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First-year student relax in the Fauver Residence Hall lounge. The Fauver
Field Residences were recently honored by the Connecticut Building Congress. |
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| Posted 04.01.06 |
Fauver Takes First Place in Building Competition
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Wesleyan’s Fauver Field Residences received a First Place Award in the 2006
Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) Project Team Awards competition. It
placed in the New Construction category, and competed against other
buildings, of which construction costs exceeded $10 million.
 Fauver's
construction began in August 2004 and the student residences were completed
in September 2005. The CBC requests that projects submitted in the
competition be located in Connecticut and substantially completed during
2005.
“We’re honored Fauver is setting a positive example for other new
constructions in the state,” says Joyce Topshe, associate vice president of
facilities. “A great deal of time and effort went into the planning, and it
shows. It’s a lovely facility, and one that not only affords more students a
comfortable place to live, it has made the campus more beautiful. This is
something the entire Wesleyan community should be very proud of.
 Each
year, the Connecticut Building Congress looks for outstanding nonresidential
building projects that exemplify project team excellence by representing
building owners, architects, engineers and constructors. CBC's goal is to
recognize project team members who have adopted this close collaboration as
an industry standard for improving a project’s quality.
A panel of judges is
selected to include representation from each of the major disciplines that
form the project team: owners, architects, engineers and constructors.
Susan Labas, associate and director of marketing for van Zelm Heywood &
Shadford Inc. of West Hartford and CBC member says Wesleyan was judged for
meeting the its budget and schedule constraints; documenting team
cooperation and collaboration from conceptual design through project
completion; having a team which approached the project's unique challenges;
and considerations made for the project’s social, economic or sustainable
design.
Fauver Field Residences consist of two buildings on the corner of Vine
Street and Cross Street. The units comprise of about 85,500 sq-feet. The
Fauver Apartment Building houses 104 upperclass students and the Fauver
Residence Hall for first-year students, houses 166 students. It opened for
the 2005-06 academic year.
The
Connecticut Building Congress was formed in 1952 and initiated the Project
Team Award program 11 years ago to recognize and promote teamwork among
participants in the construction process.
Plaques will be presented during the CBC Awards Program in New Haven, Conn.
May 18.
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| By Olivia Bartlett,
Wesleyan Connection editor |
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