Project Detail

Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

The Adventist Health System’s major expansion at LaGrange Hospital presented many challenges to the design and construction team. In order to build the new hospital major infrastructure improvements and relocations had to be accomplished. First a new central plant had to be constructed. It was critical that the existing hospital facility remain functioning without interruption. Block Electric worked with the engineer Gresham, Smith and Partners and Walsh Construction to assure a smooth transition from the old power systems to a modern centralized power plant.

Next the new hospital was constructed. The new 5 story Patient Care Center includes single bed patient rooms, state of the art intensive care and cardiac care units. A new patient admitting center greets patients with a 2-story water feature donated by the construction team. Visitors enter the atrium lobby on a bridge over an indoor garden. Also inside the 228,000 square foot building is a patient education center, classrooms, auditorium, and gift shop. This was one of the first hospital facilities to offer wireless internet access.

Finally, the existing buildings received an electrical infrastructure upgrade. New Life Safety, Critical, and Emergency systems were installed to upgrade the existing facility to the latest safety codes.

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From Our Client

“I am beyond happy with the work that Block Electric did for us. Our job was overwhelming, but not to Block. They delivered with courtesy and professionalism.”

Jonagold Uppingskeep

Vice President of Operations

Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital