Hospital Construction Activity This Week

Building Care, also called Forest B, of Phase 2 of Children's Hospital expansion is underway and the new building is 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 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 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).

Lights were added to the horizontal swing arm (boom) portion of the tower crane to increase safety for helicopter landings. These are in addition to the lights at the end of the boom and on the crane operator’s cab. The additional lights will help the helicopter pilots in identifying the location of the boom when landing or departing the helipad in the dark. While the lights are visible from the ground, they are not bright enough to interfere with any neighboring properties. As a reminder, the tower crane is scheduled to remain onsite through August 2020.

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

• Pour concrete for walls and shafts
• Install fireproofing
• Framing
• Paint
• Install roofing
• Set exterior walls
• Install metal panels
• Install windows
• Install metal sheeting
• Install elevator equipment
• Install mechanical and electrical wiring and plumbing equipment
• Set air handling units
• Install drywall
• Install siding
• Build out electrical, mechanical, generator and pneumatic tube blower rooms
• Install insulation
• Install flooring
• Install sprinkler systems
• Build out interior spaces
• Install utility wiring, pipes, ceiling tiles, and flooring on River B level 3 in existing building
• Install paneling and wall coverings in new chapel location on River A level 7
• Demolition and relocation of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing on level 1 of Forest A
• Set walls, install seismic joints, and install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and pneumatic tube connections on level 2 of Forest A
• Set walls and install seismic joints on level 3 of Forest A
• Complete framing and install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and insulation on level 4 of Forest A
• Install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, and seismic joint covers on level 5 of Forest A
• Install insulation, drywall, and seismic joint covers on level 6 of Forest A
• Install mechanical, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, and seismic joint covers on level 7 of Forest A
• Install seismic joint covers on level 8 of Forest A
• Install metal panels and drywall on level 9 of Forest A
• Sidewalk work: construction crews will repair sidewalks and install (ADA) ramps: 9/8-9/12 - on the north side of NE 45th Street, between 45th Avenue NE and the Metro route 78 bus stop; 9/14-9/18 - n the south side of NE 50th Street, between Sand Point Way NE and 44th Avenue NE; and 9/21-9/25 - on the north side of NE 50th Street, between Sand Point Way NE and Sand Point Place NE.  Affected sidewalks will be closed during construction, and pedestrian detour signage will be posted. 

All work will take place 8-6pm weekdays and 9-6pm on Saturdays.