Construction Manager Named for $107 Million Hospital Renovation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Norton Healthcare Inc., a health care provider serving Kentucky and Southern Indiana, has recently announced they have selected Messer Construction Co., as the construction manager for its planned $107 million upgrade and expansion to the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville.

The Louisville office of Messer Construction will manage the project, which is expected to begin in spring 2016. This is not Messer’s first time working on a project for Norton Healthcare Inc. In fact, the company has worked on the Norton Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville, and a $70 million renovation project at Kosair Children’s Hospital, also in Louisville, according to a statement by Erin Rasinen, Louisville region business development executive for Messer.

The renovation will include building a two-story addition to support 74 private patient beds, remodeling existing patient rooms, and upgrading and expanding the emergency department, intensive care until and open heart unit, according to an article by Louisville Business First.

Louisville Business First also reported that three operating rooms will be added during the construction, and one of the existing operating rooms will be renovated. In addition, the hospital will have a new entrance, a retail pharmacy, a café and a gift shop.

According to a statement made to Louisville Business First by Jon Cooper, chief administrative officer for the hospital, the entire project will take around three and a half years to complete.