Healthcare

Memorial Hermann Healthcare has selected Dallas-based Trammell Crow Healthcare Services to develop and build the 173,000-sf Heart Institute at its Southwest Hospital in Houston. Slated to open in summer 2006, the $65-million, five-story, free-standing facility will initially house 45 beds with space to accommodate an additional 15 beds in the future. The building will also house an intensive care unit, three operating rooms, five cardiac catheterization labs, and a noninvasive diagnostic center.

Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. broke ground in October 2004 on a $17.6 million intensive care unit. Designed by Envision Architects of Albany, N.Y., the 36-bed unit is slated to open in summer of 2006. The two-story facility will be three times larger than the current ICU which was built thirty years ago. The construction manager for the project is Waterford-based Jersen Construction Group.

The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital and Health System are developing a joint 295,000-sf research facility in Wauwatosa, Wis. The $117-million project will be comprised of a two-level facility for laboratory and support services, and two three-story laboratory wings, one for each organization. Construction is slated to begin in late fall of 2004 with the center opening in December 2006.

Tenet Health System has recently opened the new 298,000-sf, $52-million Centennial Medical Center (CMC) located on a 40-acre campus in Frisco, Texas. The new acute care hospital, desinged by RTKL Associates of Dallas, is a sophisticated all-digital hospital featuring more than fifty advanced technologies including picture archiving communication systems, an automated drug dispensing system, electronic medical records, and an automated supply management system.

DeKalb Medical Center is planning a $48.5-million project: construction of a new five-story freestanding patient tower and renovation of existing facilities at its campus in Decatur, Ga. Including replacement facilities for the hospital's labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn nursery units, surgical preparation and recovery areas, and patient/family waiting areas, the patient tower will feature larger rooms, more privacy, and greater efficiency.

Columbia St. Mary's is planning a $100-million expansion of its Mequon hospital campus. Designed by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum of St. Louis, the 330,000-sf project includes the addition of 77 beds and the construction of an ambulatory care center. Ground will be broken on the expansion in summer of 2005 with completion to follow two years later. Doubling the size of the current hospital, the project will include:

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children & Women in Orlando broke ground on the $11-million Bert Martin's Champions for Children Emergency Department & Trauma Center in October 2004. The 23,500-sf facility will house 33 beds, including four trauma bays, thirteen beds for emergencies, and sixteen beds for minor conditions and injuries. Slated to open in late 2005 or early 2006, the center will feature a helipad with a connector to Arnold Palmer Hospital and the Hospital for Women & Babies.

California Pacific Medical Center’s Research Institute has been awarded almost $27 million in federal research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Defense. California Pacific Medical Center is planning over $1 billion in upcoming construction projects at its San Francisco campuses, including a new 100,000-sf research center at the Pacific campus that will be constructed in six years.

Des Peres Hospital, part of Tenet St. Louis , initiated construction on a $3-million renovation of its west St. Louis County facility in early October 2004. Designed by architect ACI Boland to increase capacity and streamline operations, the two-floor renovation will add four dementia and thirteen private medical beds; eleven new surgical preparation and recovery beds; new waiting areas for surgery and radiology; and two ADA-accessible restrooms.

Banfield, The Pet Hospital , broke ground in October 2004 on its $25-million headquarters in Portland, Ore. The 225,000-sf facility will be a two-story structure constructed over a sub-grade parking garage. Sited on 5.5 acres, the project includes plans for a two-acre off-leash dog park open to the public. Banfield's headquarters, which will replace its current facility, will house 300 employees and is slated to open in December 2005. Banfield is the nation's largest private veterinary practice with over 400 full service pet hospitals.

Cape Fear Valley Health System is constructing Health Pavilion North, a new outpatient center in Fayetteville , N.C. Providing outpatient diagnostic and treatment services, the facility is being developed by Cogdell Spencer Advisors in partnership with Cape Fear Valley Heath System. Ground was broken on October 13, 2004 on the two-story, 64,000-sf Health Pavilion which will provide urgent care facilities, primary care physician offices, an on-site lab, pharmacy, sleep lab, and physical and occupational therapy.

Johns Hopkins Medicine has awarded Skanska USA Building the pre-construction services assignment for the New Clinical Building project for The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. The 1.3 million-sf building will consist of a single structure with two distinct building programs - the Cardiovascular & Critical Care Tower and the Children's & Maternal Hospital. In addition, a new entry court and a below-grade parking garage will be constructed.

The University of Kansas Hospital is constructing the 238,000-sf Center for Advanced Heart Care on the north side of its existing hospital in Kansas City, Kan. Designed by RTKL Associates of Baltimore, the $72-million facility is slated for completion in mid-2006. The project contractor is J.E. Dunn Construction Co. of Kansas City.

The University of New Mexico Hospital will initiate a $233 million expansion of its Albuquerque Children's Hospital in fall of 2004. The 487,000-sf project will include six new floors of clinical space, an improved emergency department, and a new maternity center. Completion is expected by fall of 2007.

Saint Thomas Health Services  broke ground in early fall 2004 on the $3-million, 9,000-sf Family Health Center South in Nashville, Tenn. Replacing the existing South Clinic, the facility is slated for completion in late spring 2005. Saint Thomas Health Services is owned by Ascension Health.