Pioneer Valley Transit Authority’s bus operations and maintenance facility - Springfield, MASpringfield, MA City Point Partners has been selected by the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) to oversee the design and construction of their new bus operations and maintenance facility on Cottage St., to replace their existing 100 year old facility. The new 280,000 s/f, $70 million facility will be built on an 18-acre site and will provide bus maintenance and storage for the PVTA’s Springfield fixed-route operation. The facility will be able to accommodate 150 fixed-route buses including standard size diesel buses and articulated buses.
Included in this new facility will be management office space, fuel bays, wash bays, bus and van storage bays, garage and body shop areas, parts storage, exercise rooms, locker rooms and showers, lounge, dispatch center, employee parking and green spaces. A new cell tower will also be installed onsite to support the PVTA’s IT communications.
The new facility will seek LEED Certification under the US Green Building Council’s green building rating system.
City Point Partners will provide owner’s project management services advising with respect to the design, scope of work, cost estimating, construction manager at risk and subcontractor selection, schedule overview and performance monitoring. With their ridership predicted to continue its steady increase and a number of highprofile development projects in the Springfield area scheduled to be completed within the next two to three years, the PVTA is planning for a greater expansion of service and consequently will require larger facilities to support this service expansion.
“We are very excited to be working with City Point Partners on this critical project. A larger operations center is a vital part of supporting the expanded service that our ridership demands,” said Mary MacInnes, administrator, PVTA.
“This is a very exciting time for the PVTA,” said Colleen Moore, president and founder of City Point Partners, “both the public and private sector developments planned for the Springfield area will change the City of Springfield itself and the Pioneer Valley. We are confident that we will be able to help the PVTA meet the rising demand of their ridership which will result from these developments and ultimately stimulate increased economic activity in the region. We are very happy to be working for the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority.”
City Point Partners has a growing owner’s project management practice with multiple projects in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority is the largest regional transit authority in Massachusetts with 174 buses, 144 paratransit vehicles and 24 participating member communities. The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority was created by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 161B in 1974 as a funding source and to provide oversight and coordination of public transportation within the Pioneer Valley region. The 24 member communities throughout the Pioneer Valley include; Agawam, Amherst, Belchertown, Chicopee, Easthampton, East Longmeadow, Granby, Hadley, Hampden, Holyoke, Leverett, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Northampton, Palmer, Pelham, South Hadley, Springfield, Sunderland, Ware, Westfield, West Springfield, Wilbraham, and Williamsburg.
City Point Partners is a woman-owned owner’s project management firm serving clients in both the public and private sectors. The firm’s skilled team has experience in a broad range of projects including both horizontal and vertical projects with staff who are professional engineers, licensed construction supervisors, certified cost consultants, and schedulers. City Point Partners is a WBE/DBE certified firm in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and DBE-certified in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.