Healthcare

The University of Tartu has selected Nordecon AS to design and build a $12 million translational medicine facility on Toomemägi Hill in Tartu, Estonia. Construction will begin on the three-story, 61,484-sf project in summer of 2012. The center will be built as an extension of the existing Chemistry Building and will include an animal vivarium, research labs, a cleanroom, surgical suites, an MRI imaging department, offices, and seminar rooms.

Johns Hopkins University will begin construction in August of 2012 on the $37.5 million Malone Hall in Baltimore. The four-story, 56,000-sf research building will house the multidisciplinary Systems Institute and the Homewood base of the Individualized Health Initiative. The design architect for the project is S/L/A/M Collaborative with Whiting-Turner as construction manager.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for the Feinberg School of Medicine, will build a $334 million outpatient pavilion in Chicago. The 25-story building will include physician offices and is expected to open in 2014. 

The $235 million Duke Cancer Institute opened in February of 2012 in Durham, N.C. The 267,000-sf center enables Duke University to consolidate specialties and facilities previously scattered across the medical campus. The seven-story building includes 140 exam rooms, 75 infusion stations, a radiation vault, and a rooftop healing garden.  

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will begin construction in October of 2012 on the $284 million Children's Hospital in Iowa City. The 13-story tower will enable UIHC to consolidate all pediatric services in a single location. Two of the floors will be constructed below grade. Occupancy is expected in early 2016. 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is planning to build the $20 million Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility in Boston. The laboratory will allow physicians to better diagnose and characterize cancer, choose targeted therapies, monitor treatment efficacy, and improve the outcomes of adult and pediatric patients with cancer. The project is supported by $10 million in funding from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.  

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is planning to build a $370 million cancer complex in Omaha. The 670,000-sf project will include four buildings. The $110 million, 250,000-sf Cancer Research Tower will house 98 labs in a ten-story facility. The $150 million, 200,000-sf Multidisciplinary Outpatient Cancer Treatment Center will be a nine story building featuring subterranean radiation therapy suites. The $63 million, 125,000-sf Cancer Inpatient Facility will be six stories tall and provide 108 beds.

West Virginia University Hospitals is planning a $248 million expansion of its Morgantown campus. The four-year project includes construction of a 10-story tower with an expanded emergency department, trauma center, ICU, and NICU. The expansion will add 139 patient beds, with all rooms in the completed hospital becoming private. A new Rosenbaum Family House and Child Development Center will also be built. 

Cleveland Clinic opened the $75 million Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Building in January of 2012. The 138,000-sf project houses advanced facilities for genomic, molecular, microbiologic, and DNA testing of specimens supplied by hospitals across the United States. Construction began on the sustainably designed building in 2009.

Shriners Hospitals for Children is building a $127 million replacement facility in Montreal. Located on the Glen campus of the McGill University Health Centre, the 207,000-sf facility features 24,756 sf of research space, 22 private patient rooms, four operating suites, and a $400,000 surgical skills training lab. The project was designed by André Ibghy Architects. Occupancy is expected by 2015. 

Brigham and Women's Hospital opened the 5,700-gsf Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating (AMIGO) suite in December of 2011 in Boston. As the world’s first three-bay operating suite to house MRI, PET/CT, Ultrasound, and Angiography in one place, along with surgical navigation tools and image registering and integration software, AMIGO offers significant advancements to developing image-guided surgical treatment procedures. 

Ohio State University Medical Center is building the $1 billion Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute in Columbus. The 17-story, 276-bed tower will provide integrated research and treatment facilities including critical care beds, laboratories, and medical offices. Ground was broken on the project in June of 2010 and completion is expected in 2014.

Humber River Regional Hospital broke ground on a 656-bed replacement hospital in Toronto in December of 2011. The 1.6 million-sf facility will feature an expanded emergency department, specialized outpatient services, and advanced infectious disease containment systems. The project developer is Plenary Health Care Partnerships and the value of the construction contract is $1.75 billion, which includes design, construction, building maintenance, life-cycle repair and renewal, and project financing.

Rush University Medical Center opened a $654 million hospital in Chicago in December of 2011. Designed by Perkins+Will, the 14-story, 806,000-sf tower houses the Mary Jo and John Boler Center for Advanced Imaging, an emergency department with 60 treatment bays, 42 technology-rich procedure rooms, and the McCormick Foundation Center for Advanced Emergency Response. Construction began on the 304-bed facility in fall of 2008. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.

Brigham and Women's Hospital is planning a $450 million research and clinical building in Boston. The medical foci of the 360,000-sf facility will be immunology, neuroscience, genomics, and regenerative medicine. Completion is expected by 2016.