Joint Venture Selected to Lead Work of $550M Hospital Project

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Turner Construction Company, alongside joint-venture partners Byrne Construction Services and Straight Line Management, recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the University Health Palo Alto Hospital campus in San Antonio, Texas. The $550-million hospital will improve healthcare services for the people in the Southside San Antonio community. Palo Alto Hospital will be a state-of-the-art, five-story hospital that will include an emergency room, labor and delivery suites, neonatal intensive care unit, operating rooms, inpatient rooms and an attached medical office building to serve the rapidly growing area. The Palo Alto Hospital is expected to be open to patients in 2027.

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UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest Outpatient Pavilion Tops Out

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The new outpatient pavilion at UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest (California) has topped out. Part of the first phase of the UC San Diego Long Range Development Plan, the six-story, 250,000-square-foot facility will house key clinical programs, addressing the region’s growing demand for specialized diagnostic, treatment and surgical services, notably in cancer care. The project is anticipated to be complete in 2025. The first phase of construction also includes a new parking structure to provide approximately 1,850 spaces for employees, patients and visitors, plus related road and utility infrastructure. The project is taking place on a complex site. In … Read more

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Contractor Named for Three Major Queensland Hospital Expansions

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Three contracts have been awarded to construction contractor BESIX Watpac to deliver expansions at Ipswich, Townsville and Mackay Base Hospitals, located in Australia. These projects form part of the State Government’s Queensland Health and Hospitals Plan, which includes a record-breaking $9.7-billion investment in health over the next six years to deliver new hospitals in the state. Works at all three hospitals will be delivered in a live hospital campus. This will be carefully managed by the BESIX Watpac delivery teams to ensure the existing hospitals and services remain operational throughout construction. Townsville University Hospital expansion includes a new eight-story building (including … Read more

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Gilbane, Construction Partners Deliver University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Phase 2

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Gilbane Building Company and its construction partners, Regency Construction Services, Inc., Next Generation Construction and Adrian Maldonado & Associates, Inc. have completed University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center Phase 2. Located in Beachwood, Ohio, the $236-million project nearly doubles the existing footprint of the hospital, which opened in 2011. HKS served as the project’s architect. UH Ahuja Medical Center Phase 2 features: New labor and delivery and other mother and baby services New neonatal intensive care unit (Level 2) Expanded emergency room growing from 22 beds to 30 beds Women’s health and comprehensive breast health center Expanded radiology to meet demands … Read more

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Construction Complete on Houston Methodist Sugar Land Medical Office Building

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Construction of two structures on the campus of Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, located in the greater Houston, Texas area, is complete. The project included a six-story medical office building and an attached seven-level parking garage. Ground was broken in December 2021. McCarthy Building Companies served as the project construction manager, with Page as the project architect and Jacobs as the owner’s representative. The project scope included an MOB, totaling 160,000 square feet, while the garage consists of 1,100 spaces. Conditioned pedestrian bridges connect the new MOB to the existing campus buildings. A vehicle bridge connects the new garage to … Read more

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