MultiCare Medical Center L- Wing Expansion

Brief Overview

Careful coordination and to-the-minute scheduling allowed Skanska to add four stories atop a busy hospital without disrupting critical operations.

MultiCare Medical Center's L-Wing expansion expands the facility space by 176,000 sf and houses a surgery department, vascular/heart surgery center, CATH labs and future build-out space. One floor features mechanical interstitial space and structural trusses.

The addition sits atop a lab that functions 24 hours a day, seven days a week, serving the entire facility. Skanska installed two elevators through the lab floor, partitioning off construction areas, weatherproofing the holes from the outside and bringing in steel in small pieces to ensure lab functions were not impacted.  Highly technical mechanical and electrical services were installed in the ceiling of the lab floor to serve the fifth floor surgery center. Pipe, conduit and other systems were prefabricated as much as possible to minimize excessive building activity and keep disruptions to the hospital to a minimum.

Construction work was conducted immediately adjacent to the hospital's emergency department and helicopter landing pad, requiring a great deal of flexibility and sensitivity on Skanska's part.