Capital Projects

Projects Summary
Bolger House (admission building)
Artificial turf fields
Rhodes Arts Center
Lower soccer fields (Peller Family Field)
Mary E. MacKinnon and Shea Family Cottages (student and faculty residences)
Utilities and infrastructure
Landscape master plan (walks, roads, lighting, signage, entryway)
More projects
Recent renovations

Bolger House, admission building
The strategically-chosen site for Bolger House is adjacent to the ninth-grade village on Cottage Row, between Memorial Chapel and Alumni Hall, with expansive views to Forslund and James Gyms and the Rhodes Arts Center. It serves as a place of orientation for prospective students and provides the ideal launching point for tours of the campus. In October 2006, David F. Bolger '50 gave the school $2.75 million towards the building.

Project cost: $6 million
Design firm: Childs Bertman Tseckares, Inc. (CBT)
Completed July 2009; grand opening September 6, 2009

Artificial turf fields (completed fall 2008)
Artificial turf fields allow team practice in all weather conditions, which positively impacts both our current athletes and our admission recruitment efforts. Two multisport surfaces were installed, one on Thorndike Field and one on McLamore. These improvements enhance the boys and girls lacrosse, field hockey, football, Ultimate Frisbee, and soccer programs. An alumnus and current parent offered a generous pledge, with an additional $19,780 match for any gift or pledge of $197,000 or more to the project.

Project cost: $2.85 million
Athletics master planners: Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc. (ARC) Construction firm: Daniel O'Connell's Sons (DOC)

Rhodes Arts Center (completed September 2008)
This spectacular 67,000 square foot building is located on the eastern edge of campus between Holbrook Hall and Forslund Gymnasium, where Recitation and Silliman Halls once stood. This significant facility makes a powerful statement about the school’s commitment to the arts and arts instruction, and it creates interior and exterior spaces that draw the community together. William R. Rhodes ’53, NMH Board of Trustees chairman emeritus, provided a lead gift of $5 million. Click here to read more about the project.

Project cost: $29 million
Design firm: Childs Bertman Tseckares, Inc. (CBT)

Lower soccer fields (completed 2006; Peller Field named 2007)
Two regulation soccer fields were installed at the piggery fields on the lower campus. In 2007 a fundraising effort led by John Berg ‘80, NMH trustee, raised a total of $500,000 to name one of the two fields in honor of Dick Peller—boys and girls soccer, wrestling, tennis, and baseball coach and a longtime math teacher at NMH—and his family.

Project cost: $1 million

Mary E. MacKinnon and Shea Family Cottages, residences for students and faculty (completed 2005)
Two new cottage-style residences house 28 students and three faculty families each. They are comparable in scale, shape, and character to the other cottages and are predominately brick, with a stone foundation and details, and a slate roof. The buildings are an extension of Cottage Row just beyond Memorial Chapel. At a dedication ceremony in May 2006, the dorms were named in honor of two generous donors. They are the Mary E. MacKinnon Cottage, thanks to the generosity of trustee Robert H. MacKinnon '53, and the Shea Family Cottage, due to the support of trustee William J. Shea Jr '72.

Project cost: $4.5 million each
Design firm: Sasaki Associates
Engineering firm: Erland Construction

Utilities and infrastructure

• Infrastructure, phase I—Replacement of major infrastructure lines running beneath the site for the Rhodes Arts Center was completed in summer 2006, prior to construction of the building.
• Infrastructure, phase II—Two major steam lines replaced in summer 2008; overall energy efficiency as a result expected to improve from 50 to 98 percent.
• Roadways—New entryway creates scenic welcome for visitors who now arrive at the center of campus; reconfigured roads improve vehicular circulation and pedestrian safety; first phase of new signage system installed in 2008.
• Landscaping—An alley of elm tress (disease-resistant cultivar) grace the academic arc from Cutler to Overtoun Hall; new walkways, stone walls, outdoor lighting installed at various locations around campus.

Landscape master plan (ongoing)
Landscape master planning includes site planning, grading, pedestrian walks and roadway planning, campus lighting, and signage. The planners are working closely with other architects and facilities planners.

MORE PROJECTS

Athletic facilities
Six new tennis courts, located east of the hockey rink, were installed in fall 2008. Long-term plans for a full and appropriate set of athletic facilities upgrades will be carried out in a multi-phased plan. Proposed improvements and new construction include renovated fitness, training, and locker room facilities; a new ice rink and pool.

Academic facilities
Capital plans under discussion include enhancement and expansion of academic facilities and a new math, science, and technology center. Together and individually, academic buildings (including the library) will be studied for their effectiveness in providing spaces that support academic excellence and the school’s goals as determined by the strategic planning process currently underway.

Residential housing renovations
Housing on campus will continue to be renovated and upgraded until all faculty members are housed on NMH campus.

Landscape master plan
Landscape master planning continues; includes site planning, grading, pedestrian walks and roadway planning, campus lighting, entryway, and signage. The planners are working closely with other architects and facilities planners.

PARTIAL LIST OF MAJOR RENOVATIONS COMPLETED SINCE 2004

• Cottages II and IV—upgrades to student and faculty spaces
• Norton House?2,500 square foot addition, including elevator
• Crossley Hall?heating system upgraded; new carpets laid and interiors painted; new roof installed, chimneys rebuilt, barrel tops to chimneys replaced; student bathrooms refurbished
• Hayden Hall?new windows and siding installed, interiors and exterior painted and new carpets installed, student kitchenette refurbished, student bathrooms refurbished
• James and Forslund Gyms—new basketball backboards and padding on walls installed, bleachers refurbished, new display cases in lobby installed, public and locker rest rooms refurbished, new floors installed
• Schauffler/Rockey Library—information commons created, stacks rearranged, new faculty lounge created, carpeting installed, interior spaces painted