Curry College New Dormitory

Civil/Site Engineering and Construction Administration
Milton, MA

Curry College was experiencing an influx of students and a lack of housing for the upcoming fall semester. The college determined in November that a new residence hall was needed for the following August. Gale provided the following services:

• Completed multiple conceptual design and layout schemes and participated in community information sessions to gain acceptance from direct residential abutters
• Resultant project consisted of a 170-bed dormitory with 82 parking spaces, two ADA-compliant entrances, seven retaining walls, landscape buffers, LID stormwater management systems and new site utilities
• The project is LEED® Silver Certified and included Low Impact Development techniques such as bioretention areas, permeable pavers, stone trenches, grass pavers, infiltration chambers, and dark sky compliant LED site lighting
• Design also included a new sewer main that was installed through a wetland area requiring permitting through the Conservation Commission and MWRA, as well as wetland replication and mitigation
• Construction documents were fully prepared and the College was ready to apply for building permits by early January, tree clearing began on the site in mid-March and students moved in at the end of August