B. Goba and Associates, PC (BGA Architects), Medford, Massachusetts, USA
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| Architecture Firm | B. Goba and Associates, PC (BGA Architects) |
| People | Bernard J. Goba, AIA |
| Address | 92 High St. #T-41 |
| Medford, Massachusetts, 02155-3850 USA | |
| Telephone | (781) 395-2827 |
| Fax | (781) 395-1763 |
| bga@bgoba.com | |
| Web Site | www.bgoba.com |
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ADA/Acessibility Upgrads
Adaptive Reuse
Facility Planning/Space Alignment
Architecutre
Design/Build
Historic Preservation
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Small & Large Commercial Buildings
Small, Medium & Large Residential Projects
Individual Stores
Shopping Centers
Municipal Facilities
Senior/Assisted Living
Single Family New Construction & Renovations
Community Centers
Historical preservation
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RENOVATION AND REHABILIATION PROJECT LIST
BRITISH LAND CONDOMINIUM AND YACHT CLUB WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
This rehabilitation project converted a former train repair facility and power plant into 70 condominium units on the Wareham River, within walking distance of Wareham Center. The work also involved the building of boat slips to accommodate 40 boats of varying size.
MODICON CORPORATION DAVIS AND FURBER MILLS N. ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
The Davis and Furber Mills, 34 buildings comprising over 450,000 square feet of space, were rehabilitated into a corporate office facility. The facility served engineering, accounting, sales and marketing, training, quality control and quality assurance, operations and the executive offices. Included in the work was a state of the art dining facility to serve the estimated 600 employees.
This work was conducted on a fast tract discipline with design contracts signed three months before the first departments were to move into the facility. To accommodate the demand of schedule, a staff member from my office was on site daily working directly with the General Contractor. This person was supported directly by an in-house staff person whose responsibilities were to coordinate drawings, resolve questions, and review changes with now interruption to schedule.
Success was measured as the departments began to move from the old office, located in another town, to their new spaces.
ANDROSCOGGIN VILLAGE APARTMENTS
AUBURN, MAINE
Built 20 years ago, the 70 units of housing needed general upgrading and replacement of siding and roofing. The task involved inspecting each room of each unit and identifying which items needed repair or replacement, due to a very restrictive budget. Once identified, the data was entered onto a master plan for bidding purposes.
The nature of the assignment required close attention to detail and the budget.
MARCUS FONZI PROFFESSIONAL OFFICE CONDOMINIUMS MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
On the National Register of Historic Places, this property had been neglected by its previous owners, a fraternal organization. The building, circa 1900, was designed as an Armory for the local militia. The structure is of heavy granite and masonry exterior walls, with large arched windows on the drill shed sides.
My assignment was to preserve the architecture and details within the parameters of the National Register, and create a viable alternative use for the building, mainly professional office condominiums. This involved constructing a new floor in the high drill shed space, including egress stairs, and converting the ground floor into an enclosed parking garage.
PELHAM MUNICIPAL BUILDING
PELHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
In 1987, the Pelham Municipal Building Committee contracted with BGA to prepare designs and cost estimates for a combined Municipal Office Building and Police Station. BGA continued to serve as their architect for the committee for many years, while the scope of the assignment grew and expanded.
A town wide assessment of all town owned properties was completed. This assessment included a structural analysis of the buildings and compliance with code requirements, including ADA. The data was then translated into a prioritizing of needs coupled with construction costs estimates and the relocation and reuse of all town wide facilities. This phase of the study included the Elder Center, the Fire Department, the Police Department, the Library, the Historical Society, all the municipal departments; Selectman’s office, Treasurer, Town Clerk, Planning, Building Department, Parks and Recreation, and the local Cable Access Group.
Cost comparisons were completed for a complex to include a Library, Police Station and the Municipal Town Offices for a campus plan setting (single buildings for each) and unified building design. The sign structure was the most economical and is the plan that was submitted to the Town meeting for approval.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
PELHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rehabilitation inside the church was necessitated by the age of the building and the settlement of foundations. The floor in the sanctuary had to be taken up, the floor plumbed, and shimmed, and a new hardwood floor installed. Upon finishing the floor, the original pews were returned to their original placement.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
PELHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Water penetration problems and a very constricted entrance to the offices and the school spaces required a new entrance. This simple structure was to provide a covering during inclement weather and to generate an identity for visitors to the church. The design respected the age and architecture of the building.
COMMERCIAL REHABILIATION
HISTORIC DISTRICT
MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS
This addition of a 2,500 s.f. space for a national tenant was made challenging by City zoning laws and the requirements of the Historical Commission. Lighting, façade design, and site plan review and sign design were all central to bringing all the individual constraints of a national tenant (with over 1200 stores) with their design and planning standards, the owners needed to stay within budget, site demands of the local planning department and the design overview of the local Historical Commission into a sensitive, responsive, and on budget building.
Located in Melrose, this building was located on two thoroughfares and both facades were redesigned, along with the addition. The solution required delicate balanceing of all the parties needs, including hiring an artist to create a wall sculpture along the Main Street. This sculpture was taken from a down town scene, about 1910, and was created out of wood, and located on a blank wall facing Main Street.
FIRST TRADE UNION SAVINGS BANK, FSB
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
This client occupies 16,000 s.f. of space and required a re-organization and re-alignment of the space. This included demolition of existing offices and construction of new offices and conference rooms. The bank was to remain functioning in the space during construction and, after completion of the design and bidding, a careful plan was developed with BGA to organize the construction phase of the project. The phasing was planned to require only one relocation per person.
FIRST TRADE UNION SAVINGS BANK, FSB
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
As consultant to FTUSB, BGA has worked on a myriad of cost assessment, code review, and zoning issues. The projects are: Office Building Code Upgrade, Lawrence, MA; Zoning Approval, Yarmouthport, MA; Office Building/ Retail Upgrades, Cambridge, MA; Operations Renovations, Boston, MA; Site Redesign, Boston, MA.
PURITY SUPERMARKETS
BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS
The client needed to understand the ramifications and costs connected with a planned realignment and reconfiguration of space ASAP. The turn around time was 10 days. BGA examined the existing conditions, and the organization of the 80,000 s.f. (2 floors) space and prepared a new design, construction cost estimate, and detailed the pros and cons of the realignment before the 10 day due date.
The speed of the response enabled the client to generate a sound decision about their plans for realignment and staff placement
FIELDS CORNER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
MUNICIPAL BUILDING HOUSING CONVERSION
DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
An historic vacant and vandalized municipal building was converted into housing for the non-profit Fields Corner Community Development Corp. The work involved extensive rebuilding of the roof, the structure, and facades as the building had been the target of arsonists on several occasions.
As a result, housing units were designed for the local artist community in Fields Corner, new office space was provided for the FCCDC and come commercial space was provided at the first level.
The building was restored to reflect its original design and architectural details within the limits of the construction budget. This work was recognized by the Victorian Society of Boston and awarded the rehabilitation a Design Award of the Victorian.
B.P.O.E. 839
ELKS LODGE
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Originally, the building housed a steel fabrication company clothed in an industrial façade on an overgrown lot. BGA was charged with the program development to house the Elk’s Lodge Room, the Grill Room, and a Function Hall for 300 people with necessary ancillary kitchens and storage facilities. The renovation work included a new façade, new roof and windows along with new HVAC and Fire Protection and Plumbing systems, with a new main entrance designed to appeal to the Function Room market.
CLEARY SQUARE REHABILIATION
HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS
There are 34 retail shops connected with this assignment. These shops comprise both sides of a major traffic intersection, and have enormous impact on this community. BGA was asked to examine the structures and establish a list of rehabilitation priorities to improve their marketability and their presence in the neighborhood.
This study was studied concurrently with the Main Streets Initiative, which is funded, in part, by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
SOUTH WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Built in 1840, this church has grown over the years, and in its wish to provide access to all its members and guests, BGA was hired to provide ADA overview, and to carry out and administer the approval process with the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board.
An ADA compliant wheel chair lift was installed to carry members from the Community Room, up to the Sanctuary level. This required installation of a new stair and adjustments to the existing door into the sanctuary,
ACUITY IMAGING, INC.
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
The above firm was a merger between Itran of Manchester, NH and the Automatix of Billerica, MA. Two firms being brought together in a single, new existing building and required BGA to develop program requirements in two locations synthesize the requirements of the 2 companies and organize the information in a coherent unified space plan, utilizing existing moveable partitions. The contract documents were prepared by the building owner’s space planner. The space was used for office functions, warehouse storage, and shipping and assembly of component.
DEACON WILLARD LEWIS HOUSE
WALPOLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Owners of the former Lewis House converted it into real estate office and business offices. The local Historical Society purchased the building and contracted with BGA to redesign it into offices for the Walpole Historical Society with public meeting rooms, archival storage, exhibit space and a reference library on the history of the town. Included in the above rehabilitation work was the design and construction of a caretaker’s living unit.
EVERETT HALL THEATER
HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS
Built in 1878, the theater had been known as the Everett, the Pixie, the Fairmount and most recently as the Auction House. The structure is currently in total state of disrepair and BGA was commissioned to prepare drawings of the existing conditions and to develop a program and plans for the theater’s rehabilitation. This work was done as part of the Main Streets Initiative, funded, in part, by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
BGA worked in conjunction with a theatrical consultant to determine the potential market and assess development and operating costs, and completed a feasibility study. The project included new construction, conversion of spaces in an adjacent building to house dressing rooms and costume spaces, and complete renovation of the existing theater, including ADA/AAB accessibility.
COMMUNITY CENTER ADA COMPLIANCE HOPKINTON HOUSING AUTHORITY HOPKINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
The existing Community Center was designed to serve the 8 buildings of the 1st Phase (or 32 units). The complex now houses 23 buildings (or 92 units) and the Community Center has not expanded, nor made ADA compliant.
Making a building ADA compliant, including new doorways, kitchen, bathroom, laundry, and entrances. This work augments the expansion of the Community Center and allows for more tenants to take advantage of the Center’s programs.
ADDITION TO POLICE STATION
SCITUATE, MASSACHUSETTS
This project involved the expansion of the existing station to provide new facilities to accommodate the changing makeup of the department, with new locker/changing/toilet and shower facilities, all of which had to be wheelchair accessible. Concurrently, a new and enlarged Day Room with added interview rooms was also part of the expansion plan.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WEST MEDFORD
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
WEST MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
The work involved the installation of a wheelchair lift in an existing stair opening. In order to achieve this, the access to the entrance had to be made ADA complaint, as well as the entrance doors. The pair of doors are arched, the solution was to cut and reconstruct the door pieces in order to provide the required accessible width without losing the architectural design of the doors and arched entrance.
CLEARY SQUARE COMMERCIAL REHABILIATION HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS
BGA designed new store fronts for a block of 7 stores, which included new masonry, structural rebuild, new signs, lighting and storefronts.
COMMERCIAL STOREFRONT RENOVATION PLEASANT STREET MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS
The building was a two story structure with commercial space on the ground floor. The second floor had all its windows blocked up, essentially abandoning the space. BGA was asked to redesign the front without removing the second floor, so to create a single unified commercial identity for the tenants. The solution was to redesign the total front utilizing an EFIS material with new signage.
D.P.W. FACILITY
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
TOWN OF SCITUATE
SCITUATE, MASSACHUSETTS
BGA designed a pre-engineered building to house offices and secretarial spaces in addition to a vehicle and equipment storage and repair.
HEARING ROOMS WITH WHEELCHAIR LIFT
TOWN HALL
SCITUATE, MASSACHUSETTS
In order to accommodate the growing need for Hearing Rooms and Committee Rooms, BGA designed new spaces in the lower level of the Town Hall. Although the space is wheelchair accessible, it was decided to install a new wheelchair lift from the main floor to the lower level. This will allow ease of access for wheelchair bound citizens.
WINDOW REPLACEMENT AND NEW SIDING
HOPKINTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
HOPKINTON, MASSACHUSETTS
As part of a continuing upgrade of the Elderly Housing Units, BGA prepared the Contract documents for the window replacement and siding replacement. The project consisted of 19 buildings, containing 76 living units plus the Maintenance facility. (BGA has previously replaced the windows and resided the first four buildings and the community building.)
MEDICAL OFFICE EXPANSION AND REALIGNMENT
MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
The existing office was cramped and lacking sufficient space to accommodate staff and patient needs. BGA was asked to expand the facility while the space was occupied and functioning. This included construction of a mezzanine to house the business office staff and expansion of existing Exam and Procedure Rooms.
FIREHOUSE CONVERSION
MALDEN, MA
This 10,500 s.f. Fire Station sub station was an underutilized facility which served the Fire Department as storage and vehicle repair. BGA studied retrofitting the facility into living units. The proposal has been forwarded to the City for consideration as family housing.
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION 52 CHAUNCY STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Contract Administration for installation of interior guard rails at Franklin Field. (Plans by BHA).
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF FRAMINGHAM
FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
B. Goba & Associates, P.C. was asked to provide design services to make this historic church handicapped accessible. The church, located in a historic district, required design changes approved by the local Historical Commission. BGA addressed the issue by providing pedestrian access in the lower church, with an internal wheel chair platform lift to bring handicapped members up into the church sanctuary.
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
ELDERLY DISABLED PROGRAM
52 CHAUNCY STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Floor replacements on interior and exterior public walkways and stairs at the Malone Apartments, Hyde Park, MA.
FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
The challenge of the church committee was to make their church handicapped accessible and to improve the entrance from the parking lot concurrently. BGA examined four different scenarios to address their problems along with their respective cost estimates. The committee chose to proceed with a new entrance, wheelchair lift (enclosed) platform lift, a partial wheelchair ramp and a final platform (retractable) wheelchair lift for access to the sanctuary. Included in the plan is a handicapped accessible bathroom.
HISTORICAL RENOVATION
RETAIL FACILITY
125-131 MERRIMACK STREET
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
The owners of the building needed to upgrade the storefront to accommodate a new tenant. Vacant for over 1 year, the building had to be upgraded for a new restaurant. Tenant. Work on this project required approval from the United States Park Service and the Lowell Historic Board.
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
ELDERLY AND DISABLED PROGRAM
52 CHAUNCY STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Door replacement at various BHA developments throughout the city. The project involves closet door replacement in occupied units at M.M. Collins, Jamaica Plain, MA, Groveland, Mattapan, MA, Hassan Apartments, Mattapan, MA, Martin Luther King, Jr. Apartments, Roxbury, MA, Eva White, Boston, MA and Walnut Park, Roxbury, MA. This is a single contract involving the removal and replacement of some 2,000 doors. All bids received were below budget.
DARTMOUTH CORPORATE CENTER
11 DARTMOUTH STREET
MALDEN, MA
The site, a former 2 story 99 restaurant abutted by a 3 story office building circa 1900, was to be converted into a single office entity, housing the clients businesses with leasable space. Both structures were in disrepair and failing. Compounding the problem was that the floors of each building did not align, the roof was collapsing and the masonry demising walls were crumbling. Through careful work and extensive site oversight (contract administration) the building was brought to completion and is approximately 90% leased.
BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
ELDERLY AND DISABLED PROGRAM
52 CHAUNCY STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Under an agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Boston Housing Authority is converting living units into accessible living units. This involves converting 54 existing studio and 1 BR units into 38 totally handicapped accessible 1BR and 2BR living units. This work involves coordination with tenant groups, building managers, and project managers and HUD reviewers in four different building locations. The developments in question are St. Botolph, Rockland Towers, Codman Apartments and MLK Towers.
Multiple Family Housing Project List
WRENTHAM FAMILY HOUSING
WRENTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Due to constraints of site and neighborhood, this project of 15 low rise living units averaged 3 bedrooms took 9 years to complete. As project architect, zoning hearings, ZBA hearings, appeals were addressed, Conservation Commission hearings and subsequent appeals followed by excessive demands of local officials delayed the start of this project.
The project was completed in 1989.
COURTYARD AT KING’S SQUARE
DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
Due to high community interest, final approval of this project by the Zoning Board of Appeals required 13 meetings with the community. Each meeting was intended to address the concerns of the community as they related to the site planning, site density, scale, set backs, and design. The efforts resulted in community endorsement of the project and support by the local Community Development Center (CDC).
The first phase comprised of 28 units, with town houses on the first and second floors, with flats on the third and fourth floors.
LONG WHARF HOTEL
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
This project was a 150 unit residential hotel located on Newport Harbor. Due to a constricted site, parking was proved on site and below the building. The design issues focuses on a residential scale at the pedestrian level while accommodating the needs of on site parking below the building.
BGA carried the work through design and site plan approvals.
ROLFE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
The Rolfe Building, located in Central Square, was a former manufacturing building of heavy timber construction with a masonry façade. The structure was converted into 70 living units for elderly and involved the rehabilitation of public ways and an interior court for the residents. Extensive restoration to the facades, the cornices, and details was necessary to have this building placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
SANDS CONTEL
HAMPTON BEACH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
A constricted site made more difficult by tight parking requirements. Parking is placed beneath the building and out onto the site. The 75 units above the site sit on a steel frame wrapped in concrete and were framed in wood.
This residential/hotel condo is a mixed use facility served by an office lobby area at grade.
WRENTHAM ELDERLY HOUSING WRENTHAM, MA
At Bennett Gardens, the Wrentham Housing Authority sought to add 30 units of elderly housing to their current 64 unit complex. A site analysis revealed limited space for 30 new units. The solution was to build the housing at a sloped site which allowed access into the building from pedestrian levels at three points attached to an expanded existing Community Building.
BRITISH LAND CONDOMINIUM AND YACHT CLUB
WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
This rehabilitation project converted a former train repair facility and power plant into 70 condominium units on the Wareham River, within walking distance of Wareham Center. The work also involved the building of boat slips to accommodate 40 boats of varying size.
ANDROSCOGGIN VILLAGE APARTMENTS
AUBURN, MAINE
Overlooking the Androscoggin River, the knoll provided the location for 70 units of new housing in four buildings. There are two 23 unit buildings and two 12 unit buildings. The units were market rentals and have since been rehabilitated by a new owner.
NARRAGANSETT BAY HOUSING
PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND
First Phase of Townhouse construction. Wood frame with enclosed parking 24 2 and 3 bedroom units overlooking Narragansett Bay.
RIVER VIEW APARTMENTS
AUBURN, MAINE
Comprised of three buildings, the unit mix of one and two bedroom serve the open rental market in Auburn. The structure is wood frame with maintainence sensitive materials used throughout. Completed in 1991, the development is now home to 70 families.
BETHLEHEM MEADOWS
BETHLEHEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Located on land with rock formations and running water, site analysis determined that the best land use would be for attached single condominium units. The plans called for 96 units of housing, oriented to the sin and in concert with the natural amenities of the site.
Following receipt of all approvals, the owners sold the site.
HAVERHILL CONDOMINIUMS HAVERHILL, MA
Three stories above parking on a contaminated site. The project was wood frame consisting of 70 units of housing. The project did not proceed to completion.
Historical Preservation/Restoration Work
First Baptist Church of Framingham, Framingham, MA – Located in Framingham’s Historic District; BGA’s charge was to examine how the church could be made ADA compliant within the approval process of the Historic Commission. The solution consisted of heated (snowmelt) ramp, wheelchair lift and handicapped bathrooms, which met the church’s ADA requirements and those of the Historic Commission. The project received the annual recognition award for historic preservation.
Former Lawrence Light Guard Armory, Medford, MA (circa 1900) – This building was converted into office condominiums allowing the structure to remain true to its history, yet continue as a viable self supporting economic component of the community. The building remains on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Municipal Building, Fields Corner, Dorchester, MA (circa 1874) – This building was on the National Register of Historic Buildings when several fires virtually consumed the structure. The building was stabilized and restored to its original splendor. The former City of Boston Municipal Building took on a new life as a viable commercial/office space accompanied by artist housing.
Medford Housing Authority, Medford, MA – BGA has carried out several projects for the MHA. The most recent involves a new entrance lobby at the Saltonstall Building, which has 200 units of elderly housing. The work involved additions to the existing lobby and the redesign of the public spaces to make them accessible. All work was performed while the residents continued to live within. Extraordinary levels of planning were required and a number of relocations were needed to carry out the work with minimal interruptions to the residents while maintaining the building in a safe and secure manner.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Waltham, MA – This late 1800s church had so many additions, at different levels, that designing an accessible route was almost impossible. Through a series of studies, BGA explored several alternatives for the church committee’s consideration. They selected the plan that allowed access to all church levels (except the balcony in the sanctuary). Accessibility was achieved throughout the site by installing an enclosed wheelchair lift, an internal ramp and a wheelchair platform lift.
Fairmount Theater, Hyde Park, MA – This building was an original neighborhood classic theater, which over the years had fallen into disrepair. BGA recently completed preliminary designs and feasibility studies to restore the theater to its original splendor.
United Methodist Church, South Walpole, MA (circa 1840) – The church requested a handicap accessibility assessment to be performed to address the needs of the disabled members of their congregation. BGA conducted a study of the alternatives which would cause the least impact to the sanctuary and still maintain the integrity of the building’s façade and history.
Rolfe Housing for the Elderly, Union Square, Lynn, MA (circa 1870) – This building was an underused industrial facility in downtown Lynn. The masonry façade, cast iron columns and cornices were all restored. The interior was converted into elderly living units. The goal we met was to replicate the original structure while providing alternative internal uses and also had the building placed on the National Register of Historical Places.
Athenaeum Building, Saxonville section, Framingham, MA – The Friends of Saxonville hired BGA to prepare design alternatives for public meeting space, prepare budgets and make the building handicapped accessible without destroying the historic value ingrained in the structure. BGA has completed preliminary work and the Friends are awaiting funding.
