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:

• • Build out interior spaces
  • Restore sidewalks on Sand Point Way NE and 40th Avenue NE.  This will be the loudest external activity. The right lane of Sand Point Way NE northbound will be closed between 40th Avenue NE and Penny Drive and the right lane of 40th Avenue NE northbound will be closed between NE 45th Street and Sand Point Way NE
  • Install soil and mulch
  • Plant landscaping
  • Install irrigation

  Construction noise will be generated throughout the week. Expect heavy truck traffic. The sidewalk restoration is expected to be the loudest external activity. Construction activity is weather-dependent and subject to change based on conditions.

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

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