Providence Newberg Medical Center

The 56-acre campus, 175,500-sf medical center is composed of a 138,000-sf hospital, licensed for 40 beds, and a 37,500-sf medical office building. The PNMC features state-of-the-art services for general medicine, surgery, diagnostic imaging, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, sleep disorders, and emergency medicine.

The $70.6-million (total project cost) facility demonstrates that a medical center can offer the most advanced technology and forward-thinking patient care in a sound, energy efficient environment. All buildings are sited and designed to maximize daylight for heating and cooling efficiency. Courtyards inside the facilities increase access to natural light, and every patient room has windows. All windows are specially treated to improve heating and cooling efficiency.

Occupancy sensors and building control systems monitor the lighting and HVAC throughout the medical center. Automated controls turn down systems when not in use. A unique ventilation system provides 100 percent fresh air in all the buildings. There is no recycled air in the facilities. Furthermore, PNMC meets 100 percent of its electrical needs by purchasing green power.

The three-story medical office building houses 30 physicians and providers specializing in family medicine, internal medicine, women’s health, and cardiology. A two-story administration building housing the main lobby and information desk connects the medical office building with the hospital. Admitting, conference rooms, medical records, a gift shop, human resources, business offices, and employee and occupational health are also located in the administration building.

The lower level of the hospital houses support services, such as materials management, engineering, housekeeping, bio-med, and dietary. Surgical services with three operating rooms, outpatient services, laboratories, a 15-bed emergency department, pharmacy, and diagnostic imaging are located on the first floor. Diagnostic imaging equipment includes MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, radiology, and fluoroscopy.

The main inpatient area on the second floor is designed to be scaleable depending on patient demand. The four-bed ICU can expand to eight beds, and the eight-bed birthing center can adapt to accommodate overflow from the 27-bed medical/surgical unit.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Providence Health System

Building Location:

Newberg, Oregon UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Medical Center

Project Delivery Method:

Construction Management

Project Timeline

Oct 2002	Planning Start
	Design Start
Jul 2004	Construction Start
Jun 2006	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Project Cost:

$70,600,000

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Healthcare

Total GSF:

175,500

Project Team

Architect

Mahlum Architects

Commissioning Agent

Engineering Economics Inc.

Consultant - Sustainable Design

Green Building Services

Engineer

Larry Anderson Engineering Inc.

Engineer - MEP

Glumac International

Engineer - Structural

Degenkolb Engineers

General Contractor

Skanska USA Building Inc.

Landscape Architect

Mayer-Reed

Profile Created 08/27/2008

Last Updated 08/15/2008

About the Reported Cost Figures

The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders. Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost adjustments.

Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model. Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which others do not.

Fig. 1

Courtyard