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Heart Hospital of Arizona Helistop,
Phoenix, Arizona
Owner: Heart Hospital of Arizona
Architect: The Stein-Cox Group,
Phoenix, Arizona; HDR Architecture, Dallas, Texas
Contractor: FEC Heliports, Cincinnati,
Ohio
The Heart Hospital of Arizona, constructed
in 1998, provides cardiovascular specialty services to much of Arizona.
Initially built as a two-story structure, the building was designed for
vertical expansion to three stories. Ultimately, the hospital owner wanted
a rooftop helistop but needed another landing site in the interim. The
design team adopted a unique approach in that they provided an aluminum
helideck just above ground level in a vacant part of the campus. That helideck
will be moved to the roof during construction of the third floor. This
saved the hospital the cost of building a concrete ground level helistop
that would eventually be demolished. For ease of transferring the helistop
to its new home on the building, its supplier, FEC Heliports, installed
it on the ground with the same support spacing used in the building. The
helistop was installed at its interim location in 1998 and is scheduled
for relocation to the roof in 2000. Heliplanners assisted the entire design
team with design and permitting issues.