Memorial Hospital Patient Tower Update: The mockup tower [Video]

At just 22 feet tall and 11 feet wide, the mockup of the Memorial Hospital patient tower is a tiny building with a big job. 

First, the structure allows the hospital, construction and architecture teams to see the building’s key components at scale.

“The most visual reason for the mockup is to allow everyone to see what the building will look like in the end — color of brick, color of windows, glass and the slope of the top parapet along the roofline,” explained Natalie Petzoldt, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, CLGB, Principal at CannonDesign.

The mockup also serves as a proving ground to test the function of the construction materials such as grout, caulk, drip edges and waterproofing membranes using high-pressure water hoses.

“Behind the scenes, we meet weekly with all the various subcontractors doing the work to go through all the details to make sure everything within the wall assembly is done correctly and in the correct sequence …