The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) is being built on the Boston waterfront. Construction of the Center will dramatically increase Boston's capacity to host trade shows and professional association shows.  The facility will have a sub-divisible 600,000 square foot exhibition hall on one level.  A 50,000 and 25,000 square foot ballroom along with 72 meeting rooms round out a total of 160,000 square feet of  meeting area.

Situated in the heart of South Boston Waterfront, the new BCEC will relate to the two disparate urban conditions/: the large-scale commercial and office development to the north and the small-scale residential neighborhood to the south.

The design of the building responds by surrounding the vast volume of the exhibition hall with smaller scale meeting rooms and social spaces, placing a 64 berth loading dock completely enclosed and away from view of the surrounding neighborhood. The sloping exhibition hall roof helps to mediate the two scales.
The Central Chilled Water Plant located within the building is one of Flaherty's contributions to the project. The chiller provides 7,000 tons of cooling capacity. The 1,800 horsepower boiler is fueled by 30,000 gallon fuel tank with 70,000 GPM pump capacity. The elaborate heating and cooling duct system is made up of nearly 2,000,000 pounds of sheet metal. Completion is scheduled for late 2003.

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M.J. Flaherty Company
Mechanical Contractors
One Gateway Center
Newton, Massachusetts 02158
Phone 617-969-1492
Fax 617-964-0176