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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

for the 7th Annual Remodel/Renovation Competition
Has your facility or firm recently completed the remodel/
renovation of staff spaces or pediatric care environments?

Winning projects
and runners-up will
be published in the
December 2016 issue of
Healthcare Design magazine,
hosted online, and awards
will be presented at the 2016
Healthcare Design Expo &
Conference in Houston this
November.

REMODEL/RENOVATION - WOMEN'S HEALTH

IN CATEGORY

AMBULATORY
WOMEN'S HEALTH
CARE - REMODEL/RENOVATION
REMODEL/RENOVATION

REMODEL/RENOVATION

BEST

Park Nicollet Family Birth Center ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN.
Submitted by: AECOM MINNEAPOLIS
Cost/sq. ft.: $188

BEST
IN CATEGORY

2015

2015

SUBMISSION FEE: $155
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July 13, 2016
Submissions due:
August 10, 2016
Learn more at www.
hcdmagazine.com/renovate or
to request more information, contact
Donna Paglia at 216-373-1210 or
donna.paglia@emeraldexpo.com.

BEFORE

Providing a welcoming and pleasant
experience for delivering mothers and
their families is the focus at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital's Family Birth
Center. Renovations, completed in
2014, were a two-year undertaking that
transformed the existing 50-year-old
facility. The resulting design supports
a comforting and healing environment
that is reflective of the care patients
receive.
Using collaborative Lean workshops,
market research, and feedback from
former patients, Park Nicollet identified what mattered most to delivering mothers and their families. The
40,000-square-foot birth center with
hotel-style labor, delivery, and recovery
(LDR) suites, has the most water birthing tubs in the state. All of the suites,
as well as the antepartum, postpartum
and special care nursery spaces, have a
spa-like feel to reinforce a calming and
healing environment.
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Design team: AECOM (architecture, planning, interior design, and design development engineering); Meyer
Borgman Johnson (structural engineer); General Office Products and Intereum (furniture); Lisa Brown (art consultant); RJM Construction (general contractor); Metropolitan Mechanical Corp. (design-build mechanical); Hunt
Electric (design-build electrical)

BEFORE

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AECOM/CHRISTINE HESTER DEVENS (BEFORE); AECOM/ROBB WILLIAMSON (AFTER)

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Additional amenities that support
family members and guests include a
family lounge, a café with refreshments,
and a concierge station to assist with
patients' and guests' requests.
During the five phases of construction, Park Nicollet used innovative and
proactive approaches to optimize the
patient experience. Throughout construction patients were given a welcome
kit that explained the renovation project
and offered natural solutions to help
them stay comfortable despite the noise,
including aromatherapy patches and
vouchers for complimentary care therapies. Patient experience scores remained
high throughout the project and have
continued to grow since its completion.
Since opening the new Family Birth
Center, patient feedback and business
metrics support Park Nicollet's vision

of the renovation project: to create a
comfortable birth center that reflects
what matters most to today's moms and
families.
Project highlights:

* Optimized first impression:
welcome lounge and
multifunctional presentation space
with refreshments
* Serpentine entry experience with
soothing nature art and a concierge
station
* Spa-like design: uncluttered,
modern environment with
carefully integrated technology and
comforting amenities
* Supportive family spaces: lounge
with fireplace, café
* Comfortable, private triage rooms
* Spacious LDR suites with water

birth and hydrotherapy options
(including walk-in rain showers)
* Antepartum rooms with LDR
capability for flexibility
* Former LDRs refreshed for familyfriendly postpartum suites
* Privacy enhanced through
decentralized charting stations and
family sitting areas
* Private special care nursery rooms
with comfortable family zone
* Design solutions that creatively
navigate challenging existing
conditions: scope spans three
buildings of different eras (1950s,
'70s, and '90s) with tight floor-tofloor heights and varying window
and column locations
* "Ribbons of light" create soft,
indirect illumination despite
minimal ceiling clearances.

BEFORE
Jury comments:
* The serpentine corridor that
bisects the birth center is a
very nice feature and creates
a lot of interest.
* They succeeded in creating
a spa-like environment that
was visually clean but not
institutional.
* Concierge, café, and lounge
areas will be excellent for
improving the experience of
the visiting families.
* Great job using patient
feedback to optimize the
patient experience.

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All projects will be reviewed by a jury of experts (appointed by
The Center for Health Design). The top three projects from each
category will be voted on by Healthcare Design readers.

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Sponsor

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