Healthcare

St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica will soon begin site work on the $137.6-million Keck Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Constructed by McCarthy, the Keck Center, which will be built using base-isolation technology to mitigate the effects of a seismic event, will be tied into an existing adjacent structure that is also base isolated. The site for the 275,000-sf, 4-story tower (with two basement levels) is surrounded on all four sides by existing hospital facilities.

Presbyterian Hospital has completed a major vertical expansion of its Albuquerque facility. The $45-million project - a joint venture between McCarthy's Southwest and Midwest divisions - involved a three-story expansion on top of the hospital's existing four-story east wing, as well as utility infrastructure improvements and seismic upgrades. The expansion adds 160,000 sf to the acute care hospital to house pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, cardiac, and labor and delivery units.

Kaiser Permanente is planning a $68.45-million expansion of its Moanalua Medical Center in Hawaii. A five-story, 176,000-sf tower will be constructed, and 95,000 sf of existing space in the inpatient medical center will be renovated. The expansion will add five urgent care rooms, eight operating rooms, six emergency rooms, and 68 new acute-care beds.

Kaiser Permanente is planning to construct a $350-million hospital in Oakland, Calif., on the two-acre site of a current Kaiser medical office and clinic facility. The 346-bed hospital is part of a $500-million, three-phase plan that entails the reconfiguration of Kaiser's existing Oakland hospital into outpatient and office space, the demolition of the medical office building at the new hospital site, and the construction of a replacement medical office facility in Oakland. The new hospital is expected to reach completion by January of 2013.

Blake Medical Center is engaged in a $14-million renovation and expansion of its Bradenton, Fla., facility. Slated for completion in March 2006, the project is comprised of 45,000 sf of new construction and 30,000 sf of renovated space. Designed by Perkins & Will , the project consists of a new one-story surgery addition housing eight surgery suites and education facilities; expansion of the central plant; and renovation of the existing building including the pharmacy and the same-day surgery unit.

SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is planning to expand its south St. Louis facility with the construction of a three-story, 130,000-sf building. The $59-million project will house ten operating rooms and a 60-bed neonatal intensive care unit. The facility, which will connect to the existing structure on two sides, is slated for completion by fall of 2007.

Memorial Hermann Healthcare has selected Dallas-based Trammell Crow Healthcare Services to develop and build the 173,000-sf Heart Institute at its Southwest Hospital in Houston. Slated to open in summer 2006, the $65-million, five-story, free-standing facility will initially house 45 beds with space to accommodate an additional 15 beds in the future. The building will also house an intensive care unit, three operating rooms, five cardiac catheterization labs, and a noninvasive diagnostic center.

Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. broke ground in October 2004 on a $17.6 million intensive care unit. Designed by Envision Architects of Albany, N.Y., the 36-bed unit is slated to open in summer of 2006. The two-story facility will be three times larger than the current ICU which was built thirty years ago. The construction manager for the project is Waterford-based Jersen Construction Group.

The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital and Health System are developing a joint 295,000-sf research facility in Wauwatosa, Wis. The $117-million project will be comprised of a two-level facility for laboratory and support services, and two three-story laboratory wings, one for each organization. Construction is slated to begin in late fall of 2004 with the center opening in December 2006.

Tenet Health System has recently opened the new 298,000-sf, $52-million Centennial Medical Center (CMC) located on a 40-acre campus in Frisco, Texas. The new acute care hospital, desinged by RTKL Associates of Dallas, is a sophisticated all-digital hospital featuring more than fifty advanced technologies including picture archiving communication systems, an automated drug dispensing system, electronic medical records, and an automated supply management system.

DeKalb Medical Center is planning a $48.5-million project: construction of a new five-story freestanding patient tower and renovation of existing facilities at its campus in Decatur, Ga. Including replacement facilities for the hospital's labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn nursery units, surgical preparation and recovery areas, and patient/family waiting areas, the patient tower will feature larger rooms, more privacy, and greater efficiency.

Columbia St. Mary's is planning a $100-million expansion of its Mequon hospital campus. Designed by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum of St. Louis, the 330,000-sf project includes the addition of 77 beds and the construction of an ambulatory care center. Ground will be broken on the expansion in summer of 2005 with completion to follow two years later. Doubling the size of the current hospital, the project will include:

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children & Women in Orlando broke ground on the $11-million Bert Martin's Champions for Children Emergency Department & Trauma Center in October 2004. The 23,500-sf facility will house 33 beds, including four trauma bays, thirteen beds for emergencies, and sixteen beds for minor conditions and injuries. Slated to open in late 2005 or early 2006, the center will feature a helipad with a connector to Arnold Palmer Hospital and the Hospital for Women & Babies.

California Pacific Medical Center’s Research Institute has been awarded almost $27 million in federal research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Defense. California Pacific Medical Center is planning over $1 billion in upcoming construction projects at its San Francisco campuses, including a new 100,000-sf research center at the Pacific campus that will be constructed in six years.

Des Peres Hospital, part of Tenet St. Louis , initiated construction on a $3-million renovation of its west St. Louis County facility in early October 2004. Designed by architect ACI Boland to increase capacity and streamline operations, the two-floor renovation will add four dementia and thirteen private medical beds; eleven new surgical preparation and recovery beds; new waiting areas for surgery and radiology; and two ADA-accessible restrooms.