Capital Projects

The Capital Projects group plays a key role in developing and managing the planning, design, and construction of select capital projects.

Our services include assistance with planned and anticipated projects; managing planning/feasibility studies for potential projects; working with the Operations & Maintenance and the Sustainability teams to incorporate their goals and standards into projects; and coordinating with consultants, contractors, and stakeholders to manage design and construction work to ensure projects meet scope, budget, and schedule.

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 Our new athletics center is a right-sized and high-quality venue for use by Colby students, faculty, and staff as well as the greater Waterville community. The overall site will incorporate a recreation field, parking, a sustainable landscape, and enhanced academic and athletics opportunities for the College.

• Area/acreage: 350,000-square-foot building / 31 acres
• Date of completion: Building—August 2020. Site and landscape, including athletics fields and athletics green construction—September 2021.
• Sustainability rating: The athletics center is currently tracking LEED gold and SITES silver.

Special features

The facility will include an aquatics center (with a 50-meter Myrtha pool), gymnasium, field house, ice rink, squash courts, strength and fitness center, open-area courtyard, athletics trainers suite, equipment managers suite, varsity locker rooms, staff locker rooms, visiting team locker rooms, classrooms, meeting rooms, and coaching staff offices.

Exterior amenities include a recreation field, meandering pathways, meadows, parking area, tailgating green, and sports field support building.

Replaces the east-facing section of the main Miller Library roof as well as the second and final phase of the tower restoration to include copper roofing and handrail restoration and replacement.

• Area/acreage: N/A
• Date of completion: This portion of the overall Building Envelope Renewal project will be completed in fall 2019.
• Sustainability rating: N/A

Special features:

• Final phase to restore the College’s iconic landmark.

The goal of this project is to provide more active-learning spaces on campus and improve space utilization. The relocated classroom adjacent to the Paul J. Schupf Scientific Computing Center will allow increased teaching use through flexibility and multiple layouts that accommodate traditional and active learning formats, based on faculty and student needs. The project also included new finishes, furniture, lighting, classroom technology equipment, and widening the corridor to include study/lounge spaces.

• Area/acreage: 2,950 square feet
• Date of completion: Anticipated August 2019
• Sustainability rating: LEED certification is not being specifically pursued. However, sustainable materials and design elements are incorporated, as possible. (LED lights, recycled content, and low VOC finishes, etc.)

Special features:

• Glass storefront wall
• Multiple projection surfaces and mobile furniture for flexible teaching layouts
• Casual seating areas added to the hallway

Replacing steam, condensate, water, and sewer utilities in the area that are past their useful life expectancy; reconstructing a portion of Runnals Drive as a pedestrian pathway and plaza; installing waterproofing along perimeter walls of three area residence halls to prevent water infiltration.

• Area/Acreage: 2.25 acres
• Date of Completion: Anticipated October 2019
• Sustainability Rating: SITES is not being specifically pursued. However, sustainable materials and design elements are incorporated, as possible. (sustainable landscape strategies)

Special Features

• A mix of permeable and non-permeable concrete pavers will form the walk.
• A plaza will provide gathering space in front of Runnals.
• Maine materials and native plantings are used in the landscape.

Three new athletics fields to replace fields removed to build the future athletics center.

• Area/acreage: 19 acres
• Date of completion: August 2017
• Sustainability rating: SITES Certified, November 2018. (First designee in New England)

Special features

• One infilled synthetic-turf competition field for field hockey, women’s lacrosse, and soccer; one natural-grass competition field for soccer; and one natural-grass practice field.
• The two competition fields are constructed in ‘bowls’ to reduce wind on the fields and to provide opportunities for spectator seating around the grass perimeter in addition to seating for 350 in the permanent aluminum bleachers at each site.
• LED light fixtures on the concrete walkways and the synthetic turf field; a water bottle filling station onsite; and native plantings and woodland restoration.

The existing lounge and the Fairchild meeting room were updated and their locations switched with each other to provide more inviting and open spaces for students. The Fairchild room was designed to provide café style seating in association with the adjacent dining hall.

• Area/acreage: 3,058 square feet
• Date of completion: August 2018
• Sustainability rating: LEED certification was not specifically pursued. However, sustainable materials and design elements were incorporated, as possible. (LED lights, recycled content finishes, etc.)

Special features

• New contemporary finishes and furniture throughout, encouraging student use.
• Fairchild room is now a student lounge with a mix of seating options and a gas-fired fireplace.
• The new meeting room has a permanent audio-visual system and is a more useable, flexible space.

The building was renovated with a new addition to provide more appropriate space size and functionality for the DavisConnects program. Spaces include meeting rooms, interview rooms, study/gathering space, offices, and online workspace.

• Area: New addition—4,321 square feet; existing building—8,160 square feet
• Acreage: Approximately 0.5 acre
• Date of completion: August 2017
• Sustainability rating: LEED Platinum

Special features

• Brise-soleil (louvers) around the southern, western, and eastern façades of the glass curtain wall. This glass-walled addition provides views into and out of the meeting rooms and resource library.
• Exterior patio for gatherings and casual student use. Green wall dumpster enclosure and native plantings onsite.

This is a student-run coffeehouse. The space was renovated with new finishes and furnishings requested by students to provide a more aesthetically pleasing, inviting atmosphere. Goals were to provide furniture that allows for group study and for faculty to teach or have coffee with students; and additional comfortable furniture for socializing.

• Area/acreage: 950 square feet
• Date of completion: August 2017
• Sustainability rating: LEED certification was not specifically pursued. However, sustainable materials and design elements were incorporated, as possible. (Low VOC paint, low maintenance flooring.)

Special features

• Large (eight-person) table for group studying was installed, along with several smaller tables, allowing for much more study space.
• In summer 2018 the adjacent lounge space was renovated to complement the coffeehouse and glass doors were installed. When the coffeehouse is open for business, these doors are open, which allows for more seating and study space.

Added LED lighting to the façades of Lovejoy, Keyes, Eustis, and Arey buildings. Upgraded overhead lighting to walkways around Miller Quad to improve illumination levels.

• Area/acreage: N/A
• Date of completion: March 2019
• Sustainability rating: N/A

Special features

• Provides safer walkways at night
• Highlights the architectural beauty of the College’s main quadrangle

Renovated a storage space to create a lab where students from every discipline come together to explore new interactive technologies to generate innovative forms of scholarship and creative expression.

• Area/acreage: 444 square feet
• Date of completion: September 2017
• Sustainability rating: LEED certification was not specifically pursued. However, sustainable materials and design elements were incorporated, as possible. (LED lights, recycled content and low VOC finishes, etc.)

Special features

• Laser cutter, 3D printer, virtual reality space
• Changes animate corridor and allows views of innovation lab activity

New baseball and softball fields and a batting/event pavilion with associated support space to replace dated facilities and to provide space for the future fields relocation project.

• Area/acreage: 9.67 acres
• Date of completion: October 2015
• Sustainability rating: LEED and SITES certifications were not specifically pursued. However, sustainable materials and design elements were incorporated, as possible. (LED lights, native plantings, etc.)

Special features

• The fields, bullpens, and pavilion are infilled synthetic turf.
• The pavilion houses three batting cages plus vinyl curtain sides and heaters for inclement weather. The batting cages can be raised to hold an event in the space.
• Received the American Sports Builders Association Multi-Field Facility of the Year Award in December 2017.

Relocation of the existing Schupf Computer Lab to a portion of the existing Olin Science Center to allow for the existing lab to be utilized for a faculty lab, the Schupf Scientific Computing Center, which is more appropriate for that location. The lab consists of computer workstations and a large visualization wall.

• Area/acreage: 1,031 square feet
• Date of completion: February 2019
• Sustainability rating: LEED certification was not specifically pursued. However, sustainable materials and design elements were incorporated, as possible. (LED lights, recycled content, and low VOC finishes, etc.)

Special features

• Large-format visualization wall for use by a number of academic departments
• Flexible seating for a range of users and teaching needs