After 10-Alarm Fire, Mass. Hospital Nears Full Service

HEALTH CARE About a year and a half after a catastrophic fire shuttered Brockton Hospital, the majority of the fivelevel building's nearly $90-million renovation project is complete. In addition to replacing most of the electrical system, the team updated the hospital's emergency departmen...

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Published inENR Vol. 293; no. 4; pp. 16 - 17
Main Author Rice, Justin
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York BNP Media 02.09.2024
Subjects
Buildings
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Fire stations
Fires
Heating
Hospitals
Hot water heating
Solar panels
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Summary:HEALTH CARE About a year and a half after a catastrophic fire shuttered Brockton Hospital, the majority of the fivelevel building's nearly $90-million renovation project is complete. In addition to replacing most of the electrical system, the team updated the hospital's emergency department, built an outpatient surgical facility, renovated the main lobby, enhanced labs and installed parking lot solar panels providing 1.5 MW of power-all while tracking submittals for an approximately $200-million insurance claim that has been partially paid out as of press time. During the renovation project, the overall scope grew to include replacing most of the low-voltage system throughout the hospital, replacing a majority of ceilings and flooring, painting corridors and rooms, installing a new hot-water system and recertifying the entire medical gas system.
ISSN:0891-9526