Hurricane Resistant Windows May Cost School $148,000

Architects, glass manufacturers failed to consider the impact of 120 mph wind on glass wall at the school's front.

Installing hurricane-resistant windows on the front of the new Glover School may cost the $25 million construction project an extra $148,000, the architect told the school building committee last week. The architects and windows manufacturer did not “factor in” the proximity of the school to the Atlantic Ocean. Because Marblehead could be hit by a hurricane, the 12-foot, eight-inch windows would have to be thick enough to withstand 120 mile-per-hour windows, said project architect Douglas Roberts with JCJ Architecture. The windows in the current design would withstand up to 110 mile-per-hour winds. “It is something that fell through the cracks,” Roberts told School Superintendent Dr. Gregory Maass. If all of the 7,500 square feet of …

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