Warwick, RI – Dimeo Construction Company is nearing completion on Kent Hospital’s new two-story, 60,000sf Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Office Building (MOB), designed by Steffian Bradley Architects. The MOB is being constructed adjacent to the existing hospital and will house eight new operating rooms to replace the hospital’s existing surgical suite. The first floor will accommodate private physician practices.
Dimeo also is scheduled to begin construction on a main lobby which will contain a connecting corridor to provide access from the hospital to the new medical office building and surgical suites.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) will be attached to the northeast corner of the main entrance to the hospital and will include five 600sf operating rooms and three 400sf operating rooms, along with the associated support space for each. The ASC will occupy the entire 30,000sf on the second floor of the new MOB.
All construction activities had to be carefully coordinated within a very active, constrained site. Daily coordination between the Hospital staff, Dimeo project manager James Bendokas, and superintendent Mike Morocco was essential in maintaining uninterrupted access for both hospital staff and visitors, as a majority of the work occurs directly adjacent to the existing main entrance to the hospital.
Another area of specific concern and coordination was the adjacency of the existing oxygen tank farm to the construction activities of the new MOB. Interrupting the supply of oxygen to the hospital from the tank farm could not be tolerated. The teams met extensively to review and confirm acceptable construction practices, developed and set specific protocol for work occurring adjacent to the oxygen tank farm. Continuous communication with hospital personnel, pre-planning, along with the development and distribution of detailed two week look-ahead micro schedules and site logistic updates were essential in forecasting and eliminating potential impacts to the daily operation of the hospital.
Dimeo Nears Completion of Medical Building – Designed by Steffian Bradley
Warwick, RI – Dimeo Construction Company is nearing completion on Kent Hospital’s new two-story, 60,000sf Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Office Building (MOB), designed by Steffian Bradley Architects. The MOB is being constructed adjacent to the existing hospital and will house eight new operating rooms to replace the hospital’s existing surgical suite. The first floor will accommodate private physician practices.