BOND celebrates topping off of Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex at Stonehill College

BOND, a leading 107-year-old construction management firm, recently celebrated the topping off ceremony for the 24,000 square-foot renovation and 50,000 square-foot addition to the Stonehill College Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex in Easton, Massachusetts.

Stonehill is expanding its current sports and recreational facility to better complement the College’s recent growth in student population. Working closely with design firm Sasaki Associates, BOND is providing construction management services for the substantial renovation and addition to the existing Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex. BOND has completed full preconstruction services for the project as well.

Originally built in 1988, the renovated Sally Blair Ames building and new Rev. Mark T. Cregan, C.S.C. Athletics and Fitness Center will house additional recreation spaces for group exercise and dance on the existing first floor, with weight and fitness facilities and student locker rooms located in the addition. Stonehill College’s Athletics Program will occupy 12 new locker rooms and a dedicated varsity weight room. Athletic office space and the Lou Gorman ’53 Pavilion will also be housed in the facility.

BOND has utilized both in-house Building Information Modeling (BIM) and laser scanning services to analyze the facility’s existing conditions and develop its infrastructure. Detailed safety protocols and mitigation practices are ensuring no disruption to continued athletic uses for students. The project is slated for completion in July 2015.

“BOND is excited to turn the Sally Blair Ames Sports Complex into a revitalized center for campus athletics and recreation,” said Robert Murray, BOND President. “This facility is an important component of Stonehill and one we are proud to enhance for the campus community.

Since 1907 BOND has been involved in some of the region’s most complex vertical and horizontal construction projects. With two distinct groups, operating as Construction Managers for academic and healthcare clients, and self-performing General Contractors for the power and energy industry, BOND is well known for delivering reliable, safe, and high quality work. The Building Division has completed high profile projects such as Harvard University’s Northwest Science Labs and MIT’s famed Media Lab in Cambridge, and the AstraZeneca Hope Lodge for the American Cancer Society in Boston; while the Civil & Utility Division has successfully completed two of the largest regional underground high-voltage electrical transmission line projects in New England’s history. For more information please visit www.bondbrothers.com.