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Complete StoryLocated on the site of the historic Massachusetts College of Art (MCA), the new 350,000-sf Carl J. Shapiro Clinical Center contains eight floors of ambulatory care and clinical services. Clinical services include primary and specialty care services; an outpatient surgery with eight operating rooms; a radiology and nuclear medicine department equipped for ultrasound, mammography, computerized tomographic (CT) scanning, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); and a clinical laboratory. The center also houses the Beth Israel Learning Center, the Harvard Medical School-Beth Israel Hospital Clinical Education Center, the Be-Well! Fitness Center, a board or conference room, a medical records office, a pharmacy, and two cafes. A five-level, 340,500-gsf, below-grade parking garage accommodates 750 cars.
Each of the building's four upper floors is organized into three zones. The first zone includes circulation and public waiting areas. The second contains four exam-room clusters, and the third, or middle, zone is devoted to support spaces.
The building exterior employs a combination of brick (buff, brown, and glazed) and glass (clear, translucent, ribbed, and glass-block panels). The building structure features a sub-grade slurry wall, poured-in-place concrete, and a top-down construction structural steel frame with composite deck and seismic reinforcing that will accommodate nine additional floors.
The new structure integrates preserved portions of the existing MCA building through the use of materials, massing, and space. For example, the three street frontages incorporate materials, colors, textures, and scaling devices that relate to the brickwork, detail, ornament, and massing of the semi-Art Deco, semi-Depression Gothic MCA building. A five-story atrium linked to the original structure further unites past and present while gracing interior spaces with natural light.
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Beth Israel HealthCare | ||||||||
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| Owner Contact: | Christine Ward, Marketing Coordinator, Rothman Partners, Inc. | |||||||||
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| Building Location: | Boston, MA UNITED STATES | |||||||||
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| Project Type: | New Construction | |||||||||
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| Principal Building Function: | Ambulatory healthcare | |||||||||
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| Project Delivery Method: | General Contractor | |||||||||
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| Project Cost: | $170,000,000 | |||||||||
| Construction Cost: | $100,800,000 | |||||||||
| Cost Per Sq. Ft: | $146 | |||||||||
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Conference Room Education Fitness Center Healthcare: Ambulatory Outpatient Clinic Healthcare: Surgery Laboratory Office Parking Structure |
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| Total GSF: | 690,500 | |||||||||
| Total NSF: | 350,000 | |||||||||
| Efficiency: | 51% | |||||||||
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| Building Population: | 2543 | |||||||||
| People Density: | 338 gsf/person | |||||||||
| Building Services: | Compressed air, medical air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, vacuum | |||||||||
| Special Equip: | OR medical gas/equipment columns, blood analyzers (for hematology), computerized tomography (CT) x-ray system, CT with lasers, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment, radiographic x-ray system, ultrasound equipment, mammography equipment, cart washers, hydrotherapy pool, equipment sterilizers | |||||||||
| Office Size: | 10' x 10' NSF | |||||||||
| Power Req: | 6 W/sf (not including the third-floor operating room suite) HVAC/plumbing: 3 W/sf Equipment: 1.5 W/sf Lighting: 1.5 W/sf | |||||||||
| HVAC Req: | 1.1 cfm/nsf | |||||||||
| Structure/Foundation: | Braced structural steel on below-grade concrete parking structure. Interior columns supported on load-bearing elements; concrete slurry exterior foundation walls | |||||||||
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| Casework Mat'l: | Steamed beech veneer with cast terrazzo transaction tops. Plastic laminate with solid polymer and plastic laminate countertops | |||||||||
| Biosafety Cabinets: | Four class II, type B3 cabinets | |||||||||
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| Architect | Rothman Partners Inc | |||||||||
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| Builder | Macomber Construction Co. | |||||||||
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| Builder | Beacon Construction | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Architect | Chan Krieger & Associates, Inc. | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Architect | Solomon + Bauer Architects, Inc. | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Civil Engineering | Vanasse Hagen Brustlin Inc. | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Electrical Engineer | TMP Consulting Engineers Inc | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Fire Protection | Robert W. Sullivan, Inc. | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Geotechnical | Haley & Aldrich | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Interiors | Lloy Hack Associates, Inc. | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Landscape Architect | Child Associates, Inc. | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Plumbing | Robert W. Sullivan, Inc. | |||||||||
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| Consultant - Structural Engineer | LeMessurier Consultants Inc. | |||||||||
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| Site Development | Kiewit Company | |||||||||
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| Supplier - Biosafety Cabinets | The Baker Company | |||||||||
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| Supplier - HVAC | Buffalo Air Handling Division | |||||||||
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| Profile Created 01/01/1997 | ||||||||||
| Last Updated 04/04/2006 | ||||||||||
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Exterior
A five-story atrium links the Carl J. Shapiro Clinical Center to the original MCA structure, uniting past and present and gracing interior space?the family lounge?with natural light.
Interior
The new Carl J. Shapiro Clinical Center, located on the site of the historic Massachusetts College of Art (MCA), integrates portions of the existing MCA building through the use of materials, massing, and space.
