Project Team

School Building Committee (“SBC”)

The Galvin Middle School Committee (“SBC”) consists of several District and School employees/officials and members of the Communities for the purpose of generally monitoring the MSBA Application process and to advise the Canton School District during the construction of the Project.

Derek Folan, Chair
Bob Benedetti
David Buccelli
John Connolly
Charles Doody
Tom Keleher
Mike Loughran
Stephen Marshall
Bob McCarthy
Kristian Merenda
Jonathan Mulhern
Tina Perez
Randy Scollins
Sarah Shannon
Andrea Stuart
Lou Tarmy
Amy Tom

Massachusetts Schools Building Authority (“MSBA”)

The Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”) is a quasi-independent government authority created to reform the process of funding capital improvement projects in the Commonwealth’s public schools. The MSBA strives to work with local communities to create affordable, sustainable, and energy efficient schools across Massachusetts.

The MSBA’s grant program for school building construction and renovation projects is a non-entitlement competitive program. The MSBA’s Board of Directors approves grants based on need and urgency as expressed by the City, Town, Regional School District or independent agricultural and technical school and validated by the MSBA.

The MSBA, which has a dedicated revenue stream of one penny of the state’s 6.25-percent sales tax, has made more than $15.1 billion in reimbursements to cities, towns, and regional school districts for school construction projects through the MSBA’s online Pro-Pay System.

LeftField – Owners Project Manager (“OPM”)               

LEFTFIELD is an Owner’s Representative and Project Management firm, established in 2007. We specialize in owners project management services and have significant experience in the public sector, working with municipalities and building authorities. Leftfield’s staff has managed over $1.5 billion in MSBA-funded projects since MSBA’s inception in 2004. As Owners Project Managers, we work in conjunction with the Owner serving as an extension of their staff. Our primary role is to protect the Owner’s interests, to ensure that the Owner is well-served and that the established goals and objectives are met in the most efficient manner, physically and fiscally.

LEFTFIELD is well-versed in all phases of project management: planning, feasibility, preconstruction, design, bidding, construction, commissioning, and close-out. We have significant experience in working on both design-bid-build construction contract methodologies as well as with the Construction Management at-Risk (CM at-Risk) approach. In addition to managing the design and construction of a project, LEFTFIELD has been instrumental in assisting owners with the acceptance and turnover of buildings from construction to operations.

Ai3 Architects – Project Architect                 

We are a growing and thriving architecture firm laser-focused on what we do best. Finding the best solutions and the most innovative approach, we design schools that enhance learning and create new educational facility standards.