The plan called for the addition of brand new vault and the installation of a Varian TrueBeam Linear Accelerator while treating patients in close proximity – all with no interruptions, disruptions, or health and safety compromises.  Was that possible?

Building spaces for the most powerful Magnetic Resonance (MRI) and the most sophisticated Computed Tomography (CT) systems, in tandem, was a scheduling challenge that came with lots of BTUs. The answer was the addition of three roof-mounted chillers, with one dedicated to pumping a refrigerated glycol based water solution through the MRI itself.

The largest urology group in the Midwest, UroPartners succeeds by specialization – in urology, pathology, and radiation oncology.  When UroPartners was looking for a construction partner to build-out their Des Plaines location, they came back to Frank H. Stowell & Sons, Inc. It just so happened that we had previously built-out their Glenview location.

Of all the projects that we have performed for Central DuPage Hospital, this has to the most heart-warming. Thanks to the award-winning designers from RTKL and architect Lou Garapolo we were able to give their Pediatric Clinic new life and bring smiles to young faces.

The relationship that Frank H. Stowell & Sons has developed with Varian Medical Systems over the years is a consequence of our understanding their equipment’s stringent technical requirements and being responsive to each project’s unique demands.

We, at Frank H. Stowell & Sons, appreciate the opportunities we have had build spaces for Varian Medical Systems TrueBeam linear accelerators in VA hospitals across the US.

That said, our Cleveland project contained a significant wrinkle.  The only way to bring the equipment into the basement-level vault was through a public plaza.

Building the space for this single plane ceiling mounted angiography system with Dyna computed tomography was especially challenging. The extensive power demands (including a power conditioner), air conditioning and radiation shielding had to be met while not interfering with procedures being performed in adjacent rooms just feet away.

The GE Healthcare Innova 3131IQ Biplane Neurointerventional System is quite a mouthful.  In fact, it is quite a system – something to be appreciated when having a stent inserted into an artery.

The system produces simultaneous multi-dimensional internal views for cardiologists to monitor in real-time.

With all the GE Healthcare CT systems for which we have had to build spaces, there’s not much that we, at Frank H. Stowell & Sons, have not seen.  Still, the preparation for a new GE Lightspeed VCT at Advocate’s Lutheran General Hospital presented a challenge.

The floor beneath the CT was not thick enough to stabilize the CT adequately.  Any vibration would distort the imagery.  The solution was to add buttresses to the concrete deck from below the floor, in the space that was occupied by the Sterile Processing Department (SPD). 

Thanks to an opportunity to build side-by-side Radiation Therapy rooms, we, at Frank H. Stowell & Sons, were able to get an extra bump in the number of Varian TrueBeam spaces we have built.  Of course, what it did not do was reduce the amount of concrete wall and radiation protection that we had to install.

Converting a warehouse to a high-tech imaging center to accommodate the latest and greatest diagnostic equipment, the new Siemens 3T Magnetom Trio was a major investment for 3T Imaging of Morton Grove.

Offering Ultra high-field, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), plus 16-slice Computed Tomography (CT), and General, Vascular, Musculoskeletal, Ultrasound, Digital X-ray, Simplant Dental Scan, Arthrography and Myelography was quite an undertaking.

While this magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system looks like any other it is remarkably different. That’s because it is combined with a focused ultrasound system (FUS) that is located within the table. The MRI pinpoints and the FUS ablates (destroys) offending cells inside the body without the need for incisions.

West Suburban Cardiologists announced the opening of their LightSpeed 64TM from GE Healthcare and Frank H. Stowell & Sons was very pleased to have assisted in the process. Through our Design-Build service, we worked with them to create a practical and comfortable setting to accommodate a steady flow of scan patients.

Have you ever wondered what kind of equipment is needed to perform arrhythmia, pacemaker and implantable defibrillator services, three-dimensional heart mapping and implantable rhythm recording? Probably not.

Where form matches function Central DuPage Hospital wanted to give their hard-working physicians an energizing break lounge. The twenty-five-foot ceiling presented a major challenge. A huge art wall was the answer. We found a way to build it out of light-weight foam encapsulated by fire-resistant drywall and hang it like a painting. Just another example of Frank H. Stowell & Sons’ ingenuity backed up by solid workmanship.

It is one thing for a teaching hospital to be state of the art in terms of innovation with the very latest PET/CT  Imaging and Radiation Therapy technology. It is quite another to recognize the special and under-addressed needs of women, especially those proactively looking for good health in their post child-rearing years.

Believing that only by a process of constant renewal will their hospital retain its reputation for excellence, RNS Medical Center continues to improve the appearance and the functionality of their care spaces.