Albany Medical Center needed to replace their outdated linear accelerator, but two major obstacles affected the $800,000 project's design: the lack of available space and the need for additional radiation shielding. The walls enclosing the existing linear accelerator could not be moved and the range of motion of the new unit would occupy the entire existing room. As a result, adjacent space outside the linear accelerator room was taken to construct a new entry maze.

Because the new linear accelerator uses technology that is different from the former unit, considerable additional radiation shielding was required. This resulted in numerous design issues for both the linear accelerator room and the spaces on the floor directly above.

The project included new millwork within the linear accelerator room and the entry, and a curtained patient change area. Finishes mimicked the recently renovated Radiation Oncology suite to provide continuity between exam rooms, simulator room and linear accelerator. Lighted mural ceiling panels were used to provide a more relaxing and less clinical feeling.

Albany Medical Center subsequently asked Hyman Hayes Associates to design alterations to an adjacent space for a new Linear Accelerator with image-guidance and respiratory gated, a first for the Albany area.