Two Shawmut Projects Win AGC Awards
Boston, MA – Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC) honored Shawmut Design and Construction with two awards at their AGC Build New England Awards gala This bi-annual event recognizes outstanding project teams who have designed and built the most remarkable and complex facilities, included offices, healthcare facilities, schools, laboratories and academic institutions from across New England.
Shawmut Design and Construction was called to the stage twice, once for our work with Rhode Island Hospital, and once for our work with the Boston Children’s Museum.
Rhode Island Hospital Bridge Expansion Project – Honor Award Recipient
In collaboration with architects Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc., and Rhode Island Hospital’s Facility Design Team, Shawmut’s Science and Healthcare Group topped the hospital with a 90,000sf, three-story, vertical expansion.
This remarkable, innovative project added three new floors of inpatient beds and a 140-foot high, glass-enclosed pedestrian bridge. The 110-bed patient addition features a glass and masonry curtain wall.
Boston Children’s Museum Addition and Renovation– Merit Award Winner
The Boston Children’s Museum won a Merit Award and received special recognition from the award panel.
The scope of this 19-month project, executed in collaboration with architect Cambridge Seven Associates and landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., required that the famous Boston institution be able to accommodate its visitors, young and old alike, while undergoing a major overhaul to better serve and educate them in the future.
The project included renovations to a 150,000sf existing facility and the construction of a 23,000sf glass-enclosed atrium, incorporating sustainable design components in the renovation and construction. Recycled, local, and low VOC-emitting building materials were utilized; a storm water reclamation system and a green roof were put into place to reduce pollution; and the facility houses extensive state-of-the-art mechanical systems, such as boilers, water pumps, electrical systems, and a new air handling system, increasing the building’s efficiency. This project was granted LEED® NC Gold Certified status by the US Green Building Council and has the distinction of being the first green museum in the city of Boston.
