A decade at Hadassah
Between 2003 and 2016 we carried out projects at Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus for the Hadassah Medical Organization and its main contractors. Excavation and shoring, infrastructure, retaining walls and maintenance, inside a working hospital.
- Client
- Hadassah Medical Organization
- Location
- Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
- Years
- 2003–2016
- Status
- Completed
Introduction
In 2017 Udi Shaulov, Administrative Director of the Hadassah hospitals, summed up our work in a letter: between 2003 and 2016 we carried out "a wide range of complex projects" at Hadassah Ein Kerem and Hadassah Mount Scopus, including earthworks, shoring and building foundations, development works and the construction of infrastructure.
A hospital does not close for building works. So every job we did at Hadassah was coordinated with the hospital's management and security staff, and carried out around its day-to-day operations.
At the inpatient tower, Phase 1 (2008), we carried out shoring, excavation, rock cutting and recycling of approx. 200,000 m³. A mandatory condition signed into the contract: work in 24-hour shifts, 6 days a week, and completion within 6 months. In Phase 2 (2011–2013) we carried out the development works for Shikun & Binui – Solel Boneh, the building's main contractor.
The projects
| Project | Years | Main contractor / supervision | Our work | Quantities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance and rehabilitation of roads and underground infrastructure, Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus | 2006–2013 | Hadassah Medical Organization (direct) | Rehabilitation of roads and sidewalks; renewal of water, sewage, electricity and communications infrastructure; new parking; development of public open spaces | — |
| Ispro Center — mall and hotel | 2006–2007 | A. Arenson; supervision: Margolin Brothers | Excavation and shoring, foundations, underground infrastructure, retaining walls, paving and landscaping | — |
| Biotechnology laboratory park | 2006–2007 | Minrav | Excavation and shoring, foundations and columns, underground infrastructure, retaining walls, paving and landscaping | — |
| Car park building | 2007–2008 | Shapir Civil and Marine Engineering | Excavation and rock cutting, shoring, foundations, sewage and drainage | — |
| Inpatient tower (Davidson Tower), Phase 1 — excavation and shoring | 2008 | Ashtrom Jerusalem; supervision: Margolin Brothers | Demolition of an existing building, shoring, excavation and rock cutting, rock cutting for foundations, recycling; 24-hour shifts, 6 days a week | approx. 200,000 m³ of shoring, excavation, rock cutting and recycling |
| Inpatient tower, Phase 2 — development and infrastructure | 2011–2013 | Shikun & Binui – Solel Boneh; supervision: Margolin Brothers | Retaining walls, slope stabilisation, paving, electricity and communications infrastructure, provision for future light rail infrastructure | approx. 14,800 m³ excavation and rock cutting · approx. 8,200 m³ type-A sub-base · approx. 5,200 m² paving stones |
| Inpatient tower drainage and stormwater | 2011–2013 | Electra; supervision: Margolin Brothers | Main sewage line and main drainage line connecting the tower | — |
| Rehabilitation of the main water supply system | 2011–2014 | Hadassah Medical Organization; supervision: Margolin Brothers / Am-El | Perimeter ring main, connection of the emergency reservoirs, pressure-reducing station, steel water mains, landscape restoration | approx. 2.5 km of steel water mains up to 12″ diameter (2013–2014) |
What they said about us
In full and continuous coordination with the hospital's management and security staff, and to the complete satisfaction of the client.
The project was carried out to the complete satisfaction of the client, with strict adherence to the project's schedules and objectives.
With praiseworthy diligence, night and day, with excellent workmanship and quality, responding to the complexity of the works and to tight schedules, and with the utmost consideration for the sensitive and complex nature of the works, all subject to the hospital's needs and requirements.
What this says about us
One campus, seven clients. At Hadassah we were engaged by the Hadassah Medical Organization itself and by six different main contractors: A. Arenson, Minrav, Shapir, Ashtrom Jerusalem, Shikun & Binui – Solel Boneh and Electra. Each of them contracted us for a different part of the work.
Every layer. Within the same hospital we carried out demolition, excavation and rock cutting, shoring, retaining walls and slope stabilisation, sewage, drainage and water, paving and development. That is six of our seven service areas.
Inside a live site. 13 years of work in a hospital that never closed, in coordination with its management and security.