Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus

Nestled between the Greektown and Joseph Lee communities of East Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus is a regional leader in patient care and medical research. The facility is also a success story for commercial development in an urban setting, achieving milestones through a partnership with government agencies, business, academia, neighborhoods, architects, and engineers.

Since acquiring the 130-acre site, once occupied by Baltimore City Hospital, from the City in 1984, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and its subsidiary, Dome Corporation, have invested more than $220 million in infrastructure and building modernization and construction. The campus houses Bayview Medical Center, a 700-bed community and teaching hospital; and several other private and government research, laboratory, office, and clinical buildings.

The City of Baltimore has been a key partner in the project, financing 50 percent of infrastructure costs. Business and academia also have embraced the facility, with Bayview establishing itself as a premier research community. The site is home to several small, privately owned bio-tech companies as well as federal agencies, including one of the largest concentrations of staff from the National Institutes of Health.

Within the East Baltimore community, Bayview has become a major employment center, providing more than 5,000 jobs. The campus revitalization has encompassed common areas in adjacent neighborhoods and fueled momentum among local residents and planning officials eager to see improvements. According to David O. Hash, vice president for the Dome Real Estate Division, “We can’t overemphasize the importance of our partnership with the community.” Dome meets at least monthly with citizens to discuss project milestones and to listen to public concerns.
Hash also relies on Dome’s project engineer, KCI Technologies, to “keep us focused on where we need to be to make things work.” KCI has been a partner since 1991, when the firm provided design services for extending Mason Lord Drive east of Bayview Boulevard. Since then, KCI has designed upgrades and new internal roadway and utility systems for the entire campus.

Dome was so pleased with KCI’s responsiveness that it selected the firm to provide on-call engineering and surveying services throughout the campus. “I’m not blowing smoke when I say KCI has a knack for troubleshooting and solving issues before they become problems, ” Hash said. “The biggest lesson we’ve learned is that there’s always something in the ground you never knew was there—and it’s always in your way. Paul KCI’s project manager, Paul D. Crampton has a unique ability to keep us one step ahead; to help us think through solutions.”

The Dome/KCI project team has completed final designs for extending Bayview Boulevard north of Hopkins Bayview Circle to Lombard Street (near the new I-895 interchange) and Mason Lord Drive north to Nathan Shock Drive. The work included designs for a stormwater management facility, utilities, lighting, landscaping and pavement treatments, an underground irrigation system, and maintenance of traffic plans. KCI also is working on plans for renovating the Mason F. Lord Building’s East Tower and teaming with architect RTKL on plans for the hospital’s new Ambulatory Care Center. KCI’s Lawrence Holste conducted material testing services for both projects.

At the moment, KCI is mapping campus utilities and studying one of the site’s biggest challenges: devising a plan for bypassing the hospital’s water service connection to accommodate repairs on the campus’ 36-inch water main. Thomas L. Fink in KCI’s Mechanical & Electrical Division, is taking the lead on identifying bypass alternatives.

 

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