Residential and Nursing Care Facility

This new three-story 130,000 square foot residential and nursing care facility accommodates 25 nursing beds; 25 rest home units; and 20 independent living apartments. Constructed in 2003, the facility houses an upper floor convent and incorporates numerous support spaces including: private and group dining areas; senior center; 100-seat chapel; and multipurpose auditorium.

Security system design included:  access control; CCTV surveillance and digital CCTV recording; proximity card access; and nurse call system interconnection.

Nurse call system included non-voice stations in nursing unit; wireless stations in apartment units; and pocket page interface to security and fire alarm systems.

Communications systems included:  Cat5e cabling; CATV distribution; three internal CATV channels; auditorium A/V systems with video projector and integrated touch screen control; telephone system with voice mail; and chapel sound system. Electrical power distribution systems consists of multilevel surge protection; primary utility connection; 120/208V; and building lightning protection system.  Facility lighting systems encompasses a wide array of highly decorative luminaires with dimming control systems in the auditorium, cafeteria, and chapel.