Engineering Marvels

The details…

The photo essay below depicts some of the miraculous little details that help make Mills a world class healthcare facility.

These Isomax clips help absorb vibration in the event that the three 21KW emergency generators, situated directly below an OR, are switched on during a surgery.

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Wavguides, pictured here, allow electrical lines to pass through a shielded MRI room without interfering with the machines magnetic field once the room has been calibrated.

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Medgas lines

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Support for an acoustically isolated equipment grid hangs through and acoustically isolated ceiling to ensure that minimal vibration is transmitted to the primary structure.

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A pneumatic tube system is used to transmit physical samples between departments in the hospital

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Domestic water lines, carefully coordinated to match the crawlspace contours

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We’re all lucky not to be here

From Sep 12, 2011

Inside the server room

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Seismic moat covers

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Grade beam

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