GAMCO Corp. provided YKK curtain wall, storefront and entrance doors for a new hospital expansion in Staten Island, New York.
GAMCO sourced and fabricated over 12,000 square feet of aluminum fenestration materials for the recently opened 35,000-square-foot expansion to Richmond University Medical Center, located at 355 Bard Avenue in the New York City Borough of Staten Island. The multi-level expansion, which houses the hospital’s emergency department, presents glass curtain wall and metal panels on its south and east façades. The fenestration materials supplied by GAMCO balanced the hospital’s needs for aesthetics, natural light, thermal performance, strength, durability, sustainability and resiliency.
This is the second New York area hospital project that GAMCO has supplied in recent years. In 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, GAMCO curtain wall and commercial windows were used in the Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital’s construction of a new emergency department entrance and renovations to a major hospital wing.
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All the aluminum frame curtain wall, storefront systems and commercial entrance doors GAMCO supplied for the project were impact-resistant and hurricane-rated products and some have been blast-mitigation tested.
The south and east glass curtain wall and metal panel façade spans 55 feet in height and 200 feet in breadth of the expansion wing. The high-performance curtain wall GAMCO sourced and custom fabricated features 3-inch by 7-11⁄16-inch aluminum framing members. Using 1-5⁄16-inch insulated glass, the outside glazed system is impact tested with a design pressure rating of 55 pounds per square foot and a water pressure rating of 20 psf.
For the ground floor, GAMCO sourced and custom fabricated a 2-½-inch by 5-inch aluminum storefront framing system with a 1-5⁄16-inch glazing pocket. With a design pressure of 50 psf and water rating of 12 psf, this outside glazed fenestration system is also impact tested.
The final products GAMCO supplied for the project were the two main aluminum frame doors for the public entrance to the expansion building. The thermally broken, impact-resistant double doors feature 1-inch glazing and 5-inch-wide stiles with high structural and water ratings. The aluminum frame doors, designed for seamless integration with storefront systems, completed the contemporary façade.
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The insulated glazing specifications for the several fenestration systems called for a mix of glass types, including clear, low-emissivity, spandrel, tempered, laminated, mirror and frit glass. Glazing was sourced and installed on-site by the fenestration contractor.
Connected to the original Richmond University Medical Center, the new glass and metal enclosed expansion wing emergency department spans three levels; a basement/ground floor, a second floor and a penthouse floor. The expansion houses new trauma bays, urgent care areas and operating suites. The new expansion wing is just one portion of the many upgrades, renovations and improvements being made to the over 100-year-old hospital to modernize its operations, function, energy efficiency and resiliency to extreme events.
