This is the second project Onslow Memorial Hospital has awarded Balfour Beatty Construction within the past six months. Onslow Memorial Hospital also engaged the company to provide preconstruction services for proposed renovations to its emergency department and surgery pavilion.
The centre will offer advanced hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients whose wounds are resistant to traditional forms of treatment.
Balfour Beatty Construction will carry out selective demolition and new construction work to convert part of an 11,321-square-foot, single-storey medical office building into the state-of-the-art centre. The 3,750-square-foot Wound Care Center will include two new hyperbaric chambers and is being constructed to accommodate the addition of two additional chambers.
A hyperbaric chamber allows patients to receive treatment in an oxygen-rich environment, which reduces pain and expedites the healing process for exterior wounds resulting from burns, diabetes, circulatory problems and other serious medical conditions.
The scope of work includes a 60kW emergency generator, an air handling unit, bulk oxygen tank and medical gas storage area. Balfour Beatty Construction will also retrofit the entire building’s fire protection systems.
“With this addition, Onslow Memorial Hospital patients will have access to first-rate wound healing treatment conveniently located within their community,” said Mike Baumbach, senior vice president and healthcare business unit leader for Balfour Beatty Construction. “This will be a center of excellence for specialised wound care and hyperbaric medicine in Eastern North Carolina.”
The design team is led by Charlotte-based architecture firm, Wilkerson Associates. Construction of the fast-track project began in January and is expected to complete in late March.
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