Healthcare
Delphi Begins Work on Outer Cape Health Facility
Harwich Port, MA – Delphi Construction recently announced that work has begun on the comprehensive renovation and conversion of a building formerly housing a local grocery market to become a community health center in Harwich Port. Delphi will manage all aspects of construction on the $6+ million project. Design of the new facility was provided by […]
UMass Memorial Health Care Gets Improvement Funds
Boston – MassDevelopment has issued a $109,865,000 tax-exempt bond for UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest healthcare system in central Massachusetts. UMass Memorial Health Care includes three hospitals: UMass Memorial Medical Center with its Memorial, University, and Hahnemann campuses in Worcester; UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital with campuses in Clinton, Burbank, and Leominster; and UMass Memorial-Marlborough […]
Cutler CM for Reliant Medical Bldg.
Leominster, MA – Cutler Associates is partnering with long-time client Reliant Medical Group as construction manager, teaming with Lavallee Brensinger Architects, to build a new three-story medical office building on New Lancaster Road. Reliant sees the new 68,800sf facility as a means to bring important state-of-the-art medical services to Central Massachusetts. Plans are to relocate […]
Using Lean 3P Planning to Implement Operational Change in Healthcare Settings
by Jason Costello and John Fowler Just as healthcare delivery is evolving through new patient-provider approaches and transformative technology, so is the design of healthcare facilities rapidly advancing by the use of Lean process improvement methods. Lean in healthcare has focused on continuous, incremental improvement of existing processes that were primarily concerned with the operational aspects […]
Circle Health Dracut Nears Completion
Dracut, MA – Maugel Architects announced construction is nearing completion at Circle Health’s new Dracut facility. The 27,000sf, three-story medical office building, located at the corner of Broadway and Loon Hill Road, is scheduled to be completed by late summer. Circle Health Dracut will provide the community with urgent care, patient services, physician offices, and […]
Lockheed Window Helps Med Ctr. Renovate
Providence, RI – For over a century, the Roger Williams Medical Center has been a fixture in the local community of Providence. In 2017, Lockheed Window Corp., based in Pascoag, alongside Gilbane Building Company and Blount-Bennett Architects, Ltd., also based out of Rhode Island, were awarded the project to help give the staple landmark a […]
University Orthopedics Now Open
Providence, RI – Located off Veterans Memorial Parkway at Kettle Point in East Providence, a new and improved University Orthopedics has opened its doors to the public. The new 88,500sf medical center is the first commercial building to be constructed on the Kettle Point property that also consists of 230 residentials units. The project was […]
A New Era of Compounding Pharmacies in Massachusetts
by Susie Festel A meningitis outbreak in 2012 was traced back to contaminated drugs coming from a bulk prescription compounding company, New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass. This outbreak sickened hundreds and resulted in 76 deaths. As a result, the commonwealth of Massachusetts began developing new, more stringent guidelines for compounding pharmacies (based off […]
C.E. Floyd Completes Two Healthcare Projects
New Britain, CT – C.E. Floyd Company of Bedford, Mass., worked with Jacunski Humes Architects to rehabilitate patient care space into The Advanced Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center on The Hospital of Central Connecticut’s New Britain campus. The original schedule was 14 weeks, but the hospital wanted to occupy the space sooner. By working longer days and […]
Long-Term Emergency Power Solutions in Healthcare Environments
By Chris Enders Katrina, Irene, Sandy, Irma, Harvey are not just a list of random first names, but rather a stark reminder of extreme weather patterns that have raised the stakes for hospitals across the country to be able to provide seamless care to their patients. Such continuity during disasters requires intense facilities planning, considerable […]
