MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SCHOOL

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  • PROJECT

    Martin Luther King Jr. School

  • MARKETS

    Demolition, Remediation & Abatement
    Civil & Utility
    Concrete

  • CONTRACT TYPE

    Specialty Contractor

  • PROJECT OWNER

    City of Hartford Public Schools

  • LOCATION

    Hartford, CT

The Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) School was established in 1922 and was originally named Weaver High School.  The school was a Collegiate Gothic masterpiece composed of three parts: a three-story main block for classrooms and two connected buildings for the gym and auditorium.  On September 21, 1976, the Hartford Board of Education renamed the former Weaver High School, the Martin Luther King Jr. School. In 2018, Manafort Brothers, Inc. was selected to perform the demolition, abatement, remediation, civil, utility, and concrete work as part of the complete renovation of this historical school building for the City of Hartford.

 

As part of the demolition scope, Manafort removed substantial amounts of asbestos-containing materials. This included friable pipe wrap, joint compound, boilers, and transite siding. Manafort crews immediately followed behind the abatement activity with a full 169,954 SF interior demolition (back to the structure supportive shell) of all non-structural building components.

Manafort’s concrete scope included cast in place concrete foundations, walls, piers, underpinning, slabs on grade, concrete restoration and low-density foam concrete fill for the existing school renovations. Manafort’s civil and utility scope included structural excavation and backfill, site retaining walls, as well as drainage, sanitary, water and fire service, gas, and telecommunication utility installations for the renovation project.

 

Manafort self-performed all of the work while also working closely coordinating with the entire project team under an aggressive project schedule. All work was completed safely, on time, and on budget.