150-Year-Old As-Builts + 165 New Caissons – How one GC Eliminated Big Headaches for an Ohio Medical

About this session:

When General Contractor Rudolph Libbe won the bid to expand one of Northwest Ohio’s oldest hospitals – Mercy Health’s St. Vincent Medical Center, or St. V’s, as it’s known locally in Toledo – they knew there would be challenges because 150+ year-old Facility meant nearly zero reliable existing conditions documentation – especially when it came to the subsurface of an adjacent asphalt parking lot that was previously a riverbed and neighborhood – the site of the proposed expansion. What they did know was that the architectural and engineering plans for the new central utility plant (CUP) required extensive foundational support – with 165 concrete caissons scheduled to be installed and limited record plan data or as-builts available. Join GPRS’ Matt Mikolajczyk and Nate Stair, and stakeholders from Rudolph Libbe and Mercy Health as they walk you through how architects, engineers, virtual design consultants, owners, contractors, and subcontractors streamlined communications and broke down information siloes to find the surprises beneath the surface of their expansion before they became dangerous risks, clashes, and damages. This is an open-ended presentation that invites you to share your experiences in tackling the problem of obtaining accurate subsurface utility maps and how to break down information bottlenecks to streamline communications and positive project outcomes.