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Sepps Firnkas Engineering construction records

 Collection
Identifier: URC-049

Scope and Contents

Collection includes building specification bid documents, design calculations and revision drawings for three buildings constructed on the UMD Campus, the Administration Building, the Auditorium Building, and the Library Communications Center.

Dates

  • 1966-1969

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Biographical / Historical

Sepp Firnkas Engineering, Inc. is a private consulting engineering firm based out of Boston. Firnkas acted as both consulting engineer and structural engineer for three or more buildings of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, formerly known as Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute. Bid documents were issued by the office of the Bureau of Building Construction (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) in conjunction with the designer Desmond and Lord (Boston, MA) and structural engineer.

Extent

1 Linear Feet (Two manuscript boxes and one over-sized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Archives and Special Collections, Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, N. Dartmouth, MA 02648. Telephone 508- 999-8686.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the UMass Dartmouth Facilities Department

Processing Information

Processed by Samantha Leoni, October 2011.

Title
Sepps Firnkas Engineering construction records
Status
Completed
Author
Samantha Leoni
Date
October 2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository

Contact:
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA