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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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Kitchell executive elected vice president of healthcare engineering association

The Central Arizona Society for Healthcare Engineering (CASHE) has elected Steve Whitworth, project director for Kitchell’s Healthcare Division, to the board as vice president. CASHE is a non-profit organization with a mission to develop knowledge and expertise in hospital engineering and related disciplines.

“It is a great honor to be elected to the CASHE board, to foster collaboration between our healthcare industry clients and peers. We all benefit from more advanced healthcare facilities in our community, both personally and professionally, and it’s rewarding to be able to make an impact on something so important,” Whitworth said.  

Previously Whitworth served as head of the Education Committee where he developed the education curriculum for 2009 and arranged for speakers at each monthly session. 

CASHE members come from a wide range of disciplines including facilities maintenance and operations; plant engineering; clinical and biomedical engineering; technology management; planning, design and construction; safety; and security management. Whitworth joins the CASHE board with newly elected president Nick Dalba, secretary Bill Sheeley, treasurer Chris Jacobson as well as three new members-at-large and several committee chairs. 

Other Kitchell CASHE members include Ryan Hook, Dave Lane, Dick Crowley (who is a former chair of the sponsorship committee), and Michael Wolfe.