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Aug 24, 2023 _ news
GBBN, Danis, Bon Secours Mercy Health… and a Very Big Tent in the News
Bon Secours Mercy Health, Danis Construction, and GBBN continue to garner headlines for our work at Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital. Healthcare Design recently published an article describing the onsite prefabrication strategy the team is using to deliver the 60-bed hospital.
Describing the strategy as a response to ongoing challenges with labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and material pricing escalation, the article pulls out some interesting highlights about the value of this approach. Some highlights include:
- By erecting an 80 x 200-foot tent onsite, the team was able to fabricate components of the hospital onsite. These include 15 x 32-foot exterior wall assemblies, large interior wall assemblies, and thousands of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression, and technology racks, which form the basic infrastructure of the hospital. After being assembled within the tent, these are hoisted into place with a crane.
- Freed of the constraints associated with the transportation of prefabricated components, the design and construction teams worked closely together in an integrated process that allowed them to fabricate building components at a much larger scale.
- This process shaved an estimated five months off the construction process.
- The process also helped avoid congestion related to skilled laborers—electricians, plumbers, and others—competing for space within hospital corridors by laying out and scheduling their work along an assembly line within the tent.
Read more about this process at Healthcare Design. For more, view Mickey LeRoy’s insight at Building Design + Construction.
To learn more about Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital, read our case study.
