Project:
New Patient Tower for Shared Services
Pittsburgh, PA

Architect:
Hennsington, Durham & Richardson

Owner:
University of Pittsburgh
Children's Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital

When it served as prime contractor for the concrete and general trades package of this viatal project for the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, Mosites Construction Company was faced with a demanding set of complex challenges: a congested site ringed by five major hospital buildings; demolition; multi-level connections of the new structure and the five existing buildings; removal and replacement of the entrance road adjacent of Presbyterian Hospital while maintaining constant ambulance and pedestrian access; and maintaining a stringent schedule without hampering normal hospital operations in Pittsburgh's largest medical complex.

Construction work on the new building was forced into a compressed schedule when site work contractors, not under Mosites contract, discovered large, unanticipated volumes of rock that had to be excavated, delaying site preparation.

Despite this delay, Mosites employed intensive manpower and skillful organization; so the concrete foundation, floor slabs and underground garage for the facility were completed expertly and on time.