Harvard University's Allston Development Group Builds the Campus of the Future
Harvard Continues Long History with Allston into the 21st Century
We are pleased to welcome Harvard University's Allston Development Group (ADG) as a new client. CostPro is providing on-call cost estimating services for ADG for projects related to Harvard's Allston Initiative.
CostPro's role includes providing conceptual and detailed hard cost estimates for a range of building types, providing benchmarking analysis, assisting in estimating operating and maintenance costs of specific buildings,
reviewing professional services fees, providing cost analysis of sustainability features, and assisting in developing a construction cost database.
Harvard University has a long history in Allston. The University began building in Allston even before Harvard Stadium was built in 1903. It began in the 19th century, when Frederick Law Olmstead and
Charles Eliot drafted plans for several campus buildings. In January 2007, Harvard submitted an Institutional Master Plan to the City of Boston for its Allston campus development. The master plan is a framework for the University's future physical and academic growth in Allston. It includes potential locations for new spaces for science, professional schools, arts and culture, and housing, as well as new open spaces and amenities for the community. Based on nearly a decade of planning and consultation within the University, the Allston community and the City of Boston, the proposed master plan provides a framework for the University's evolving plans for its Allston campus development over the next 50 years, with up to 10 million square feet of new buildings, and the creation of approximately 12,000 new jobs. The first project is the Harvard Allston Science Complex located on Western Avenue, which is expected to be completed in 2011.
Under the proposed master plan, the University will aspire to achieve LEED Gold Certification for all new buildings in Allston. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a recognized
industry standard for sustainable design. Other proposed elements of the plan include to improve City streets, with new pedestrian walkways, bicycle lanes, and plantings, and to take measures to reduce campus energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and storm water run-off.
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