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University of Arizona Medical Center Hybrid Operating Room Modernization and Renovation
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Tucson, AZ
- Status:
- Completed
- Structure Type:
- Hospital / Nursing Home
References
- Client:
- The University of Arizona
Scope Of Work
DPR Construction's Special Services Group (SSG) team, along with architect Shepley Bulfinch, completed a hybrid operating room (OR) renovation project for the University of Arizona’s University Medical Center – University Campus (UAMC) in Tucson. The project was a $9.1 million, 22,000-sq.-ft. hybrid OR modernization and renovation. The work area was directly above sterile processing and shared a sterile corridor next to 16 existing and fully functioning ORs.
Project scope included:
a pre-op ready room (PRR) with 18 patient bays and four pediatric isolation rooms;
a positive pressure room for special procedures;
anesthesia work room and library;
surgery waiting room;
additional lab space;
renovations to the existing post-anesthesia care unit (PACU);
major utility upgrades including a new 10,000 cubic feet per minute (CFM) air handling unit;
new uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system with rotary flywheel; and
a dedicated exhaust system for the new isolation rooms, among other things.
In addition to the technical complexity that goes along with constructing a new hybrid OR and its related infrastructure, the project team encountered and overcame numerous other hurdles. Among them: extensive hidden conditions and added scope, technology-driven late design changes, and wide-ranging logistical issues. The team overcame these challenges through creative problem solving, teamwork, self-perform work, extensive preplanning and a high degree of communication.
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