Rendering by Shepley Bulfinch
Boston – Suffolk Construction has been selected to manage construction of the new Boston Children’s Clinical Building (BCCB) for Boston Children’s Hospital. With 565,000sf of new construction and renovations to existing connection points in the hospital, this $400 million project is the largest healthcare endeavor in Suffolk’s 33-year history.
Suffolk Construction will be incorporating virtual design and construction (VDC) technologies into the construction and design process to create 3D intelligent models of the project, allowing project stakeholders to study the entire building virtually before breaking ground.
Suffolk will also use Lean construction processes to facilitate teamwide collaboration, minimize issues, and efficiently deliver the project. For example, all members of the project team, including master plan architect FKP Architects and building architect Shepley Bulfinch, will be colocated on or near the main campus due to the intense nature of the project.
The new building will expand the hospital’s current bed capacity to support its continuing growth in domestic and international patient volume and its delivery of high-level tertiary and quaternary care.
The facility will also provide space for an expanded cardiovascular program, a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), other inpatient units, and clinical and logistical support services such as lab, pharmacy, and dietary, and a rooftop healing garden.
Construction of the BCCB is scheduled to begin in fall 2016 with targeted completion in early 2020.
