- Client: University of Massachusetts Building Authority
- Location: Lowell, MA
- Project Size: 9,000 sq. ft.
- Completed: 2018
- Budget: $16.7M
- Architect: Bergmeyer Associates Inc.
- CM: Walsh Brothers, Inc.
- Services Provided:
- Project Management
- MEP Observation and Cx oversight
- Construction Administration
- People Involved:
- Jim Rogers
- Lynn Stapleton
- Paul Gransaull
- John McDonald
- Jay Faxon
- Carlos Montanez
Details:
The UMass Building Authority hired LEFTFIELD to be the OPM for UMass Lowell's Fox Hall Elevator Addition and Modernization project. As the tallest building in the Merrimack Valley, the eighteen story Fox Hall dormitory facility was constructed in the early 1970’s to house a resident population of 420 students. Today there are over 800 residents circulating through the facility via two original, undersized passenger elevators. To correct the excessive wait and travel times currently experienced, the University added two new elevators and renovated the two existing elevators. The two new elevators were added to the building via a structural precast concrete shaft that was constructed directly over the main entrance of an occupied building. Also included were interior renovations of the first floor entrance lobby and renovations to student rooms where the new elevator lobbies integrate with each floor. Exterior grading and landscaping/hardscaping has been re-designed for the entry plaza that was added to the project.