6th Floor South NICU Expansion

Healthcare Expansion

Utilized Lean

Completed 2 months earlier

16,700

Square Feet

2016

Year of Completion

PROJECT TYPE

Healthcare

LOCATION

Akron, Ohio

OWNER

Akron Children’s Hospital

Architect

Hasenstab Architects, Inc.

Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit Expansion and Renovation

Three Phases Utilizing Lean Building Concepts

Welty completed the expansion and renovation of Akron Children’s Hospital’s (ACH) main tower, 8th floor Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit (BHU). This included renovating a model patient room on the 8th floor of the hospital, converting a current medical unit into a 15 bed BHU and turning (7) double occupancy rooms into private rooms. This project incorporated many LEAN Building concepts and focused heavily on processes. This project had three phases of construction and maintained operation through construction.

The project teams evaluated the flow of the patients, families, staff, medication, along with supply movement and analyzed ways to improve the processes.
Mock-ups were used to simulate layouts of patient arrival, visitor entry sequences, nurses stations, common areas, meeting and patient rooms. These mock-ups became a valuable tool for two main reasons. The team was able to think / re-design / visualize many different configurations of an area in order to determine the preferred layout. Many times the mock ups were re-configured before final decisions were made. The mock-ups also allowed staff members from ALL shifts, who were unable to attend the meetings, to experience the “spaces” and provide their input.

Weekly pull plan meetings allowed for a collaborative approach and included all those who were directly responsible for supervising work on the project.
Multi departmental / disciplinary meetings were held throughout every stage of the project. This benefited the project by having all of the decision makers in the same room. Ideas were reviewed, evaluated and resolved quickly, minimizing the overall project duration.

One of the things that’s very impressive about the Welty team from my perspective is the way they engage the men and women on the job and the meaningful work that goes on at Children’s Hospital. They tie the construction project to what we’re doing in care delivery. They are champions for children
Bill Considine
President & Chief Executive Officer

Contact Us

3421 Ridgewood Road, Suite 225
Fairlawn, Ohio 44333

Recent News

26
July
WEC Volunteer Event at Cleveland Kids' Book Bank
Welty Engagement Committee Organizes Volunteering Event at Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank Our Welty Engagement Committee organized a volunteering event at the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank, where we sorted and packaged 200 board books tailored for children ...
?>
11
July
Welty Served as the Reception Sponsor for the Ambassador of Golf Event
2023 Reception Sponsor for Ambassador of Golf Event Welty proudly served as the reception sponsor for the Ambassador of Golf event, presented by the FirstEnergy Foundation on Saturday, July 8th. This event took place after the ...
?>