NEW YORK – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded a $105 million contract to Walsh Construction Company II LLC of Chicago for the completion of Phase 2, the second and final phase, of the West Point Science Center renovation project.
The overall project involves the renovation and upgrade of the school’s old library, which was replaced by the new Jefferson Hall Library and Learning Center in 2009, and physically combining it with a renovated and upgraded historic Bartlett Hall to create a modern science center to serve the cadets and faculty at West Point.
The Phase 2 contract is for the renovation and upgrade of the school’s science building Bartlett Hall, which is one of the oldest academic buildings still used on the historic campus. Part of Bartlett Hall was first completed in 1914 and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its insides will be completely renovated and new classrooms, laboratories and administrative areas will be built. The renovation also includes a complete upgrade of the historic structure, ranging from handicapped accessibility to meeting security and fire safety standards.
Once completed, Bartlett Hall and the adjacent old library will become one expanded and modernized science center with more than 300,000 square feet for the school’s biology, chemistry and physics programs and more.
“Completing the renovation of the West Point Science Center is an important part of keeping West Point’s facilities on the cutting edge while also carefully maintaining its rich history,” said New York District commander Col. John R. Boulé. “Once completed, the renovated science center will help the nation’s premier military academy continue to provide a world class education to classes of America’s future leaders.”
Phase 1, an approximately $50 million project, is the similar style renovation of the old library building and it is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Phase 2, the renovation and upgrade of Bartlett Hall, will itself actually be completed in two phases as part of one contract. Construction on Phase 2a is slated to begin in early 2012 and be ready for cadets by the end of spring 2014 and Phase 2b is slated to begin in summer 2014 with the entire project being completed in early 2016.
As part of the contract, the facility must meet environmental requirements to be certified as at least LEED Silver by the U.S. Green Buildings Council standards.
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