The University of Bolton is partnering with Bolton Council and NHS Bolton to build a £30 million health, education, and wellness facility. The Bolton One project will include a competition swimming pool, a comprehensive fitness center, health science teaching and research facilities, and an outpatient health center. Construction began on the project in October of 2009 with completion expected in early 2012.
Southeast Georgia Health System began construction in January of 2011 on a $10.9 million orthopedic and spine center in Brunswick. Housing 31 private rooms, the facility will provide facilities for orthopedic care, sports medicine, and joint replacement surgery. The center will be located in the existing St. Simons hospital tower, which will be renovated to house updated HVAC, mechanical, and plumbing systems.
St. Mary's Hospital will begin construction in spring of 2011 on its $18 million Ironton Medical Campus in Ohio. The two-story, 46,000-sf building will house an emergency department, physician offices, laboratory services, and diagnostic imaging. The general contractor for the project is R.W. Setterlin of Columbus. Occupancy is expected in January of 2012.
Baylor College of Medicine will open a 10,000-sf pediatric clinic in June of 2011 in Pasadena, Texas. Located in the Harris County Hospital District, the facility will house 20 exam rooms and will provide care for up to 25,000 children each year.
FirstHealth celebrated the opening of the Reid Heart Center Cardiac and Vascular Institute in December of 2010. The 186,000-sf facility is located on the Moore Regional Hospital campus in Pinehurst, N.C. The center features 30 critical care beds, 27 cardiology/telemetry beds, six surgical suites, five cardiac catheterization labs, and two electrophysiology suites. The facility was designed by HKS of Richmond, Va., and built by Brasfield and Gorrie of Raleigh, N.C.
The $500 million Providence Regional Medical Center Everett will open in 2011. Built as twin towers, the 12-story, 700,000-sf hospital will support patient and family centered care with 368 beds, an expanded emergency department, and a digital imaging center. General contractor M.A. Mortenson Co. broke ground on the facility in October of 2008.
Florida Hospital is partnering with Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute to build the Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes. The 54,000-sf facility is under construction in Florida Hospital’s Health Village in Orlando. Occupancy is expected in late 2011.
Scott & White Healthcare will begin construction in early 2011 on a five-story acute care hospital. The 320,000-sf Scott & White Hospital-College Station will house 143 beds, an emergency department, a cardiovascular center, a neonatal ICU, surgical suites, maternity care, and imaging facilities. An adjacent 75,000-sf ambulatory clinic will also be built at the site. Completion is expected in summer of 2013.
Tucson Medical Center is planning an $80 million expansion and renovation project. A new east entrance will be constructed and the pediatric, obstetric, and surgery facilities will be expanded and renovated. The project manager is Hill International.
Southeast Alabama Medical Center will begin construction in 2011 on the $40 million Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dothan. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2012. The construction cost of the project is $25 million.
LHP Hospital Group is partnering with the Seton Family of Hospitals to build the $100 million Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in Bell County, Texas. Groundbreaking is expected in early 2011 with completion slated for late 2012. The 180,400-sf, 83-bed hospital will provide emergency care, women’s services, obstetrics, cardiology, surgery, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, imaging and diagnostic services, and intensive and critical care. A 60,000-sf medical office building will also be built at the site.
The Ri.MED Foundation with registered offices in Palermo, Sicily, was established in 2006 and comprises the following founder-members: the Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers, the Presidency of the Region of Sicily, the Italian National Research Center, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
Kelowna General Hospital selected Graham Design-Build Services in December of 2010 to build the $47 million East Pandosy Clinical Support Building in Kelowna, British Columbia. Housing laboratories and clinical support space, the three-story facility will be connected to the adjacent hospital by an enclosed bridge. Construction will begin in early 2011 with completion expected in 2012.
Methodist Hospital System opened its West Houston health center in Texas in December of 2010. Designed by PageSoutherlandPage, the project includes a 474,000-sf hospital, a 162,000-sf medical office building, and a 13,000-sf central utility plant. The acute care hospital was built by Austin Commercial and will serve as the anchor for the Texas Medical Center-West development. The facility promotes patient safety and healing with an integrated, flexible design providing 100 beds with the ability to accommodate up to 193 beds.
The University of California, San Francisco is building the 230,000-sf Cardiovascular Research Building in San Francisco's Mission Bay development. Featuring integrated clinical and research space, the facility will house labs, offices, a 35,000-sf vivarium, and an outpatient clinic. The translational research building was designed by SmithGroup and Jim Jennings Architecture. Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) were implemented in the planning and development of the project.
