BOND wins two CMAA New England Chapter Project Achievement Awards

BOND has been awarded two Project Achievement Awards by the Construction Management Associate of America's (CMAA) New England Chapter for its work on Bridgewater State University's Weygand Residence Hall and Brown University's Barus & Holley Building/Prince Engineering Laboratory. The CMAA New England Awards celebrate the most outstanding construction efforts in the region, and recognize the team effort involved in the completion of these complex building, renovation, and infrastructure projects. BOND collaborated with design team Perkins + Will and the Massachusetts State College Building Authority (MSCBA) to deliver the 149,000 s/f George A. Weygand Hall for Bridgewater State University. The project fulfilled three major goals for the University: the addition of 500 much-needed campus beds, the creation of a living/learning environment that supports academic excellence, and the unification of East and West campuses, made possible by drawings students from academic buildings in the West to residential buildings in the East. Likewise, members of the BOND team worked closely with Brown University, Imai Keller Moore Architects, and WSP Flack + Kurtz under an Integrated Project Delivery Approach to complete the comprehensive infrastructure upgrade to the Barus & Holley Building and Prince Engineering Laboratory. The use of in-house Building Information Modeling and laser scanning facilitated BOND's installation of new building systems without disrupting the more than 100 scientists that remained in place throughout the construction process. Rigorous Pull Planning sessions resulted in consolidated phasing and $1.2 million in subcontractor savings, which was subsequently reinvested. "We are honored to be the recipient of two CMAA New England Project Achievement Awards," said Robert Murray, BOND president. "BOND prides itself on its collaborative construction process and we are happy to have the opportunity to celebrate the success of these two projects."