Cooper University Hospital will begin construction in summer of 2011 on the $105 million Cooper Cancer Institute in Camden, N.J. The five-story, 158,300-sf facility will provide comprehensive cancer care with three floors of clinical space and two floors of research and administration space. Completion is expected in June of 2013.
Health First will open the 250,000-sf Viera Hospital in April of 2011. The five-story facility provides 84 private inpatient rooms and 16 private observation beds. The hospital includes an emergency department, diagnostic laboratory suites, an intensive care unit, and a freestanding central energy plant.
Construction began in January of 2011 on a $512 million renovation and expansion of Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey, B.C. The project includes construction of an eight-story critical care tower and a new emergency department. The construction manager is EllisDon. Completion is expected in 2014.
Ground was broken in March of 2011 for the $100 million Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in Bell County, Texas. The facility is a joint venture of LHP Hospital Group and the Seton Family of Hospitals. The 191,400-sf facility will provide 83 inpatient beds, emergency care, women’s services, obstetrics, cardiology, surgery, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, diagnostic imaging, and intensive and critical care. Completion is expected in late 2012.
The State of Louisiana will break ground in June of 2011 on the $1.2 billion University Medical Center in New Orleans. Designed by NBBJ, the project includes a 560,000-sf, 424-bed hospital, a 746,982-sf diagnosis and treatment center, and a 254,765-sf ambulatory care building. Preconstruction services will be provided by Skanska USA Building and MAPP Construction.
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital began construction in March of 2011 on a $103 million replacement facility in Santa Barbara, Calif. Built by HBE Corp., the 148,000-sf facility will provide 44 private rooms, an expanded surgical suite, and an emergency department with 20 beds. The replacement hospital will meet state seismic safety regulations.
MaineGeneral Health is using Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) to build a $312 million medical center in Augusta. The project team includes joint construction managers HP Cummings Construction Company and Robins and Morton and architectural and engineering firms TRO/Jung Brannen and SMRT. Construction will begin on the 192-bed hospital in July of 2011. Completion is expected in mid-2014.
NEA Baptist Health System will begin construction in May of 2011 on a $400 million health center in Jonesboro, Ark. A 550,000-sf hospital will provide 181 inpatient beds and is expected to reach completion in summer of 2013. An adjacent 213,000-sf medical office building will also be constructed. The project is designed by Earl Swensson Associates of Nashville to provide integrated patient care with each clinic department in the office building connecting to the appropriate hospital floor.
The University of Tennessee Medical Center will break ground in mid-2011 on a $24 million cancer center in Knoxville. Consolidating all outpatient services in a single location, the four-story, 100,000-sf facility is slated for completion in early 2013. The center will house radiation oncology therapy suites and a linear accelerator.
Carolinas HealthCare System is planning a $57 million expansion of its CMC-Union hospital in Monroe, N.C. The project includes 87,000 sf of new construction and renovation of 22,500-sf in the existing facility. A new bed tower providing an additional 25 acute care beds will be built. The tower will also house women’s services and support. The facility containing the hospital’s generator, chillers, and cooling tower will be expanded. Completion is expected in 2015.
UC San Diego will open the $227 million Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center in April of 2011. The four-story, 128,000-sf facility is located adjacent to Thornton Hospital in San Diego. The multidisciplinary center will provide comprehensive cardiovascular care with an expanded emergency department, four operating rooms, six catheterization labs, 22 outpatient beds, and 54 inpatient beds. The facility will also support medical training for UC San Diego Medical Center.
Alberta Infrastructure has selected Dialog to design a $520 million regional health center in Grand Prairie, Alberta. 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. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2011.
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center dedicated the $184 million John T. O’Connell Tower in February of 2011 in Hartford, Conn. Ground was broken on the 10-story, 318,000-sf project in early 2008. The tower features an expanded emergency department with 70 treatment areas, 72 private inpatient rooms, 19 operating rooms, six dedicated orthopedic operating rooms, and 63 orthopedic beds for the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute. The facility includes a 60-seat auditorium and two hybrid operating rooms with integrated imaging and communication technology.
Banner Health will build a 40,000-sf health center in Maricopa City, Ariz. Completion of the first phase is expected in September of 2012. The facility will house 18 physician offices and will provide imaging and laboratory services. A second phase of construction will create an additional 40,000-sf building. The third phase is an outpatient surgery wing.
Loyola University Health System will open the Loyola Center for Health in March of 2011 in Burr Ridge, Ill. The 100,000-sf outpatient facility will provide primary care, urgent care, rehabilitation services, and specialty care including neurology and orthopedics. Designed to maximize integration, the center will enable patients to get all their health services on a single visit with reduced waiting times.
