Community Health Centers
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
DAI is currently working with Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center on this fast-paced fit-out project consisting of 5,200 square feet. The expansion will allow for the creation of nine exam rooms, physician offices, nurse stations, consult offices, staff lounge, a waiting room and reception area. This one story project has an accelerated schedule with ten total weeks of design from schematic design to construction documents. This project is an example of a family medical home model, with behavioral health professionals intermixed with medical professionals.
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Dimock Medical Home Renovation
DiGiorgio Associates Inc. is currently working with The Dimock Center on the renovation of approximately three stories (15,000 square feet) of their existing Community Health Center (CHC). This project is funded by a HRSA Grant. The Dimock Center serves as a nationally recognized model for providing comprehensive health and human services in an urban community. It provides Boston residents with convenient access to quality health care that may otherwise be unavailable for the surrounding communities. This project entails renovating space for a 16 exam room…
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Manet Community Health Center
DiGiorgio Associates Inc. (DAI) is working with Manet Community Health Center’s (MCHC) North Quincy location to renovate and enhance the model of care with input from management, clinical staff, the Board of Directors and its patients. Project goals were to enhance the patient experience, alleviate scheduling stress, address facility related issues, ensure patient satisfaction, improve operational functions and overcome existing barriers. All design decisions – from how the patient enters the building, to circulation and wayfinding, to the color palette – focused on enhancing the…
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Community Health Connections
Community Health Connections (CHC) applied for and was awarded a grant for a major addition/renovation to an existing professional office building located on the HealthAlliance Burbank Campus adjacent to their current location. This project consists of the renovation of 20,000 square feet within the professional office building and 60,500 square feet of new construction. The new 80,500 square foot facility will offer providers approximately twice the amount of space that they currently have to comfortably serve the patients and provide room for growth. This patient…
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Community Health Programs
Community Health Programs (CHP) currently serves more than 24,000 patients annually for the area of “South County” Massachusetts, which encompasses 16 towns. The CHP Health Center is a comprehensive medical practice. It is a Federally Qualified Health Center, and is the only primary care provider in Berkshire County that is accessible to all people regardless of insurance status, immigrant status, or ability to pay. They provide preventive, acute and ongoing medical care for infants, children, adults and elders. DAI was engaged by CHP for this…
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Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
The goal of BNHC was to consolidate all operations into one center and this 58,000 square foot building fits their needs for space and improved efficiency of care. A modular layout of Universal Exam Rooms creates flexibility to allow for a single second floor use of Adult Primary and Urgent Care, while also allowing multiple users, Women’s Services and Pediatrics, on the third floor. Extensive glazing along the landscape buffer brings daylight into the center of each floor. A small section of parking is located…
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South Boston Community Health Center
South Boston Community Health Center (SBCHC) is a full-service health care facility offering a wide range of services to its patients including Family Medicine, Women’s Health Services, Behavioral Medicine, Diagnostic Services and Diabetes Education. As a community health center, SBCHC is eligible for the 340b Outpatient Drug Discount Program. In order to enhance its services to the community, SBCHC decided to undertake a redesign of its existing facility to accommodate a Pharmacy. The Pharmacy occupies approximately 800 square feet on the first floor of the…
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Bucksport Regional Health Center
Bucksport Regional Health Center (BRHC) selected DAI to provide Architectural and Engineering Design and Construction Administration Services for a 7,500 square foot addition to the existing 19,000 square foot wood frame health center in Bucksport, Maine. The new addition will address the pressing need to provide Behavioral Health Counseling and Chronic Care Counseling to the center’s patient population. BRHC’s current facility includes clinical and administrative space to serve its 12,900 users with comprehensive medical and dental primary care services. The new addition will consist of 3,500…
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