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The South Florida Business Unit of DPR Construction has completed the exterior, including the roof and weatherproofing, of the new 25,000-square-foot Holy Cross Health Free-Standing Emergency Department (FSED) in Deerfield Beach, located at 340 S Federal Highway. Interior construction work began on August 11.
Holy Cross leased the former Orchard Supply Hardware location with plans to complete cosmetic upgrades. According to Bala Purushothaman, DPR’s project manager, a number of structural issues in the existing building were discovered in the early stages of renovation, resulting in a complete demolition of the building except for a few steel columns and beams.
“As we started demolishing the interiors of the existing building, we discovered tie beam issues, no rebar in the exterior walls and other issues that forced us to demolish the entire building except for a few steel beams,” he explained. “But we are tracking great per our current schedule and are on schedule for the planned opening in the spring of next year.”…