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Aqua America Laboratory

Owner/User: Aqua America

Location: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Design Statement: Aqua America, headquartered in Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania, is a 130-year-old regulated water
and wastewater utility company, serving more than three
million people in eight states within the United States. As
they continue to grow the company and its operations,
Aqua strives to deliver excellent customer service and give
back to the communities they serve, with a commitment
to water quality and purity.
The addition expands a major business and employer in
The project scope included the demolition of two Lower Merion Township while thoughtfully respecting
underutilized residential buildings and the construction the architectural presentation of both the existing Aqua
of an approximately 15,000 SF addition split between two headquarters and the surrounding area. Bernardon’s design
floors. The new addition houses laboratories, associated to complements both the streetscape and the pedestrian
lab support spaces, offices, meeting rooms, and restrooms. experience while improving the aesthetic presentation of
Bernardon provided architecture, interior design, and the existing headquarters buildings. The addition faces
landscape architecture services. a previously neglected side street on the west side of the
corporate campus and now provides a new face for Aqua in
the neighborhood.

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