Healthcare

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler broke ground on a $67 million academic medical center in late October of 2009. Providing clinical care and medical education, the 81,000-sf facility will be built in two phases over five years. The first $42 million phase will include construction of the building's shell and a first-floor cancer center. The second $25 million phase will complete the second and third floors to house classrooms, an auditorium, and a medical library.

Indiana University School of Medicine initiated construction in October of 2009 on the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute in Indianapolis. Housing the Department of Ophthalmology, the 70,000-sf facility will include biomedical research laboratories, classrooms, faculty offices, and an outpatient clinic. The Glick Eye Institute was designed by RATIO Architects of Indianapolis. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.

The Nevada Cancer Institute opened the $63 million Ralph and Betty Engelstad Cancer Research Building in October of 2009. Located in Las Vegas, the 184,000-sf, three-story translational research facility houses 36 laboratories. The project team included developer American Nevada Corp. and construction manager The Korte Co.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine dedicated the Anne and C. Michael Armstrong Medical Education Building in Baltimore in October of 2009. Supporting a progressive curriculum based on advances in genetic medicine and molecular biology, the $55 million facility will promote collaborative learning. The Armstrong Medical Education Building features teaching labs, an anatomy lab, and a simulated operating room. Construction began on the four-story, 100,000-sf building in early 2007.

Georgian College broke ground on the $65 million Centre for Health and Wellness in October of 2009. Located in Barrie, Ontario, the 165,000-sf facility will house outpatient medical care, a dental lab and clinic, and instructional facilities. Occupancy is expected in September of 2011.

The M.D. Anderson–Orlando Cancer Research Institute opened its 30,000-sf research laboratory in Orlando in October of 2009. The wet lab facility is located on the fifth floor of the University of Central Florida’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences building in the Lake Nona medical research district.  

The Medical Research Council is planning to construct the 2.4 million-sf Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The project will be developed by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Countryside Properties, and Liberty Property Trust. Housing facilities for biomedical research, clinical treatment, and instruction, the £900 million project will be located adjacent to the 270,000-sf Laboratory of Molecular Biology currently under construction at the site.

Community Health Systems will break ground in spring of 2010 on a $210 million hospital in Valparaiso, Ind. The six-story, 430,000-sf project will provide 261 beds in private rooms and emergency, cardiology, surgery, and intensive care facilities. Completion is expected in summer of 2012.

The University of Florida will open the $388 million Shands Cancer Hospital on Nov. 1, 2009. Located in Gainesville, the 500,000-sf facility provides 192 beds in private rooms, surgical suites, a Critical Care Center for trauma and emergency services, advanced diagnostic imaging, and a rooftop helipad. The construction manager for the project was Skanska USA Building. The nine-story tower features 97,000-sf of glass windows designed to resist Category 3 hurricane winds.

Woodstock General Hospital is building a 350,000-sf replacement facility in Woodstock, Ontario. Ground was broken on the project in October of 2008 with occupancy stated for summer of 2011. The three-story, 350,000-sf facility will provide 178 beds. Built by general contractor EllisDon, the hospital will feature advanced diagnostic imaging, five surgical suites, a critical care unit, and a women’s and children’s center. LEED certification for sustainable design will be sought for the facility.

Martha Jefferson Hospital is constructing a $275 million replacement facility in Charlottesville, Va. Sited on 84 acres, the 500,000-sf hospital is being built by general contractor Mortensen Construction. Completion is expected in 2012.

Gold Coast University Hospital is building a $1.76 billion academic medical center in the Molendinar area of Gold Coast City in Queensland. The 10-story, 750-bed teaching and research hospital will be comprised of two towers providing a total of 750 beds. The sustainably designed facility is being constructed by Bovis Lend Lease. Ground was broken for the project in February of 2009 with completion slated for December of 2012. The hospital will provide facilities for radiotherapy, neurosciences, labor and delivery, surgery, emergency, and trauma care.

Self Regional Healthcare broke ground on a $23 million cancer center in October of 2009 in Greenwood, S.C. Consolidating the hospital’s cancer services in a single location, the 40,000-sf facility is slated for completion in summer of 2010. Designed by Freeman-White Architects of Charlotte, the center features a healing garden, a central atrium, and a patient learning area. The general contractor for the project is Rodgers Builders of Greenville.

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital initiated a $130 million expansion of its Hollywood, Fla., facility in October of 2009. The four-story, 160,000-sf building will house a pediatric cancer center, medical/surgical space, and a gastrointestinal procedures suite. Providing 48 private patient rooms, the facility is expected to reach completion by 2011. 

El Camino Hospital opened its $480 million acute care center in Mountain View, Calif., in October of 2009. Construction began on the five-story, 450,000-sf addition in 2004. The 241-bed facility was designed by KMD Architects of San Francisco. The seismically sound expansion features robotic technologies for surgery and the transport of medical supplies.