What does it take to reach 100? As part of our 100th anniversary celebration, we’re posting a piece of Berglund’s history on our blog each day for 100 days. Check in each day to learn new tidbits about our company, win prizes based on your Berglund knowledge, and, most of all, to help us celebrate.
Spotlight on Berglund’s Work: Construction
Center for Advanced Clinical Studies, The Methodist Hospitals
The future has come to northwest Indiana – and it lives at the Center for Advanced Clinical Studies at The Methodist Hospitals. The 96,000-square-foot center houses a Gamma Knife®, the first of its kind in the region. The medical device is used to treat brain tumors, malformed blood vessels, nerve problems and other conditions typically treated with surgery, offering an alternative that’s faster and less painful and requires less recovery time.
The hospital hired Berglund to build the $30 million center, a project that demanded rigorous safety measures because of the proximity to radiation-producing equipment. Berglund spent 15 months constructing the center, which features mechanical systems and independent offices in the basement and the Gamma Knife, linear accelerators and an in-depth X-ray machine surrounded by lead-lined walls on the first floor. The completed facility snagged an award in 2003 for Project of the Year from the Northwest Indiana Construction Advancement Foundation.
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