Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters Health and Surgery Center at Oyster Point
Newport News, Virginia
Overview
The Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters Health and Surgery Center at Oyster Point is a pediatric outpatient facility that expands access to specialized medical and surgical care for children and families throughout the Virginia Peninsula. The center brings pediatric specialists, outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation, laboratory services, and other specialty care together within a child- and family-centered healthcare environment closer to the communities it serves. Thompson Consulting Engineers provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design, Construction Administration, and Commissioning services, integrating reliable building systems capable of supporting the specialized environmental, operational, and life-safety requirements of pediatric healthcare. The facility continues to play an important role in CHKD’s regional network by providing Peninsula families with convenient access to comprehensive pediatric services outside the health system’s main Norfolk campus.
Challenges
- Designing complex healthcare systems to support outpatient surgery, imaging, and clinical services.
- Coordinating highly specialized medical spaces within a multi-story facility.
- Meeting stringent healthcare codes, infection control requirements, and reliability standards.
Goals
- Expanded access to pediatric outpatient surgery and specialty healthcare services.
- Provided reliable, high-performance building systems tailored to pediatric medical needs.
- Created a safe, comfortable, and family-friendly care environment.
Project Team
- Architect: Rancorn Wilson now James River Architects
- Structural: Speight Marshall Francis
- Contractor: W.M. Jordan
Results
- Successfully delivered a comprehensive pediatric health and surgery center at Oyster Point.
- Expanded regional access to outpatient surgical, diagnostic, rehabilitation, and specialty pediatric care for children and families throughout the Virginia Peninsula.
- Supported safe, efficient medical operations through integrated, code-compliant building systems.
