SUFFOLK BREAKS GROUND ON $280M RESEARCH FACILITY IN BOSTON

BOSTON — Suffolk Construction has celebrated the groundbreaking of the Brigham Building for the Future project, a $280 million research lab and clinical facility in Boston. Located on the Brigham and Women’s Hospital campus, the 620,000-square-foot, 11-story building will include a 460-car parking garage, lab and outpatient clinical space, imaging facilities and a conference center. A pedestrian bridge will be constructed to connect the Brigham Building for the Future to the existing Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, which was also built by Suffolk. Designed to achieve LEED Gold certification, the building will feature a roof garden to reduce storm water runoff; a system that cleans and reuses storm water for mechanical equipment; and a co-generation plant to supply the building with electricity, steam and hot water. Suffolk is partnering with architecture firm NBBJ. Construction is slated for completion in fall 2016.