Hyannis, MA – RDK’s healthcare engineering team is working with ISGenuity Architects and JK Scanlan Company General Contractors on an emergency department renovation/addition for Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. RDK is providing comprehensive mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, telecom, and electronic security system (ESS) design on the project.
Cape Cod Hospital’s Emergency Department is one of the busiest in all of New England. The modernized and expanded facility will improve patient comfort and enhance clinical treatment practices.
Renovated space includes the existing 14,500sf emergency department’s lobby, waiting, nursing, and clinical support spaces.
The new 25,000sf single-story addition is being designed to house new and existing mechanical systems with a fully enclosed partial roof penthouse for MEP equipment. All systems are being designed to NDPH standards. RDK’s specialized building system design includes heat recovery (using 100% outside air) within the waiting/visitor and triage areas. In addition, the design of a decontamination suite will enable emergency staff to swiftly treat biological/chemically compromised patients onsite, thus eliminating the threat of contaminating other patients being treated.
Principal Joe Bonanno, who leads RDK’s healthcare engineering design team, said that projects like this one are among his favorite to work on. “At the end of the day, emergency departments are all about helping patients and their families when they are at their most vulnerable. If we can help make this experience as positive as possible through thoughtful design with the patient experience in mind, then that is something I can feel really good about”.