Beth Israel Deaconess Med Center Renovation

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, has begun a $163 million renovation and expansion of the hospitals that merged in 1996. The four-year project has begun with the renovation of 60 post partum rooms to accommodate private showers, VCRs, a sleep chair and refrigerator, all of which is scheduled for completion by the end of summer 2000. Renovations to the Farr building's Farr 4 cardiac cath lab is anticipated by March 2001. The Berenson Emergency Unit, designed by Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott of Boston, will be expanded by 16,000 sf for a total of 23,000 sf. Completion is scheduled for July 2001. Additional construction includes renovation of rooms for women's health services and cancer treatment, and consolidation of cardiac care at the revamped Farr Building.