Healthcare

St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, an affiliate of The Mount Sinai Hospital, broke ground on the $17 million Cancer Treatment Center in late May of 2008. Located in Cornwall, N.Y., the 20,000-sf square foot facility will provide TomoTherapy, a location-specific treatment that minimizes damage to healthy tissue. The project will also feature physicians’ offices, chemotherapy, conference rooms, and patient education facilities. Occupancy is slated for fall of 2009.

The University of New Mexico is partnering with the city of Rio Rancho and developer Legacy Hospital Partners to construct a full service teaching hospital in Rio Rancho, N.M. The 75-bed facility will support medical education and nursing programs and is designed for ease of expansion to a total of 125 beds. Housing a 24-hour emergency room, cancer center, critical care unit, intensive care unit, and medical offices, the project will be built with sustainable design technologies. The project cost is estimated at between $100 million and $150 million.

London Health Sciences Centre has selected EllisDon Corporation to construct and finance an expansion and renovation of Victoria Hospital in London, ON, Canada. The $211.8 million project includes completion of 465,000-sf of shell space in the North Tower and renovations of existing facilities totaling 100,000-sf.

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is constructing a 425,000-sf patient tower in Wauwatosa. The 12-story facility will increase bed count from 236 to 294, with the ability to add an additional 72 beds in the future. Completion is slated for 2009. Children’s is also partnering with the Medical College of Wisconsin to construct a 298,000-sf, $140 million translational research facility.

South Shore Hospital is building a $66 million cancer treatment center in South Weymouth, Mass. Site work began on the 85,000-sf facility in January of 2008 with construction commencing in July of 2008. Completion is slated for late 2009. The cancer treatment center will house adult and pediatric outpatient care with radiation oncology, linear accelerators, medical oncology, chemotherapy infusion, and an MRI. The center is affiliated with Dana Farber Cancer Treatment Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

The University of Missouri broke ground on the $52.5 million Orthopaedic Institute in Columbia, Mo., on June 5, 2008. Housing outpatient and inpatient care, the 113,512-sf project will house 41 clinic rooms, five operating rooms, two outpatient procedure rooms, radiology, rehabilitation, prosthetic/orthotic services, and a pharmacy. The center will consolidate the university’s orthopaedic treatment operations in a single location and is expected to open in early 2010.

Texoma Medical Center celebrated the groundbreaking of its $137 million replacement hospital in Denison, Texas, in early June of 2008. Designed by HKS of Dallas and built by Brasfield and Gorrie, the eight-story, 370,000-gsf facility houses 252 beds. The facility includes a 32-bed intensive care unit, a 26-bed emergency room, and a 12-room operating suite. Occupancy is slated for spring of 2010.

Construction will officially begin on Banner Ironwood Medical Center in Pinal County, Ariz., on June 5, 2008. The 220,000-sf hospital will be located on 80 acres near the town of Queen Creek and is slated for completion in fall of 2009. The first $128 million, 24-bed phase will include four inpatient/outpatient operating suites, an emergency room with 19 private treatment areas, imaging, family practice, internal medicine, general surgery, and orthopedics. Subsequent phases will create a total of 86 beds with a build-out capacity of up to 500 beds.

HDR Architecture and CUH2A announced their intent to merge to create a comprehensive science and technology (S+T) design firm in early June of 2008. Bridging physical science, life science, and healthcare, the combined company will serve academic, government, and corporate clients with nearly 1,700 staff in over 40 offices worldwide.

Community Mercy Health Partners has selected Danis Building Construction Co. and McCarthy as the construction management team for its $240 million, 505,000-sf hospital in Springfield, Ohio. Site work began in May of 2008 with completion slated for late 2010.

Fraser Health has selected BC Healthcare Solutions, led by French firm Bouygues Batiment International, to design, build, finance, and maintain its planned $150-million outpatient hospital in Surrey, British Columbia. Housing day surgery, diagnosis, and clinical care, the 148,000-sf facility is slated for completion by early 2011.

York Hospital opened its 4,500-sf medical simulation center on June 2, 2008. The $2.3 million facility will house patient simulators, a task-training room, a control room, and a debriefing room for the training of physicians and healthcare professionals. Construction began on the project in 2007. Located in York, Pa., York Hospital is community teaching hospital affiliated with WellSpan Health.

Virtua Health broke ground on a $31 million health and wellness facility in Washington Township, N.J., in late May of 2008. The 225,000-sf building will include physical and occupational therapy, a med spa and salon, a fitness center, a high risk pregnancy center, and childcare facilities. The building is part of a new hospital complex slated to open in summer of 2009. The project is designed to provide a single destination for patient healthcare needs.

The University of Rochester Medical Center opened the $61 million James P. Wilmot Cancer Center in Rochester, N.Y., in May of 2008. The four-story, 164,000-sf facility features the Radiation Oncology Treatment Center with five linear accelerator systems and advanced imaging technologies. The facility also houses the 5,000-sf Comprehensive Breast Care Center, the 46-chair Infusion Center, a family resource center, meditation rooms, and a three-story atrium.

Pima County has selected Gilbane Building Company to build two psychiatric facilities in Tucson. The 144,042-sf Psychiatric Hospital will house 80 to 100 inpatient acute care beds, psychiatric urgent and emergent care, psychiatric court hearing rooms, and basic clinical studies for neurology and psychiatry. The 64,100-sf Psychiatric Clinic Recovery Center will house comprehensive screening, assessment, crisis stabilization treatment, and triage capability.