Portland, ME
Maine Medical Center, Women and Infants Birthing Center
Scope/Solutions
SGH provided structural engineering services for several new buildings at Maine Medical Center. The project began with a new Women and Infants Birthing Center and led to additional phases of work, including a new parking garage, central utility plant, main lobby and lobby connectors, two-story pedestrian bridge, and a helipad located on the roof of an existing parking garage.
Highlights of our work on the various structures include the following:
- Women and Infants Birthing Center. SGH designed the structure for the new four-story, 200,000 sq ft Women and Infants Birthing Center to accommodate a future two-story, vertical expansion. We designed a structural steel superstructure with a welded moment frame lateral-load-resisting system that bears on cast-in-place concrete foundation walls around the two below-grade basement levels.
- Parking Structure. The new parking garage is a 220,000 sq ft, eight-story precast concrete structure built into a steep hillside, requiring a 50 ft permanent earth-retention system. SGH provided a design review and recommended modifications to the 50 ft permanent earth-retention system that allowed the precast concrete garage to be designed as if it were located on a flat site.
- Central Utility Plant. SGH designed the new two-story central utility plant with considerations for a future two-story vertical expansion and also designed a temporary earth retention system to facilitate construction into a steep hill. We designed foundation walls, interior concrete shear walls, and steel braced frames, which serve as the building’s lateral-force-resisting system and the permanent earth-retention system.
- Helipad. SGH designed the structures and access bridge on the roof of the existing parking garage to accommodate a helipad, which raised the hospital’s level of care to a Trauma One center.
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Project Summary
2009
Completion Date
Solutions
New Construction
Services
Structures
Markets
Health Care & Life Sciences
Client(s)
TRO Jung|Brannen Inc.
Specialized Capabilities
Building Design
Key team members
Additional Projects
Northeast
Mercy Medical Center, Sister Caritas Cancer Center
With the Sister Caritas Cancer Center, Mercy Medical Center expanded oncology services and consolidated their programs into one comprehensive space. SGH designed the structure for the two-story horizontal expansion.
Northeast
Veterans Administration Medical Center
The Veterans Administration (VA) wished to add a four-story ambulatory care facility adjoining the existing medical center. SGH was the structural engineer for the 100,000 sq ft addition, which we designed in accordance with the VA seismic design standards.