Betsy Ross Central Kitchen
New Haven, CT

Client               • New Haven Board of Education
Architect          • Kaestle Boos Architects
Budget             • $10.5M

Scope:
Construction of a new 65,000 sq. ft. food preparation and distribution facility for the City of New Haven school system.

Challenges:
This project required removal of soil under the building to fifteen feet outside the periphery to a depth of eight feet.  R2D installed four feet of structural fill needed to bring the building base up to finish floor building elevations.  All concrete work, interior site excavation/structural fill, plumbing and electrical work  (below the slab) was done during the winter months of 2003, one of the coldest winters in years for Connecticut.

Requirements:
PLA Agreement
(EEO)  Equal Employment Opportunity & (SBI) Small Business Initiative
New Haven Ordinance 12.25 and 12.50