Boston-based general contractor BOND has completed construction of a two-phase infrastructure upgrade to Brown University’s Barus & Holley Hall/Prince Laboratory Building in Providence, R.I. Housing the engineering and physics departments, the seven-story, 220,000-sf facility provides 150 offices, 117 labs, 29 teaching labs, 15 classrooms, and three lecture halls. Components of the upgrade included a new fire alarm system, modernized elevators, and replacement of the building’s air handling unit. The chiller plant and cooling towers, heat exchanger, electrical switchgear, and summer boilers were also replaced.
The project was delivered via an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) model, the first foray into this contractual delivery model by BOND and Brown University. BOND worked closely with Imai Keller Moore Architects and WSP Group Engineers to develop a comprehensive phasing plan and related sequencing/cutover protocols that allowed more than 100 scientists to remain in place with no disruption to research. The project was finished on time and with approximately 12% of additional scope completed within the original budget.
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BOND
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Imai Keller Moore
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