Mayo Clinic Richard O. Jacobson Building

Mayo Clinic opened the first facility in the Midwest capable of providing proton beam therapy used to treat cancer. The building features four treatment rooms that include a three-story, 190-ton mechanical apparatus (gantry) needed for the proton beam and a 20-ton magnet to guide the beam. Due to the size, weight and radiologic properties of the equipment involved, the size and thickness of concrete in this building is unprecedented in this area with the thickest wall measuring 21-feet nine-inches wide by 14-feet high.

Harris provided a complete mechanical package for the underground, shell and utility portions of the work that included plumbing, heating piping, medical gas piping, HVAC, steam piping and process piping and equipment, and leading the BIM process. Using the BIM process, the incorporation of detail drawings from every trade into one 3-D model enabled Harris to detect clashes and work out solutions during weekly coordination meetings.