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OSU Center for Health Sciences Plans Medical Academic and Simulation Center
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences will begin construction in summer of 2015 on the $45 million Medical Academic and Simulation Center in Tulsa. The four-story, 223,000-sf facility will include classrooms, clinical skills labs, a lecture hall, conference space, and a five-story parking garage. A hospital simulation center will include an emergency room, a surgical suite, a birthing room, an ambulance bay, and an intensive care unit to support advanced medical training.
Papworth Hospital Builds Cambridge Heart & Lung Facilities
Papworth Hospital has awarded Skanska a $208 million contract to a construct a medical center for heart and lung care in the United Kingdom. Located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the $246 million replacement facility is slated for completion in 2018. A second building, the adjacent Heart & Lung Research Institute (HLRI), is being developed in partnership with the University of Cambridge.
Missouri State University Builds Clinical Health Sciences Center
Missouri State University is building the $19.5 million O’Reilly Clinical Health Sciences Center in Springfield. The 50,000-sf facility will provide a multidisciplinary health clinic, medical skills training labs, simulation suites, classrooms, offices, and space for nursing and occupational therapy programs. Construction began on the project in July of 2014 and completion is expected in fall of 2015.
University of Canberra Plans Public Hospital
The University of Canberra will begin construction in early 2016 on a $100 million public hospital. The 140-bed facility will provide sub-acute services including rehabilitation, mental health, and dementia care. The project will include space for the University's transdisciplinary Health Research Institute.
Mercy Health System Completes Joplin Hospital Using BIM
Mercy Health System will open the $465 million Mercy Hospital Joplin in March of 2015 in Joplin, Mo. Replacing St. John’s Mercy Regional Medical Center, which was demolished by a tornado, the new hospital was delivered in just 46 months by McCarthy Building Companies using Building Information Modeling (BIM). Completed under budget and in less than half the time of a conventionally built facility, the 890,000-sf Mercy Hospital Joplin comprises a nine-story inpatient tower and a five-story clinical tower.