The new Janse-Butler House began construction in June of 2007and finished base construction roughly a year later. Further sitework pushed the completion date and the budget to just under $4million, according to Saul Schrader of Acella.

The building was proposed as a 16,000-sf dormitory, which heldoff on the second phase of construction--a 3,000-sf wing. The spacefor the additional 3,000 sf had a site confliction with the currentinfirmary. To accommodate the second phase, further renovation willhave to be done to relocate the infirmary. For the meantime, theschool is preparing to start construction on a new student centerwith a performing arts theater and administrative offices. Theconstruction start date for that is in June of 2009.

The Riverview School houses 180 students which have complexlanguage, learning and cognitive disabilities. The school wasfounded in 1957 on Cape Cod, equidistant from Boston andProvidence, RI. The cost of the project was not disclosed.Riverview did not return GlobeSt.com inquiries by deadline.