BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250917T020334Z UID:3D65A360-E1B8-4B60-8625-306628C9905C DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T143000 DESCRIPTION:UPMC Presbyterian will be home to 636 private patient rooms to deliver UPMC's nationally ranked care and Life Changing Medicine in specia lties such as transplant\, heart and vascular\, and neurological care from world-renowned physician-scientists and their clinical teams.\n\nThe towe r — which will be 17 stories and 900\,000 square feet — will feature i conic architectural design that will transform the Oakland landscape. The design and the intent of the spaces within the walls of the building will embrace technology advances that support patient experience\, staff experi ence\, operational effectiveness and efficiency\, and an attractive enviro nment that matches the innovation and care provided by our hospital teams. \n\nWith ample space for patients to heal with all private rooms\, the spa ce also captures UPMC's vision for linking patients\, visitors\, and staff to nature and to Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. It will have many lif estyle concepts from rooftop gardens and flexible outdoor spaces that can host everything from farmer's markets to concerts\, and indoor common area s with amenities to benefit patients\, families\, and staff.\n\nSome highl ights:\n\n· The HGA commercial architecture design team has partnered wit h CMU’s Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics to model light c onditions and design methods to manage light and heat entering the buildin g\, promote natural daylight\, and lessen bird strikes.\n\n· Large-scale use of glass that will offset the weight of its 17 stories. It also will o ffer a clear view of what's happening inside its first few floors\, making it feel part of the community.\n\n· Have a visually appealing parking ga rage — above and below grade — that is directly accessible to visitors at the main entry. This 450-space parking garage will help eliminate park ing confusion\, improve wayfinding\, and reduce congestion of existing gar ages in the area.\n\n· Nearly one-fourth of the patient rooms in the towe r will be intensive care unit (ICU) rooms or innovative acuity-adaptable r ooms. This allows for continuity throughout complex\, critical care delive ry by UPMC's expert physicians and care teams — with the patient experie nce and quality outcomes as the primary focus.\n\nThrough pioneering acuit y-adaptable floors where the patient will transition through their care on the same unit\, UPMC is limiting patients transferring from one unit and care team to another as they progress toward recovery.\n\nAgenda: \nPark i n the Forbes Tower Garage (3600 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15213)\n\n11: 45 AM Meet at a restaurant (TBD near the garage) for lunch\n\n12:50 AM Wal k to construction site\n\n1:00 PM Safety Briefing & PPE Distribution\n\nNo tes: No sleeveless shirts\n\nMust wear flat\, closed toe\, hard sole shoes \n\nWear long pants\n\nPPE (hard hard\, glasses\, vest) will be provided a nd must be worn at all times on site\n\nBldg: Forbes Tower Garage\, 3600 F orbes Ave.\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, United States\, 15213 LOCATION:Bldg: Forbes Tower Garage\, 3600 Forbes Ave.\, Pittsburgh\, Pennsy lvania\, United States\, 15213 ORGANIZER:steve.mozelewski@gmail.com SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:Tour of UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Expansion Project URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/493407 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0i n\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 1 2.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: ' Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">UPMC Presbyterian will be home to 636 private patient rooms to deliver UPMC's nationally ranked car e and Life Changing Medicine in specialties such as transplant\, heart and vascular\, and neurological care from world-renowned physician-scientists and their clinical teams.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin- bottom: 0in\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="fo nt-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font -family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">The tower &mdas h\; which will be 17 stories and 900\,000 square feet &mdash\; will featur e iconic architectural design that will transform the Oakland landscape. T he design and the intent of the spaces within the walls of the building wi ll embrace technology advances that support patient experience\, staff exp erience\, operational effectiveness and efficiency\, and an attractive env ironment that matches the innovation and care provided by our hospital tea ms.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; text-alig n: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font- family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Rom an'\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">With ample space for patients to heal with all private rooms\, the space also captures UPMC's vision for linking patients\, visitors\, and staff to nature and to Pittsburgh's Oakland nei ghborhood. It will have many lifestyle concepts from rooftop gardens and f lexible outdoor spaces that can host everything from farmer's markets to c oncerts\, and indoor common areas with amenities to benefit patients\, fam ilies\, and staff.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; text-align: justify\; line-height: normal\;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">Some highlights:</span> </p>\n<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; mso -add-space: auto\; text-align: justify\; text-indent: -.25in\; line-height : normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span sty le="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Sym bol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;"><span s tyle="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Rom an'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></s pan></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Ti mes New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-b idi-font-weight: bold\;">The HGA commercial architecture design team has p artnered with CMU&rsquo\;s Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics to model light conditions and design methods to manage light and heat ent ering the building\, promote natural daylight\, and lessen bird strikes.</ span></p>\n<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0in \; mso-add-space: auto\; text-align: justify\; text-indent: -.25in\; line- height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><sp an style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-famil y: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">< span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times N ew Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </sp an></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-famil y: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">Large-scale use of glass that will offset t he weight of its 17 stories. It also will offer a clear view of what's hap pening inside its first few floors\, making it feel part of the community. </span></p>\n<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0 in\; mso-add-space: auto\; text-align: justify\; text-indent: -.25in\; lin e-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [if !supportLists]-->< span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-fam ily: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;" ><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </ span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-fam ily: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' \; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">Have a visually appealing parking garage &mdash\; above and below grade &mdash\; that is directly accessible to vis itors at the main entry. This 450-space parking garage will help eliminate parking confusion\, improve wayfinding\, and reduce congestion of existin g garages in the area.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" sty le="margin-bottom: 0in\; mso-add-space: auto\; text-align: justify\; text- indent: -.25in\; line-height: normal\; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1\;"><!-- [i f !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; font-family: Symbol\; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol\; mso-bidi- font-weight: bold\;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore\;">&middot\;<span style ="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman'\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-siz e: 12.0pt\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-famil y: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">Nearly one-fourth of the patient rooms in the tower will be intensive care unit (ICU) rooms or innovative acuity-adaptable rooms. This allows for continuity throughout c omplex\, critical care delivery by UPMC's expert physicians and care teams &mdash\; with the patient experience and quality outcomes as the primary focus.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; line-height: 107%\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\,serif\; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times N ew Roman'\; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: EN-US\; mso-b idi-language: AR-SA\; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\;">Through pioneering acu ity-adaptable floors where the patient will transition through their care on the same unit\, UPMC is limiting patients transferring from one unit an d care team to another as they progress toward recovery.</span></p><br />< br />Agenda: <br /><p>Park in the Forbes Tower Garage (3600 Forbes Ave\, P ittsburgh\, PA&nbsp\; 15213)</p>\n<p>11:45 AM Meet at a restaurant (TBD ne ar the garage) for lunch</p>\n<p>12:50 AM Walk to construction site</p>\n< p>1:00 PM&nbsp\; Safety Briefing &amp\; PPE Distribution</p>\n<p>Notes:&nb sp\; No sleeveless shirts</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Must wear flat\, closed toe\, hard sole shoes</p>\n<p>&nbsp \; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Wear long pants</p>\n<p> &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;PPE (hard hard\, gl asses\, vest) will be provided and must be worn at all times on site</p>\n <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in\; text-align: justify\; lin e-height: normal\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR