News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: September 20, 2012
Skanska USA breaks ground at Somerset Berkley Regional High: project team includes Agostini/Bacon Construction, PARE Corp. and Ai3 Architects
Executives from Skanska USA broke ground at the Somerset Berkley Regional High School, a 230,000 s/f project in accordance with the Mass. School Building Authority's Model School Program. The regional school district chose to base its design on the Whitman-Hanson Regional High School plan. Skanska will provide owner's project management services for the $82.8 million project, which is scheduled for completion in December 2015.
The architect is Ai3 Architects, the general contractor is Agostini/Bacon Construction, the civil engineer is PARE Corp., the MEP engineer is Griffith & Vary, Inc. and the structural engineersis Engineers Design Group.
Shown (from left) are: Dan Tavares, Skanska; Joe Costa, Agostini/Bacon Construction; Rick Reuter, Agostini/Bacon Construction; Julie Allen, Agostini/Bacon Construction; George Agostini, Agostini/Bacon Construction; Troy Randall, Ai3 Architects, LLC; Steve Agostini, Agostini/Bacon Construction; Brian Heney, Ai3 Architects, LLC; Dan Lanneville, Skanska; Chelsey Masters, Ai3 Architects, LLC; Dale Caldwell, Skanska; and Mike Morrison, Skanska.
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