 Emergency Center and Laboratory Addition at Providence St. Peter Hospital
Architect: Giffin Bolte Jurgens, Portland, OR
General contractor: Sellen Construction, Seattle, WA
Square feet of new building: 75,700
Seismic Structure: The building has a steel frame and concrete sheer walls. The concrete walls are designed to absorb earthquake shocks.
Total project cost: $27.5 million
Financing: The majority of the funding will come from loans secured by the Providence Health System, and some funding will come from community philanthropy. Providence St. Peter Foundation has launched a $3.3 million capital campaign and as of January 2004 has raised $2.2 million.
Emergency Center
- 25,000 square feet (three times the size of the previous facility)
- Computerized patient tracking and high-tech communication systems will help alleviate wait times for patients and visitors
- 39 private patient treatment rooms
- Four women’s health rooms
- Two major trauma rooms
- Six cardiac and stroke rooms with new equipment
- Three enclosed triage booths
- Two EENT (eye, ear, nose, throat) rooms
- Two cast rooms
- New family waiting area
- Crisis services unit (mental health)
- Rooftop helipad
- Treated 57,000 patients at its emergency department in 2002. In 2003, the emergency center expects to serve 60,000 patients.
Laboratory
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