PENSACOLA, Fla. – Brasfield & Gorrie and Baptist Health Care celebrated the topping out of the new Baptist Health Care campus currently under construction at I-110 and Brent Lane Feb. 24.

The topping out of a new construction project is a major milestone in the building process that occurs when the structure reaches its full height and the last piece of structure, often a steel beam, is put in place. It signifies the completion of the framework of the building.

Baptist Health Care leaders and other special guests joined Brasfield & Gorrie leaders and nearly 1,000 construction crew members on site for a brief program that recognized the significance of the day and celebrated the accomplishment. Following the program, guests watched as the last steel beam was lifted by crane to the top of the new acute care hospital and set into place. The beam was signed by team members, volunteers, visitors, construction workers and others.

The new $636 million Baptist Health Care campus represents the largest investment in a health care facility in Northwest Florida history. This new 57-acre centrally located campus is designed to be a calm, peaceful, patient- centered environment of care for those we serve. It includes a 10-story acute care hospital, the six-story Bear Family Foundation Health Center and a freestanding behavioral health unit. An innovative, convenient, safe and compassionate place to provide and receive care, the new campus will incorporate modern efficiencies in a healing environment that prioritizes patient experience and safety; quality and efficiency; technology integration; flexible and adaptable areas with room for growth; healthy, sustainable buildings; and beautiful settings.

The new Baptist Health Care campus is expected to open in fall 2023.

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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Hospital care workers in Northwest Florida are finally going to be moving into larger spaces to meet the health care needs of the Panhandle’s population when an expanded facility for children’s medical care opens at Sacred Heart Hospital this month.  The expansion to the Pensacola hospital encompasses 175,000 square foot of space in a four-story structure — some 13,000 square feet of which was renovated space.

The expanded $85 million facility will warehouse a 72-bed newborn intensive care unit (NICU), pharmacy, rehabilitation gym, pharmacy and family-oriented dining commons.

Hoar Construction, with Florida offices located in Orlando, provided construction management for the expansion to the children’s hospital, which will now be better able to address the needs of a great number of women and children in the greater Panhandle community.  The newly enlarged facility will encompass 120 beds as well as a trauma center and NICU.  The expansion will also provide better services for patients undergoing high-risk pregnancies.  

According to Hoar, the company designed a “rack system” wherein the construction was completed in segments.  This meant that prefabricated racks could be inspected from a standing position rather than from a ladder, which lessened the hazards of workers being high up off the ground and also reduced installation time at the job site.  Furthermore, sections of plumbing and mechanical piping were tested within a controlled environment prior to installation.

Hoar’s previous work in health care construction within the state includes the West Florida Hospital in Pensacola and Bay Medical Center in Panama City.  The company reports that their workers must undergo infectious control training, entailing jobsite care to ensure that the construction area is free of dust and air particles. 

Sacred Heart Hospital is part of the Ascension health care network, the nation’s largest Catholic, nonprofit health system, according to their website.  The Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola is credited as being Ascension’s hub for care in the region. 

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