Bowdoin College Chapel: Brunswick, Maine.(SPECIAL RECOGNITION: 22ND ANNUAL RECONSTRUCTION AWARDS)

From: Building Design & Construction | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Cataloging, replacing, and replicating cracked stones was just one of the tedious construction feats achieved in the $4.3 million restoration of two 120-foot bell towers flanking Bowdoin College Chapel, in Brunswick, Maine, originally erected by members of the state's Ancient Order of Masons from 1845 to 1855.

It all started in 1995, when E/A firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), Waltham, Mass., was commissioned to replace the chapel's roof. At the time, severe cracks and bulges were discovered in the tower wails. Upon investigation, SGH found water penetrating through the ...

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