Wise Construction completes work on new 20,000 s/f for Mass. General Hospital Institute of Health Professions

Construction manager Wise Corp. joined officials of the MGH Institute of Health Professions (IHP) to celebrate the opening of a new 20,000 s/f addition at the Institute's facility in the Navy Yard. The addition houses new and expanded physical therapy laboratories, a 104-seat active learning classroom with advanced technology, an open design cafeteria with floor to ceiling glass windows overlooking Boston Harbor and the USS Constitution, and a collaborative learning classroom that enables students to gather around seated stations to work together on real or simulated case studies. Each station is equipped with a 42-inch video monitor that facilitates information sharing with the group or entire class. The physical therapy labs have six digital cameras so students can review their work. This interactive approach to education helps prepare students to function as members of interprofessional teams in the clinical setting. The MGH IHP is an innovative interprofessional graduate school that prepares skilled healthcare specialists in communication sciences and disorders, medical imaging, physical therapy, and nursing. "We are pleased to be the construction manager for such a pivotal project for the Institute," said John Wise, president of Wise.