The Hahnville High School Field House is Substantially Complete

The Hahnville High School field house expansion and renovation has been substantially completed by Crescent Commercial Construction on August 19th, 2015, for St Charles Parish Public Schools, in Boutte, Louisiana.

This Brick-clad CMU, existing building consists of 9,680 SF of renovated area, with 3,204 SF of added space, including a newly added second floor mezzanine, and contains four renovated locker rooms (Football Locker Room and Freshman Football, Track and Field, and an enlarged Girls P.E. Locker Room) in addition to a meeting room, training suite, conference room, coaches offices, and a storage facility.

Construction took seven and a half months since January 5th 2015, and has been substantially completed a month and a half ahead of schedule, just in time for football season.  Including the eight months of design, the entire length of the project has been seventeen months.

Work continues on the adjacent weight training and exercise room, part of the same project, scheduled to be completed in another month.

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Tulane Catholic Center is Substantially Complete

The Tulane Catholic Center has been completed on August 7th, 2015 by F. H. Meyers construction. This three-story, 8,400 square foot building is constructed with a rain screen siding system on structural metal studs. This building contains a social area, a chapel with a sacristy, a conference room, two classrooms, and a small library with a study room.

Construction took about a year, starting in August of 2014, and has been completed in August of 2015. The final building cost of the project was approximately two million dollars.

The grand opening will occur on Friday August 21st, 2015. We thank the Archdiocese of New Orleans and F. H. Meyers for working with us on the project, and wish them the best in the future.

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Lafayette Cemeteries No. One and Two Caretaker Cottages Construction Underway

Cottage Rendering

The City of New Orleans received bids for the Lafayette Cemetery No. One and Two Caretaker Cottages on January 27th 2015. HMS had previously finished the drawings and specifications for cottage replacement for the City of New Orleans Capital Projects Administration after months of design work.

These one story cottages consist of, one 162 SF cottage and another 250 SF cottage. Both with an exterior of cement lap board siding, which mimics the preexisting historic buildings.

The winning Contractor, MST Enterprises, began in June 2015, and is scheduled to be completed by November 2015.

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The St Bernard Multipurpose Building is Substantially Complete

The Archdiocese of New Orleans received bids for the St. Bernard Archbishop Hannan Multipurpose Building on May 21st 2015. This metal building consists of 3,450 SF of enclosed area and 550 SF of covered area.

The winning Contractor, Boasso Construction, began work in August, with a contract time of about a year, and is expecting to finish by June 2016.  We look forward to working with Archdiocese of New Orleans and Boasso Construction for the months ahead.

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Allemands Elementary School Construction is Underway

On May 20, 2015, St Charles Parish Public Schools accepted a bid for the Allemands Elementary School Classroom Addition in Des Allemands, Louisiana.  HMS had previously finished the drawings and specifications on schedule for St Charles Parish Public Schools, in order to promptly bid the project, and start construction on time.

This brick-clad, steel-framed, metal stud building consists of 6230 SF of additional built area added onto a 27,000 SF existing building, both all on one floor.   The addition contains 4 additional classrooms, including an art classroom, and additionally a work room, restrooms, and support spaces.

The six bids ranged from $1.1M to $1.25M, within 15% of each other, a fairly tight grouping, signifying a relatively clear set of drawings.  The winning bid was for $1,106,000, or about $173 per square foot, after taking out $28,000 for sitework, which is within $40,000, or 4% of the previous estimate.

The winning contractor, F. J. Arcement Construction Co. Inc., began working in June, for a contract length of 1 year, expecting to finish by June of 2016.  We look forward to working with St Charles Parish Public Schools and F. J. Arcement for the months ahead.


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Notre Dame Seminary Bid

Notre Dame Seminary has recently gone to bid. The restoration of the Seminary project consists of renovations of the residential wing and administrative spaces and also a new chapel. Bringing the building up to life safety code and restoring it back to its original splendor was a priority, while also designing aesthetically pleasing spaces. HMS has done renovations to this historic building in the past, including an auditorium renovation.

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Construction Underway on Howard Ave. Apartments

Construction is underway for 822 Howard Ave. The renovations and additions include the renovation of three existing stories and a one-story penthouse addition. The design consists of fifteen units, including two penthouses. HMS has been working with the developer and contractor throughout the process as a design-build project.

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