Helford Clinical Research Hospital

The 347,000-sf, $200-million facility features 144 patient rooms, 18 ICU patient rooms, six surgical suites, and seven Level-1 and 21 Level-2 surgical recovery rooms. Family members and other caregivers have access to lounges, libraries, kitchens, family centers, and a variety of gardens both inside and outside the building.

The 600-sf surgical suites are equipped with laparoscopic and robotic instrumentation, advanced audio/visual information systems, ample room to accommodate an extensive surgical team and additional equipment, and have lighting and utilities suspended from the ceiling for added flexibility.

Diagnostic imaging tools include PET CT scanning, Gamma Camera diagnostics, CAT scanning, and MRI spectroscopy. The Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) provides physicians and clinicians with electronic access to X-rays, MRIs, and other radiology tests on computers strategically located throughout the hospital.

All patient rooms are private and are universally designed so that all monitoring and reporting equipment is located in the same place, expediting the medical staffs' response to patient needs. Located within direct line of sight of the nurses' station, no patient room is more than 13 feet from a station. Infection control alcoves provide clinicians with hand-washing stations, gowns, gloves, and other sterile equipment used to minimize the spread of germs to patients. Other infection-control measures include 99.99 HEPA filtration of outside air before it reaches the patients' rooms and an antimicrobial coating on all ductwork. Conference rooms, a wireless network, and a satellite pharmacy on each floor enhance the quality of care given to patients.

All support services including supply and utility rooms are housed in separate areas away from the patients. Private transportation corridors accessible only to patients and hospital staff provide an added level of privacy for the patients.

Project Information

Building Owner:

City of Hope

Building Location:

Duarte, CA UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Cancer treatment and research

Project Delivery Method:

Design/Build

Project Timeline

Jul 2005	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$200,000,000

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Conference Room
Healthcare
Healthcare: Cancer Center
Healthcare: Hospital
Healthcare: Imaging
Healthcare: Surgery
Interdisciplinary Research
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Research

Total GSF:

347,000

Project Team

Architect

NBBJ

Profile Created 09/25/2005

Last Updated 04/04/2006

About the Reported Cost Figures

The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders. Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost adjustments.

Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model. Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which others do not.