Virginia Hospital Center Outpatient Pavilion Project in Arlington Achieves Construction Milestone

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The topping out milestone in the construction of Virginia Hospital Center’s new outpatient pavilion in Arlington, Virginia, has been achieved. Representatives from Skanska USA, VHC and Skanska’s construction partners commemorated the event by signing a steel beam, which was then placed atop the seven-story building. VHC, a community-based hospital, has provided medical services to the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area for more than 75 years. When completed, the hospital will move its outpatient services to the new 245,000-square-foot facility providing direct, easy access for patients to treatment and examination rooms for outpatient physical and aquatic therapy, an outpatient lab and pharmacy, surgery … Read more

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PCL Construction to Deliver Providence Healthcare Facility in Vancouver

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Site preparation and construction has begun on the new $1.7-million St. Paul’s Hospital project in Vancouver, Canada. At more than 2 million square feet, this will be the most extensive hospital redevelopment in British Columbia’s history. The hospital will offer a diverse and long list of general and specialized care. It will also include a multi-level underground parking garage, public plaza, new roads and civil infrastructure. The Design-Build project team includes PCL Construction, HDR Architecture Associates, Inc. and Stantec Architecture Ltd. Watch the New St. Paul’s Hospital flythrough. The design of the new St. Paul’s Hospital will be a patient-centered … Read more

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Public-Private Partnership to Deliver New Hospital in Australia

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Plenary Health consortium recently achieved financial close on the largest-single health infrastructure investment in the State of Victoria — the AUD$1.5-billion Footscray Hospital in Australia. The hospital is being delivered as a public-private partnership, with Western Health as the public operator of all clinical services and Plenary Health contracted by the Victorian government to finance, design, construct and maintain the hospital for 25 years following construction completion. The Plenary Health consortium comprises: Plenary Group as sponsor, investor and asset manager Stantec as building services engineer Multiplex as builder Honeywell and Compass Group as facility services providers Sojitz Corporation as investor Construction is set … Read more

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Joint Venture to Deliver New 136-Bed, $375M Hospital in Washington, D.C.

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The joint venture of Turner Construction Company and MCN Build were awarded the construction management contract for the construction of a new hospital at St. Elizabeths East in Washington, D.C. by Universal Health Services. The new 136-bed acute care hospital and ambulatory care pavilion will offer a wide array of critical health and specialty services to the community. The facility will include maternal health and newborn nursery and obstetric services. Additional services will include trauma care, orthopedic, cardiac, hypertension, cancer, kidney, rehabilitation, general surgery and mental health. The Turner|MCN team have agreed to invest at least 35% with local certified … Read more

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Esh Starts Work on New Premises for Children’s Mental Health Services in York

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Esh Construction has been appointed by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust – provider of children and young people’s community mental health services in The Vale of York – to deliver a refurbishment program of premises on the Link Business Park in Osbaldwick, just outside of York City Centre in England. The new premises will offer a much-improved space and environment for local children and young people’s mental health services, which are presently based at Lime Trees on Shipton Road in York. Built across two floors, the site will provide increased high-quality therapy space with improved accessibility for … Read more

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