RGD Consulting Engineers provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and low voltage engineering services for the latest addition to Advent Heath’s Campus in Wesley Chapel, Florida. The expansion includes a 3 story, 100,000 SF addition and a connection to the adjacent hospital’s emergency suite. Main program requirements include a 14,000 SF Ambulatory Surgical Center which was designed to AHCA (Agency for Health Care Administration) standards. A two-story, 26,000 SF suite for Moffit Cancer Center was designed that includes two linear accelerators and a CT Scan installation; treatment suites, labs, waiting rooms, imaging reading spaces, and support space. Also included in the scope of work is a 14,000 SF Neu Spine Suite, and a 14,000 SF Urology Suite. Shelled out space for multi-tenant general practitioner space was reserved for future tenants.

Additional project requirements include renovation of an existing 12,000 SF waiting room serving the Emergency Room in the adjacent Wesley Chapel Hospital which was also AHCA reviewable and AHCA licensed. Technical challenges include separate chilled water plants for the ambulatory surgical suite, and cooling systems for imaging equipment. Other technical aspects include a Compounding Pharmacy within the Moffit Cancer Center which required clean room design in conformance with USP800 Design Standards. The entire Compounding Pharmacy, and Ambulatory Surgical Center are designed for complete back up of power systems by two separate emergency generators. Additionally, UPS systems were designed for the Linear Accelerators and CT Scan equipment. Completely ducted low temperature, low humidity, low velocity HVAC systems serve the operating suites from dedicated chilled water air handling units. Medical gas (vacuum, oxygen and Nitrogen) in addition to deionized water systems were designed for the surgical suites. The spaces outside the Compounding Pharmacy and Ambulatory Surgical Center are served by variable volume HVAC systems. The low voltage scope of work included engineering for voice/data, nurse call, access control, CCTV systems, CATV systems, and Code Blue systems.

RGD team’s experience on this project demonstrates our ability to work on large scale developments. Our team is an expert at planning for future expansion and growth of properties. We always consider the existing environment to ensure the sustainability of our designs.