High-Profile: Special Report: COVID-19
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May 2020
DCAMM Opens Quarantine Space Teams with SLAM and Gilbane
Aerial view of the Newton Pavilion campus for homeless patients during COVID-19 pandemic / Photo by Google Imagery
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Boston – The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Boston Studio (SLAM) and Gilbane Building Company, in partnership with the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, and the Department of Public Health, led the technical planning, design and construction of a temporary quarantine shelter in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The facility has a maximum capacity of up to 304 non-acute beds for Bostonarea homeless at the former Newton Pavilion previously managed by Boston Medical Center at 88 E. Newton Street. BMC will manage operations for the temporary facility and patient care will be administered by its clinical staff. The total re-occupied project area makes up approximately 166,500sf spanning eight floors, and the overall project scope includes the reactivation/upgrade to building systems including life safety, HVAC, fire protection, plumbing, medical gasses, electrical and architectural upgrades. The Newton Pavilion has been a
shuttered hospital facility since October 2018. SLAM and Gilbane were contracted by the current building owner, DCAMM, to assist them in assessing the building and devising an occupancy plan to convert the space for homeless patients who are not in need of acute hospitalization, yet test positive for the coronavirus, but are a-symptomatic or showing mild symptoms with orders to quarantine at home. The coordination and focused effort to ready the Newton Pavilion for occupancy on April 9 required full-day meetings over a 28-day period held between DCAMM, BMC, Gilbane, and the SLAM design team, led by senior associate Loren Belida, AIA and Jim Dabrowski, Gilbane’s senior project executive. Following the Army Corps of Engineers review and swift approval of the occupancy plan demonstrating SLAM’s technical expertise and in-depth work in healthcare programming and planning, Gilbane was able to rapidly mobilize on-site and deliver the facility ahead of schedule.
Stebbins Family Partners with United Way Manchester, NH – When the COVID-19 pandemic began sweeping through New Hampshire, Mark and Sally Stebbins, owners of PROCON, called Patrick Tufts, president and CEO of Granite United Way, and said, “What can we do to help?” Tufts had already been hearing about the immediate needs New Hampshire residents were facing. Granite United Way’s initiative 211 NH was identified by the governor as the resource information line for COVID-19 in early March. Since that announcement, the specialists at 211 NH have taken more than 24,000 calls. “We knew there was an immediate need just from the volume of calls coming in,” said Tufts. “Granite United Way has some great partners in our community.
Mark and Sally Stebbins stepped right up and asked how they could help. Their commitment to improving lives across our community is inspirational.” Granite United Way had created a COVID-19 Relief Fund, and the Stebbins family offered a $100,000 Challenge Match, offering to match dollar for dollar until April 20. The Stebbins Family Challenge Match incentivizes donors to help bring more than half a million dollars in support to the community.
