Kaiser Santa Rosa Team Exceeds Recycling Goals

March 2009

The HMH team on the Kaiser Santa Rosa hospital expansion project has been working hard to exceed the self-regulated Green Guide for Healthcare Standards (GGHC) by diverting recyclable materials from the local landfill. This goal has been realized through rigorous, on-site sorting of waste and through strict jobsite regulations of the processes in which waste is being handled. 
 
To date, the HMH team has recycled over 90% if the construction debris hauled off the jobsite. This number far exceeds the GGHC and U.S. Green Building Council’s, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.  In fact, recycling this amount of material rates as two LEED points for 75% diversion, per MR 2.2. The result has been over $45,000 in savings to Kaiser Permanente, the building’s owner.
 
This success is direct reflection of HMH’s commitment to sustainability. We believe in protecting the communities in which we do work by developing strategies to reduce the environmental impact during construction and throughout the life of a building.

About Kaiser Santa Rosa Hospital Expansion
Expansion work consists of a new, 146,400-square-foot, six-story hospital building that supports the emergency and radiology departments and houses 93 medical surge beds along with an OB area. In addition, two new support buildings, totaling 17,000-square-feet, will be added. Support Building A is a two-story, partial basement facility with loading docks while Support Building B is a single-story shop building. Work includes steel frames with plaster exterior and HVAC units. Renovation work within the existing hospital includes changes to the IT and EVS departments, a new nurse call system, replacement of fire alarms and building control systems, along with upgrading the  central plant with new cooling towers, medical gas yard, two emergency generators and chillers to accommodate the expansion.