CHKD Children’s Pavilion

Designed to facilitate patient and family-focused care, CHKD’s Children’s Pavilion 14-story tower features 60 inpatient beds, behavioral health day treatment, a behavioral outpatient clinic, and outpatient primary and specialty care services. The 363,915-sf building includes space for 24 future beds plus three shell floors for additional outpatient services. The interior environment is designed to manage risk through the layout of spaces and the materials used, such as anti-ligature fixtures, impact-resistant glass, and secure netting at the rooftop recreation zones. A 98,329 SF, 8-story precast concrete deck provides ample parking.

An extensive BIM effort helped the team test potential building systems, work through the continuous estimates, and resolve potential conflicts between building systems all before the first shovel hit the ground. The team used BIM 360 Glue, BIM 360 Design, point layout and laser scanning, and provided CHKD’s operations staff with an as-built record BIM.

The opportunity to bring on major Trade Partners in the preconstruction process helped maintain a higher quality of craftmanship. Through their Design Assist role, the structural steel, MEP, and curtain wall trade partners were able to offer input on major design details, helping steer the team to select assemblies that are more cost-effective and easier for the end users to maintain.

The team provided the BIM model to the design assist contractors, who further refined it to develop modular and prefabricated components. Much of the MEP systems were prefabricated offsite in a controlled environment. This prefabrication process allowed the construction team to achieve a high level of quality compared to traditional onsite building. Modular electrical rooms were assembled and tested in a controlled environment, shrink wrapped, and transported to the site just in time for installation. These included painted drywall and electrical panels that were wired, tested and labeled in advance. Pre-assembled horizontal mechanical racks included air terminal devices along with the associated duct work, mechanical piping, and control wiring. The racks were placed on movable palettes and wheels and stored on shell space floors until they could be moved where needed.

A modular rooftop chiller plant was assembled, wired, and tested offsite, then broken down into sections for transport in four large sections and lifted into position on the 14th floor. Duct and pipe risers were assembled on racks, allowing the construction team to complete the riser install onsite in a matter of weeks.