Diversified Project Management, (DPM), a Hartford-based owner’s representative consulting firm has been hired by Connecticut College to provide OPM services for the renovation and expansion of New London Hall – the college’s oldest academic building. Built in 1915, New London Hall houses the Life Sciences departments including Biology, Botany, Environmental Science, and Computer Science.
Working with KBE construction and Payette Architects, DPM will provide staff augmentation for the existing facilities management department and will assist with the reporting and monitoring of the construction progress on the science center renovation and addition.
This project involves the renovation of the 25,500sf New London Hall and attached 3,200sf greenhouse, as well as the construction of a 13,600sf addition to the building. Upon completion, the building will feature 21 offices, five classrooms, seven teaching labs, and six research labs.
Best practices of sustainability are being implemented with a goal of obtaining LEED Silver certification through the USGBC. Construction is now underway and is expected to be completed by the fall of 2012.
“We are very proud to have been selected for this project,” said Mark DuPre’, Assoc AIA Project Executive for DPM. “Connecticut College has a tremendous reputation as an academic institution, as well as having top notch facilities and being selected to work with this team is quite an honor”. Senior Project Manager, Scott Pinckney, LEED AP BD+C, will provide the onsite support.
