BOND Celebrates Groundbreaking of Lawrence General Hospital's New Surgical Building

(l-r) Dr. Eduardo Haddad, president of Lawrence General Hospital medical staff; LGH Director of Surgical Services David Spofford; Matthew Caffrey, chairman of LGH Board of Trustees; State Sen. Barbara L'Italien; State Rep. Diana DiZoglio; State Rep. Frank Moran; LGH President and CEO Dianne Anderson; Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito; Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera; Chairman Emeritus of LGH Board of Trustees Richard Santagati; and LGH Trustee Ronald Pollina.

BOND, a 108-year-old construction management and general contracting firm and AGC of Connecticut and AGC of Massachusetts member, recently celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for Lawrence General Hospital’s (LGH) new, 42,250 sq-ft surgical building as part of a $72 million effort to improve healthcare delivery and expand the reach of the hospital and its services. BOND is providing preconstruction and construction management services for the effort.

The new surgical building represents the single largest capital investment in Lawrence General Hospital’s history. Working in close collaboration with LGH representatives and the design firm MorrisSwitzer ~ Environments for Health, BOND will build the new facility to house replacements for the current 50-year-old operating rooms, an interventional radiology room, a surgical day care, post anesthesia care unit and pre-admission testing space. The renovations of $17 million in inpatient unit and room renovations in the existing hospital are currently underway.

(l-r) BOND CEO Ed Bond, Jr.; Lawrence General Hospital President and CEO Dianne Anderson; BOND Chief Operating Officer Frank Hayes; BOND Senior Project Manager Michael McGarty; BOND Project Engineer Tina Colombo; BOND Project Manager Stacey Rivera; BOND Senior Vice President David Shrestinian; and BOND Project Engineer Steve Walsh.

The groundbreaking for the surgical building comes after the dismantling and demolition of the Lamprey Annex and School of Nursing buildings. BOND managed the demolition and enabling efforts related to this first phase of the project, carefully rerouting campus infrastructure to ensure critical hospital operations were maintained throughout.

"BOND is excited to be involved with Lawrence General Hospital’s vital expansion," said BOND President Robert Murray. "This state-of-the-art facility is sure to enhance a standard of care for the Merrimack Valley community, and we are proud to be a part of it."

Since 1907, BOND has been involved in some of the region’s most complex vertical and horizontal construction projects. With two distinct groups, operating as construction managers for academic and healthcare clients, and self-performing general contractors for the power and energy industry, BOND is well-known for delivering reliable, safe, and high quality work. For more information, please visit www.bondbrothers.com.