Paul J. Ford and Company provided structural design services for this new 119 bed, four-story hospital.  This hospital was selected as 2010 Project of the Year and is featured in the Decemeber issue of Midwest Construction magazine,  read the article: 

The hospital sits on a 44-acre greenfield site.  The hospital features include emergency, obstetric, outpatient, and imaging services; medical/surgical and ICU beds; a chapel, cafeteria, pharmacy; and various support services.

Structural focal points include the catilvered entrance canopy constructed of an exposed, tube steel moment frame.  The building is designed to meet sustainable standards. 

 Project Team:    

Architect: Karlsberger

Owner: Lake Health, Concord, Ohio

Contractor: Gilbane

This two-story outpatient surgical center addition and renovation project consisted of the addition of two Class C operating rooms, Procedure Rooms, Recovery areas and support areas  located over grade level parking.  A new two story atrium space was added to link the existing building to the new addition.  The building was constructed adjacent to the existing building utilizing a cantilevered structural steel framing system at the interface of the two buildings that minimized the interruption of the existing building’s foundations and utilities.

Project Team:

Architect: John Chapman – Architect

Contractor: Johnson- Laux Construction

Structural design of a seven-story steel framed structure with concrete shear walls supported on drilled piers.  The 220,000 SF building contains is designed for state of the art medical offices.   The project includes a pedestrian bridge that connects the Medical Office Building to All Children’s Hospital. Paul J. Ford and Company served as Structural Engineer of Record for buildings.  The project opened in 2010.

Project Team:

     Architect:  Karlsberger

     Owner:  All Children’s Hospital

Paul J. Ford and Company designed the seven-story, 142,000 SF Davis Heart and Lung Institute for the Ohio State University.  The building consists of  a state of the art research and teaching facility for several majors and interdisciplinary research programs.  In addition to its research space, the building has a 220-seat auditorium, three classrooms and six conference rooms located throughout the facility.

For its lateral stability, this research facility utilizes cast-in-place conventionally reinforced concrete moment frames supported on deep foundations that bear on bedrock.  Each floor level is constructed of wide module joists and beams.  A main focal point of the buidling is the central, full-height atrium which is crossed by a network of access bridges.

Project Team:

     Architect: Design Group Incorporated

     Owner: The Ohio State University

Paul J. Ford and Company designed the new ten story, 670,000 SF All Children’s Hospital.  This hospital is a state of the art facility with a 308 bed capacity housing emergency, radiology, oncology, and surgical services.  As part of its emergency services, the structure is required to support an elevated roof top heliport pad.

The lateral load resisting system for the hospital consists of cast-in-place concrete beam and column moment frames providing protection from high wind storm events in this coastal zone.  The floor levels above the basement utilize a conventionally reinforced concrete wide module joist and beam system. A deep drilled pier foundation system supports the building.  In order to accommodate a loading dock area in the basement, tall cantilevered concrete retaining walls were constructed around the perimeter.  Structural challenges on the project included curved, cantilevered concrete canopies, a “special effect” steel canopy and two story atrium spaces.

Project Team:

Architect: Karlsberger

Owner: All Children’s

Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie

Paul J. Ford and Company provided structural design services for this new four-story hospital.  The hospital is owner by Ohio Health and was constructed to serve northwest Columbus, OH.  It contains 330,000 SF of space and is designed for future expansion of several areas of the hospital building structure.  A remote 10,800 SF central energy plant serves the hospital’s mechanical needs.

Structural focal points include the  main lobby and six roof top gardens.  The building is designed to meet sustainable standards.  The main lobby is constructed of an exposed, tube steel moment frame.  It consists of a  4,100 SF, four-level open atrium space with balconies at levels two and three and contains a three story water feature.

Project Team:

     Architect: Karlsberger

     Owner: Ohio Health