$195.5 Million Hospital Set to Open in NY

WALLKILL, N.Y.  — Orange Regional Medical Center will open its new replacement hospital in Wallkill to the public in April, according to hospital officials.

 

The new $195.5 million, 621,000-square-foot hospital, located 65 miles outside Manhattan, was designed and constructed by St. Louis-based HBE Corp. It is replacing the Horton Medical Center in Middleton, N.Y., and Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen, N.Y.

 

The seven-story, 374-bed hospital will include private patient rooms, an emergency department, helipad, three-bay ambulance garage, advanced birthing center, surgical suite, cardiac rehabilitation center, and other services. The facility was designed with wireless healthcare information and electronic medical records technology.

 

When the traditional design/bid/build model yielded preliminary estimates of one million dollars per bed, ORMC officials turned to HBE for a second opinion. At no cost to ORMC, HBE worked with hospital officials to develop an alternative solution, which included an uncompromising design and guaranteed fixed price. As a result, the new 621,000 sq. ft. hospital is being completed for $720,000 per bed, allowing ORMC to achieve its desired program, budget and schedule.

 

ORMC is the first freestanding replacement hospital built in New York State in more than 20 years, according to the New York Department of Health.  

 

 

Design-Build Contract: $195.500 million for architecture and engineering services; construction including site work.

Size: 621,000 square feet

Construction Start: March 2008

Completion: April 2011

• Seven story, greenfield hospital

• 374 private beds

• Premium equipment and furnishings