Healthcare

Mercy Health began construction in September of 2016 on a $271 million medical center in Muskegon, Mich. Designed by HGA Architects and Engineers to increase patient care efficiencies, the nine-story, 267-bed tower will consolidate inpatient services in a single location as well as housing an emergency department, a trauma center, and surgical suites. In the design process, two-dimensional modeling of each floor progressed to architectural designs and then to full-scale models to enhance the success of lean operational strategies.

The University of California, San Francisco is planning to build the Weill Institute for Neurosciences on its Mission Bay campus. The facility will provide both research laboratories and clinical space, and is supported by a donation of $185 million by Sanford and Joan Weill. Accommodating 45 principal investigators, the collaborative project will integrate the disciplines of neurology, neuroscience, genomics, chemistry, computer science, psychiatry, and engineering.

UConn Health opened a $326 million tower in April of 2016 at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington. The 11-story, 381,309-sf facility provides 169 private inpatient rooms as well as an emergency department, an intensive care unit, and a surgical center. Designed to promote patient privacy and prevent infection transmission, the project was constructed with leading-edge medical and operational technologies to optimize the delivery of integrated patient care.

University of Miami Health System is building the $145 million Lennar Foundation Medical Center in Coral Gables, Fla. Designed by Perkins+Will, the five-story, 206,000-sf ambulatory care facility will accommodate specialty medical clinics for the Miller School of Medicine, including the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, as well as offering outpatient surgery, urgent care, radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging, and physical therapy.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute completed construction in April of 2016 on the $50.5 million Clinical Sciences Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Designed by FXFowle Architects, the 11-story, 142,000-sf project features an expanded chemotherapy clinic, a women's health center, research space, and patient care clinics. The facility also houses academic and administrative offices for physicians, researchers, and staff. The Clinical Sciences Center is located on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and was built by LeChase Construction.

Carolinas HealthCare System will begin construction in early 2017 on a $125 million expansion of the Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, N.C. A seven-story, 260,000-sf outpatient center will be built adjacent to the Institute's existing headquarters to provide additional space for oncology clinics, infusion therapy suites, and specialty pharmacy services.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital will begin construction in summer of 2016 on a 100,000-sf project in New Brunswick. Two new facilities totaling 50,000 sf will be constructed and 50,000 sf in the existing hospital will undergo renovation. The expansion will allow more space for emergency and intensive care as well as accommodating preoperative services. Completion is expected by summer of 2018. The project is part of a master facilities plan to strategically increase capacity on the academic medical center campus.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is planning to break ground in January of 2018 on a $567 million expansion and renovation of its Washington campus. A new six-story, 477,000-sf pavilion will provide 156 private inpatient rooms, advanced imaging suites, two floors of operating rooms, and an expanded emergency department. Existing hospital facilities will also undergo renovation.

Bayhealth will break ground in late May of 2016 on a $275 million hospital campus in Milford, Del. Providing 128 private beds, the project includes a six-story inpatient building, a 30-bay emergency department with behavioral health rooms, six surgical suites, two procedure rooms, and ambulatory care clinics. Illuminated by abundant natural light, the facility is designed to optimize the efficiency of staff operations as well as patient accessibility and navigation. Occupancy is expected by January of 2019.

Oregon Health & Sciences University began construction in January of 2016 on the $349 million Center for Health and Healing South in Portland, Ore. Designed by ZGF Architects and built by Hoffman Construction, the project includes a 14-story medical building and a 10-story mixed-use facility. The $160 Knight Cancer Institute will also be built on the South Waterfront Campus.

Westchester Medical Center will break ground in June of 2016 on a $230 million outpatient pavilion in Valhalla, N.Y. Built by Skanska USA, the eight-story, 280,000-sf facility will include a heart and vascular institute, an imaging center, an ambulatory surgical center, clinical space, and a 20,000-sf expansion for the adjacent hospital with private inpatient rooms. Completion is expected in 2018.

The 11-story, 820,000-sf Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion (AHSP) integrates world-class patient care, medical research, and teaching in a highly collaborative environment. Designed to bridge the gap between discovery and patient care, this new facility—home of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, neurosciences programs, and stem cell research—puts research labs in close proximity to clinical settings, so physician-scientists can transform medical care at Cedars-Sinai.

Byron Central Hospital completed the construction of its new $65 million facility in Ewingsdale, Australia, in March of 2016. The three-story, 101,000-sf hospital was designed by Nettleton Tribe and provides an emergency department, inpatient rooms, outpatient clinics, a maternity center, a chemotherapy suite, a dental clinic, and a mental health facility. General contractor Brookfield Multiplex began construction on the project in October of 2014.

Case Western Reserve University is partnering with the Cleveland Clinic to build the $515 million Health Education Campus in Cleveland. Designed by Foster + Partners of London, the four-story, 487,000-sf facility will provide technology-rich classrooms, simulation labs, and auditorium space for interdisciplinary medical education programs. Ground was broken on the project in October of 2015 with completion expected by summer of 2019.

The University of Texas Medical Branch dedicated the $438 million Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston in February of 2016. Housing 310 private inpatient rooms, the 12-story tower provides 20 operating rooms, including a neurosurgery suite with an integrated MRI. The hospital also accommodates a 54-bed ICU and a 28-bed outpatient surgery unit. Construction began on the project in April of 2012.