{"id":8716,"date":"2024-03-21T18:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slamcoll.wpenginepowered.com\/?post_type=sub151_project&p=8716"},"modified":"2024-07-01T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:20:13","slug":"middlesex-hospital-shoreline-medical-center","status":"publish","type":"sub151_project","link":"https:\/\/slamcoll.com\/portfolio\/middlesex-hospital-shoreline-medical-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Middlesex Hospital – Shoreline Medical Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Having outgrown its previous location in Essex,\u00a0a new center was necessary to address projected growth and new technologies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The new center in Westbrook addresses not only projected growth and new technologies, it establishes a new environment that can fully support patient care goals.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Situated immediately along a major interstate, the center benefits from much greater visibility, convenience and a unique branding opportunity. The building footprint is shaped to maximize its exposure and rationalize the site geometry to establish clear public and service areas. Separate Outpatient and ED entries are supported by dedicated vehicular access and parking; a bus stop connects the facility to a regional transit system. Handicapped parking is placed directly adjacent to the building entries to shorten travel distances, accompanied by generous canopies that enable the elderly and infirmed to access the building under cover. Unique entry gardens provide a pleasant experience and memorable wayfinding both outdoors and indoors.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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First floor patient intake is designed to personalize the experience and features unique Outpatient \/ ED lobbies with garden-side waiting, separate storefronts divided into sub-departments, a small caf\u00e9 and art gallery. The staff experience is centered on full integration between departments and shared resources facilitated by a connecting corridor that runs the entire length of the facility.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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SLAM, working in partnership with Middlesex Hospital and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, dispensed with a traditional project approach and pursued an \u201cIPD-lite\u201d methodology that allowed for a more cost-effective delivery of the new center. ‘IPD-lite\u2019 is a non-contractual project delivery method that features open-book collaborative decision-making and an early partnership with project subcontractors.Decisions involve input from all stakeholders early in design to understand and refine project goals, which are actively and accurately tested against budget. Subcontractors are engaged to bring their latest expertise and techniques to bear on the actual design and documentation, resulting in a construction-ready project in step with the budget. Along with a cost savings benefit, the cross-disciplinary interaction creates a greater overall level of project awareness and interest among stakeholders, resulting in a better product and refreshing team spirit.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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