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Center at the Heights renovation: Needham committee approves DD work, budget updates for kitchen, vestibule and fitness rooms
Summary
The committee reviewed design-development work for the Center at the Heights renovation, including a new rear vestibule, upgraded commercial kitchen to support congregate and traveling meal programs, and a reconfigured fitness/game-room plan. The presentation included a revised construction estimate and an approval of an August invoice to BH+A.
Needham's project team presented updated drawings and a refined cost estimate for the multi-part Center at the Heights renovation and the School Building/Project Building committees approved a consultant invoice related to August work.
Scope overview: the project is divided into three primary elements: a new rear vestibule to provide a secure, insulated entry directly from the parking lot into the multipurpose room; a conversion of the existing warming/residential-style kitchen into a commercial kitchen with a walk-in freezer/cooler and upgraded ovens/hood to support on-site meal production; and a reconfiguration of the fitness and game-room spaces that moves the exercise equipment into a newly enlarged fitness room and converts the prior fitness area into a larger flexible…
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