Kaplan Const. completes campus expansion for Bellesini Academy

Lawrence, MA Kaplan Construction completed an expansion to the Bellesini Academy, an independent school supporting 100 students in grades five through eight. Kaplan provided design/build services for the addition.

The two-story, 5,800 s/f addition will provide a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) center for all students with a science lab, technology center, art center, movement center for yoga and dance, and an alumni lounge, as well as a hallway with four classrooms dedicated to the girls’ program. The ground up construction, built on the site of a former rectory, was connected to the existing school.

Project team members included:

• Cornerstone Architects – project architect

• Feldman Development Partners – Owner’s representative

• Ipswich River Engineering – Structural engineer

• Reid Mechanical Corp – HVAC

• Rice & Brouillard Electric Inc.  – Electric

• Lynco Fire Protection Inc. – Fire protection

• Gaffny Plumbing – Plumbing.