Skanska USA announced the delivery of Lee Health's 12-bed intensive care unit (ICU) expansion at Cape Coral Hospital. The healthcare project consisted of an 11,190-square-foot vertical expansion to support Cape Coral’s growing population and reduce wait times for patient treatment. In addition to adding 12 ICU rooms and staff support areas with a tie-in to the existing second floor, the renovation also increased its dialysis units from four to six.
The expanded ICU now features an HVAC pandemic mode system, which can transform the unit into a negative pressure environment to contain and prevent the spread of infectious disease. The negative pressure unit was built to closely replicate Lee Health's Gulf Coast Medical Center's 52-bed ICU expansion in Fort Myers, Florida.
With a construction budget of $9 million and designed by architecture firm Studio+, Cape Coral Hospital serves as the healthcare hub for one of Southwest Florida's largest cities. It also boosts bed capacity from 291 to 303, bringing more options for critical care to the growing area.
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