Ryan Biggs | Clark Davis provided the structural design for this two-story, 10,000-gross-square-foot addition at the west side of the Cayuga Medical Center complex. The addition features four state-of-the-art operating rooms, a wound clinic, and a 5,000-square-foot mechanical penthouse providing a major upgrade to MEP systems throughout the hospital.
The structure consists of:
- Concrete spread footing foundations bearing on bedrock with concrete grade beams for lateral bracing.
- The floor systems consist of a concrete slab on grade at the second floor and concrete slabs on composite metal deck at the third floor and penthouse. At the penthouse, the slab on metal deck supports a jackable, isolated reinforced concrete slab, which reduces noise and vibration from large mechanical units located over the operating rooms.
- The exterior consists of exposed architectural precast panels and curtain wall. Exterior steel building columns are encased self-consolidating concrete to mimic the existing building exterior.
- The project also includes a structural steel overbuild on the existing roof immediately east of the addition to support drifted snow caused by the higher penthouse roof of the addition.
The estimated construction cost was $11 million.
The project won a Silver Award for Excellence in Concrete Design and Installation from the Central New York Chapter of the American Concrete Institute.
