Quality Inn Hotel Becomes Non-Acute COVID-19 Patient Care Facility

At midnight on Saturday, April 11, a 4-story Quality Inn hotel in Florissant, Missouri was successfully converted into a non-acute COVID-19 Patient Care Facility. With the deadline being met this facility was ready to receive patients on the morning of Sunday, April 12. The facility will be used for patients on the backside of their COVID-19 treatment before discharge to provide off-loading space from the hospital. This was a joint effort with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State of Missouri, Missouri National Guard, State Highway Patrol, St. Louis County, and a fantastic contracting team that included equipment and material suppliers along with the following firms:

• Ross & Baruzzini
• Tarlton
• Rock Hill Mechanical
• Guarantee Electric
• Waterhout
• Woodard
• Collins & Herman Fencing
• Flooring Systems
• Tech Electronics
• Ward Painting
• Kone Elevator

"We are proud to be part of the integrated design-build team on this facility that responds locally to the COVID-19 Pandemic.”  Mike Shea, Ross & Baruzzini Director of Government Market

The multi-market Ross & Baruzzini team from Government, Higher Education, and Healthcare made up of Mike Shea, Scott Ethridge, Mike Harris, Brooks Becker, Roger Czmowski, Brad Pierce and Mark Heise provided 24/7 field site investigation, construction administration, and architectual and engineering technical support.

"This job was exciting and really proves what your experience is worth when it counts." Scott Ethridge, Ross & Baruzzini Director of Operations Government Market

The Ross & Baruzzini team all wore their masks and gloves and practiced social distancing as they worked with 400 tradesmen to complete the task at hand. This combined team had 79 hours from contract signature to turn-over. During this time they prepared 120 single patient rooms, 4 nurse stations, a triage center, ambulatory drop-off, 1200 lineal feet of fencing, as well as re-programmed the phone system for nurse call, relocated the roof top exhaust fans, replaced the 4th-floor carpet, and replaced 20 HVAC units.

Ross & Baruzzini COVID-19 Rapid Response in action!

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