Mechanical and electrical design for a 17,000-sf addition, containing 18 skilled nursing beds, nurses stations, activities center, support areas, dining room and pantry, and 10,000-sf of unoccupied space for future expansion, storage, and mechanical rooms. The project included mechanical and electrical design for 37 new residential cottages, which are grouped into 5 single and 16 duplex units, with a basement option.

D&K engineers provided MEP design services for renovations to the existing community center, which included a cafeteria expansion, kitchen renovations, and resident activity area modifications. Designed new cooling/heating system for 12 existing resident rooms served by the eight geothermal wells that will be displaced by the expansion.

Mechanical services include heating/cooling calculations, heating/cooling system design, hydronic piping, fan coil unit ductwork, plumbing design, sprinkler system performance specifications, equipment selection review, and construction phase services.

Electrical services include electrical load and capacity calculations, equipment sizing, complete lighting and power circuit design, emergency power generation design, fire alarm system design, power and lighting design for the new cottages, site lighting and power distribution, distribution grid one-line diagram, utilities coordination, lighting specifications review, and construction phase services.

DuBois & King provided topographic survey, civil/site, structural, and electrical engineering, and site permitting for a 4,800 sf, two-story addition to an existing medical-dental office building located on a 5.4 acre parcel.

The project included engineering services for an uninterruptible power supply generator and relocation of approximately 200-lf of perennial stream channel. Permitting assistance included Local Site Plan and Conditional Use, ACT 250, Water Supply Construction Permit, Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal, and Stream Alteration.

In an effort to manage expanded services and respond to significant growth, Gifford Medical Center required the consolidation of three existing patient registration offices. The restructured space combined general, emergency room, and radiology registration areas and the hospital central switchboard office into one central patient registration area. The renovation better manages patient access/services and facility space requirements.

DuBois & King’s scope of work included complete renovation to the existing HVAC system; new primary, secondary, and task lighting; electrical and data services to the new registration desks; and relocation of the switchboard service area (central telephone, data, CCTV, fire alarm, security, and emergency room after-hours control).

All demolition and new work was designed and coordinated with the owner in order to keep necessary hospital services in force at all times and minimize impacts on patients and employees during the multi-phased construction period. Professional services included:

Mechanical – HVAC modifications, ventilation improvements
Electrical and data services improvements
Lighting improvements
Centralized security and patient access improvements