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 City of Hope The new City of Hope Replacement Hospital is a 134-bed, $100,000,000
cancer research facility, specializing in bone marrow transplant-related
work. The hospital, a six-story, stand-alone building, has a goal
of becoming a leading cancer research facility, and the largest
of its type. The facilities at the existing hospital are out-of-date
and limited in space. With this type of research there are very
serious issues to address, like air quality and positive/negative
pressure-that require maintaining state-of-the-art systems. The
hospital does, however, find itself torn between its high-tech objectives
and budget constraints (the hospital is supported by contributions
from the public). It is being built, therefore, with future expansion
in mind, but without expansion-ready equipment.
With a wealth of healthcare experience, Syska Hennessy Group prepared
a matrix of air handler redundancy issues. The matrix is being refined
and kept as a database. From it, we designed the most cost-effective
system possible, assuring that quality redundancy was achieved within
the set budget. The system was developed by manifolding two air
handlers together, creating a bypass arrangement. For the air purity
issue, hepafiltration was used in the air handlers, and finely balanced
positive and negative pressure areas were provided throughout each
floor, along with alarms that will detect any pressure fluctuation.
City of Hope waiting room.
California's hospital code requirements are the most stringent
in the Nation, particularly as pertains to seismic compliance. SB1953
mandates every existing hospital in California to conform to these
issues. As such, every California healthcare project requires a
plan check by OSHPD. We have been involved with qualifying projects
for many years and have forged strong relationships with OSHPD regulators.
We enjoyed recent success on City of Hope when our plans returned
from OSHPD with very, very few comments. Therefore, we had only
minor modifications to make to our plans saving time and money,
while allowing the project to moved forward to the next phase.
Other work by Syska Hennessy Group has included: developing in-house
telecommunications and database systems; recommending energy saving
and sustainability ideas; and building on-site water and waste storage
tanks that will sustain the hospital under emergency conditions
for 36 hours.
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