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Huntington Memorial Hospital Helistop
Pasadena, California
Owner: Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Architect: HDR Architects, Omaha, Nebraska
Huntington Memorial Hospital had an
existing rooftop helistop on its La Vina Building. While that facility
had served the hospital's medical transport needs for many years, it had
several deficiencies and did not meet current California design criteria.
With the planned vertical expansion of a nearby wing, Huntington's administration
determined that it could build a new helistop that would meet current standards,
improve patient service and accommodate medical transport needs for many
years into the future. HDR, Huntington's architect, retained Heliplanners
to assist with the helistop's design and to shepherd the project through
the agency approval process. The project was designed to accommodate the
large Sikorsky SH-3H helicopter recently acquired by the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department for search and rescue purposes. It is the first helistop
in the Los Angeles area designed for those aircraft, which are much larger
than other air medical aircraft operating in the region. Heliplanners received
final approval from Caltrans' Aeronautics Program for the helistop in 1998.
The helistop is now operational.