Ethos Port City Veterinary Hospital

Building Conversion and Renovation to Create a Cutting-Edge Veterinary Hospital

Ethos Veterinary Health (Ethos) is a national network of veterinary hospitals providing specialty and emergency care for pets. To support their vision of revolutionizing veterinary medicine, Ethos brought on Timberline to convert an existing office building into the Ethos Port City Veterinary Hospital.

The 24,000 SF renovation involved a complete interior demolition and installation of all new walls and MEP systems. Notably, the project included medical gases for surgery suites, installation of an MRI machine and control room, a CT suite and control room as well as installing large specialty medical lights. Timberline also provided design-build services for the structural steel package. This late-stage development required extensive coordination, field verification, and quick turnaround of steel to support the CT machine and medical lighting.

The team faced multiple challenges throughout the project, including working with a tight timeline to prepare the MRI room prior to the MRI unit arriving. Several locations throughout the building needed to be opened up to rig in equipment on the first floor and CT machine on the second floor. Additionally, strict guidelines prohibited the removal of soil on site. This required the team to keep soil in dumpsters until a final design was approved, allowing for responsible spreading of the material on the property.

Following the successful hospital conversion, our partnership with Ethos continued with a series of facility improvements, including the ground-up construction of a 2,500 SF building addition to house a new Linear Accelerator (LINAC) and critical mechanical HVAC upgrades within the fully operational 24/7 hospital.

The addition – built to house a linear accelerator used for precise radiation therapy in veterinary cancer treatment – was designed to meet stringent radiation treatment requirements and featured four-foot-thick cast-in-place concrete walls, six-foot-thick concrete ceilings and roof, a lead-lined vault door and dedicated electrical raceways for accelerator controls. This highly specialized structure was seamlessly integrated into the existing facility through careful planning, coordination and precise execution.

Timberline also completed essential HVAC improvements, including the replacement of two rooftop units along with new VAV and fan-powered boxes to enhance system performance and environmental control. All work was completed without disrupting ongoing hospital operations, ensuring continuous patient care and staff safety.