Governor Shumlin makes the first concrete pour.
Waterbury, VT – Gov. Peter Shumlin was joined recently by state and local officials, representatives from construction manager PC Construction of South Burlington, architect Freeman French Freeman of Burlington, FEMA officials and others at a groundbreaking ceremony in downtown Waterbury to mark the State of Vermont’s largest capital project ever – the historic rebuilding of the Waterbury State Office Complex.
Working closely with the State of Vermont’s Department of Buildings and General Services construction team, PC Construction began placing concrete for structures that include a new 86,000sf office building, 20,000sf central plant and maintenance facility, and new site infrastructure.
The central plant will include two wood-fired biomass boilers (with oil or gas back-up boilers) for hot water heating, electric chilled water production for cooling, two electrical generators for emergency and standby power, and maintenance offices and workshops needed for the care of the facility.
The Waterbury State Office Complex project also includes the historic renovation of the original 13 core buildings comprising 115,000sf. The project is being funded with a combination of State of Vermont funds, insurance proceeds and FEMA funds.
Heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Irene when the Winooski River overflowed its banks, the Waterbury location has been an active job site since August 2013. PC Construction has been working to surgically deconstruct 355,000sf of unusable buildings, recycling 94% of all materials.
Historic restoration architect Goody Clancy as well as engineers Rist-Frost-Shumway and Engineering Ventures are all part of the team working together with the State of Vermont to build the complex of new and renovated buildings that, upon completion in December 2015, will house 1,200 employees of Vermont’s Agency of Human Services and Department of Public Safety.
