Adena Health System Specialty Surgery Center

HEAPY designed the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology systems for the $55,000,000 Adena Health System Specialty Surgery Center, which includes a 125,000 SF, 5-STORY addition.

sustainability/resilience

The team conducted a pandemic planning exercise on the pre-COVID completed design to ensure the building had the flexibility and resiliency necessary to be used as either an infected or non-infected portion of the overall hospital, depending on the scale of response needed. The facility has minimal connectivity to the existing campus, houses operating rooms, central sterile and patient rooms, and has a robust, flexible infrastructure — making it an optimal location to house infected or non-infected patients during a pandemic response. The design was also adjusted to add pressure barriers between the existing building and the new addition to create HVAC isolation.

innovation

As an orthopedic center of excellence, it was critical to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) where possible through the built environment. HEAPY researched multiple technologies for air purification such as UV, bi-polar ionization, and hydrogen peroxide gas, and then provided recommendations based on findings. The team also evaluated putting monitors flush in the wall behind a clear surface to ease cleaning.

collaboration

Many of HEAPY’s large healthcare projects are executed with a design assist contractor on board to collaborate on things like constructability, cost, and schedule. The design assist team worked together to develop routing for major utilities running from the existing central plant, evaluated various sound and vibration mitigation solutions for equipment on the roof, and selected lighting fixtures that met desired aesthetics, budget, and schedule.