John Muir Medical Center Constructs Patient Care Tower

John Muir Medical Center is building the Thomas J. and Muriel T. Long Patient Care Tower in Walnut Creek, Calif. The five-story, 380,000-sf facility was designed by Ratcliff of Emeryville, Calif., with ARUP as structural engineer. The 242-bed facility was constructed to meet rigorous seismic requirements and features six rooftop healing gardens, private patient rooms, a 24-bed ICU, three surgical suites, and a 35-bed neonatal ICU. The project includes construction of a 20,000-sf central utility plant and relocation of the emergency department and helipad to the Patient Care Tower. The general contractor is Clark Construction Company with Jtec Healthcare Construction Management as construction manager. The mechanical/electrical engineer is Mazzetti & Associates and the civil engineer is Kier & Wright. Pankow Special Projects is the general contractor for the emergency department relocation and associated site work.