Boston – Nadeau Corporation Construction Engineering & Development is closing out its Campus Center Atrium Project at UMASS Boston.
The Attleboro based general contractor was awarded the project after noise from students in the common areas of the Atrium was flowing into the 2nd and 3rd floor offices causing noise interference between floors and disturbing the administrative staff.
Keller Roughton of Gensler, the architect on job, formulated a solution where Nadeau could add structural framing for concealed window frames behind the drywall and install glass panels in the second and third floor openings of the Campus Center office wing. Placing glass in these 32 openings would ensure reduction of noise transfer. Nadeau’s team successfully overcame the challenge of operating in an occupied space without disrupting ongoing student and office activities.