McLean Hospital, BELMONT, MA

Design Consultants, Inc. (DCI), as part of the development team, was responsible for all topographical, utility and boundary survey. Additionally, DCI’s engineering staff handled all civil design aspects of the development.

McLean Hospital is a 238-acre site in Belmont, MA. Its present use is as a psychiatric hospital. The topography is predominantly hilly with some wetland areas and meadows. Its vegetation is a mixture of pine forest. The site includes numerous buildings, driveways, roadways, parking areas, walking and biking trails and general open space.

Civil duties during Phase I included the preparation of site utility plans for 14 single-family residences as well as the planning and design of a 2,800 foot long municipal sewer extension. Initial planning considered alternative methods of sewage collection. Gravity cross-country and low-pressure sewer systems were investigated. Both systems had individual merits, however, a gravity system was deemed to be the most cost-effective solution over the life of the sewer facilities, even though extensive rock excavation would result in a higher initial capital expenditure.

Owner: The Keefe Co. • Real Estate Develop. and Mgmt. • 27 School Street, Boston, MA 02108
Mr. Frank Keefe • 617-720-8414

Architect: Pressley Associates • Landscape Architecture Land Use Planning • 432 Columbia Street, Cambridge, MA 02141
617-491-5300

Contractor: Northland Residential Co. • 2150 Washington Street • Newton, MA 02462 • 617-641-6700


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