Northampton, MA – Smith College has selected Arcadis for project and construction management for the Neilson Library project. The project is currently in the early design/conceptual phase and is being designed by world-renowned designer and artist Maya Lin Studio and design firm Shepley Bulfinch.
Arcadis will provide logistical management to execute a smooth transition of library resources to alternative sites, reducing disruption to student services and college business. Arcadis vice president, Richard Sitnik CCM, LEED AP, will also manage procurement and construction, facilitating integration of contractors and other experts.
Smith College has five libraries throughout campus, the Neilson library being the largest and the most significantly transformed through this initiative. This project will revitalize Neilson as the intellectual heart of Smith College, will restore the splendor of the 1909 building to focus on its iconic reading rooms, and will also include complete replacement of the north and south wings of the library in order to provide flexible, light-filled spaces to support scholarship and teaching.
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Neilson contains the College’s unique and distinctive special collections including the Mortimer Rare Book Room, the Sophia Smith Collection and the College Archives. Providing an exceptional, useful and visible space for these collections will be another priority of this project.
“Arcadis believes in the project’s vision to create a new Neilson Library that is inviting, adaptable, and responsive,” said Sitnik. “The Arcadis team is committed to delivering a seamless process so that all aspects of the project stay on schedule throughout construction.”
