Healthcare

The University of Florida will open the $388 million Shands Cancer Hospital on Nov. 1, 2009. Located in Gainesville, the 500,000-sf facility provides 192 beds in private rooms, surgical suites, a Critical Care Center for trauma and emergency services, advanced diagnostic imaging, and a rooftop helipad. The construction manager for the project was Skanska USA Building. The nine-story tower features 97,000-sf of glass windows designed to resist Category 3 hurricane winds.

Woodstock General Hospital is building a 350,000-sf replacement facility in Woodstock, Ontario. Ground was broken on the project in October of 2008 with occupancy stated for summer of 2011. The three-story, 350,000-sf facility will provide 178 beds. Built by general contractor EllisDon, the hospital will feature advanced diagnostic imaging, five surgical suites, a critical care unit, and a women’s and children’s center. LEED certification for sustainable design will be sought for the facility.

Martha Jefferson Hospital is constructing a $275 million replacement facility in Charlottesville, Va. Sited on 84 acres, the 500,000-sf hospital is being built by general contractor Mortensen Construction. Completion is expected in 2012.

Gold Coast University Hospital is building a $1.76 billion academic medical center in the Molendinar area of Gold Coast City in Queensland. The 10-story, 750-bed teaching and research hospital will be comprised of two towers providing a total of 750 beds. The sustainably designed facility is being constructed by Bovis Lend Lease. Ground was broken for the project in February of 2009 with completion slated for December of 2012. The hospital will provide facilities for radiotherapy, neurosciences, labor and delivery, surgery, emergency, and trauma care.

Self Regional Healthcare broke ground on a $23 million cancer center in October of 2009 in Greenwood, S.C. Consolidating the hospital’s cancer services in a single location, the 40,000-sf facility is slated for completion in summer of 2010. Designed by Freeman-White Architects of Charlotte, the center features a healing garden, a central atrium, and a patient learning area. The general contractor for the project is Rodgers Builders of Greenville.

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital initiated a $130 million expansion of its Hollywood, Fla., facility in October of 2009. The four-story, 160,000-sf building will house a pediatric cancer center, medical/surgical space, and a gastrointestinal procedures suite. Providing 48 private patient rooms, the facility is expected to reach completion by 2011. 

El Camino Hospital opened its $480 million acute care center in Mountain View, Calif., in October of 2009. Construction began on the five-story, 450,000-sf addition in 2004. The 241-bed facility was designed by KMD Architects of San Francisco. The seismically sound expansion features robotic technologies for surgery and the transport of medical supplies.

Silver Cross Hospital is building a $400 million healthcare facility in New Lenox, Ill. Construction began on the replacement hospital in summer of 2008 with occupancy expected in February of 2012. The 600,000-sf facility will provide 289 beds and 11 surgical suites.

West Houston Medical Center will break ground in late 2009 on a $70 million expansion. Comprised of 95,000-sf of new construction and 33,000-sf of renovation, the project will expand cardiovascular, surgical, critical care, and women’s services. A three story cardiovascular and surgical tower will be built adjacent to the existing facility, and the Woman’s Hospital of Texas at West Houston will be added as a wing of the main hospital. Completion is slated for January of 2012.

Ground was broken on the $40.1 million Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre at Vancouver General Hospital in September of 2009. Providing translational research facilities for the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, the 69,350-sf building will house the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility; the OvCaRe Ovarian Cancer Research program, and an expansion of the Vancouver Prostate Centre. Completion is expected in spring of 2011.

The Medical College of Georgia broke ground in late September of 2009 on the $112 million School of Dentistry in Augusta, Ga. The five-story, 270,000-sf facility was designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent and will house instructional facilities and clinical space. LEED certification will be sought for the project, which will feature automated sun shades and lighting fixtures. Occupancy is expected in early 2012.

Baylor University Medical Center is planning to build the $350 million Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas. Construction will begin on the 450,000-sf facility in 2010 with occupancy expected in 2011. Final completion is slated for 2013. The 10-story building will include 120 beds for inpatient care.

Duke-National University of Singapore (Duke-NUS) dedicated the Khoo Teck Puat Building in Singapore on September 28, 2009. The facility provides a world-class environment for medical education and research in the areas of emerging infectious diseases, cancer and stem cell biology, neuroscience and behavioral disorders, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders, and health services and systems research.

Construction of the 100,000-sf East Texas Medical Center-Pittsburg was completed in September of 2009. Featuring a nuclear medicine suite and 16 physician clinics, the acute-care hospital includes emergency, laboratory, surgery, and imaging departments. A 25-bed nursing unit includes four monitored intermediate care units and 21 medical-surgical private patient rooms. Construction began on the facility, which is designated as a Level IV Trauma Center, in November of 2007.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital opened its $41 million critical care tower in September of 2009 in La Mesa, Calif. The five-story, 90-bed facility houses a 24-bed ICU, 33 critical care beds, isolation rooms, and an emergency department. Sharp Grossmont Hospital is also planning to construct an $107 million diagnosis and treatment center; occupancy is slated for June of 2013. A $50 million modernization of the hospital's energy plant and a $34 million renovation of the hospital's East Tower are both expected to reach completion in 2012.