with a servery and occupies a prime location across from the Boston common. Students are attracted to the café by its fresh, contemporary feel and its 10-foot tall windows that look out onto the
Boston common.Bergmeyer was brought in
to help determine the appropriate scope of renovations to the entire first floor of the Residence Hall. Information was gathered about the needs and concerns of all who occupied the space.
Several layout options were
then created for review and approval, with associated pricing estimates provided by lee Kennedy and co. By working with the University administrators, it was deter-mined to be in the school’s best interest to focus on the dining hall component of the overall first floor plan.
Both the final design and construc-tion were to be completed within an eight-
week period and were successfully coordi-nated around the school’s winter break.
working closely with the many groups involved, understanding their needs and helping balance those against the over-all goals of the University produced a suc-cessful project.
150 Tremont Café, Principal: Douglas A. Coots, Director of Design, LEED AP, Designer: Maria Panagopoulou, Photographer: Richard Mandelkorn
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High-Profile Feature: Society for College and University Planning
By Nancy Goodwin, AIA, LEED AP
colleges and universities have been building new facilities at an extraor-dinary rate. This has been especially
striking in residential hall construction that is characterized by ever bigger size and construction costs. we are hard-pressed to
imagine this trend continuing given the current state of our economy and the increased un-derstanding of the environmental im-pact of new con-struction. Existing buildings contrib-ute greatly to the architectural heri-tage of our cam-
puses, they carry memories and embodied energy. Isn’t it time to focus on green reno-vations of existing residence halls?
In the february issue of College Planning & Management, paul Abram-son addresses the current status of college construction, a major new campus library unable to open for lack of funding for fur-nishings and staffing. The article also indi-cates that 2008 college construction in the New England region was 76% new, 14% additions and 10% renovations. we sug-gest that ratio be reversed. given projec-tions that in the year 2030, 80 percent of the built environment will be buildings that exist today, focusing attention on improv-ing existing buildings for energy efficiency and greater functionality is what respon-
sible campus managers are doing. A quick scan of residential hall
trends is useful. After the end of wwII, spurred by the GI Bill, there was a signifi-cant boom in the construction of dormito-ries on college and university campuses. In the interest of accommodating as many students as economically possible, the ma-jority of these facilities were single or dou-ble rooms on central corridors with shared “gang” toilets. The term dormitory, from the Latin for sleep, confirms the purpose of the buildings to provide sleeping quarters.
Today, the shift in name to resi-dence halls reflects the goal of providing holistic life-enhancing facilities for sleep-ing, socializing, learning and personal development. living arrangements vary from individual rooms to full apartments. Buildings typically include areas for group study, lounges, common kitchen facilities, laundries, meeting rooms and classrooms. many facilities also include apartments for resident faculty to foster learning and col-legial interchange outside the classroom.
These changes are in place for sev-eral reasons: to create a better living/learn-ing environment for the students, to pro-vide opportunities for personal interaction in this “my Space” world and to attract stu-dents when competing with the amenities of other institutions. Although this trend is being touted as new and many refer to it as an amenities “arms race,” this type of housing has been available since the 1920s, most notably at harvard and Yale, whose entry suite systems might be seen as the precursors to today’s trend.
what are the broader implications of construction of the new mega-residence halls? how does it impact the fabric of more traditional campus settings? The new buildings are attracting student interest and are top choices in housing lotteries. This has made the older facilities less desirable by comparison.
As endowments and the giving abil-ity of donors have dipped, capital con-struction budgets have been slashed. In response, many colleges are planning for renovations and adaptive use of existing facilities with a focus on energy and water efficiency. Since many of the older struc-tures are reaching the time for systems and code updates, campus managers are also considering plan reconfiguration—an op-portunity to address the emphasis on com-munity spaces—as part of overall building improvements.
The University of New hampshire did just that in renovations to congreve hall on its Durham campus. congreve is the first residence hall in the nation to earn the US Environmental protection Agency’s Energy Star Rating. The renovations also provided new resident apartments and two large double height study and social spac-es.
Similarly, renovations to hamilton hall at the harvard Business School con-verted the building from its 1928 suite con-figuration to new private rooms and baths. The building was the first LEED Certified gold residence hall at harvard University and the first to access funds from Harvard’s
green campus Initiative. It has served as a prototype for subsequent green renova-tions on both the Boston and cambridge campuses.
The concern for environmental sus-tainability cannot be overstated. This is true for new construction and renovations. The campus history and the embedded en-ergy in existing buildings speak strongly for their extended use. greening existing buildings is desirable, cost-effective and achievable. Additionally, sustainability has become a No. 1 concern for prospec-tive students. In 2008, Princeton Review surveyed 10,300 college applicants, and 63% said that a college’s commitment to the environment could affect their decision to go there.”
This is an important time for col-leges and universities to review their resi-dential legacies. The new buildings are causing a stir and gathering a great deal of attention for their catering to the millenni-als. Reinventing, reimagining and greening significant older housing stock (prevalent on many campuses) will bring similar re-gard and excitement. This signals that the institution values its history, cares for the environment, and is responsibly managing its assets.
Nancy Goodwin AIA LEED AP is a Principal at Finegold Alexander + Asso-ciates, a 47-year-old Boston-based archi-tecture firm with a portfolio of significant college and university facilities.
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By Robert M. Brandon, AIA, and Arthur A. Spruch, PE
here in New England, our colleges and universities have been proactive when it comes to sustainable development. They were among the first organizations to ac-knowledge the importance of responsible environmental stewardship, and they pio-neered many green approaches that are standard practices today, including en-hanced recycling and environmentally-friendly design.
Today, local campuses are discover-ing a new approach to environmentalism that–in addition to being socially respon-sible–offers significant operational advan-tages: materials management. Through better organization of operations and sup-port services, educational institutions can reduce the costs associated with operating a campus, and better support sustainability goals.
materials management encompasses the full range of campus operations and support systems that serve an active cam-pus, such as delivery-truck traffic, loading
docks, storage facilities, materials distribu-tion, recycling, and waste removal. In es-sence, it is the behind-the-scenes activity that makes a campus work. The goal of a materials management plan is to create an “invisible campus” that houses the opera-tional assets of the institution. At a typical campus, these systems are organized hap-hazardly, in a disorderly, noisy, or ineffi-cient manner, which can lead to unsightly and unnecessarily costly operations. By contrast, a creative and comprehensive materials management plan can transform a campus. careful materials management planning promotes efficiency, safety, and sustainability by minimizing traffic con-gestion, streamlining operational flows, reducing waste and hardscape, and enhanc-ing aesthetics.
what goes into a strategic materi-als management plan? one key element is the development of better circulation infrastructure. for example, service points can be clustered to reduce the number of loading docks and truck parking. By cre-ating central loading zones and service
areas, campuses can avoid the “island” ap-proach to shipping, receiving, and vehicle movement in which individual buildings rely on their own discrete materials man-agement systems. A centralized approach can dramatically enhance operational ef-ficiency and minimize cost. It also results in reduced greenhouse gas emissions: a commodity with significant environmental
and financial value in the burgeoning green markets.
Developing better campus circula-tion infrastructure also means re-evalu-ating types of truck delivery and service-vehicle routes. By building circulation resources around empirical data on vehicle type, size, and schedules, institutions can considerably reduce truck traffic, creating a safer environment for pedestrians and a more attractive and greener campus.
finally, an effective materials man-agement plan should include re-evaluating solid and hazardous waste removal, stor-age, and recycling. This often leads to
more efficient waste management practices and increased recycling initiatives.
In addition to the sustainability ben-efits of materials management planning are the aesthetic, financial, and operational advantages. Consolidating, reconfiguring, and better managing a campus’ core infra-structure reduces redundancy. This leads to lower operating costs and allows the
college or university to take advantage of the highest and best use of its real estate. materials management planning is one of the best investments a college or university can make. It’s not just good citizenship; it’s good business.
Robert M. Brandon, AIA, is senior vice president and principal architect/planner at S E A Consultants Inc., a Cam-bridge, Massachusetts-based engineering and architectural firm. Arthur Spruch, PE, is director of the firm’s Higher Education practice. The firm can be found at www.seacon.com.
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Boston, mA –The New York State Energy Research and Development Au-thority (NYSERDA) recently announced a new initiative to achieve greater energy efficiency awareness and market penetra-tion to community colleges, colleges, and universities across New York State.
As higher-education institutions seek to implement energy efficiency and sus-tainability practices to lower energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the New York Energy $mart focus on colleges and Universities will identify technical as-sistance and financial incentive programs that an institution can access to maximize energy efficiency and achieve their envi-ronmental goals.
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each campus in crafting an effective energy efficiency strategy,” said Francis J. Mur-ray, Jr., NYSERDA president and cEo. “Greater energy efficiency within New York’s colleges and universities will add to successful efforts at reducing statewide electric consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; all part of governor paterson’s aggressive clean-energy goals.”
EYp, an integrated architecture and engineering design firm, was competitively selected to assist NYSERDA in develop-ing programmatic outreach strategies for colleges and universities to support energy efficiency improvements in existing build-ings or new construction projects. EYp will actively involve public and private higher education campuses and facilities located within the SBc territory.
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‘going green’ Through materials management
One key element is the development of better circu-lation infrastructure. For example, service points can be clustered to reduce the number of loading docks and truck parking.
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Union College, Nott MemorialFirst Restoration of this National Landmark
University of New Hampshire, Congreve HallFirst Energy Star Residence Hall in Nation
Mount Ida College, New HallFirst Design/Build Project on Campus
Bryn Mawr College, Goodhart HallGreen Renovation and Addition to Performing Arts Center
Vassar College, Student’s BuildingReimagining of a McKim Mead and White Gem
Tufts University School of Veterinary MedicineCreative Reuse of Gymnasium
Harvard University, Radcliffe Quadrangle First Major Renovation of Residential House System: 700 beds in Nine Halls
Harvard Business School, Baker LibraryPreservation of the World’s Largest Business Library
Harvard University, Hamilton HallFirst LEED Gold Residence at Harvard
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Union College, Nott MemorialFirst Restoration of this National Landmark
University of New Hampshire, Congreve HallFirst Energy Star Residence Hall in Nation
Mount Ida College, New HallFirst Design/Build Project on Campus
Bryn Mawr College, Goodhart HallGreen Renovation and Addition to Performing Arts Center
Vassar College, Student’s BuildingReimagining of a McKim Mead and White Gem
Tufts University School of Veterinary MedicineCreative Reuse of Gymnasium
Harvard University, Radcliffe Quadrangle First Major Renovation of Residential House System: 700 beds in Nine Halls
Harvard Business School, Baker LibraryPreservation of the World’s Largest Business Library
Harvard University, Hamilton HallFirst LEED Gold Residence at Harvard
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Boston, mA - Bond Brothers, part-nering with perkins + will, recently completed construction of the new
Richard E. Griffin Academic Building for the massachusetts college of pharmacy and health Sciences. This 49,700 sf build-ing houses the college’s School of Nurs-ing, School of physician Assistant Studies, Office of Institutional Advancement and Office of College Relations and Com-munications. The new building presents a unique design determined by its triangular site. The two below-grade levels house a multi-level 250-seat amphitheatre while the six above-grade levels include com-puter labs, mock hospital rooms, academic
offices, meeting spaces, and classrooms, culminating in a multi-purpose function area on the 6 floor that includes panoramic views of the downtown Boston skyline.
The project had to meet a fast-track design and construction schedule, includ-ing the simultaneous efforts to construct the foundation and develop the Architectural and mEp design. meeting the compressed schedule required phased construction per-mits, early award of earthwork, concrete foundations, steel, and mechanical systems. Bond provided considerable planning and collaboration with the Boston Traffic De-partment to develop and obtain approval of the construction management plan.
In order to support its unprecedented growth the college made the decision to develop the building site on huntington Avenue, which presented considerable challenges. The zero-lot-line, 7,600sf tri-angular site required precise logistics plan-ning. The staging area for supplies or de-bris was extremely limited and required all building materials to be located within the site or abutting sidewalks, resulting in min-imal laydown area and truck loading zone. A tower crane erected within the building footprint significantly reduced interference with the surrounding traffic.
The deep excavation (more than 30 feet deep) demanded a complex foundation and earth retention system. Soldier piles with wood lagging and two levels of struc-
tural bracing for earth support were installed, and a wheeled gang formwork system was em-ployed to form the massive foun-dation walls.
662-670 huntington Av-enue was formerly the site of a gas station, which caused signifi-cant environmental issues, most notably contaminated soils. Soils containing high volatile organic and lead compounds were abated on-site, when possible, and then trucked to an approved regulated site. Site constraints necessitated the immediate removal of all ex-cavated material.
perkins + will’s design for the exterior combines metal panel, brick, and floor-to-ceiling glass curtainwall. This complex design required intense planning and collaboration between per-kins + will, Bond, and its sub-contractors to meet the building and schedule needs. huntington Avenue, also known as the Av-enue of the Arts, is home to many high-profile neighbors, including the Museum of fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart gard-ner museum. The striking façade of the new building provides a beautiful addition to the area.
Both Bond and perkins + will have
a previous successful history of collabo-ration with the massachusetts college of pharmacy and health Sciences (mcphS). Bond served as construction manager on the college’s Academic center, laborato-ries and residences, and this was the fourth successful collaboration between the col-lege and perkins + will.
massachusetts college of pharmacy of health and SciencesBond Brothers, partnering with Perkins + Will Completes Griffin Academic Building
Rendering of Griffin Academic Building. Courtesy of Perkins + Will.
Rendering of Griffin Academic Building
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South hadley, mA - opened in Sep-tember 2008, the new residence hall at Mount Holyoke College is a five-
story, 75,000gsf, 176-bed facility located at the southern gateway of the liberal arts college for women in South hadley, mass. Despite being one of the largest build-ings on the historic campus, it success-fully echoes the intimate residential scale and quality of the college’s original buildings, icons beloved by students, faculty and alumna. De-signers from The S/l/A/m collab-orative, a 200-member architecture firm with offices in Atlanta, Boston, chicago and connecticut, carefully incorporated elements of the campus Elizabethan and Jacobean vernacular to create a sophisticated, high-tech student residence that both “fits in” and “stands out” on the traditional campus.
“And the result is magnifi-cent,” said mhc president Joanne V. creighton, at the dedication. “At once urban and rural, classic and ‘with it,’ the new residence hall sings harmoniously with other buildings and looks like it has been here all along. It’s such a pleasure to see it teeming with students and activities…. It is a triumph worth celebrating.”
The facility is an evolution of a mhc tradition of shared public spaces, designed on a residential scale, complemented by appropriate materials that foster a sense
of familiarity and community. It is defined by two primary forms containing 30 to 40 bed clusters connected to common spaces that respond to the topography of the site, minimizing building scale and maximizing access to daylight and views. Nested com-munities comprised of traditional doubles, singles, and suites, provide a “progressive-
ly independent living” environment that addresses the changing needs of maturing students while providing support for under-classmen. Room sizes and configurations vary throughout the building, mirroring the variations found in the college’s historic centennial houses; e.g. the attic story offers sloped roofs, dormered alcoves and modi-
fied room proportions. The site and building design facili-
tates a physical environment of openness and transparency, clear way finding, and a sense of safety and well-being. But the fa-cility is more than a comfortable home for its residents – it is a visible symbol of the college’s commitment to environmental
stewardship. “from the project’s beginning, we
have been working toward silver (lEED) certification,” said John Bryant, the Col-lege’s director of facilities planning and management. But the building team exceed-ed even their own high expectations, and learned recently that the project had in fact
received LEED Gold certification. Among its most notable “green features are: 42.5% less energy use than conventional con-struction ; 15% of building material made from recycled content ; 90% of construc-tion waste diverted to a local building re-cycling company for salvage or reuse; 20% of building materials locally manufactured
within 500 miles of campus; renewable materials and recycled content utilized wherever possible, e.g. cork and bam-boo flooring; roof shingles made form 40% post-consumer material; aluminum window frames made from 50% post-consumer material; insulated glass made from 25% recycled material; steel that is minimum 65% post consumer.
In addition, 24 solar collectors provide 22% of hot water for the facility, and efficient plumbing fixtures use 30% less water. A lEED innovation credit was awarded for the interactive green touch screen computer system in the lob-by, which allows students to see in real time how their own residential cluster is doing in comparison with the other clus-ters in the building, thereby encourag-ing energy consumption awareness and
even ongoing competition between student “pods” for reduced energy use. “Energy conservation is a win-win,” Bryant said. “Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the right thing to do for the environment, but it also reduces the college’s operating costs year after year.”
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St. mary city, mD - The new River center project at St. mary’s college of maryland supports the college’s
award-winning sailing and crew teams, brings its biology research center closer to the water, and integrates the St. mary’s River more into the campus environment.
The project was just awarded the Ex-cellence in construction Award – Special projects category by the cT Association of Builders and contractors.
KBE Building corporation – for-merly Konover construction corporation – was the construction manager at Risk for the project. This is the third project the Farmington Conn.-based construction firm has completed for the college.
The new $4.8 million, 13,800sf Riv-er center replaces an existing boat house located on the waterfront. KBE took ex-ceptional steps to use sustainable build-ing methods and materials throughout the construction. Additionally, the company
worked around a challenging (and histori-cally significant) building site, tides of the St. mary’s River, poor drainage (requiring a pond to be built and drained weekly), student input, and other challenges to build this impressive center.
The River center is home to the school’s sailing and crew programs, docks, boat ramps, boardwalks, and other facilities that make the water accessible. The school also brought its biology research labs and river studies program down to the water-front – a new function of the River center – to take full advantage of St. mary’s River as an integral part of the campus.
The River center is built on a wa-terfront area that was created by fill – de-bris from the women’s seminary that once stood above the site. A fire in 1924 gutted the original structure and the old brick and lumber was simply shoveled over the side of the hill establishing this site. This situa-tion – combined with historical significance
of the city, the excessive water in the soil, and the environmentally sensitivity (and tides) of the river location – made for an interesting backdrop for a building project of this scope. Throughout the project every dig below 30 inches had to be carefully monitored by an archae-ologist. All excavation was strictly coordinated as part of the weekly foreman’s meetings.
The site and the weather pre-sented a unique challenge for se-quencing the drilling and casting of piles, wells and storing of material. The project was bordered by the St. mary’s River (a tidal river) and a state highway. The site had no al-located parking – and an abundance of ground water. A pond was built at the center of the site for contin-ual drainage, with the run-off wa-ter pumped through filters, dried, and removed weekly from the site. The building is set on 48 augur cast piles, sunk 100 feet deep. Thirty-six geothermal wells were drilled to a depth of 300 feet.
The River center facility is an edu-cation tool to the students and community about sustainability and environmental re-sponsibility. The college and KBE made joint efforts to implement, target, and weigh for comparison and measure many sustain-able practices into the design and construc-tion of this facility. These include:
• Storm water management program (crucial to waterfront location).
• Protection of existing cypress trees at water’s edge
• Special attention given to the con-trol and reduction of exterior lighting to mitigate light pollution
• Recycling and air pollution protec-tion for the demolition of the existing boat-house, recycling for construction debris; established a recycling program for the building and students to maintain
• Heat island roof and non-roof re-duction were targeted as goals through de-sign and construction through shading of walkways, reduction of exterior hardscapes in relation to natural vegetation, as well as roofing and hardscape material selection
• Pervious parking systems were im-plemented as well as a reduced size park-ing area
• Bicycle racks and showers imple-
mented for alternative transportation en-couragement
• Certified wood was used in excess of 50% for the project
• Geothermal Heat Pump as source of heating and cooling for the Boathouse building
• Significant increases to the thermal envelope of the structure with spray foam insulation in full depth framing applica-tion, increased daylight usage to offset arti-ficial lighting, and low-E thermal glass for all doors and windows to decrease heating/cooling load demand
• Low flow automated faucets and dual flush commodes were incorporated in the plumbing construction, as well as re-mote tankless water heaters to reduce wa-ter and energy consumption
• Sustainable veneer materials were used including brick, cementitious siding, cedar shingles, copper flashings and gut-ters
• Low emitting materials and indoor chemical and pollutant controls
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NY, NY - The Juilliard School at New York’s lincoln center has been undergoing its first major renovation and addi-tion since its opening in 1962. The scheduled re-opening is in the fall of 2009. Architecture is by Diller, Scofidio+ Renfro and fXfowle and acoustic design by Jaffe holden of Norwalk, conn.
New spaces include: in-strument practice rooms on three of the four added floors, faculty teaching studios, administrative offices, a recording studio, a multi-form “black box” theatre, two jazz teaching and ensemble studios, a large dance studio, several organ practice rooms and a large orchestra rehearsal room.
A major interior circulation route follows a spectacular four-story high glass curtain wall on the Broadway façade, al-lowing prominent views both into and from the building.
Acoustical isolation is essential to the music and dance instruction and per-formance activities that occur simultane-ously from morning to late night in the
building. Successful acoustical isolation is achieved by use of double construction (“box-in-box”) techniques around all acoustically critical spaces—instrumental practice rooms and faculty teaching studios, recording studio, dance studio and the two main performance spaces.
Extensive use is made of floated concrete floors that support resil-iently braced walls. Set within the isolated walls, resiliently suspended, multi-layer drywall ceilings complete the box-in-box constructions that are essential when spaces of this nature are located closely together.
mark holden, fASA, is the chair-man and lead designer of acoustics at Jaffe-holden.
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manchester-by-the-Sea, mA - win-dover construction, Inc., of manchester-by-the-Sea, builder of retail, institutional and commercial construction projects, landed two new school housing construc-tion projects – a dormitory at Endicott col-lege in Beverly and faculty housing at gov-ernor’s Academy in Newbury.
Endicott college, a co-ed school lo-cated on Beverly’s waterfront, needed a design-build solution to convert an ocean-front carriage house into a 22-bed student dormitory. Three challenges were present with the project – a tight budget, the need to move quickly and the ability to incorpo-rate the design into the fabric of the other renovated historic buildings on campus.
windover teamed with the architec-tural firm Tappé Associates of Boston, and in a rigorous preconstruction process, was able to value-engineer a design that created 20,000sf of dormitory living, while retain-
ing several elements of the architectural style of the pre-existing carriage house. The project is expected to be completed for the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year.
The governor’s Academy, an in-dependent boarding school located north of Boston in Newbury, had a design from TmS Architects in portsmouth, N.h. for a new faculty housing facility and needed a construction management firm that could offer competitive pricing along with the ability to start construction quickly and finish the project by the fall of 2009. Win-dover met those challenges.
windover is also in the process of constructing a residential student village in the heart of downtown Beverly for the montserrat college of Art. That project combines green building technologies with architecture that fits in with the historic na-ture of the neighborhood. That project is expected to be completed this August.
winchester, mA - The Town of winchester began construction of a new classroom addition/renovation at the mccall middle School last summer. In-crementally added-to over the last half dozen decades, this latest addition and subsequent renovation further expand winchester’s ability to meet the com-munity’s surging student demographic demand.
Designed by flansburgh Archi-tects, the four-story, 22,000sf addition/ren-ovation will provide 12 new classrooms for grades six through eight, and through renovations, will up-date adjacent existing building spaces. The inherently green con-cept of renovating and adding, rather than relocating or demolishing, gov-erned the initial design strategy. The project is being phased so that the new space is initially constructed, followed by renovations during the summer of 2009.
“The challenge of the project was to design an addition that not only filled the need of 200 additional middle school students, but also complements the original 1931 school,” says prin-cipal in charge, Duncan mcclelland, AIA.
Sited adjacent to the school play-fields, the addition gently arcs outward from the existing building overlook-ing manchester field and the Aber-
jona River beyond. All new classrooms share this view, enhancing natural day-light principles within teaching spaces. contemporary in appearance, the ad-dition employs traditional materials of brick and pre-cast, replicating those of the original building.
Each level of the new addition contains classrooms that can be grouped
together as a mid-dle school “team.” Teaching technolo-gies include class-rooms wired for lcD video projection and electronic teaching boards. other spaces include areas for special education, a teacher’s team room, and private confer-ence rooms.
Striving for energy efficiency, key features include a highly insulated building envelope with low-E glass in-sulated windows. Significant savings are expected from a large heat recovery unit, capable of recapturing heat from ventilation air. All rooms are equipped with occupancy sensors, and the facility is controlled via a digital energy man-agement system.
The owner’s project manager, David Saindon, of KV Associates, an-ticipates an August 2009 completion. general contractor, g & R construc-tion, has been staying on schedule and on budget, with final anticipated costs at less than $225 psf.
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Quincy, mA – lee Kennedy co. recently completed the $63 million Simmons college School of management and Academic Build-ing – its 12th successful project on the campus of this prestigious col-lege.
lee Kennedy co. utilized top-down sequencing and slurry wall construction to efficiently complete the project in an aggres-sive 20 months while working in the hub of the Simmons campus. This approach enabled separate building operations above grade and below to occur simultaneously, ultimately allowing the underground garage to operate while construction contin-ued on the building above.
Designed by Boston-based cannon Design, the School of man-agement and Academic building is 38% more efficient than similarly sized buildings. The facility features a green roof to lower heating and cooling costs, roof vegetation to absorb and filter rainwater, enhanced indoor air quality, underground parking to maximize green space, and re-stroom facilities that reduce water con-sumption by 34%. The college is pursuing LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building council’s leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design program. The five-story, 66,500sf facility hous-
es offices, classrooms, study spaces and an executive education floor. The building also is the final piece of the newly-formed campus quad, which consolidates all five of the college’s graduate schools onto one campus location at 300 The fenway. A new 715-car below-grade garage was also in-cluded in the scope of work.
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Attleboro, mA - Bristol community college (Bcc) just keeps growing. The latest growth spurt is happening at its new Attleboro campus, where South coast-based general contractor Bufftree Building company has created a high-tech, state-of-the-art educational facility.
In 2006, Bcc purchased the former Texas Instruments building on field Road to expand its presence in Attleboro and make higher education more accessible for residents of the greater Attleboro area. To reach its goal, the college joined forces with the design team of E. Randy Jarvis Architects of New Bedford and with con-struction partner Bufftree Building com-pany.
In the first leg of the $4 million proj-ect, completed in 2008, Bufftree trans-formed what had been manufacturing space into classrooms, computer labs, conference and library rooms, a health lab and chem-
istry and biology labs. During the project’s next phase, Bufftree created six classrooms, a student lounge, conference room and of-fices, and renovated a bookstore on the sec-ond level of the two-story structure.
with the completion of these reno-vations, a new co-op agreement between Bcc and Bridgewater State college en-abled Bridgewater to open a satellite cam-pus on the Attleboro site. Beginning with the spring semester in January 2009, se-lected BSc upper level undergraduate and graduate courses are being offered.
The newest stage of the Bcc-Buff-tree collaboration involves a suite of rooms, also on the second floor, that will welcome Bcc’s Attleboro Adult Basic Education students, who are currently attending class-es in the former Attleboro high School on county Street.
The best part of the space that is cur-rently being readied to receive the ABE
students in march, according to Kathy Torpey garganta, Dean of Bristol community college Attleboro, is the brand-new com-puter lab that will be available to the ABE’s day students, as well as to the Bristol community college students enrolled in the college’s evening program.
Bufftree Builds partnership with Bcc E. Randy Jarvis Architects
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High-Profile Feature: Gorham Middle High School
The following are excerpts from an article by Daniel McGaw.
gorham, Nh – last year, the town of gorham approved a $5.385 million bond to be used for renovations at the gorham middle high School and the Ed fenn Elementary School. Additional dona-tions produced another $141,000, creating a $5.526 million total budget for construc-tion purposes. Divided into two phases, the project will encompass about 100,000sf of repairs and improvements, upgrading the aged architecture of the two schools and adding new amenities to both facilities.
After deciding upon gilford-based meridian construction to handle the re-building process, phase I was set to con-centrate on reroofing both schools, per-forming major structural improvements to the top of Ed fenn, upgrading the gmhS sprinkler system, introducing new ceilings, new lights, flooring, and various other elements to both institutions.
over the summer, things progressed quite briskly, even though numerous challenges and setbacks arose. At Ed fenn Elementary School, immediately after the demolition of its ceiling and lighting, the team discov-ered that the building’s electrical system did not meet code. At the owner’s discretion, the engineers quickly evaluated and redesigned the setup, and the contractors completed all electrical wiring replacements in enough time to
keep to the original schedule. oth-er strange delays arose, including the discovery of a large attic space in gmhS, previously unknown by its owners.
In october, the gorham Randolph Shelburne cooperative School Board released an update of the progress made on phase I. According to SAU 20 Superinten-dent paul Bousquet, everything was proceeding in good time and order.
many of the changes at the gmhS have consisted of gym-nasium alterations and classroom modifications. A new lift has been installed leading to the girls’ locker area on the second floor in the gym,
to provide handicap accessibility. The ‘leaning’ gym wall has been engineered and repaired so that it will no longer move from its current position. Science, indus-trial arts/technology and family/consumer classroom renovations are quickly moving forward. New doors and hardware are be-ing installed in all areas of the renovation.
The second phase of renovations will include a new kitchen for the gmhS, new cafeteria, two new classrooms, indus-trial arts room, potential space for a bio-mass boiler, and a small patio outside the cafeteria for recreation.
phase II is scheduled to be complet-ed by June 2009.
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providence, RI - for nearly 10 years, Signer harris has provided Brown Univer-sity with planning and design services for a variety of small and midsized renova-tions--sometimes utilitarian (residence hall bathroom upgrades); sometimes lively and engaging (new gallery at haffenreffer mu-seum of Anthropology); but always suited to the mission of the university. The com-plete renovation and historic preservation of lyman hall, the theatre arts building, and the phased overhaul of five dormitories are recent examples of the application of Signer harris Architects’ client- and user-centered design process.
The restoration of lyman hall re-quired balancing scrupulous attention to the building’s period details with updating the material palette and adapting the interior cir-culation.
Along the interior, renovations consist of updating faculty offices, support spaces, dressing rooms, rehearsal studio rooms, and bathrooms, as well as transforming the arrival sequence to free circulation, increase vis-ibility and inject architec-tural gravitas into the his-toric building.
The highlight of the interior work is the resto-ration and renovation of a library that serves as a lit-erary resource with added flexibility to function as a Seminar Room, Script Reading Room, and mini-performance space.
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building and developed a hierarchy of repairs, iso-lating the most expensive interventions and evalu-ating these against cost, schedule and benefit to the community. In the end, the building’s lime-stone columns, capitals, trim and red slate roof were replaced, its ma-sonry re-pointed, and its uniquely mullioned win-dows were replicated and replaced.
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The original structure required significant repair and restoration.
Lyman Hall interior renovation.
Beverly, mA - cTA Ventures, A Joint Venture of cTA construction co., Inc. and KBE Building corporation were awarded the $67 million contract for the Beverly high School.
This phased addition and renova-tion to the existing high school consists of the new construction of a four sto-ry, 140,000sf addition that will house classrooms, science labs and adminis-trative offices.
The existing gymnasium, audi-torium, kitchen, cafeteria, and locker
rooms will undergo a significant phased renovation. The project also includes extensive sitework and parking areas.
Upon completion of the new ad-dition and relocation of students, the current classroom wings of the existing school will be demolished to make way for new parking areas as part of the fi-nal phase of the project. This three-year project is currently scheduled for completion in february of 2012.
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High-Profile Focus: Institutions and SchoolscTA construction School projects
cTA construction co., Inc. is the gen-eral contractor for the several school con-struction projects in massachusetts. They include new 83,500sf willard Elementary School in concord.
The new school will accommodate 540 students and associated teaching staff. It is being constructed roughly 25 feet from the existing school, which will be demol-ished after the new school is complete and occupied.
The entire project is phased to mini-mize the disruption to the existing elemen-tary school. The new school incorporates a new administration level, classrooms, audi-torium, gymnasium, classrooms and media center.
The design incorporates the use of natural light to illuminate the classrooms and media center through clerestory win-dows, glazed roof monitors and interior light wells that pass through the entire building elevation. The media center uti-lizes an interior bridge opening up to the lower floor. Exterior finishes include brick, precast stone, metal panels and a combina-tion of flat membrane roofing with sloped
shingle roofing. The sitework includes a new ball
field, tennis courts as well as a full replace-ment of the existing septic system. The project seeks a goal of compliance with certain criteria of the massachusetts high performance green Schools guidelines, and specifically the Massachusetts Collab-orative for high performance Schools (mA chpS).
The architect is michael Rosen-feld.
cTA construction co., Inc. is also the general contractor on the new hingham Elementary School. This project consists of the construction of a new 91,350sf elementary school in hingham.
work includes related site work, underground utilities, parking and on-site service and fire-access roadways, playgrounds, and multi-purpose play-ing fields.
KBA Architects served as archi-tects. completion is scheduled for 2009.
cTA Ventures, A Joint Venture of cTA construction co., Inc. and KBE Building corp. were awarded the $67 million con-tract for the Beverly high School.
This phased addition and renovation to the existing high school consists of the new construction of a four-story, 140,000sf
addition that will house class-rooms, science labs and ad-ministrative offices.
The existing gymnasi-um, auditorium, kitchen, caf-eteria, and locker rooms will undergo a significant phased renovation. The project also includes extensive sitework and parking areas.
Upon completion of the new addition and reloca-tion of students, the current classroom wings of the exist-ing school will be demolished
to make way for new park-ing areas as part of the final
phase of the project. This three-year proj-ect is currently scheduled for completion in february 2012.
mount Vernon group is the architect.cTA construction is the general con-
tractor for construction of a new school on the existing grounds of the 67,000sf to re-place the existing cw morey Elementary School on pine St. in lowell.
The new school includes classrooms, cafeteria space, a gym, media center, office space and significant technology upgrades.
The new elementary school for grades pK-4 will be a two-story building being constructed five feet away from the existing school, which remains in operation throughout the construction period.
The site is an urban location bounded by public ways. The project includes related site-work, landscaping, and demolition of the existing school upon completion of the new school. Exterior finishes include brick, block, curtain wall, metal panels and alumi-num windows.
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High-Profile Feature: Rhode Island Philharmonic School
The Rhode Island philhar-monic is justly proud of the new – and permanent – space
acquired for its renowned music School. The largest (1,600 students) and most complete music school for pre-school, elementary and high school students in the state of Rhode Island, it recently acquired the prem-ises which for many years had housed meeting Street School.
The music school’s new cam-pus, located on waterman Ave in East providence, primarily consists
of two main buildings. The admin-istrative structure required only cos-metic touch-up while the interior of the classroom building needed to be completely gutted so that the new music instruction layout could be ac-complished.
This 3,000sf building was giv-en a new floor plan and reconfigured to include not only classroom and practice space, but four rehearsal and recital halls as well.
To accommodate these latter areas required raising a portion of the
main roof 12 feet over an area 60ft. x 110ft. (app. 6,600sf) to obtain better acoustics and sight lines for the audi-ence in the halls.
The project team included wil-liam Kile, Architect of providence; E. w. Burman, Inc. construction managers of warwick and ca-vanaugh Tucci, Acoustic Engineers of Sudbury, mass. The overall cost of the 14-month project was approxi-mately $5 million.
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By Delbert B. Smith, Jr., PE, CPD, LEED AP Scott A.
Sullivan, PE, LEED APNot so long ago, the con-
cept of using an energy source that is 93 million miles away used to be different: whimsical. Anecdotal. certainly not practi-cal. Today, harnessing the power of the sun is not only becoming practical, it is gaining popular-ity like never before, with new technology and applications for both solar hot water and solar electricity.
A solar hot water system is comprised of solar collectors and tubes to convey the heated water to its final destination. The first and arguably simplest type of solar collector is the flat plate collector. Inside the flat plate so-lar collector is a serpentine tube that provides maximum surface area for efficient heating. Al-though efficient, the serpentine tubing doesn’t allow the heated water to escape the bends in the tube when not in use. As a result, overheating can occur, which can degrade the equipment and add a potential safety hazard, if ever the hot water should leak unexpectedly. The second type of collector is the evacuated tube.
At first cost, this system is more expensive. most evacuated tubes are currently manufactured overseas, and because they are quite fragile, tubes may arrive
damaged. however, because the tubes are independent of each other within the sys-tem, a damaged tube can be removed and replaced without taking the entire system offline.
Solar hot water systems fall into two types: the closed loop system and the drain back system. A closed loop system recircu-lates water through its system until needed, so it uses less energy than its drain back counterpart. The closed loop system is best applied to scenarios with continuous loads, since the collectors and tubes are never fully empty. The remaining water in the system has the potential to freeze or flash to steam. Some recent projects that effectively used the closed loop system include a pool at an independent education campus, a spa at a private residence, and radiant floor heating in the children’s area at a public library. A drain back system allows unused water to
return to a holding tank. while this type of system does use more energy, it offers pro-tection against freezing or overheating.
This system works well with applications that have variable hot water demands, such as a vacation home, a ho-tel, or most recently, cES head-quarters office.
considering that about 15% to 20% of a building’s en-ergy costs are dedicated to the “h” handle on the faucet, as well as the many rebates and incentives available today, so-lar hot water has gained popu-larity as well as more competi-tive prices for equipment and installation. The same can be said for another solar applica-tion: photovolatics.
photovolatics, or solar electricity, can be applied two different ways, either grid tied
(connected to conventional utility sources) or off-grid (independent of a utility source). A grid-tied system is more flexible, since it may provide either a portion or all of a building’s electricity usage. however, without the addition of an on-site battery storage system, the power that is gener-ated from a grid-tied photovoltaic system can only be used when the sun is up; there is no way to store unused power. Rather, that unused power is fed back into the util-ity’s power grid for other customer’s use. Ideally, the utility company will buy back any excess electricity that you produce at the same retail rate that you buy electricity, which is most often called “net metering.”
Such a system has one utility kwh meter that spins in either direction, depend-
ing on if you are giving or taking electric-ity. In a non net-metered system, the utility company requires that you install a second kwh meter to record any excess energy that is returned back into the grid, often paid back at the wholesale rate (generally a few cents per kwh). A non-grid photovol-taic system is ideal for remote and/or ru-ral areas with limited utility infrastructure. This type of system requires the addition of battery storage for excess energy, thereby adding first costs as well as maintenance costs for the life of the system. however, the stored energy can be used anytime day or night, since it stays on-site.
Both types of photovoltaic systems are comprised of solar collectors that col-lect solar energy and transfer that energy to an inverter, which converts the energy from Dc to Ac power. Solar electric collectors can be in the form of rigid panels mounted at a fixed angle, or building integrated col-lectors often known as BIpV. BIpV collec-tors can be integrated into the building’s walls, roof or windows. Rigid collectors mounted at a fixed angle are less expensive than most BIpV systems, and they are easy to maintain; snow and ice slide off the solar panels easily, and rain keeps them clean. Rigid solar panels are arranged in rows so that the Dc volts produced are additive. however, if a shadow falls across one pan-el in a row, the entire row of panels may go offline until that shadow passes. BIPV can be used at any angle on virtually any part of a building, with BIPV roofing being one of the most common types available today. The solar collectors are actually part of the roofing system, so flat roofs contain flat so-lar collectors. Each section of roof is inde-pendent of the others, so a shadow across
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Exeter, Nh – TmS Archi-tects and phillips Exeter Academy (pEA) announced that their collab-oration on faculty housing in the o’Neil court neighborhood has resulted in LEED Gold certifica-tion for the three new residences. Bruss construction, Inc of Brad-ford, N.h. provided construction management for the homes. The buildings were designed to comply with phillip Exeter’s Environmen-tal mission Statement which man-dates that “pEA must be commit-ted to stewardship of the environment . . . and value, protect, preserve and replenish natural resources.”
LEED Gold Certification for the res-idences was achieved by reducing utility consumption by 50% and eliminating the use of fossil fuels for heating by installing geo-thermal heating systems in both homes drawing from 220 foot vertical water wells. for domestic hot water one unit incorpo-rates a passive solar system donated by the 2007 Senior class while the other uses a geo-thermal system for domestic hot water. There was also a focus to use local build-ing materials and native plants in the land-scaping, including a rain garden to capture storm water runoff from hard surfaces such as the roofs and driveways.
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tainability of the project. Bruss construc-tion implemented the first use of a 10 ¼ inch structural insulated panel system (SIpS) in N.h., which greatly increased the R-value of the walls. other products include cement board siding, triple-paned windows, fluo-rescent lighting, a drain water heat recov-ery unit, heat recovery ventilators (hRV) to warm incoming cold dry air with outgo-ing warm moist air, and Energy Star appli-ances installed throughout. The use of low to no Voc materials such as adhesives and paints eliminate off-gassing and improve the indoor air quality, creating a healthier occupant environment. Bruss construction was able to recycle 75% of construction waste generated from the project. Third-party LEED certification services were provided by The Jordan Institute located in concord, N.h.
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Boston, mA - A solar rebate program launched by governor Deval patrick a year ago is fueling rapid adoption of solar en-ergy for homes, businesses and municipal buildings across massachusetts, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secre-tary Ian Bowles announced recently.
commonwealth Solar has approved nearly $22 million in rebates for 539 new solar photovoltaic (pV) projects which, once completed, will more than double the 5 megawatts of installed solar capacity that existed in massachusetts when the program opened for business January 23, 2008. with just the rebate applications now in the pipe-line, the commonwealth is on pace to reach 15 megawatts by the end of this year.
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Somerville, mA - littlefoot En-ergy corporation, a provider of green and efficient-energy solutions for enterprises, recently installed a solar hot water heating system at the longfellow club in wayland. The system, which became operational De-cember 31, 2008, is run by a series of so-lar panels on the roof of the club and will heat more than 50% of the hot water for the swimming pool and showers. As one of the largest solar arrays in New England, it will take the place of burning 20,800 cubic yards of natural gas annually, will lower energy costs by $10,000 annually, and will reduce longfellow’s carbon footprint by approximately 67,432 pounds of carbon di-oxide per year–the amount absorbed by 9.6 acres of forest.
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lar installation as another step towards be-coming a good environmental citizen and supporting the growth and development of the green and local economy. Since its purchase by the current owners in 1980, the club has been an environmental leader in the community and health club industry. longfellow has been an early adopter of recycling practices, made several break-through efforts to conserve water and en-ergy, including installing waterless urinals that save 135,000 gallons of water per year, and hosted several metro-west Earth Day celebrations.
“This solar installation is the next major step in our goal to becoming the greenest health club in the United States,” said laury hammel, founder and president of the longfellow club.
Quincy, mA - J. calnan and Associates (JcA) announced that six more employees successfully passed the lEED Accreditation exam.
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JcA recently held an intensive training program to prepare more of its employees for the accreditation process, and JcA expects that 20 members soon will have their lEED accreditation.
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cambridge mA- p|R|A Architects, in association with EYp Architects & En-gineers and consigli construction co., an-nounced that the preliminary planning and programming efforts for the new residence hall at framingham State college are tran-sitioning into the schematic design phase.
occupying a highly visible site at the entrance to the college campus, and the first new on-campus housing at FSC in more than 30 years, the new 400-bed resi-dence hall will mark a major milestone in the college’s efforts to diversify its stock of on-campus housing, enhance student life and to support a full-time residential col-lege campus experience.
The new 120,000 sf residence hall has an estimated project budget of $40 mil-lion, and construction is planned for 2010 with an opening date of fall 2011. This will be p|R|A’s third campus housing project to be both LEED certified and in compliance with the massachusetts State lEED plus requirements.
Building upon the successful and on-going experience between p|R|A and con-sigli construction at fSc that includes reno-vations and additions to four dormitories in the preceding five years, the new residence hall will complete a program of upgrades to all campus residential buildings.
p|R|A and consigli construction are nearing completion of ongoing work at Bridgewater State college that includes renovations and expansions of two exist-ing older dormitories: pope hall and Scott halls.
At pope hall, work includes an en-larged footprint and new entry that trans-forms the existing 41,000sf structure into a 75,000sf building by adding an additional 176 beds and thoughtfully engaging an im-portant campus edge. Similarly, Scott hall occupies a prominent location in the heart of the college’s west campus. The addition of a fourth floor and a similarly expanded footprint added 32,000sf and 131 beds to the existing 35,750sf dormitory.
At the secondary school level, recent projects for the groton School in groton, mass. include an addition to the compre-hensive historic renovation and restoration of the existing 100-year-old boiler plant building. The current work will include a new addition to facilitate the installation of a new biomass boiler system, in an effort by the school to utilize renewable energy sources. The project includes a 1,500sf chip bin storage and conveyor facility with a photovoltaic installation as well as modi-fication of the existing plant to provide a new roof monitor on the existing boiler building to allow installation of modern pollution control systems.
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Darien, cT – A.p. construction com-pany, the construction management and general contracting division of The Ash-forth company, completed the new Darien library, a new four-story lEED gold certi-fied building in Darien.
The $18 million, 54,000sf library features a poured-in-place concrete foun-dation, structural steel frame with concrete deck, brick veneer facing with masonry backing and slate roof.
Sustainable highlights of the library include siting the project on a re-used for-merly developed brown field location, pro-viding full erosion and sedimentation con-trol, installing water-efficient landscaping that requires no potable water for irrigation, diverting 50% of construction waste to re-cycle centers, and using low Voc emitting finish materials such as adhesives, sealants, carpets and paints, lighting and housekeep-ing products.
A.p. construction also installed an on-site water retention system and geo-thermal heating, ventilating and air condi-tioning system that uses closed loop tech-nology. All lumber, including material for roof shingles, beams, studs, flooring and
millwork has been acquired from regional companies using sustainable forestry prac-tices.
A unique feature to the library will be its computerized book return conveyor system that will be the first of its kind to be installed in connecticut. This will auto-mate the process of retrieving, sorting and moving items and therefore free up staff members’ time to help library users find the materials or information they need.
The architect of the project is peter Gisolfi Associates. The project engineer is AKf Engineers. Darien library’s owner representative is RBI consultants. A.p. construction’s team includes David Bre-idenbach, vice president; frank fazekas, project manager; meta Intemann, assistant project manager; and mark moran, super-intendent.
David Breidenbach, vice president of A.p. construction, member of the Darien library project team and a lEED Ap – Nc (Accredited professional – New construc-tion and major Renovation) with the Unit-ed States green Building council, worked closely with other team members on the lEED accreditation process.
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plymouth, mA - habitat for human-ity of greater plymouth announced that the first home built by a local habitat has received high honors for energy efficiency.
The first LEED certified home in all of massachusetts has been awarded to 11 Braley Road in plymouth at the gold level. This is also the first Habitat-built home in all of New Eng-land to be recognized at any level for the energy and environmentally friendly technologies used in its construction.
The home at Bra-ley Road features spe-cially designed and insulated wall panels, photovoltaic solar pan-els on the roof and ra-diant floor heating. The pV panels were funded by a grant from the mas-sachusetts Technology collaborative. There are several other habitat homes
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High-Profile: Green Facilities Development News
By Kurt Teichert, LEED APmany New England campuses have added facilities
in recent years at the same time that they have developed aggressive plans to reduce climate impacts. high perfor-mance design strategies for new construction and action plans to reduce the energy density of existing buildings are critical components of a carbon emissions reduction strat-egy. capital cost constraints are nothing new to campus planners and designers, but an increasing emphasis on car-bon budgets and attention to long-term operating costs of buildings require advanced expertise in building science and integrative design techniques.
Brown University has had a long-standing campus environmental stewardship initiative, Brown Is green, since the early ‘90s that links campus practices and aca-demic courses and research. Through consistent demand-management programs to reduce energy consumption, Brown has one of the lowest campus energy densities among peer institutions. In 2008 the University acted on recommendations from the Energy and Environmental Advisory committee and committed to reducing green-house Gas emissions with the following specific targets:
Brown will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 42% below 2007 levels (equivalent to 15% below 1990 levels) for existing buildings;
Brown will limit greenhouse gas emissions by re-ducing energy consumption for all newly constructed fa-cilities to between 25% and 50% below the standard re-quired by state code;
New construction will, at a minimum, meet a silver standard in leadership in Energy and Environmental De-sign (lEED), furthering sustainability goals;
Brown will reduce greenhouse gas emissions for all newly acquired facilities by a minimum of 15% and as much as 30%.
In addition to programs to reduce direct emissions on campus, Brown has instituted an innovative commu-
nity carbon Use Reduction (ccURB) program to engage students in community efficiency projects. Pilot projects include thermostat replacements, a program with a local middle school to increase awareness and reduce energy use in students’ homes, a vehicle fuel economy initiative, and a cfl replacement program. Students have been working in teams to provide free lamp replacements in low-income
homes in Rhode Island. In the first year of the pro-gram, more than 2,500 homes have been upgraded, yielding a reduction of more than 1,000 metric Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually and saving homeowners on electric costs.
like most New England campuses, Brown has added significant square footage of lab space to campus in the last decade. These energy intensive buildings provide great challenges and opportuni-ties to minimize the added utility burden to cam-puses. Yale University has achieved 7% reduction in campus emissions despite a 3.2% increase in campus size, including the purchase of laboratory facilities. In 2008 harvard’s president committed to a 30% reduction in emissions in a 10-year period and the University has more than 50 lEED -regis-tered or certified buildings.
members of the Northeast campus Sus-tainability consortium, an association of campus sustainability professionals, meet annually at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s (NE-SEA) Building Energy conference and Trade Show because of the consistently strong program of tech-nical workshops and policy sessions. This year’s conference, to be held march 10-12, 2009 at the Seaport world Trade center, Boston again includes a track entitled “Big green: Institutional and com-mercial Design,” with two days of sessions high-lighting best practices on campus. for more infor-mation about the conference and to register, please visit www.buildingenergy.nesea.org. Kurt Teichert, LEED AP, is a Lecturer in Environ-
mental studies and manager of the Environmental Stew-ardship Initiatives at the Center of Environmental Studies, Brown University, Providence, R.I. In addition, Teichert has been a member of NESEA’s Building Energy Confer-ence Planning Committee for the past six years.
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Boston, mA - The Boston Red Sox has again hired NER construction management, Inc. of wilmington
to perform concrete restoration and water-proofing services at Historic Fenway Park.
Specifically, NER is the general con-tractor for the complete rehabilitation of the concrete stadium seating areas, upper concourse, and lower concourses between the two dugouts which encompass almost 80,000sf of historic concrete repairs.
This scope of work must be complet-ed during the Baseball off-season, which in Boston means temporary protection, enclo-sures, and heating to meet the demanding schedule for this $10.5 million dollar proj-ect. NER has previously completed several projects at the Ballpark, including a similar concrete renovation and waterproofing to the bleacher area which included 45,000sf of repairs and waterproofing that were com-pleted during a similar off-season schedule. The Architect of record is D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects, Inc. out of Somerville, and consulting Engineering services are provided by wiss, Janney, Elstner Associ-ates, Inc. of cambridge.
The Engineered Temporary protection or “tenting” of the work area is one of the most critical aspects of the project because of the specified project requirements of 50 degrees ambient temperature for the plac-ing and curing of the concrete repairs. This enclosure covered over 50,000sf of work area allowing more the 75 workers to pro-vide selective demolition, concrete repairs, expansion joint repairs, waterproofing, and sealing. There was also coordination with three to seven subcontractors who would be on site completing hydro-demolition, form-ing of concrete work, misc. metal railing work, plumbing, and electrical work.
“we self-performed most of the work…..and the enclosure allowed for seamless coordination with our men and the subcontractors” said David morello, Senior project manager for NER construction. “our work encompassed over 180,000sf of work area between the upper and lower concourses, seating areas, mezzanines, and ramps and the controlled work environment allowed for work on three shifts, seven days a week” he said.
Sequencing of this volume work dur-ing an 18 week schedule was also a prior-ity for the NER construction management Team to meet the needs of the owner and the owner’s other contractors.
mark Degennaro, purchasing man-
ager for NER explained “Using hydro demolition and traditional hammer tech-niques, over 1000 tons of old concrete was collected, hauled away, and recycled here in Boston. over 600 yards of new concrete and concrete patching materials were placed in a phased manner to be completed in time to allow the new Kemper waterproofing to be installed, and the new seats installed by the owner.”
phased installation of historic con-crete repairs, new expansion joints, and wa-terproofing needed to be coordinated before the new seating and restored wooden seats can be completed.
As of march 6, most of the project has
been completed, with over 80 percent of the seats already in place with final completion by April 2, in time for opening Day.
NER construction management, Inc has been providing high quality building restoration services to commercial, insti-tutional, and private clients throughout the New England area for over 25 years. This family owned business has three locations including the main office in Wilmington, the Special Services Division in Randolph serving the needs of smaller projects and the South Shore and Rhode Island, and a New Haven, CT office that has been serv-ing connecticut since 1992.
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littleton, mA - J.m. coull, a full-ser-vice construction company, recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Acton medi-cal Associates, PC’s new office facility in littleton.
formerly housed in a converted resi-dential structure, the old building was de-molished and a new, single-story 4,000sf medical facility with state-of-the-art equip-ment has been erected on the site. previ-ously, Acton medical was limited by space in the number of medical practitioners at this facility. with the completion of the new facility, they have been able to double the adult and pediatric medical services available to the local community.
J.m. coull served as the design-build construction manager on this project; and
performed the full array of pre-construction activities including permitting. As the town line bisects the property, permitting had to happen in both westford and littleton. Be-cause the project involved the installation of an underground sewage disposal system, and\due to its proximity to the groundwater table, the grade of the entire site also had to be raised by approximately three feet.
In addition to J.m. coull, the proj-ect team consists of maugel Architects of harvard; places Site consultants of little-ton; and The Dempsey group, Structural Engineers of foxboro; madaio glass, JJ o’Brien & Sons, franny’s landscape con-tractors, commercial Drywall, and North-star construction Services.
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(l-r) Jonathan Cocker, Maugel Architects; Sue Sullivan, Places Site Consultants; Joan Vines, Susan D’Agostino, Mark Cohen, MD, Joseph Berman, and Deborah Kovacs, MD,
all of Acton Medical Associates; Andrew Coull, and Bill Broden of J.M. Coull.
Boston, mA - cannon Design, an in-ternational architectural, engineering and planning firm, has been awarded a major expansion of the King faisal Specialist hospital and Research center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“we are enthusiastic about the trans-formative nature of this project and what it means for Saudi Arabia as a whole. Rarely, does a single expansion have the potential to express an institution’s identity in such a dramatic and enduring way,” said Andre Aoun, AIA, cannon Design’s project prin-cipal.
The project encompasses an institu-tional master plan and design of four land-mark buildings featuring the most current technologies available for building, medi-cal equipment, and healthcare systems.
goals for the project include creat-ing world-class healing environments that provide technologically advanced medical care for patients, and a collaborative work-
ing situation for medical staff. The four landmark buildings that
cannon will design to implement the mas-ter plan include:
• The King Abdullah Center for cancer and liver Diseases – a 360-bed, 775,000sf cancer center connected to the existing hospital.
• National Biotechnology Center – a 410,000sf biotechnology center envisioned as the prime research laboratory and allied health training center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Royal Wing – a new 485,000sf fa-cility providing direct access to the VIp outpatient clinics, medical imaging, and support facilities.
• Powerhouse and Service Tunnel System – a new 190,000sf central plant and utility distribution tunnel system, to-gether with underground parking for 1,200 vehicles.
cannon to Design Saudi Arabia medical center
lewiston, mE – consigli construction co., Inc.’s maine op-erations have success-fully completed the construction of a new sleep lab for central maine medical center (cmmc) in lewiston.
After an exten-sive pre-construction program helped cmmc develop a budget that addressed their needs for additional sleep lab space, consigli and pDT Architects in port-land worked closely to convert the basement of the hospital into a sensi-tive research and obser-vation area. The 9,000sf lab contains acoustical walls and ceilings, which required close coordination between the hospital staff and consigli to create an environment with the proper sound qualities.
The basement region presented the team with two additional challenges: it contains the underground garage entrance for doctors and is ground-zero for all hos-
pital utilities. consigli maintained access at all times for staff, while keeping utili-ties online and the elevator functional. The team also maintained proper protocol for infection control and interim life safety measures, and structured demolition efforts around the schedule of the oR and other hospital operations.
consigli completes Sleep lab
CMMC’s new sleep lab contains acoustical walls and ceilings to create an environment with the proper sound qualities.
At the Royal Palace l-r: A guest of Prince Mohammend Al Saud; Phillip Schuler, Carlos E. Melendez, Catriel J. Tulian, and Andre Aoun, all of Cannon Design; Prince Moham-med Bin-Turki Al Saud; Steven G. Copenhagen and Glenn P. Vanaman both of Cannon
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Amherst, mA - RDK Engineers announced its latest expansion, the opening of an office at 400 Amity Street in Amherst. RDK’s new office joins its Andover. headquarters and Boston; New Brunswick, N.J.; Durham, N.C. and Charlotte, N.C. branch offices.
Matthew Stelmach, PE, LEED AP will lead RDK’s Amherst office. He has more than 20 years of experience in design of systems for educational, healthcare, and mu-nicipal facilities. he will focus on leading the engineering effort and solidifying RDK’s reputation as a leader in mEp engineering design and systems commissioning in western massachusetts.
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Everett, mA - Bond Brothers’ Se-lect projects group – which specializes in institutional and corporate fit-outs, and building infrastructure projects – re-cently was awarded the following proj-ects:
University of massachusetts med-ical School in Shrewsbury - Bond will be managing a phased office renovation project (18,000sf). Bond and JAcA Ar-chitects are completing this work on a design-build basis.
A new lobby and entrances project for a high security tower in downtown Boston will include installation of new
optical turnstiles, revolving doors and auditorium entrances. This 13,000sf ren-ovation is being constructed in phases to allow for full use of the lobby dur-ing construction. The project has been designed by Visnick, Caulfield and As-sociates.
Also, Bond recently completed a 2,500sf renovation project designed by ADD Inc. for a Boston insurance firm that includes brokers’ offices, a confer-ence room, and meeting space. This ren-ovation was completed and occupied at the end of January.
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Boston, mA - Boston-based group one partners, a multi-disciplined design firm specializing in architecture, interior design, and purchasing, designed five new premium club hospitality and seating areas at Boston’s TD Banknorth garden.
This $4 million renovation project
encompasses luxury seating areas (The lofts), lounge and raw bar (club lounge), corporate event suite (the Executive View), reinvented and relocated Banner’s restau-rant (Banner’s harbor View), and function room (The partners Room).
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Burlington, mA – Erland construction, Inc., headquar-tered in Burlington, has opened a new branch office in East windsor, conn. to better serve clients in western massachu-setts and connecticut.
The new location at one Hartfield Boulevard, Suite 100 will build on Erland’s 32-year history of providing award-win-ning program planning, precon-struction, design-build, and construction management services to a wide array of commercial markets.
Eric p. greene has joined Erland as regional manager to oversee this expansion. he brings 26 years of experience in the commercial construction in-dustry with more than 100 proj-ects in the academic, residential, healthcare, and corporate mar-ket sectors on his impressive resume. His past affiliations in-clude JpI, Shawmut Design and construction, gilbane Build-
ing company, and Sells/greene Building company.
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Shrewsbury, mA - Integrated Builders, a construction management, design-build and general contracting firm, has been awarded a contract to build a lab for Valeritas at 800 Boston Turnpike in Shrewsbury.
Valeritas, headquartered in parsip-pany, N.J., with offices in Shrewsbury, is a medical technologies company serving the fast-growing diabetes market through its proprietary drug delivery systems.
The lab will include 2,000sf of space and will house a modular clean-room.
last year, Integrated Builders completed a 20,679sf tenant fit-up for Valeritas at the same facility. Integrated was hired by the landlord, Vinco proper-ties, for the tenant fit-up job as well as for the repositioning of the 50,000sf foot building.
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Raymond, Nh - Jewett construction co., Inc. has recently moved its corporate offices in Raymond to 68A Route 27.
Jewett construction began renovations at the site, which formerly housed Raymond Tool Rental, in october and moved into its
new home in early January. The slightly larger facility provides a
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Brunswick, mE – Bowdoin held a dedication ceremony on January 18, 2009 for the Sidney J. watson Arena, the col-lege’s new 68,200sf ice arena. The arena was filled to capacity with students, faculty, and invited guests for the special ceremony and doubleheader women’s and men’s hockey games, the first games to be played on the new ice. pro con Inc of manchester, N. h. was the construction manager for the $20 million project and Bear mountain Design Ac, lTD of Barnard, Vt. was the project architect.
The new arena features a 90ft. x 200ft. ice surface and has a seating capac-ity for 1,900 and standing room capacity
around the concourse for an additional 600. Both the main concourse area and bowl seating provide great views of the action on the ice.
The arena has exposed steel truss-es, masonry columns and wood accents throughout the facility. The arena has large locker rooms with generous space for changing, equipment storage and athletic training area, and a 360-space parking lot.
Throughout the project, pcI and Bowdoin maintained a strong commitment to the environment and anticipate the wat-son Arena to be the first LEED certified collegiate hockey arena in the country.
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Newport, RI - cornerstone Design/Build Services, Inc of Swansea, mass. re-cently completed a construction and reno-vation project for Kilwin’s, a retailer of chocolates, ice cream and other confec-tions.
The new 1,600sf store, Kilwin’s first
in New England, is located at 262 Thames Street in Newport. The site formerly housed the Army/Navy store, which had been a Newport landmark.
It is expected to be an important stopping point for both locals and visitors.
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Recently completed Kilwin “shoppe.”
landmark completes Madison Park Office Fit-Up
concord, Nh – The h.l. Turner group Inc. of con-cord completed full design and construc-tion administra-tion for the recently completed grafton county maintenance facility located in North haverhill. The 7,000sf three level wood-framed build-ing replaced a build-ing that was lost in a fire.
grafton county managed the con-struction process, and the subcontractors on the project were Roger gosselin Inc.,
morrill construction, ARc mechanical, Interstate Electrical, hampshire fire pro-tection and construx, Inc.
Turner completes grafton facility
Recently completed Grafton County Maintenance Facility
Roxbury mA - landmark Struc-tures corporation has completed a 3,000sf office fit-up project for Madison park Development corporation at 184 Dudley Street in Roxbury.
The two-phase project involved renovation of existing space within the historic hibernian hall to accommodate Executive Offices and a new conference room for madison park Development
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ters the social, physical, economic, and renaissance of the Roxbury community by promoting the economic self-suf-ficiency and social well-being of low-income and moderate-income residents and advocating for an equitable share of private and public resources.
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manchester-By-The-Sea, mA - BwK construction co., Inc. of middleton served as the construction manager for ad-ditions and renovations at the manchester Athletic club.
A 5,500sf mezzanine was construct-ed over the existing pool to create addi-tional floor space for the cardiovascular exercise and specialty studio programs.
The pool area was fully renovated
and the main entrance, lobby, lounge, pro-shop, offices and restaurant were reconfig-ured and renovated to improve hcp acces-sibility.
The dynamics of ongoing club op-erations and multi-jurisdictional oversight required intensive coordination and flex-ibility between ownership, BwK con-struction, town authorities and the design team.
BwK cm for Athletic clubA mezzanine was constructed over the pool to create additional floor space.coNEX conn
Join us at our 25th anniversary cel-ebration.
New location! we’re excited about our return to the connecticut Expo center on April 7 & 8, 2009 ...in addition to ex-hibits, education and the all new equipment rodeos to showcase what’s new for the con-struction jobsite, we’ll have food, fun and prizes to celebrate our 25th anniversary!
Visit www.conexshows.com for fREE registration and details.
we look forward to seeing you in April.
Steel Designconference
mark Your calendar for may 21st!The Annual Steel Design confer-
ence will be held on may 21st at worcester polytechnic Institute. This year the 2009 T.R. higgins lecture will be presented by Donald w. white from the School of civil and Environmental Engineering at the georgia Institute of Technology.
more details are coming soon.
chestnut hill, mA –Delta Design & construction of medford announced that the Robert lloyd corkin Visual Arts center project located on the Brimmer and may School campus in chestnut hill, is progressing according to schedule and will be completed in late march 2009.
Brimmer and may, an early-child-hood through grade12, coeducational, in-dependent day school, serves a culturally and socio-economically diverse student body from approximately 40 communities in greater Boston and 10 foreign countries.
Delta partnered with Imai Keller moore architects on this $1.6m, groundup art studio. In order to meet strict zoning
requirements, the new building was recon-structed on the original footprint. It was important that this building be designed to maintain the historic character of the original, late 1800’s carriage house on the three sides that faced the neighborhood. The north side of the building, by contrast, was given a two-story wood curtain wall, illuminating the major studio spaces, and providing views to the wooded hillside beyond. The mix of old and new is most visible at the upper level, where reclaimed lumber rafters carry the eye up to the cu-pola above. The project includes two 2D studios, and a ceramics studio.
Delta Nears completion Visual Arts center
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Structure Tone: lEED ApsBoston, mA - Structure Tone, Inc., Boston announced the following employees have
recently achieved recognition as lEED accredited professionals: Jared cianciolo, lesley corda, Steven Desimone, patrick Dwyer, patrick King, Keith Kingdon, Ryan megenedy, David Nelson, michael pelletier, John Strazie, and paul Taranto.
Jennifer Taranto has recently been elected to the executive committee for the US-GBC affiliate Massachusetts Membership Forum Leadership Council.
Throughout the past year, Structure Tone has completed projects ranging from eco-friendly to LEED-CI Gold certification.
medford, mA - Delta Design & construction, Inc., a full-service construction management/general contracting firm, has hired Libby McCrann as director of client services.
mccrann will act as the liaison between client and project team to ensure that all issues are being dealt with ef-fectively and promptly. She also will be involved in develop-ing new business, which will include leading all marketing efforts for the company.
mccrann previously worked at construction Recruit-ers, as the New England regional director.
Delta Design hires mccrann
McCrann
New ha-ven, cT – Svigals + partners, a full-service design and master plan-ning firm, has el-evated two senior level employees – christopher Bock-stael and walter chabla – from the position of project manager to associate principal.
Bockstael brings 15 years of archi-tecture design and project management experience to his new position. Since join-ing Svigals in early 2004, he has overseen more than 50 projects.
prior to his employment with Svigals + partners, Bockstael served as senior ar-chitect for AI Architecture/perkins + will of Essex, as architect at centerbrook Ar-
chitects in center-brook, and as staff designer at DeBose Associates of hart-ford.
chabla is a seasoned project manager with more than 30 years of domestic and in-ternational archi-tectural design and
construction administration experience. he joined Svigals + partners in late 2006 and has since overseen a majority of the firm’s elementary school, high school and educa-tional revitalization projects.
previously, chabla worked in various capacities for several organizations/archi-tectural firms in Connecticut and New York city, including Yale University in New ha-ven and Kohn pedersen fox in NYc.
Svigals promotes Two
Bockstael Chabla
Shirley, mA - Senate construction corporation has announced the formation of a new division: Senate commer-cial property Services (ScpS).
Jon Karp has been recent-ly hired as manager for the new division. he comes to Senate with over 10 years of experience in commercial construction.
Karp explains that “ScpS provides the same level of professional at-tention accorded to larger projects.”
ScpS will work with clients whose
projects run between $5K and $350K. The firm’s services will include a vast range of smaller projects such as tenant fit-ups, remodeling, and building main-tenance or any project that needs to be completed.
According to Bob france, president of Senate construc-tion, “ScpS will provide eco-nomic solutions and the exper-
tise and commitment to quality that our clients have come to expect from us.”
ScpS Names Jon Karp
Karp
Boston, mA - fox Rpm corp, a real estate and facilities project management firm, announced that project managers Krystle foley, Angela martin, Katie Arruda, and Betsy Klein recently became accredited professionals under the U.S. green Building council’s lEED. Arruda
Foley Klein Martin
fox lEED Approfessionals
Boston, mA - Suffolk construction company, Inc. has hired public speaking and com-munications consultant Dale Deletis as a member of its Red & Blue University learning and development team to assist Suf-folk employees in improving their business communications skills through workshops, semi-nars and individual coaching op-portunities. The addition of Deletis is one of several significant Suffolk hires from the business consulting and academic com-munities aimed at enhancing the profes-sional development of employees beyond
the traditional training courses focused on construction best practices and standard operat-ing procedures.
prior to joining Suffolk construction, Deletis spent more than 40 years teaching public speaking skills in aca-demic, nonprofit and corporate environments. Throughout his career, he has counseled cEos,
university and college presidents, deans, middle managers in business, software en-gineers, physicians, scientists, mBA stu-dents, international students, college pro-fessors and instructors.
Dale Deletis Joins Suffolk
DeLetis
Two at Eckman lEED-Accredited Bedford, Nh - John Deloia and Aaron Ravenelle, project managers with Eckman
construction co. in Bedford, have each achieved lEED professional accreditation. Ravenelle has been with Eckman for 10 years, working on projects including the
Bedford high School/lurgio middle School, the Nh Emergency operations center, and the recently completed NH Dept. of Revenue Administration offices, both in Concord.
Deloia, with Eckman for 10 years, has worked on projects including the Silver mill Apartments in manchester, petrocelli hall at franklin pierce University in Rindge, and the new student fitness center at St. Anselm College in Goffstown.
watertown, mA - Admi-ral construction corporation an-nounced the promotion of Sean Dwyer to the position of Executive Vice president.
Dwyer brings to Admiral a wealth of knowledge and experi-ence from his early days as a car-
penter, Superintendent and project manager.
In his new role Dw-yer will continue to oversee project management and es-timating as well as oversee-ing the daily operations of Admiral construction.
Admiral promotes Dwyer
Dwyer
gensler Staff AppointmentsBoston, MA - The Boston office of Gensler announces the promotion of one
new senior associate and five new associates. The promotions are made on an an-nual basis in recognition of outstanding client service, innovation, contribution to the gensler organization, and community participation. The following individuals were appointed: christopher haynes, was named Senior Associate; promoted to Associate were Yulia Bortkevich, pablo garcia, Nataliya Kostova, fran puglisi and James Yi.
Raymond, Nh - Jewett construction co., Inc. announced the addition of Brian gallagher as director of Business Development. gallagher has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry and a solid marketing background.
Jewett adds gallagher
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Boston, mA – TRo Jung|Brannen, an international architecture, engineer-ing, interior design and master planning firm, announced the promotion of 15 em-ployees to associate and senior associate in the Boston office.
Named senior associate: Dan Bliss; Jim Bryson; Robb connor; Jason costello, AIA, cSI, cccA ; and Ron gorham.
Named associate: Adriana Daw-ley, lEED-Ap; Ellen DeNooyer, AIA, lEED-Ap; Am-ber fournier, AIA, lEED-Ap; Karen galvin; Tarica harris, AIA, lEED-Ap; pamela mace, AIA; mike Quin-lan, AIA; gregory Smith, pE; Allison Ullman, SphR.
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cambridge, mA - hmfh Architects announced that president george metzger, AIA was elected president of the central Square Business Association (cSBA) by its board of directors.
A member of cSBA since 1992 and having most re-cently served as vice president, metzger will serve as Interim president until the 2009 annual meeting and elections.
president carl Barron recently an-nounced his decision to step down from the
presidency of the cSBA in order to focus on the association’s civ-ic relationships. The board also named Barron to the new posi-tion of chairman, reflecting his longtime leadership and contin-ued role as spokesperson for the cSBA.
These changes are the re-sult of a strategic planning pro-cess, which the board launched in October to redefine the organi-
zation’s goals and structure. photo courtesy of hmfh Architects
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Metzger
manchester, Nh - gilbane Building company has named paul J. choquette III as vice president. A member of the fifth generation of the gilbane family, cho-quette serves as area manager in the com-pany’s Northern New England office in Manchester.
choquette went through the gilbane management Training program and joined the company’s Manchester office in 2005 as business development manager. he also worked for the company’s Northeast Region as a project superintendent at the $221 million AstraZeneca U.S. Business
center project in wilmington, Del-aware.
g i l b a n e Building com-pany also named Brian E. garbecki vice president. he has more than 20 years of ex-perience in the healthcare sector
as an engineer, builder and facilities pro-fessional, and serves as the leader of the healthcare center of Excellence.
garbecki joined gilbane in 2004 af-ter having served as the director of facilities planning and management for the Baystate health System in massachusetts.
gilbane Names Two
Choquette Garbecki
Boston, mA - gEI consultants, Inc., a national geotechnical, environ-mental engineering and water resources firm, announced the addition of four senior practice leaders and a market-ing manager located across the United States.
peter heynen, p.E. has joined gEI as a senior geo-technical leader in the Atlantic region, located in the glastonbury, Conn. office. He is a seasoned g e o t e c h n i c a l engineer with over 35 years of engineering and management ex-perience. he has broad knowledge and ex-perience in all aspects of applied geotech-nical engineering. he is also well versed in the environmental and construction fields. he is a licensed professional engineer in conn., fla, N.h., N.J., pa., R.I. and Va.
Todd Coffin, C.G., P.G. has joined the firm as a senior practice leader and branch manager for the portland, me. of-fice. He brings with him over 23 years of experience in environmental consult-ing, environmental permitting, litigation support, contingency plan development, implementing environmental management systems, conducting audits of regulatory compliance, and industrial hygiene and
pollution prevention practices. he is a li-censed professional geologist in the state of New Hampshire and a certified geologist in the state of maine.
Joseph Barry serves as the New England regional marketing manager and is located at gEI’s corporate headquarters in woburn, mass. he has been a marketer within the engineering industry in Boston for over 13 years. he will be accountable for a variety of strategic marketing tasks for the New England region.
Rick Iger and David Johnson, p.g. both have joined the company’s california offices.
gEI Adds five
Johnson
Barry
Heynen Iger
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westborough, mA - Eric I. Dickin-son, staff engineer, recently became the first employee from meridian Associ-ates, Inc. to receive a CPESC Certifica-tion.
founded by the Soil & water conservation Soci-ety, the CPESC, Inc. (Certified Profession-al in Erosion and Sediment control, Inc.) strives to improve professional competen-cy as part of its ongoing efforts to preserve
land and water re-sources for future generations.
John p. gwozdz was re-cently accredited with two signifi-cant professional accomplishments. accomplishments: he earned his licen-sure in landscape
architecture and became meridian’s new-est LEED-certified team member, the first from the Westborough office.
meridian personnel Announcements
Gwozdz Dickinson
Hartford, CT - Diversified Proj-ect management (Dpm) announced that Roger Saleeby has joined the firm as vice president of operations and will oversee the Hartford and Stamford offices.
prior to joining Dpm, Saleeby was the vice president of construction for Emigrant Bank, New York city, where his responsibilities included all strate-
gic real estate planning and construction project management for Emigrant Bank-owned corporate offices, retail branches and affiliated investment institutions.
he also spent two years at Dpm as project executive overseeing teams and supporting clients in both hartford and Stamford.
Dpm hires Roger Saleeby
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IfmAInterview practice with Esther
chewningTuesday, April 7 - 5:30 - 7:30 pmAllsteel Showroom, 200 State
Street, 4th floor, Suite 4, Boston,This interactive session will discuss
the preparation for, the conversation dur-ing, and the follow-up to a job interview. Learn how to address difficult questions regarding salary, gaps in employment, and why you transitioned from former employers. Review how to prepare for behavioral interview questions in addition to what to ask during an informational in-terview. Bring a copy of your resume to use during the interactive portions of this seminar.
cost to IfmA Boston members is free. Email [email protected] or call 857-413-1763.
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SmpS Northeast Regional conference
- Smart marketing: planning for the Re-bound
march 25-27The Beechwood hotel worcester,
mass.Are you more than a survivor? Is
your firm taking the strategic steps to not only survive the current economy but actu-ally thrive and emerge stronger?
Are you planning for the rebound? Join marketing leaders, business
owners, and the consultants guiding cor-porate America to learn new strategies for personal and firm success in the difficult economy of 2009.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the strategies and best practices of more than a dozen of the most respected market-ing veterans working for the A/E/c industry and corporate America.
for more information visit http://www.smpsboston.org.
NAIopfor ages 35 and youngermix It Up! with NAIop’s Devel-
oping leadersThursday, march 195:30 - 7:30 pmgoodwin procter llp, 53 State
Street, Exchange place, Boston.Network with the industry’s top se-
nior executives, while learning how you can benefit from NAIOP’s Developing leaders program. make plans now to at-tend mix It Up!, a cocktail networking event featuring key members of NAIop’s Board of Directors and its gold and Sil-ver gavel programs, presented by the Dl Steering committee.
$25 per NAIop member and per non-member. Non-members who join between now and the night of the event can attend mix It Up! for free.
Email Debbie osheroff at [email protected] for details.
massachusetts Building congressSurviving the
Economic Downturn Eric greene on “Theory of con-
straints”SfNE Spring Dinner meeting
Thursday, April 23Executive court, manchester, NhTo get a registration form go
to:www.ssfne.org/calendar of eventsfor assistance or for more information call: catherine flaherty at 603-766-7363.
MBC Golf Outingmonday, June
15-Salem country club
open only to mBc members and their guests. The best industry tournament on the best course
in the area. Sells out every year before the snow melts. call and reserve now: 978-921-9222.
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Boston, MA - The Boston Red Sox have again hired NER Construction Manage-ment, Inc. of Wilmington to perform restoration services at historic Fenway Park. Specifically NER is restoring and waterproofing the concrete poured in 1912, at
one of the oldest baseball parks in the US. The complete scope of work must be completed in the off-season, and for Massachusetts, that means working through the harsh months of winter to restore the concrete. NER has worked on several projects at the park, as recently as last summer on the bleacher sections, but the main portion of the job started last Novem-ber on a 180,000sf area including above and below the original grandstand. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. Architects of Cambridge is the architect of record on the job.
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NER Construction at FenwayUnder the Tent for Historic Renovation in Winter
NERConstruction Management, Inc.
867 Woburn St. Wilmington, MA 01887Ph: 978-988-1111 / Fax: 978-988-1110
178 Front Ave., West Haven, CT 06516Ph: 203-937-6666 / Fax: 203-937-06333
Special Services Division31 West St., Randolph, MA 02368
Ph: 781-963-1300 / Fax: 781-961-1379
Work proceeds beneath tents that provide a favorable environment forconcrete restoration.
Patching ceilings Worker preps cement in form.
Form prepared for pouring of cement.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:BWK at Phillips Academy as GC for Historical RenovationE.Burman Completes Work at RI Philharmonic SchoolGetting Green Together: An Interview With SMMA’s Bob Hicks and Mark ZarrilloBuy, Renovate, or Build – How Do You Decide? by Robert DuvalBasics in Residence Halls by Nancy Goodwin, AIA, LEED APBeverly High School Renovations a Joint Venture of CTA and KBECampus Climate Action and Facilities Growth by Kurt Teichert, LEED APNew England Conservatory Selects Tishman CM - Wessling ArchitectsLee Kennedy Awarded Riverway House Project at Wheelock CollegeShawmut Completes Renovation at Brown U, Architect Lerner/Ladds + BartelsDelta Awarded Montessori School Project - Seitz ArchitectsWindover Lands Two School Projects -Tappé ArchitectsBergmeyer Designs Suffolk U Café CTA Construction School Projects Plus Healthcare Facilities, Calendar, People and more...
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