Consigli Construction Co., Inc. broke ground on March 28 for a new 115,000 s/f addition, including lower level parking for 52, at Milford Regional Medical Center (MRMC). The two-story facility will include an emergency department, intensive care unit and private patient rooms. Consigli was selected as construction manager to build the hospital's major $54 million facility, which will accommodate 70,000 visits annually. The project will more than double the size of the current emergency department and include expanded diagnostic imaging space. On the upper level, the ICU will include 16 new expanded patient rooms to accommodate the latest technology. A 24-bed telemetry unit will offer private rooms for patients and families with family sleeping space, private bathrooms, televisions and kitchen accommodations. The new addition includes reconfiguring the Medical Center so that eventually every room will be private. "This is a transformational project that will result in a new, more modern, more efficient, more comfortable, and better healthcare facility," said Francis Saba, CEO of MRMC. "We are very happy and grateful to have Consigli on this project, building to their high standards and those of the hospital," said Vascen Bogigian, MRMC board trustee and building committee chairman. The project is slated for fall 2015 completion. Architect is TRO Jung/Brannen and owner's project manager is Murphy McManus. Shown (from left) are: Peter McManus, principal, Murphy McManus; senator Richard Moore; Vascen Bogigian, MRMC board trustee and building committee chairman; Edward Kelly, MRMC president; Francis Saba, MRMC CEO; John Burns, MRMC board trustee chair; Tina Robakiewicz, MD, MRMC medical staff president; representative John Fernandes; Stacey Yeragotelis, associate principal, TRO Jung/Brannen; and Anthony Consigli, president, Consigli Construction Co., Inc.