Ryan Biggs | Clark Davis provided structural engineering design services for the multi-phase Tower project at Highland Hospital. Phase 1, completed in 2016, is 30,000-square-foot, two-story addition with a mechanical penthouse at the south side of the existing hospital. The approximate construction cost was $28 million, and the project included: a surgical suite with six state-of-the-art operating rooms; a 26-bed patient unit; a new entry and exterior patient pick-up area; and approximately 10,000 square feet of renovations to the existing hospital to reconfigure space for the new addition. We designed the Phase 1 structure to accommodate the anticipated Phase 2 Tower project.
The Phase 2 Tower project included a vertical expansion of the Phase 1 project, adding approximately 80,000 square feet of space. The $70 million tower tops out at nine stories and includes: patient rooms; a new entry and exterior patient pick-up area, expanded mechanical space at the 3rd floor and a new mechanical penthouse at the eighth floor, three new elevators and multiple additional stairs for access, select structural demolition of a portion of the existing hospital, and reconfiguration of space at the east side of the addition. The structure consists of a structural steel moment frame supported by concrete grade beams and pile caps. The concrete foundations are supported by deep pile foundations. Floors consist of composite concrete slabs. We also designed pile-supported foundations for site retaining walls and a tower crane used for Phase 2 steel erection.
