马里兰州正在使用模块化解决方案来满足COVID-19受击中最严重的地区的额外重症监护病房的紧迫需求。5月26日，安息日会的医疗保健堡华盛顿医疗中心开设了一个新的7,000平方英尺，16个单元的重症监护设施，该设施由HGA设计的模块化单位建造，并由Boldt Co.在其威斯康星州的Appleton设施中进行了预组装。

Another similar HGA/Boldt modular facility is planned for the University of Maryland Prince Georges Hospital Center in Cheverly. Both hospitals are located in Prince Georges County, which has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases of any county in the state.

Dubbed STAAT Mod, which is short for strategic, temporary, acuity-adaptable treatment modular units, the system aims to provide hospital-quality clinical care with ICU-level infection control and patient isolation.

“Maryland is proud that Fort Washington Medical Center is the first hospital in the country to receive this ICU-level of care unit,” Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said in a statement. “This newly constructed unit is another example of increasing hospital capacity for care of patients suffering from COVID-19 in Prince George’s County.”

据Boldt称，马里兰州的一般服务部门于4月8日下达了该模块的订单，并于4月22日从Boldt的威斯康星州工厂运送了第一批单元。一旦最终单元于5月初到达后，与10个本地分包商合作的Boldt工作人员由12个预组装模块创建了16间客房重症监护中心。机组人员还安装了基础和相关的基础架构。

Cranes were required to place the modules, which each weighing about 25,000 pounds. Once in place, utilities, medical gas supply hook-ups, electrical, building ramps and roofing were completed. Crews were able to deliver the completed critical care center, which is located adjacent to the existing hospital, in about two weeks.

Although they can be used as a temporary solution, Boldt estimates that its STAAT Mods have a 10-year useful life.