$31.3 Million Project Features State-of-the-Art Medical Technology and Systems

CHICAGO, Illinois (March 22, 2007) – Leopardo Construction, a leading construction services firm, completed a new 140,000-square-foot addition to the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital.

Located at 5730 S. Drexel Avenue in Chicago, the $31.3 million expansion features four stories plus a mechanical penthouse, 21 exam rooms, two trauma rooms, two procedure rooms, two isolation rooms, an Ob/Gyn room and a psychiatric exam room. The space also includes a lobby with interactive children’s games, state-of-the-art patient monitoring hub for real-time data terminals, full-floor pediatric emergency department, full basement for mechanical and electrical systems, steam and chilled water systems, and two 1,100-kW generators that were relocated into the new structure without incurring any loss of power to the occupied facility.

“Our team of healthcare construction experts skillfully managed the logistical sensitivities of working between the occupied hospital and a landmark building,

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 12:08 pm and is filed under Healthcare.