SLAM Collaborative, a Glastonbury-based architectural firm, has been selected as the architect for the $159.6 million school, which residents approved last month. The building committee last week picked SLAM after interviewing three other firms that also submitted requests for quotes: JCJ of Hartford, Kaestle Boos Associates of New Britain and Perkins Eastman of Stamford. SLAM stood out because of its staff, said Board of Education Chairwoman Fiona Cappabianca. She said she believes the committee will be able to get the most out of SLAM with its educational consultants, project estimators and programmers. The building committee will interview candidates for the project’s owner’s representative Tuesday. Interviews for the project’s construction manager are expected before the new year. Once they are selected, they will work with SLAM and the building committee on a schematic design, construction documents and permits. Construction of the 268,641-square-foot school, which will cost the city $74.6 million after an $85 million state reimbursement, is slated to begin in March 2022 and finish before the start of the 2024-25 school year.
Glastonbury architectural firm chosen to lead Torrington school project