Design experience allows for flexibility to expand

Howard Regional Health System*
Kokomo, Indiana

Howard Regional Health System is an acute care hospital system comprised of two hospitals on three campuses. Well-positioned financially and moving forward with a comprehensive three-year strategic plan, their focus is on continued growth and enhanced quality services. The design recommendation was to relocate the data center to the edge of campus and integrate it with an office complex. This solution created more space within the hospital and allowed the hospital to eliminate single points of failure and empower concurrently maintainable systems. Capital cost, speed of implementation and data center migration were all effectively addressed.

The design also provided the flexibility for future expansion. The space for staging, testing and storage is built on an access floor with demountable walls. This area can be easily transformed for future additional computer room equipment rack systems. The design also included a studio concept for the computer room air conditioning system to allow improved access for service and a higher level of security.

Project features

• 2,500 square feet
• Redundant telecommunication feeds
• Parallel power bus design
  • Two 130KVA uninterruptable power supply
  • Two 30 ton computer room air conditioners
  • One 350 KW generator
  • Gaseous fire suppression
  • Incipient fire protection
  • Card access
  • Studio design
  • Hot aisle/cold aisle implementation

* Work prior to joining Arnold & O’Sheridan, Inc.