All structural members and connections from the new iMRI area to the base building framing support a shielding cage that limits exposure to electromagnetic radiation. This new steel is framed into existing trusses that span the building footprint.
Photo credit: E4H/Edward Caruso Photography.
- Photo credit: E4H/Edward Caruso Photography.
Silman has served as a structural engineering consultant for projects at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Upper East Side main campus for over three decades. During that time, the firm has worked on innumerable projects of varying scales, including complex additions and interior renovations to accommodate upgraded medical equipment. Much of this work has required close coordination with MEP consultants and related disciplines. Some projects have involved phased construction within occupied buildings as well as campus-wide upgrades to emergency power, water, and electrical systems.
Silman’s recent work, completed with E4H Environments for Health Architecture, involved structural alterations to a sixth-floor operating room to accommodate a new ceiling-mounted intra-operative MRI (iMRI). With a magnet supported on rails, this state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment can be moved from its stationary position within the magnet bay to the space over the patient table for imaging during surgical procedures. The rails are supported by structural steel designed to accommodate the movement of the magnet including strict vibration, rotational, and deflection tolerances.
Photo credit: E4H/Edward Caruso Photography.
Photo credit: E4H/Edward Caruso Photography.
- Photo credit: E4H/Edward Caruso Photography.
- Photo credit: E4H/Edward Caruso Photography.
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All structural members and connections from the new iMRI area to the base building framing support a shielding cage that limits exposure to electromagnetic radiation. This new steel is framed into existing trusses that span the building footprint.
Additional select projects include:
Memorial Hospital, Bobst Building, Winston Infill Building
- Four-story vertical addition that involved threading super-columns through occupied facilities
- Gut renovation of an inpatient unit including 200+ web openings in steel framing for new MEP runs
- New rooftop cogeneration plant supported on a series of eight existing trusses that clear span the existing building below
Haupt Pavilion / MRI Building
- Three-story vertical addition to a six-story building; single-story vertical addition atop this previous addition to house new MEP equipment
- Model-based analysis of existing Unistrut framing to support new OR equipment
- Support for new fluoroscopy units
Radiation Oncology (RO) Building
- Two-story vertical addition to a three-story building to create space for a new pharmacy
- Renovation of two floors for a new brachytherapy room and MRI suite
- Renovations on multiple floors to accommodate new LINAC equipment
Schwartz Research Building
- Laboratory renovation including support for new slab penetrations and equipment
- New concrete and lead-coated vault to house a new sub-cellar cyclotron
- Existing framing analysis, new dunnage and support for new rooftop AHUs
Howard Building
- PET/CT replacement
- Replacement of nuclear cameras with new 10,000-lb SPECT units, exploration of options for framing reinforcement
- Radioiodine therapy suite renovation
Zuckerman Research Center
- Comprehensive MEP upgrades including dunnage for new cogeneration plant equipment
Rockefeller Research Laboratory
- Parking garage renovation and new storage mezzanine
- Support for new electron microscope