Healthcare

The University of Houston is leveraging Aircuity’s OptiNet demand-control ventilation (DCV) system to develop a ventilation optimization program that will not only enhance indoor air quality, but significantly improve overall energy efficiency in its new 167,000-sf Health and Biomedical Science Center. When at full capacity, the annual energy savings for this facility are projected to be $239,270, which would give the project a simple return on investment of two years.

Ground was broken in August of 2011 on the $520 million Grand Prairie Regional Health Center in Alberta, Canada. Designed by Dialog and built by Graham Construction, the facility will include 200 inpatient beds and a cancer center. The project will also house a healthcare training facility developed in partnership with Grand Prairie Regional College. Completion is expected in 2014. 

The $255 million Orange Regional Medical Center will open in August of 2011 in Middletown, N.Y. Construction began on the seven-story, 621,000-sf facility in November of 2007. The hospital houses 353 beds in private rooms, a 50-bay emergency department, a Level 2 NICU, surgical suites, and a birthing center. The facility will also provide cancer, cardiac, and trauma care.

Oak Hill Hospital is planning a $50 million expansion and renovation of its Brooksville facilities. Designed by Brasfield & Gorrie and built by Gould Turner Group, the 100,000-sf project includes 30,000 sf of new construction. A two-story inpatient tower with 36 private rooms will be built, as well as eight additional operating rooms. 

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is building the Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion in Los Angeles. Designed by the Los Angeles office of HOK and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie, the 11-story, 440,000-sf building will provide integrated facilities for outpatient care, translational research, and medical education. The pavilion will house clinical space, diagnostic and imaging facilities, a pharmacy, an education center, research labs, a café, three-floors of underground parking, and two connecting pedestrian bridges.

Construction is under way on the New Karolinska Solna (NKS) Hospital, a 3.5 million-sf, multi-building facility in Solna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Owned by Stockholm County Council, the government entity responsible for providing healthcare and public transport to greater Stockholm, the $2.5 billion project is being built under a unique public-private-partnership (PPP) agreement.

Indiana University Health is building the 270,000-sf Neuroscience Center in Indianapolis. Located on the IU Health Methodist Hospital campus, the six-story outpatient facility will include clinical and research diagnostic imaging, surgical suites, collaboration and education space, and a robotic laboratory. Occupancy is expected in summer of 2012. The outpatient facility is the first phase of IU Health’s $120 million neuroscience complex. An adjacent research facility is expected to open in 2013.

A 340,000-sf patient tower for Baptist Medical Center and Wolfson Children’s Hospital is under construction in Jacksonville, Fla. The 11-story project will provide both adult and pediatric services. The $200 million facility is slated for completion in December of 2012. The project team includes Stanley Beaman & Sears Architects, TLC Engineering, and Batson-Cook Construction.

Rush University Medical Center’s $654 million hospital tower reached substantial completion in July of 2011. The 14-story, 806,000-sf facility is located in Chicago and was designed by Perkins+Will. The construction manager is Powers/Jacobs. Construction began on the 304-bed facility in fall of 2008 and occupancy is expected in January of 2012. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.

Manitoba Health will build an 180,000-sf hospital in Selkirk. The 65-bed facility will feature 80 percent private rooms. The hospital will provide obstetrics, surgery, imaging, rehabilitation, and cancer treatment facilities. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project, which will utilize ground-source heat pump technology and low-flow water fixtures. Occupancy is expected in 2014.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center broke ground on a four-story, 100,000-sf cancer facility in Knoxville in July of 2011. The $24 million project will consolidate outpatient cancer services in a single location, including radiation oncology therapy suites and a linear accelerator. Completion is expected in early 2013.

The University of Utah is engaged in a $46 million expansion of the Neuropsychiatric Institute in Salt Lake City. The 115,000-sf project will provide additional research space, 72 private patient rooms, a clinical assessment center, and a Siemens 3 Tesla MRI suite. Completion is expected in fall of 2011.

Construction began in July of 2011 on the $239 million Women and Newborn Hospital at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre in Manitoba. The 385,000-sf facility was designed by Smith Carter and is expected to open in June of 2014. The five-story hospital will feature a 60-bed neonatal intensive care unit and 100 percent outside air. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.

The Center for Childhood Cancer Research opened the 20,000-sf Jensen Laboratory in July of 2011 in Seattle. The facility will feature research laboratories and an on-site therapeutics manufacturing facility for the production of customized immune cells for individualized cancer treatment. The laboratory is affiliated with Seattle Children’s Hospital.

ProMedica will open the Wildwood Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital in October of 2011 in Sylvania Township, Ohio. The $33 million, 70,000-sf facility will provide inpatient rooms, six sterile operating rooms, an imaging lab, and rehabilitation suites. The all-digital facility will be co-managed by 17 local orthopaedic and spine surgeons. Construction began on the project in April of 2010.