Healthcare

The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced in April of 2010 that it has awarded an endorsement to WM Healthcare Solutions for integrated environmental services for health care. WM Healthcare Solutions provides a comprehensive suite of operational and consulting services to meet the needs of hospitals and medical facilities in reducing the amount of waste they create and complying with environmental regulations.

Edgerton Hospital began construction on a $26 million replacement facility in April of 2010. The 56,000-sf hospital will offer inpatient and outpatient services, emergency and urgent care, and rehabilitation. Completion of the facility is expected in fall of 2011. A separate medical office will also be constructed at the site.

Carolinas HealthCare System is initiating an expansion and renovation of Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville. The 245,000-sf project includes construction of a 114-bed patient tower, expansion of the maternity center, and the addition of a new surgical suite. 56,000 sf of space in the existing hospital will be renovated. The general contractor for the project is BE&K Building Group, a subsidiary of KBR Inc.

University of Tennessee Medical Center opened its new $26 million Heart Hospital in April of 2010. Located in Knoxville, Tenn., the four-story tower will provide inpatient facilities for the hospital’s Heart Lung Vascular Institute. The project team included general contractor Johnson & Gaylon and architectural firm BarberMcMurry. The facility is attached to the existing medical center and features an endoscopy lab and a cardiovascular ICU with 24 private beds.

UC San Diego Health System will begin construction in early 2012 on the 490,000-sf Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla. The ten-story facility will provide 245 inpatient beds and will house the Hospital for Women and Children, the Cancer Hospital, and the Hospital for Advanced Surgery. Completion is expected in June of 2016. Designed to promote translational research, the $664 million facility will support interdisciplinary medical education and training. 

Kaiser Permanente is partnering with Recurrent Energy to install solar power systems at 15 hospitals in California. Slated for completion by summer of 2011, the project will enable Kaiser to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The photovoltaic systems will produce approximately ten percent of the energy used annually at the sites.

Rush University Medical Center is building a $575 million hospital in Chicago. The 14-story, 806,000-sf facility was designed by Perkins+Will and is slated for occupancy in 2012. Construction began on the 300-bed facility in fall of 2008. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. The construction manager is Powers/Jacobs.

Sanford Health is consolidating its medical research operations in Sioux Falls, S.D. The facility will open by June of 2010 upon completion of renovations to the existing structure, a former computer parts manufacturing plant. Housing laboratories and offices in two joined towers, the 300,000-sf complex will include a vivarium for animal research.

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School was awarded $15 million by the National Institutes of Health in March of 2010 to support laboratory renovations. The award will enable UMDNJ-NJMS to conduct advanced biomedical research in updated lab facilities.

Med Fusion, a partnership of Baylor Health Care System, Texas Oncology, Pathologists Biomedical Laboratories, and US Oncology, will begin offering integrated translational research services in spring of 2010. The company is headquartered in Dallas and has leased a 172,000-sf facility in Lewisville. Med Fusion will provide integrated pharmaceutical development and clinical trial services.

Mid-Western Regional Hospital will begin construction in August of 2010 on the €35 million Critical Care Unit in Dooradoyle in the Republic of Ireland. The facility will be designed and built by John Sisk & Son. The six-story Critical Care Unit will provide of a 12-bed ICU, a 16-bed coronary care facility, a cardiac catheterization lab, emergency care, diagnostics, and acute surgery facilities. Each floor will have a footprint of approximately 1450 sm. Completion is expected by the end of 2011.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine will begin construction in late spring of 2010 on the $187 million Health Sciences Education Building. Located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, the 268,000-sf facility will be created in partnership with Arizona State University’s College of Nursing.

Rowan University is partnering with Cooper University Hospital to construct Cooper Medical School in Camden, N.J. Construction will begin by June of 2010 and reach completion in 2011. The 160,000-sf campus will house classrooms, laboratories, a library, offices, and a vivarium for animal research.

Murray-Calloway County Hospital opened the $62 million South Tower in March of 2010. Located in Murray, Ky., the five-story, 158,000-sf facility features an emergency room, a helipad, inpatient rooms, imaging and radiology labs, surgical suites, and a critical care unit.

St. Mary’s Medical Center broke ground on the $23 million Cancer Center in San Francisco in March of 2010. The 14,200-sf facility will feature a digital mammography suite. The project is part of $26 million capital improvement plan that will include a new vascular suite in the hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab.