Client/Architect: Lothrop Associates
Owner: United States Department of Veteran Affairs
Completion: 2017
Services Provided: Cost Management, Cost Estimating
VA St. Albans Community Living Center
Queens, NY
Ellana provided cost estimating services (30% Submission, 60% Submission, and 90% Submission) for the renovation of a 9,950 SF Patient Ward C1 and a Dayroom addition at the St. Albans Community Living Center.
The scope covered asbestos abatement, removalsand protection of existing spaces. New construction included interior finishes for patient / recovery rooms and nurse stations plus the addition of a new Dayroom. The interior fit-out included Nutrition, single and double patient rooms, and supporting staff spaces. The electrical scope included new lighting and associated controls, new normal power as required by the program, new fire alarm and devices, new nurse call system, and re-programming, and empty conduit for new Tele/Data and security systems. The mechanical and plumbing scopes included new mechanical equipment and distribution, and plumbing fixtures at new toilet rooms, new medical gas piping, and new fire protection to accommodate new architectural layout of rooms and ceilings.