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.
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital completed the 8,700-sf Maternal-Fetal Medicine Diagnostic Treatment and Research Center (MFM) in Loma Linda, Calif., in May of 2008. Designed by gkkworks and built by Turner Construction, the project involved extensive renovations to the 11-story hospital’s third floor to create a comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, and management center for high risk pregnancies.
Boston Medical Center is planning to build a $189 million ambulatory care facility. Developed in collaboration with the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, the nine-story, 245,000-sf project will be constructed in Boston’s South End upon demolition of the existing facility.
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.
Froedtert Hospital, the academic medical center of the Medical College of Wisconsin, dedicated its $95 million cancer center in Milwaukee in May of 2008. The 173,000-sf patient-centered facility will accommodate multi-disciplinary teams of doctors and health care providers, enabling patients to undergo testing, consult with physicians, and receive treatment in a single location.
The University of Texas Medical Branch will construct a $61 million specialty medical center in League City, Texas. Sited on 35 acres, the two-story, 110,000-sf facility will offer adult and pediatric care, outpatient surgery, advanced imaging, and pediatric urgent care. Construction will begin in August of 2008.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University will open the $200 million Michael F. Price Center for Genetic and Translational Medicine on its Bronx campus in New York in June of 2008. The 201,000-sf, five-story facility is located in the Harold and Muriel Block Research Pavilion and houses 40 laboratories, research support space, and a 100-seat auditorium.
The Mayo Clinic dedicated the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Center in May of 2008. The 245,000-sf center houses 57 examination rooms, eight outpatient operating rooms, four image-guided injection rooms, and a rehabilitation/physical medicine center. The multidisciplinary orthopedic facility features an integrated design that allows patients to obtain imaging, consultation, and treatment in a single location. Funded by a $27.5 million gift, the facility is located on floors 14 and 15 of the $375 million, 1.5 million-sf Gonda Building in Rochester, Minn.
