House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2166

MCH Building Encapsulation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Mark Thomasson

Organization:

Miami Children Hospital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

MCH Building Encapsulation

Date Submitted:

01/28/2000 2:35:29 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Gaston Cantens

Service Area:

Regional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

Dade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Miami Children's Hospital

Contact:

Mark Thomasson

 

3100 S.W. 62nd Ave.

Contact Phone:

(305) 662-8204

 

 

Miami 33155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miami Children's Hospital is the largest freestanding pediatric hospital in the Southwest United States, primarily servicing the seven counties South Florida area. The structure at Miami Children's Hospital, constructed between 1983 and 1986, utilized an exterior cladding system called the "Dryvit Wall System". This structure houses most of the patient rooms, including the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, and critical ancillary support areas such as the emergency department, operating room, laboratory, radiology and similar functions.

 

Unfortunately it has been determined by structural engineers that the "Dryvit Wall System" currently is not safe at wind speeds asociated with Category II hurricane and would not meet current standards under the Florida Building Code. In case of a potential Category II hurricane, this building must be evacuated. Being the only comprehensive, freestanding hospital dedicated to the pediatric population of South Florida, these services cannot be replicated by other hospitals in the area. The building limitation restricts our ability to receive pediatric transfers from other area hospitals during a hurricane, and would severely limit the healthcare of children in South Floida should the hospital be closed for significant repair or reconstruction.

 

This project would provide funds to re-clad the exteior skin of the building and bing the building up to the appropriate code requirements without significant disruption of services during the process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

Allows Miami Children's Hospital to receive critical transfers fron neighboring hospitals and shelter ventilation-dependent children for the Office of Emergency Management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Upgrade hospital clinical areas to current building and hurricane codes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$5,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$5,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Yes

 

 

Documentation:

Structural engineering report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

No