Photo courtesy of PROCON

What: Tufts University Joyce Cummings Center
Where: 177 College Ave., Medford
Owner: Tufts University
Built: 2020-2022 

The Joyce Cummings Center at Tufts University received national recognition by a building trades group for efficiency in a design-build project. 

PROCON received the Excellence in Construction Eagle award and National Design-Build Award at Associated Builders and Contractors’ Convention held last month in Orlando, Florida. 

The New Hampshire construction firm designed and built the 7-story, 150,000-square-foot academic building, which includes classrooms, seminar rooms, meeting space, research labs, offices and a 160-seat auditorium. 

The project included weekly meetings to plan sequencing and overcome challenges including identifying a materials laydown area and erosion control plan. 

They Said It: 

“PROCON delivered a seven-story academic building 25 feet from an active MBTA railroad while a new train station was simultaneously under construction on an extremely tight urban site despite numerous challenges including the pandemic.” 
— 2022 Excellence in Construction Awards judges