Denver’s Saint Joseph Hospital to Open Dec. 13

DENVER — The new, $623 million Saint Joseph Hospital near downtown Denver is on schedule to open Dec. 13, hospital executives said during a Sept. 16 facility tour.

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Health Care Construction Expected to Increase

MINNEAPOLIS — A majority of health care facility administrators expect construction to increase in the next one to two years, according to a survey conducted by Mortenson Construction.

Conducted at the Fall 2011 Healthcare Design Conference in Nashville, Tenn., the survey questioned more than 300 conference attendees. Mortenson sponsored the event’s cyber café and surveyed attendees as they logged in to use the computers. Participants included health care administrators and facilities managers, architects, builders and suppliers.

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