Seattle Children's Hospital Celebrates Growth With Site Dedication Ceremony

Seattle Children’s hosted a site dedication ceremony to celebrate the first construction phase of the hospital’s expansion plan to move from a 254-bed facility, to a 500 to 600-bed facility by 2030. The event drew members of the community, patients and their families, Children’s staff, Senator Scott White, Children’s CEO Dr. Tom Hansen, as well as project partners Sellen Construction, ZGF Architects LLP, and the Seneca Group. Building Hope, the first phase of the expansion, will be completed in 2013.

Serving a four-state region including Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, Children’s launched this expansion to serve a growing regional pediatric population that is increasing faster than the national average. It will add 330,000 square feet of space to Children’s, and includes 60 to 80 additional inpatient beds for cancer and critical care patients. An improved emergency department will also be built if enough funding is raised.

Building Hope’s foundation will be poured later this month. In August, structural steel work will begin. Exterior and interior infrastructure developments start in October.
For more information, please visit: www.seattlechildrens.org/expansionplan or photos from the event can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38997016@N03/sets/72157626654996520/

Project Team List:
Owner: Seattle Children’s
Development Manager: Seneca Group
Architect: ZGF Architects LLP
Contractor: Sellen
Structural/Civil: Coughlin Porter Lundeen
Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer: AEI
Mechanical Contractor: McKinstry
Electrical/Technology/Acoustical: Sparling
Lighting: Pivotal
Electrical Contractor: Veca
Landscape: Siteworkshop
Fire/Life Safety: Rolf Jensen
Heliport: Airside
Geotech: Hart Crowser
Medical Equipment Planning: Design Works
Vertical Transportation: Lerch Bates
Energy Modeling: Solarc
Pneumatic Tube: Swisslog
Signage: Studio SC
Furniture Consultant: Garrison Design
Commissioning: Wilson Jones Consulting
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