Newfield Construction

Newfield Breaks Ground on Cathedral Green Housing

Hartford, May 2008 - Affordable housing for low-income families was identified as a need in the Asylum Hill area of Hartford. The Archdiocese of Hartford, St. Joseph’s Cathedral and Catholic Charities determined and then acted on the need to provide clean, safe and affordable homes for families in need. The old St. Joseph’s School on Asylum Avenue was chosen as a facility that could relatively easily adapt its use from school to multi-family housing. The building will provide permanent housing to homeless families, families at risk of homelessness or those falling 50 percent below the area median poverty level.

This 60,000 square foot building will contain 29 apartments, ranging in size from 1,000 to 1,400 square feet. They will be split between two and three bedroom units. Some of the main features will include a study room for children in each unit, an external playscape, a community gardening area and a community room for social events. Plans also include laundry on each floor as well as a small gathering room adjacent to the laundry facilities.

Newfield Construction is acting as Construction Manager and Smith Edwards Architects is the project’s designer.

Salisbury School Athletic Center Awarded to Newfield

Salisbury, April 2008 – The $25M Richard T. Flood and Sally Elliott Flood Athletic Center will break ground in May 2008. The future 95,000 square foot athletic center will house all the School’s indoor athletic and recreational space. Eight squash courts, two basketball courts, a wrestling area, hockey rink, 2,000 square foot fitness center, a reception area and a full compliment of lockers, coaches’ offices and meeting rooms will provide ample space for students, visiting teams and fans to support the athletics program. An aquatics center features a rowing tank, two Swimex machines, and ergo rowing machines. Other amenities include rooms for video review, ski/skate tuning, and bike/tennis maintenance, a lounge and trophy room, concessions, and a youth hockey locker room for weekend community use. The Office of Michael Rosenfeld is the project’s designer and Strategic Building Solutions acts as the Owner’s Representative.

Mansfield Public Schools to Renovate

Mansfield, February 2008 – Newfield has been working with the design team of Lawrence Associates and DRA, in a Construction Management role, to evaluate various building options and assist in providing construction information for the town’s November referendum. The town determined that work was required to not only maintain their four elementary and one middle school facility but provide program need improvements as well. Within all three elementary schools, libraries and media centers were separate with services being delivered in regular classrooms. Elementary services today are delivered in a Media Center, where books and computers coexist, and this was Mansfield’s expectation. In addition, upgraded security for today’s schools was not accounted for and main offices and lobbies were required to face their front doors. Plus, gymnasiums doubled as cafeterias, involving reconfiguration on a daily basis to accommodate these disparate functions. In addition, all elementary school roofs and new HVAC systems were required, in these vintage 1960’s buildings.

Within the middle school, portable classrooms serve as science rooms, unable to conduct hands-on experiments because of non-existent plumbing. A new suite of science rooms is in design. In addition, the main office needs reconfiguration so that it opens to the front door for security reasons.

Newfield is providing heavy budgeting, value engineering and pre-referendum support services and will move into a construction role once ground is broken.

Springhill Suites, Windsor Locks and Hampton Inn, Mystic Awarded to Newfield

During the fall of 2007, Newfield began construction on two new hotel facilities. The Springhill Suites in Windsor Locks will serve Bradley Airport and feature 119-rooms in a four-story structure. The Hampton Inn in Mystic will offer 92-rooms, serving Mystic-area value-conscious travelers. Both projects are scheduled for spring 2008 completion.

Eastern Connecticut State University Student Center

Willimantic- On September 25, 2007, ECSU dedicated their newly renovated Student Center. State dignitaries and project team members were in attendance to cut the ribbon signifying the grand opening of this new facility. Newfield provided a complete renovation of the existing 30,000 sq. ft. building, and added a 50,000 sq. ft. addition. The addition connects the existing Sports Center with the renovated Student Center providing opportunities for educational, cultural and recreational needs, all under one roof.

Designed by Svigals Associates, the facility houses a 5,000 sq. ft. fitness center, cafÈ, library, all student clubs and organizations, Student Government Association, Campus Activity Board, Unity Center, and Women's Center office space on the lower level. On the Main Level, the facility houses a staged theater with sloped seating, ballroom, cafÈ, lounge, food court and dining room with see-through fireplace, meeting rooms and campus bookstore.

Corporate Clients Choose Newfield

Bic Consumer Products USA, Milford and Pepperidge Farm Corporation, Norwalk have chosen Newfield to renovate and add onto their corporate offices. For Bic, Newfield is renovating 150,000 sq. ft. of office space, including a new data center and lobby addition to accommodate cafeteria functions. For Pepperidge Farm, Newfield is providing an addition to house office space and loading dock areas.

Carl M. Small Vo-Ag High School

Southington - During the summer of 2007, Newfield completed this new 28,000sf free standing facility for regional student use throughout the Southington area. During the school day, students attend their general education classes in the main high school and then attend their focused career building classes in this new center. Agricultural science is encouraged through state-of-the-art laboratory and greenhouse facilities. Large and small animal care is also a focus of the program. Aquaculture, floral design, biotechnology, and agriculture mechanics shop for farm equipment repair is also offered. Agriculture business management classes provide the perspective on how to sustain a business in these industries.