Messer Construction Co. received a Build America award for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s Critical Care Building located in Ohio. The award was announced March 14 at the AGC Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The $600-million Critical Care Building, completed in November 2021, encompasses eight stories and 630,000 square feet. The new facility adds 249 private patient rooms, a pediatric emergency department triple its former size, a bone marrow transplant center, imaging services and intensive care units.
Innovative solutions were leveraged on the project, including target value design, virtual design and construction, augmented reality, 3D laser scanning and prefabrication (for 50% of the project). Additional best practices, including flow scheduling, ensured the project was delivered safely and on budget.
From an economic inclusion standpoint, more than 35% of construction spend was with Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprises (exceeding the 30% goal), and 27% of on-the-job personnel was diverse (exceeding the 25% goal). Messer also partnered with Easterseals Serving Greater Cincinnati/Building Value to create a workforce development initiative that provides paid construction training for residents of neighborhoods surrounding the Cincinnati Children’s campus, resulting in 50 full-time sustainable careers.
