Facts and Statistics
See below for some interesting facts about the
construction process for the Perelman Center
of Advanced Medicine – a
state-of-the-art, 500,000 square foot facility.
Additional statistics are also available about
recycling the convention
center.
|
East
(Phase 1*) |
West
(Phase 2*) |
Total |
Comparison |
Copper Wire |
1,600,000 ft |
200,000 ft |
1,800,000
lf |
265
miles – 2 round trips from
Phila. to Atlantic City |
Phone & Security
Conduit |
266,000 ft |
50,000 ft |
316,000 lf |
60
miles – the distance from Phila.
to Allentown |
Piping |
467,000 ft |
25,000 ft |
494,000 lf |
95
miles – the length of 1,646
football fields |
Steel |
4,500 tons |
750 tons |
5,250 tons |
Equivalent to 3,500
mid-size cars |
Concrete |
29,000 cy |
14,000 cy |
43,000 cy |
170 miles of 4-feet
wide sidewalk |
Lead Blocks for
Radiation Shielding |
1,000,000 lbs |
– |
1,000,000 lbs |
Equivalent
to 5,882 people (avg 170
lbs/pp) |
Earth Removed |
180,000 cy |
20,000 cy |
200,000 cy |
Equivalent to 500
house basements |
Rock Removed |
20,000 cy |
3,000 cy |
23,000 cy |
Could fill 1,060
bushels |
Recycled Materials |
– |
– |
18038.94 tons |
Weight equivalent
to 2,975 elephants |
|
*Phase 1 of the Perelman Center
includes construction of cancer, cardiology
and outpatient service areas. Phase 2 includes
construction of the Roberts Proton Therapy
Center.
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