South Nassau Issues RFP to Demolish Three Main Structures of Former Long Beach Medical Center,

The demolition, slated for the spring, includes four hospital-owned properties located near the former medical center’s campus at 405, 416, 420, 426, and 430 East Bay Blvd.
By: South Nassau Communities Hospital
 
OCEANSIDE, N.Y. - Jan. 28, 2015 - PRLog -- As part of the ongoing effort by South Nassau Communities Hospital (SNCH)  to restore medical services to the Long Beach community, a request for proposals and an application for the demolition of the Central, Founders, and East building of the former Long Beach Medical Center was recently filed by SNCH..

The demolition, slated for the spring, includes four hospital-owned properties located near the former medical center’s campus at 405, 416, 420, 426, and 430 East Bay Blvd..

         The structures have been abandoned and in decay since being severely damaged during Superstorm Sandy.  This past fall it was determined, with approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), that the Central, Founders and East buildings should be demolished as the cost of repairs necessary to bring them into code compliance was cost prohibitive. The structures are part of South Nassau Communities Hospital’s acquisition of the former Long Beach Medical Center’s assets, which included land, buildings and equipment. SNCH formally acquired the properties in October of last year.

         Demolition of the structures is tentatively scheduled to begin in the spring, pending Congressional approval of FEMA funding.  The demolition will be preceded by an abatement of each structure to completely remove all asbestos containing materials such as exterior siding, roof shingles, tar paper, pipe wrap and interior floor tiles.  The abatement will be approved by the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) and, as required by the DOL, air monitoring will be performed by a third party company.

         The former Long Beach Medical Center buildings have been cleared of all equipment and furniture and the exterior has been secured to guard against unauthorized access. (intruders). Later this month, temporary power and light are scheduled to be turned off.  SNCH is working with the City of Long Beach to provide additional exterior lighting for safety. In addition,  a portion of E. Bay Street will be closed to vehicular traffic as part of the demolition plan.

         SNCH officials have been working closely with City of Long Beach officials and regulatory agencies on the demolition plan. The Request for Proposals (RFP) for a demolition contractor is being advertised locally. Funding for the estimated $6 million demolition project have been approved by FEMA but the funds must be allocated by Congress. Once a contractor has been selected and final approval from Congress has been obtained, cranes equipped with grapple claws will be primary machinery used for the demolition of the Central, Founders and East buildings.  To prevent machinery and construction vehicles from kicking up dust, the properties will be watered down during the demolition work.  If a property is not completely cleared of debris and rough graded at the end of a shift, it will be closed off with temporary fencing.  The path that will be used for hauling debris from the properties will be Lincoln Boulevard to Harrison St., then a right onto Long Beach Rd.  Residents can expect some noise during work hours (such as the crackling of wood, the breaking of concrete, and the rumble of construction vehicles) as building materials are crushed or hauled away to a recycling facility.

         As mandated by the City of Long Beach noise ordinance, the demolition work will begin no earlier than 8AM each day, with work occurring from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday.

         The demolition is a continuation of South Nassau’s ongoing work to effect positive change on the Long Beach campus as it prepares to build a patient-centered, high-quality healthcare delivery system that restores vital healthcare services to the residents of Long Beach and surrounding communities.

        The SNCH plan includes a significant investment for an off-campus, hospital-based 911-receiving emergency medical center.  Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the facility will provide treatment for urgent as well as emergent medical conditions.  South Nassau is working closely with the New York State Department of Health to accomplish this goal and remains in close consultation with officials from the City of Long Beach as well as other elected and community leaders.

         Currently, Long Beach residents can access care at South Nassau Communities Hospital Urgent Care Center (SNUCC), which was opened in July of last year at a site adjacent to the shuttered Long Beach Medical Center. Patients who are assessed as in need of further emergency care or hospitalization are transported to the nearest appropriate hospital by South Nassau’s on-site ambulance services.  Equipped with the only operational CT scanner on the barrier island, SNUCC is equipped with the same medical imaging and diagnostic equipment that is used by a hospital-based emergency services department.  Its staff is comprised of board-certified emergency medicine physicians and emergency medicine trained nurses.

         For more information, call Damian Becker, South Nassau Communities Hospital’s External Affairs Office, at (516) 377-5370.

Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), South Nassau® Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees.  Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services.  In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery technologies.  South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons and is an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Association and Quality Improvement Program.  In addition, the hospital has been awarded the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific care for hip and joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit www.southnassau.org.

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