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SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — Suffolk Construction has completed the first phase of its Baystate Medical Center expansion and facility-replacement project in Springfield. The $296 million new, clinical facility houses a heart and vascular center as well as critical-care and inpatient rooms. Designed by Steffian Bradley Architects, the building totals 641,000 square feet. The construction is part of a 15-year master plan for the hospital — the largest medical facility in Western Massachusetts. Suffolk has started work on the second phase, a new emergency department, which will triple the size of Baystate's existing emergency room.