Bhatti GI & PrairieCare Projects Featured in MN Physician Honor Roll
Monday, July 15th, 2024
Bhatti GI Surgery Center & PrairieCare Inpatient Hospital were recently featured in Minnesota Physician Publishing’s Health Care Architecture & Design Honor Roll.
For the past 36 years, Minnesota Physician’s Health Care Architecture Honor Roll has recognized outstanding achievement in new facilities design.
Minnesota Physician Publishing noted that this year’s featured projects were all started under the shadow of COVID-19, but this did not slow either the start or completion of a surprisingly large number of outstanding new facilities.
Bhatti GI Surgery Center & Clinic
Minnesota Physician Publishing noted the following about Bhatti GI Surgery Center & Clinic:
The Bhatti GI Consultants project maximizes its square footage with innovative architectural and site design. The building consists of four levels and features 100% indoor parking: below-grade parking for staff and ground-level parking for patients. The only stand-alone GI facility in the area, this clinic offers the community privacy and comfort as a full-service gastrointestinal specialty clinic and ambulatory surgery center. Through many architectural iterations, the team used creative design configurations to fit five operating rooms, labs and pre/post operation recovery areas into the third-floor layout, while adhering to ASC standards and best practices. With restrictions due to the small parcel, the building was structurally designed to accommodate a future vertical expansion, featuring strategically placed HVAC and electrical systems. The facility features many eco-friendly designs including a hydronic snow melt system that helps decrease the use of road salts, as well as qualifies for two energy efficiency programs.
PROJECT TEAM
- Owner: Bhatti GI Consultants, P.A.
- Architect & Interior Designer: Pope Design Group
- General Contractor: RJM Construction
- Civil Engineer: Civil Site Group
- Developer: MSP Commercial
- Structural Engineer: Innovative Structural Solutions, P.A.
- MEP Engineer: Paulson & Clark
PrairieCare Inpatient Hospital Expansion
Minnesota Physician Publishing noted the following about PrairieCare Inpatient Hospital:
The PrairieCare Inpatient Hospital project, a 30,000-square-foot expansion of the existing PrairieCare psychiatric hospital added 12 single-occupancy rooms and nine double-occupancy rooms, providing 30 additional beds for patients 28 and younger. The inpatient hospital now has 101 beds in total and cares for about 3,000 patients and their families yearly. Unlike psychiatric hospitals of the past, the hospital has a healing atmosphere with natural colors, plentiful light and furniture that is comfortable yet safe for all patients. Throughout the unit, specially designed doorknobs, magnetic shower curtains and heavy, soft-edged furniture prevent self-injury. Indoor and outdoor gross-motor areas offer a full basketball court, turf and activity equipment patients can use to engage in exercise, which recent studies show can be impactful in addressing depression symptoms. Patients can explore their emotions and express themselves through art in a fully equipped studio space. The expansion also has a multicultural room with special ventilation to accommodate indoor ceremonies for patients with specific backgrounds and beliefs.
PROJECT TEAM
- Owner: PrairieCare
- General Contractor: Ryan Companies
- Architect & Interior Designer: Pope Design Group
- MEP Engineer: IMEG
- Structural Engineer: IMEG
- Civil Engineer: Loucks
- Furniture: Fluid Interiors