Owner: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Project Size: 58,000 sq. ft.

The 58,000 sf build-out of the 8th floor of UAB’s Women and Infants Center consolidated the Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow transplant units to the single remaining vacant floor of the tower. The project’s design intent was to match the interior environment of the existing floors above and below, completed approximately ten years before while addressing the updating of finishes and room functions needed for the two units. The selection of finishes was challenging, especially the flooring, since the original materials were no longer available. The staff use of the units required addressing the layout of the patient rooms and nurse stations to be altered to better address function and patient care, so numerous details of the floor plan had to be altered while keeping the required “hotel environment ” intact.