Category Archives: Andover High

During the Andover High School Building Committee Meeting on 12/20/2022, the Committee reviewed all site approaches previously presented at the last meeting and voted to refine the approaches to three, as follows: Please see concept images in posts or within full 12/20/2022 SBC presentation available here. Additionally, at the meeting the Committee discussed ongoing meetingsContinue reading “Building Committee Meeting 12/20/22 at 7:50 AM”

During the Andover High School Building Committee Meeting on 12/8/2022, HMFH Architects introduced additional preliminary site approaches for the first time and discussed the approaches shown at the 11/22/2022 Building Committee meeting. The Committee discussed ongoing meetings with stakeholders, the project timeline, approach evaluation criteria, and public outreach efforts. At the next meeting, the CommitteeContinue reading “Building Committee Meeting 12/8/22 at 8:15 AM”

During the Andover High School Building Committee Meeting on 11/22/2022, HMFH Architects presented preliminary site approaches for the first time. A summary of these preliminary concepts is shown below and the full presentation is included here. Please note that the concepts are purposely not numbered, as HMFH is not limiting the analysis to these optionsContinue reading “Building Committee Meeting 11/22/22 at 7:00 PM”

Education work sessions continue this week, making progress on both the Education Plan and Space Summary documents. These are both critical in any school design because they define the types and organization of space necessary to meet educational goals. HMFH has previously met with Program Coordinators and other leaders, and this week they will beContinue reading “Upcoming Education Work Sessions”

The Andover High School Building Committee will be hosting a public forum to provide information and solicit feedback on a potential Andover High School facility project. The architecture firm HMFH and Building Committee members will give an overview of the facility conditions they look to address, and the process that will be undertaken to developContinue reading “Community Forum 11/10/22 at 7:00 PM”

Members of the Building Committee are excited for any opportunity to talk with members of the Andover community about the project. We need your feedback! Please send us an email to coordinate a time when we can join you. We appreciate hearing from Andover PTOs and PACs and are on the agendas at the followingContinue reading “Invite us to talk with your organization!”

Under Massachusetts state law, if building construction cost is estimated to be $1.5 million or greater, a qualified Owners Project Manager (OPM) is required to represent the owner and assume project management responsibilities. An RFP for OPM services was issued by the AHS Building Committee in September 2022. In October, several firms were interviewed andContinue reading “PMA selected as OPM”

Please join the Building Committee at our next public meeting: Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 8:15 AM in the School Committee room (2nd floor of 30 Whittier Court, above the Robb Senior Center). The meeting agenda is here on the the town website. To have future meeting agendas automatically emailed to you or to receiveContinue reading “Building Committee Meets 10/20”

Next week is a busy one with HMFH and their consultants beginning a series of meetings with Andover educators and students to determine project goals and requirements for teaching and learning within a new or renovated school. These Educational Visioning and Space Programming discussions will culminate in an Education Plan that helps organize and defineContinue reading “Upcoming Charrettes”

Stop by the school facility project tent at Andover Day on Saturday, September 24th. We will be on Main Street in the vicinity of Caffe Nero. Available for conversation will be members of the AHS Building Committee, members of the West Elementary Building Committee, School Committee members, Superintendent Parvey, Principal Brown, and others on theContinue reading “Andover Day”