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Greenfi eld Community College

Core Modernization, Greenfi eld, MA

SIZE SCHEDULE CONTRACT TYPE
89,000 square feet 20 months Construction Manager-at-Risk
CONSTRUCTION COST COMPLETION DATE OWNER
$25.2 million 2011 Greenfi eld Community College
(DCAMM Project)

PROJECT DETAILS
Th e renovated and expanded Student Center contains student service • Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset
Management & Maintenance (DCAMM)
functions, a repositioned large-volume library/learning commons, funded project.
academic support space and a cafeteria which serves as a college meeting • Building Information Modeling (BIM)
space. Th e transformed grounds include a new quadrangle capable of utilized for modeling of existing basement,
mechanical coordination and clash detection as
hosting large, outdoor functions, clearer connections between facilities
part of the constructability review.
with improved accessibility.
• A high standard of sustainability was met
through the use of geothermal climate control,
UNIQUE PROJECT CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS recycled and locally extracted and manufactured
Th e Greenfi eld Community College project involved multiple major materials, low-VOC building products, low-
fl ow fi xtures and water-effi cient landscaping.
construction aspects to occurr simultaneously: heavy demolition and Certifi ed LEED Gold.
renovation of existing spaces; a new three story addition above the
• Extensive abatement and demolition work
active loading; complete transformation to 5-acres of landscaping and enabling the signifi cant reprogramming
hardscaping to allow accessibility to the buildings; and installation of a renovation.
new geothermal well fi eld. One of these activities occurring alone on a • Multiple separate additions including an entry
addition, a library/dining commons addition and
small central campus would have required extensive logistics planning,
corridor additions that connected the existing
yet Barr & Barr was tasked with managing them all simultaneously. By buildings to the new central core.
spearheading the logistics planning early in preconstruction, and working • Substantial upgrades to the existing physical
tirelessly with the facilities staff , Barr & Barr commanded absolute safety plant including new air handling units and
campus wide replacement of the digital controls
and access for students, faculty and staff during construction. systems.