NEWS FLASH:

Date: March 26, 2009

BAYBUTT CONSTRUCTION EXPANDS KEENE CHURCH WITH 5300 SF ADDITION

Baybutt Construction is the general contractor expanding and renovating the Keene Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in West Keene. The project involves sitework to include an expanded parking lot with turnaround and landscaping, new handicapped accessible sidewalks/ramps and new fencing around perimeter and storage. The 5300 sf addition will provide ADA compliant bathrooms, offices and meeting rooms, full-service kitchen as well as a new multi-purpose gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, etc. Extensive renovations will also be done to address new entry vestibules, mechanical system upgrades, new flooring and finishes, renovated restroom area, church pew upholstery and miscellaneous renovations to existing spaces. The architectural firm is Warnick Associates, Inc of Salem, NH. Baybutt is underway on this $1.7 million project, which is scheduled to be completed this June.

Baybutt Construction Renovating Genetics/Immunology/Molecular Laboratory; Holyoke, MA
Baybutt Construction is serving as construction manager for Baystate Health working with Healthcare Architects of Northampton, MA to convert 10,200 sf into high tech Genetics, Immunology and Molecular (G/I/M) Laboratory at the Baystate facility in Holyoke, MA. The project got underway in November and is scheduled for completion in Spring 2009.


Meriden Church-Meriden, NH October 2008.

“John Edwards, Ed Grant, Bill Kriete and the rest of the Baybutt crew are now gone, but the beautiful work they have done stands as silent testimony to the whole firm's professionalism and high standards. It is also testimony to the intense caring that Ed and Bill displayed throughout this project, and their attention to every little detail. We could not have asked for a better experience, and will happily provide recommendations to anyone who asks.”

- Rod Wendt, Meriden Congregational Church Building Renovation Committee



Northeast Veteran Training and Rehabilitation Center in
Gardner, MA
This $7,250,000 project consists of multiple phases of construction. Phase 1 included the renovation of Kelton Street house into the Site Office/Operations Center, which will eventually become the Maintenance Office. The Center will be situated on ten to twelve acres of land donated by Mount Wachusett Community College. There will be a golf simulator, an indoor swimming pool, a jogging track, weight/exercise room, a gymnasium, a trout pond and a variety of other amenities for the veterans and their families. The Heywood Hospital, located directly across the street from the proposed facility, departments of physical, occupational and speech therapy, as well as the hospitals wide range of general health services will also be available to the program. The Center will have a main building with a "Mock Up" apartment for therapy, several therapy pools and a small business office. The clients will be housed in separate houses located on the Center grounds. These cottages will be approximately 1000 sq ft with two bedrooms, bath, kitchen and living area. The cottage concept will allow the clients to practice their living skills and provide privacy for both the veteran and his or her family.

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