Children’s Hospital Addition

In August 2008, Harris began a 275,000-square foot addition to the existing Minneapolis Children’s Hospital consisting of an eight-story vertical expansion, a new central plant and front entry along with extensive renovations.

Harris provided complete design-build engineering and installation of all mechanical, plumbing, medical gases and temperature control systems for this project. Manufacturing ductwork and piping was key to streamline the installation and meet an aggressive “fast-track” schedule.

The eight-story addition included an energy plant with new chillers and boilers to serve the new and future additions including new patient rooms, laboratory, emergency department and nine operating rooms.

A new four-story addition was added to the Chicago Avenue side of the building. Levels 1 and 2 included a main entrance with performance areas, café, welcome desk area and a skyway connection to the existing medical office building. The upper levels included ICC support, NICU and CVICU patient rooms.