Railyards Medical Center

The acute care hospital electrical design by Salas O’Brien delivers a highly reliable, fully electrified infrastructure that supports continuous patient care and advanced clinical operations. The building is served by a resilient medium-voltage campus distribution system connected to a microgrid-ready central energy facility, enabling enhanced resilience and future energy flexibility across the campus. Within the hospital, multiple high-capacity unit substations, segmented essential electrical systems for life safety, critical, and equipment loads, and bypass-isolation transfer switches provide rapid power restoration within seconds of an outage. The design incorporates advanced power quality solutions, including UPS and flywheel systems, to maintain uninterrupted operation of imaging, operating rooms, and IT systems, while comprehensive power monitoring enhances operational visibility and system performance; together, these systems support a low-carbon, all-electric healthcare environment and integrate DC LED lighting system deployed throughout the hospital to improve energy efficiency and safety.

Our team designed the Hospital Support Building (HSB) electrical system as a flexible, efficient extension of the campus infrastructure that supports diagnostic, imaging, and operational functions, with a strong emphasis on reliability and adaptability. Connected to the same medium-voltage campus distribution network supported by the microgrid-ready system, the HSB incorporates robust building-level power distribution, integrated emergency power, and scalable infrastructure to accommodate evolving healthcare technologies while aligning with the broader campus electrification strategy. The design enhances performance through advanced lighting control systems, integrated submetering, and energy monitoring, complemented by a DC LED lighting system implemented throughout the HSB, resulting in a future-ready electrical system that improves resilience, optimizes energy use, and supports the overall performance of the medical campus.

We are also providing a campus-wide electronic security system design encompassing the hospital, HSB, the central utility plant/energy center, the parking structure, and the site. We designed the system to enhance patient and staff safety through a fully integrated platform that includes access control, video surveillance, infant protection systems, and intrusion detection. In coordination with the design team, security strategies incorporate Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles to enhance visibility, reinforce territorial boundaries, and control access across the campus, supporting a safe, secure healthcare environment while maintaining operational efficiency.