Children’s Hospital is planning to construct a $100 million facility in the Longwood Medical area of Boston. Built as an addition to Children’s existing hospital, the 14-story, 112,000-sf project will house 30 beds, emergency services, surgery, and radiology. Construction will begin in 2009 and reach completion in late 2010.
The Cleveland Clinic is building the $100 million Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas. Designed by Frank Gehry, the 65,000-sf facility will include inpatient and examination rooms, research facilities for the study of cognitive brain disorders, a museum, and event space. Completion is expected in mid-2009.
The University of Virginia Medical Center is constructing a six-story intensive care center on its Charlottesville campus. The facility will include critical care units and surgical suites with integrated MRI technology. Built as an addition to the main hospital, the project is part of a $500 million capital plan that includes the construction of a clinical cancer center, a long term acute care hospital, and a children’s medical unit.
Methodist Hospital opened its expanded $38.7 million emergency department in Sacramento, Calif., in late February of 2008. The completed 21,876-sf project is three times the size of the previous ER and can treat 75,000 patients annually. Bed count has been increased from 15 to 29. The duration of construction was two years. The facility features a decontamination suite, three critical resuscitation rooms, and a new patient waiting room.
Gold Coast University Hospital broke ground in February of 2009 on its $1.55 billion healthcare facility Molendinar, Queensland, Australia. The 10-story teaching and research hospital will be comprised of two towers providing 750 beds. The sustainably designed facility is being built by Bovis Lend Lease and is slated for completion by December of 2012.
Nemours Children’s Hospital broke ground on its $400 million facility in the Lake Nona area of Orlando in February of 2009. The 62,000-sf, 95-bed pediatric hospital will include an emergency department, ambulatory care, and research facilities. Occupancy is expected in 2012.
St. Mary’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center is constructing a 434,000-sf patient tower in Grand Junction, Colo. Housing surgical suites and inpatient care, the addition is slated for completion in late 2010. The patient tower is part of the $276 million Century Project which also includes 75,660-sf of renovation to the existing hospital.
Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center’s $270 million facility is slated for completion in July of 2009. The 12-story, 718,000-sf replacement hospital is hurricane resistant in winds up to 150mph. Robins & Morton Group is the general contractor for the project, which began construction in June of 2006. Attached to hospital is a 137,000-sf, five-story medical office building.
East Texas Medical Center-Pittsburg’s $38 million replacement hospital is slated for completion in fall of 2009. The 100,000-sf facility will feature advanced a trauma center, MRI and CT imaging, an expanded emergency department, private rooms, surgical suites, physician offices, and a 10,000-sf wellness center. Construction began on the facility in November of 2007.
Texas Tech University Health Center is planning to construct the 150,000-sf Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso, Texas. The $65 million facility will support research in cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, obesity, and diabetes.
Catholic Healthcare West completed a 70,000-sf expansion of Bakersfield Memorial Hospital in February of 2009. Comprised of a new five-story tower, the facility adds 114 private patient rooms as well as space for intensive care and labor and delivery. The expansion, which complies with new seismic standards, features two negative pressure rooms for infectious disease containment. The general contractor was Rudolph and Sletten.
Northern Inyo Hospital has selected Turner Construction to manage a $42 million expansion of its healthcare facility in Bishop, Calif. The project represents the second expansion phase at the hospital and will commence in March of 2009. Completion is slated for March of 2011. A two-story building will house 26 patient rooms, emergency rooms, ICU, CCU, and three operating suites. A new central plant will also be constructed.
The University of California, Irvine will dedicate the 482,428-sf University Hospital in Orange, Calif., in March of 2009. The $393 million academic medical center provides 191 beds as well as research and training facilities for the UCI School of Medicine. Designed by HOK and Nabih Youssef & Associates Structural Engineers, the seven-story plus basement facility features private rooms; a trauma center; 13 operating rooms; adult, pediatric, and neonatal ICUs; laboratories; and a comprehensive cancer center.
Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas was awarded LEED Platinum certification for sustainable design in January of 2009. The $200 million facility is sited on a 32-acre brownfield site in Austin that required extensive remediation. The project features extensive daylighting, low flow water fixtures, and building materials that are locally sourced or recycled and low in volatile organic chemicals. The facility is the first hospital in the world to attain LEED Platinum certification.
The University of Virginia Medical Center began construction in January of 2009 on a $22 million long-term acute care hospital Charlottesville. The 64,000-sf, 40-bed facility is slated for completion in spring of 2010 and will house patients needing care for more than 25 days.
