C+S June 2020 Vol. 6 Issue 6

As the COVID-19 crisis puts pressure on healthcare facilities to meet patient surges, prefabricated modular solutions are gaining ground as viable alternatives to brick-and-mortar structures. As such, the STAAT ModTM (Strategic, Temporary, Acuity-Adaptable Treatment) is a quick-ship solution for healthcare ICU surge capacity, which HGA and The Boldt Company, in partnership with Tweet/Garot Mechani- cal, Faith Technologies and IMEG, collaborated to bring to market in response to the pandemic. Meeting Healthcare Challenges Through Prefabricated Modular Solutions and Engineering By Jill Imig, PE, EDAC and Jeff Harris, PE, LEED AP

While there are many options that healthcare organizations will ex- plore and deploy—from renovating clinical spaces, to renovating non-clinical spaces like hotels and conventions centers, to bringing temporary tents and structures on-site to house patients—the STAAT Mod offers a higher acuity level solution focused on patient and staff safety, where the need is to heal patients versus housing patients for observation. In order to meet the demand for ICU style patient rooms to treat CO- VID-19 patients, the solution is built of standard equipment and parts, modular to allow for shipping, and prefabricated. The challenge for the design and construction team was to focus on the critical aspects of an ICU nursing unit, while making the engineering system modular and prefabricated and composed of equipment that is standardized and available “off the shelf.” The unit also needed to be built within dimensions able to be shipped by truck, 12.5’ x 40’ x 10’. The fabrication line can produce two modules per day, with 16 Air- borne Infection Isolation Room’s (AIIR) fully installed, including site prep, in two weeks, and ready for owner occupancy and activation. The units are fully finished in the fabrication shop prior to being shipped,

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