Fairhaven, MA
Southcoast Center for Cancer Care
Scope/Solutions
The 50,000 sq ft facility for the Southcoast Hospital oncology system provides radiation therapy, diagnostic imaging, and other oncology services to the community and offers CT scanning equipment, a brachytherapy suite, two linear accelerators, and one mobile PET trailer dock. SGH was the structural engineer for the project.
SGH designed the structure for the two-story building with a setback mechanical penthouse on the roof that occupies the third level. Highlights of our work on the project include the following:
- Designed cast-in-place concrete walls and roof framing that isolate radiation from two linear accelerators
- Designed steel moment frames around the perimeter of the building to provide flexibility in floor plan layout for future interior remodeling
- Designed a long-span steel structure to create a canopy over the drop-off area
- Facilitated fast-track construction with early foundation and structural design packages
- Designed the roof structure to support green roofs over the two linear accelerator suites
- Developed a three-dimensional building information model (BIM) in Revit to coordinate with architecture, civil, and MEP designs
Project Summary
Solutions
New Construction
Services
Structures
Markets
Health Care & Life Sciences
Client(s)
TRO Jung|Brannen
Specialized Capabilities
Building Design
Key team members
![John Thomsen](https://www.sgh.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/E_210913_John_medium-1024x971.jpg)
Additional Projects
Northeast
Maine Medical Center, Malone Family Tower Excavation
As part of Maine Medical Center’s phased plan to expand and modernize the facility, they repurposed the site of a parking structure to construct a new six-story medical building. SGH provided geotechnical and structural engineering services to design a permanent support of excavation system (SOE).
Northeast
Maine Medical Center, Bean 2 Addition
With a vertical addition to the second level of the L.L. Bean Building, MMC gained space within their existing hospital footprint. SGH designed the addition’s structure and consulted on the building enclosure.