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Atlanta Children’s Healthcare Unveils $1.58B Campus Plan
Workers place the stones on the culvert façade back to their original positions. The stones were first placed on the structure by hand by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
GDOT Restores Depression-Era Culverts With Its Own Workers By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Often, when the infrastructure deficit is mentioned, what comes to mind immediately is roads and bridges built in the 1960s or under the Eisenhower administration’s efforts to establish the Interstate Highway System. In the case of one $160,000 project, however, the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Northeast District took on the challenge of repairing deteriorating culverts in mountainous area of White County on State Route 17 — near Andrew’s Cove camp ground, north of Helen — that were built in 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the work relief program initiated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression. By doing the work in house, the DOT saved nearly $1.84 million. “Maintenance took on the challenge,” said Katie Strickland, GDOT District 1 communications specialist. “These culverts were more than 60 years old, and the façade of stones were placed by hand by the Civilian Conservation Corps. “We developed a work plan internally and tapped into
our maintenance/bridge concrete crew resources to complete this work. We demonstrated that without a contractor, we could rise to the occasion on a historical culvert repair.” GDOT crews began the work on July 23 and completed it Nov. 1. The culverts were located on sharp curve close to where SR 17, which is one lane in each direction, links with SR 75. In addition to extending the culvert, a 20-ft. shoulder was added. The structure, a recognized historic site, required the stones on the façade to be carefully removed and placed back into their original positions. “These structures were deteriorating,” said Darrell White, GDOT’s District 1 bridge maintenance manager. “It was becoming a real safety concern. The deterioration was quite serious. The head wall was falling apart due to truck traffic getting too close. We have been planning on extending the culvert for a number of years. Our holdup was the historic element and proper procedures had to take place first. “We chose to do the work in house to save money, and yes, we saved quite a bit of money doing so. We built it for $160,000 and contractor wanted $2 million.” With the work schedule planned, it was all a question see CULVERT page 8
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on Nov. 17 unveiled the master plan for its new North Druid Hills Campus in Atlanta, which will include a 446-bed replacement hospital, the Center for Advanced Pediatrics, support buildings and more than 20 acres of greenspace and miles of walking trails and paths. Georgia approved Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's certificate-of-need (CON) application for the replacement hospital a week earlier. The $1.58 billion project is the largest in the history of the state’s CON program. Construction will likely begin in 2020, with completion expected in 2026. The plans — informed by months of meetings with community members, patient families, physicians, nurses, employees and local officials — will transform an existing landscape of asphalt and one-story, 50-year old office buildings at the intersection of I-85 and North Druid Hills into a pediatric healthcare destination set in a healing, natural landscape. “Our goal is simple: to help more children get better faster,” said Donna Hyland, CEO of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. “Georgia’s pediatric population is growing, and our new campus will allow us to meet our state’s need while improving health outcomes for our patients in a transformative environment for our patient families, physicians, staff and our neighbors.” Healing Views Architecture and landscape design firms HKS and HGOR Inc. worked with Children’s to take advantage of the acreage and views afforded by the campus’s location. “This new campus is designed to serve our community’s needs now and for generations to come,” said Jonathan Goldman, chairman of the Board of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. “The master plan creates a unique environment of healing while providing access to the highest-quality care, facilities and outcomes.” Many patients will enjoy views of the Buckhead, Midtown and downtown Atlanta skylines. Others will enjoy views of Stone Mountain and distant outlines of the see HOSPITAL page 6