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Barlow Respiratory Hospital – Voluntary Seismic Improvements & Fluoroscopy Room

Barlow Respiratory Hospital – Voluntary Seismic Improvements & Fluoroscopy Room

Barlow Respiratory Hospital – Voluntary Seismic Improvements & Fluoroscopy Room

Los Angeles, CA

SERVICE LINE: Snyder Langston

  • 15,000 s.f. OSHPD-1 renovation
  • Seismic upgrade to this 86-bed long-term care hospital built in 1927.
  • Fiber wrapped existing cast-in-place concrete to improve the shear capacity of the structure.
  • Structural steel drag struts and plate connectors were installed to transfer loads from concrete slabs to shear walls.
  • Architectural improvements, ADA, Fire Life Safety, and MEP upgrades followed, taking into account the historic nature of the building.
  • Work was performed within an active and occupied hospital environment where communication, infection prevention, noise, flexible phasing, and shut down
    coordination was vital to success.
  • Build out of Fluoroscopy Room