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INLAND EMPIRE NEWS
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New 130-Bed Residence Hall Under Construction at Harvey Mudd College

8/19/14

Bernards has been selected to manage construction of a new residence hall for Harvey Mudd College (HMC), a private liberal-arts college that is one of seven academic institutions comprising the Claremont Colleges. A collaboration of Bernards, HMC and the designer, Los Angeles-based Pfeiffer Partners Architects, site work is just underway on this three-story, 130-bed student housing project, which will be located just east of the existing Sontag Residence Hall, and will target LEED® Silver certification.

The HMC campus adjoins the Claremont Colleges, four other undergraduate colleges and two graduate school campuses in Claremont. Bernards previously managed construction of the award-winning, LEED® Silver-certified Kravis Center, a five-story, contemporary multi-use facility, on the adjoining Claremont McKenna College (CMC) campus.

Likened to a work of art, this unique, 135k sf structure was voted the Best Educational Project in the U.S, and garnered awards from the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) and Engineering News Record (ENR). Additionally, Bernards served as builder of the Claremont Student Residence Hall and the Pomona College Physical Education Facility, making the new HMC Residence Hall Bernards’ fourth project within the Claremont Colleges consortium.

“Our team of construction professionals is sensitive to the challenges presented by working on active educational campuses,” said Bernards Senior Vice President Jeff M. Bernards. “We have developed a variety of strategies to minimize disruptions to students, faculty and staff, and to maximize safety,” he added. “These strategies are customized to meet the needs, expectations and timetable of our client, without impeding regular campus activities. They might include implementing flexible/alternative work schedules to prevent noise disruptions that interrupt school operations and concentration of students and faculty, and rerouting pedestrian traffic to maintain safety,” Mr. Bernards explained, pointing out that Bernards has successfully implemented similar strategies at schools and academic institutions throughout the state.

Bernards brings an abundance of student housing knowledge to Harvey Mudd College, as well as sustainable building expertise and extensive experience in constructing academic facilities, in general. In fact, Bernards has over 40 LEED®-Accredited construction professionals and has completed 24 LEED®-certified projects including Bernards’ LEED® Silver-Certified headquarters building.

Preconstruction and construction of the HMC project is on an integrated fast track, with site work already in progress this month. Employing Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, Bernards is working closely with the Pfeiffer architecture and engineering teams to advance completion of drawings. Applying VDC and BIM, the Bernards team will also provide recommendations for improving construction efficiencies to bring the project in on time and on budget, while maintaining the designer’s aesthetic vision.

Meanwhile, Bernards is creating a room model mock-up that showcases the new residence hall design. The model is scheduled to be on display in the lobby of HMC’s Platt Campus Center for viewing by students and parents by mid-August. Construction of the resident hall is scheduled for completion by August of 2015, in time for occupancy for the fall 2015 semester.






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