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TriPoint Medical Center

admin — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:51:41 +0000

Concord, Ohio

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

Telecommunication Towers and Monopoles

admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:56:19 +0000

The communication industry has recognized Paul J. Ford and Company, on a national basis, as the leader in the design and analysis of guyed, self-support and monopole towers. The Company has designed and analyzed towers and monopoles throughout the United States. We have also designed and analyzed towers and monopoles in Canada, Mexico, and South America.

Transmission Towers

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:56:43 +0000

Paul J. Ford and Company has been providing structural engineering services in the electrical utility industry for over fifteen years. We have the capability to review individual structures for the co-location of PCS equipment or for a change in transmission service conditions on your structure. We can also review an entire family of structures on a transmission line for retensioning or reconductoring a circuit. Our review of transmission structures not only looks at the global effects of the loading conditions of the structure, but it also includes the local effects, such as bending and torsion, on the members of the structure when applicable.

All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:55:58 +0000

All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL – This ten-story hospital and adjoining medical office building opened in late 2009. The complex contains over one million square feet of space.

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