S/L/A/M Construction Services Wins Award from ABC Connecticut Chapter

GLASTONBURY, Conn. (November 7, 2014) — S/L/A/M Construction Services (SLAM CS) was recently honored with a first place Excellence in Construction award in the renovation category, from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Connecticut, for its work on the Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center renovation project, located in Hartford, Connecticut. SLAM CS accepted the award at the ABC Annual Dinner and Excellence in Construction Award Ceremony.

 Funding requirements and an immediate need to occupy the building, greatly influenced the approach and phasing for this complex project. From day one through construction completion, the second floor remained fully occupied by Saint Francis, which required a plan to manage the extensive demolition and reconstruction of the floors above and below the space. The team also had to develop a process to decommission the existing building’s Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing (MEP) systems, while maintaining the building operations of the occupied spaces.

Phase 1 began in December 2012 with the systematic gut and renovation of the entire MEP infrastructure, bathroom cores, elevator, roofing and interior spaces of the building. This also included the installation of temporary utilities, MEP systems and sewer ejector pumps with temporary plumbing to maintain operations of a bathroom core. Saint Francis occupied each floor as it was completed, which required a temporary Certificate of Occupancy per floor. In preparation for the eventual inclusion of the Data Center on the first floor, the team included upgrades to the infrastructure and MEP systems needed to support the future Data Center load; a key planning strategy to avoid any reconstruction and building disruptions needed to construct the future Data Center.

Phase 2 began in November 2015, after 10 months of planning and design of the Data Center spaces. The tier III requirements included multiple redundant utility feeds, communications, cooling systems and standby power. Continuous power was provided by duel Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS) feeding the Data Center load until the three 750 kw generators were on line.

 For more information on all winning projects, please visit ctabc.org.