Hospital Construction Activity This Week And Ambulances No Longer Exiting Onto 40th Avenue NE

   

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).

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

• On 4/15 tree work including pruning and removing hazardous trees between the Ocean parking garage and 45th Avenue NE between 8-3pm.  Chainsaws and chippers will be used generating noise. The tree work is preventative landscaping maintenance. No anticipated transportation or parking impacts on 45th Avenue. 
• New reconfiguration of the Emergency Department drop-off and drive lane. ED vehicles will no longer exit onto 40th Avenue NE; instead, they will be routed north through the hospital campus.
• Build out interior spaces
• Paint
• Install metal sheeting and panels
• Install and trim mechanical and electrical wiring and plumbing equipment
• Install drywall
• Install ceilings
• Install flooring
• Install roofing
• Pressure washing
• Form and pour concrete slabs, stairs, and walls
• Demolish asphalt, concrete, lights, and signage at ED drop-off area
• Install irrigation
• Building connection work:
  • Paint; install doors and signage; and cleaning on level 3 of River C
  • Paint, install signage, move infection prevention barrier, and cleaning on level 7 of River C
  • Install seismic joint and fire proofing on level 1 of Forest And ceilings; trim utility wiring; and install seismic joint, sheeting, and fireproofing on level 1 of Forest A

All work will take place 8-6pm weekdays and 9-6pm on Saturdays.  Call 206-987-8000 or email construction@seattlechildrens.org with questions.