ENR California Best Projects 2018 Health Care: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford project, which is the first LEED Platinum children’s hospital on the West Coast, has been 12 years in the making.

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Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Palo Alto, Calif.
Award of Merit

Owner: Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Executive Architect: HGA Architects and Engineers
General Contractor: DPR Construction
Civil Engineer: Sandis
Structural Engineer: Degenkolb Engineers
MEP Engineer: Mazzetti + GBA
Landscape Architect: AECOM
Medical Equipment: CallisonRTKL
Design Architect: Perkins+Will

The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford project, which is the first LEED Platinum children’s hospital on the West Coast, has been 12 years in the making. The 521,000-sq-ft building adds 149 patient beds and includes a new imaging and surgery center. The project team incorporated recycled materials and renewable energy systems such as a wind turbine into the hospital’s design and construction. Water-efficient landscaping and collection systems are expected to save 800,000 gallons of water annually, and ventilation and shading systems will help reduce thermal energy use by 60% compared with similar hospitals. Technology advancements in medical equipment progressed at a faster rate than the building process, which required design development and final imaging equipment selection to occur concurrently with construction. Building the 361-bed hospital required 50 designers, design-builders and design-assist subcontractors. The team used BIM throughout the project, obtaining more than 15 permits and approvals from multiple state and local authorities.