Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital is a $360-million inpatient facility. There will be 300 beds in all private rooms, with 191 beds opening March 15, 2009. The remaining rooms will open in 2011.
Inside the hospital there are 10 operating rooms, 15 labor and delivery rooms, eight inpatient pediatric rooms, a special care nursery, an imaging center, and emergency department with 30 private exams rooms.
The hospital will be staffed by 2,300 medical professionals, including 500 primary care physicians and specialists, once complete.
Noteworthy Numbers
3 - Depth (in feet) of outdoor pond
85 - Percentage of materials recycled
350 - Tons of river rock stone used for hospital exterior
867 - Total construction days
2,500 - Number of live plants in atrium
1,845 - Total number of installed doors
4,742 - Tons of steel
6,200 - Square yards of carpet
6,240 - Number of sprinkler heads
7,033 - Number of light fixtures
7,250 - Tons of construction waste diverted from a landfill
8,400 - Tons of trash generated
852,000 - Pounds of ductwork
1.3 million - Number of man hours on the project
2.9 million - Lineal feet of electrical wire
Facilities, Architects and Contractors
All construction is taking place on the north 80 acres of the 160-acre property. The southern 80 acres will be left wooded at this time, with walking and biking paths for community use. The site is one mile deep, to Fourteen Mile Rd., by one quarter mile wide. The northern 80-acre parcel was purchased in 1972, with the remaining land purchased in 1985.
30% of the project has been built with the support of minority-, women-owned and Oakland County businesses.
Michigan-sourced materials were used throughout the building wherever possible, including the fieldstone on the patient lodges and at the entrances.
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital is the only hospital in Michigan connected to the 100,000+ kilovolt DTE ring, the most reliable source of electric power in Southeast Michigan.
All utilities (which have two independent sources) are connected in a loop configuration which allows for continuation of services in case of a broken pipe.
There are three 2,000-kilowatt emergency generators. They are supplied by three underground fuel tanks which store a total of 135,000 gallons.
A special energy center was built to muffle sound emitted by equipment, to avoid disturbing the nearby residential areas.
The road behind the hospital is for maintenance, emergency and fire department use only.
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital is a $360-million inpatient facility. There will be 300 beds in all private rooms, with 191 beds opening March 15, 2009. The remaining rooms will open in 2011.
