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Hospital for Special Surgery

Addition and Alterations and OR Suite (Corporate Experience)

SIZE OWNER
230,000 square feet Hospital for Special Surgery
CONTRACT TYPE ARCHITECT
Construction Manager-at-Risk Architect for Health and Science
Commerce (not in business)

PROJECT DETAILS
Since its founding, the Hospital for Special Surgery has continuously • Th e use of an innovative steel truss platform
sought to meet the quality healthcare needs of the metropolitan New system and a complex erection scheme used
York area. As part of its major modernization program a seven-story barge cranes berthed along the sea wall of
building was built over the FDR Drive and constructed partially from the East River which enabled the successful
barges in the East River. Th e project consisted of fi ve fl oors of 160 expansion of the hospital over the FDR Drive.
medical and surgical beds, one fl oor of Radiology and one fl oor for a
• Review and approval of over 45 agencies was
50 space parking area. Also included were major alterations of the OR
required including the NYC DOT and the U.S.
Suite, Rehab, Radiology, Doctor’s Offi ces, an Out-Patient Clinic and
Coast Guard.
Day Surgery. Each of the patient fl oors boasts its own 1200 square foot
Atrium. • Th e design met seismic requirements and the 19
foot deep by 96 foot span steel truss platform,
Completed in record time, this addition is a good example of how was completely fabricated off site in four 4800
innovative design coupled with precise construction coordination can square foot sections weighing 800 tons each
result in a successful project. with all the mechanical elements.
• Th e platform was barged to the site for night
time erection during a seven hour window to
avoid the morning rush hour. Th e erection
process took fi ve nights to complete.