Construction and Planning ProjectsBrown Bag Presentation

February 12, 2020

Kathleen Kirleis, Vice Chancellor for Administration and FinanceMichael Kearns, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities ManagementShaun Curry, Director of Project Management and Business OperationsSimon Myles, Campus Master Planning Department

UMass Boston Campus in 1974

Substructure and Legacy Infrastructure

• 1974 campus was designed for 10,000 students

• Campus fortress with Substructure parking garage beneath buildings

• Utilities suspended from ceiling of Substructure garage UL and LL

• Concrete issues began in 1980s

• Substructure closed in 2006

• Interim stabilization and shoring installed

• Critical decision point for campus: invest in repairing the existing infrastructure or reimagine a modern campus on Columbia Point

Campus Master Plan

Ongoing and Upcoming Construction:

Vacating the Science Center and Preparing for SDQD

Renovations to Existing Academic Buildings (REAB)

Renovations to Existing Academic Buildings (REAB)

Project Goals▸ Relocate academic programs out of Science Center before

Spring Semester 2020▸ Utilize campus space to highest and best use▸ Meet current needs of departments, growth wherever possible

Project Constraints▸ Budget: limited capital budget▸ Scope: large infrastructure-intense programs in Science▸ Space: limited vacant space available across campus▸ Schedule: academic schedule inflexible▸ Schedule: Science Center Demolition funded, planning underway

Renovations to Existing Academic Buildings

Wheatley HallBiology TeachingCSM Student SuccessEngineering TeachingHonors CollegeMathPhysicsLRC

McCormack HallAnthropologyComputer ScienceBiology TeachingEngineeringSchool for the Environment

Quinn BuildingCNHS Dean’s OfficeExercise & Health SciencesNursing

Healey LibraryAdvancementIT StaffORSP

REAB Research Spaces

REAB Office Spaces

REAB Teaching Spaces

Vacating the Science Center: Remaining Moves

Following completion of the academic move program associated with REAB the Science Center is now vacant other than:

• Greenhouses

• CSM Machine Shop

• IT Data Center

• 2 Engineering research labs

Currently developing plans to control access to the Science Center. The catwalk will be isolated to continue to provide level access across the Campus

Vacating the Science Center:Infrastructure Hub, Data Center, and IT Staff Move• The University’s data center, currently located in the Science Center,

serves as a hub for the University’s centralized IT infrastructure hardware (Switches, Firewalls, APC units) and servers for a variety of end-users including IT, researchers/faculty, and departments

• The data center relocation is an enabling project for SDQD.

• Construction work will be completed in Spring 2020 and the data canter is scheduled to move during Spring Break 2020

• Current data center functions are to be split between a new on-campus location for IT infrastructure hardware and the co-location of servers to the main UMass data center in Shrewsbury

• The new on-campus location for IT infrastructure (IHUB) will be on the Upper Level of Quinn in current telecommunications space

• 26 IT staff have moved to Service and Supply and Healey Library Lower Level

Vacating the Science Center:CSM Machine Shop

• The College of Science and Mathematics machine shop, currently located in the Science Center, supports teaching and research by fabricating and repairing metal objects used in the lab or in the field

• The machine shop relocation is an enabling project for SDQD. It is scheduled to move in June 2020.

• The new location for the machine shop will be in the Service & Supply Building and will require relocating Facilities department MEP shops and Project Management

• Planning and design for the new machine shop is being performed by NBBJ, the designer for the SDQD project and construction work will be performed by Consigli, the REAB Construction Manager

Vacating the Science Center:Greenhouses

• The Biology Department’s greenhouses are currently located on the Science Center’s roof

• Temporary greenhouses will be constructed to the rear of the Healey Library along UDrive South

• Anticipated moving the greenhouses in late March

Substructure, Science Center, Pool Demolition and Quadrangle Development (SDQD) Project

Substructure, Science Center, Pool Demolition and Quadrangle Development (SDQD) Project

Project Team • University of Massachusetts Building Authority is managing the project

on behalf of UMass Boston

o Owner’s Project Manager: Hill International Licensed Site Professional (environmental monitoring): Vertex

o Designer: NBBJ Structural Engineer: ARUP Geo-technical Engineer: Haley and Aldrich Civil Engineer: Nitsch Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates MEP Engineer: ARUP

o Construction Manager: Gilbane Building Company

▸ Challenges and Goals

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Science Center Programs to be relocated into existing buildings

McCormack & Wheatley will have additional structural support added and repairs to LL/UL slabs

Pool, Garage & portions of the Plaza to be demolished

Maintaining the level access provided by catwalks across campus is critical

Science Center to be demolished

Need to provide on-campus parking, eliminate satellite parking shuttle & enable Bayside development

A better Campus focal point and gathering space

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SDQD – Preliminary Proposed Site Plan

SDQD – Current View

SDQD – Proposed View

Bird’s Eye View of New Quad, Plaza and Catwalks

Wheatley McCormack Healey

Quinn

Campus Center

New Parking Lot

Areas to be demolished

SDQD – Demolition and New Development

New Quad with Existing Buildings and Landform

Athletics and Pool Demolition

• Relocation of the Athletics’ training room, offices and storage in some areas of the Clark building is an enabling project for demolition of the swimming pool and construction of the new quad.

• Currently exploring relocation of these functions within the Clark building.

• Anticipated that light construction would take place in May and the move of staff and equipment would take place in June 2020

• Planning and design for is being performed by NBBJ, the designer for the SDQD project and construction work will be performed by Gilbane, the SDQD construction manager.

Substructure, Science Center, Pool Demolition and Quadrangle Development (SDQD) Budget

SDQD BUDGET:

Original Approved Project Budget*: $155,500,000

Science Center RelocationREAB Budget: ($41,000,000)____________________________________________

SDQD Budget $114,500,000

Project Funding: $78,000,000 from the State & $77,500,000 from University and other sources

Substructure, Science Center, Pool Demolition and Quadrangle Development (SDQD) Project

Current Schedule

• Project currently undergoing review of cost and sequencing

• Developing a detailed implementation schedule for the demolition;

and the construction of the new quad and parking lot

• Substructure stabilization below Wheatley and McCormack to take

place Spring of 2020. Developing plans to control access to the UL

and LL.

Other Upcoming Projects:

Solar PVMcCormack Hall Roof Replacement

Quinn Administration Building Roof ReplacementClark Rink Chiller Replacement

Harborwalk Surface RepairsCampus Center Garage Repairs

Calf Pasture Pumping Station

Bayside

Solar Photovoltaic Project

Installation of PV panels on University Hall and West Garage

• Schedule: University Hall PV installation completed by March 1, 2020 Battery Storage construction complete by May 1, 2020 Parking Garage West PV installation complete by July 1, 2020 System in full operation by September 1, 2020

• Electricity Production University Hall = 244 kW Parking Garage West = 500 kW Current Wheatley Hall PV = 74 kW

Other Upcoming Projects

• McCormack Hall Roof Replacement Phase 1 Summer-Fall 2020: Main 3rd floor roof and Penthouse roof Phase 2 Summer-Fall 2021: Remaining Roofs

• Quinn Administration Building Roof Replacement Summer-Fall 2020

• Clark Rink Chiller Replacement Spring-Summer 2020

• Harborwalk Surface Repairs Summer-Fall 2020

• Campus Center Garage Floor Repairs and Sealing Summer 2020

Calf Pasture Pumping Station• University exploring potential private public partnership development

• RFI issued January 2020 for proposals. Responses due Feb. 19th

• Responses to be evaluated during Spring semester 2020 and next

steps to be determined

• Work within historic designations and new ‘front door’ to Campus

• University use for building, private development for adjacent parcels

Bayside Development

Bayside Development

• Bayside building demolished in 2016

• Bayside site remains campus parking for near team. Additional parking is included in the SDQD project.

• Agreement to lease with Accordia Development has been signed and Accordia has completed its due diligence

• Weekend design charrettes held with community in October and November 2019

• Campus community open forum held in November 2019

Bayside Development

• Accordia is filing plans with Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) later this month. Plans will include Bayside site and the Santander site, which Accordia also owns.

• Public process for planning and design to take place over next couple of years.

• Development anticipated to include a mix of academic and life science space, residential, retail and commercial uses on the site. Built-out Bayside could mimic Kendall Square.

• $25M infrastructure contribution is part of the deal. Accordia has indicated that some of this funding will be used for improvements to Mount Vernon Street.

• Proceeds to be used on qualified capital investments. Approval process for qualified capital investments being put in place with UMBA and the Board of Trustees.

Questions?Additional questions or comments?

masterplan@umb.edu

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