Pro Con Inc completes parking deck foundation at Lowell General Hospital's medical office building

The foundation is complete for Lowell General Hospital's new 35,000 s/f parking deck which is part of the hospital's new medical office building complex at 14 Research Place. Pro Con, Inc is the architect and construction manager for the new design build facility that will expand the hospital's suburban campus. Initial conceptual design was provided by Doonan Architects. The 30,000 s/f medical office b uilding will have a 347 car parking deck to accommodate medical and physician practice space. The building, to be placed between two existing facilities in use by the hospital at 10 and 20 Research Place, has tenants preparing to take occupancy in spring of 2012 when the facility is complete, including Merrimack Valley Cardiology and Orthopaedic Surgical Associates of Lowell, two practices who currently use the diagnostic and surgical services at the current Lowell General Chelmsford campus. The hospital's $10 million expansion will bring an extensive array of new quality, leading edge outpatient services to the community and beyond; improve access to medical care and physician practices; making Lowell General Chelmsford one of the premiere outpatient facilities in the Merrimack Valley. Pro Con began site work for the new building and parking deck in May and steel was expected to arrive in August. The campus is being designed with many landscape and aesthetic considerations using the services of Kim Ahern, with engineering services of Watermark Environmental. Funding has been provided by Enterprise Bank and Lowell Five. Pro Con is a full service architecture and construction management firm specializing in commercial, hospitality, institutional, industrial and multi-family residential projects. The company is recognized as an industry leader and is known for their single source design-build delivery system, "The Diamond Solution".