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Sinai Hospital Opens Inpatient Neuroscience Facility
Sinai Hospital opened the $5.4 million LifeBridge Health Brain & Spine Institute in Baltimore in May of 2008. The 6,700-sf inpatient neuroscience facility houses diagnostic treatment, imaging, and surgery. The project team included architect Hord Coplan Macht, contractor Whiting-Turner Construction, and interior designer HDR.
Lehigh University Breaks Ground on STEPS Science Facility
Lehigh University will break ground in August of 2008 on the $62.1 million Science, Technology, Environment, Policy & Society (STEPS) building in Bethlehem, Pa. The 135,000-sf facility will be constructed to attain LEED certification by construction manager Alvin H. Butz, Inc. Completion is slated for June of 2010. The project will feature a green roof.
Beth Israel Deaconess Expands Needham Campus
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital is engaged in a $30 million expansion of its campus in Needham, Ma. The 30,000-sf, two-story addition will house an expanded emergency room, MRI suite, and 24 private patient rooms. The project, which includes renovations to the existing hospital, was designed by Steffian Bradley Architects with Boston-based Suffolk Construction as general contractor. Construction began in March of 2008 with completion slated for fall of 2009.
Central Washington Hospital Expands Wenatchee Facility
Central Washington Hospital will begin construction in spring of 2009 on a $150 million expansion of its Wenatchee hospital. Designed by HDR Architects of Omaha, the 190,000-sf addition will include a trauma facility, 174 private patient rooms, and an obstetrics unit. Comprised of four stories above grade and one below, the expansion will feature 310-sf “acuity flexible” inpatient rooms to reduce patient transfers if acute care is needed. The project contractor is Mortenson Construction of Seattle. Completion is expected in late 2010.
Walter Reed Replacement Facility Breaks Ground in Bethesda
Walter Reed National Medical Center broke ground in July of 2008 on a $970 million replacement facility at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Merging Army, Navy, and Air Force medical care, the 6.7 million-sf facility is slated for completion by 2011. Constructed adjacent to the Bethesda Naval Hospital, the treatment, research, and teaching facility will include a four-story inpatient building and a six-story outpatient building.