Everett, Ma – —BOND (Bond Brothers) has been selected to provide construction management services for the comprehensive renovation of Brown University’s Barus and Holley Building and Prince Laboratory.
Serving the University’s Engineering and Physics Departments, the Barus & Holley Building and Prince Laboratory will receive critical infrastructure upgrades – including new switchgear, cooling towers, chillers, heat exchangers, boilers, air handling units and exhaust fans – that will extend their capacity to support the sensitive ongoing research carried out by staff and students. The project’s scope also includes the installation of a new fire alarm system and the modernization of two existing elevators.
Using an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) method, BOND will be working closely with Brown University, architect Imai Keller Moore and WSP Flack + Kurtz engineers, and electrical and mechanical subcontractors to develop a detailed sequencing and phasing plan that will maintain 24/7 operability in the buildings’ laboratories, while minimizing disruption to other adjacent departments.
Dedicated in June 1965, the seven-story, 220,000 SF Barus and Holley Building houses the University’s Engineering and Physics Departments, including 117 laboratories, 150 offices, and classroom and lecture hall space. The two-story Prince Laboratory, built in 1962, contains research space, a machine shop, and offices. Their renovation will assist Brown in achieving long-term master plan goals.