RAD TEMPORARY RADIOTHERAPY VAULT
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Modular building typologies have become fashionable in recent years due to these structures' abilities to address issues of cost, site access, mobility and production effeciencies. Improvements in construction metholodies and the growing complexities of realizing projects has lead to more and more acceptance of such systems in the larger marketplace. This is especially true for medical campuses and facilities, where critical services must be provided through construction and relocation periods, and when organizations require the flexibility to relocate or expand structures in the future. RAD Technology Medical Systems has become a leader in fabricating such systems. The majority of structures they create are for user-specific installations, where RAD works closely with the clients and designers to realize a solution. There has also arisen the need for medical organizations to lease specialized equipement and the accompanying protective structures under extremely short lease periods. Realizing this, RAD developed a mobile radiotherapy vault in 2010. The structure is completely modular, and includes all neccissary equipment, casework and shielding for thereputic operation. Organizations lease the entire assembly for two to three months, typically during campus construction periods when the service would otherwise be unavailable. RAD completes the entire structure, including equipment certification, in five days. The RAD Temporary Radiotherepy Vault has been very successful in meeting the needs of clientele and patient demand, however, the exterior facades of the structure have drawn some criticism, given their utilitarian appearance. Perkins+Will has responded with design leadership which hopes to increase the acceptance of the structure by applicable communities, and offer RAD a signature building to advertise their innovative construction systems.  Return to Portfolio Home
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