OREM, Utah—NexCore Group, a leading healthcare real estate development, investment, and management company, has partnered with one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare service, HCA Healthcare, to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in Orem. The ceremony took place on April 16, 2024.

The new ASC will span 41,000 square feet and include 10 operating rooms, making it one of the largest surgery centers in HCA Healthcare’s nationwide portfolio. This facility is designed to support the growth of HCA Timpanogos Regional Hospital and its medical providers in the rapidly expanding Central Utah Valley. The ASC joint venture includes HCA’s Surgery Ventures Group, and Central Utah Surgical Center (CUSC), an independent surgical group based in nearby Provo.

This collaboration marks another project in a series of successful partnerships between NexCore and HCA. Austin Manning, CEO of HCA Timpanogos Regional Hospital, noted, “NexCore’s involvement in markets such as Denver and Houston has been beneficial. They were instrumental in addressing initial challenges with this project and have worked diligently to create a plan that aligns with the needs of the ASC’s physicians.”

Incorporating CUSC into the building not only accommodates the group’s growth but also establishes the ASC as a premier surgical center in the intermountain region. Dr. Rob Faux, a CUSC surgeon, expressed enthusiasm about the expansion: “Our high patient volumes mean we’re constantly at capacity. This new facility will allow us to expand and nearly double our current capacity.”

Scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2025, the ASC represents Phase 1 of a two-part development plan on a 6-acre parcel adjacent to Timpanogos Regional Hospital. Later this year, construction will begin on a 54,000 square-foot medical outpatient building (MOB) featuring outpatient services and offices for HCA providers as well as independent medical practices. NexCore is the developer for the MOB and has started pre-leasing for the space.

Teaming with NexCore to deliver the project are architect Boulder Associates and general contractor Layton Construction. Debt financing is being handled by Wintrust Bank, with equity provided by a joint venture with NexCore’s co-GP Fund and physician tenants.

NexCore President Jarrod Daddis remarked, “The Utah Central Valley is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. This new surgery center, a collaborative effort between NexCore Group, HCA Healthcare, and Central Utah Surgical Center, will cater to the community’s present and future healthcare needs. I’d like to extend my gratitude to the entire team for their dedication in launching the first phase, with a new adjacent medical outpatient building to follow shortly.”

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MCALLEN, Texas—Hammes recently announced the completion of the Jackson Medical Plaza at 4211 North Jackson Road in McAllen.

Hammes developed the new 43,000-square-foot facility as a new location for Texas Digestive Specialists and The Advanced Weight Loss Center at TDS. The Jackson Medical Plaza also houses the new McAllen Surgery Center, a specialized state-of-the-art surgical facility dedicated to gastroenterological and colorectal care. It includes five procedure rooms and one operating room.

“We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from patients about our new medical office building and surgery center,” said Nolan Perez, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Texas Digestive Specialists. “This new location is comfortable and conveniently located for patients and staff alike, including gastroenterologists and surgeons now practicing out of the new surgery center.”

Hammes Partners’ Principal Justin Shea added, “We enjoyed bringing this project to life with Surgery Ventures, powered by HCA Healthcare, and Texas Digestive Specialists. We look forward to a successful partnership for years to come.”

Project partners included Boulder Associates (architect) and Vaughn Construction.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.—Skanska recently completed Sutter Health’s Samaritan Court Ambulatory Care and Surgery Center (Samaritan Court), a three-story, 69,000-square-foot medical office building that allows the client, Sutter Health, to offer patient access to more convenient, affordable and connected care across the region.

The project’s completion continues Skanska and Sutter Health’s enduring working relationship and further cements the construction firm as a leading provider of healthcare projects throughout the region, and beyond. In addition to leveraging several innovative construction tactics, Samaritan Court marks the first instance in which a general contractor collaborated with all trade partners (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, framing and drywall) on layout strategy and responsibilities simultaneously, done via the use of Dusty Robotics, delivering the project nearly three months ahead of schedule at a cost savings of approximately $3 million for the client.

Located near the border of San Jose and Los Gatos in Santa Clara County, Samaritan Court brings together 34 physicians within Palo Alto Medical Foundation from 12 medical specialties, along with a clinical lab, imaging suite and an ambulatory surgery center, designed to make care more convenient and affordable for patients and providers. The completion of Samaritan Court is a key part of the client’s broader plan to build more than two dozen ambulatory care centers across Northern California over the next four years.

Despite significant project challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain delays, Skanska leveraged innovative construction technologies such as the use of Dusty Robotics, virtual punch list, and Takt Planning, to relay efficiencies to all project partners, including the architect/designers, owner, trade partners, and equipment specialists, delivering the project nearly three months ahead of schedule at a cost savings of nearly $3 million for the client. The team used an integrated form of agreement (IFOA), which, throughout the pandemic, helped stimulate creative ideas and planning remotely.

To ensure the project was delivered ahead of schedule, the team focused on rework to determine where improvements could be made to cut rework in half in comparison to projects of similar size and complexity, implementing major changes to the traditional project delivery process. In the goal-setting stage, the project team determined the average number of punch list items on similar projects that could be used as a baseline for measuring rework. The team analyzed historical data from comparative healthcare projects and found the typical project averaged 250 punch list items per 10,000 square feet. Using this metric, the Samaritan Court team altered the process by starting punch list activities during the design and preconstruction phases rather than in the closeout phase when work has been put in place.

Over three hundred conditions were resolved in two months, not counting the many conditions that would have been repeated multiple times. Based on historical data, these items would have caused a delay of up to 30 days and cost more than $100,000 to resolve.

The virtual punch list allowed each stakeholder to review final conditions—furniture, casework and equipment placement, ADA clearances, device and outlet alignment, utility connections and item placements that would require unique finish details—in the building model, ultimately allowing the team to achieve its goal of cutting rework by 50 percent on the project.

Skanska worked extensively with all trade partners specializing in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, framing and drywall, to facilitate a combined layout plan in a first-of-its-kind collaboration and implementation of Dusty Robotics, which offers robot-powered tools to save time and improve results through BIM-driven layouts. Once layout work was complete, a single file was uploaded to Dusty Robotics where a 2-D draft is processed and printed onto the floor. Skanska’s work provided a faster, more accurate and clearer layout that all trade teams could utilize, working together simultaneously to further reduce field errors and relaying an added benefit of time and cost savings to the client team.

Additionally, the project team leveraged the use of Takt Planning, and set an aggressive goal to learn and implement related strategies to have a single schedule for all project partners, including the architecture/design team, owner, trade partners and equipment specialists.

The design team, Boulder Associates, brought the client’s vision to life for a warm, timeless, easy-to-maintain, and inviting space by incorporating warm woods, recessed modern lighting, natural stone and visually stimulating wayfinding graphics into the project’s interior design.

Samaritan Court boasts strong wayfinding throughout the building with local flora and fauna elemental themes assigned to each floor, such as water, pebbles and trees. In collaboration with signage and art consultants, the team added a breakdown of natural elements to assign to each medical practice in the form of graphics, aimed to create an intuitive and self-sufficient overall feeling and orientation in the building for both patients and staff.

Key operational and planning considerations for the design focus on providing patient-centered care by aligning the care model and technology with the built and natural environments to achieve the best outcomes for end users.

Elemental design highlights included:

• Designing the building to have a single entry/exit for patients, promoting clear wayfinding.
• Centralizing reception areas for upper floors at the patient entry points.
• Centralizing waiting spaces on upper floors to allow a variety of clinical services to share seating and maximize efficiency for staff movement.
• Localizing departments to achieve the greatest operational efficiency for the best patient care with ease of access to core modalities including Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory Services.
• Allowing departmental adjacencies to share point-of-care rooms and support spaces between clinic modules and services.
• Locating the surgery center on the first floor for ease of patient access and discharge.
• Orienting patient care and recovery rooms toward pleasant views of the natural environment to encourage patient recovery.

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MCALLEN, Texas—Hammes, a recognized leader in healthcare development, broke ground on the new Jackson Medical Plaza on North Jackson Road in McAllen on April 7.

Hammes is serving as the developer for the new 43,000-square-foot facility and will retain ownership upon its completion in early 2023.

Jackson Medical Plaza will serve as a new location for Texas Digestive Specialists and The Advanced Weight Loss Center at TDS as they expand their services and locations in the Rio Grande Valley. The new medical plaza will also house the McAllen Endoscopy Center, which is a joint venture between physicians and HCA Healthcare. This specialized state-of-the-art surgical facility will focus on gastroenterological and colorectal care with five procedure rooms and one operating room equipped with the latest technology. When fully ramped up, it is anticipated that the McAllen Endoscopy Center will care for thousands of patients per year and create dozens of new jobs.

Nolan Perez, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Texas Digestive Specialists, commented “We are thrilled to be expanding our services and locations in the Rio Grande Valley with the addition of this new location. We pride ourselves on comfortable, quality facilities that are reflective of the care our patients have come to expect from Texas Digestive Specialists.”

“We are proud to bring this new facility to life for Texas Digestive Specialists, the McAllen Endoscopy Center, and the McAllen community,” said Justin Shea, Principal of Hammes Partners. “We offer a proven track record as the nation’s top healthcare developer, specializing in medical office buildings, ambulatory surgery centers, and other healthcare facilities.”

Boulder Associates is serving as the architect on the project, with Vaughn Construction serving as the contractor.

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