Fort Washington, PA
469 Pennsylvania Avenue Associates | Hans P. Stein & Associates
E.P. Guidi transformed a 30,000 SF racquetball club into a state-of-the-art medical office building housing specialized suites for dentistry, prosthodontics, reconstructive surgery, and laboratory research. The project required complete interior demolition and extensive structural modification to accommodate advanced medical systems and spatial reconfiguration.
A new intermediate floor was installed to create a full second story within the existing structure, expanding usable area without increasing the building footprint. Exterior upgrades included refacing the original façade with brick, introducing a new glass curtain wall, and constructing a modern entrance canopy that reflects the facility’s clinical precision and contemporary function.
One of the building’s most complex components was installation of a nuclear magnetic resonator (NMR)—among the most powerful in the country at the time. To house this equipment, E.P. Guidi constructed a 600 SF shielded enclosure formed of welded steel plate and supported by a thickened concrete slab designed to bear the chamber’s 50-ton load.
This project turned an obsolete recreational building into a leading-edge healthcare environment. Its precise coordination, structural ingenuity, and finish quality reflect the firm’s commitment to meeting demanding performance standards across specialized project types.
