| Completion 7: Central DuPage Hospital
Facilities Enhancement Plan
Cost: $188 million The
expansion of Central DuPage Hospital, which originally opened in 1964, is believed
to be the third largest ever for hospitals in Illinois.
The project has
three major components:
An entirely new 425,000-sq.-ft. ambulatory
services pavilion, which will include 137,000 sq. ft. of office space for almost
100 physicians.
An expansion of the maternal and child care facilities,
which will add 135,000 sq. ft. and include modernization and expansion of physician
office space, pediatric services, pediatric intensive care beds, labor and delivery.
It will also add 36 private rooms.
An expansion and modernization
of ancillary services and the surgery department in the hospital's North Tower.
Included in this work is expansion of the hospital's surgical suite, cafeteria
and kitchen, as well as pharmacy services.
The project is an attempt to
modernize the facility and reflect advances in medical technology.
Has
'Portals of Care' A design priority was to provide the "portals of
care" that would integrate inpatient care, outpatient care and physicians
in an operationally efficient and user-friendly design.
To achieve this,
the designers created a vertical outpatient mall in the ambulatory services pavilion,
with convenient access from parking.
Patients headed to the cardiology
floor can park on the same level as cardiology services, then walk directly into
the mall to obtain outpatient cardiology services. All cardiologist offices will
be located on that level.
Another design hurdle was the floor-to-floor
heights in the existing hospital were not adequate for current practices.
Flat-slab
construction was used, which took the depth out of the space to provide adequate
floor-to-floor heights. The depth allowed for additional plenum space that permitted
mechanical ductwork and lighting fixtures above the ceiling in adequate space. Keeping
Hospital Open Crews had to figure out how to keep the acute care facility in
operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the project.
An interim
exiting program was established that closed off certain exit corridors and provided
new ones. Departments were moved from one space to another to allow for construction.
Logistical
planning was extensive because construction surrounded the hospital on virtually
all sides.
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