Framingham State University, Hemenway Hall / photo by Ellenzweig Architects
Holliston, MA – Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. provided the onsite electrical installation work for the recently completed Hemenway Hall and Annex upgrade project at Framingham State University (FSU).
This 58,000sf infrastructure upgrade, along with a six-level addition, has produced the largest academic building on FSU’s campus. The new Hemenway Laboratories are connected to the existing structure by a four-story atrium and provide 16 new teaching laboratories in addition to research space for the 50-year-old facility, which hosts the institution’s Family and Consumer Sciences program.
The Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) authorized and oversaw the services of Barr & Barr, Inc., of Framingham, who served as the project’s construction manager; Ellenzweig Architects, of Cambridge, the project’s designer of record; and BR+A, of Watertown, the project’s electrical engineer.
Griffin Electric was responsible for removing the existing 1,000-amp service within Hemenway Hall and replacing it with 1,000-amp emergency power and 1,200-amp normal service, within new and existing panels located throughout the facility. Renovating the site lighting and fire alarm system within the existing structure, as well as providing new lighting and power to the six-level addition, was performed in phases, as the building remained occupied during construction.
Anticipating a LEED Silver designation, recycled and locally extracted materials were used throughout the construction, in addition to low-volatile organic compound (VOC) building products and low-mercury fluorescent lighting. Stormwater collection and the extensive utilization of natural daylight assisted in the promotion of renewable, clean energy at the facility.
