Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital

AHBL is providing civil engineering, land use planning, landscape architecture, and land surveying services for the replacement of Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma. The new seven-story hospital building is approximately 320,000 SF and located within the MultiCare campus, replacing the existing Outpatient Center and other structures, and proposes to occupy City of Tacoma right-of-way. The new building fronts Division Avenue and MLK Jr. Way and includes two new parking structures totaling over 1,000 stalls, which AHBL provided structural engineering services for. AHBL’s structural engineering scope focused on the design of these parking garages, ensuring durability, cost-efficiency, and compliance with seismic and code requirements. Our civil team managed site planning for the hospital footprint, street frontage, utility coordination, and right-of-way design in collaboration with the City of Tacoma. Land surveyors conducted parcel research, field surveying, and topographic mapping, while land use planners prepared applications for right-of-way vacation, CUP, and design variances. The landscape team developed year-round planting designs that complement the hospital architecture and provide restorative outdoor spaces for patients, families, and staff.

Renderings: ESa Architects

Teaming Partners:

• Owner: MultiCare Health System
• Architect: Earl Swennson Associates (ESa)
• Contractors:
  • Abbott Construction
  • Layton Construction