Russell Place

The old Russell School was restored for adaptive reuse by Montagno Construction. The 3-story, 30,000 square foot building is set on extremely steep grade. The main parking lot is set across a street and down a long staircase. The solution to this apparent inaccessibility was to design and build a ramp from Highland Street in the rear, which now leads to a raised parking platform on the 3rd floor level. The structure of the parking deck is visible on the left in the photograph above.

Montagno Construction repointed all exterior brick, reworked/refurbished the original exterior tin moldings, replaced all windows, doors, and the roof. All interior surfaces were renovated while maintaining some original woodwork. The project also included all new HVAC, elevator, and electrical.

The building now houses professional offices – including the project architect – and medical
offices.

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Naugatuck Fire Department Headquarters

This major addition and renovation at the rear of Naugatuck’s historic fire department headquarters, consisted of selective demolition, construction of a 5,000 sf, 2-story, 4-bay garage with offices above and complete renovations to the existing structure.

Our work included the complete restoration of the existing historic firehouse with all new windows, new roof, masonry restoration, and new overhead doors to accommodate larger apparatus. We also finished the interior fit-out for offices, sleeping quarters, kitchen, and meeting space including all new infrastructure and MEP systems.

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