NORTH SHORE – LIJ HEALTH SYSTEMS AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER - lAKE SUCCESS, NY

Project Type Design and build a new Ambulatory Surgery Center Description Construction of four operating rooms with two additional scaled-out operating rooms to allow for future expansion, a Recovery and Pre-Op area, Staff-Support Space, and a Pre-surgical Testing area to serve adults as well as pediatrics. Owner North Shore—Long Island Jewish Health Systems Architect Swanke, Hayden, Connell Architects Size 24,300 square feet Construction Cost $ 11 million Project Manager Bob Latuga Project Superintendent Tom Ormandy

As the design builder for this project, the Axis team was able to accelerate the total design and building schedule. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Systems required the construction of four operating rooms, with two additional scaled-out operating rooms to allow for future expansion, a recovery and pre-op area, staff-support space, as well as a pre-surgical testing area. The goal was to create a patient-friendly facility that would serve adults as well as pediatrics.

Coordinating efforts with all of the Health Systems’ many departments—such as the Ambulatory Surgery Staff, Anesthesiologists, Infectious Disease Control, I.T., Security, and Materials Management, just to name a few—was challenging. The Axis team also had to coordinate the hospital applications to the state for C.O.N. approval, as well as D.O.H. approval.