CHARLIE NEUMAN View of the top of the Atrium on the roof of the Patient Tower at Palomar Medical Center West in Escondido.
Testing the latest technology, space planning and best construction practices.
It’s like a giant Erector Set on the western Escondido skyline — an 11-story steel framework rising more than 200 feet above a hill off Auto Park Way and Citracado Parkway.
But halfway to completion, the $940 million Palomar Medical Center West — the largest private construction project in the county right now — is looking more like a hospital as 800 construction workers begin to frame in the 360 patient rooms, 60 emergency rooms and 12 operating rooms.
The details of the hospital, said to be the largest under construction nationally, are being closely watched by other hospitals and major infrastructure companies and institutions. More than 500 people have toured the site during construction, many from the health care management and design industry.
Palomar is testing the latest technology, space planning and best construction practices in the business. The Center for Health Design calls it the first “fable hospital” because it is incorporating all the latest thinking into one project. It’s a pilot project in the Green Guide for Healthcare rating system and following the draft guidelines for LEED for Healthcare. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council.
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