Southern Ohio Medical Center Vanceburg Medical Office Building
Cost $10,363,000
Size 29,000 SF
HEAPY partnered with Southern Ohio Medical Center, providing professional engineering design services for the construction of a new, 29,000 SF Medical Office Building in Vanceburg, KY. The scope included design and construction administration for the facility’s plumbing, fire suppression, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and electrical systems.
The single-story building houses a Family Practice for four doctors with 12 exam rooms, as well as rehabilitation areas, a retail pharmacy, a lab draw area, and an imaging department (i.e., X-ray, Ultrasound).
COLLABORATION & PROBLEM SOLVING
Located approximately 30 miles from the main Southern Ohio Medical Center campus, the new MOB is much further away for the centralized facilities management team. Planning for the HVAC systems required close collaboration to ensure that the facilities management team was comfortable with maintaining and servicing the equipment in this more distant location. Working closely with the architectural team, HEAPY constructed a unique penthouse that houses all HVAC systems indoors and keeps them sheltered from the elements – providing accessibility, reliability, and ease of maintenance.
The electrical system scope included a mixture of high- and low-voltage distribution throughout the facilities to support the mechanical systems and meet user requirements. Electrical systems were closely coordinated with the owner to meet all necessary Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) requirements. Our team worked closely with the utility company to relocate the site utility lines for optimal position and to enhance exterior building aesthetics.
INNOVATION & RESILIENCY
The building systems were designed to accommodate current needs while being flexible to support potential future expansions. The AHUs were designed to exceed code minimum requirements to allow for future flexibility and additional uses within the space, including fully ducted returns, redundant fan walls (providing additional reliability), and capacity to install filters and humidification in future upgrades.
On the fire suppression side, HEAPY worked closely with code officials to interpret any ambiguity in code requirements, ensuring that systems were designed to meet all local regulations. In addition, our team collaborated with the volunteer fire department to support their operations, resulting in a facility that will set the standard for fire suppression design of new facilities in the community.
