Construction Complete on West Bed Tower Expansion at Shannon Medical Center

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Construction is complete on the west bed tower at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas. The seven-story, 140,000-square-foot expansion broke ground in early 2023, and will allow the healthcare provider to serve a wider range of patients across Concho Valley. The project team included Hoar Construction, O’Connell Robertson and Datum Engineers. Shannon Medical Center campus spans just over 1.5 million square feet. The new bed tower brings three floors of a concrete parking garage underneath four floors of patient care space. During foundation work, the contractor collaborated with the design team to find workarounds that allowed drilling to continue … Read more

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Element Care PACE Provides Healthcare Services to Help Older Adults Age in Place

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Chapman Construction has completed two projects for Lynn, Massachusetts-based Element Care PACE: the adaptive reuse of a former medical building in Lynn and the construction of a new facility in Brighton. Both projects involved heavy logistics coordination and multiple stakeholders, including the Boston Housing Authority, 2Life Communities, MassDesign, the city of Boston, the city of Lynn and Element Care PACE. Element Care PACE is a nonprofit healthcare organization with a simple mission: to help older adults live safely and comfortably in their homes and communities for as long as they can, keeping their stays in hospitals and nursing facilities as … Read more

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CPB Contractors Wins Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Redevelopment Project

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CIMIC’s CPB Contractors has been selected by Health Infrastructure for the early contractor involvement phase of the redevelopment of Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Australia. Operated by the Sydney Local Health District, the RPA Hospital redevelopment will deliver both new and upgraded health facilities to meet community needs and improve patient and staff amenities. When complete, the redevelopment will deliver: Expanded and enhanced emergency department and intensive care units State-of-the-art operating theaters Expanded and improved adult inpatient accommodation Increased interventional and imaging services Expanded neonatology services New open garden courtyard Improved public domain and services, including roads, wayfinding and … Read more

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UAB Medicine Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Tops Out

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The topping out of University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility was recently celebrated to signify the new downtown Birmingham building has reached its tallest point. The 11-story rehabilitation facility broke ground in May of 2022, and is expected to be completed by early 2025. Hoar Construction is the general contractor. Spanning 346,000 square feet, the new facility is located in close proximity to UAB’s existing Spain Rehabilitation Center. Once completed, the facility will include seven floors of hospital space atop four floors of parking deck. The building will connect to an existing pedestrian walkway and feature 136 … Read more

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Joint Venture to Collaborate on $5B Pediatric Campus in Dallas

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Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center have selected HKS and Perkins&Will as the integrated design team to collaborate on a new pediatric campus in Dallas to meet the demands of the growing North Texas population. McCarthy Vaughn Partnership — a joint venture of McCarthy Building Companies and J.T. Vaughn Construction — will serve as construction manager for the $5-billion project. The new campus, which will replace the existing Children’s Health hospital in Dallas, is designed to be one of the largest, most transformative pediatric hospitals in the nation and will include 4.5 million square feet of construction. Children’s Health … Read more

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