Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Acoustical-Design

Story

Acoustics By Design worked with the hospital to design sound isolation features to meet the acoustical requirements of the new FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities. The 13-story tower in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, features neo-natal pediatric intensive care units, patient rooms, emergency room, radiology department, and surgery/procedure rooms. One of the challenges was noise flanking around the patient room and neo-natal intensive care unit walls due to the curtain wall design. Vibration mitigation recommendations were made for electrical transformers above sleep study rooms, patient exam rooms, and hospital support rooms. Finally, we offered noise mitigation solutions for the cooling tower pump noise to ensure a quiet environment for the chapel and the family retreat areas. The building is seeking LEED Silver certification.

Facts

  • Title: Helen devos children's hospital
  • Location: Grand rapids, michigan
  • Postal code: 49503
  • Phase: Complete
  • Budget: $169 million
  • Size: 464000.0


Project Identification Number:

PP-CST-FBF2-663D-ED09-6994-12


Status: Completed


Tags

  • children's-hospitals
  • featured-projects
  • healthcare


Project Credits:

Wolverine Building Group

Construction-Management

Steel Supply & Engineering

Structural-Steel-Fabrication

Pioneer Construction

steel-erection

Buist Electric

Electrical-Contractor

Ritsema Associates

Interiors-Contractor

Power Systems Solutions

Electrical-Engineering

Prein & Newhof

Civil-Engineering

Architectural Metals Inc.

Metal-Wall-&-Roof-Panels

Kent Companies, Inc.

Concrete-Contractor

ABD Engineering & Design

Acoustical-Design

TheatArch Design Solutions

lighting-design

Feyen Zylstra, LLC

Electrical-Contractor-L.-Voltage

Bouma Bros. Sales & Service, Inc.

Interiors-Contractor

Vos Glass

Glazing


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