Regions Hospital's Family Birth Center Glass & Glazing Design-Assist Project Spotlight
W. L. Hall Company's $4,000,000 Regions Hospital's Family Birth Center glass and glazing project was a comprehensive design-assist collaboration between W. L. Hall Company, BWBR Architects, Kraus-Anderson Construction & Erie Architectural Products.
Primary project components:
- Custom unitized curtainwall solution: W.L. Hall Company suggested a custom unitized curtainwall that met the building's extreme structural and thermal performance requirements.
- Regular meetings: W.L. Hall Company's drafting and design team brought in engineers from the curtainwall manufacturer. The team scheduled approximately eight weekly meetings at BWBR's office along with Kraus-Anderson Construction & Erie Architectural Products
- Cost-efficient option: The team partnered at every step to provide the most cost-efficient option possible while ensuring that none of the thermal requirements of the project were compromised.
- Cost-saving measures: Throughout the design-assist process, W.L. Hall Company suggested dozens of cost-saving measures that allowed the architectural team to achieve the aesthetic look they desired without adding unnecessary cost to the project.
- Early project completion: The project was turned over months earlier than the original schedule projected due to the successful collaboration between the teams.
- Few punch-list items: The teams completed the installation in record time, and the project received virtually zero punch-list items upon completion.
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Here is a look at a current healthcare project we are actively working on, showcasing our expertise in complex glazing, interior systems, and construction coordination—the CentraCare Plaza Expansion in St. Cloud, Minnesota. We are collaborating closely with RSP Architects (Minneapolis) and McGough Construction (St. Paul) to help bring the CentraCare Plaza Expansion design to life. From the outset, their project teams carefully factored the complex functional and operational requirements of expanded outpatient and specialty care into the overall design, ensuring each building system supports both architectural intent and long-term performance.
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