This new 860,000 SF full service hospital features 260 patient beds, 15 operating rooms and four cardiac procedure suites. When completed, the facility will provide services for oncology, women’s health and pediatrics and is a Level II trauma center. The ER air handling units can go to 100% outside air and maintain heating and cooling capacity in case of an infectious outbreak. ORs have both redundant AHUs with multiple fans and redundant low temperature chillers.

This facility is designated for emergency services for the City of Chicago in the event of a significant disaster. The design for all major equipment provides redundancy to dramatically reduce the potential of a building service outage as well as provide for future expansion. There is on-site water storage for fire protection. Sustainable design features throughout the facility will reduce the building energy consumption and be environmentally conscientious. Some of the sustainable design concepts include water conserving fixtures, daylighting controls, battery-free UPS system, and heat recovery. Korda is using building information modeling software to design the mechanical and electrical systems for better discipline coordination.