Hopewell, NJ – Skanska, an $18 billion international general contractor based in Stockholm, has won a $134 million contract to build a two-building, 968,760-square-foot hospital complex in Hopewell, NJ for Capital Health. Construction industry sources say it is too early to mark this contract as the beginning of a possible industry rebound. However, they note Capital Health has set aside another $117 million for expansion purposes after the new 237-bed hospital is completed in October 2011. The hospital will replace Capital Health’s 112-year-old Mercer Hospital in Trenton, NJ.
Author: Chris Schmidt
Silicon Valley is showing little evidence of the slowdown in hospital construction reported in other parts of the Golden State. With the exception of Sutter Health’s plan for a hospital in San Carlos, millions of dollars in projects are going full-steam ahead.
Milwaukee, 3/30 — Following a special ribbon cutting ceremony attended by community leaders and patient families last night, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin opened its new revolving door and lobby to the public this morning, beginning a new chapter in its 115-year history of caring for children. The 12-story, 425,000 square foot west tower expansion, built directly in front of the existing hospital, will take the hospital from 236 licensed beds to 294, with room for additional expansion in the future. Choreographed patient moves into the new hospital space will begin Monday, April 6, when floors 3 through 5, Critical Care,…
Dec. 10 — HKS Architects has received the Construction Owners Association of America’s project leadership gold award for its work on Florida Hospital East Orlando. The Florida Hospital East Orlando project consisted of a major expansion to the hospital almost doubling the size of the facility and adding 80 additional beds. The hospital was originally licensed for 144 beds. The five-story project also included renovations and expansions for various departments, plus a new public concourse and a chapel and healing garden. The contractor on the project was Robins & Morton Group. The award program recognizes owners whose design/build team demonstrates…
Project Designed by the Ratcliff Architectural Firm Will Provide a 21st Century Healing Environment EMERYVILLE, CA, Dec 02, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Nine days ahead of schedule, the last beam of 3,800 tons of steel was placed atop the Thomas J. and Muriel T. Long Patient Care Tower at the John Muir Medical Center – Walnut Creek Campus. Representatives from the hospital joined architects from Ratcliff -http://www.ratcliffarch.com- and members from a multi-faceted construction team to celebrate the topping out ceremony of its new five-story, 380,000-square-foot patient wing under sunny skies on November 19th. The steel skeleton of the…
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Joint Commission named the 2008 recipients of the 12th Annual Ernest Amory Codman Award to recognize excellence in the use of outcomes measurement to achieve improvements in the quality and safety of health care. Awards are given for organization and individual achievement. The award recipients in the following categories are: Hospital: Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo, California. Multiple Organization: Novant Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Individual: the late Shukri F. Khuri, M.D.
Cooper University Hospital Celebrates Grand Opening of $220 Million Patient Pavilion CAMDEN, N.J., Dec. 11 — Natural light cascades down on the bamboo filled lobby as visitors gather in the coffee shop sipping lattes and eating gelato. No, this is not a five-star hotel; this is the new patient Pavilion at Cooper University Hospital. Cooper celebrated the largest expansion on the Health Sciences Campus in 30-years with a spectacular “Grand Lighting” of the Pavilion. Today, the new centerpiece of Camden held its grand opening of the $220 million, 312,000 square-foot, 10-story patient Pavilion.
DETROIT, Dec. 8 — The first phase of the two-story, $35-millionHenry Ford II (West) Pavilion expansion project is set to open, offering patients and their families access to 40 new private rooms complete with wireless Internet access, patient-controlled lighting and room temperature, and space for family members to stay overnight. The expansion is part of the $310 million investment in the Henry Ford Hospital Campus. It will house 80 private rooms including 20 intensive care rooms on two floors once complete, bringing the total number of ICU beds at Henry Ford to 162 — the largest ICU in Detroit. Phase…
High-tech facility designed to meet critical needs of patients, families and staff San Diego — Sharp Memorial Hospital, the flagship facility of San Diego County’s most comprehensive health care delivery system, has completed a multi-tiered expansion to become the premier referral care center and first-of-its-kind facility in the region. The new 315,000-square-foot, 334-bed structure, named the Stephen Birch Healthcare Center, is also the first hospital in San Diego to open since 1993.
