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TECHNOLOGY & METHODS
MultiCare's leaders embraced the practice of informal Integrated Project Delivery and the use of Building
Information Modeling for the expansion of MultiCare Good
Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash.
W
ith a complex construction project, as in major surgery, a successful outcome
depends on a multidisciplinary team employing advanced technology. Members of Washington's MultiCare Health System value collaboration and the use of advanced healthcare and information technology to improve patient outcomes. Consistent with these values,
MultiCare's leaders embraced the practice of informal Integrated Project Delivery, a collaborative approach to project management, and the use of Building Information Modeling for a 350,000-square- foot expansion of MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash. As a result, the project team was able to meet signifi cant design, engineering and construction challenges — including the requirements associated with a 2,000-year seismic design, a steeply sloped site and LEED Silver
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certifi cation — to deliver the project within budget in less than 27 months.
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
The expansion of Good Samari- tan Hospital involved a nine-story patient-care tower joined to the exist- ing hospital with several sky bridges. The expansion provided the hospital with 80 private patient rooms on two fl oors, two fl oors shelled for 80 future patient rooms, an emergency department, an imaging department and a surgery department with eight operating rooms. The project also included a 10,000-square-foot central utility plant and a 380-car parking garage. The tower integrates technology
for patient care, safety and satisfaction, including a daVinci Robotic Surgery System, integration with MultiCare's secure electronic health record, radio-frequency
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