Planning for the project began in 2015, but a groundbreaking ceremony took place the first week of August. Renovations are expected to be complete in the next 14 to 18 months.

Renovations will add a number of aesthetic features designed to enhance the quality of service provided by the hospital as well as the quality of care the hospital can provide.

“The overarching goal of this renovation project is to offer an even better experience for patients while they are in our care,” said Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Melissa Dubrow in a statement.

Hospital officials said the four-phase project will update the critical care and medical surgical units as well as operating rooms.

The renovation will improve the basic design of the hospital by improving storage facilities, lighting fixtures, hospital design and security systems.

Updates to the critical care unit include the closure of existing windows between some rooms, which will reduce noise and provide more privacy for patients. Ceiling lifts will also be installed in designated rooms. This will improve patient safety when the patient is being transported from bed to wheelchair.

The nurses’ station in the critical care unit will also be updated to provide a larger field of vision into patient rooms. This will help nurses ensure that all patients are safe and their needs are met.

In addition, 16 patient rooms in the medical surgical unit will receive upgrades to lighting and plumbing fixtures. One major update is the installation of hand sinks located just inside each room. This helps maximize infection control procedures already in place at the hospital.

Additionally, two nurses’ stations located in the medical surgical unit will be consolidated into one centrally located station.

Summit Health President and Chief Executive Officer Pat O’Donnell said in a statement that the project reaffirms the organization’s commitment to providing high-quality, accessible health care to community members in the Waynesboro area. Waynesboro Hospital is an affiliate of Summit Health.

“We care about the health and well-being of those living in and around Waynesboro,” O’Donnell said in a statement. “Waynesboro Hospital isn’t just a community hospital; it’s an award-winning hospital staffed by skilled clinical team members and providers who are neighbors to the patients served. We are invested in continuing to offer great care to the Waynesboro community.”

The expansion, designed by GS Architects based in Havertown, Pa., will add 230,262 square feet to the hospital. The medical surgical unit will be expanded to 17,744 square feet and the intensive care unit (ICU) will be expanded to 5,618 square feet.

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The expansion project intends to add 23 patient rooms to its current 21.

Other components of the expansion include a cardiac lab, a maintenance building, a helicopter pad, a pharmacy and a post-anesthesia care unit. A groundbreaking ceremony took place in October and since then, the conference room, a training area and front lobby entrance have been completed.

The hospital expansion is set to open toward the end of year or early 2017. The construction project is managed by Wichita, Kan.-based WDM Architects.

“We are touching almost every area of this hospital,” Director of Support Services Travis Gregg said in a statement. “It’ll be a very warm and inviting building.”

Other areas of construction include an emergency department, which will have five rooms and a trauma bay. The project does not have a completion date yet, since the department expects an increase in patients upon opening, according to Gregg.

For the ICU expansion, three of the six additional rooms have been completed.

“[The ICU] doesn’t have the physical space and equipment to really serve the community and our patients better, so we’re really excited for the Emergency Department,” said Gregg in a statement. “We don’t have to worry about turning a patient away.”

The Maternity Services Center will include a labor and delivery wing with 10 beds, four NICU rooms and one C-section suite. The 44,000-square-foot center will have its own entrance, gift shop and lobby area.

The hospital will add about 100 to 125 new staff members as part of the additions.
KRMC opened in February 2014. The original building was 52,000 to 56,000 square feet.

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One of the busiest surgical hospitals in S.C., Lexington Medical Center performed more then 19,000 surgeries last year. Eight more operating rooms will be included, bringing the total to 31 operating rooms. An expanded surgical recovery area of 11,332 square feet will also be included to accommodate medical, critical care and surgical patients.

The Labor and Delivery and Mother/Baby departments — units that welcome more than 3,700 babies each year — will also be expanded. In the Special Care nursery, babies will have private rooms in order to provide more bonding opportunities for mothers and babies. Research has shown this leads to lower infection rates and more positive outcomes for the baby’s growth.

“The hospital is woven into the fabric of Lexington County and the Midlands. This clinical expansion will allow us to take care of our community for many years to come,” said Tod Augsburger, president & CEO of Lexington Medical Center, in a statement.

The pharmacy department, which services all inpatient needs and 60 physician practices and urgent care centers in the area, will be relocating from the oldest part of the hospital to the new patient tower in order to afford staff more space to work.

A central energy plant to support service needs of the tower is in the works, as is a new parking deck to add 950-plus parking spaces to the hospital’s campus. Terrace Café will also be expanded, providing more dining options to staff, patients and visitors alike.

Another project, Lexington Medical Park 3, planned at 175,466 square feet, is already under construction for future physician offices and practices.

The $400 million project is expected to be complete in 2019.
 

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The success of the Craig Hospital expansion is the result of the deep collaboration that took place early in the design process between Architect of Record RTA Architects based in Colorado Springs, Colo., and partner firm SmithGroupJJR, with offices nationwide, as well as general contractor GE Johnson, with offices in Denver, and hospital rehabilitation staff. The team united to resolve an extremely complex problem: how to build a new facility in and around an occupied traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injuries (SCI) rehabilitation hospital with minimal disruption to patients and staff.

A critical starting point of the process was to pull in experts from all disciplines and break the enormous project into 22 phases. The planning phase took a full year, which began with a week of immersion at Craig Hospital by the design team. Using an integrated project approach with the general contractor, the team co-located at the Craig Hospital campus during concept and pre-schematic design to build the project plan, design and budget. The project team continues to meet on a routine basis at the on-site project trailers to provide a collaborative environment through to the completion of the project.

This theme of collaboration now extends throughout the entire facility. The new staff workstations are designed to encourage a team-oriented environment for therapists, doctors and nurses. Cozy bistros are located on each patient level of the hospital, offering space for families and staff to share meals with patients. Patient hallways are flared to widen at the north end to create family and patient sitting areas while accommodating expansive windows that stream natural daylight into and down the length of the hallway.

The details and finishes of the new Craig Hospital reflect the thoughtfulness and collaborative nature of the design process. The building is incredibly aesthetic with sand-colored walls that feature thematic nature-based artwork, and sound absorptive rubber flooring and acoustical ceiling tiles that create a tranquil serene atmosphere for patients. Even the lighting is designed to bathe the walls with warm, indirect light so that patients in wheelchairs don’t have the harsh experience of looking up into glaring ceiling lights.

Because the needs of TBI patients differ from those who have sustained SCIs the two groups have been placed on separate levels of the hospital. The top floor (level four) houses SCI patients and their brightly colored, active therapy gym. TBI patients are on level three, a quieter floor with a more tranquil gym. According to RTA Architects’ Paul Reu, all of the 52 beds are occupied, and the hospital maintains a waiting list.

Outside the front entrance, the architects designed a sensory garden, complete with wheelchair paths and raised plant containers positioned precisely at the height of a patient seated in a wheelchair so they are able to touch and smell the growing foliage. Water features provide an inviting node and add serene sounds to stimulate auditory development. The chapel — which is nearly complete — features a cork floor and pristine white stone accent wall with recessed shelves that can be adorned with items from any faith.

Craig’s PEAK Community Outpatient Rehabilitation Center has doubled in size with technology being the feature of this space. The floor of the therapy pool functions as an automated lift so that clients and patients in wheelchairs can be lowered into the pool, eliminating the need for a separate transfer lift.

Although the Craig Hospital footprint has expanded from 135,000 to 220,000 square feet, the patient capacity remains the same because the new facility now offers private suites with ample space for family to visit and confer with physicians and the rehabilitation team. Reu explained that the only pieces remaining to be completed are Craig’s outpatient clinic, outpatient therapy center, resident doctor’s office, and kitchen and servery renovations at the main cafeteria.

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“Our goal is to build a hospital that will further advance care and research for children through greater recruitment of pediatric specialists, continue to grow our successful pediatric residency program that trains future Louisiana pediatricians and capitalize upon strategic partnerships like that of our relationship with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said Scott Wester, CEO of Our Lady of the Lake, in a statement.

The six-story hospital sees approximately 100,000 patients each year, and because children have unique needs, the hospital is being built to create an environment that will be able to provide the care the patients need. The facility will be 350,000 square feet and will include inpatient beds, a pediatric emergency room, surgical unit, dedicated hematology/oncology unit that will serve inpatients and outpatients, and playrooms on every floor, among other features created specifically for a child’s needs.

“With this new facility, we can continue to grow the resources for ongoing education for children to create lifestyle changes and to build health habits to break the risk cycles of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Healthy children grow into healthy adults,” said Dr. Shaun Kemmerly, chief medical officer, Our Lady of the Lake.

An additional four-story facility 95,000-square-foot building will be constructed and will primarily hold pediatric specialists. The building will hold approximately 60 pediatric medical subspecialists who will provide care in around 20 different medical specialties including gastroenterology, pediatric surgery, pulmonology and hematology/oncology, according to the hospital. The new hospital will attract more subspecialists and medical specialists, according to Nicole Telhiard, vice president of patient care services, in a statement. The new facility will be able to offer advanced medical care to patients and allow the children to receive the care closer to home.

Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, which currently operates inside of the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, will be a freestanding facility and will be constructed on a 66-acre lot near Our Lady of the Lake’s main campus in Baton Rouge. The estimated construction cost for the new hospital and medical office building is $230 million and the project is expected to be complete in late 2018.

Philanthropy is providing support for the construction costs and ongoing health and wellness programs. “Philanthropy plays an important role in most children’s hospitals and allows hospitals to purchase life-saving equipment, invest in programs that benefit the health and wellness of all patients and purchase unique and special items that help make the hospital and its treatments and procedures less scary for patients,” said John Paul Funes, president of Our Lady of the Lake Foundation, in a statement.

Currently, the hospital has raised approximately half of its $50 million goal, and according to Funes, if the hospital hits its goal, it will continue to raise funds for construction.
 

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The new department will feature 28 new rooms, nursing stations and a new waiting area. The project is part of a larger $30 million plan by the hospital to update the emergency department and create an expansion for patient care, according to The Republic. The hospital is designed to be more efficient and meet the growing patient volume at the Columbus Regional Hospital. The current facility was built to treat between 20,000 to 25,000 patients per year, but hospital officials are predicting that the new facility will see 45,000 patients per year.

Some of the features include a new reception area, designed for quick medical assessment of incoming patients, and results-pending cubicles, in which patients awaiting test results can relax in private instead of having to go back to the waiting room, said Steve Thomas, director of facilities planning and development, to The Republic. The department will have five trauma/critical care rooms, five psychiatric evaluation rooms, 15 acute exam rooms, three rapid assessment rooms and two isolation rooms. The size of the rooms and what each room will be equipped with varies in each room, depending on the type of treatment that is planned for the space.

Construction on the 16,350-square-foot emergency department, which is located on the southeast side of the main hospital, will nearly double the size of the current facility. The project broke ground more than a year ago in January 2015 and is slated for completion this spring.
 

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The 53,000-square-foot facility will have state-of-the-art technology and equipment and will feature 12 inpatient rooms. The brick-and-glass building will also have an emergency room equipped with a triage area, six exam rooms, two trauma rooms, separate check-in and waiting areas and expanded telemedicine with telestroke capabilities, according to The Advocate.

The hospital will include many different amenities to create a comfortable patient environment, while also providing upgraded equipment for treatment and research, according to The Advocate. Among the amenities included is a specialty suite that will provide comfort for patients as well as feature an endoscopy lab and an area for minor surgical procedures. There will also be an upgraded cafeteria, a non-denominational chapel, classrooms and conference rooms, and each patient room will have a view of the outdoor courtyard.

A two-story lobby entrance will welcome patients into the waiting area, which provides an abundance of natural light making the area a soothing environment, according to GraceHerbert Architects. The emergency room will be larger than the current area at the hospital and will provide six universal exam rooms and two large trauma rooms. Outpatient diagnostic areas will provide imaging services such as General Radiology, CT scan, MRI and Nuclear Medicine. The hospital will also feature a dedicated women’s imaging area that will provide services such as mammograms, bone density tests and two ultrasound rooms.

The hospital was designed to expand its current offerings of quality services to be closer to home and enhance patient convenience. The facility is also designed to accommodate an expansion in later years, Hospital CEO Lee Chastant told the Advocate. A laboratory that is being included in the new facility was also designed for expansion, and the equipment in the building will offer faster processing for outpatient care.

Although the hospital was primarily funded by a $17.75 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it also received $8 million in bridge funding from Investar Bank and used $2 million in hospital reserves to complete the project.

The hospital will also be equipped with the latest in technological health care advancements. It will feature electronic medical records, telemedicine, high-tech data and low-voltage systems as well as security systems, according to GraceHerbert Architects. The $27.7 million building will be in the middle of a 19-acre campus where there will also be doctors’ offices for both specialty and primary care practices as well as central supply, purchasing and maintenance facilities.

“We applaud the parish in its efforts to provide better health care facilities,” said Clarence Hawkins, state director for USDA Rural Development, at the groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 27. “These improvements will help the community in providing quality services to the residents of West Feliciana Parish and surrounding areas.”

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The tower was originally planned to be a seven-story facility that would hold 92 beds, 28 intensive care beds and 12 operating rooms in 2014. The facility will add an additional 300,000 square feet and will also create 100 physician positions and 600 additional health care jobs.

The design was made to create the option for an additional four-floor expansion at a future time, but with the patient volume, the Hospital Authority Board has decided to begin immediately, according to a hospital statement. The construction equipment will stay on-site, and after the Cambridge tower is complete in 2017, the construction of the additional floors will begin and the levels are expected to open a year later in 2018, according to the statement. One of the levels will be immediately open to patients and will add an additional 32 beds to the facility, while the other three levels will be “shelled in” to prepare for future expansion.

The University of Kansas Hospital is an independent hospital authority that received no state or local funding and relied on their strong fiscal performance and the support of donors. The tower’s original budget was $270 million, but after the expansion was planned, the hospital added and additional $50 million to the cost of the construction. The hospital has a goal of raising $100 million through philanthropy, and as of the Cambridge Tower’s groundbreaking in 2014, the hospital has raised $42 million.

“We are doing much more than constructing a new building. We are building this hospital as we put Kansas City on the national medical map. Great cities have great academic hospitals,” said Greg Graves, a major donor and CEO of Burns & McDonnell, in a statement.

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The health care system will develop a new women and children’s facility in collaboration with patients and their families to better integrate services for mothers and babies. The project will include both new construction and renovation of existing facilities within the current Women and Children’s Building, which opened to patients in 1995. Christiana Care plans to break ground on the project in April 2017 and is aiming for a 2020 completion.

“This important investment in our community will advance the most innovative, high-quality, comprehensive specialty care for women, children and babies,” said Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH, president and CEO of Christiana Care Health System, in a statement. “These improvements will enable Christiana Care to provide an exceptional experience with the goal of optimal health for the women and children we serve.”

“Christiana Care is planning for the future of women and children’s health in the Delaware region by collaborating with the patients and families they serve,” said Amanda Sleeper, Ph.D., co-chair of Christiana Hospital’s volunteer Patient and Family Advisory Council, in a statement. “Christiana Care consistently translates patient feedback into concrete updates in the system’s practices. Now, in a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the design team for the new Women and Children’s Building has included those same patient voices. The result is a state-of-the-art facility that will deliver care in a friendly and healing environment, serving women, children and babies for decades to come.”

Currently, plans for the Women and Children’s Building include a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to replace the current facility, featuring private rooms with sleep-in space for families. It will also include both new and expanded labor and delivery suites as well as private rooms for families after delivery. An expanded triage area, new labor lounge, separate admitting and discharge areas for added patient convenience, and a Continuing Care Nursery for babies with newborn jaundice, feeding challenges, neonatal abstinence syndrome, etc., will also be included. Additional parking to accommodate the expansion will be provided via a new four-level parking garage near the hospital’s main entrance for patients and visitors as well as a new employee parking deck behind the hospital.

Christiana Care Health System is one of the country’s largest health care systems, ranking as the 22nd leading hospital in the nation and 12th on the East Coast in terms of admissions. In 2014, more than 6,450 babies were born at Christiana Hospital — an average of more than 17 births each day — making Christiana Hospital one of the busiest maternity centers on the East Coast, according to a statement by the health care system.

“At the foundation of Christiana Care’s innovative model of women and children’s services is a stronger partnership between women and their health care providers to ensure optimal health prior to pregnancy, provide increased access to prenatal care during pregnancy, and give babies the healthiest start possible once they are born,” said David A. Paul, M.D., chair of Pediatrics and clinical leader of Christiana Care’s Women and Children’s service line, in a statement. “Through this project, our investments in our community — concrete, programmatic and collaborative — will strengthen the health of women and children in Delaware and our region.”

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Meteorologists have been predicting that the wettest parts of El Nino season will reach San Francisco and the Bay Area in the beginning of January, according to San Francisco Business Journal, so architects and construction workers have been working to make sure the project reached this weather-tight point before the winter weather arrived.

The project, which broke ground in September 2012, includes constructing a new main building to for the 25-year-old Stanford pediatric hospital and a 521,000-square-foot expansion. Although the exterior of the project, which features reflective enclosed glass panels, should be complete by the end of the year, the interior is not nearly done. Hospital officials expect that the facility will open to patients in the summer of 2017. “We are one step closer to opening the technologically advanced, expanded version of the hospital,” said Christopher Dawes, president and CEO in a statement.

Perkins + Will Architects designed the structure with help from HGA — both of which have offices in San Francisco. The expansion includes an additional 149 beds, for a total of 397 beds, as well as adding private rooms. Hospital officials said that the new space will include family-friendly amenities and will also have a flexible layout, allowing for the space to be used in multiple ways. These additional beds will provide space dozens of patients that are currently being cared for at separate regional hospitals that also serve Lucile Packard patients.

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