The new 490,000-square-foot Kaiser Permanente Fontana Replacement Hospital in Fontana, California, is now 95% completed and is in the home stretch of exterior and interior construction.
The hospital, which is scheduled to open in 2013, is being built by McCarthy Construction and is designed by HMC Architects.
The new hospital will be an acute care medical facility that serves the Inland Empire with 314 beds and a 51-bed emergency department.
On the heels of the opening of Kaiser Permanente’s Ontario Medical Center last fall, the Fontana Replacement Hospital will have similar patient-centric design features to create a healing environment for patients to heal.
Every patient room will be private with a window for natural sunlight, there will be an outdoor courtyard, and patients will enjoy room service-style meal delivery. Additionally, medical specialty services will include: Cardiac Surgery Services, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Inpatient Dialysis, Intensive Care Unit, Labor & Delivery, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, NICU level III, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics and Surgery.
Quick facts about the new Fontana Replacement Hospital include:
• Opening 2013
• 314 beds
• 51-bed emergency department
• 50-100 new jobs
• Number of light fixtures: 11,120
• Amount of line voltage wiring: 650 miles
• Amount of fiber optics: 6 miles
• Amount of water piping: 53 miles
• Green features include energy-efficient electrical, air, and plumbing systems; dual-glazed exterior windows for insulation; and a white-colored roof that absorbs less heat and reduces interior cooling consumption
