BOND Construction of Everett gathered with faculty, students and staff recently gathered at a topping off ceremony held at Wheaton College’s campus in Norton, MA. Attendees of the afternoon celebration signed the final piece of structural steel before it was hoisted into the air and set into place.
BOND celebrated the construction milestone for Wheaton College’s Mars Center for Science and Technology, a new space that reflects Wheaton’s commitment to rigorous study of the sciences in a liberal arts environment.
This new 99,000 square-foot project includes both construction of a new three story 77,800 square-foot building and the renovation of the first floor of the existing science center. The project, the most ambitious construction project in Wheaton’s history, is a $42 million contract.
The overall project will house the departments physics/astronomy, math/computer science, chemistry and biology as well as teaching and research laboratories. The facility will include community spaces including study lounges and a café.
The design of the project, by architect Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, reflects Wheaton’s commitment to environmental sustainability. The Mars Center will incorporate a host of features that will enable the building to earn LEED certification, a nationally recognized benchmark for sustainable buildings established by the U.S. Green Building Council.
A live webcam to view the project’s progress can be accessed via Wheaton College’s website www.wheatoncollege.edu. The project is expected to be completed in Summer of 2011.