| MVH bridge |
Team builds bridge through the night
The bridge was assembled from five pieces, weighing more than 20 tons each, which required a massive crane to be set in place. Because the hospital must maintain operations throughout the project, and the crane needed to be positioned immediately outside the hospital's main entrance, the project team could only assemble the bridge between the hours of 8:30pm and 5:00am. Our construction professionals were up to the task and succesfully installed the bridge over the course of three nights. Skanska and Shook have a long-standing relationship providing Joint Venture construction services together in the Midwest. |
As construction manager of Miami Valley Hospital's NICU renovation and new tower project, our construction team worked through the night, ignoring fatigue and rain showers to accomodate the needs of our client. The new tower project at Miami Valley hospital requires two existing buildings be demolished to make space for the incoming structure. The two buildings currently act as the indoor connection between the main hospital and the campus' Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Our project team devised a solution that allows quick and easy access between the existing buildings, but does not utilize the two buildings slated for demolition. Our plan made use of bridge structures that would typically be found connecting an airplane to the terminal of an airport. The result is a "sky bridge" like structure supported by columns connected to 40FT deep auger cast piles.