Oconee Memorial Patient Tower

Oconee Memorial Hospital
Seneca, South Carolina

Oconee Memorial's New Patient Tower —The Most Recent Collaboration in an Enduring Relationship.

We’re providing full architectural and engineering design services for Oconee Memorial Hospital’s new patient tower.  Construction on this $37 million project began in February 2007 and it’s scheduled for completion in mid 2009.

The tower is the most recent of 30-plus assignments that we’ve handled for Oconee Memorial, in a relationship that started seventeen years ago.  Beginning with a facilities assessment study in 1990, we’ve worked on nearly every department and program within the organization, building or renovating their occupied space.

This most recent collaboration will further strengthen Oconee Memorial’s position within a highly competitive Upstate healthcare market.  Like all of our work, it combines a keen understanding of operational issues with strategic vision, to help ensure the day-to-day delivery of services, plus the ability to anticipate or respond to changing market conditions.

“The firm originally proposed a patient tower seventeen years ago,” said Paul Cook, the project manager.  “In the interim, Oconee Memorial has focused on other improvements addressing critical needs, primarily for outpatient services, but now they’re ready for a full upgrade of their inpatient facilities.”

Vital Statistics

155,000 SF, six-story, 160-bed patient tower with partial basement, housing the following:

• First + Mezzanine Levels
  • New public lobby with cafe
  • Pharmacy
  • Registration
  • Business office

• Second Level
  • Shelled space for future Surgical Department expansion
  • New labor/delivery/postpartum unit

• Third Level
  • 18 Progressive Care beds
  • 12 Critical Care beds

• Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Levels
  • 35 Acute Care beds per floor