Baxter Healthcare CIVA Centre
Client
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Location
Mississauga, Ontario
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project consisted of the construction of a new state-of-the-art facility in Mississauga for Baxter’s Centralized Intravenous Admixing Pharmacy Service (CIVA), including new offices, change rooms, laboratory, and receiving and dispatch areas. The new Baxter CIVA Centre, at triple the size of the current existing facility, expands Baxter’s ability to meet the needs of Canadian hospitals, clinics and other care facilities for ready-to administer IV admixtures including chemotherapy, high-alert medications and anti-infective material, by doubling the number of cleanrooms available to support customized requirements for hazardous and non-hazardous IV admixing.
B&M SCOPE OF WORK
Black & McDonald (B&M) was the mechanical & electrical contractor responsible for the following scope of work:
Electrical
- Supply and installation of a 1,200 amp electrical service with a 400 amp backup generator for critical areas
- Supply and installation of energy efficient LED lighting throughout the facility
- Installation of fire alarm system and a security system
- Installation of a data system including a complete building wireless WAP system
- Installation of:
- 1x 1,200 A / 600 V switchboard
- 3x 600 A / 600 V switchboards
- 5x 122 A / 120 V switchboards
Mechanical
- Construction of an interior mechanical equipment mezzanine and rooftop air intakes
- Supply and installation of a heating system with two boilers and a hot water heating system
- Supply and installation of a cooling system complete with a chiller system
- Installation of six air handling units along with the associated duct work fabricated in B&M’s sheet metal fabrication shop in coordination with our CAD department
- Installation of a stainless steel exhaust system / HEPA filter for Baxter’s cytotoxic cleanroom
- Installation of a BAS/pressure monitoring system to control the air in the clean room monitoring the pressure and air exchange rate to keep the pressures within 5 psi
- Plumbing, ductwork and electrical and data installations within the modular cleanrooms during construction at project site
BENEFITS TO CLIENT AND PROBLEMS SOLVED
The site was limited in space capacity to stage material and equipment and hence the project team monitored the schedule closely and coordinated the shipping of material/equipment onto site in accordance.
Black & McDonald worked in tandem with the client to comply with regulations including infection control, noise restrictions, cleanroom requirements and security needs and regularly coordinated with client representatives prior to making key decisions on the project.
TECHNOLOGY USED
All the heating and cooling system piping was fabricated in B&M’s fabrication shop in coordination with the B&M CAD department. The project and CAD teams developed fabrication drawings based on field conditions and accommodated some site rework to ensure pipe fabrication was completed successfully.
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