Aurora, CO
UCHealth Anschutz
Inpatient/Outpatient Medical Campus OR Upgrades
This 3,000 SF unique operating room fit-up was a fast-track project to accommodate a new surgeon specializing in Interventional Pulmonology. This was the first of 4 ORs planned for this space. Our healthcare engineers provided an in-depth and detailed as-built assessment of the current space to understand the building systems’ capacity and current condition. This assessment was used to further develop the budget, planning, and design for the area.
The new operating room (OR) was built in the middle of the outpatient surgical floor, which required significant planning to not disrupt ongoing operations. The space required a new air handler unit (AHU) and exhaust air system that were sized to support a total build-out of 4 OR’s. The new AHU and its ductwork had to be routed from an adjacent roof into the building and into the new space. In addition, the team worked through and defined pressurization cascades and determined which areas were clean versus dirty.
The result is a hybrid operating room where bronchial procedures can take place with negative room pressure isolating this OR from others in the unit. Our team worked closely with State Health and local authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) to educate and understand this area’s unique requirements and ensure that is space would perform as required for the surgeon, staff, and patient.
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