UPMC: Altoona

Renovation and Expansion of the Emergency Department and Radiology Department

• Emergency Department totaling 18,000 SF
• Radiology Department totaling 13,000 SF
• Was completed in 3 major phases plus multiple sub phases to allow both departments to continue to operate
• Design includes 2 new custom AHU’s with energy reclaim for general exhaust
  • ED unit is designed to permit the ED to go into 100% outside air for bioterrorism or other infectious disease outbreak
  • Energy reclaim is glycol runaround loop system
  • Isolation exhaust was via separate plume fans
  • Both AHU’s were designed to permit the crossover in the event of one unit down for maintenance or other failure
• Expansion and upgrade of the medical gas systems and a new electrical distribution from the main switchgear in the Tower Building