New Bedford, MA – D.F. Pray General Contractors, headquartered in Seekonk with a satellite office in New Bedford, has completed the fast-track 6,800sf reconstruction project at Bristol Community College’s (BCC) eHealth campus at 800 Purchase Street in New Bedford.
D. F. Pray served as the project’s design/build general contractor, teaming with New Bedford-based Higher Education Partners, who collaborated with BCC in the planning and construction of the facility. J.M. Booth & Associates, also of New Bedford, provided architectural services.
The project scope entailed complete demolition and reconstruction of the second floor of the BCC facility, located in the historic Cherry & Webb building, which was constructed in 1905. Pray began demolition work the second week of July and construction commenced in early August. The contractor provided considerable value engineering services throughout the project in order to address structural design issues within the 90-year old building. They achieved substantial completion by August 28, and BCC took occupancy in the first week of September.
D.F. Pray provided build-out of state-of-the-art laboratory and training facilities for BCC’s nursing and pharmacy programs. The BCC Health Services campus now houses a phlebotomy lab, a “SIM” Lab–simulated hospital setting, a nursing lab, and a pharmacy lab for pharmacy tech students. The SIM lab has highly sophisticated “robotic patients” that are able to communicate with nursing students concerning their medical condition.
D.F. Pray Completes BCC Project by J.M. Booth Architects
New Bedford, MA – D.F. Pray General Contractors, headquartered in Seekonk with a satellite office in New Bedford, has completed the fast-track 6,800sf reconstruction project at Bristol Community College’s (BCC) eHealth campus at 800 Purchase Street in New Bedford.