Pro Con Inc. nears completion of window/masonry work at Lowell General Hospital

The window installation and masonry work are nearly complete at Lowell General Hospital's new 30,000 s/f medical office building complex at 14 Research Place. The initial conceptual design was provided by Doonan Architects and Pro Con Inc. is the architect of record and construction manager for the new design build facility. The building is significantly expanding the hospital's suburban campus. Merrimack Valley Cardiology and Orthopaedic Surgical Associates of Lowell, which currently use the diagnostic and surgical services at the Lowell General Chelmsford campus, are planning to move into the medical building when it is completed this spring. The medical office building will have a 2-story, 347 car parking garage and deck to accommodate medical and physician practice space. The new building is being built between two existing facilities in use by the hospital at 10 and 20 Research Place. The initial base coat paving and sidewalk placement has been completed and a portion of the top level of the parking deck was turned over to the hospital; enabling 55 parking spaces to be utilized for medical staff parking in advance of the building being completed. The campus was designed with many landscape and aesthetic features using the services of Kim Ahern, with engineering services of Watermark Environmental. Funding has been provided by Enterprise Bank and Lowell Five. 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. Pro Con Inc 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."