The Department of Veterans Affairs broke ground on an $800 million VA hospital in New Orleans in late June of 2010. Slated for completion in 2013, the medical complex will replace facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The 1.7 million-sf project will include 200 inpatient rooms, 300 exam rooms, and 20 surgical suites. The hospital will also provide emergency, rehabilitation, and mental health services.
MultiCare Health System opened the $117 million Milgard Pavilion in late June of 2010 in Tacoma, Wash. The 194,000-sf addition includes a cancer center, a linear accelerator vault, and an emergency center with 77 patient exam and treatment rooms. The facility was designed by GBJ Architecture and built by Skanska USA. The duration of construction was three years.
Mercy Willard Hospital will break ground in July of 2010 on a $40.5 million replacement facility in Willard, Ohio. The two-story, 101,000-sf hospital will include private inpatient rooms, surgical suites, an emergency department, and outpatient facilities. Occupancy is expected in spring of 2012.
Ascension Health completed construction in June of 2010 on the $267 million Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. The 561,000-sf replacement hospital provides 10 operating rooms, 11 labor and delivery suites, an intensive care unit, emergency, and diagnostic imaging facilities. Occupancy is expected in October of 2010. The 286-bed facility was built by Turner Construction.
The Republic of Ireland will begin construction by year-end 2010 on a €750 million pediatric hospital in Dublin. Consolidating operations from three existing facilities, the project will provide 392 private inpatient rooms and 81 outpatient beds. Completion is expected in late 2014.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham opened the 50,000-sf Hazelrig-Salter Radiation Oncology Center in June of 2010. The patient-centered facility offers advanced radiation treatment and radiosurgery, and houses evaluation rooms, linear accelerators, and an imaging suite with a 16-slice CT scanner.
Rush University Medical Center will construct the 40,000-sf McCormick Center for Advanced Emergency Response in Chicago. Doubling the hospital’s emergency department, the project will be located in a 14-story hospital building currently under construction. Featuring an airflow system designed to isolate chemical and biological threats as needed, the center will provide 56 patient treatment bays and a disaster response center.
New York Hospital Queens opened its new $210 million West Wing in June of 2010. Construction began on the seven-story, 190,000-sf facility in early 2007. The West Wing houses 80 inpatient beds, surgical suites, cardiovascular care, and orthopedic services. The project team includes design architect Perkins Eastman and construction manager Barr & Barr. New York Hospital Queens is located in Flushing, N.Y.
Sonoma Valley Hospital is planning a $23 million renovation and expansion of its healthcare campus in Sonoma, Calif. The project will include seismic upgrades and construction of a three-story, 16,000-sf emergency department wing. Completion is expected by early 2012. The design-build team for the project is Otto Construction and Nach & Lewis of Sacramento.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia dedicated the $504 million Colket Translational Research Building in June of 2010. Located on the South Campus, the 12-story facility provides four laboratory floors, administrative offices, a cafeteria, conference space, and a two-story lobby. Four below-grade floors house infrastructure, laboratory support, and a central utility plant.
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital opened its new $340 million facility in Memphis in June of 2010. The 255-bed hospital features private patient rooms, a 60-bed neonatal intensive care unit, a 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, and a 60-bed emergency center. Ground was broken on the project in September of 2008.
Ohio State University Medical Center broke ground on a $1 billion expansion in June of 2010. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the 17-story tower will house the academic medical center's new critical care and cancer hospitals. Completion is expected in 2014. The 276-bed Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital will occupy seven floors and the 144-bed critical care hospital will occupy three floors. The tower will also house laboratory and office space. The project includes completion of three floors in the existing biomedical research tower and electrical upgrades.
Baylor College of Medicine will build out three floors in the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) in Houston to accommodate translational research. The project is supported by $14.9 million in federal stimulus funding and will include research laboratories, offices, and the NMR Metabolomic Core. Completion is expected in spring of 2012.
Dartmouth College was awarded $9.3 million in federal stimulus funding in spring of 2010 to construct the Advanced Surgical Center in Hanover, N.H. The facility will feature two operating theaters with intraoperative imaging systems that move between adjoining diagnostic suites. Supporting clinical and translational research in neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery, the center will provide MR, CT, ultrasound, and optical imaging technologies.
Newcastle University has selected ISG to construct the £7.1 million Translational Research Building in the United Kingdom. Housing research space, clinical facilities, and a business incubator, the four-story project will link the Henry Wellcome Biogerontology Building and the Clinical Ageing Research Unit. Completion is expected in summer of 2011.
