Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
HEAPY was the Telecommunications Engineer for the state-of-the-art 385,000 SF Cancer Center at the Main Campus of Cleveland Clinic. The center consists of eight floors, a 1,500 SF Data Center, and 14,250 SF of Telecommunications Distribution Rooms. The Data Center & Telecommunication Distribution Rooms are backed up by a 350 kVA Enterprise UPS and a dedicated CRAC and In Row Cooling Units.
HEAPY was responsible for designing and coordinating the following systems: Structured Cabling, Network Electronics, Telephone System, Wireless LAN (WiFi), Distributed Antenna System (In Building Cellular), Enterprise UPS, Versus RTLS, Electronic Access Control & Closed-Circuit Television Systems, and IP Paging.
Innovation
HEAPY examined the Cleveland Clinic Standards for Information, Communication, and Technology design, offering insights to create new, improved standards that the clinic will follow in future designs. For example, our team suggested building paging solutions that could be tied into buildings across the campus, not just this building, to save cost and offer flexibility. In addition, HEAPY implemented the ability to change zones, call time, and notifications via software within an IP based solution (Vocia), compared to the previous analog system that required vendors to come in to make changes to zones, time of day announcements, as well as notifications. This transition required coordination with various stakeholders and the facilities team to communicate the potential benefits of the new system to save time and money.
Collaboration
Our team worked with the national design architect, William Rawn Associates, and the local architect, Stantec, during planning and design to ensure the ICT standards were incorporated into the building. Weekly Navisworks coordination meetings took place to ensure proper coordination amongst the Architect, Structural Engineer, MEP/FP Engineers, and HEAPY, including sharing power and cooling requirements with the MEP Engineering team. During construction, HEAPY served as a valued partner with the owner’s rep, Concord Health.
