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Valley Health System Builds Henderson Hospital
Valley Health System began construction on Henderson Hospital in July of 2015. The 245,000-sf project is part of the Union Village medical complex, a $1.2 billion mixed-use development in Henderson, Nev. The acute care hospital will provide emergency services, advanced imaging, surgery, and maternity care. The general contractor for the project is Turner Construction. Occupancy is expected in October of 2016.
University of Queensland Opens Oral Health Centre
The University of Queensland opened the $100 million Oral Health Centre in Brisbane in July of 2015. Located next to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Herston, the seven-story, 48,400-sf facility provides dental clinics, lecture and seminar rooms, simulation training labs, two surgical suites, biomedical research space, and a Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2) biosafety lab. The project features demonstration chairs equipped with integrated recording and streaming technologies for the documentation of procedures.
Makerere University's Infectious Diseases Institute Opens McKinnell Knowledge Centre
The Infectious Diseases Institute at Makerere University opened the McKinnell Knowledge Centre in June of 2015 in Kampala, Uganda. Located at the College of Health Sciences, the $3.3 million disease detection and surveillance facility will include space for research, training, and outreach. The project will act as a strategic data management hub to support regional healthcare initiatives. The center features distance learning capabilities to provide medical training courses created by Stanford University and other institutions.
OSU Wexner Medical Center Breaks Ground on Ambulatory Care Facility
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center broke ground in June of 2015 on a $22 million ambulatory care facility in Upper Arlington. The five-story, 100,000-sf facility will provide comprehensive outpatient services including primary care, surgery, imaging, women's health, cardiology, dermatology, rheumatology, endocrinology, and gastroenterology. Occupancy is expected in August of 2016.
Baptist Memorial Hospital Builds North Mississippi Replacement Facility
Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi is building a $300 million replacement facility in Oxford, Miss. Designed by Earl Swensson Associates and built by Robins & Morton, the five-story, 589,000-sf hospital will provide a complete range of medical and surgical services. Ground was broken for the 217-bed facility in November of 2014 and occupancy is expected in November of 2017. A2H provided site development, civil engineering design, and landscape architecture for the project.