620 Washington, Winchester, MA
Winchester, MA – Allen & Major Associates, Inc. (A&M) was recognized by The American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC MA) with the 2014 Bronze Award honoring outstanding professional design excellence for its work on 620 Washington Street in Winchester.
Developed in partnership with Winchester Hospital, DiGiorgio Associates, Inc., and Steffian Bradley, who served as project architects, 620 Washington Street is an advanced clinical care campus that includes the Center for Cancer Care, the Ambulatory Surgery Center, and the Center for Cancer Care Healing Garden.
The first phase of this multi-million-dollar project was the Center for Cancer Care. The initial sitework involved demolishing an abandoned industrial building that was attached to the historic portion of the Winn Watch Factory building. The remaining historic building façade was restored and the interior was renovated and incorporated as a wing to the new 44,247sf main center. The center was designed according to LEED for Healthcare and was awarded LEED Gold certification upon completion.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center was completed as Phase 2 and was considered the most challenging for the development team. This phase required innovative thinking and approaches to both new and existing techniques. The parcel was bisected by three active, large diameter MWRA sewer trunklines.
The final phase of the project was the creation of the healing garden that has been received as one of the most valued portions of the new center.
A&M worked closely with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to avoid impacts to the trunklines and made provisions to the design for the maintenance needs of these utilities, which includes a deep foundation wall that was engineered by A&M’s Structural Division.
