b'PROJECT PROFILEContractor: Central Roofing CompanyProject: Mercy HospitalLocation: Minneapolis, Minnesotawas to relocate the front entrance to the opposite side ofthecampus.Afterthat,theemergencydepartment Project Type: Reconfiguration of Hospital wasexpanded,andnewsurgicalareaswereadded. While all this was going on, it was important to maintain Project Description:Back in 2017, Allina Health Mercyandstrengthentheprogramadjacenciesandflowof Hospitalhadaproblem.TheMinnesotahealthcarethe hospital.locationhadsimplyrunoutofspace.Thesolution involvedrelocatingandenlargingthemainentrance,TheMercyHospitalexpansionwasanenormous reconfiguring the hospitals interior, and adding a parkingproject,involving168,000squarefeetofspace.The garage.design team at HDR worked with the construction team tocompletethecomplex,seven-phaseprojectatthe Tocoordinatethelargeproject,MercyHospitalCoon Rapids, Minn. location. Within those seven phases, partneredwithHDRarchitecturalfirmandKnutsonthere were 47 sub-phases of the project, resulting in a Construction.UsinganIntegratedProjectDeliverymassive undertaking. Part of the project included adding (IPD) process, the team was able to accomplish all thea new medical surgical floor, renovating the ICU floor constructiongoals,includingnewoperatingroomsonand expanding the registration and waiting areas.the upper floor and other key additions.Fourdifferentroofplanswerecreatedforthenew MercyHospitalwasliterallybustingattheseams,structure. On and off, it took Central Roofing Company saysIsaacBros,AIA,NCARB,projectarchitectwithalmost three years to complete the roofing work.HDRs Minneapolis Studio. We found the best solution 40 www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer'