UMass Boston: University Hall

Project Info

  • Location

    Dorchester, MA

  • Size

    190,000 sq. ft.

  • Owner

    UMBA

  • GC

    Gilbane Construction Company

  • Contract Price

    $19.2 million

Project Scope:


The project included several design changes mid construction which led to a tight schedule and challenging effort by our site team.

Project Overview


    • Ground up construction of a four-story building providing more than 25 state of the art general use classrooms, faculty and staff offices, as well as specialized art, chemistry and performing arts spaces.
    • The build out also included a 150-seat recital hall, four 150-200 seat lecture halls and a 500-seat auditorium.
    • Lynnwell completed the electrical install of all power, new switchgear, lighting and lighting controls, theatrical lighting, new fire alarm system, security system, telecommunications system, and Audio-Visual system.