Dimeo Construction

June 28, 2007

Dimeo Construction Company Completes The Victor and Gussie Baxt Building at The Miriam Hospital

Providence, RI - Dimeo recently completed The Victor and Gussie Baxt Building at The Miriam Hospital. The three-story facility plus mechanical penthouse, designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, encompass 169,000 sf of new space and include 36 new private patient rooms, 10 new operating rooms, new PACU unit (25 beds), a diagnostic imaging and conference center, a new cafeteria and an expanded gift shop.

Construction activities took place directly outside of the active OR suite on a tight site with a restricted laydown area in the Summit residential neighborhood of the city. Construction activities were restricted to certain hours so as not to disturb the adjacent neighbors and the site was completely fenced and barricaded to avoid any unauthorized access. Dimeo worked with the Hospital's Community Liaison, providing construction updates for the Hospital newsletter, and attended quarterly community meetings to keep the community informed of any activities that may affect them. Dimeo also erected a community bulletin board to keep neighbors/visitors updated on various activities.

The core Dimeo team consisted of Project Executive Kosta Bitsis, Project Manager James Bendokas, Superintendents Jonathan Vaslet, Kurt Bonn, and David Croce, Mechanical Electrical & Plumbing Superintendent Richard DeSimone, Assistant Project Manager Seth LaPlante, Project Engineer Milton Hathaway and Project Administrative Assistant Pam Paradis.

Dimeo Construction Company is a New England-based firm with offices in Providence, RI, New Haven, CT, and Boston, MA. Founded in 1930, Dimeo has provided over 75 years of construction management, general contracting, and design/build services to a broad range of clients including educational, healthcare, R&D, corporate, retail, and manufacturing industries. Additional information about Dimeo can be found at www.dimeo.com.