Space Constraints

The existing 30,000 sf CVS department required an additional 12,000 sf for new labs and ancillary spaces but was landlocked within York Hospital.

Solution: CMSI delivered multiple schematic designs tailored to WellSpan’s operational needs and budget constraints. The final design included a one-story addition with a second-story mechanical penthouse.

Utility Relocation

The project footprint contained critical campus utilities, including the domestic water main, backup water main, sprinkler main, sanitary sewer main, and electrical and data duct-banks.

Solution: To fully locate all utilities, CMSI employed multiple techniques, including reviewing campus improvement project drawings, using a utility locator and cameras, hand digging, and hydro-excavation. CMSI rerouted the utilities and added shutoff valves to prevent utility work from impacting CVS department operations.

Structural Integration

The addition required connections to three existing structures, which were all at different elevations:

• A 5-story patient care tower with a cantilevered 1-story section
• A parking garage with multiple below grade and above grade levels
• A 24” thick concrete retaining structure with a cantilevered section that holds the main entry drive lane and sidewalk

Solution: CMSI engineered structural and architectural solutions to achieve physical and aesthetic cohesion. This included ‘sloped floors’ (to meet elevation changes), expansion joints (to allow for building movements between the four structures), fire ratings (since the addition was located adjacent to the parking garage), and additional steel columns and plates (to support the weight of the new structure).