Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates Opening of Texas Children’s North Austin Campus

Officials from Texas Children’s held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 1 to celebrate the upcoming grand opening of its new, North Austin hospital. Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin Campus, a $485-million freestanding hospital, will commence inpatient services at its 365,000 square-foot campus on Feb.  20. Outpatient services opened Feb. 5.

The five-floor hospital, along with an 170,000-square-foot outpatient building, offers comprehensive, efficient and convenient care for patients and their families. The 52-bed hospital provides neonatal, cardiovascular and pediatric intensive care units, operating rooms, a sleep center and full-service diagnostic services for mothers and children, including a fetal center for advanced interventions. Additionally, the campus houses a full-service emergency center, safe rooms for behavioral health cases and a variety of transportation options for patients including Kangaroo Crew ambulances and a helicopter. Located next to the emergency center is Texas Children’s Urgent Care, which offers families an alternative care option.

The building was designed and constructed to receive a two-star rating from the Austin Energy Green Building program, which guides companies to design, build and sustain healthy facilities for Austin communities. This was the first Construction Career Collaborative project outside of Houston. An initiative started by the Associated General Contractors Houston chapter, C3 focuses on workforce training for the construction industry by promoting competitive wages and benefits, safety training and craft training to attract and retain a qualified workforce.

With future expansion in mind, the new campus has been master-planned to accommodate additional outpatient buildings and hospital buildings.

Project team: McCarthy served as general contractor, with Page as project architect.

Learn more about the project here: mcdmag.com/2021/10/construction-begins-on-365000-sf-texas-childrens-hospital-in-austin/.