Cheshire Health Foundation has raised more than $42.6 million for capital work in Keene, New Hampshire, surpassing its $42 million goal. Construction costs now exceed $52 million. A second linear accelerator was delivered July 11 for the $12 million Dartmouth Cancer Center expansion.
Fundraising for capital work at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, New Hampshire has passed $42.6 million against a $42 million target, while the construction program it supports now carries an estimated cost above $52 million. Foundation leadership is continuing solicitation toward a revised threshold of more than $43 million.
Radiation oncology anchors the active phase. A second linear accelerator arrived on July 11 and is being assembled inside a purpose built bunker now undergoing fit and finish work and infrastructure turn up. Bunkers of this type rank among the most demanding structures in any hospital portfolio, since shielding requirements drive wall thicknesses measured in feet and the resulting dead loads govern foundation design long before equipment reaches the site. Vendor delivery windows also tend to control the calendar, because assembly, calibration and physics acceptance testing follow a sequence that resists compression. Cancer center work carries a $12 million budget with completion targeted for later this summer.
Surgical services expansion remains in design. A third revision was recently completed with architects, construction partners and clinical staff, and repeated cycles of that kind generally reflect reconciliation between clinical program requirements and a cost ceiling.
Gastroenterology clinical space is being renovated at the Court Street campus, vacating area that will be converted for oncology treatment. Sequenced relocations allow an occupied hospital to grow constrained departments without adding envelope. An update to the master facilities plan covering the Court Street and Maple Avenue campuses is underway.