Baptist St. Anthony Hospital, Amarillo, TX

The structural design of this project consists of a six-story concrete tower connected to a new structural steel tower via a multi-level pedestrian bridge. One of the particular structural challenges included achieving a very limited floor to floor height to match the existing tower. The six-story main tower was designed for two additional stories to be constructed at a future date. The steel tower was also designed for two additional stories as well as significant expansion of the floor plate. A six-level pedestrian bridge connecting the new addition to the original hospital tower was designed by stacking and interconnecting story-deep steel trusses, allowing for greatly simplified steel erection.