Campus Housing Milestone

Local 1 Pennsylvania/Delaware

JOURNAL: ISSUE 3 - 2013

Local 1 PA/DE members Billy Leonard, left, with Field Representative Richard Newcomb on the job at West Chester University in West Chester, PA.	Local 1 PA/DE bricklayer Steve Mokychic.

A team of 30 skilled 1 Pennsylvania/Delaware bricklayers, employed by signatory contractor D.M. Sabia & Company (Conshohocken, PA), have been busy constructing Commonwealth Hall, a 660-bed dormitory on the north campus of West Chester University. The project is expected to generate 25,000 work hours for Local 1 PA/DE members.

Mitch Ward, left, and Troy Curran of Local 1 PA/DE.

Sited on South New Street, this eight-story, 179,847 sf. structure will feature suites with semi-private bathrooms and amenities such as a fitness center and study lounges. Upon its completion in 2014, the addition of Commonwealth Hall will raise West Chester's residential capacity to a new high of 2,964.

Local 1 PA/DE members performed earlier restoration work on the University's Recitation Hall between 2010 to 2011. That project was honored with the Grand Jury Award by the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia for craft excellence in 2012.

Commonwealth Hall under construction.