Hello Middlesex Community! If you are interested in following the Middlesex Spring Break trip to China, this is the place! A mighty group of 23 students and teachers will be flying to Beijing today. With the time difference between Boston and Beijing, our official adventures in Beijing will start March 12, so stay tuned. (Temple of Heaven, Beijing)
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…
The Music and Campus Center continues to develop day by day as what was once innovative thinking and imaginative renderings now becomes a reality. Working to move the engineered beam system into place throughout August and September, crews now have the steel superstructure officially in place. Exterior sheathing also began this month with slab pouring starting just this past week.…
Middlesex is excited to announce that Landry House is officially complete! Though students moved into the dorm over Labor Day weekend, landscaping continued throughout September. We are thrilled that the dedication of the dorm, which happened on Friday September 23, 2016, marked the end of the long process of planning and building our newest addition to campus. The dorm itself…
With the successful completion of Landry House, the ongoing construction of the Music and Campus Center has taken center stage. While building progressed throughout this past school year, noticeable progress will greet students upon their arrival for this school year as steel beams have arrived and are being swung into place to frame the structure. Every day visible improvements emerge…
Landry House is now a home: Three faculty families have moved into their new apartments as we put the finishing touches on the interior and exeterior of the building. Final landscaping is scheduled to complete this week, and we have planted a total of 24 trees that range in caliper from 2-4 inches. The extensive planting plan included extending the…
This time last year we reported a hole in the ground was our soon to be a new dorm, Landry House. Here we are a year later reporting that the final touches and landscaping have begun. Indeed, we are less than a week away from faculty families moving into the dorm. Remarkable progress throughout the year has allowed for…
The Music and Campus Center has seen major improvements in the last few months. The structure is well on its way to being out most enviornmentally “clean” and sustainable building on campus. The building, set to open in Spring 2017, has had crews working hard throughout the school year to secure the structure. The existing walls of the…