Project Team

School Building Committee (“SBC”)

The Central Elementary School Building Committee (“SBC”) consists of Town and School employees/officials and members of the Community for the purpose of generally monitoring the MSBA Application process and to advise the Town of East Bridgewater during the construction of the Project.

isCatherine Byrne– School Principal, Vice Chair

Melanie Dean – Town Accountant

Dagny Fleming– Teacher

John Haines – DPW Director

David Horton – Professional Engineer

Carole Julius – Chair, Selectmen

Brian Kiely– Facilities Manager

Donald McDougall– Construction Management

Gordon McKinnon – Community Member

Meghan McLaughlin– Community Member/Parent

Jen McPartland – Assistant Superintendent

Daniel Picha – School Committee

Joe Rodricks – Community Member

Charles Seelig  – Town Administrator

John Shea – School Business Administrator

David Walsh – Finance Committee

Gina Williams – Superintendent of Schools

Massachusetts Schools Building Authority (“MSBA”)

The Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”) is a quasi-independent government authority created to reform the process of funding capital improvement projects in the Commonwealth’s public schools. The MSBA strives to work with local communities to create affordable, sustainable, and energy efficient schools across Massachusetts.

The MSBA’s grant program for school building construction and renovation projects is a non-entitlement competitive program. The MSBA’s Board of Directors approves grants based on need and urgency as expressed by the City, Town, Regional School District or independent agricultural and technical school and validated by the MSBA.

The MSBA, which has a dedicated revenue stream of one penny of the state’s 6.25-percent sales tax, has made more than $15.1 billion in reimbursements to cities, towns, and regional school districts for school construction projects through the MSBA’s online Pro-Pay System.

LeftField – Owners Project Manager (“OPM”)

LEFTFIELD is an Owner’s Representative and Project Management firm, established in 2007. We specialize in owners project management services and have significant experience in the public sector, working with municipalities and building authorities. Leftfield’s staff has managed over $2.6 billion in MSBA-funded projects since MSBA’s inception in 2004. As Owners Project Managers, we work in conjunction with the Owner serving as an extension of their staff. Our primary role is to protect the Owner’s interests, to ensure that the Owner is well-served and that the established goals and objectives are met in the most efficient manner, physically and fiscally.

LEFTFIELD is well-versed in all phases of project management: planning, feasibility, preconstruction, design, bidding, construction, commissioning, and close-out. We have significant experience in working on both design-bid-build construction contract methodologies as well as with the Construction Management at-Risk (CM at-Risk) approach. In addition to managing the design and construction of a project, LEFTFIELD has been instrumental in assisting owners with the acceptance and turnover of buildings from construction to operations.

For more information go to www.leftfieldpm.com

Raymond Design Associates, Inc. (“Architect”)

Raymond Design Associates, its principals, and its staff have been designing PreK-12 schools throughout the Commonwealth since the early 1990s. This concentration of experience has allowed them to develop a depth of understanding and expertise, providing great benefit to the school districts they serve.

For more information go to www.rda-design.com