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Cornell Medical Center Central
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Syska Hennessy Group's relationship with New York Hospital / Cornell
Medical Center serves as an excellent example of how our company's
non-traditional approach transcends client expectations. As a result
of our long-standing, trust-based relationship, this client has
achieved its goal of attracting new business and effectively competing
in today's marketplace with a modern, state-of-the art facility.
The hospital, considered ahead of it's time when built in 1932,
was no longer able to keep up with its modern counterparts, held
back by building systems that had long since outlived their effectiveness.
To further complicate the upgrading process, the hospital had become
a critical part of the community and must be maintained in full
operation throughout the construction phase. The Hospital board
knew that a successful upgrade must include a balance between quality
and budget, satisfying the needs of both facilities operations and
development. Finally, the upgrade must be completed within the time
constraints imposed by the impending expiration of the hospital's
air rights over the highway on which it was built.
Syska Hennessy Group provided an integrated service solution involving
our engineering, technology, and design build team resources-addressing
the hospital's concerns by listening, understanding and anticipating
their needs, and translating the hospital's thoughts into engineering
applications.
Central Plant for Cornell Medical Center
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We began by performing a comprehensive study--evaluating existing
conditions, systems limitations, determining projected capacities
for future expansion and suitability for future change in use. The
result of the study was a solution that providing the Hospital with
reliable and flexible building system upgrades, increased opportunities
to achieve energy efficiency and operational cost savings. The entire
building power service and electrical infrastructure was changed,
without impacting the facility's operations. To support the hospital's
future energy needs, we designed an upgrade of the chilled water
plant which could be implemented on a phased basis. Looking for
additional cost savings extending beyond project completion, we
suggested the Hospital invest up-front in upgraded electrical service
equipment, allowing them to be able to choose a less expensive utility
rate with a short-term payback on their up-front investment.
This is only one example of our commitment to our clients success,
not only at the project level, but as a business as well.
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