Grady Health System broke ground in August of 2008 on a new $3.4-million facility at Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital in Atlanta. The four-story pediatric hospital is expected to open in 2010. Housing 24 inpatient beds, the project will include an emergency department and specialty clinics. Hughes Spalding is managed by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) opened the 45,000-sf College of Osteopathic Medicine in Yakima, Wash., in August of 2008. The $19.7 million facility will provide health science education for primary care physicians as well as offering degrees in nursing, public heath, and psychology. The private, not-for-profit college is planning to open the College of Allied Health Sciences and the College of Biomedical Sciences as early as fall of 2009.
The University of South Dakota dedicated the Andrew E. Lee Memorial Medicine and Science Building in Vermillion in September of 2008. Part of the Sanford School of Medicine and the School of Health Sciences, the facility houses technology-rich faculty research laboratories, classrooms, and offices.
Franklin Woods Community Hospital has selected Skanska USA Building as pre-construction and construction manager for its new healthcare facility in Johnson City, Tennessee. Karlsberger Architecture is providing the design for the 249,771-sf hospital, which will be part of the Mountain States Health Alliance (MSHA) system. LEED Silver certification for sustainable design will be sought for the project.
Doctors’ Hospital opened its new 100,000-sf hospital in Bridgeport, Texas, in August of 2008. The 36-bed facility includes three surgery suites, emergency, ICU, MRI, obstetrics, and radiology. QHR provided healthcare and management consultation services. The project includes a 38,000-sf medical office building.
Rush University Medical Center is constructing a 300-bed, $575 million hospital in Chicago. Designed by Perkins+Will, the facility began construction in fall of 2008 and is slated for occupancy in 2012. LEED Gold certification for sustainable design will be sought for the new teaching hospital, which will feature energy efficient building systems and a green roof. The 14-story building will have a butterfly shape that expands outward at higher stories from a smaller rectangular base.
Harvard Medical School Dubai Center (HMSDC) will open the Medical Simulation Center in Dubai in the first quarter of 2009. The 20,461-sf facility will provide a simulation environment for healthcare training in a facility housing an auditorium, teaching spaces, and a library. Including simulation operating rooms, intensive care units, emergency rooms, and ward rooms, the center will feature 6,000-sf for emergency medicine training.
Hendrick Medical Center will break ground in late fall of 2008 on an $80 million expansion of its healthcare campus in Abilene, Texas. Dubbed “Project 2010”, the project will include a four-story patient tower with surgical and birthing suites and a separate physician office building. The new Hendrick Children's Hospital, featuring visual themes from the Berenstain Bears, will house larger patient rooms, pediatric ICU, and chemotherapy. Project 2010 will consist of 200,000-sf of new construction and 38,000-sf of renovation. Completion is slated for fall of 2010.
St. John Health opened the $220 million Providence Park Hospital in Novi, Mich., in August of 2008. The seven-story facility is sited on 64 acres and can accommodate 400 patients. Construction began on the project in 2005. Featuring flexible patient rooms, the 500,000-sf facility was designed by NBBJ and houses a six-story atrium for maximum daylighting.
The State of California is implementing an $8 billion hospital construction program at state prisons. The joint venture program management team is comprised of URS Corp. and Bovis Lend Lease. Featuring integrated project delivery principles and lean construction methodology, the project includes construction of seven California prison hospitals by 2014.
The University of Cincinnati opened the Center for Academic Research Excellence (CARE) on its medical campus in Coryville, Ohio, in August of 2008. The $107.3 million facility features 70,000-sf of health science research laboratories and 17,000-sf of teaching labs. Designed by Studios Architecture of San Francisco and Harley Ellis of Cincinnati, the building is connected by a nine-story glass atrium to the newly renovated Medical Sciences Building (MSB).
Reid Hospital opened its new $318 million inpatient tower in Richmond, Ind., in August of 2008. The 233-bed facility includes an inpatient hospital, an outpatient care center, and a medical office building. The state-of-the-art replacement hospital features healing gardens and is the result of a ten-year planning and construction process.
Spectrum Health broke ground in August of 2008 on a $98 million expansion of Blodgett Hospital in East Grand Rapids, Mich. The five-story, 140-room teaching hospital will include eight operating rooms and will provide inpatient care. Completion is slated for 2010.
McLaren Health Care is constructing the McLaren Health Care Village in Independence Township, Mich. The first $100 million phase broke ground in July of 2007 and is slated for completion in spring of 2009. The 135,000-sf Clarkston Medical Group building, housing a 17,000-sf ambulatory surgery center, will be accompanied by the 32,000-sf Great Lakes Cancer Institute and a 10-acre healing garden.
Northern Illinois University broke ground on the $160 million Proton Treatment and Research Center in West Chicago in June of 2008. Sited in the DuPage National Technology Park, the 115,000-sf cancer treatment facility will open in February of 2010. Housing research, treatment, and medical offices, the nonprofit center will treat up to 1,500 patients annually. The project team includes architect VOA Associates and developer CenterPoint Properties.
