Baptist Health System has contracted QORE Property Science of Jacksonville, Fla., to provide quality control services on two major construction projects in Jacksonville. Baptist Medical Center will expand with a four-story addition and four-story parking garage. Baptist South, a new 92-bed hospital, will be constructed on the Southside. Both projects are slated for completion in 12 months.
Southwest Washington Medical Center will develop a $123-million expansion of its Medical Center Campus on the 2.5-acre former Chrysler/Plymouth auto dealership site in Vancouver, Wash. The facility will add new surgery suites and 82 patient beds.
Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America is developing the Rockwall Surgery Center, a 9,000-sf freestanding outpatient surgery center sited on 1.2 acres in Rockwall, Texas. Construction will begin in September 2003 on the $5-million facility which will open in March 2004. The facility will house three operating rooms and will provide orthopedic, general surgery, gynecology, colon and rectal, colonoscopy, ear-nose-throat, podiatry, and pain management services. Ambulatory Surgery Centers, a physician-owned company headquartered in Norwell, Mass., will manage the new facility.
The University of South Florida College of Nursing has received a $750,000 donation from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida to establish the Center for Advanced Nursing. Matched by funds from the state’s Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program, the facility will be a major component of the new USF Healthcare & Education Center that will house the College of Nursing and a center for integrated education and clinical care.
St. Mary Medical Center has opened a 16,000-sf, 40-bed inpatient care wing at its Langhorne, Pa. campus. The facility, constructed in six months in early 2003, features 19 pre-engineered modules that were assembled over a four-day period in May with a hydraulic crane.
Sutter Health will open a 60,000-sf clinic in San Rafael, Calif., by year-end 2003. The facility will house doctor’s offices, lab and radiology facilities, a pharmacy, occupational health services, and an urgent care center. Sutter is also bringing online four outpatient labs in Marin County at a cost of approximately $400,000 each. The labs are located in San Rafael, Larkspur, and Mill Valley.
The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health System (UPMC) is relocating to the campus of the former St. Francis Medical Center in the Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh, Pa. This $575 million replacement hospital will house approximately 900,000-sf of clinical, procedure, treatment, support, and research space. Occupancy of the Lawrenceville hospital is expected in late spring of 2009.
Seton Healthcare Network is planning to construct a 451,000-sf, 164-bed children’s hospital in Austin, Texas. Sited on 30 acres at the 709-acre former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, the $175-million facility is expected to break ground in 2004 and open in 2007. Adjacent to the new hospital, 100,000 sf of medical office space is planned at a construction cost of approximately $30-million.
Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., is engaged in a $70-million renovation of its women’s services area including labor, delivery, and the neonatal ICU. Hyde Inc. Interior Design of Towson, Md., has been contracted to work on the 210,000-sf project, which also includes expansion of the hospital’s ambulatory care zone and the creation of a new emergency department and a new community outreach/education wing. Hyde is also designing a new 72,000-sf professional office building for Holy Cross.
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital has begun construction on its new 130,000-sf Unified Communications Center in Washington, D.C. Serving as the communications hub for various agencies including first response, fire, police, and possibly a representative from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the facility will receive secure telecommunications services through DC-Net, the District’s high-speed network. Additionally, a new mental hospital is under construction next to the existing hospital campus.
The University of Kansas Medical Center opened its $21-million sixth floor expansion in early July 2003. One-third of the 80,000-sf project will be used immediately for a 22-bed medical/surgical unit and a 14-bed intensive care unit. The other two-thirds of the facility will be used as patient volumes increase. A new helicopter landing pad will be ready in mid-August 2003.
Temple University Hospital broke ground in early July 2003 on its $77-million ambulatory care center in Philadelphia adjacent to the existing hospital. The 122,000-sf facility will house Temple’s expanding radiation and medical oncology programs, as well as providing additional space for the emergency department and surgical programs.
Rockdale Hospital is planning a $60-million expansion of its Conyers, Ga., facility. The 173,000-sf project is comprised of a new three-story building adding 31 new beds, bringing the hospital’s total bed count to 138. The facility will house enhanced outpatient and inpatient services including mother-baby, medical-surgical, and intensive-care units. Construction is slated to begin in late 2003 and reach completion in 16 to 18 months. The hospital’s emergency department is also undergoing expansion and renovation, with completion expected in fall of 2003.
Tenet HealthSystems is constructing the $125-million Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas. Designed by RTKL, the 298,000-sf, 186-bed acute care hospital is a prototype hospital which will unveil the new “TenetCare” concept focused on providing superior levels of service to patients, physicians, and staff. In the hospital, functional adjacencies are of paramount importance, with operating rooms located next to intensive care, emergency next to imaging, and administration next to the physician lounge.
Work is progressing on schedule on a complex $25.5-million vertical expansion and seismic upgrade at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur, Miss. Designed by St. Louis-based Christner, the 2-story post-partum area expansion includes construction of 66 private patient rooms, nursery and support space on top of an existing 5-story structure. Construction is slated for completion in January 2004. The project contractor is McCarthy.
