About a year and a half after a catastrophic fire shuttered Brockton Hospital, the majority of the five-level building's nearly $90-million renovation project is complete. To reach this point, the hospital's longtime construction contractor plunged forward amid post-fire uncertainties, bringing one function back to life after another, hellbent on restoring hospital care to the community.
“Everybody was dedicated to the process and helping the hospital and the community,” says John Ballas, an executive project manager/vice president at Auburn Construction Co. Inc., the construction manager on the project. “It was great to be part of and a really impressive thing to witness.”