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THOUSAND OAKS SURGICAL HOSPITAL
Thousand Oaks, California
New Facility
TYPE
Design-Medical
CLIENT
FSC Health
ARCHITECTS
Boulder & Associate Architects
CONSTRUCTION COST
$15 million
PROJECT STATUS
Construction completed 2005
STRUCTURE SPECIFICS
The project consisted of 86,800 square feet of new construction to provide a state-of-the-art medical facility catering to both in-patient and out-patient care, including both a 27-bed hospital and an adjacent non-OSHPD medical office building joined by a three-story atrium.
CHALLENGES AND NEEDS
The clients desire to have an expansive central atrium provided a unique challenge for designers to maintain the open floor plan while maintaining the integrity of the lateral system. Due to the sloping site the building’s day lighting basement required additional consideration for significant seismic earth pressures.
SCOPE OF SERVICE AND SOLUTION
The hospital structure consisted of structural steel and composite slab construction with a steel moment frame designed to maintain an open floor plan. OSHPD agency oversight led to the use of the SidePlate® connection as a cost-effective solution for the building. A post-tensioned slab at the office building allowed additional savings for the parking requirement below the office spaces.
