Siemens Medical Group had been working with Camden Medical Center, part of the Southeast Georgia Healthcare System, to provide a new and integrated MRI. One of the barriers to completing the transaction was building a facility to house the MR magnet at a cost the Center would accept. Based on our relationship with Siemens, MedBuild was asked to address this aspect with the Medical Center. Camden Medical Center wanted the MR facility to be seamless with the existing center while complying with all the building restrictions required for housing an MR unit.

MedBuild, working with both the Medical Center and Siemens, was able to provide a prefabricated building which became a fully integrated addition, that meet the following standards and criteria:

• The unit was delivered to the site with RF shielding already installed, so that the last step was installing the actual magnet on-site
• Foundation work as well as the main structure were constructed with steel and concrete super structures to accommodate the heavy equipment load
• Foundation and support structure also took into consideration the stringent vibration minimization requirements
• The MRI addition was integrated and attached to the main building with adjacency to the existing imaging department. The exterior was finished to seamlessly match the outside of the present building and the rest of the medical center aesthetics. Patients are greeted by an interior that is finished in soft lighting, hard wood flooring, soothing wall colors and decorations.

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