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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: August 16, 2012
Wise Construction completes 3 medical projects in Mass. and N.H.
Wise Construction has transformed interior space previously used for surgical recovery into a new sleep laboratory at Memorial Hospital. Construction on the new Sleep Center required noise mitigation and subcontractor coordination to ensure there was no disruption of patient care in the adjacent Respiratory Unit. SBA designed the new center.
Wise Const. also completed the Hamarah Laboratory at Schepen's Eye Research Institute in Boston. The 2,000 s/f project included renovation of wet and tissue culture laboratories and two black rooms for use with a multiphoton microscope laser. The lab was designed by Hecht Associates.
Wise also converted office space at the Broad Institute in Cambridge into a micro fabrication laboratory. Work involved installation of fume hoods and mechanical upgrades. The architect was Elkus Manfredi.
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