OLA Consulting Engineers
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Your HEALTHCARE facility is vital to our community. As engineers for hospitals, medical offices, and treatment centers, we know the importance of MEP system design to provide a safe, and reliable environment for both doctor and patient.
MEP Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering
$10M emergency department renovation.
Existing 8,500SF Emergency Department underwent a complete renovation as well as a 9,000SF addition. As part of the project, the existing ambulance drop-off and patient entrances were relocated; and construction was phased to ensure the Emergency Department remained open and operational throughout the entire project. MEP design included a new 600kW generator, new sprinklers and packaged rooftop HVAC units.
Energy Engineering, Commissioning
Cancer center renovation & expansion.
White Plains Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care was renovated and expanded by roughly 42,000SF. OLA served as a Technical Assistance Consultant for the project providing energy consulting and energy modeling services plus commissioning services. The new 70,000SF facility includes the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Pavilion and a new physician oncology pavilion.
MEP Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering
Renovation & addition to existing facility.
Health center underwent a complete renovation as well as a 6,400SF addition to the existing facility. The addition matches the existing structure in height, with a slight setback so as not to diminish the symmetrical integrity of the historic 1939 building. OLA’s design included all new HVAC systems and a new fire suppression sprinkler system.
MEP Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering
24,000SF medical office building conversion.
Existing 24,000SF structure was transformed into a state-of-the-art medical office building. The project included a complete gut demolition with new utilities and employed a construction approach that utilized a modular size room to allow flexible future alterations. Additionally, the renovation included a façade upgrade with a new entrance, a circulation skylight, parking improvements and exterior landscaping.
MEP Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering
Multi-hospital elevator modernization program.
Elevator modernization program across several medical facilities. The project brought the elevators, elevator machine rooms and the elevator pits up to current code requirements. Additional work to support the elevator renovations included HVAC in elevator machine rooms, low voltage and security cabling for elevators, emergency power for elevator equipment and fire alarm system integration of elevator controls.
MEP Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Energy Engineering, Commissioning
Multiple projects with a long-term client.
Multiple projects completed at the 500,000SF facility, including NYSERDA FlexTech energy audit of the entire hospital campus, backflow preventor installations at all buildings, air handling unit replacements, and HVAC system replacement for aesthetic surgery operating rooms.
Energy Engineering
Energy audit for a 700,000SF medical campus.
Through the NYSERDA FlexTech Program, OLA conducted an energy audit for the hospital and assisted living facility campus consisting of 18 buildings. Many of the buildings are interconnected and are served by a central utility plant. A major focus of the study was the replacement of the central utility plant’s aging equipment. An analysis was performed of combined heat and power as a possible central plant replacement option.
MEP Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering
New 82,000SF medical office building.
Conversion of a typical office building into a new medical office building through a series of building systems upgrades was the initial phase of the project. Phase 2 of the project included the construction of an Ambulatory Surgery Center within the new medical office building, a 12,000SF facility consisting of four operating rooms, preparation areas, reception and other support areas.
MEP Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering
New maternal & newborn care unit.
New state-of-the-art maternal and newborn care unit boasting a soothing, modern design. Labor and delivery rooms each include a soaking tub—and the new facility is also fully equipped with triage suites and operating rooms and a Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. OLA designed modifications to the existing HVAC systems for the renovation as well as new units for the cesarean and neonatal intensive care areas.
MEP Engineering
$68M nursing home renovation.
Two-phased nursing facility renovation and addition project. Phase I included infrastructure work in the utility plant, including the installation of a 400 ton electric chiller and a boiler replacement. Phase II will include complete renovations to the existing 8-story, 160,000SF building as well as the addition of 110,000SF.