CLEVELAND—Hammes Healthcare, a leading provider of consulting and project management services, recently celebrated the opening of the new MetroHealth Glick Center in Cleveland.

The new 386-bed, 11-story Glick Center is part of a wider campus transformation program focused on healthcare equity for the community. The Glick Center replaces MetroHealth’s aging main hospital and serves as the focal point for a redeveloped and revitalized 52-acre campus in Cleveland’s West 25th Street neighborhood. The new campus includes 25 acres of green space and will be the first hospital-led EcoDistrict in the world.

Hammes was first engaged by MetroHealth in November 2017 shortly after plans for the Campus Transformation were announced. From the onset, Hammes worked with MetroHealth, the City of Cleveland Planning Commission, and other local authorities to advance the program. Throughout the design and construction phase, Hammes collaborated with project partners, including HGA, Moody Nolan, and Signet Real Estate Group, to keep the project on schedule and on budget. Hammes’ value engineering efforts provided for significant additional resources that were leveraged to enhance the program’s healthcare services and overall vision.

Project partners included HGA, Moody Nolan, Signet Real Estate Group, and Turner Construction.

“As the owner’s representative for our Campus Transformation Program, the Hammes team demonstrated a true commitment to MetroHealth focused on collaboration and resource management to ensure schedule compliance and consistent budget control practices,” said Walter Jones, MetroHealth Senior Vice President, Campus Transformation. “Their focus and execution on value engineering and best practice management provided opportunities for MetroHealth to incorporate improvements to the project.”

“It has been an honor to work with Walter Jones, Dr. Boutros, and the entire MetroHealth community over the past five years on this truly transformational project,” said Nancy Connolly, President of Hammes Healthcare. “This project has already had an important economic impact on Cleveland and will bring quality, accessible healthcare to the residents Cuyahoga County for decades to come.”

Hammes Healthcare is a national consulting firm that provides real estate and market strategy, facility planning, project management and development services to the healthcare industry.

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“We’re thrilled to have earned this,” said Lindy White, MSHA vice president and CEO of Smyth County Community Hospital in a statement. “We worked hard from the very beginning on this. As we put together the design, we knew we wanted to be environmentally friendly.”

The new facility opened on April 14 as a replacement for an old hospital located nearby that had been in operation since 1967.

Smyth County Community Hospital, constructed by Skanska USA, offers a range of surgical services, a 24-hour emergency department, state-of-the-art imaging equipment, inpatient care including rehab services, infusion and oncology services and an intensive care unit, among other services.

“In a great design-build relationship with Earl Swennson and Associates, we’re thrilled to have been able to achieve LEED Silver certification through working closely together with Smyth County Community Hospital,” said Dennis Georgatos, project executive for Skanska USA.

“As a team, we were able to make adjustments to the initial design and provide products with a higher recycled content and use building materials manufactured regionally,” added Georgatos. “Early involvement in the design was definitely a key component in achieving higher than expected results for this project.”

The hospital is the third LEED-certified facility to be built by MSHA. Franklin Woods Community Hospital in Johnson City, Tenn., was also certified LEED Silver, and Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Va., was certified LEED Gold.

“We’re proud to be a good partner with the community by constructing a building that is friendlier to the environment,” said White in a statement. “This offers better quality of air and improved use of important resources like water. It’s good for our patients, our team members and the whole community.”

Sustainable Features of SCCH
Indoor-air quality: Through efficient ventilation systems and ongoing monitoring, the quality of the air inside and outside of the building is maintained at a high level to ensure guest comfort and well-being.

Water-use reduction: Through the use of low-flow water closets, urinals, lavatories, showers and kitchen sinks; the facility achieves a water-use reduction of 30 percent.

Energy efficiency: Efficient heating and cooling systems have been installed. These systems are commissioned by an organization designed to assess energy performance and economic impact.

Water-efficient landscaping: Water consumption for landscaping on the campus is 50 percent less than traditional landscape designs in the area.

Environmentally-friendly construction materials: Eco-friendly, low-emitting materials were used during the construction of the building, including adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, carpet and composite wood.

Recyclables: More than 50 percent of the waste materials from the construction of the hospital were diverted from the landfill. Paper, cardboard, plastic and metals are collected in designated areas for recycling.

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