New Novant Health $154M Ballantyne Hospital, Medical Office Building Complete

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Construction of the new Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center campus in Charlotte, North Carolina is complete. Robins & Morton served as the general contractor and HDR served as the architect. The $154-million investment brings acute care resources to the growing suburban population in South Charlotte through a 216,236-square-foot hospital, which includes a 57,509-square-foot medical office building. The historic site, previously owned by Hall Family Farm, was transformed into a 38-acre hospital and MOB offering services including emergency care, inpatient, women’s care, expanded diagnostic services and surgical services. Keeping the tradition of community alive, space for community events was also built … Read more

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Healthcare Building at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Tops Out

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The Clark Construction team delivering the P-114 Medical Center Addition and Alteration at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland reached a significant milestone with the completion of structural concrete on the medical campus’s new healthcare facility (Building C). Members of the construction team joined representatives from the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, the Defense Health Agency, Medical Facilities Program Office, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Command and the project’s craftworkers recently to commemorate the milestone with a topping-out celebration. Over the last year, crews have poured 35,276 cubic yards of concrete to bring Building C to … Read more

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California, Kansas Safety Organizations First to Approve STARC Systems’ FireblockWall

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STARC Systems recently announced HCAI and the Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal have approved FireblockWall for use in their state. FireblockWall is the first modular reusable one-hour fire-rated temporary containment system and is used to stop fires and keep patients, staff and visitors safe in healthcare environments. Designed to contain fire and smoke for a predetermined amount of time, fire-rated walls are part of a building’s passive fire protection system. Whether permanent or temporary, these walls are inspected against applicable code by the appropriate regulatory authorities, with the goal of preventing fire from spreading from one part of … Read more

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National Construction Company Robins & Morton Opens New Tampa Office

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National general contractor and construction management firm, Robins & Morton, recently opened its new Tampa, Florida office. Robins & Morton has worked in Tampa for more than 40 years and has more than $880 million of completed and in-progress work throughout the city in the last ten years – including major healthcare projects for clients such as AdventHealth, Baycare and Tampa Community Hospital. This is the contractor’s third office in Florida, preceded by its Orlando and Miami locations, established in 1999 and 2015.

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4 Key Considerations on Healthcare Renovation Projects

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By Jillian Boeker Hospital and medical facility renovations continue to boom and, while hospital executives and staff entertain a vision of the outcome of a construction project, how to get there is the responsibility of the general contractor, as well as the superintendent on the jobsite. This responsibility includes working closely with facilities liaisons and staff to ensure operations – whether patient care or research – are not impacted. Owners rely on their contractor particularly on four key aspects: infection control, water infiltration protection plan, communications and scheduling and install verification. These elements are, of course, interwoven with safety – … Read more

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