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Full-day meetings were held over a 28-day period to enable public and private sector teams to prepare and open up 304 non-acute beds in Boston for homeless patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 but are asymptomatic or showing mild symptoms, according to a construction management company.

The Gilbane Building Co. and Connecticut-based S/L/A/M Collaborative architecture firm’s Boston office led the planning, design and construction work at the Newton Pavilion, a project that reactivated a former Boston Medical Center property spanning eight floors and 166,500 square feet. BMC is managing operations for the temporary facility, which underwent upgrades to life safety, plumbing, and electrical systems.

“Gilbane is grateful for the opportunity to work on this critical project delivered by this incredibly dedicated team,” Mike O’Brien, vice president, Massachusetts business unit leader at Gilbane, said in a statement Wednesday. “Our team and subcontractor partners worked three shifts, working literally 24 hours a day to deliver this much-needed facility ahead of schedule.”

The two companies worked on the East Newton Street project with the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance, Boston Medical Center, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, and the Department of Public Health. The Newton Pavilion had been closed since October 2018.

“DCAMM was ahead of the curve when asked what it would take to temporarily re-open the ‘mothballed’ facility,” said DCAMM Commissioner Carol Gladstone. “The project team quickly developed a very comprehensive and integrated execution plan that involved splitting construction scope between our internal team and Gilbane. I had extremely high confidence that we could rise to the challenge and deliver in a short timeframe.”