This $13.1-million modernization of a building that previously was one of the nation’s first YWCA locations required teamwork to manage two phases of construction in a building that was also occupied by some permanent residents.
Building this nonprofit elementary school required a collaborative approach to transforming a long-abandoned 25-acre property into a modern-day private school focused on nature-based learning.
Building this tech-abundant, 250,000-sq-ft open office headquarters required managing an interior fit-out in an elliptical base building while maintaining a tightly collaborative team environment.
A variety of advanced virtual design and construction tools helped plan the $5.7-million, 10,000-sq-ft Weissman Foundry, which will support the collaboration of students from three colleges.
Envisioned as a bridge between academia, industry, science and engineering within UConn’s new technology park, the $102-million project integrates human creativity and a connection to nature with the specialized craftsmanship necessary to support groundbreaking research.
Already a national leader in neonatology, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital was able to further advance its services with this four-floor, 120,000-sq-ft renovation that features special rooms for couplet care, allowing mothers and newborns to stay together throughout their hospitalization, and new facilities for the hospital maternity program.
Embodying the “can-do” spirit of the nation’s armed forces, the project team kept the $8.2-million, 65,000-sq-ft design-build military museum on track during 15 months while facing a host of challenges, beginning with moving and shaping more than 50,000 cu yd of earth to create a 4,000-ft long access road.
Rehabilitating the complex and historic “Salt and Pepper” bridge included restoration of its four cracked and leaning granite towers, which resemble salt and pepper shakers.