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Citizens memorial Hospital Temporary Kitchen

  • Location

    Bolivar, MO

  • Output

    1,500 Meals Per Day

  • Temporary Facility Size

    2,500 SqFt

  • Project Length

    24 Months

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Project Overview

As part of a major $100 million hospital expansion and renovation, Citizens Memorial Hospital needed to take its existing kitchen and cafeteria out of service while maintaining uninterrupted food service for patients, staff and visitors.

KCI Temporary Kitchens provided a 2,500-square-foot, five-wide temporary kitchen facility for a 24-month deployment. The $965,000 temporary kitchen project created a fully functional commercial food-service environment on the active hospital campus, allowing daily operations to continue while construction of the new permanent kitchen and dining facilities moved forward.

Challenge

In a healthcare environment, shutting down food service during construction isn’t an option. Citizens Memorial Hospital needed to remove its existing kitchen and cafeteria from service as part of the expansion while continuing to prepare meals every day.

 Provide more than additional cooking capacity

 Replace the essential functions of the permanent kitchen-including production, food preparation, warewashing, refrigerated and frozen storage, and dry storage-for an extended construction period.

Integrate into an active hospital campus

Support an efficient transition so demolition and construction proceed without interrupting food-service operations

Solution

KCI designed and deployed a five-wide temporary commercial kitchen facility totaling approximately 2,500 square feet, creating an integrated food-service operation capable of supporting the hospital throughout the 24-month project.

Complete Commercial Kitchen: Production line, dedicated preparation area, high-temp dishmachine

 Purpose-Built & Connected: Five units installed adjacent to the hospital’s temporary dining area

 Seamless Transition: Food production moved out of the existing kitchen before demolition began

 Operational Continuity:  Allowed the hospital to keep food service operational while construction moved forward.  Food service continued without interruption.

What operators ask first

Yes. Temporary commercial kitchens can provide the production, preparation, warewashing and storage capabilities needed to maintain hospital food service during extended renovations. The Citizens Memorial Hospital facility was deployed for 24 months.

Yes. KCI specializes in temporary commercial kitchens for hospitals and other institutional facilities where food service cannot be interrupted. Solutions can range from individual kitchen trailers to large, connected multi-unit facilities such as the five-wide system used at Citizens Memorial Hospital.

Temporary kitchen planning should begin early in the construction process. Facility size, equipment requirements, production volume, utilities, site access, permitting, delivery and installation all need to be coordinated before the permanent kitchen is taken offline

The facility supported a food-service operation producing approximately 1,400+ meals per day. CMH has reported serving more than 500,000 meals annually to patients, staff, visitors and the community.

The facility included a commercial production line, dedicated food preparation area, high-temperature dishmachine, walk-in cooler, walk-in freezer and dry storage to support daily hospital food-service operations.

A temporary kitchen allows the permanent kitchen to be taken out of service so renovation or replacement can proceed while food production continues in a separate facility. This helps maintain food service continuity without requiring construction to work around an operating permanent kitchen.

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KCI Temporary Kitchens five-wide temporary kitchen facility being installed at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri.
Interior of KCI’s 2,500 sq. ft. five-wide temporary hospital kitchen featuring commercial cooking, prep, warewashing, and stainless-steel work areas.
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