Stamford Hospital's project team had nearly finished design and preconstruction work on a new three-story facility to house emergency, surgery and acute care services when the client added a request: Add a seven-story tower that the master plan did not specify for another decade.
It was not the first twist—but may be the most momentous—in an ambitious effort to reshape, modernize and expand Stamford Hospital through a $450-million project that broke ground last year and is set for completion in spring 2016.