Madison, Wis.

Simulation and Surgical Tech Expansions

Madison Area Technical College

In order to provide students with cutting-edge facilities and training to meet the urgent workforce demands in the healthcare field, Madison College sought to reorganize their Health Education Building (HEB) to maximize existing assets. BWBR successfully integrated our in-house medical and academic planning to meet each program’s needs within the available spaces.

To align with the College’s vision, several programs needed to expand, while others were either moving to different buildings or being phased out. Working from the Health Education Building Master Plan, the first projects identified in were Surgical Tech and Health Simulation, which were initially adjacent and landlocked within the building’s first floor. However, by relocating the Surgical Tech program to the third level, it was able to expand to meet current accreditation requirements while also allowing Health Simulation to expand from its original footprint into the area previously occupied by Surgical Tech.

Project Partners: Henneman Engineering, Pearson Engineering, Pierce Engineers, Middleton Consulting and Contracting, artist Dani Zaccone, Bauer Builders

Team

Leigh Streit

Principal

Devin Little

Construction Administrator

Gentina Patton

Project Manager

Alex Sirko

Senior Specifications Writer

Project Specs

Size:

14,400 sq ft

Components:

Surgical Tech components include four ORs, a clean core (sterile storage), a student study room where they can access the instruments and trays, control room, gowning/locker room, and a sterile corridor (including scrub sinks). Simulation components include a finish refresh of existing Trauma, Delivery, Patient, and Apartment sim rooms and control rooms; the addition of two exam rooms; storage, debrief and office spaces; and standardized patient changing room.

Completion:

July 2024

July 22, 2024

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