Boston – The nation’s oldest continuously operating electrical contractor, NECA Boston Chapter member E. G. Sawyer Co, Inc. of Weymouth, has completed the $27,450,000 electrical construction of Dana-Farber’s Yawkey Center for Cancer Care. The 275,000sf, 14-story facility is located at 450 Brookline Ave. in the heart of Dana-Farber’s existing campus and the Longwood Medical Area.
E. G. Sawyer’s comprehensive project scope included shell and core electrical installations as well as electrical fit-out: primary and emergency power, fire alarm, lighting and lighting control, and security systems for the tower building and its 7-story below-grade parking facility. The NECA firm also provided temporary power to the site in the project’s earliest phase.
The Yawkey Center is designed to serve as a model for future cancer patient treatment facilities. The building houses 130 exam rooms, 137 infusion chairs and numerous patient and family consultation rooms. Patients will receive Dana-Farber’s internationally acclaimed multidisciplinary, personalized care approach, guided by its pioneering cancer research, and supported by the most advanced, innovative technology and treatment programs available. The building connects to other Dana-Farber buildings as well as to adjacent affiliated clinical partners, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital, providing fully integrated care coordination.
The project team included GC/CM Walsh Brothers, Inc., Boston; MEP Engineer Bard Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers LLC, Watertown and ZGF Architects LLP, Washington DC.
E.G. Sawyer Co. Provides Electr Constr. of Dana-Farber Yawkey Ctr.
Boston – The nation’s oldest continuously operating electrical contractor, NECA Boston Chapter member E. G. Sawyer Co, Inc. of Weymouth, has completed