YALE SCHWARZMAN CENTER

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  • PROJECT

    Yale Schwarzman Center

  • MARKETS

    Civil & Utility
    Concrete

  • CONTRACT TYPE

    Specialty Contractor

  • PROJECT OWNER

    Yale University

  • LOCATION

    New Haven, CT

The Yale Schwarzman Center was a Yale University renovation project located in New Haven, CT, designed to provide a university-wide shared space to its community through restored spaces for student life to meet, dine, and collaborate. The project was constructed within and adjacent to the historical Yale University Commons, which first opened its doors in the early 1900’s. Manafort Brothers, Inc. was selected to perform the concrete, civil, and utility work for this complex renovation project that converted the original Yale University Commons to the Yale Schwarzman Center to fulfill Yale’s goal of unifying its student body.

Manafort’s civil & utility scope of work included site demolition, utility removal, pavement removal, new sanitary sewer connections, storm drainage upgrades, site lighting, electrical ductbanks, excavation and backfill for underslab utilities, support of existing utilities, structural excavation, support of excavation, construction dewatering, underpinning, interior excavation within the University Commons building, and site finishes.

 

Manafort’s concrete scope of work included structural walls, foundations, retaining walls, columns, piers, elevator pits, slabs on grade, slabs on deck, stairs, and miscellaneous flatwork.

 

The project was built on a small footprint with challenging site logistics in the heart of the Yale University campus requiring extensive scheduling, coordination, and management of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The Manafort team’s experience working in tight urban locations, commitment to safety and quality, and familiarity with Yale University led to a safe, successful, on-time, and on-budget project completion.