Center for Restorative Breast Surgery :: New Orleans, Louisiana

Morphy, Makofsky, Inc. provided Structural and Civil engineering for a new medical facility as an expansion of the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery. The new facility consists of four new operating rooms, 20 patient rooms, ancillary spaces, an entry porte cochere and shade canopy structures. The new structure has a structural steel frame with concrete decks. The entire structure is pile-supported with two types of piles: treated timber, 24-ton piles that are 61 feet long; and concrete/wood composite, 24-ton piles that are 75 feet long. A tough sand layer was deep at the front of the site and shallow at the rear. The treated piles were used at the rear. The 60,000-square-foot, 17-bed facility is adjacent to the world-renowned Center for Restorative Breast Surgery. It provides care from initial consultation through recovery.