Emory Proton Therapy Center

Emory Proton Therapy Center - July 2014 Update

Emory Proton Therapy Center Construction 2014July has seen more progress getting the exterior of the building put into place. Now when you see the building, you see much of the precast panels and glass in place. The building is truly taking shape now, which is very exciting. On the interior, on the lowest level, much of the framing is in place, which really starts to show the interior spaces, and how they will be laid out when complete.Coming along with this is the placement of a lot of the mechanical services through these spaces. This work has continued along into the middle floor as well, and is just beginning on the uppermost level. In addition much of the building systems is being put in place and being prepared to be turned on and commissioned.  The Emory Proton Therapy Center continues to be a boon for Atlanta, with about 120 people on site working today, and so far over 500 jobs created, with many more to come. The entire team is proud of our work bringing this therapy to Atlanta, the State of Georgia, and the southeast.

Emory Proton Therapy Center - June 2014 Update

Emory Proton Therapy Center Construction Site July 2014 Atlanta GAJune brought an exciting new phase to the construction of the center, with the façade of the building starting to go up. As you can see from the live webcam, the beautiful light precast is being hung along the courtyard side of the building, framing the area where patients will enter the EPTC and get to experience the tranquil, healing, space that we are creating in the middle of midtown Atlanta. 

Putting the façade on the building is a complicated, time-consuming task, but is necessary to allow for the internal spaces to be protected from the elements in order to have more finishing elements, like drywall, put in place.  

In addition to working on the façade, Brasfield & Gorrie continues to put the buildings mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems in place, hanging all of the lines and other things that will eventually reside under the drop ceiling on each floor.   Work on the treatment level is moving along quickly, as this is the most critical to facilitate the Varian equipment installation, and work on the second and third levels will soon follow. 

As you walk through the building rooms are starting to take shape and you are able to get a better sense for how the complex program of activities will fit within the center.  July will see this work continue, and see the precast and façade elements wrap around the north end of the building as well. 

Emory Proton Therapy Center - May 2014 Update

Inside of proton therapy gantry space at the Emory Proton Therapy CenterIn May, Brasfield & Gorrie, the General Contractor for the Emory Proton Therapy Center construction, focused on continuing to make progress in the concrete portion of the Center. Brasfield completed cleaning and painting most of the equipment areas, leaving these spaces bright and ready for the future proton therapy equipment.  Providing the proton therapy equipment vendor, Varian, a clean and conditioned space is paramount to a successful installation and calibration of this complex, sensitive, equipment. 

Brasfield & Gorrie also is making headway in the area that will house the parking structure in the future. This area is important to facilitate Varian’s speedy installation of the proton therapy equipment.  The parking structure also has to be prepared in such a way that Varian has plenty of room to stage more than 50 full-sized containers of materials that go into the project.  This also contributes to Varian’s ability to get the proton equipment up and running quickly and reliably.

Emory Proton Therapy Center - April 2014 Update

Emory Proton Therapy Center Construction Photo April 2014April brought continued dramatic changes to the Emory Proton Therapy Center project.  Progress continued to be made quickly on preparing the steel-framed building.   Metal decking was completed on all levels, providing a “roof” and “floor” on each of the center’s three levels.   Steel work to provide the attachment points for the large, precast concrete, façade pieces were put in place.   Also, retaining walls that will be used to build out the garage, staff lounge, and Peachtree St. retail areas were put in place.  

Brasfield & Gorrie continues to keep up a quick pace, backfilling that area to help provide laydown space for Varian Medical Systems, when they come to install the proton therapy equipment.  Due to the tight urban location of the center (prime real estate), we will build the center in two phases.  First is the clinical structure, which is well underway today, and second is the parking/staff lounge/retail structure.   This phasing allows us to keep the project moving quickly and provide Varian the ability to install the equipment as fast as possible.  With the work that went into place during the month of April, you can see the organization of the project better than ever.  

Interior spaces in the concrete proton therapy equipment section of the building continue to get finished, with the large bridge cranes in each of the major equipment rooms being put into place now.  The team continues to focus on the goal of bringing this therapy to the people of Georgia and the southeast as soon as possible.

Emory Proton Therapy Center - March 2014 Update

Emory Proton Therapy Center Construction Steel - March 2014The Emory Proton Therapy Center continues to come closer to bringing cutting edge cancer care to the people of Atlanta, the State of Georgia and the southeast. This month the main steel structure was completed. Brasfield & Gorrie (B&G) also began laying down the steel decking on each floor of the steel structure, and even poured concrete onto one section of steel decking, to create part of the floor plate for that level.  

Additionally, B&G continues work in the concrete bunker, cleaning and painting the concrete zones to help them stay clean. Some of the major mechanical equipment started to show up on the project site, and was put in place and covered. These are all great steps to prepare for the arrival of the highly sensitive proton therapy equipment, which requires clean, temperature and humidity controlled spaces in which to be installed.  

The overhead cranes that are permanently installed in the gantry treatment rooms and cyclotron room are beginning to be installed as well.  These cranes will be used in installation and maintenance of the proton therapy equipment.  B&G also completed work on the foundation system for the parking structure portion of the project.

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