One Community Health
Medical Clinic
Hood River, Oregon
Client: One Community Health
Architect: Scott Edwards Architecture
Contractor: Bremik Construction
Building Size: 38,000
Project Cost: $15.6 million
Services: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Plumbing Design, Building Technologies, Lighting Design
Construction started before COVID-19 arrived, and the team adjusted the building's systems mid-construction to reduce the risk of airborne transmission. The HVAC systems include negative pressure rooms, photohydroionization air purification, MERV-15 filtration, and optimized air change rates, giving patients and staff multiple layers of protection in a building expected to serve the community for decades. The existing clinic stayed fully operational next door throughout construction. Once staff moved in, it was demolished and replaced with parking, a stormwater planter, and underground stormwater retention. With the project funded largely through USDA federal grants, Interface kept its systems design within the project budget.