Elmhurst
Memorial Hospital
Elmhurst, Illinois
This new 860,000 SF full service greenfield replacement hospital
is on a 46-acre campus and features 260 patient beds, 15 operating
rooms and four cardiac procedure suites. The hospital is being
built on the site of an existing ambulatory care center. 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. The pharmacy is compliant with USP
797.
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
to 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 daylighting controls, battery-free UPS system,
and heat recovery. |
