Description:

Danbury Hospital is the area's largest employer with close to 3,000 employees.  It is comprised of numerous buildings, forming a complex campus-type environment with over 450 beds.  The oldest building was built approximately 100 years ago.  The majority of the building exteriors are face brick and the roofs low pitched, except for the Tower building which is clad with metal panels and has precast concrete terraces.

Danbury Hospital originally contacted structural engineer, John Smolen, to perform a structural study of the exterior walls and roofs of the older buildings.  John, knowing our reputation and quality of expertise in this field, then contacted Martin A. Benassi, AIA - Architect to analyze the architectural issues.  Martin A. Benassi, AIA - Architect surveyed the 14+ buildings with 60 individual roofs (172,330 SF - almost 4 acres) as well as nearly two miles of exterior elevations with heights varying from 4 to 13 stories.  As a result, the hospital was provided with recommendations, a maintenance time line, and related cost estimates to facilitate their fiscal and maintenance planning needs.