Hingham, MA – Callahan has completed The Launch in Hingham. The Launch is a mixed use development located between Route 3A and the Weymouth Back River in formerly known as the Hingham Shipyard. The project consists of 11 buildings with a combined 225,000sf of retail and office space. The building facades are a combination of decorative block, brick, cast stone and painted fiber cement siding and trim.
Developer Samuels and Associates is creating a retail, commercial and residential community that is attractively accessible by both Route 3A and by water via the commuter ferry.
Callahan was selected as the General Contractor for the project’s first phase that consisted of core and shell, 30,000sf of office space and 195,000sf of retail, supermarket, restaurant and entertainment. The entertainment element includes a cinema, spa, fitness center, symphony platform in the park and much more.
Phase one construction included foundations, limited underground plumbing, empty underground conduits for electrical and communication utilities, water services for both domestic and fire protection, steel frame work, CMU walls, aluminum windows and doors, roofing, slabs and completely finished exteriors.
Callahan also completed the project’s next two phases which included basic mechanical systems to ensure life safety and then basic finishes making the spaces ready for complete tenant fit-outs. The construction of all three phases overlapped, to meet an aggressive schedule and a grand opening this past Summer of 2009.
The architect on the project is Pullman Architects, and the engineers are BSC Engineers, civil; Ryan Ferguson and WGPM, Inc. structural; and Polaris, MEP.
