TOWSON, Md.—Hammes Healthcare, a leading provider of consulting and project delivery services, has celebrated the completion of the new Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building at GBMC HealthCare, which opened to patients on November 14.

Hammes served as project manager and provided operational readiness services for the new 117,000-square-foot addition to GBMC’s existing hospital. The addition includes a new main entry, three-story atrium, retail pharmacy, café, wellness and conference center, and two acute care, medical/telemetry units with a total of 60 new patient rooms.

The new Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building is one of two major capital projects Hammes is managing as part of GBMC’s Promise Project. The other is the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion, a new 70,000-square-foot cancer center that will open in early 2025. Hammes was first engaged by GBMC in June 2019 to develop the budget for the Promise Project program and facilitate the Certificate of Need (CON) process with the State of Maryland.

“I can say with certainty The Promise Project would not have finished on time and on budget without the skillful leadership of Hammes,” said Russ Sadler, GBMC Senior Director of Planning, Construction and Design. “Under their leadership, the project was completed on time, and on budget, something that was, and is, unheard of in today’s economic climate. We will be forever grateful for Hammes for not just leading but becoming part of our culture at GBMC.”

“It has been a pleasure to work alongside GBMC and our project partners over the past four years on The Promise Project,” said Nancy Connolly, President of Hammes Healthcare.  “We are so proud to see the new GBMC Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building open to patients and look forward to our continued partnership with GBMC as we work to complete the new Sandra R. Berman Pavilion.”

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.

GBMC’s 257 licensed bed, acute and sub-acute care hospital in Towson handles more than 23,000 admissions and more than 52,000 emergency room visits annually. With GBMC Health Partners, they have established 12 advanced primary practices throughout the region.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Hammes Healthcare, a leading provider of consulting and project delivery services, will be serving as OhioHealth’s project manager for the new Women’s Center that broke ground in October.

The new OhioHealth Women’s Center will be a standalone facility located on the OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital campus in Columbus. For more than ten years, Riverside Methodist Hospital has been the busiest maternity hospital in the state.

The new 590,000-square-foot, 185-bed women’s center will provide both outpatient and inpatient services. The comprehensive center will offer advanced maternity and neonatal intensive care services with a fourth trimester clinic, obstetric and gynecological services, as well as mid-life and bone health, urogynecology and female urology, and mammography services.

Hammes Healthcare has served as OhioHealth’s owner’s representative and project manager on more than 30 projects over the past 11 years. Hammes is also serving as owner’s representative for the new OhioHealth Trauma and Critical Care Center at Grant and the new OhioHealth Pickerington Methodist Hospital.

“We are proud to support OhioHealth on their new world class Women’s Center that will enhance opportunities for care for women in the community and beyond,” said Hammes Healthcare Vice President Adam Novak.

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. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Hammes provides services through a network of regional offices strategically located across the United States.

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TAMPA, Fla.—Hammes Healthcare, a leading provider of consulting and project management services, celebrated the official opening of the new Moffitt McKinley Hospital in Tampa, which opened to patients on July 31.

The new inpatient surgical hospital is a 10-story, 500,000-square-foot facility connected to Moffitt’s existing outpatient facility on the McKinley campus. The new hospital features 19 operating suites including two intraoperative MRI ORs, 72 prep and recovery rooms, and 128 inpatient beds. The new inpatient surgical hospital includes two shelled floors capable of holding 64 additional beds and structural provisions that provide the potential to double the bed capacity in future phases. HDR was the project architect and Barr&Barr was the Construction Manager.

Hammes Healthcare served as the program manager and provided operational readiness services for Moffitt McKinley Hospital. Hammes Healthcare’s operational readiness services supported the clinical and operational requirements of the new hospital spanning staffing and onboarding, contracts, licensures, accreditation, IT, training and more. Hammes helped facilitate a soft launch with numerous mock scenarios prior to go-live to ensure a smooth transition for Moffitt staff.

“Over the last four years, Hammes worked alongside many of our internal departmental work groups, serving as a true partner and extension of our team,” said Christine Alvero, Vice President of Hospital Operations for Moffitt McKinley Hospital. “This was a highly complex project that we could not have executed as seamlessly as we did without the expertise, foresight and partnership of the Hammes team.”

“It’s been an honor to partner with Moffitt Cancer Center and our exceptional project team members to bring this project to life,” said Wade Milligan, Regional Vice President of Hammes Healthcare. “This was a great example of our project management and operational readiness disciplines coming together to ensure a seamless and successful go-live for our client and, ultimately, the patients they serve.”

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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Hammes Healthcare, a leading provider of consulting and project management services, is pleased to celebrate the groundbreaking of The Franklin County Crisis Care Center on behalf of the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH) in Columbus, Ohio.

Hammes has been engaged as the owner’s representative on the project since 2021, supporting ADAMH with planning, design and construction initiatives, including team member selection.
The new 72,000-square-foot center will offer walk-in services, an intake and assessment area, a 23-hour observation unit, inpatient unit, substance use disorder treatment services, medical services, pharmacy, family support services, and administrative services. It will also serve as the preferred location for first responders to take patients in need of mental health and addiction crisis services.

“We are honored to support ADAMH on this endeavor and recognize the positive impact it will have on Franklin County,” said Nancy Connolly, President of Hammes Healthcare.

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.

NBBJ is the architect on the project; the construction is a combination of Corna Kokosing and Elford.

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Hammes Healthcare, a leading provider of consulting and project management services, broke ground on the new Orthopedic Health & Performance Center for Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, on September 27.

Hammes is servings as owner’s representative for the new 117,000-square-foot orthopedic facility that will provide advanced orthopedic care, an ambulatory surgery center, physician and occupational therapy, performance training spaces, and orthopedic urgent care. The Orthopedic Health & Performance Center is expected to open in 2024.

Hammes is also serving as the owner’s representative for Spectrum Health’s new 240,000-square-foot ambulatory care building in Grand Rapids, which broke ground in July.

“We believe our ability to concurrently manage multiple, large-scale projects for health systems is one of our key strengths,” said Nancy Connolly, President of Hammes Healthcare. “We look forward to successfully delivering these strategic projects for Spectrum Health.”

The architect on the project is HKS; Whiting-Turner is the construction manager.

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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JOHNS CREEK, Ga.—Hammes Healthcare, a leading provider of consulting and project management services, has announced the completion of a 40-bed, two-story vertical expansion of the Emory Johns Creek Hospital in Johns Creek.

Hammes has been serving as Emory Healthcare’s project manager on this complex vertical expansion since 2019. DPR was the general contractor and TMPartners (Nashville) and Frandsen Architects (Atlanta) were the architects on the endeavor.

The vertical bed tower expansion added a fifth and sixth floor to the hospital’s existing patient tower. The sixth floor includes 40 medical/surgical patient beds and associated support spaces. The fifth floor is currently shelled space that will include hospitalists’ offices, an additional 13-bed build-out mirroring the sixth floor and storage space.

Also associated with the project is the renovation of the hospital’s intensive care unit and a new 640-car parking garage. This past summer marked the completion of the three-story vertical expansion of the attached medical office building. The interior buildout of the medical office building is still underway, likely to be completed at the end of the year.

“It has been a privilege to support Emory Healthcare on this unique and complex vertical expansion project,” said John Healy, Hammes Healthcare Senior Vice President. “We are excited to reach this significant milestone and look forward to successfully completing the remaining aspects of the project by year-end.”

Hammes Healthcare also served as Emory Healthcare’s project manager for the Emory Musculoskeletal Institute in Atlanta, which was completed last October.

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ATLANTA—Hammes Healthcare, a provider of consulting and project delivery services, recently celebrated the ribbon-cutting for the new Emory Musculoskeletal Institute in Atlanta. The new facility combines several centers of excellence to provide advanced orthopaedic and spine care with state-of-the-art clinical and research support space.

Hammes served as program manager and also provided transition planning services for the new 180,000-square-foot facility. Through close coordination with Emory and project collaborators, Hammes successfully managed this highly unique project on time and within budget.

“The Emory Musculoskeletal Institute is one of the most complex design and construction undertakings imaginable,” said Scott Boden, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedics at Emory University School of Medicine and director of the Emory Musculoskeletal Institute. “With spaces including offices, surgical suites, advanced imaging with shielding, a wet laboratory and even an aquatic research facility, the planning, project management, equipment tracking and other details were a monumental task. I cannot imagine anyone having managed this level of complexity better than the Hammes team.”

“This tremendous project was truly a collaborative effort involving multiple departments at Emory and multiple project partners,” said John Healy, Hammes Healthcare Senior Vice President. “It was an honor to serve as Emory’s program manager to bring this facility to life.”

The Emory Musculoskeletal Institute is the first-of-its-kind “smart building” featuring a smartphone app for staff and visitors, expandable operating rooms with 5G-integrated equipment, photoelectronic glass that automatically adjusts to control temperature and lighting, automatic monitoring of external airflow and enhanced air filtration and treatment systems.

The facility was built with sustainability at every level and will pursue LEED Gold Certification. The building is 100% powered by renewable energy produced onsite or from green energy sources acquired from Renewable Energy Credits (REC).

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

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FRONT ROYAL, Va.—Hammes Healthcare, a provider of consulting and project delivery services, recently celebrated the opening of the new Valley Health Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal, which opened to patients on June 23. Hammes Healthcare provided operational readiness and transition planning services to ensure a safe, timely opening of the new 177,000-square-foot replacement hospital.

Hammes developed an Operational Readiness Plan for 20 different departments, specialty and primary care clinics to ensure preparedness for their first patient before moving into the new hospital and attached medical building. Hammes facilitated the development of an operational task list, the development and coordination of the requisite training and transition schedule. Leading up to the opening of the new hospital, Hammes simultaneously led the transition planning efforts to move the physical assets, equipment, departments and patients from the old hospital to the new.

One month before the opening, Hammes led Valley Health’s staff through a series of mock scenarios to test new operations to ensure the clinical and ancillary staff were truly “patient ready.”

“Our team members were critical in keeping this project on track during the COVID pandemic when Valley Health’s leadership and staff were operationally overwhelmed,” said Michael Killian, Regional Vice President of Hammes Healthcare. “We’ve had a great partnership with Valley Health on this and other projects and are proud to see the new Warren Memorial Hospital fully operational serving the community.”

Hammes Healthcare has had a longstanding relationship with the Valley Health System, providing project management services for four previous hospital expansion and renovation projects in Virginia and West Virginia.

The architect for the new facility was Perkins&Will and the contractor was Howard Shockey & Sons.

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