Children's New Ambulatory Care Building Opens
May 7, 2006
The Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building brings together more than 30 specialty clinics and related diagnostic services. It supports technological advancements, better patient flow and improved access for families.
With its Pacific Northwest coastal theme—featuring designs by local artists—the building uses art as a universal language to create a healing environment and to welcome all patients and their families to Children’s.
As featured in The Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Puget Sound Business Journal, this informational supplement (PDF 502KB) provides additional information on the Melinda French Gates Ambulatory Care Building.
Facts and statistics
- 105 exam rooms
- 12 psychosocial interview and testing rooms
- 12 team work rooms
- 10 exam rooms dedicated to clinical research
- 9 procedure rooms
- 8 consult/education rooms
- 8 conference rooms
- 5 audiology booths
- 4 blood-draw rooms
- 3 audiology testing rooms
- 2 Reception Centers
- 1 sibling playroom
Architects: HKS, Inc.
General contractor: Sellen Construction
Square footage: 168,000
Start date: Spring of 2004
Completion date: March 13, 2006.
Steel used in the building: 3.7 million pounds of structural steel, or the equivalent weight of about 2,179 VW Beetles
Concrete: Amount equivalent to a 5.5 mile two-lane stretch of highway.
Landscaping: Hundreds of trees, shrubs and plants were salvaged and relocated during construction.
Recycling: About 70 percent of the waste generated by the demolition of the old building was recycled.
Amount designated for facilities through The Campaign for Children’s: $100 million
Learn more about the building dedication and The Campaign for Children’s.