Aligning academic and vocational studies on a state-of-the-art campus.

Colliers Project Leaders provided project management services for the expansion and renovation of the Bristol County Agricultural High School. Expansion from 450 to 640 students required strategic new construction, additions, and renovations to create more cohesion among academic and vocational studies on campus and provide new state-of-the-art labs and specialized learning spaces.

The design included six new and updated buildings on campus: the new Center for Science and the Environment, new Student Commons, renovations and a small addition to Gilbert Hall, a new Landscape/Arbor Building, a renovated Agricultural Mechanics Building, and a new net-positive Dairy Barn. The Center for Science and the Environment is on track to achieve LEED Gold certification. In addition, the renovated Gilbert Hall, an existing historic building on the south end of campus, will achieve LEED Silver certification.

Colliers Project Leaders served as the project manager during the feasibility study and schematic design phases of the project. As project manager, Project Leaders coordinated the designer selection process on behalf of the City in accordance with the MSBA’s Designer Selection Guidelines. We also monitored the activities and responsibilities of the designer and assisted the Owner in the review of the proposed scope, schedule, and budget.

Colliers Project Leaders guided the project through the MSBA process in developing the project scope and budget agreement with the MSBA, which determined the MSBA Grant for completion of the project. We continued to serve as project manager during the design, construction, and closeout phases of the project.