Skanska starts construction at $44M CT hospital facility.Skanska USA Building Inc. has started construction on Danbury Hospital's new Outpatient Diagnostic Building in Danbury, Connecticut. The total project is valued at $44 million. Skanska is providing construction management services for this new 60,000 s/f, three-story building as well as a new 366-space parking garage. The Outpatient Diagnostic Building will include an endoscopy endoscopy Examination of the body's interior through an instrument inserted into a natural opening or an incision, usually as an outpatient procedure. Endoscopes include the upper gastrointestinal endoscope (for the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum), the colonoscope (for the suite, a medical imaging department with mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her , ultrasound, MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. , CT and CT/PET capabilities, cardiology testing, outpatient laboratory, gastroenterology, surgical, and cardiology/vascular/thoracic exam rooms, as well as associated conference areas, offices and support spaces. The project also includes a 30,000square-foot space in an adjacent parking garage with dialysis, nephrology nephrology Branch of medicine dealing with kidney function and diseases. An understanding of kidney physiology is important not only in treating kidney disease but in knowing the effect of drugs, diet, and hypertension on kidney disease, and vice versa. , office and support spaces. The architect for the project is Flad & Associates, Stamford, CT. The facility is scheduled for completion in October 2007. |
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