Just below the six operating rooms of this Ambulatory Care Center, a three-level parking garage was built.  However, none of the normal vibrations produced by vehicles passing through the parking structure climb the walls into the operating rooms above the garage or into the offices on the top floor, thanks to a computer-modeled precast concrete design. 

The layout of the existing hospital gave rise to the unusual ambulatory care center design.  The space available for the project lies next to an elevated hospital wing above a drive-through.  The project developer wanted to align the two-floor 78,000 square foot ambulatory center with the elevated wing.  As a result, the facility’s 140,000 square foot parking structure had to be located below the patient care floors. 

Before releasing the final design, a vibration specialist was contracted to model the structure’s performance under expected load conditions.  The simulation showed that the thicker bearing pads reduced vibration to well within acceptable levels.  

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