South Coast Improvement Co.

Scope Of Work

Busch Hall

South Coast Improvement Company performed renovations pertinent to functionality at Busch Hall on the Harvard Campus, which houses the Minda de Gunzberg Center for European Studies. The chairlift was required for handicap accessibility and required new masonry work for opening and in-fills. The offices were full fit-outs that required:

New steel and framing structures

Installation of HVAC

New lighting and electrical wiring

New door casings and millwork

Gypsum plaster, paint, SCT and flooring finishes

These offices required all renovations to satisfy conditions and standards set by the historical society . The building houses Germanic artifacts in its small museum, but is a true piece of history itself. The hall was erected in 1914 and required engineering techniques that had never been used in the United States before, making it the most ex-pensive building built by Harvard during its time. It was in 1989 that the facility shifted to include space for CES offices, classes and spaces.

Emerson Hall

Emerson Hall is the facility housing the Department of Philosophy on the Harvard University campus. It is named after the philosopher (Harvard alumnus) Ralph Waldo Emerson. From the beginning in 1905, the third floor was called The Psychological Laboratory, which contained 27 rooms. These included a sound-proof room, a photography room, classrooms, animal rooms, a wood shop, an instrument room and a Vivarium. Today you will find a student lounge, lecture hall, seminar rooms and offices on the third floor.

South Coast Improvement Company had the pleasure of managing administrative office renovations at Emerson Hall. Some of the up-dates included luxury cork terracotta flooring imported from Portugal. It is a natural material and soft, providing health benefits to those who walk on it by softening the impact of joints . The job also required an HVAC system with a linear diffuser, which is a sleek and concealed appearance.