Healthcare

Via Christi Health will begin construction in July of 2010 on a $9 million surgical cancer institute in Wichita, Kan. The 40,700-sf facility will deliver advanced cancer care services with 40 private patient rooms and surgical suites. The project will include family areas, a conference center, physician collaboration space, and an integrative therapy center. The project architect is GLMV Architecture with Hutton Construction Corp. as general contractor.

Vanderbilt Medical Center will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a $30 million expansion of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. The 30,000-sf addition will provide 33 inpatient beds, a neonatal ICU, surgical suites, and research space. The design architect for the project is Earl Swensson Associates. The five-story addition will be built atop the existing pediatric emergency department.

Baptist Health will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a $200 million medical tower in Jacksonville, Fla. The 11-story, 340,000-sf facility will house inpatient care, surgical suites, imaging, and the Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

Valley Health broke ground on the new War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, Va., in June of 2010. The $30 million, 87,000-sf facility will provide 25 critical care beds and 16 long-term care beds.

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital is planning to construct a 130,000-sf healthcare facility in Angola, Ind. The $40 million building will include 25 inpatient beds in private rooms. The project team includes architect Morrison, Kattman & Menze and general contractor Hagerman Inc.

Saint Luke’s Hospital dedicated its new Women’s Center in Kansas City in June of 2010. Comprising two adjacent facilities, the project includes the Ellen Hockaday Center for Women’s Care and the Muriel I. Kauffman Women’s Heart Center. Providing imaging suites, maternal and fetal care, and urogynecology services, the Women’s Center is part of a $330 million master construction plan that includes a new patient tower housing Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart and Vascular Institute.

Loma Linda University opened its $32 million rehabilitation hospital in late May of 2010. The 24-bed facility features 476-sf patient rooms to support recovery from amputations or serious brain and spinal cord injuries. The hospital also provides therapy suites and equipment. A mock-up town square where patients can practice daily activities will also be constructed at the site.

Mayo Health System will break ground in July of 2010 on a new $29 million emergency department at Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital in Mankato, Minn. Completion is expected in summer of 2011. The facility will feature private patient rooms.

Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York broke ground on a $120 million healthcare pavilion in June of 2010. The six-story, 100,000-sf pediatric facility will feature an emergency center, a medical/surgical unit with 25 private rooms, an intensive care unit, and a surgery center. Completion is expected in 2012.

Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) is building the $563 million Patient Care Tower II in Orange, Calif. Promoting a serene, healing environment, the tower will feature leading design and safety principles, private rooms, and enhanced amenities. The facility will also include advanced pediatric surgical suites and emergency, laboratory, pathology, imaging, and radiology services. The project is expected to reach completion in December of 2012.

WakeMed Health celebrated the opening of its $99 million patient tower in Raleigh, N.C., in May of 2010. The four-story project provides 41 cardiovascular care rooms, 20 cardiac intensive care beds, and a children’s hospital.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is initiating a 4,156-sf renovation of the Center for Translational Molecular Imaging in Baltimore. Supported by $7 million in federal stimulus funding, the project will create an imaging suite with a dual modality PET scanner and a reagents manufacturing laboratory. The sustainably designed facility will feature HEPA filtration and is slated for completion by January of 2012.

Dammam University will build a SR500 million teaching hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 11-story building will provide 400 inpatient beds as well as clinical space, classrooms, diagnostic labs, surgical suites, and a helipad. Completion is expected within four years.

Texas A&M University is partnering with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to build the National Center for Therapeutic Manufacturing. The 153,000-sf research and development complex is under construction in College Station with completion expected in late 2011. Designed to accelerate the development of oncology therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, the facility will provide research labs, biological pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and modular cleanroom pods.

University of Colorado Hospital is planning to build a second patient tower on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo. The $400 million building will provide inpatient and emergency care, surgical suites, and diagnosis and treatment facilities. Occupancy is expected in 2013. The 720,000-sf project includes 660,000 sf of new construction and 60,000 sf of renovated space.