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Steel Erection Has Begun at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center
Via MyCape.com
J.K. Scanlan Company, Inc. of East Falmouth, MA has begun the erection of structural steel for the new 105,000 square foot Hyannis Youth and Community Center building. The Hyannis Youth and Community Center will provide a setting for the community to take part in recreational and athletic activities.
The HYCC will be a two-story building including two ice-rinks, support spaces, and a 12,500 square foot gymnasium with an elevated track. There will also be a teen center, concession area, multipurpose and administrative offices. A playground will be constructed outside of the building for outdoor recreation.
J.K. Scanlan’s construction team includes Project Executive, Craig Gabri, Project Manager, Seth Adams, Assistant Project Manager, Judith Audette, and Project Supervisor, Mel Dishman. Architectural services are provided by Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype, Inc.
J.K. Scanlan Company, Inc. is a Construction Management, General Contracting and Design/Build firm serving a variety of commercial, institutional, health care and private clients throughout the New England area. For additional information please call 508-540-6226 or e-mail jkscanlan@jkscanlan.com.
Library Renovation Done On-Time, Within Budget
By Aaron Gouveia, Cape Cod Times Staff Writer
Though some residents may still be miffed that renovation delays at the high school are going to cost town taxpayers an extra $19 million, there's a pot of gold at the end of the St. Patrick's Day rainbow for the town's library lovers.
The Falmouth Public Library make-over is done — on schedule and within budget.
The library will open its doors on March 17, unveiling $10.7 million in renovations, including an 8,000-square-foot addition. The books have already made their way back to the shelves and all that's left is for workers to put on the finishing touches, according to Leslie Morrissey, library director.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be March 16, but patrons won't be able to check out materials until the next day.
"We're very excited and so are the people I've talked to in the community," Morrissey said. Renovated through a combination of fundraising, a state grant and a taxpayer debt exclusion, the library was just about gutted in January of last year and underwent a variety of improvements.
The Main Street entrance, closed since 1978, will be reopened and accessible to wheelchairs. New and efficient electrical wiring, heating and air-conditioning systems have been installed, while leaking windows and skylights were removed and replaced.
There will be free Wi-Fi access, and library patrons will be able to check out wireless computers and roam about the facility.
Morrissey said her main focus now is getting the computers and the phones — both of which have already been ordered and delivered — installed and operational.
General contractor John Scanlan of J.K. Scanlan Co. said crews are working on some
emergency lighting, but otherwise are finalizing their work and cleaning up.
Final inspections are set for later this week, when an occupancy permit may be granted.
The good news for Falmouth taxpayers is the renovation and expansion project is on time and on budget, unlike the Falmouth High School project, which will cost $19 million more than originally anticipated and is nearly two years behind schedule.
Neither Morrissey or Scanlan wanted to compare the two projects, but both credited everyone involved for the positive outcome.
"It was a good team effort by everyone," Scanlan said. "We have high-caliber professionals who are able to work well as a team and mitigate any problems that come up."
Morrissey said she thinks the refurbished rotunda in the main lobby will be a big draw, as it was hard to notice in the previous 106-year-old building.
"The rotunda was always there, but people never really saw it," Morrissey said. "Now when you walk up the stairs it'll be right in their faces."
JK Scanlan to Begin Construction on Hyannis Youth & Community Center
By Robert Gold, Cape Cod Times Staff Writer
Construction should start this month on the Hyannis Youth and Community Center, paving the way for a multi-purpose recreational haven.
The long planned center, which would eventually replace the Kennedy Memorial Skating Rink, could be complete by the fall of 2009, said project manager John Juros.
The town’s building committee approved Falmouth-based JK Scanlon Co. as the general construction contractor.
Work should start by the middle of this month, Juros said.
When finished, the nearly $25 million project will feature two ice rinks, a teen center with a computer room, eight locker rooms, offices for the recreational departments, a meeting room, a pro shop, snack shop, a competition sized basketball court with stands, and a three length elevated track.
The basketball court will be able to be switched into two side by side courts by moving the stands.
Last year, the town redesigned the building to add a bigger gym and more seating for the ice rinks. The town hopes that will draw traveling hockey teams, and will let the arena host hockey tournaments, figure skating competitions and ice shows.
The main rink will be surrounded by 1,500 seats.
“It will have an impact as a gateway into the community,” Juros said about the center on Bearse’s Way and Bassett Lane.
The Kennedy Memorial Rink, a hockey hot spot, will be demolished after the new 105,000 square foot building is built, Juros said.
Falmouth Public Library Renovation
Nearing Completion
By Aaron Gouveia, Cape Cod Times Staff Writer
The renovation and expansion of the Falmouth Public Library is under budget and on schedule to open this spring, according to library officials.
Joan Bates, co-chairman of the Falmouth Public Library Foundation Inc., said the newly renovated library is slated to open in mid-March. The 106-year-old building is undergoing $10.7 million in renovations — including an 8,000 square-foot addition — to better serve the 350,000 visitors who use the library every year.
The project is being paid for by a combination of a $2.7 million state grant, a $6.5 million debt exclusion approved by voters last year, and $1.5 million in fundraising proceeds, Bates said.
The library was just about gutted beginning in January, Bates said, and will be improved in throughout.
The Main Street entrance, which has been closed since 1978, will be re-opened and accessible to people in wheelchairs. All the electrical wiring, heating and air conditioning systems will be new and more efficient; leaking windows and skylights will be replaced; and three new rooms will allow community groups more meeting space.
The number of computers will increase from four to 12, Bates said, and library patrons will have eight bathrooms to use instead of three.
And in addition to hosting free Wi-Fi Internet access, library aficionados will enjoy other technologically advanced perks.
"People will be able to check out wireless computers at the front desk and wander around," Bates said. "We've been joking that we're going to have to kick people out at the end of the day."
Construction supervisor Jim Hudson of the J.K. Scanlan Co., said although the project is making good progress, there are difficulties in working with a 106-year-old building.
"When these buildings were constructed 100 years ago they weren't built with (air conditioning) and duct work in mind," Hudson said.
Although the grant money from the state hasn't been allocated yet, and the Falmouth Public Library Foundation is still $90,000 short of its $1.5 million fundraising goal, Bates said she thinks the finished project will make Falmouth residents proud.
Those wishing to donate can send a check to the Falmouth Public Library Foundation at P.O. Box 401 Falmouth, MA 02541, or call 508-403-4222.
IFAW World Headquarters profiled in New England Real Estate Journal
Currently in construction, the World Headquarters of IFAW — the International Fund for Animal Welfare — will create a new 36,000 sf home for this influential and dynamic non-profit organization. The LEED-Gold building integrates landscape and built form. Three simple, clean volumes are arranged around a reclaimed brownfield site, establishing a central gathering space reminiscent of a coastal drumlin or rural Cape Cod meadow. The building is designed to facilitate open communication, collaboration and interaction, while promoting IFAW’s global mission to create a better world for animals and people. Click here to download the complete NEREJ PDF.