Consigli Const. selected to oversee work on Dartmouth College's Rollins Chapel and Gilman Science Center

Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College


Gilman Science Center, Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH The Portland office of Consigli Construction Co., Inc. has been selected to oversee the second phase of restoration to the historic Rollins Chapel and repairs to the Gilman Science Center at Dartmouth College.

At the Rollins Chapel, Consigli is overseeing an extensive masonry restoration.  The Chapel, dedicated in 1885, is Romanesque in style and was constructed of pink granite with red sandstone trimming. Due to the building's age, all masonry needs cleaning and repointing, and portions of the chapel roof require new copper and slate.  The building poses a logistical challenge, given the occupied nature of Dartmouth's campus in the summer months, and the frequent use of the chapel for weddings and other events.  Previously, Consigli oversaw envelope work including slate repairs, granite façade pointing and reconstruction, and brownstone patching.

Consigli will also oversee stabilizing brick repairs to the Gilman Science Center.  The building contains lab space for 16 professors (along with their technicians, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and other employees), computer labs, student common areas and the Murdough Greenhouses. On this fast-track summer project, craftsworkers will focus on re-attaching the unstable bricks at the roof parapets and the corners of the building, as well as perform various masonry repairs and additional flashing and roofing work.