B a r b e r  &  H o f f m a n ,  I n c . C o n s u l t i n g E n g i n e e r s
	Project Name: Location: Owner: Project Cost: Year Completed:					Ashtabula County Medical Center Medical Clinic Building Ashtabula, Ohio Ashtabula County Medical Center $5,200,000 1998
	The medical office building is a four-story structure that was built to allow physicians to have their practices in close proximity to the hospital.   The building was connected to the existing hospital to allow the patients to both consult with their doctor at his office and receive medical procedures without leaving the hospital facility.  The 56,000-square-foot addition is a new focal point for the hospital.  The structural framing consists of composite steel beams and girders with a concrete slab on composite metal deck. The roof framing is steel beams and girders with roof deck.  The lateral resisting system is reinforced-masonry shear walls.
							SUMMARY: q New focal point for hospital. q Steel beam construction. q Masonry reinforced shear walls.