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).

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

• Dead and hazardous trees throughout the campus will be  to removed dead and others pruned. Other work will take place on the south side of NE 50th Street to remove broken and dead branches from two trees; the west side of 44th Avenue NE to remove some of the weight off a large crabapple that is leaning and the southwest corner of the NE 47th Street and 45th Avenue NE intersection to remove a dead birch that is not visible from either street.

• Build out interior spaces
• Paint
• Pressure washing
• Install drywall
• Install and trim mechanical and electrical wiring and plumbing equipment
• Install ceilings
• Install flooring
• Install storm drains and pipes
• Form and pour concrete wall
• Demolish asphalt and concrete
• Excavation and backfilling
• Grading
• Core drilling
• Building connection work:
  • Install walls on level 3 of River C
  • Set up infection prevention barriers, demolition, paint, and install signage on level 7 of River C
  • Install flooring and doors on level 1 of Forest A

Construction noise will be generated throughout the week with the demolishing of asphalt and concrete generating the most noise. There will also be heavy truck traffic. 

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

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