The Dell Medical School Health and Learning Building is the first step in UT Austin’s ambitious plan to build the first new medical school at a Research I institution in 50 years. The 75,000-sf facility, which comprises phase one of the plan, will serve as the face of the new institution.
The Sheikha Salwa Sabah Al Ahmad Stem Cell and Umbilical Cord Center is being constructed in the Sabah Medical District in Kuwait. Designed by SSH, the $26 million facility will provide research and testing laboratories, an outpatient center for adult stem cell collection, a cryolab, and storage banks for stem and cord blood cells. The three-story, 84,000-sf project will also include medical libraries, a lecture hall, and a utility building. Completion is expected in September of 2017.
Sanford Health completed construction in February of 2017 on the $500 million Fargo Medical Center in North Dakota.
Biola University is building the $63 million Alton and Lydia Lim Center for Science, Technology and Health in La Mirada, Calif. The 91,200-sf facility will provide 30 laboratories, three classrooms, faculty offices, research space, and a rooftop observatory. Housing the School of Science, Technology and Health, the center will accommodate a wide range of academic programs with an emphasis on computer science. Ground was broken on the project in February of 2016 and completion is expected in spring of 2018.
Columbia Basin College is building the $16 million Wortman Medical Science Center in Richland, Wash. Providing simulation labs, classrooms, computer labs, and open training areas, the four-story, 72,600-sf facility will also include leased space for Kadlec Regional Medical Center’s family medicine residency program. Ground was broken on the project in April of 2016 and completion is expected by fall of 2017.
The University of California, San Francisco will begin construction in 2019 on a $200 million academic and research facility at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG). Supporting the University’s existing research programs at the hospital, the five-story, 175,000-sf project will consolidate and replace labs and offices that do not meet new seismic regulations. Accommodating 800 faculty, trainees, and staff, the development will also enable ZSFG to maintain its status as the city’s only Level 1 Trauma Center.
The University of South Florida is planning to build a $153 million facility to house the Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in Tampa. Designed by HOK, the 320,000-sf project will provide laboratories, learning spaces, conference rooms, faculty offices, an auditorium, and a clinical trials unit. The construction manager is Skanska USA Building and completion is expected in late 2019.
CarolinaEast Medical Center and UNC Health Care broke ground in January of 2017 on the SECU Comprehensive Cancer Center in New Bern, N.C. Supported by charitable contributions from the State Employees’ Credit Union Foundation, the $35 million facility will enable CarolinaEast to provide consolidated cancer services in a single location. The 80,000-sf project is located next to the John and Reba Aylward Diagnostic Center and is slated for completion in late spring of 2018.
The Nexus Building is home to Adelphi University’s College of Nursing and Public Health and the Center for Health Innovation, and serves as a hub for core student services. It is also a welcoming space for prospective families who visit Adelphi’s admissions office, and alumni who access the advancement office.
Mohawk Valley Health System will begin construction in mid-2018 on a $480 million integrated medical campus in Utica, N.Y. Featuring collocated acute care, clinical care, and outpatient services, the 750,000-sf facility will provide 400 private inpatient rooms when it opens in mid-2021. The project was designed by NBBJ and is being built by Turner Construction.
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) began construction in January of 2017 on a $10 million expansion of the Education and Research Centre at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. The three-story, 30,000-sf addition will provide multifunctional tutorial rooms, an atrium, research labs, conference rooms, and open-plan faculty offices. The general contractor for the project is The Stewart Group and completion is expected in mid-2018.
A new interdisciplinary medical and health sciences education building at the University of North Dakota (UND) has reinvigorated academic culture with shared resources and improved research capacity, while accommodating increased enrollment and faculty. The 325,000-sf School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) building replaces the repurposed hospital that previously housed medical education on the campus, bringing disciplines including medical lab sciences, physician assistant, occupational therapy, sports medicine, public health, and physical therapy together with medicine.
The Medical College of Wisconsin is constructing a $90 million administrative building in Wauwatosa. Designed by Flad Architects to enhance collaboration and interaction, the eight-story, 318,000-sf facility will house 1,500 occupants, including clinicians, researchers, faculty members, and administrative staff. Construction manager CG Schmidt broke ground on the project in March of 2016 and completion of the first phase is expected in fall of 2017. Subsequent phases will open in late 2017 and early 2018.
The University of Arizona is building the $165 million Health Sciences Innovation Building in Tucson. Designed by CO Architects, the ten-story, 226,000-sf facility will feature simulation training suites for programs in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and public health. A minimum of LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the fast-track project, which will also provide clinical laboratories and a variety of group learning areas.
After a one-year delay, Congress has passed the 21st Century Cures Act, which includes new funding totaling $4.8 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), $500 million for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to bring novel drug therapies and medical devices to market more quickly, and $1 billion to fight the growing opioid crisis. The NIH funding includes $1.8 billion for Vice President Joseph Biden’s “Cancer Moonshot,” $1.6 billion for President Obama’s BRAIN initiative, and additional money earmarked for precision medicine. The Cures Act funding is separate from, and in addition to, annual NIH budget increases. It comes on the heals of a $2 billion increase in NIH funding last year, the largest increase in a decade. If the trend continues, it could result in a need for additional research infrastructure in the form of renovations and new construction.
