Madison-Based Project Management Company 'Preferred Candidate' For $15 Million Library Project

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent

MADISON, CT – A project management company that is based right in Madison is the number one contender to be the contractor on the $15 million E.C. Scranton Memorial Library expansion project.

At its most recent meeting, the library expansion committee unanimously tabbed Colliers International Project Management, which is headquartered on New Road, as its preferred candidate to take on the project that would increase the library from its current 17,000 square feet to 37,000 square feet.

Company officials will make a formal presentation, and be interviewed, at the next library board meeting, with the hope of cementing a deal to go forward with the long-awaited library expansion project.

Colliers International Project Management Northeast was founded in 1996 as Strategic Building Solutions, LLC.

On its website, the company describes itself, thusly: “For the past two decades we have partnered with a diverse range of clients to create buildings that are well built and operate efficiently. Our multi-disciplined team possesses the necessary skills to support our clients through all aspects of their building projects.

“Our team includes experienced professionals with backgrounds in architecture, engineering, construction, facilities planning, operations and financial management.”

The library expansion will add space to the current rear of the building and create 45 new parking spaces for patrons. Currently, E.C. Scranton Memorial Library does not offer on-site parking.

The library sits on a 1.8-acre lot that includes four existing buildings. While the library’s entrance along Boston Post Road will be retained, its infrastructure will be restored.

In addition, the town’s old post office, which is located behind the property, will be moved forward; a two-family residence built in 1984 will be demolished to accommodate parking; and the facade of the Hull Office Building, positioned in the rear of the building, will be retained.

The plan also calls for the construction of additional meeting rooms, a remodeled and expanded children’s area, a separate, state-of-the-art teen department, adult quiet reading room and an improved 90-seat program room located on the library’s main floor.

Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in the fall of this year.