CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA | BIRMINGHAM, AL
NICU EXPANSION
A renovation of existing office space to expand Children’s of Alabama’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Designed for advanced care and family comfort, the new space includes six inpatient rooms with dedicated family and staff zones, a centralized nurses’ station, and added support spaces included a dedicated medication room and clean supply room. The bright colors, dynamic artwork wall panels, and comfortable furnishings create an inviting environment that promotes healing.
Completed: 2024
INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT
The project transforms a former outpatient clinic into a new 11-bed inpatient behavioral health unit focused on adolescent patients at Children’s of Alabama. The project helps meet the growing need for inpatient behavioral health care. This thoughtfully designed space prioritizes healing and safety by providing areas for group and individualized care, sensory therapy, dining, and activities. The unit is designed to be uplifting through beautiful natural imagery, color, and comforting furnishings.
Completed: 2024
IMAGING EXPERIENCE
Children's of Alabama elected to renovate a series of imaging rooms in their Children's South, Benjamin Russell, and McWane-Lowder campuses. Our team facilitated and designed a variety of imaging projects, including the Philips Ambient Experience X-ray, a patient distraction device that projects calming visuals during the imaging process.
Completed: 2023
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPANSION
Located on the first floor of the Benjamin Russell Hospital, this project expanded the Emergency Department with an additional 16 rooms and support spaces. The expansion is planned to initially serve the ongoing rise in pediatric psychiatric patients, but treatment rooms are designed to meet requirements of a standard ED treatment room and can be used interchangeably. All rooms are designed with pediatric psychiatric patients in mind, including equipment and fixtures that limit ligature risks and tampering.
Completed: 2023
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND OPERATING ROOM (IROR)
An adaptive reuse of shell space originally intended for OR space. Children’s of Alabama wanted the room to provide interventional radiology with ability to have an extra OR. A pharmacy was relocated to provide room for a control room and a Philips Azurion 7 Bi-Plane. Across is a satellite pharmacy and equipment storage space.
Completed: 2021
INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Several years ago Poole & Company designed a 40,000 square foot adaptive reuse of existing hospital space to become the new home for COA Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Health Services. This new project is a 10,000 sf expansion of the Behavioral Health platform of care, completing a long-range vision to collocate all of the hospital’s Behavioral Health services to one floor of the Hospital. The project includes a large open day space immediately adjacent to ten Inpatient rooms (one ADA compliant), one small day space dining area, a nourishment room, a medication distribution room, laundry room, a secure nurses desk, two exam rooms, a sensory room with specialized audiovisual technology and color-changing RGB lighting, and consulting
Completed: 2020
space. In addition to the 10,000 sf of newly renovated space, the project required tie-ins to one of the existing Inpatient units. The project floor to floor is a tight 10'- 5" on a floor above the existing Renal Care 8- bed Infusion area and below an Inpatient Unit, requiring very tight MEP coordination to ensure code compliant 7’- 6” ceiling heights and little to no disruption of the existing ongoing essential services above and below. BIM modeling was used for clash detection throughout the design process, ultimately reducing conflicts during construction. Poole & Company’s strong working relationship with our client and the general contractor, coupled with superb knowledge of the existing conditions, contributed to this project’s success.
PARK PLACE NORTH CLINIC
A fit-up of existing shell space, this new Children’s of Alabama respiratory therapy clinic adds 16 exam rooms, two treatment rooms, one therapy room, and support spaces. The planning considers future growth for 8 more exam rooms.
Completed: 2017
PHYSICAL THERAPY & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY GYM
The Children’s of Alabama Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy project included a complete renovation and fit-up for a 12,000 square foot PTOT Suite for the treatment of hospital inpatients and outpatients. The project included a PTOT Gym, therapy rooms, assistive technology room, orthopedic bays, rehabilitation suite, and developmental / sensory room. A Gait Lab was also provided with cutting edge technology to study how a patient walks and how to improve their mobility. The project included working within a fully-operational hospital with limited floor-to-floor heights and extensive integrated coordination with mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and the construction team.
Completed: 2014