NYU Langone Health Opens Kimmel Pavilion and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital

NYU Langone Health opened the Helen L. & Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion and the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital in June of 2018 in New York. The 21-story, 830,000-sf Kimmel Pavilion provides 374 private patient rooms, 30 surgical rooms, a conference center, and an outdoor roof terrace. The facility offers acute and critical care services in neuroscience, hematology–oncology, cardiothoracic care, and bone marrow and solid organ transplantation. The pavilion houses the 160,000-sf Hassenfeld Children's Hospital which provides 68 single-patient rooms, a pediatric ICU, a congenital cardiovascular unit, surgical suites, and an emergency department. The technologically integrated project utilizes a fleet of robots for the transportation of meals, supplies, and medication, as well as the removal of hazardous waste. The pavilion, which features a perimeter wall for storm protection, was built by Turner Construction using Building Information Modeling (BIM). LEED Platinum sustainable design will be sought for the facility, which includes a cogeneration plant capable of providing uninterruptable power in an emergency.