BOND Building Construction receives CMAA award for South-West Middle School

Quincy, MA BOND Building Construction, Inc. has received a Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), New England Chapter Project Achievement Award for the South-West Middle School.

BOND Building accepted the award at the 2020 CMAA-NE Mark H. Hasso Project Excellence and Scholarship Awards Program, held virtually on October 2^nd. The 26^th annual event was dedicated to the life and legacy of the late Professor Mark H. Hasso.

“We are proud to be a part of the CMAA New England Project Achievement Awards and grateful for this recognition,” said Frank Hayes, president of BOND Building. “We had a great project team for South-West Middle School. Each team partner knew how to work together effectively to deliver a building that will serve the city of Quincy for many years to come.”

The $58 million, 96,000 s/f facility features collaborative learning spaces, a media center, gymnasium, music and art rooms, administrative offices, a two-story café with pedestrian bridge, and an auditorium. The innovative learning facility is complete with STEM circulation zones that encourage project-based learning, and an open floor plan with glass walls to create a synergetic environment. Ai3 Architects, LLC was the architect and PCA360 served as the owner’s project manager. Mayor Thomas P. Koch provided hands-on leadership along with the school administrators, faculty, and staff.

During the course of the two-year project, BOND Building developed phasing and logistic plans, constructability analyses, proposed value engineering alternatives to maintain the project budget, and then constructed the new building just a few feet away from the Sterling Middle School, the occupied building being replaced.

With the new school being built directly behind the old school, BOND Building turned the opportunity into a teaching moment and facilitated classroom learning sessions with South-West Middle School students to coincide with project milestones and STEM curriculum. Students who were interested in the construction even established their own Junior Building Committee.