Turner Construction Celebrates Sibley Topping Out

WASHINGTON — The expansion and renovations for Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., are on their way to completion in winter 2016. New York-based Turner Construction Company celebrated the hospital’s topping out on Aug. 15.

The hospital will have 460,000 square feet of added space and 9,000 square feet of renovations. A new 40,000-square-foot radiation oncology center is also being built in the new expansion, along with a 200-bed replacement patient pavilion and emergency department, both of which will be LEED Silver certified.

Pre- and post-partum facilities will include room for more than 4,500 newborn deliveries, a special care nursery and 50 post-partum rooms. Additionally, 18 labor, delivery and recovery suites will be built, along with an 18-bay special care nursery and a 35-bay medical oncology and infusion center. The project will also include the addition of a decontamination facility, inpatient pharmacy and an expanded emergency department.

“The New Sibley is the third phase of our master plan development,” said Jerry Price, senior vice president of real estate and construction at Sibley Memorial Hospital, in a statement. “The new private patient rooms will be family friendly and the largest in the marketplace.”

Turner is currently working on more than 150 hospital and medical office projects throughout the U.S.

“We are thrilled to play an integral part in helping Sibley Memorial Hospital meet the evolving needs of its patients with the construction of The New Sibley,” said Ken Jones, Turner’s vice president and general manager, in a statement.