{"id":10932,"date":"2023-09-01T11:14:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2023-09-01T11:14:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:14:44","slug":"groundbreaking-celebrated-for-new-secure-psychiatric-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcconstruction.com\/news\/groundbreaking-celebrated-for-new-secure-psychiatric-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking Celebrated for New Secure Psychiatric Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PeopleShovels are officially in the ground, marking the start of New Hampshire\u2019s long-awaited secure psychiatric unit forensic hospital. The $41.9 million project will bring the new 24-bed secure hospital adjacent to the New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, providing a facility to treat mental illness in forensic patients, including those who are civilly committed.<\/p>\n

The 41,000-square-foot facility will provide a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment for patients. Constructed with separate wings for male and female residents, the hospital will include treatment spaces such as a medical treatment suite, recreational therapy areas, a vocational kitchen, group meeting rooms, a library\/chapel, seclusion rooms, dining space and visitation rooms. Exterior yards will provide space for patient exercise and exposure to the outdoors.<\/p>\n

Construction is underway with completion scheduled for the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n

Check out the WMUR Channel 9 coverage!<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: Mike Leonard, Vice President of PC Construction; Ellen Lapointe, CEO of New Hampshire Hospital; Governor Chris Sununu; Commissioner Lori Weaver; and Tim Whitman, Chief Operating Officer of New Hampshire Hospital join together to break ground on the Secure Psychiatric Unit Forensic Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shovels are officially in the ground, marking the start of New Hampshire\u2019s long-awaited secure psychiatric unit forensic hospital. The $41.9 million project will bring the new 24-bed secure hospital adjacent to the New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, providing a facility to treat mental illness in forensic patients, including those who are civilly committed. 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