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General Building Data
Building Name:
- Lehigh Valley Hospital- Cedar Crest Campus
Location:
- Allentown, PA
Size:
- 310,000 sq ft Expansion
Number of Stories above grade:
- 7 Occupied, 8 total including mechanical penthouse
Project Team:
- Owner- Lehigh Valley Hospital [www.lvh.org]
- Construction Manager- Whiting Turner [www.whiting-turner.com]
- Executive Architects- Freeman White, Inc [www.freemanwhite.com]
- Design Architect- Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates [www.vsba.com]
- Structural Engineers- O’Donnell & Naccarato [www.o-n.com]
- Civil Engineers- The Pidcock Company [www.pidcockcompany.com]
- LEED/MEP Contractors- TLC Engineering [www.tlc-engineers.com]
- Interiors- Freeman White, Inc [www.freemanwhite.com]
Construction Dates:
- June 2005 - December 2008
Total Cost:
- $181 million
Project Delivery:
- CM @ Risk
Architecture
The expansion project consists of a three section addition, A, B and C. Area A, which faces I-78, is the largest section consisting of 7 occupied floors, the first floor being a lobby and reception area and floors 2-7 being patient beds with a mechanical penthouse on the roof. Area B is called the “knuckle” and transitions area A and C with 4 elevators housed within it. Area C is a 5 story addition that is still not specified what its use is, but pointed in the direction of a burn trauma wing.
The building is a steel frame structure with joists ranging from W16x26 to W21x57 typical and girders ranging from W24x76 and W24x103 typical. The building enclosure consists mainly of precast concrete panels and 2 types of metal panels surrounding the windows. Insulated metal siding is used to enclose the mechanical penthouse. Roof deck is 1-1/2” 22 gauge wide rib type ‘B’ galvanized deck.