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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.

Kitchell promotes healthcare construction executive

After having his hand in the construction of hundreds of hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout the southwest, Dan Pierce has been promoted to senior vice president at Kitchell.

“Dan is the consummate leader with a unique blend of humor, intellect and resolve,” said Kitchell Contractors President Mike Rock. “He knows how to develop great teams, sharing his entrepreneurial energy when necessary but also, as is the case with all great managers, he knows when to step aside.”

Pierce joined Kitchell 30 years ago, right out of college, as a project engineer. Since his first project, St. Luke’s Hospital in Phoenix, he has advanced through the company from project manager through vice president, Healthcare Division, and has been directly involved in thousands of projects.

Pierce has demonstrated strong and steady leadership throughout his tenure at Kitchell and has been instrumental in building the company’s healthcare division, nurturing the medical technology planning division, Facilities Development Inc., and expanding the Virtual Construction group.

“We depend on Dan to ask the tough questions and to address challenges from all perspectives – nothing slips by him. This characteristic, along with his decades-long experience at Kitchell, makes him a tremendous asset to the company and I look forward to working alongside him for many more years to come,” Rock said.

As senior vice president, Pierce will bring lessons-learned and success strategies honed building the company’s health care division to the rest of the company.

With a bachelor’s degree in construction from Arizona State University, Pierce is involved in many organizations including the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Healthcare Forum, Healthcare Administrators Forum, and the American Hospital and Health Association.  He is an ASHE Certified Healthcare Builder and member of the Leadership Development Forum of the Arizona Building Alliance.  Pierce played a lead role in helping establish the construction management program and its curriculum at Northern Arizona University.  From 2000 to 2005, Pierce was a board member of the Foundation for Blind Children in Phoenix.