Charlestown, MA – Boston-based construction management firm Walsh Brothers, Incorporated alongside Partners HealthCare, architect Perkins + Will, subcontractors and Spaulding Rehab Hospital staff members, recently celebrated the topping out of their new hospital in Charlestown.
Reaching this critical project milestone was cause for great celebration by the project team, marking more than six years of effort since the project was formally announced.
Since the project was awarded to Walsh Brothers, the project team has diligently proceeded through the regulatory and approval processes, receiving approvals from the Charlestown Neighborhood Council, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Public Health Council, Department of Environmental Protection, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ranked 4th among Rehabilitation Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital has steadily built a reputation as a premier facility for rehabilitative patient care and related research. In order to meet a growing demand for its services, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a member of Partners HealthCare, is constructing this cutting edge and eco-friendly research and interdisciplinary patient facility on Boston’s waterfront. This 250,000sf hospital will soon feature advanced patient amenities reinforcing the Hospital’s full continuum of rehabilitation treatment and care for its patients and the incorporation of sustainable strategies wherever possible. The Hospital is pursuing a LEED silver level certification in accordance with USGBC guidelines. If successful, this will be the first newly constructed hospital in New England to achieve silver level LEED.