Avon Middle-High School

Avon, MA
Town of Avon
Surety Consultant
$12M
The Avon Middle-High School additions and renovations project consisted of the multi-phased renovation and new construction of an existing, occupied facility. Due to a previously terminated general contractor many portions of the school were left incomplete. The scope included the renovation of the existing Middle School and New School Buildings, new construction of a two story connector building and attached new gymnasium. Time constraints and working in an occupied building added to the challenges of this project. The project was substantially completed within an approximately three months, allowing students and teachers to occupy key areas of the new school.

West Revere School Complex

Revere, MA
City of Revere
Construction Management
$29.5
The West Revere School Complex contains the Whelan Elementary and Susan B. Anthony Middle Schools in Revere, Massachusetts. The school is composed of classroom spaces, a gymnasium, auditorium, administration suites, and playgrounds. Vertex took over this project after the original Contractor went out of business and defaulted on the contract. Vertex's services included punch list completion, coordination of all trades on the project, contract closeout, and review of over 70 payment bond claims.

William Maxwell High School

Brooklyn, NY
NYC School Construction Authority
Surety Consulting
$30M
Vertex served as the representative for the Surety on this project. It entailed building a $20,000,000 addition to the existing William Maxwell High School and performing $15,000,000 rehabilitation to the existing school. Vertex was retained after the original Contractor defaulted during the construction of the new addition.

Newton South High School

Newton, MA
City of Newton
Surety Consultant / Construction Manager
$110M
Vertex served as the Surety’s representative hired to assist the General Contractor in the overall completion of this defaulted project. Duties and responsibilities included contract ratifications, project scheduling, monthly requisitions, claim review and owner relations. Remedial actions of this school included Tremco roofing applications, restoration of exterior conditions, parking lot and grading activities, and MAP system completion and turn over actions.

Westwood High School

Westwood, MA
Westwood High School
Construction Management
$38M
Vertex oversaw the construction of this defaulted, multi-phase project. Duties and responsibilities included surety consulting and restart work to fulfill bonded obligations. The scope of work included completion and punchlist of a newly constructed occupied section, demolition of the entire old school facility, and complete construction of the site package including a new turf football field and stadium.

Centennial R-1 School District

San Luis, Colorado
Centennial R-1 School District
Owner’s Representative
Vertex is serving as the Owner’s Representative on this brand new $17.9 million (overall budget) K-12 educational facility, as part of the BEST program for the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), for the Centennial R-1 School District. This project is to include photovoltaic panels and a geothermal field for sustainability. Although this project is not going for LEED certification, the Owner is aiming to build a sustainable building following the HPCP guidelines.

*Centennial Colorado is in a remote location. Laborers used on this job were local to Centennial.

Ambrose Elementary School

Winchester, MA
Town of Winchester
$11M
Vertex served as the Completion Contractor for the surety on this 60,000 SF elementary school. The project included the construction of new classrooms, the gymnasium and the administrative space. Vertex also completed sitework, landscaping, the playground, building start-up and punchlist completion.

Governor Winslow Elementary School

Marshfield, MA
Town of Marshfield
$2.4M
Owner’s Project Manager
Vertex has been retained for the $2.4M replacement of windows and HVAC systems. As the OPM Vertex’s services will include/ have already included: attending public meetings, budget preparation and review, designer selection, oversight of feasibility study and coordination with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).

Quabbin Regional High School

Barre, MA
Quabbin Regional School District
$3.9M
Owner’s Project Manager (OPM)
Vertex has been retained as the OPM to oversee the renovations to Quabbin Regional High School The renovations are funded by the Massachusetts School Building Program Authority’s (MSBA) Green Repair Program, whose aim is greening schools’ HVAC and window systems across the state. Our services include budget management, scope review, constructability review, onsite project supervision, coordination with the designer as well as with the MSBA.

Quincy High School

Quincy, MA
Asbestos / Lead / Hazardous Materials Consulting
$100M
Vertex was retained to conduct a full range of hazardous materials identification, including asbestos, lead-based paint and regulated materials in the occupied building in lieu of planned demolition activities. Upon completion of the comprehensive survey, detailed abatement specifications were prepared for the safe, legal removal and disposal of the various materials identified. Plans and drawings were marked up and special consideration was given for materials unidentifiable without considerable destructive testing. Vertex maintained full-time on-site presence to conduct air sampling and analysis, constant visual and inspectional duties during the entire abatement of hazardous materials, and dust monitoring during the gradual and systematic demolition of the building to assure that the historical neighborhood residents and structures remained protected.