Projects 2009


Children's Hospital - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The relocation of the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is our largest to date. Planning for this extensive relocation was completed in less than nine months with the relocation taking place during four separate phases amounting to 33 days of moving, phases occurred over a 90 day time span, culminating with the patient relocation on May 2nd, 2009. This relocation was extremely complicated as 12 existing buildings were relocated into 7 new buildings spread over several city blocks. The distance from the existing campus to the new campus was 10 Kilometers through the heart of Pittsburgh.

As a result of advanced planning meetings and detailed scheduling, there was very minimal downtime and no disruption to patient care. Departments relocated included but were not limited to: Administration, Human Resources, Pharmacy, IT, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Dental, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Medical Genetics, Plastics/Cleft/Craniofacial Clinic, Children's Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery, Neurophysiology, Heart Center Clinic, Finance, Transplant, Urology, Audiology, Orthopedic Surgery, Oncology, Sterile Process Department, Speech Pathology, Clinical Engineering, Laboratory, Radiology, Operating Rooms, Training and Education, Outpatient, Gift Shop, Dietary, Volunteers and all Inpatient departments equipment and office contents.

Another extremely important function completed by Health Care Relocations was the supportive role played for The Patient Move. Drawing on Health Care Relocations' vast patient relocation experience, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh moved 156 patients over a 6 hour period. This is always the pinnacle and climax of the entire relocation process and HCR's experience was drawn upon on many occasions to ensure that all patients were transferred and handled in the best possible way.


 


El Camino Hospital - The Hospital of the Silicon Valley

Mountain View, California

The relocation of the El Camino Hospital took place over 15 days, with November 15th being Patient Move day. A total of 119 Patients moved from the old Inpatient tower to a modernized state of the art hospital, which was attached to the old facility. Planning for the relocation of contents and Patients began over a year before the Patient Move. Health Care Relocations developed a move sequence and communicated expectations and mitigated risks to all applicable stakeholders in the hospital. Through the development of departmental move plans with each department and in conjunction with facilities activation planning all aspects of the move were completed in a safe and timely manner.

Health Care Relocations also provided OFOI (Owner Furnished Owner Install) services for the El Camino Hospital which included unpacking, verification and delivery of new hospital assets in the new facility in advance of the scheduled move into the new facility. Moreover, Health Care Relocations also provided redundant asset consolidation post move. Through careful planning and strong leadership Health Care Relocations was able to provide a smooth and efficient relocation of Hospital Patients and contents to the new facility.

Departments Relocated include but are not limited to: Employee Health, Administration, Security, Central Processing, Education, Human Resources, Laboratory, Pathology, Health Library, Patient Escort, Inpatient Dialysis, Radiology, Cath Lab (Intervention Services) In Patient Units, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Care Coordination, 10 OR's, Emergency Department, Inpatient Respiratory Therapy, Staffing Office, Patient Care Resources, Infection Control , Clinical Effectiveness, Registration, Inpatient Rehabilitation.


 


Trillium Health Centre

Mississauga, Ontario

The Trillium Health Centre project is an active multi-phased internal relocation that is taking place over many months, as construction is completed. The new 6 story West Wing Inpatient tower is attached to the existing hospital. The project began with HCR providing the planning, and onsite inventorying, assembly, placement and installation of fixtures and equipment that fell outside of the contractor and venders scope of work. To date17 separate patient moves staged over several months have been completed. As a result of advanced planning all of these patient moves went very smoothly.

Departments that moved during the relocations included, but were not limited to, Rehabilitation, Oncology, CCU, CSPU, ICU , Biomed and Mental Health. There were a number of delays due to construction that were challenging logistically but HCR worked with Trillium to ensure that their relocation needs were successfully and efficiently met. There are a number of future phases that we will be working on into 2010.


 


Runnymede Health Care Centre

Toronto, Ontario

This new continuing care facility was built on the same site as the old building. The number of beds increased from 95 to 200 and 92 patients were moved over as part of a four day move. Challenges included transferring the patients at the same time as their beds, but not in them. A temporary covered link was erected to protect the Patients during the relocation from the old building in to the new. Planning began about a year in advance and the move was executed in a safe and timely manner with a minimum amount of risk and inconvenience. HCR also helped consolidate all redundant items after the move was complete.

Departments relocated included, but not restricted to, Administration, Nutrition, Recreational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Audiology, Occupational Therapy and I.T.


 


Ringgold County Hospital

Mount Ayr, Iowa

This new 60,000 square foot hospital replaced a nearby 40,000 square foot site. HCR provided the planning, scheduling and physical relocations for this facility. This included the planning and facilitation of the patient move as well. Departments relocated included, but not limited to, Administration, Medical Records, Dietary, Radiology, Pharmacy, Lab, 1 O.R., PACU, Dialysis, Clinics, and Patient unit.


 


Hamilton Health Sciences Research Facility

Hamilton, Ontario

The David Braley Cardiac, Vascular And Stroke Research Institute is a new facility that brings together the Population Health Research Institute and the Henderson Research Centre under one roof. This project is a 2 phased relocation. Phase 1 consisted mainly of administrative and research offices from two out buildings and the main building of Hamilton General, into a new building at the General site. The two out buildings were on streets adjacent to the Hamilton General. This phase was completed in March, 2009.

Phase 2 is scheduled for January, 2010 and will involve the relocation of their experimental pathology and wet laboratories as well as additional research office space. These labs are animal facilities and have a large amount of specialized equipment that we will be relocating.


 


Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

Southbend (Mishawaka), Indiana

This moved consisted of a total hospital relocation as well as a Medical Office Building. The brand new facility replaced two existing hospitals that totaled approximately 785,000 square feet and 403 beds. The new 658,000 square foot acute care hospital has 254 beds and 69 outpatient beds on a 90 acre campus. The move was executed in 2 phases in October and December of 2009. Phase 1 took place over a week in October and included much of the offices, Materials Management items, Plant Operations equipment and supplies, and furniture needed to ramp up operations at the new site. Phase 2 occurred in December and included, but not limited to, Human Resources, Clinical Engineering, I.T., Medical Library, Radiology, O.R.s, PACU, Diagnostic Imaging, Respiratory Care, Neurodiagnostics, EVS, and ADU. This relocation involved a lot of logistical planning as many out buildings were involved in both phases.


 


Story County Medical Center

Nevada, Iowa

The relocation of Story County Medical Center occurred over a four day period from August 12th to 17th, with patients transferring to the new facility on the last day. The new facility is located approximately five miles away from the existing facility. Departments relocated during this relocation included but were not limited to Infection Control, Public Relations, Operating Rooms and Support Areas, Lab, Business Office, Gift Shop, Pharmacy, Medical Imaging, Respiratory Therapy, Acute Care Inpatient Unit and Medical Records.

The Health Information Management (HIM) relocation involved a file transfer with Health Care Relocations packing, shipping and filing all charts in less than two hours. Although considered a small facility, the Story County Medical Center produced the same result as any other hospital which is a seamless and successful relocation though effective communication as well as meticulous planning and execution.


 


Quinte Health Care - Belleville General Hospital - Sills Wing

Belleville, Ontario

This expansion and renovation of the Belleville General includes a 155,000 square foot 5-storey inpatient building called the Sills Wing. This is a multi-phased internal relocation that has included an ICU patient move and part of the Rehab Unit to date, the first phase , which consisted of the This phase was a small 10 patient relocation that was completed on August 18th, 2009. Future phases are planned for 2010.


 


Montfort Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario

Montfort Hospital is a multi phased project that is driven by construction and renovation milestones. The expansion and renovations are a part of the existing facility. HCR has completed 2 phases in 2009 with plans for future relocation phases in 2010. Phase 1 was a two day move in July that saw a seamless transfer of the Emergency Department from the old area to the new expanded area. Phase 2 took place in August and included departments, Diagnostic Imaging, Dietary, Housekeeping, Ethics, social work, Same Day Surgery phase1, Human Resources and other departmental office space. There was a patient move from six units that went smoothly on the Sunday of this three day relocation.

Future phases planned for 2010 include departmental moves of Administration, Ambulatory Care, Cardiopulmonary Services, Environmental Services, Facility Management & Security Services, Family Medicine, Gift Shop, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Infection Control, Pharmacy, Purchasing, Mental Health, Palliative Care and others.


 


Royal Victoria Hospital

Barrie, Ontario

HCR has ongoing projects with this hospital as construction continues on their large addition and renovations. The RVH expansion will see the hospital double in size and will include, The Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre, 101 new inpatient beds, 2 new large O.R.'s, increased Emergency department, Diagnostic Imaging and Lab departments. Phase 1 is to be completed in 2011, followed by extensive renovations to the existing hospital that is scheduled for completion in 2012. HCR relocated the SDS (Same Day Surgery) and some labs, internally, over a few days in December, 2009. SDS involved moving computers, printers, desks, patient chairs, BP cuffs and other wall mounted items to their new renovated areas. The lab move involved moving a Bactec, centrifuges and various other bench top pieces to their newly renovated spaces. We also relocated items to ER and Human Resources and moved items to offsite storage.


 


Winchester District Memorial Hosptial

Winchester, Ontario

The Winchester District Memorial Hospital is expanding by adding 50,000 square feet of new construction and renovating 50,000 square feet of existing space to allow for more efficient Patient care and Patient privacy. The relocation process involves 5 phases, of which 2 phases have been completed. The 1st. phase was completed in February, 2009. The departments that were relocated during this phase included Pharmacy, Emergency Department, outpatient clinics, CSR,O.R.'s, PACU, Diagnostic Imaging, Foundations, Gift Shop, Health Records, Registration, Inpatients from ICU and Rehab.

The 2nd phase occurred in March and included the relocation of: Materials Management, Complex Continued Care Unit(CCCU), Ophthalmology, Nutrition Services, O.B./Gynecology Clinic, Ambulatory Care and the Dialysis Clinic. HCR also consolidated all the redundant furniture and equipment from these departments. Future phases are planned for November, 2009 and early in 2010.


 


Hamilton Health Sciences - Rehabilitation Facility

Hamilton, Ontario

The new Hamilton Rehab and ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) building is a three-storey, 106,000 square foot building that is attached to Hamilton General Hospital. This relocation consolidated rehabilitation and ABI services that were located in 14 different buildings across the city. The main buildings involved in the relocation came from the Chedoke site and the St. Joseph's site. There were two separate Patient moves, from Chedoke and St. Joe's sites, that were carried out on the same day.

The new building is located on Hamilton mountain, about 6 kilometers from the new site. Departments that were relocated included, but not limited to, Specialized Outpatient Rehab. Services, ABI Outreach, ABI Administration, ABI Clinics, Psychology offices, Rehab.Clinics, Hydrotherapy, Cardio Physio Lab, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Neuro Gym, Inpatient Physio Gyms, GMED(Geriatric), PMAC(Psychology),MDU(Medical Diagnostic Unit),EMG Clinic, Spinal/Stroke Unit.

There is a future phase to this project that is planned for sometime in early 2010.


 


Mt. Sinai

Toronto, Ontario

This two (2) phase laboratory relocation involved approximately 60,000 cryogenically frozen human eggs, sperm and zygotes that were meticulously and carefully transported from the Mt. Sinai Lab to their new IVF Clinic in a nearby building. Absolute care was taken to move 36 liquid nitrogen freezers, as well as all the other lab. equipment and office space. Equipment relocated, but not limited to, included workstations, Bio safety Cabinets and Fume Hoods, incubators, centrifuges, microscopes, ultrasound machines, cryo tanks, air tables and more.


 


LifeQuest IVF Lab

Toronto, Ontario

This was a series of moves that that took place in October and December. The first move involved relocating some fume hoods from a lab in north Toronto to their new downtown lab. The second move, in December, involved a new air filtration system installed throughout the lab, which required HCR to move most of the lab's equipment to a temporary location and then move it all back once the work was complete a week later. The equipment moved included incubators, fume hoods, anti-vibration tables, microscopes and various other pieces.


 


UHN Western Lab Relocation

Toronto, Ontario

This was an internal relocation that involved moving a variety of microscopes, centrifuges, water bath, incubator/mixers, sonicator, tissue testers, computers, scales, actuator, -80 freezers, -20 freezers, pneumatic tables, BSC's and various bench top pieces of equipment. This was a one day move that was executed in a safe and timely fashion that resulted in a very short down time for the lab.


 


The Hospital for Sick Children-Research Institute

Toronto, Ontario

This project involved the uncrating and relocation of a highly sensitive MEG machine that had specific logistical challenges. We successfully relocated this multi pieced unit to its temporary location and will return to move it to its final home in the spring of 2010.