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Newton North High School Project

Public Building Project - Design Review

Aldermen's Special NNHS Design Advisory Committee

Newton North Citizen's Task Force

History of the Newton North High School Building Project

Special Election for Newton North Site Plan - Voter Information

City Capital Financing Plan Presentation

May 16, 2007 Final Geotechnical Engineering Report for new NNHS

Special Election for Newton North Site Plan - Voter Information Official Results

Other Information

 

Newton North High School Project
Please contact the City of Newton's Public Buildings Department at 617-796-1600 with questions.
Posting Date Description Link
11/09/2009 Commissioner Parnell responds to state Plumbing Board Response
06/25/2008 Lowell / Elm St Site Utility Plan
06/13/2008 Memo from Mayor Cohen to Board of Aldermen Memo
03/04/2008 NNHS Value Engineering Value Engineering List
02/27/2008 Mayor's memo on TAB Aggregate Industries story Memo
02/27/2008 NNHS Rendering- Auditorium Entrance Rendering 1
02/27/2008 NNHS Rendering- Birds Eye View Rendering 2
02/27/2008 NNHS Rendering-Main Entry Rendering 3
02/21/2008 Design Review Committee Meeting NoticeFebraury 26, 2008 Notice
09/14/2007
Design Review Committee Meeting Notice September 20, 2007
08/27/2007 Mayor Cohen's Press Releasee regarding construction at NNHS Press release
08/13/2007
Design Review Committee Meeting Notice August 16, 2007
06/04/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting Notice June 7, 2007 Notice
05/31/2007 Preconstruction Survey Abutter Notification Letter
05/16/2007 NNHS Construction Site Plan Presentation May 15, 2007 Presentation
05/15/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting Notice May 17, 2007 Notice
05/08/2007 Construction Site Logistics Plan 5-8-07 Presentation
05/04/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting Notice May 10, 2007 Notice
05/04/2007 NNHS Construction Plan Presentation May 8, 2007 Notice
03/22/2007 There is no meeting scheduled for Thursday 03/22/2007  
03/12/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting Notice for March 15 Notice
03/07/2007 DRC: Public Facilities Presentation Presentation
03/02/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting March 8, 2007 Notice
03/02/2007 DRC Presentation 02/22/2007 3mb PDF Presentation
03/2//2007 Public Facilities Presentation 02/21/2007 65mb PDF Presentation
02/16/2007 DRC Presentation 11/09/2006 5mb PDF Presentation
02/16/2007 DRC Presentation 12/14/2006 2mb PDF Presentation
02/16/2007 DRC Presentation Final 02/08/07 38mb PDF Presentation
02/16/2007 DRC Presentation Final 02/01/07 14mb PDF Presentation
02/16/2007 DRC Presentation Final 01/25/07 24mb PDF Presentation
02/16/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting March 1, 2007 Notice
02/05/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting February 22, 2007 Notice
02/05/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting February 15, 2007 Notice
01/30/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting February 8, 2007 Notice
01/30/2007 Design Review Committee Meeting February 1, 2007 Notice
12/12/2006 Design Review Committee Meeting December 14, 2006 Notice
12/06/2006 Design Review Committee Meeting December 7, 2006 Notice
11/28/2006 Design Review Committee Meeting November 30, 2006 Notice
11/16/2006 Design Review Committee Meeting November 16, 2006 Notice
11/07/2006 Design Review Committee Meeting Notice November 9, 2006 Notice
11/07/2006 Design Review Presentation November 2, 2006 Presentation
09/18/2006

Construction Manager at Risk

The Newton North High School Pre-Qualification Committee has qualified 5 firms to receive "Request for Proposal" for the Newton North High School construction project. The five firms are as follows:

Dimeo Construction Company, Providence, RI
Gilbane Building Company, Boston, MA
O&G Industries Inc., Torrington, CT
Skanska USA Building Inc., Boston, MA
Suffolk Construction Company Inc., Boston, MA

 
07/28/2006 Site Plan Approval Public Facilities Committee 07/19/2006 Part I Site Plan Part I
07/28/2006 Site Plan Approval Public Facilities Committee 07/19/2006 Part II Site Plan Part II
07/28/2006 Site Plan Approval Public Facilities Committee 07/19/2006 Part III Site Plan Part III
06/27/2006 NNHS Revised Site Plan A 5A
06/27/2006 NNHS Revised Site Plan B 5B
06/27/2006 NNHS Revised Site Plan C 5C
06/27/2006 Presentation BOA Site Plan Approval 06/27/2006 Option 5a
06/05/2006 Traffic Impact and Access Study - May 31, 2006
Study
06/05/2006 Traffic Impact and Access Study Appendix - May 31, 2006
Study
06/05/2006 Design Review Committee-Site Plan Recommendation Letter
-June 1, 2006
Letter
06/02/2006 Planning Dept. Section 5-58 Review Report
05/08/2006 DRC Presentation from May 4, 2006 Part I Part 1
05/08/2006 DRC Presentation from May 4, 2006 Part II Part 2
05/08/2006 DRC Presentation from May 4, 2006 Part III Part 3
05/02/2006 DRC Presentation from April 27, 2006 Part I Part 1
05/02/2006 DRC Presentation from April 27, 2006 Part II Part 2
05/02/2006 DRC Presentation from April 27, 2006 Part III Part 3
05/01/2006 Next Scheduled Meeting is May 4, 2006 Notice
04/20/2006 Design Review Committee Presentation from April 6, 2006 Part 1
04/20/2006 Design Review Committee Presentation from April 6, 2006 Part 2
04/20/2006 Design Review Committee Presentation from April 6, 2006 Part 3
04/19/2006 Site Plan Response Response
04/19/2006 Newton North Design Review Committee Site Plans
04/18/2006 Request for Community Input - Public meeting Tuesday, April 25 Notice
04/18/2006

Design Review Committee will meet on Thursday, April 20, 2006

Notice

04/11/2006

Next Meeting is April 11, 2006 at 7pm in the Library at Newton North High

Notice
04/03/2006 Notice of next Design Review Committee Meeting Notice
03/13/2006

Design Review Committee will meet on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in the Library at Newton North High School

Notice
03/08/2006 Notice of Design Review meeting for 03/09/2006 CANCELLED Notice
02/28/2006 Notice of Design Review meeting 03/02/2006 Notice
02/13/2006 Notice of Design Review meeting for Thursday 02/16/06 Notice
02/10/2006
NNHS Conceptual Design Presentation 02/09/2006 -Part 1 18 mb Design 1
02/10/2006
NNHS Conceptual Design Presentation 02/09/2006 -Part 2 13mb Design 2
02/10/2006
NNHS Conceptual Design Presentation02/09/2006 -Part 3 3 mb Design 3
02/10/2006
NNHS Conceptual Design Presentation 02/09/2006 - Part 4 3 mb Design 4
02/10/2006
NNHS Conceptual Design Presentation 02/09/2006 - Part 5 3 mb Design 5
02/03/2006 Design Review Meeting Notice Meeting
02/03/2006 NNHS Estimate Summary Summary
01/17/2006 Design Review Committee-NNHS Presentation (large PDF file) Presentation
01/06/2006 Meeting Schedule Schedule
01/06/2006 Cover Letter to Budget Report Letter
01/06/2006 Budget Report Report
12/02/2005 Design Review Committee Meeting on Dec 6, 2005 at 7 PM. Letter
11/28/2005 Newton North Designer Selection Docment.( July 14, 2005 ) NNHS Design
11/28/2005 Letter from Gund Associates to Commissioner Parnell Letter
11/28/2005 Project Schedule Schedule
11/28/2005 Letter from Public Buildings Commissioner A. Nicholas Parnell Letter
10/15/2005

A meeting will be held on: December 8, 2005 7:00 p.m. at the Newton North High School Film Lecture Hall. The purpose of this meeting is to have the Design Team meet with and hear the concerns of the Newton North High School neighborhood groups regarding the new North High School design.

 
08/01/2005 Announcement of Architect Selection Press Conference
07/12/2005 A "Public Comment Period" has been scheduled for Monday, July 18, 2005 at 7:00 PM. The Comment Period will take place in the Film Lecture Hall at Newton North High School, 360 Lowell Avenue, Newtonville.
 
07/08/2005 Interview Schedules 07-08-2005
06/30/2005 Designer Selection Committee - Short list of designers 06-30-2005
06/20/2005 Meeting updates 06-20-2005
06/15/2005 Designer Selection Committee Updates and sched. meetings 06/15/05 Update
06/10/2005 North High School Designer Selection Committee Questionnaire Questionnaire
06/09/2005 Addendum No. 1, Project Designer RFQ Addenda 1
05/25/2005 Aerial Photo from site plan available High School Aerial Photo
05/24/2005 Due to the inclement weather, the scheduled Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 9:00a.m. Newton North High School Architectural Briefing has been changed from the football stadium to the Auditorium of the school. The auditorium is located adjacent to the Elm Road entrance to the school.  
05/17/2005 RFQ Released Request for Qualifications
04/25/2005 Architect Selection Update Architect Selection News
03/29/2005 Mayor Cohen Selects Turner Construction Company for Project Manager Turner Construction for Project Manager
03/29/2005 Next Meeting 04/21/05 04/21/05
03/07/2005

The Designer Selection Committee met last Wednesday, March 2, 2005. David Rogers, of Palmer and Dodge, the City’s outside counsel, was invited to answer questions pertaining to the new “Construction Manager at Risk” legislation.

The Committee also resumed the Project Manager selection process, whereby the Committee short-listed three Project Management firms for the Newton North High School project. The short list has been forwarded to the Mayor for a final selection. Interviews for the three finalists,

(1) R.F. Walsh,
(2) Turner and
(3) Gilbane

have been set up for Friday, March 11, 2005.

01/04/2005

The Designer Selection Committee met on Monday, January 3rd to review the 12 applications for Project Manager. They selected five firms to bring in for interviews (Alphabetically):

Gilbane Building Company of Needham
Heery International of Lexington
PMA Consultants of Braintree
R.F. Walsh Company, Inc. of Boston
Turner Construction Company of Boston

The Selection Committee will be holding the interviews on January 25th and 26th and expect to provide the Mayor with three names by February 7th.

 

06/09/2004 New newton North Building & School Assitance Program Correspondence
04/05/2003 DRA's Updated feasability report NNHS Study
   
Newton North High School Citizen's Task Force

Mayor David B. Cohen, School Committee Chairwoman Anne Larner, and Board President Brooke Lipsitt announce the selection of Dr. Michael Jellinek to chair the Newton North High School Citizens' Task Force.

Meetings will be held at Newton North High School on Mondays from 5 to 7 p.m. and citizen members are expected to attend each of likely a dozen weekly meetings starting January 13, 2003.

Findings of the Task Force will be reported in writing to the Board of Aldermen, Mayor Cohen and the School Committee by May 15, 2003.

Since putting the renovation of Newton North High School on hold , Mayor Cohen has been working with other city leaders to develop a process for moving forward. Mayor's Letter

Executive Summary | High School Funding Plan-Revised

Agendas

Presentations, Forms & Specs Taks Force Information

April 28, 2003 Agenda

April 14, 2003 Minutes
April 14, 2003 Agenda

April 7, 2003 Minutes
April 7, 2003 Agenda

March 31, 2003 Minutes

March 24, 2003 Minutes
March 24, 2003 Agenda

March 17, 2003 Minutes
March 17, 2003 Agenda

March 10, 2003 Minutes
March 10, 2003 Agenda

March 3, 2003 Minutes
March 3, 2003 Agenda

February 24, 2003 Minutes
February 24, 2003 Agenda

February 10, 2003 Minutes
February 10, 2003 Agenda

February 3, 2003 Minutes
February 3, 2003 Agenda

January 27, 2003 Minutes
January 27, 2003 Agenda

January 13, 2003 Minutes
January 13, 2003 Agenda

May 12, 2003 Minutes

May 5, 2003 Minutes

Mayor Cohen's High School
Financing Plan

Mayor Cohen's HSTF Press Conference, May 20, 2003

A. Zuckerman Presentation

EHE Presentation, 04/07/2003

Presentation by Mark Sangiolo 03/24/2003

DRA-Turner Presentation 03/17/2003

Part 1 of 4
Part 2 of 4
Part 3 of 4
Part 4 of 4

Newton North High School Ed Specs

SBA Capital Grant App Form F

March 3 Financial Presentation by Sandy Pooler, Chief Budget Officer

DRA High School Design Process 

Nick Parnell's Presentation on NNHS Existing Conditions

January 27 Slide Show by Superintendent Jeffrey Young

Additional Documents Available on the School Department Web Site

UPDATED! Request for Design Professional for "Ideas Forum" for Newton North High School

School Construction Planning Guide  

Superintendent Young's Recommendation for High School Building Project

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Purpose of the High School Task Force

High School Space Needs Study

Overview of the High School Task Force

Dr. Michael Jellinek, Chair

All Task Force Members

Dr. Michael Jellinek, Chairman,
announces the 11 citizens of the
NNHS Task Force.