Gloucester, MA – Turner & Townsend Heery announced it has completed the East Veterans Elementary School project in Gloucester.
Turner & Townsend Heery served as the owner project management firm and partnered with Dore + Whittier architects and construction manager W.T. Rich Company, to navigate post-COVID impacts that affected both the construction schedule and budget.
Atrium
“In our 30+ years completing over 60 municipal projects in Massachusetts, this one brought with it some of the greatest market challenges seen to date,” said Brian Hromadka, project director for the MSBA-funded school who led the team for Turner & Townsend Heery.
After gaining support from Gloucester voters to construct the all-electric, LEED gold facility, the project faced skyrocketing construction prices as the world slowly reopened from the COVID-related shutdowns. With no additional budget funds available, representatives of Turner & Townsend Heery say the team rallied through three rounds of value engineering to manage the costs of the new facility and enable its construction contract to be awarded without delay.
“Throughout the entire value engineering process, our project team always kept the community’s needs at the forefront and maintained our optimal educational program and the high quality of our new facility,” said Kathy Clancy, chair of the Gloucester School Committee.
Rear playground and sports field
“The project team worked together to develop creative solutions and overcome every obstacle in the toughest of circumstances,” said Superintendent Ben Lummis. “The team’s collaborative approach and flexibility in identifying solutions kept the project moving forward.”
The construction work was completed this summer and the new school opened on time.
