Over the summer the construction team focused on the exterior work surrounding the Bancroft Courtyard. The landscaping crews laid new granite treads to four different staircases while grading a new accessible entrance from the circle to the courtyard. The construction fencing has been moved in towards the theater entrance which allowed landscaping crews to install irrigation and final plantings near…
Recent heat waves haven’t slowed construction progress as crews keep pace with the projected January, 2019 opening of the Bass Pavilion for the Arts and the Danoff Visual Arts Center. Recent summer visitors to campus will notice the construction fence has extended to “high tide”as construction crews have ramped up activity within the Bancroft Courtyard. Rough grading of soils has begun…
The exterior framing of the Danoff Visual Arts building is complete. Temporary windows are now in place, which make the building weather tight. The main stair within the visual arts building has been installed and interior framing is well underway within the studios. This is a new vantage point of the Terry Room from a visual arts studio. The black roof that separates…
Construction on the Middlesex Theatre & Visual Arts Center has proceeded nicely through the winter months. The final phase of steel installation is underway, and will be completed on April 4. Concrete pours continue and the theater, theater lobby/entry, and art gallery space are all taking shape. The full skeleton of the Visual Arts Center is also in place, offering the…
Steel workers are erecting steel in 4 phases to allow access for other trades to begin pouring slabs, and making the building weather tight. Phase 1 of steel erection is complete. Phase 1 included structural framing within the theater as well as installation of the new mezzanine which is pictured below: Phase 2 of steel erection is also complete having…
The construction team has continued to make great progress on the Theater Renovations. Much of the fall consisted of bracing the existing structure and adding underpinning to existing foundations. Foundation walls took shape in October and new stair towers began to grow out of the ground in November. Then, in December, winter officially arrived in the form of 18 inches…
It’s been an exciting and rewarding summer on campus as we put the finishing touches on one major project and began work on another! The Rachel Carson Music and Campus Center The Rachel Carson Music and Campus Center became the newest addition to campus on June 10th. The building was transformed from the old central heating plant into a state-of-the-art…
Progress continues on the Music and Campus Center as now the bulk of the exterior masonry is complete and windows are installed on the south, east, and north facades of the building. View Glass technology is being wired internally to make way for the View Glass window installation on the west façade of the building. The roof, meanwhile, has been shingled…
Winter conditions have not slowed the rapid progress on the Music and Campus Center as the majority of the work is now taking place behind a heated tent around the structure. Insulation has been sprayed on the exterior of the building which has allowed bricklaying by the masons, who are making incredible progress despite the cold temperatures. The brickwork…
The Music and Campus Center continues to take shape and as the cold weather approaches (indeed, the campus has already seen snow!), the site continues to work toward being weather tight. Fiberglass mat gypsum sheathing has been installed around the entire building, with the exception of window openings. Window openings have been tarped due to weather and the crews are…