Rendering
Courtesy of Gould Turner Group |
Gateway
Medical Center Replacement Hospital/Clarksville, Tennessee
Architect
Gould Turner Group/Nashville, Tennessee
Owners
Gateway Health System/Clarksville, Tennessee
and
Community Health Systems/Franklin, Tennessee
Size/Cost:
515,000 sf/$179 million
TLC Services
M/E
 
Clarksville’s
new Gateway Medical Center will provide state-of-the-art
medical technology to residents of Montgomery and surrounding
counties. At six stories and 515,000 sf, the 270-bed hospital
will be 47% larger and have 64 more beds than the existing
facility. Services at the acute-care hospital include
emergency, cardiology, cancer care, surgery, pediatrics,
neonatal intensive care, and rehabilitation. Teamed
with Gould Turner Group architects, TLC engineers strove
to design the hospital around patients’ needs by
incorporating soothing colors, ample lighting and spacious
rooms. Easier way-finding and convenient parking will
appeal to patients and visitors alike. Departments that
get a lot of use like emergency, the OR suite, radiology,
kitchen and dining areas, the pharmacy, and administrative
offices are conveniently located on the first floor. The
medical and surgical departments and patient beds are
on floors two through five, while the mechanical equipment
is housed on the sixth floor. The hospital’s flexible
design allows for the future addition of a multi-story
wing in the back to meet the needs of the growing community.The
HVAC systems were designed to meet the hospital’s
stringent requirements for clean air and precise control
of temperature and humidity. High efficiency particulate
air (HEPA) filters serve operating rooms, laboratories
and other areas that demand a sterile environment for
infection control. The controls system helps maintain
ideal environmental conditions inside the hospital while
maximizing energy efficiency and building performance.
Serving the facility is the new energy-efficient central
plant that includes three 825-ton centrifugal water chillers,
six low-profile roof-mounted cooling towers with variable
speed drives, and two 400-hp firetube boilers. Two 2.25-megawatt
generators provide back-up power in the event of an outage.
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