Boston, MA – In August 2008, Governor Patrick signed two bond bills providing funding for approximately $2 billion for public higher education facilities. The Massachusetts Building Congress (MBC) recent Educational Breakfast Program Public Construction Focus presented a program entitled ” DCAM and MSCBA Update.” Commissioner David Perini and Edward Adelman provided valuable information about new work that is “in the pipeline.”
Projects in design include:
–University of Mass. Boston’s integrated science complex – $155 million – features biology, chemistry, psychology, physics and engineering, environmental, earth and ocean science center for developmental science and center for personalized cancer therapy.
The new multi-story science building, approximately 220,000gsf, will contain both wet and dry laboratories, offices, administration space, classrooms, and storage.
–University of Mass. Amherst – $95 million – includes 90,000 nsf of classroom and department space.
A new four to five story building occupying an approximate 33,000sf footprint.
Mix of department office space and classrooms specialized rooms for TV and broadcasting production studios, editing rooms, film screening classrooms,computer rooms, and speech perception and auditory phonetics labs. Classroom space will consist of 13 – 17 high technology classrooms and lecture halls with a total capacity of 2,000 seats.
–University of Mass. Dartmouth Carney Library renovation –$43 million – will provide new entry space to the existing library, and a renovated and updated state-of-the-art collegiate library. Complete accessibility, including a revamped site approach to the building computer access to electronically available information and upgraded computer networks within the building. Updated and substantially more efficient mechanical systems will be installed, as well as more capable and reliable electrical systems, Improved study spaces will embrace the idea of collaborative learning.
–University of Mass. Lowell, New Academic Building – $40,000 – will include nursing, psychology and criminal justice departments and five new state-of-the-art general-purpose classrooms, academic department headquarters, specialized instructional spaces and research spaces All the large general-purpose classrooms will be located on the ground level and will be organized around a skylight atrium.
–Salem State University, New Library and Learning Commons – $74 million – consists of 122,000gsf new library and learning commons on the north campus. The library will include: archives, circulation and reference, educational resource area, inter-library loan systems, collections, reader spaces, study rooms, instructional labs and Dean’s Suite. The learning commons brings together the student services: learning center (student academic support services), office for students with disabilities, writing center, academic advising and honors program.
–Mass College of Liberal Arts, North Adams New Center for Science & innovation – $56.2 million – The new three-story; 65,000sf center will promote research-intensive science learning and hands-on discovery. The centrally located biology, chemistry, physics & psychology departments will include wet and dry labs, classrooms, conference rooms, offices and research spaces. Bowman Hall, an existing 61,000sf science and academic building, will be renovated as well as spaces for art and math departments, and a center for student success.
–Norther Essex Community College-Lawrence, Allied Health and Technology building – $26.5 million will consist of a new 39,000gsf facility to accommodate increasing student enrollment and to expand the college’s nursing and allied health programs health education simulation center, classrooms, computer labs, faculty and administrative offices, a career planning and advising center.
–Mass college of Art and Design, Center for Design & Media – $30 million – 53,897gsf of new construction and13,619gsf of existing interior upgrade captures underutilized space within the gym and tower buildings to create flexible instructional and collaborative learning spaces. A dynamic new formal entrance added to the cluster of academic buildings, will connect to the campus-wide system of internal pedestrian thoroughfares
A pdf of the presentation is available on line by visiting www.buildingcongress.org
