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Wisconsin Hospital Project Set to Break Ground

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LA CROSSE, Wis. — Gundersen Lutheran Hospital will begin construction on its new 400,000-square-foot hospital building on the South Side of La Crosse in early January, officials announced. The new building and renovation of the existing structures is reputed to be one of the largest healthcare construction projects in the region slated to begin next year.
 
The project will be built in phases over eight years but the first phase will be completed in 2014.

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Green Radiology Center Planned in Seattle

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SEATTLE — The Seattle-based Swedish Cancer Institute has a plan to restore community-based radiotherapy cancer treatment in the Seattle area by applying modern building technology that is swift — and green.
 
The patented factory fabricated radiotherapy treatment vault and clinic by RAD Technology Medical Systems will allow SCI to cut traditional building schedules by 50 percent while constructing a facility in accordance with the U.S.

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Contractor Eyes LEED Certification For New Hospital

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MINNEAPOLIS — Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest commercial general contractors and construction managers, is set to start construction in January on a new 400,000-square-foot LEED-certified hospital for Gundersen Lutheran Health System.
 
The new construction and renovation of the current hospital space is one of the largest healthcare construction projects in the La Crosse region.

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Utah Clinic Awaits Construction Financing

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MONTICELLO, Utah — Construction will begin on a new physician clinic adjacent to the San Juan Hospital in Monticello as soon as bonds are sold to fund the project, officials announced. The Utah Community Impact Board is expected to purchase $1,180,000 in Lease Revenue bonds this week.
 
Eaton Architects designed the clinic and Tri-Hurst/Hogan Construction is handling construction.
 
The 10,440-square-foot, two story clinic is expected to be complete by October of 2011.

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North Carolina Siemens Health Building Gets LEED Gold

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CARY, N.C. — Siemens Healthcare’s National Service Center in Cary, North Carolina, has been certified to LEED Gold standards by the USGBC, the company reported.
 
Siemens Healthcare, part of Germany-based Siemens, demolished the existing structure at the Cary campus and used more than 95 percent of those materials in constructing the new building.
 
The new143,000-square foot building has office space on six floors and was designed to be 25 percent more energy efficient, said the company.

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Planned $360 Million Hospital Reaches for LEED Gold

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Plans are in the works for a new $360 million Kaiser Permanent hospital complex that will meet some of the worlds strictest environmental standards. Health care system officials predict the Kaiser Westside Medical Center in Tanasbourne — between Beaverton and Hillsboro — will qualify for LEED Gold status, making it one of just 36 health care facilities in the world to reach that designation.

While LEED-certified buildings are becoming common, achieving LEED certification in the medical building world has thus far been uncommon.

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