27 Drydock Avenue
Update
03/29/18
A Look Inside Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harbor Campus
Located in South Boston the new facility was designed by MDS with Suffolk Construction as the general contractor.
The Lurie Family Imaging Center, an animal research facility in which imaging is performed by specialist imaging scientists and technicians, rather than the investigators themselves. A remote location is feasible, and indeed preferable, to limit the number of visitors entering the barrier facility
A research lab developing and testing methods that can later be applied in main campus translational research labs. A Chemistry Core investigating promising therapeutic compounds that are not deemed commercially profitable by biotechnology companies.
The Medical Records, coding, and transcription functions of the Health Information Systems department linked electronically to the main campus clinical treatment departments. Materials Management receiving, storage, and order-picking functions, with nightly just-in-time shuttles to the main campus. Relocation of bulk receiving and storage freed up valuable main campus space for clinical use and reduced truck traffic in the congested Longwood Medical Area
Cryogenic Storage Core Facility including liquid nitrogen storage containers, -20 and -80 freezers.
The project was completed using Touchplan, a construction software that allows developers to plan, implement, and monitor projects in their entirety. The innovative software gives developers the ability to see the full spectrum of their project down to every last detail. Touchplan has let developers keep their projects on or ahead of time leading to lower costs and more efficient construction.
