LONGWOOD AT OAKMONT

HEALTHCARE CENTER

VERONA, PENNSYLVANIA

 
 Building Name:  Longwood at Oakmont Healthcare Center

Location:  500 Route 909 Verona, PA 15147

Building Occupant:  Presbyterian Senior Care

Occupancy/Function Type:  Senior Care Facility

Size:  45,000 SF

Height:  One section of the building is two stories and the rest of the building is only one
story, with a small area having a basement located underneath it.

Date of Construction: November 2007 – July 2008

Cost: Roughly 11 million dollars for the total cost (cost to be updated once contractors
submit final bids)

Delivery Method:  Design-Bid-Build

Project Team:
Owner – Presbyterian Senior Care
General Contractor – Mistick Construction (www.mistickconstruction.com)
Architect – Reese, Lower, Patrick, and Scott, Ltd. (www.rlps.com)
MEP Engineer – Reese Engineering Inc. (www.reeseinc.com)
Structural Engineer – Zug and Associates
Civil Engineer – Gateway Engineering Inc. (www.gatewayengineering.net)
Landscape Architects – Victor – Wetzel Associates
Food Services – S.S. Kemp and Co. (www.sskemp.com)

Applicable Codes: Research is being done at this time to further investigate which codes
are applicable for this project.

Zoning:  Research is being done at this time to further investigate the zoning of this
project.

Building Envelope:
The building has two primary wall types.  Both wall types have the same window types throughout their construction.  One wall section is composed of vinyl siding, rigid insulation, masonry block, air space, and gypsum wall board.  The other typical wall section is composed of an EIFS material, rigid insulation, gypsum wall board, air space, batt insulation, and more gypsum wall board.  The roof construction consists of asphalt shingles, plywood, batt insulation, air space, and gypsum wall board.

Architectural Description:
The building can be easily divided into three sections.  One section is the health center wing.  It consists of two floors of shared resident rooms and a variety of mix use public areas.  Such public areas consist of dining rooms, country kitchens, family rooms, living rooms, offices, resident spas, resident laundry, and others.  This is the wing that contains the main mechanical room, which is located on the second floor.  Another wing if the building is designated as the rehab area.  This wing consists of a number of private and shared resident rooms.  It also has similar public spaces as the healthcare center, and has a few unique spaces such as a beauty salon and full kitchen.  This is also the area of the building where the basement is located underneath.  The final wing of the project has all of the same functions as the healthcare center, but is unique because it is the designated dementia wing.  The dementia and rehab wings are renovations and the healthcare center is a new construction add-on.

Mechanical:
A closed loop water source heat pump system was implemented for the Longwood at Oakmont Healthcare Center.  This consisted of a number of components located in the second floor mechanical room, including three gas-fired boilers (one of which is stand-by for peak loads).  A single closed circuit fluid cooler sized for 250 tons was located in a roof well of the facility.  A pair of fully redundant base-mounted end-suction variable speed secondary pumps will distribute water to the heat pumps throughout.  Individual spaces within the building shall be provided with an enclosed hi-rise style heat pump located in a designated niche.  Ventilation air for the facility will be provided through a ventilating unit with an integral energy recovery wheel.  The outside air is to be tempered to “room neutral” conditions before being sent to individual heat pumps.

Electrical/Lighting:
The Longwood at Oakmont Healthcare Center is to be provided with a 3000 amp service switchboard.  The switchboard shall be fed from a pad-mounted transformer owned by Duquesne Light with commercial secondary metering.  The service switchboard will also be rated at 208 volts.  There will be a diesel-fired emergency generator located outside of the building.  It is to be sized to a 300 kW capacity and is to have a fuel storage tank large enough to provide power for 48 hours.  Most lighting in the building is to be energy efficient fluorescent with the exception of nightstand lamps in the resident rooms. 

Structural:
The foundation of the Longwood at Oakmont Healthcare Center is comprised of strip footings underneath the exterior walls and a six inch thick concrete slab.  The exterior walls are load baring masonry walls.  In areas where multiple stories exist a few wide flange beams are used to distribute the load across spans onto the loading baring masonry walls.  Typical beams are W 8x31.  A unique truss system was designed for this project.  The bottom center of the roof trusses were boxed out to allow for mechanical ducts and piping to run above the corridor without compromising ceiling heights.

Construction Management:
The Longwood at Oakmont Healthcare Center is a design-bid-build project delivery method.  The design of the building was completed on October 8, 2007.  The scheduled date of construction is to start by November 2007 and is to extend until July 2009.

Fire Protection:
A wet-pipe fire protection shall be installed throughout the entire Longwood at Oakmont Healthcare Center, with the exception of the attic spaces which will be a dry-pipe system.  Both systems shall be in compliance with NFPA 13 and 20 for light and ordinary hazard occupancies.  All sprinkler heads shall be recessed and center within a ceiling tiles.

Transportation:
Vertical transportation is provided by two stair towers located on opposite ends of the Healthcare Center.  An elevator bank with two elevators is also provided in the core of the facility.  Each elevator is specified to be a 4,500 lbs. passenger elevator.

Telecommunications:
The telecommunications system within the Longwood at Oakmont Healthcare Center consists of telephone, data, and cable television throughout the entire building.  Local overhead sound systems will also be provided within the multi-purpose, dining, and family rooms.

Special Systems:
There are two function specific electrical systems within this building that are unique to the buildings function.  One of which is a nurse call system located throughout the entire facility and the other is a patient wandering system which is located only around the perimeter of the dementia wing to alert staff members should a dementia patient go beyond his designated area.

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