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Collier Hospital Jay and Patty Baker Patient Care Tower/Naples,
Florida
Architect
Jonathan Bailey Associates/Dallas, Texas
Owner
Naples Community Healthcare System/Naples, Florida
Size
171,300-sf new space
38,000-sf renovated space
Cost
$42 million
TLC Services
M/E/C&T
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Naples Community Hospital is growing along with the community
with the addition of a new six-story patient tower. Designed
and constructed in phases, the new tower will add 87 beds
initially and can accommodate an 100 additional beds to
meet future needs. The design team worked closely with
the hospital to meet the needs of patients, their families,
and the staff. For instance, before design got under way,
mock-ups for the critical care and medical-surgical rooms
were created and displayed where staff could view them
and make recommendations.Patient rooms will be on all
four exterior sides of the curved tower with floor-to-ceiling
windows for ample daylighting. Standing work stations
for nurses will be at both ends on each floor. The majority
of the patient rooms in the new tower are private and
many of the semi-private rooms in the current building
will be converted into private rooms. Areas where visitors
frequent are located on the first floor of the tower including
the cafeteria, pharmacy, chapel, gift shop and laboratory.
The second floor houses the critical care unit with 16
intensive-care beds and 19 progressive or step-down beds.
The pediatrics unit with 21 beds and four step-down beds
is located on the third floor.The project includes a five-level
parking garage and a covered walkway connecting the tower
to the garage and the existing hospital. Shelled-in spaces
on the fifth and sixth floors provide the room and flexibility
for future growth. When the tower and walkway are complete,
renovation to the current patient wing will begin.
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