CDC Regional Special Pathogens Unit

Oct 16, 2023

CDC Regional Special Pathogens Unit

Los Angeles, California

A Special Pathogens Unit (SPU) is a secured facility designed to provide high-quality care to patients suspected or confirmed to have highly infectious diseases of extraordinary public health risk. The SPU utilizes optimal infection control practices to maximize safety. Caring for these patients require highly specialized equipment, processes, and healthcare professional teams. A dedicated and fully functional unit minimizes disruption to other healthcare operations and departments during a critical occurrence.

In 2014, a West Coast Academic Medical Center established an Ebola Organization Response and Preparedness Leadership Team to outline a system-wide response to the threat of Ebola Viral Disease (EVD). The primary function of the unit provides high quality care to a small number of high-risk patients (2). The criteria for Region 9 Ebola and Special Pathogen Treatment Center were taken into consideration for the design. This includes the ability to manage two adults, children or neonates, respiratory isolation capabilities, handling of contaminated waste and equipment, and procedures to minimize or eliminate risk of contamination. The secondary function is to use the unit as an overflow ICU for isolation patients.

In addition, the West Coast Academic Medical Center anticipates they will participate in ongoing live viral vaccine research trials. They will also provide training and education on infection control, emergency preparedness, community response, and special pathogen diseases. The project provides space for training of staff and practicing drills required for the Unit. The Unit has 2 ICU level beds for over flow.

At a glance

3,286 SF

4 patient rooms

2 rooms – pathogen containment

2 rooms – ICU over flow

Features

Fully functional unit integrated into existing structure

Dedicated patient rooms for infection control and isolation intensive care overflow

Training and education space for staff and providers

Services

Site Selection

Architectural design

Engineering: mechanical, electrical, and structural

Interior design

San Antonio Military Medical Center, Hyperbaric Facility Addition

Oct 15, 2023

San Antonio Military Medical Center, Hyperbaric Facility Addition

Fort Sam Houston, Texas

As a part of an integrated Design-Build-Initial-Outfitting (i-DBIO) team, LEO A DALY provided architecture, engineering, and interior design services. The greatest challenge was designing the building to accommodate the multi-person hyperbaric chamber, as well as include a second chamber to support additional research. The project also included the coordination of all furniture and artwork once the building was constructed. The project was completed, as scheduled, the summer 2016.

The project was designed to LEED Silver design standards and includes multiple sustainable design features. An expanse of curtain wall floods the main treatment space with screened light; natural light also is allowed into the second level mechanical spaces to reduce the reliance on artificial light.

The exterior architecture takes its visual aesthetic from the surrounding campus incorporating terra-cotta panels, copper-tone brick, blue-gray glazing, and “baguette” sun screen elements.

Client 

US Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Worth District

At a glance

12,781 SF

Features

Multi-person hyperbaric chamber addition

LEED Silver design standards

Services

Executive architect

Architectural design

Medical planning

Interior design

Mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, fire protection, and communications design

University of California, Merced, Engineering and Science Building

Oct 14, 2023

University of California, Merced, Engineering and Science Building

Merced, CA

As the first of three new engineering and natural science buildings on campus, this new engineering and classroom building was designed with the “Complete Engineer” in mind.

 

As you enter the first floor you are immersed in student-driven spaces that are supported by a central corridor that opens directly to the exterior and concentrates activity within the outdoor living room. From there you are greeted with a glass–enclosed stair that leads to an active program of engineering education and collaboration that spills out of the classrooms and into the central corridor, fostering casual cross-disciplinary interaction of students and faculty. This vertical connection continues at several points along its length, allowing for greater connectivity between floors and provide light-filled gathering spaces on each floor. As you explore deeper into the research building, interactive learning environments welcome all users, creating an academic hub that includes computer labs, a machine shop, general and lab classrooms, collaborative and quiet spaces, and a vivarium.

 

The L-shaped building defines two sides of the outdoor living space with a grand, three-story passageway that welcomes students entering from the main campus pathways while framing views to the campus. Its glass sunshades overlay the structure and provide an outdoor space that is several degrees cooler than in the sunlight. Once mature, trees will form a dense canopy over the outdoor living space providing further shade, encouraging student collaboration beyond the walls of learning.  

Client 

University of California, Merced

At a glance

  • Four-Stories
  • 166,00 SF

Features

  • Wet and dry lab spaces for student and faculty research
  • Enclosed lab support zones for researchers
  • Functional support spaces (faculty offices, lab personnel offices, administrative areas, TA offices)
  • 24 classroom labs
  • Computer labs
  • Machine shop
  • Vivarium
  • Scholarly activity rooms

Services

  • Project Management
  • Architectural Design
  • Construction Documents,
  • Contract Administration

Lake Sumter State College, New Health Sciences Building

Oct 13, 2023

Lake Sumter State College, New Health Sciences Building

Cleremont , FL

The Health Sciences Building at Lake Sumter State College, Clermont Campus is the seventh iteration of a science and health building design and the second for Lake Sumter State College. The college was able to show a significant expected return on investment (ROI) to reach funding goals.

Cutting edge technology, improved lab space, simulation training environments, and classroom space were included in the design. The new academic environment will provide for a higher quality of training and learning opportunities, which is expected to increase retention rates and therefore increase the numbers of successful graduates. It also provides the highly specialized learning opportunities that will support student achievement of learning outcomes and produce larger numbers of Registered Nurses for the Florida workforce. In addition, the facility gives much needed prep and storage space for the various labs that are housed in it.

Client 

Lake Sumter State College

At a glance

138,500-SF Specialty Clinic

263,200 SF Research and Medical Renovations

Features

Wet & dry laboratory classrooms space

Simulation training environments

Classrooms

Services

Project Management

Architecture

Laboratory Planning

Interior Design

Construction Administration

China Mobile International Information Port Campus

Oct 12, 2023

China Mobile International Information Port Campus

Beijing, People's Republic of China

The 148,000-SM (1.6M-SF) China Mobile Information Campus is located in suburban Beijing and consists of a research and development office building, laboratory building and a public facilities building. LEO A DALY’s design creates a comfortable and energy efficient work environment that emphasizes the concept of communication and connectivity. To achieve these goals, a series of indoor and outdoor spaces create a highly engaged work environment and a unique image for each building. The facade design of the research and development office buildings includes stairways next to exterior glass walls that merge at various elevated gathering spaces. The rooftops feature open green spaces.

The research and development office buildings consist of offices, laboratories and canteens. The public facility building design reflects the same concepts as the surrounding buildings and incorporates circulation spaces that wrap a central courtyard. This building includes restaurant areas, museum spaces, a multi-functional hall, a cafe, convenience shops, a bank and a book bar. LEO A DALY provided building design and landscape architecture, while WDCE, a local design institute, provided interior design services.

Client 

China Mobile Communications Corporation

At a glance

148,000 SM (1.6 million SF)

Research and development office building

Laboratory building

Public facilities building

Features

Indoor and outdoor spaces

Central courtyard gathering spaces in a natural environment

Services

Project Management

Master Planning

Architecture

Saint Francis Hospital Renovation and New Bed Tower

Oct 11, 2023

Saint Francis Hospital Renovation and New Bed Tower

Muskogee, Oklahoma

LEO A DALY was selected to design an addition/renovation project at the Saint Francis Health System hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The project includes a 150-bed consolidation project and main entry in a new tower, a chapel, clinic and renovations to the campus.

The client’s goals are improving community health and knowledge of health and wellness, increasing healthcare access, and caring for the whole person, mind, body and spirit. The design is inspired by the region and Saint Francis Health System’s commitment to the community, as well as a heavy emphasis on innovation and Catholic heritage.

For the Saint Francis Hospital project, specific design strategies address increasing facility visibility, improving the entry access and sequence, adaptive reuse of interior spaces that are vacant or will become vacant, creating an expanded and more efficient Emergency Department and achieving bed consolidation in a modern, efficient, and customer-focused tower addition.

Overall, Saint Francis Hospital and New Bed Tower will focus on customer experience and modernization of the facility in keeping with the high quality of care that the health system delivers across northeastern Oklahoma.

Client 

Saint Francis Health System

At a glance

150-bed tower

Public spaces

Features

The complex combines a full service, four story Assisted Living Facility (ALF) and a two and three-story Memory Care Facility.

Services

Architectural Design

Planning

Interior Design

Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Forensics and Technology Facility

Oct 11, 2023

Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Forensics and Technology Facility

West Palm Beach, Florida

LEO A DALY’s design relocates the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Property & Evidence (P&E) and Forensics Sciences divisions into a new, multi-story facility. The greenfield site and building is planned according to lean work-flow strategy, optimizing flow of work by aligning key adjacencies and support functions.

The Forensics Division occupies the second floor, providing critical labs for chemistry, toxicology, data, finger prints and firearms/ballistics. LEO A DALY’s design ensures proper flow through labs and lean philosophies for the identification of support spaces, central storage, dedicated and secured ancillary spaces. A ballistics watertank and single-lane firing range round out the lab spaces. Dedicated training rooms, QA/QC offices, administration and break and conferencing spaces serve the Division.

The P&E spaces consist of officer intake and packaging areas, secure processing and storage. The processing and evidence warehouse includes bulk central storage areas, as well as dedicated currency, jewelry, fire arms, narcotics vaults, flammables vaults, secure sally ports and destruction areas. Separate secured entry points for property pick up and legal and evidence viewings are aligned to eliminate potential cross conflict, visible vulnerability or security concerns. Additionally, the project includes new impound facilities (surface and structured) for 400-500 vehicles for forfeited, investigative vehicles, homicide and processing.

Client 

Palm Beach County

At a glance

87,982-SF

400-500 Car Impound Lot

16 Acres

Features

Toxicology and blood chemistry labs and instrumentation rooms

PPE, equipment loading / receiving / secure storage.

Destruction storage and bio-safety storage for materials de-accessioned

Chemical, water, DI, air compression loading, secure storage, and protection

Crime scene evidence control, intake, extraction and storage

Narcotics and bio-logical storage

Facility designed to be FBI narcotics storage, CALEA and ASCLD accreditation.

Services

Project Management

Architecture

Laboratory Planning

Interior Design

Construction Administration

Claas Omaha, Product Development, Warehouse and Training Facility

Oct 10, 2023

Claas Omaha, Product Development, Warehouse and Training Facility

Omaha, NE

With agriculture being Nebraska’s number one industry and manufacturing number two, Claas needed more space to provide the much-needed research and implementation of agricultural manufacturing. Designed with the human element in technical problem solving to improve how their people, information, and material flow from idea to implementation, Claas selected LEO A DALY to design an 38,440 SF expansion to the 200,000 SF facility that was originally designed in 2000 by our firm.

The two-story addition includes a variety of product research and development and office types – formal and informal, large group, small group, individual, active, problem-based, and maker-spaces – to provide choice and diversity on-site and virtually. Technicians and research developers can be in reviewing maintenance manuals, then quickly head down to the temperature-controlled equipment bays to test their innovative ideas in real-time with the largest Claas machines. These bays are separated by vertically stored partitions that are designed to maintain floor space and reduce the sound transfer between spaces when engines are running in the lab space.

The final design incorporates the entire Claas system, including the business aspects, promoting dynamic user engagement, meaningful trainer-trainee interaction, and accelerate innovation that responds to and anticipates emerging trends in agriculture, manufacturing, and distribution. Future expansion for additional training space was designed as well so Claas could budget for future lab/classroom space in the near future.

Client 

Claas Omaha

At a glance

  • 200,000-SF New (2002)
  • 38,440-SF Addition (2019)
  • Collaborative training/education workspace

Features

  • Showroom & product display area
  • 27-foot clear height and includes a “flat floor” production line to allow for the use of air pallets
  • State-of-the-art classrooms & teaching labs
  • Test cell area for product testing
  • Wash booth, paint booth, and oven areas
  • A prototypical configuration area
  • Assembly space contains cranes throughout for product movement and is also served by a large, compressed air system for tool and equipment operation

Services

  • Site evaluation
  • Programming
  • Pre-design
  • Architecture
  • Interior design
  • Structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and civil engineering
  • Construction administration services

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Pathology Lab, Equipment Replacement

Oct 10, 2023

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Pathology Lab, Equipment Replacement

Los Angeles, CA

With Pathology Lab of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center informed that their existing lab equipment would no longer be supported by their service contract, this created a critical equipment replacement project geared towards meeting this accelerated timeline date.

To meet this critical date, the project team partnered with OSHPD to identify critical requirements in order to simplify the plan check review process. The project included the replacement of all existing lab equipment from Abbott and Sysmex vendors. The 3,100 SF project required that operations be maintained during construction and included a new enlarged deionized water filtration system from Evoqua and new movable laboratory benches and finishes.

The mechanical scope included an upgrade to the existing air handling unit serving the 4th floor pathology lab. A temporary air handling unit was upgraded and utilized to maintain operations served by the existing air handling unit, including NICU and Specialty Lab. Temporary ducts were installed on the roof and routed to the mechanical mains, while the existing unit was upgraded, tested, and balanced.

The project team met the aggressive project schedule by maintaining close and constant coordination with the Contractor, OSHPD Field Staff, and the Inspector of Record. Commissioning and dual validation of both the lab equipment and deionized water filtration system were completed in time to meet the project deadline.

Client 

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

At a glance

3,100 SF

Features

Laboratory equipment replacement

Deionized water filtration system

Movable laboratory benches and finishes

New air handling unit

Services

Field Verification

Process Flow Analysis

Programming

Full Architectural & Engineering Services

Commissioning

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