BOULDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
New 3-Story Maternity Wing &
Outpatient Services Building
Boulder, Colorado
Description of Work:
A new 3-story Hospital Building with a fourth level of underground parking, to serve the Boulder area as an exclusive Women’s Care/Maternity Hospital. The project consists of a Woman’s Urgent Care Center equipped with ambulatory services, and an adjoining Outpatient Services Building, and a Central Plant serving the entire facility. The OSB is occupied by Boulder Medical Center, which will occupy the entire second floor, and several smaller individual pediatrics and obstetrics offices on the third floor.
The design intent is to show the patient the hospitality provided by a 4-star resort. This is being accomplished with a multitude of decorative and designer finishes. In addition, the building is entirely controlled by a building automation system that is capable of monitoring all switchgear and distribution loads as well as the environmental features in each individual room.
All the patient room lighting is under automated controls that can be operated by the patient at the bed pillow switch. The area of natal intensive care is provide with theatrical dimming controls that will simulate night and day to allow for the infant children to become climatized before release from care.
The hospital’s electrical infrastructure is designed to allow for the hospital to operate without power for 4 days. This is being accomplished by using dual paralleled 1250KW generators that are being fuel fed from a 10,000gal underground fuel tank. The paralleling gear utilizes a synchronized transfer scheme. It allows for a return transfer to normal power with only milliseconds interruption.
The hospital has been built using LEEDS criteria.
Name and Address of Owner:
Boulder Hospital Group
Boulder, CO
Contract Number and Type:
Period of Performance:
18 Months
Completion Date: September 2003
Cost History:
Contract Amount: $7,100,000
References:
General Contractor:
Gerald H. Phipps
1530 W. 13th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204-8400
Contact: Chris Pedersen
(303) 571-5377
Percentage of Work by Ludvik Electric Co.’s own forces: 100%
