Mass General Hospital

Boston, MA

November 2022 – February 2023

$3.75 M

Mass General Hospital

NorthStar was awarded the contract for the structural demolition and asbestos abatement of three separate buildings on the MGH campus. Ruth Sleeper Hall (3 story/24,000sf), 25 North Anderson (5 story/6900sf) and West End House (3 story 17,400sf) were located in the heart of the MGH Hospital campus in Boston, MA.

Massachusetts General Hospital has embarked on a multi-year construction project that will result in a magnificent state-of-the-art clinical care building along Cambridge Street. This facility will both strengthen the hospital’s ability to provide exceptional care as well as energize and enliven this vital nexus of Boston’s West End and Beacon Hill communities.

The clinical care facility that will rise in the years ahead will become home to the Mass General Cancer Center and the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center. It will include 482 single-bed inpatient rooms located in the two towers. These new rooms will enable Mass General to decommission outmoded space in older hospital facilities and convert double inpatient rooms in into single-patient rooms.

Project Scope: Complete interior demolition, removal and disposal of the following asbestos containing materials: 48,000 sf of ACM flooring, 1,500lf of pipe, 15,000sf of roofing, 66,000sf of walls/ceiling materials and 250 doors/windows was completed prior to the structural demolition of the 3 buildings. Structural Demolition was completed utilizing Hi-Reach demolition equipment. Ruth Sleeper Hall and West End House structural demolitions were completed on multiple weekends due to their proximity (within 8 feet) of active sidewalks with pedestrian traffic and active roadways with vehicular traffic.   Total Man-hours were in excess of 18,000 man-hours without any OSHA recordable incidents. Over 250 tons of construction and concrete demolition debris with over 83% of the C&D recycled and over 5,500 tons of concrete and metal was recycled.