So if we lose the roof system, we'll still have a watertight and concrete-sealed building.įARNEN: The siding is all a harder material, so it'll all be pre-cast concrete, which is basically reinforced concrete hung from the side of the building. So the new facility basically will have all-concrete roof structures, with a membrane glued down on it, and then basically the roof system put on that. In the old facility, we learned that the metal with the insulation on top basically was removed by the tornado and exposed the inside of the building. What's different?įARNEN: Well, the new hospital will have all-concrete roof structures. Let's start with the roof and the siding. SIEGEL: I gather the three big changes in the new hospital are the roof, the siding and the glass. John Farnen is executive director of strategic projects with the hospital, and he joins us from Joplin.
Today, a new facility named Mercy Hospital Joplin is under construction, and it has been designed with a big tornado in mind. John's Mercy Regional Medical Center, which was also knocked out of commission. Of the more than 150 people who died as a result, six were reported inside the St. On May 22, 2011, a force five tornado struck Joplin. How do you build a hospital that can sustain 200-mile-per-hour winds? Well, for the answer - we hope - we're going to turn now to Joplin, Missouri. In Moore, one of the public buildings that became unusable yesterday was the local 45-bed hospital.
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