The Tablet Connection: Connecting BIM To Commissioning, Handover And Operations

MGH serves about 100,000 patients a year in its 245-bed facility. First constructed in 1881, the hospital has more than 500 physicians and 1,400 employees providing a wide-spectrum of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. In recent years, the hospital has experienced substantial growth in admissions, births, emergency room visits and outpatient visits.

In response, the hospital initiated the Central Care Expansion project, a 92,500-sq-ft expansion, designed by Hord Coplan Macht with Barton Malow as the construction manager. The new five-story building attached to the existing hospital includes 15,534-sq-ft of renovated space and 77,000-sq-ft of new space. It features eight new operating rooms, including one dedicated to ophthalmology; two dedicated endoscopy suites; one dedicated cystoscopy suite; a pre-surgical unit with 14 private patient rooms and two inpatient holding bays; and a post-anesthesia care unit with 20 recovery bays and two isolation rooms. A new intensive-care unit of 18 rooms with ceiling-mounted equipment gives doctors and nurses better access to patients.