Construction on the new hospital began in 2010 and is scheduled for completion and activation in 2015. Dallas-based BARA is serving as the construction manager. In a joint effort, Omaha, Neb.-headquartered HDR Inc. and Dallas-headquartered Corgan Associates are working as the master architect.

Known as the largest hospital construction project in the nation, the 2.5 million-square-foot facility costs $1.27 billion. It includes an 862-bed adult inpatient hospital, a 380,000-square-foot outpatient center, 6,000-vehicle parking lot and central utility plant and logistics building.

The new facility will provide a patient-centered environment, with 38 percent more bed space than the current facility. It is being designed to promote a more healing environment by incorporating natural light and windows and will include the latest technologies.

The design will also be adaptable so that the campus can evolve with the health care industry over the next 50 years.

KLMK will assist the hospital in the development and implementation of the Move Activation plan, which includes patient relocation, staff move coordination, management of content relocation activities and budget and schedule development. The company will also assist with the tracking of the training plan, IT planning, occupancy strategy development and provide information to facilitate timely decision making.

The construction team is on schedule and on budget, despite significant leadership changes. In December, the central utility plant began utility service to the new hospital campus. Earlier this month, the construction team completed the topping out of the Women’s and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH) clinic, which will occupy about 100,000 square feet when completed.

Over the course of the project, an estimated 3,000 jobs will be created.
 

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