DALLAS, Texas — Parkland Health & Hospital System is the recipient of the Dream Study Award from the Greater Dallas Planning Council for Parkland’s new healthcare campus master plan. Parkland officials accepted the award Dec. 8 at the council’s Urban Design Awards reception.
The Dream Study Award is given to projects that represent a significant achievement in urban design and, once completed, will be an asset to the Dallas community.
“Even though we only recently broke ground on the new Parkland, years of planning have been going on behind the scenes to get us to this point. It’s gratifying that the Greater Dallas Planning Council recognized the hard work of our Parkland team as well as our dedicated partners who we work with us every day to make this project a reality,” said Walter Jones, senior vice president of Health Care Facility Planning & Development at Parkland.
This is the second award in the past month recognizing the work done on the new health care campus. Azteca Enterprises recently received the 2010 Mega Deals Award from the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council for their work on the new Parkland. Azteca is a part of BARA, the joint venture team formed to provide construction management services for the new Parkland, which also includes Balfour Beatty Construction, Austin Commercial and H.J. Russell & Company.
The new campus will be located on the northeast corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Medical District Drive and is currently the largest new hospital construction project in the United States. The $1.27 billion project includes an 862-bed hospital, outpatient clinics and support buildings that total 2.5 million square feet. The project is set to be completed in 2014.
For more information about Parkland’s new health care campus, go to http://newparkland.parklandhospital.com.
