Title
Receive a report on Natividad Medical Center's key capital projects
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Capital Improvement Committee receive a report on Natividad Medical Center's key capital projects.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Facilities and Construction Department staff at Natividad Medical Center (NMC) administers capital projects focused on strategically upgrading the hospital by reconfiguring and remodeling to better accommodate healthcare services for Monterey County residents and visitors.
NMC is responsible for management, operation, and maintenance of building facilities and roads within the NMC campus.
PROJECTS WITH SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY
Central Plant Equipment Upgrade:
The Central Plant is located in Building 580, 3rd Floor and provides all the utility functions to Natividad Medical Center. The Central Plant Equipment Upgrade is comprised of replacing; two heating hot water boilers; two cooling towers and installing a new water softening system. The Central Plant contains heating hot water boilers; which provide hot water to heat ambient air temperature, cooling towers and chillers that lower the ambient air temperature of the air for the Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The condition of the cooling towers did not allow the hospital to provide adequate cooling and humidity control to the hospital. The cooling towers were only able to provide 50% of their required cooling capacity. Regulatory agencies require that relative humidity levels in an acute care hospital fall between 20% and 60%. As FY2015 was unseasonably warm, NMC was not able to adequately regulate relative humidity and as a result NMC declared an emergency and brought in a rented interim chiller (500 Ton) to complement the cooling capacity and lower the chilled water temperature to ultimately decrease the relative humidity levels in the hospital. Having the interim chiller on site allows NMC to replace the cooling towers without disrupting patien...
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