Yampa Valley Medical Center Expansion

This award-winning project involved the construction of two additions and the renovation of the existing obstetrics department and operating rooms, surgery prep and recovery area, labs and offices.  Work involving considerable noise and vibration was performed within inches of active operating rooms and the obstetrics department. To minimize the effect on patients, the A&P team coordinated work around the hospital schedule and communicated constantly with hospital staff about emergency situations.  Key infection control methods included ante rooms, which create a transition area between construction and the hospital, and negative air machines, which keep the construction area at a lower pressure to ensure contaminants don’t escape. During renovation of the sterile operating rooms the team used a series of five walls, which were put up and taken down multiple times throughout the renovation.