Children's Hospital Construction Activity This Week

Children's Hospital has begun construction activity in preparation for the new Building Care, Forest B, Phase 2 of the expansion, planned to open in Spring of 2022.

The 310,000 square-foot addition will add an eight-story building and will includes diagnostic and treatment facilities, primarily out-patient cancer and others) labs, new state-of-the-art operating rooms, 20 inpatient beds, and a lobby. There will be two floors of underground parking and sterile processing. This will bring SCH bed total to 409, up from 200 before its expansion 2012 plan.

The helicopter landing pad has already moved temporarily to the roof of Forest A (176’), now known as Friends of Costco Building, Phase 1 of the expansion. The landing pad will be active for the next four years, until Building Care is completed Noise is expected to be louder than the former ground-based helipad. When Forest B is complete, the helistop will moves to its permanent location on top of the Friends of Costco Building (same height).

The Hospital posted this information on their Construction Blog about specific construction activity this week: 

• Install rebar and pour concrete for curbs, walls, footings, columns, and pads/slabs
• Erect steel backup structure for exterior mock-up
• Set column cages
• Install “lagging” to prevent cave-ins during earthwork
• Excavation
• Install underground plumbing and electrical
• Install waterproofing on walls
• Remove scaffold and deck
• Activities south of Forest A (near the loading dock and NE 45th Street): install tank vents; excavation; install sump; demolish asphalt
• Internal activity on L1 of Forest A (Friends of Costco Building): core drilling; install communications pathways; demolish portion of ceiling
• Internal activity in Emergency Department: install infection prevention barrier; install conduits; demolish backside of wall; modify framing; install new med gas alarm panel; shut down Forest A panel to install power on June 27; remove infection prevention barrier

Construction noise will be generated throughout the week. The noisiest external work will be the asphalt demolition south of Forest A, scheduled for June 28. The noisiest internal work will be the core drilling, which is scheduled for June 25 to June 27. Expect heavy truck traffic, primarily from concrete trucks. Construction activity is weather-dependent and subject to change based on conditions

Construction activity is weather-dependent and subject to change based on conditions. All work will take place within standard construction hours: 8-6pm and 9-6pm on Saturday.

Call 206-987-8000 or email construction@seattlechildrens.org with questions.