The St. Joseph Hospital Breast Care Center project includes state of the art diagnostic technology.  Set in as calming an environment possible, it is intended to reassure the patient that they have arrived at place where they will be well taken care of.  It was the Hospital’s objective to have us design a space that maintained patient privacy and dignity, leaving the patient with a positive experience.

The Center also needed to be OSHPD-3 compliant and licensed.  The building was not designed for OSHPD-3 occupancies on this floor and as such, had a non-compliant HVAC system.  We advocated on the client’s behalf with The City of Orange Building Department to allow the existing HVAC system.  The building department accepted our arguments and we saved the hospital approximately $1.5 million dollars (when taking all OSHPD-3 projects in the building into account).