Audubon Medical Center

At Issue

Audubon Land Company, LLC, represented Penrose and over 50 doctors in their efforts to develop a facility to respond to the expanding and myriad healthcare needs of Colorado Springs and its surrounding areas. The desired result was an out-patient facility housing an array of clinics encompassing numerous medical specialties, including otolaryngology, surgery, radiology, orthopedics, and opthomology. The hospital's Owners also envisioned a "technology friendly" campus capable of offering permanent and visiting physicians the opportunity to utilize the hospital's data and voice services, thus enhancing communication and collaboration among the member physicians and service providers.

BGCE's Work

• Energy-efficient mechanical and electrical systems


• A variable air volume system to provide comfort to the various occupancies in the facility


• Emergency power for critical areas


• Medical gases to required areas


• Building design to accomodate the cooling and electrical needs of a large radiology suite


• Address pressure relationships between spaces in the surgical suite


• Communications engineering, utilizing Fiber Optic DS3 and Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) service entrances installed in the central communications room

Client Benefits

• Energy-efficient facility


• Patient-friendly lighting and environmental systems


• Reliable mechanical systems


• Voice and data services engineered for "zero down-time"


• End users are capable of communication with other users as well as the main voice and data services via a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN)


• Enhanced collaboration and communication among member service providers, ultimately improving the patient/client/user experience