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Kitchell breaks ground on Scott & White Healthcare’s newest facility

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (March 30, 2011) —Today marks the official groundbreaking for a new acute care hospital in College Station, Texas built by Phoenix-based Kitchell (www.kitchell.com) for Scott & White Healthcare (sw.org). The hospital, built on 98 acres of undeveloped land, will be completed in the summer of 2013. Jacobs Architects and Engineers, a leading healthcare design firm, is the Architect/Engineer of Record and Adams Management is the Program Manager.

The five story structure will open initially with 119 beds and can be expanded to accommodate another 24 beds when the need arises.

Scott & White Hospital-College Station will house an emergency department, cardiac services including cath labs, neonatal intensive care unit, comprehensive cancer services, operating rooms, maternity services suites, endoscopic procedure suites, interoperative robotics and other specialty services, all supported by a pharmacy, comprehensive state-of-the-art imaging technology and other diagnostic capabilities.

“Healthcare construction now accounts for close to 60 percent of Kitchell’s business,” said Kitchell Senior Vice President Dan Pierce.  “With each new project pushing us ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving complexities of healthcare construction, we are delighted to share our expertise with the newest addition to Scott & White.” A fully integrated health system, Scott & White Healthcare is the largest multi-specialty practice in Texas and one of the nation’s largest multi-specialty group practice systems.

Kitchell applies its innovative approaches to quality assurance, safety, value engineering and environmental protection–among other industry-leading practices–to a wide range of construction and program management projects in the hospitality, healthcare, corrections, utility, renewable energy, retail, performing arts and academic communities. Its specialized divisions and subsidiaries include Commercial, Healthcare, Native American, Custom Homes, Facilities Development Inc., Environmental Services and American Refrigeration Supplies. Learn more at www.kitchell.com.

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J. Reese/Kitchell Joint Venture breaks ground on new cancer center at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

NTD Architects, J. Reese Construction, Kitchell part of Makena team

Sharp HealthCare officials, Makena Medical Buildings LLC and the J. Reese/Kitchell joint venture recently celebrated the groundbreaking of a cancer center and medical office building at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center.

The proposed center, developed and managed by Makena Medical Buildings LLC, was designed by NTD Architects and will be constructed by a joint venture of J. Reese Construction and Kitchell. The facility will measure 45,000 square feet over three stories. The first level will feature the Cancer Center. Features of the 15,220-square-foot center will include patient lobby and waiting areas, exam rooms, a resource center, doctor offices, conference rooms, nurse stations, CT scan rooms, radiation therapy chambers, and indoor and outdoor healing gardens.  The design features extensive use of natural lighting, rock gardens and interior atriums to provide a comfortable spa-like ambiance in waiting, exam and treatment areas. A dual entrance design is featured to provide privacy for cancer patients receiving treatments.

A 2,000-square-foot Infusion Center may be included on the second floor as part of the Cancer Center. The Infusion Center as designed can care for as many as 10 patients with the option of lounge or private room environments. A roof garden will be constructed on a second-story deck.

The second and third floors will feature more than 10,000 square feet each of medical office space available for leasing. Each space will be built to suit for each tenant. The proposed medical office building features a unique and separate entrance from the Cancer Center.

The new building will be constructed adjacent to the existing Sharp Chula Vista Outpatient Surgery and Imaging Center. The construction team has developed plans to mitigate disruption to utilities, traffic and pedestrian flow for the functioning center, which will remain open throughout construction.