Torrance Memorial Medical Center is building a $300 million replacement tower in Torrance, Calif. Construction began on the facility in February of 2010 with completion expected in November of 2014. The project team includes HMC Architects and McCarthy Building Companies.
The 680,000-sf Virtua Voorhees Hospital opened in September of 2011 in Voorhees, N.J. Providing 368 beds in private rooms, the $463 million facility was designed using Six Sigma and LEAN principles to promote optimal integration of workflow and patient care processes. Virtua Voorhees houses facilities for emergency care, ambulatory surgery, pediatrics, neuroscience, cardiology, oncology, women's services, and imaging.
The University of Texas Medical Branch is planning to build the $438 million Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston. The facility will provide a 50-bed ICU, 250 patient rooms, and advanced surgical suites. Occupancy is expected in early 2016.
The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association has published a monograph titled Operating Room HVAC Setback Strategies. The monograph, which is part of a series of publications that cover single topics in clinical/biomedical engineering, facility engineering, design and construction, and safety and security management, details how operating room HVAC setback strategies can save energy. An operating room (OR) setback strategy reduces energy use by curtailing the amount of air supplied to an OR when the room is not in use.
The $109 million Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center will open in September of 2011 in Gilbert, Ariz. The 133,000-sf outpatient facility will offer collaborative, integrated treatment for all types of cancers. The center will support 75 physicians.
Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAM HSC) has successfully implemented AssetWorks' AiM™ software solution. The implementation includes the systematic organization of design and construction digital data representing all the facility assets for TAM HSC. The AssetWorks Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system was implemented meeting or exceeding all target metrics of system performance, timing, and cost.
Sanford Health will break ground in 2013 on the $360 million Sanford Fargo Medical Center in North Dakota. The 11-story, 704,000-sf hospital will provide 371 private patient rooms in a facility that promotes maximum integration of research with clinical care. Sanford Fargo Medical Center will house 30 operating rooms, 10 cardiac catheterization labs, 40 emergency and trauma rooms, and 300 clinical exam rooms. Completion is expected in 2016.
Methodist Hospital Research Institute will complete construction of a BSL-4 imaging suite in its Houston facility in August of 2011. The $8.6 million project was created in partnership with Philips Healthcare and will enable patients with highly infectious diseases to be imaged in a contained environment. The suite includes an MRI, a PET/CT scanner, and a SPECT/CT scanner. The equipment will be located in airtight compartments to prevent the spread of pathogens.
Saint Mary Mercy Hospital is building the $89 million South Pavilion in Livonia, Mich. The three-story, 154,000-sf project will house inpatient rooms, graduate medical education classrooms, a behavioral medicine treatment suite, imaging, a conference room, and a 45,000-sf emergency department with 55 treatment rooms. Occupancy is expected in October of 2012. The South Pavilion was designed by Hobbs + Black Architects and is being built by Granger Construction Company.
Kaiser Permanente broke ground in August of 2011 on a 280,000-sf hospital in Redwood City, Calif. The seven-story, 149-bed facility is being built by general contractor Rudolph and Sletten to meet and exceed state seismic regulations. Completion is expected in late 2014.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America broke ground on a 212,000-sf cancer hospital in August of 2011 in Newnan, Ga. The 50-bed facility will provide intensive care rooms, radiation and infusion therapy departments, surgical suites, an outpatient clinic, and apartments for patients and family members. Occupancy is expected in September of 2012.
Midwestern University broke ground in August of 2011 on a $120 million medical and dental teaching complex in Downers Grove, Ill. The five-story, 193,000-sf facility will accommodate up to 250 students and 400 daily patient visits. A six-story, 341,000-sf parking structure will also be constructed. Completion is expected in 2013.
Phoebe Putney Health System broke ground on the $30 million Meredyth Gastrointestinal and Endoscopy Center in August of 2011 in Albany, Ga. The 85,000-sf outpatient facility is an expansion of Phoebe Putney's existing Meredyth Drive campus and is slated for occupancy in fall of 2012. The project team includes architect Page Southerland Page, general contractor Robins & Morton, and construction manager KLMK Group.
The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center achieved LEED Gold sustainable design certification in July of 2011. The $826 million project was delivered under a design-build contract by joint venture firm Clark/Balfour Beatty.
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.
