Congratulations to the design-build team responsible for Harborview’s new Hybrid Bi-Plane OR whose work has been recognized by the Design-Build Institute of America. This award showcases not only an extraordinary project, but also how the project team went well above and beyond achieving cost, schedule, and quality goals, demonstrating unique applications of design-build best practices to raise the bar. As a result of winning a National Award of Merit in the Healthcare Facilities category, the project is automatically a nominee for the National Award of Excellence in this same category. As an added honor, it is one of three finalists for the Best in Small Projects Award. All winners will be announced during the awards ceremony taking place as part of the 2020 Design-Build Conference & Expo on October 29th.
Hybrid bi-plane operating rooms are surgical suites that provide real-time patient imaging data — in this case a C-shaped biplanar imaging system that generates images on two separate planes — and allow a quick shift from diagnosis to surgical treatment in the same room. Hybrid operating rooms are sized and configured to exacting specifications. The rooms must support cardio- and neuro-medical teams, among others, and roughly 15,000 pounds of equipment. Physician teams , including Dr. Louis Kim, communicated precisely what operating room functionality needed to look like and why. The highly technical surgical suite at Harborview is one of only a handful of such facilities nationwide. Read more about the hybrid OR project here: https://dbia.org/project/uw-harborview-medical-center-hybrid-bi-plane-or/