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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: November 23, 2015
Delulis Bros. break ground on North Shore Community College’s 37,000 s/f McGee Building
Shown are: NSCC president Patricia Gentile (left), governor Charlie Baker (center), student government association president Nathaniel Montero (right of governor) and NSCC community representatives.Lynn, MA Governor Charlie Baker and other dignitaries joined members of the North Shore Community College (NSCC) community last month to break ground on a new three-story wing for the McGee Building.
The project has a target opening for the 2017 spring semester. Delulis Brothers Construction is the general contractor.
Speaking at the event, North Shore Community College Student Government Association president Nathaniel Montero, said, “This addition represents opportunity as opens doors to a bright future for the students who come here seeking our most powerful tool, education.”
The 37,000 s/f addition, designed by Boston architects Shepley Bulfinch, will provide 10 classrooms, a centralized student success center, a testing center, academic technology space, a center for teaching, learning and assessment, offices and a boardroom.
North Shore Community College rendering - Lynn, MANorth Shore Community College president Patricia Gentile said, “We look forward to the expanded opportunities this new facility will provide... This public investment will position our college to better meet the needs of the [area’s] emerging knowledge economy.”
Governor Charlie Baker noted that the lack of a skilled workforce is the biggest impediment to economic growth. “The synchronicity of this is something we have to get right, and community colleges have an enormous role to play in the process. I look forward to this campus and the new addition continuing to give students what they need to build careers.”
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