Children’s of Alabama’s 12th Floor Pediatric Intensive Care Unit expands critical care capacity within the Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children. The 50,000-square-foot unit includes 50 inpatient ICU rooms across two bed towers. It also brings the PICU and Special Care Unit into one centralized critical care environment.

Business Interiors partnered with Children’s of Alabama and Poole & Company to provide furniture solutions throughout the unit. Scope included patient rooms, family waiting, consult rooms, respite areas, and staff lounge spaces. BI also supported private and shared offices, a large conference room, and nurse stations.

The Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children opened in 2012, so continuity played an important role in the project. BI maintained established hospital furniture standards where they still performed well. The team also supported targeted updates where comfort, cleanability, durability, and family experience were especially important.

To guide key selections, BI hosted a “Furniture Fair” at Children’s of Alabama. Staff members and select families evaluated sleeper sofa and recliner options. Their feedback helped guide decisions for pieces that support long hours at a child’s bedside.

The project required careful coordination across multiple delivery paths. Some furniture shipped directly to the site, while other products moved through the BI warehouse. Drawing on a long-standing relationship with Children’s of Alabama, the BI team coordinated details from selection and standards alignment through installation.

The project team completed the work early, which helped support a smooth patient transition from the 7th Floor to the new 12th Floor PICU. The result is a critical care environment that expands Children’s of Alabama’s ability to serve patients while supporting the families, caregivers, and staff who use the space every day.

Photography by: Omar Mohammad