Skanska to Build $200M Hospital in New Jersey

ÖSTERSUND, Sweden – Skanska has signed a contract with Inspira Health Network to build a new hospital building in New Jersey. The contract is worth $200 million.

Skanska will build a five-story, about 441,320-square-foot hospital with 204 beds. The main tower consists of operating rooms, an emergency department, imaging suites, as well as administrative, dining and support services. The project also includes constructing a new central utility plant, which will provide electrical power, heating/hot water and chilled water.

The new Inspira Health Network Medical Center will be built under the Integrated Project Delivery approach, which brings together the client, designer (Array Architects) and Skanska to align stakeholders and streamline the execution of the project.

Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2017 and is scheduled to be complete by December 2019.