Building Statistics Part 1
Info about the building
PYS Hospital (fictional)
Southeastern Region, US
February 2017-September 2019
Cannot be disclosed
Medical Hospital
48,000
1 Basement, 2 Above
$19 Million
Design-Bid-Build
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DPR Construction
Wilmont Sanz Architecture
Leach Wallace
Cagely & Associates, Inc
Convergent Technologies
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Design, codes and other requirements
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PYS Hospital belongs to a private American research university
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The addition will resemble the existing hospital by using the same materials for the facade.
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Items the addition will include:
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New Emergency Room Entrance and waiting area
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21 Patient obervation beds for emergency patients (1st floor)
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23 Patient rooms for pychiatric patients.
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Anti-ligature materials to be used on interior of rooms so patients don't harm themselves
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Codes: cannot be disclosed
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Zoning: Town is owned by a developer who has multiple organizations review the plans before putting the project out to bid
Image below shows the addition with the new emergency room entrance
Enclosure Systems
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To stay uniform with the existing building, the materials used for the facade are the same as were used for the existing building:
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Glass curtain wall system that runs down the atrium and along the patient rooms
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Concrete walls
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EIFS
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2” metal wall panels in between the EIFS
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Polyvinyl-chloride roofing materials with 1/2" tapered insulation
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There are no substantial sustainability considerations being taken into account; the owner only hopes the electrical load added is minimal
Building Statistics Part 2
Construction
PYS is a typical design-bid-build project with a lump sum contract of $19 million. Construction began in February 2018 and is on track to complete in August 2019.
Structural
The foundation of the building is consisted interior and exterior footings that are 8'x8' with various #5 and #7 rebar throughout. The South wall of the addition is shared with the existing building. This wall was not up to strength to support both buildings so an extensive amount of underpinning was completed along the South wall to get up to strength.The addition is not going to have any imaging rooms or operating rooms with heavy equipment, so there is no significant increase in structural support. The structure of the building is going to be built out of structural steel. The slab on grade is 5” concrete and the following levels are metal deck which have a 5” concrete topping.
Mechanical
The mechanical system will be tying into the existing hospitals system. However, there has been a chiller and air handling unit that have been inactive for over 10 years that are going to be replaced and will run the addition of the hospital. These units sit on top of the existing North building. The air handling unit will be fed with the existing heating and chilled water system. The system is tempered by VAV boxes. There are ¾” hot water pipes, and heat water reheat with supply/ return. Some unique mechanical items that are incorporated into the hospital are medical gas pipes, air pipes, oxygen lines and medical vacuums.
Electrical/Lighting
The new electrical system will tie into the system in the occupied building. There is (1) 400 A panel board and (3) 225 A panel boards @ 208/120 V, and (2) 225 A panel boards @ 480/277 V. Dividing off the panel boards are (3) branch panels in the basement, (4) on first floor, (6) on second floor, and (1) on the roof all at @ 120/208 V. The total load being added to the system is 1.6kVA. Although there are generators on site, a large coordination study has been completed to ensure that there will be no interruptions to the hospital while tying into the system.
Fire Protection
The basement and 2 levels above are protected by a Schedule 40 wet-pipe fire sprinkler made out of galvanized steel. There is a dry-pipe system in the lobby area and part of the first floor, about 10,000 square feet worth. Some removal of the existing fire protection need to be removed in the areas that are tying in with the new addition. All of the existing systems must remain operational during construction.
Transportation
Since the addition is tying right into the existing hospital, the addition lines up with the hallways that are currently in the existing building. These pathways are on each floor (basement, 1st and 2nd) and are along the South Wall. Throughout the addition itself, there are two stair towers at 1 elevator shaft. The first stair tower is in the North West area and the second is on the South East side. The elevator tower is directly South of the second Stair tower. The main paths of emergency egress lead to both of the stair towers and not the elevator. The 1st floor of the addition will serve as the new Emergency Room entrance. Therefore, ambulances and cars will frequently be traveling the path along the front of the hospital. Inside the emergency room doors is a waiting area and lobby. There is no direct access between the first and second floors since the second floor is the Psychiatric Unit. There is security that has all doors locked unless you are a worker who has access.
Anti-Ligature Materials
Since the second floor is the Psychiatric Unit, special materials have been chosen to keep the patients safe. These materials are called anti-ligature materials which are materials that are created that lessen the chance of harm that can the patients can cause on themselves. Some of these include door knobs, window frames, hooks, curtain rods and handles.