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MissouriHealthcare

McCarthy-managed hospital project in Missouri earns award

May 17, 2018
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Mercy Hospital Joplin earned the 2018 Vista Award from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association.

This national honor recognizes team collaboration and efficiency in designing and constructing the new $465 million, 205-room hospital after an EF-5 tornado demolished the original hospital in 2011. In addition to setting the standard in tornado readiness at the hospital level, the project was completed under budget and in less than half the time it would have taken for a comparable facility.

As construction manager, McCarthy Building Companies collaborated with architectural firms HKS, Inc.and Archimages, and MEP Engineer Heideman & Associates to design and construct the 890,000-square-foot facility in 46 months.

The hospital includes a nine-story patient tower and five-story clinic tower. It houses units including medical surgical, critical care, women’s/children’s (labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum rooms), neonatal intensive care, behavioral health and rehab.

Prefabrication enabled McCarthy to accelerate the construction process. Headwalls and restroom walls for all patient rooms were constructed in a warehouse and installed later in the construction process.

The hospital also incorporates numerous resiliency elements to help withstand another natural disaster and provide a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors.

Critical areas of the hospital, such as the emergency department and intensive-care unit, have windows rated to withstand 250-mph winds. High-impact, laminated glass was incorporated throughout the facility along with protected evacuation routes.

Connected to the hospital by a 450-foot underground tunnel is a 30,000-square-foot central utility plant housing all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. To protect critical hospital systems, the utility plant was built halfway below ground to limit exposure to the elements. The generator system enables the hospital to operate for 96 hours if power is lost. To create ease of access to the new hospital, McCarthy also built new entrance ramps, exit ramps and interchanges for the Missouri Department of Transportation, as well as a new road leading up to the facility.

The Vista awards were presented at the 2018 International Summit & Technical Exhibition on Health Care Planning, Design & Construction in Nashville in late March.

 

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